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Stimulants Am I playing with fire?

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cocoloco92

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I have been smoking, snortin methamphetamine on and off on the weekends during the past 6 months, generally I have 1-2 points each session i just love the easy flow of conversation and confidence at a club without the wakky over the top feeling i get from mdma, I was wandering if this is putting me at risk, I do sometimes have dreams about smoking ice which I heard if this happens it means you are at the "point of no return" so someone told me, in terms of life i'm currently at uni and I work partime so i cannot smoke during the week otherwise I will likely fail my studies the same goes with pot. But am I putting my health at risk and/or am I at risk of addiction? I was just wanting to hear other peoples opinions.
 
cocoloco92 said:
am I putting my health at risk and/or am I at risk of addiction?
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Yes, yes you are.

I think you know this already and were just hoping people could somehow justify your use by saying no it's fine, you can completely avoid addiction and adverse health effects if you only do such and such? I don't think that's possible. Addiction is not a guaranteed thing, but it's gradual and everyone starts out just using it just occasionally or on weekends and having things like school and work to do don't prevent addiction. I'd say if you're going to keep using it at least switch to oral use instead of smoking it and read up on things you can do to reduce the impact on your health.
 
Frankly id say there is a 99% chance that your use will eventually go from only on the weekends to something like 3x a week to 4x a week to 5 x a week eventually to daily habitual use unless you stop using all together.
 
Yes you're playing with fire... but you already knew that. Hah. I know you're probably looking for somebody to tell you what you're doing is no big deal so you can justify your using, but trust me, it is a big deal.

How do you think addiction starts? We don't go from being normal people to all the sudden smoking meth or shooting H all day everyday, homeless on the streets and broke... We start out like you... using here and there, thinking we're okay, thinking we're in control, etc.

This is progressive... addiction takes time to develop but trust me, you're on the fast track.
 
Playing with fire? no, that's safer. You're juggling running chainsaws while standing in a pit of cobras. and...

Mr.Scagnattie said:
How do you think addiction starts? We don't go from being normal people to all the sudden smoking meth or shooting H all day everyday, homeless on the streets and broke... We start out like you... using here and there, thinking we're okay, thinking we're in control, etc.

This is progressive... addiction takes time to develop but trust me, you're on the fast track.
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this.
 
Well you guys are right from what ive seen at various suppliers and users houses there seems to be a majority messed up and the rest who use "recreationally" are either lucky or lying and the fact is i am trying to justify something that has obvious consequences for most. I was not entirely honest in retrospect it has lightened my wallet, made my aggression more problematic (I have anger problems), act out in public, things just escalating fights, kinda changed my facial jaw structure as I look at my old photos,I'm beginning to get pimples again and me proberly losing the few friends I had. The only positives really is of course the high which ends up sadness anyway and it kinda made me get over my social anxiety. This has confirmed to me that im going to give the shit the flick for good.
 
Allll those things you just described are big red lights flashing saying "please stop now." No in all seriousness what you described are early warning signs of addiction. It starts with the wallet (most of the time) moves onto physical and emotional aspects of your life. Now would be a good time to turn back if you can. This goes for anything. Not just meth of course.
 
cocoloco92 said:
Well you guys are right from what ive seen at various suppliers and users houses there seems to be a majority messed up and the rest who use "recreationally" are either lucky or lying and the fact is i am trying to justify something that has obvious consequences for most. I was not entirely honest in retrospect it has lightened my wallet, made my aggression more problematic (I have anger problems), act out in public, things just escalating fights, kinda changed my facial jaw structure as I look at my old photos,I'm beginning to get pimples again and me proberly losing the few friends I had. The only positives really is of course the high which ends up sadness anyway and it kinda made me get over my social anxiety. This has confirmed to me that im going to give the shit the flick for good.
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That's a good decision. I sincerely hope you stick to it.
 
+1 what Swimmingdancer and Scagnattie said.

Methamphetamine is probably the most addictive drug in existence, and you've already backed yourself into its corner. Go with your instinct while you still have it, and let it go. All the therapeutic benefits will quickly dissipate anyway with continued use, as the adverse effects multiply exponentially and take their place.
 
cocoloco92 said:
I have been smoking, snortin methamphetamine on and off on the weekends during the past 6 months, generally I have 1-2 points each session i just love the easy flow of conversation and confidence at a club without the wakky over the top feeling i get from mdma, I was wandering if this is putting me at risk, I do sometimes have dreams about smoking ice which I heard if this happens it means you are at the "point of no return" so someone told me, in terms of life i'm currently at uni and I work partime so i cannot smoke during the week otherwise I will likely fail my studies the same goes with pot. But am I putting my health at risk and/or am I at risk of addiction? I was just wanting to hear other peoples opinions.
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Meth is actually good for studies when taken orally in amounts no greater than 10mg every 4 hours...that's actually ADHD treatment, it's called Desoxyn. The problem is that you will likely not stick to your current dose and things will go wrong. Why is that, because even if you swear you will stick to the same dose, street meth will not have the same composition, so your dose will increase weather you like it or not, and when it does, something tells me you won't go back down and acknowledge the innacuracy.

Health risk...not really, aside from the damage occuring when you go balls deep in 5g/day, the substance has no overly toxic contaminants like red phosphorus. People ask the same question about oxycodone, oxycodone by itself will not harm you if you take it in therapeutic doses like Tylenol does, the problem is addiction...that you will likely not stick to therapeutic doses. Like people well said here, very easy to go balls-deep in this drug...very easy and the way out is very hard.
 
Ksa said:
Health risk...not really, aside from the damage occuring when you go balls deep in 5g/day, the substance has no overly toxic contaminants like red phosphorus.
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I beg to differ. Just because low doses aren't likely to kill you doesn't mean using meth recreationally doesn't have adverse effects on your health (and mental health).

And anyway who knows what's in street meth.

Captain.Heroin said:
My advice is to cut back or stop while you still can. You'll be glad you did! :)
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I second this.
 
I think everyone has pretty much said it. Even so, from a harm reduction stand-point: if you have to ask, you're already knee-deep! Punch out, now!
 
To be honest tweakers bother me more then crackheads and junkies combined so ill probably be biased in saying yes. Also i think your friends will find out easier so they probably will stop trusting you sooner and its all a downward spiral from there.
 
I think to answer your question I would have to know even more about where your life is at: has meth affected your relationships, work or health? Do you mind the come down?

Do you make decisions while using that you later regret?

Everyone is different whether it be meth or any other mind altering substance the question shouldn't be 'should i stop' it should be 'do you want to stop, if you want to and you can't then do you need more support?'.

A lot of these responses are very generalized about individual's particular relationship to meth or 'tweekers'.

Basically is it comes down to being honest with yourself and those around you and doing what is best for you at this particular time.

I KNOW that doesn't really answer your question but I hope it gives you some things to consider regarding your meth usage :)
 
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