Hello blulighters, I have decided to post this thread because i am wondering how you fellow responsible users(hopefully) manage your drug use, and effectively prevent yourself from getting addicted to a particular drug. Personally, i keep a digital calendar of all my drug use where i record the date/time, dosage, ROA, and type of drug used. I use this calendar in combination with fairly strict usage rules to prevent myself from getting addicted. My rules are as follows:
Problem with these kind of rules is that it is hard to realistically keep. How are you supposed to get access to these specific drugs at said time intervals? Unless you have some really solid connections or buy a year's supply of drugs at once, I'd find it really difficult to score specific things like LSD/mesc every two weeks or even oxies. Secondly, this seems to arbitrary to follow realistically. Unless you are always getting high alone, there's going to be the factor of the people you are with. Do they have something you don't have? Will you share or take theirs, thus screwing up your plan? How are you going to record use when spontaneous events happen and you don't have access to your data? Do you really have the willpower to follow this through? I mean, when I get tweaking, I make all kinds of bad decisions regarding spending my money on more stuff, along with memory loss from say alcohol. Regardless, I don't see this being feasible, but props if you manage it.
I'd say this is an addiction at that point. Although, depends how much and if you can function without it. Still, three times a week is enough to create cravings and withdrawals if you do this for months.
Mushrooms/LSD/Mesc: once per 2 weeks
Cocaine: once per 30 days and 750mg per use
Opium: once per 3 weeks
Amphetamine: once per 2 weeks
Oxy/Hydro/Tramadol: once per 2 weeks
MDMA: once per 45 days
Alcohol: once per week
So what are some other methods you guys use to effectively prevent addiction?
Effectively, aside from weed, you have no risk of developing any kind of addiction if you seriously are only consuming once every week or bi-weekly basis.
But amphetamine every two weeks really surprised me, as I've had benders last nearly a week-long, unless you have ridiculous willpower or only have a small amount, I'd find it very difficult to maintain that one.
As for hallucinogenics, they will likely make you re-evaluate this position, and change the list again.
This might work in theory for you, but I believe you are going to find opiates/amphetamines/cocaine very difficult to use in such moderation, as these drugs more than the others will lead you to "one more chip" syndrome, meaning, you will say, "bah, maybe I'll do it twice every two weeks, then it is three times, before long, it is a daily problem", especially if you inadvertently meet tweakers/junkies or other addicts who influence you.
If you really want this to work, make sure you don't get involved with addicts.
But it really boils down to what kind of person you are. Some people are just genetically wired to be addicts, like myself, others really can't do it, like you might be, in which case, you have nothing to worry about.
I started out like you, especially with hallucinogenics, and somehow ended up a meth addict.
Dabbling with shit like cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, nicotine, caffeine, etc, is really easy to slip into an addiction. You have almost no chance of being addicted to shrooms, LSD, mesc, MDMA, or even weed, although they can seriously make you desire them, but the hallucinogenics stop working with continuous use, so they basically force breaks between them. Weed can become an addiction though, but compared to the others, it is pretty easy to stop using.
But I can pretty much guarantee that if you are destined to be an addict, you will be. How are other areas of your life? I was addicted to food, shopping, masturbation, and video games before drugs and sex. I really believe some people are just addicts by nature, although I find strangely that my drug addiction is less damaging than my shopping addiction was, it all is a matter of perspective.
