Catch-22
Bluelighter
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2001
- Messages
- 4,518
After years upon years of recreational usage of drugs, one's eyes become quite stoic to the psychological effects on a user. One can watch people become strong, one can watch people become weak, one can watch people fall. The memories, at least the ones that our memories are able to retain, last lifetimes, for life on the edge is the only life worth living, is it not? What is it that attracts people to drug use? Is it the dangers and excitement of engaging in such unorthodox activity? Perhaps it is the spiritual growth or 'mental expansion' one can receive from certain substances. Maybe it is simply the temporary vacation from reality that seduces us. Whatever the cause, people use drugs, and people have been using drugs for thousands of years. Obviously, it is a trend that isn't going to end sometime soon.
Within each subculture of the underground world exist many of the same personality traits, and the same cultural significances of use. A great many of us occasionally take it to the extreme, and some of us more than on occasion. We wear our tolerances as medals, and consume our catalysts of choice to flex the muscles of experience. The bravest and most untamed of drug users throw the might of their intake out as though it were a milestone of lifelong achievement.
Consider, for a moment, that our society may be moving towards a level of acceptance for the personal exploration of the altered states of consciousness. In this foreseen future, brave and untamed may, perchance, correlate with ignorant and irresponsible. Even tolerance may show itself a symbol of un-experience. Basic pharmacological knowledge and personal anatomy will replace the anecdotal experiences one has from those times that hard core went a little soft.
A true experienced user knows how to fight tolerance. After all, we want our substances to be cleaner, stronger, and more cost effective. We all want to feel healthy and functional in our daily lives. Showing off tolerance not only puts our personal health in danger, but it puts our wallets in danger as well. For drugs to effectively evolve into our society, our society needs to learn the key elements of responsibility. This leaves no room for showing off our experience. Instead, why not use our experience to educate others in a responsible manner.
There is no use in being hardcore. There is no purpose in requiring an immense amount of drug intake, or to prove one's strength to others. People can use drugs and maintain intelligent airs, respectable jobs, and fully social lifestyles. All this requires is moderation and responsibility. When a consumer uses the drug of choice, a few questions should be asked. First, why are these drugs being used? Second, when was the last time these, or other drugs were used? And third, are the answers to the first two questions interfering with the user's life? With the lives of others? Constantly attempting to prove how often one uses psychoactive drugs, and how much one can handle, leads down many different roads. None of these lead anywhere near a path of social, economical, or spiritual contentment.
As stated above, years of use will allow one to observe plenty of hardcore users. Many of these include overdoses, economical ruin, and mental disorders. This is not to say that excessive use will ruin everyone's lives. The purpose is to get the user to look ahead in life, to look further down the road in life. If one's drug use is not getting them anywhere now, it sure will not be in the future. We all have control over our lives, regardless what we think, and we all have the ability to live content and healthy lives into our elder years. If we want our usage to find acceptance within our modernized world, we need to practice intelligent decisions of moderation and responsibility. Hardcore lifestyles will never find a place in this complex society, and with that, drugs never will either. We can drop out of our spoon fed reality and socially conditioned culture, but are drugs really worth giving up an education? A satisfying occupation? If one can find a satisfying life without our society, then by all means, enjoy. But for most of us, a compromise between drug use and acceptance would be much more satisfying. Perhaps the saying, 'sobriety is the worst drug of them all' holds some truths, which is why occasional breaks can be healthy, stress relieving, and entertaining.
People are still people, regardless of their leisurely activities. People deserve a right to privacy, and a right to choose what does/does not go in their bodies. We cannot let our use interfere with our lives or the lives of others. We need to convince our society that people are able to use responsibly, and maintain perfectly functional lifestyles. A real hardcore user doesn't flex experience, intake, or tolerance; a real hardcore user knows the ins and outs of the body, the mind, the substance, and the source.
Within each subculture of the underground world exist many of the same personality traits, and the same cultural significances of use. A great many of us occasionally take it to the extreme, and some of us more than on occasion. We wear our tolerances as medals, and consume our catalysts of choice to flex the muscles of experience. The bravest and most untamed of drug users throw the might of their intake out as though it were a milestone of lifelong achievement.
Consider, for a moment, that our society may be moving towards a level of acceptance for the personal exploration of the altered states of consciousness. In this foreseen future, brave and untamed may, perchance, correlate with ignorant and irresponsible. Even tolerance may show itself a symbol of un-experience. Basic pharmacological knowledge and personal anatomy will replace the anecdotal experiences one has from those times that hard core went a little soft.
A true experienced user knows how to fight tolerance. After all, we want our substances to be cleaner, stronger, and more cost effective. We all want to feel healthy and functional in our daily lives. Showing off tolerance not only puts our personal health in danger, but it puts our wallets in danger as well. For drugs to effectively evolve into our society, our society needs to learn the key elements of responsibility. This leaves no room for showing off our experience. Instead, why not use our experience to educate others in a responsible manner.
There is no use in being hardcore. There is no purpose in requiring an immense amount of drug intake, or to prove one's strength to others. People can use drugs and maintain intelligent airs, respectable jobs, and fully social lifestyles. All this requires is moderation and responsibility. When a consumer uses the drug of choice, a few questions should be asked. First, why are these drugs being used? Second, when was the last time these, or other drugs were used? And third, are the answers to the first two questions interfering with the user's life? With the lives of others? Constantly attempting to prove how often one uses psychoactive drugs, and how much one can handle, leads down many different roads. None of these lead anywhere near a path of social, economical, or spiritual contentment.
As stated above, years of use will allow one to observe plenty of hardcore users. Many of these include overdoses, economical ruin, and mental disorders. This is not to say that excessive use will ruin everyone's lives. The purpose is to get the user to look ahead in life, to look further down the road in life. If one's drug use is not getting them anywhere now, it sure will not be in the future. We all have control over our lives, regardless what we think, and we all have the ability to live content and healthy lives into our elder years. If we want our usage to find acceptance within our modernized world, we need to practice intelligent decisions of moderation and responsibility. Hardcore lifestyles will never find a place in this complex society, and with that, drugs never will either. We can drop out of our spoon fed reality and socially conditioned culture, but are drugs really worth giving up an education? A satisfying occupation? If one can find a satisfying life without our society, then by all means, enjoy. But for most of us, a compromise between drug use and acceptance would be much more satisfying. Perhaps the saying, 'sobriety is the worst drug of them all' holds some truths, which is why occasional breaks can be healthy, stress relieving, and entertaining.
People are still people, regardless of their leisurely activities. People deserve a right to privacy, and a right to choose what does/does not go in their bodies. We cannot let our use interfere with our lives or the lives of others. We need to convince our society that people are able to use responsibly, and maintain perfectly functional lifestyles. A real hardcore user doesn't flex experience, intake, or tolerance; a real hardcore user knows the ins and outs of the body, the mind, the substance, and the source.
