Abused as a child? BL'ers have your say...

[nabollocks]

I have been reading a lot of reports suggesting a link between abuse as a child, and drug use as an adult. There even seems to be adverts on TV these days telling us this information.

I am interested to see if there is any correlation amongst the BL community.


This is not scientific research. Just interesting to see what emerges.

Definition of Drug Habit:

A compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful.

I really do want to leave this up to the individual though...

Definition of Abuse:

Physical: Hitting, pushing, biting, punching, choking...
Emotional: cursing swearing, attacks on self-esteem, blaming, criticizing your thoughts feelings….
Psychological: Threatening, throwing, smashing, breaking things, punching walls, hiding things, sabotaging your car.
Sexual: any non-consenting sexual act or behavior

Note: Lets say anyone old enough to use BL is an adult.

 

[donkeyPUNCH]

there should be plenty of "a"s and "b"s here. I'm a B.

i win.

 

[drug_wench]

yea im female and was abused physically, emotionally and psychologically as a child, and while i dont hav a drug habit anymore, i certainly did hav a number of drug habits

 

[**hAyzzZZ**]

Im (e)

Physical, emotional and psychological abuse from when i was 6?7? i dont remember, up until i was 17. That was the last fight we had and he didnt touch me because i held a knife to him and said if he ever touched me again, id fucking stab him. I guess years of being abused drove me crazy. And that was the first time i saw in his eyes he knew i was serious, so he backed down. Ha, we had just moved into this house were in atm, and our neighbours are very close, and heard every single word, the police were called just as i was driving off to my mums house. I ignored those cunts.

Ive been using drugs for years though, i dont know if its because of this...

I dont like talking about this shit.

 

[sushii]

Were you abused as a child?

Poll added.

Apologies for changing the wording of the poll options - they can't exceed 50 characters so I had to cut them down a bit.

Also, by 'drug habit' do you mean addiction, or intermittent but harmful use, or both? Or just recreational use? I would guess some combination of the former, but it might be worthwhile to clarify.

 

[ladyinthesky]

i was abused mentally as a child and still get that abuse...i had a habit but now use in moderation

 

[nabollocks]

Definition of Drug Habit:

A compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful.

 

[nabollocks]

By the way, cheers for the poll sushii

 

[El Guapo]

Thankfully, I was not abused as a child and lead a very happy childhood. But that hasn't stopped me from becoming a raging pothead.

 

[second650]

i was locked in a closet and beaten by my babysitter and her daughter. i am hooked on opiates....

 

[Ugster]

Had my flings of shit but overall I think I had it pretty good... I've never really been addicted to drugs but I still do them reasonably often, and I doubt I'll quit any time soon.

Also, it kinda seems like this poll will be biased seeing as how it's a drug forum and most people here are drug users?

 

[nabollocks]

/\/\/\ We should see some interesting trends then? Migh tell us nothing at all?

It is only early, but there already seems to be some interesting results...

 

[iwish]

Should people vote on whether they have had a drug habit in the past or whether do now? Wouldn't it be more accurate to base it on historical dependency ?

 

[Chaos23]

I was not abused as a child, and don't CURRENTLY have a drug habit...

although I used to be more fucked up than a screen door on a submarine.

I can't vote.

 

[nabollocks]

Maybe a 'None of the Above' option would have been good... But I believe these things cannot be done once the poll has been created.

 

[Vivian]

So that would be the reason behind why everyone in the UK is an addict then...

 

[PBtch]

I was abused as a child...
Physical, Emotional, and Psychological by my "sperm donor"...

I remember the last time I saw him...He choked me thanksgiving day 6 years ago then took a sledge hammer to the car....That night my mom and I moved into a hotel (he didnt know what one)...He then went around town with a gun looking for my mom and telling eveyone that he was going to kill us as soon as he found us...So we the moved out of state...

But to answer the question...
I was abused and I had a drug problem.. but now just use them in moderation, recreationally

 

[`pr0digy]

I was never abused as a child, I mean no one was raised perfectly, but my parents came to boy scout events, baseball games, etc. I don't currently have a habit, but I mean AA/NA wise I have no problem calling myself an addict - so I picked B.

 

[swilow]

First one for me.

 

[ChristBait]

yea my childhood sucked. filled with nothing but trauma. And now I'm a full blown addict. I heard around 85% of people in rehab were sexually abused as children.