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I use some performance enhancing drugs for personal weight lifting gains. I dont use anything to escape life's problems as I still deal with life on life's terms.
I use some performance enhancing drugs for personal weight lifting gains. I dont use anything to escape life's problems as I still deal with life on life's terms.
what comes up under usable then? thats a unique way of tackling this never to be answered for everyone in a neat law.
As for "clean and sober"... No such thing... Unless you find a way to live without oxygen.
The reason for which I use said PEDs is not the same as to why I got high. What about drinking coffee to increase alertness? That's enhancing performance. Using ephedrine to lose weight which a lot of people do is performance enhancing. If you really want to argue this point out then people shouldn't use ibuprofen etc for headaches as they arent dealing with life on lifes terms. Or consuming a cough remedy when sick. The list goes on. The root of addiction is generally escapism.What? Was this sarcasm? By using performance enhancing drugs you are by NO MEANS dealing with life on life's terms. LOL You're getting unnatural gains...Completely bypassing life's terms. LOL Not to mention performance enhancing drugs affect mood and personality just as much as any other drug...if not more.
As for "clean and sober"... No such thing... Unless you find a way to live without oxygen.
I agree with all this...What about drinking coffee to increase alertness? That's enhancing performance. Using ephedrine to lose weight which a lot of people do is performance enhancing. If you really want to argue this point out then people shouldn't use ibuprofen etc for headaches as they arent dealing with life on lifes terms. Or consuming a cough remedy when sick. The list goes on.
I think that's just a little overboard...
I think what seron may be saying here is that he is not using anything to escape from life's problems.. that is using a mind altering substance to escape from emotions or stress or that causes a dopamine release that will log a unsolved problem as solved in the mind.What I don't agree with is this "I dont use anything to escape life's problems as I still deal with life on life's terms.
Not to mention drugs don't make you escape or somehow magically solve life's problems...
that causes a dopamine release that will log a unsolved problem as solved in the mind.
I really believe that this question has to be defined by the individual to a certain extent. In the instance of weed, many people that use it medicinally for sleep, say, would not consider this any more problematic than using caffeine to get going in the morning--and yet both of these substances can be abused and are certainly habit-forming. So, it comes down to self-awareness, brutal honesty with yourself and then feeling good about the opinion you arrive at for yourself. One of the most self-defeating behaviors I see in recovery is the tendency to assume that one size fits all. I don't think it does.
Self awareness and honesty with oneself, while maintaining an open mind and tolerance for diversity is so rare in this world. "clean and sober"; the term clean has always bothered me as the flip side is "dirty" which is a word loaded with shame and I see shame as such a powerful hook of addiction.
if it adds to my life, doesn't ruin it or extinguish my soul, and doesn't drive me towards things that do.. I'm all good.. and i could give a rats ass about definitions.
There is no answer to this thread - it's like asking what is the meaning of life? Everyone has to agree to disagree.
Sober from opiates would include not being on methadone or bupe. It's really aggravating to hear someone say that they are sober and they are on a hundred mg of methadone a day.
they are most likely tired because they are higher off the bupe than the H.This frustrates me in my outpatient group. People will be saying that are tired or something because they are adjusting to life without heroin, yet they are on 16mg of suboxone for their 2 bag a day dope habit.