Why did you start using drugs?

[Pretty_Diamonds]

Hi everyone,

I tried searching for a thread already made because I assumed there would be LOADS.. but I couldn't find anything. Maybe my searching method sucks? If there is a big one with a poll, could any of you kindly direct me to that?

Or just vote away.

Poll added. I edited it to allow you to choose more than one answer, since it seems relevant.
Thank you Tommyboy.

Also when I say drugs..tobacco & alcohol included! =]

 

[paranoid android]

Curiousity made me start no doubt about that but it was both mental and physical health problems that turned curiousity into addiction.

So curiosity killed the cat i guess. But then again the next day he came back

 

[AfterGlow]

Me too.

 

[comatoserct]

when I was in 5th grade my best friend at the time told me when he got older he wanted to try every drug once. this sounded like a novel idea to me, so I took on the same mindset. unfortunately curiosity turns into depression/escape from reality

 

[LivingOnValium]

The most important factor was curiosity.

Then i noticed they're great for self medicating my stress and depression.

So i had to click on stress, curiosity and mental health problems.

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

Yay a poll!

I loves me some polls.

I'm with the other posters here, curiosity more than anything else, that and boredom. Peer pressure/influence was certainly involved in me first smoking cannabis (the first drug I ever tried) but curiosity was a big factor in that one too.

 

[šljiva]

Pure curiosity and nothing else. I was the one who was bothering other people to bring me some weed (I was drunk) ;]
Of course curiosity is what drives me on in researching other drugs.

 

[Vader]

Where is "Because they make you cool"?

 

[highhooked]

^haha thats why i started and im the coolest cat in town

School is for fools look at mee!

 

[CaPoNe.]

Unfortunatly i started drugs to try to escape from reality which at the time was real bad and getting worse. At the time it felt right but later on i realized what a poor choice it was.

 

[Sweet P]

Curiosity I guess... but I also used drugs as a way to cope with my mental health problems and make me feel better.

 

[purple_cloud]

Where is "Because they make you cool"?

I agree with Yerg! I sort of distinguish influence (your parents/older relatives/people you were around a lot when younger, especially for things like tobacco) and peer pressure which is more like a construed "because you think they make you cool" however...otherwise, interesting poll. I picked influence/peer pressure (for both reasons I just stated, because honestly at 14 when any drug use began they were both very relevant), mental health issues (although I did not find out about them until close to a decade later), and curiosity of course.


EDIT: After seeing "theotherside"'s post, I was given valium for oral surgery when I was either 10 or 11. I must say, that's the day I decided that when I was a bit older I would get that feeling again...although I also found out, on the same day, that I would have a paradoxical reaction to codeine, go figure. I've tried codeine twice again since thinking I'd grown out of it, but nope, staying away from codeine forever probably for me.

 

[theotherside]

I first took droogz(hydrocodone) because I had my wisdom teeth pulled. After taking it my pain was still there but I felt euphoria and thus my love affair began.

 

[MySecret]

I was 15 when I started dating my 14 year old live in girlfriend (Yeah, kinda young, I know...). We dated until I was 18. She cheated on me 4 times with a guy who was 23. She was 14, he was 23... you do the math. The final breakup that we had, the last time she cheated on me, was the first time I had done anything. I started off with pot. I had never even drank alcohol or smoked cigarettes. Immediately, I fell in love. I went from straight A's honors classes to failing school and being the oldest guy still in high school, trying to graduate but couldn't because I was too much of a dumbass to stay focused and not do drugs. I started doing more drugs, different drugs and much more often. I was getting so much pussy and partying. I was the town pimp. I was the pimp within an hour radius of my hometown. Wherever I went, I had so many girls, the money, everything. I knew how to get it, what to do to get it, and I was BALLIN'. I've always been able to make money multiply like rabbits. Anyways... When I turned 21, that's when I met my wife. We used to get messed up together all the time but she had my son. She stopped. I didn't. He's six months old on this day. I quit today though, and I want this more than anything. It took me 6 years to come to realize what I've learned today and this is what is keeping me clean.

Clean for one day... how pathetic. This battle... has worn me out.

One of my motivational quotes that I really like:

I Corinthians 10:12

"And so finally after many more months of work, all the sages came back to him, and they had come to a unanimous conclusion that the wisdom of the world could be put into a four-word sentence. They told the king that this sentence expresses much. It is chastening in the hour of pride and consoling in the depths of afflictions. And I've reflected on this sentence this week. The sentence of their wisdom was: "This too shall pass."

 

[^Xayo]

Because snoop dogg made smoking blunts look so damn cool

 

[TheLostBoys]

Curiousity killed the cat. Only drugs I ever did out of curiousity was LSD & Mushrooms. Smoked weed & did coke because of stress. Opiates for legit pain tho. I never did drugs because of peer pressure.....I drank alcohol at weddings & gatherings since I was 10 years old with friends but quit drinking that garbage 8 years ago.

 

[oatmeal cookie]

I think boredom should be a choice, yeah curiosity is what caused me to first try but boredom increased the desire new and different drugs, idk. Lol

 

[verso]

I would have to say that it was a little bit of everything, stress, curiosity, and mental health.

First, I took amphetamines out of curiosity, and it immediately took my stress and depression away; I was less stressed because I was getting my work done faster, and I was less depressed because, for whatever reason, taking amphetamines boosted my confidence and self-esteem (probably related to finishing all of my work on time) The same is true for opiates.

 

[ghostfreak]

Curiosity to be honest, just like to experiment and expand my knowledge on substances and the like.

 

[MarkoPolo]

when i was 14 (almost 15) my friend passed a joint my way during lunch in school. i took it, toked, coughed, toked again, etc and decided i liked it.
now im older, ive done my fair share, and im more into the chemistry and pharmacology behind it (although ill never give up my dear e's!!)