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Are you a successful drug user?

I am now, go to school and have a full time job. I really only get high a few times a month, instead of every second of every day.

Before I definently wasn't. But now i'm not addicted to anything so I can just get high once in awhile for fun.
 
Great job, got decent grades back at school, long term gf.

No complaints. :)
 
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I have money in the bank,a good job that pays well,have not gone back to college yet,but plan on it soon,although it's hard to leave the money I have now and spend it being a broke college student again.I'm off probation now,and I still get high on something everyday,although not all day like in the past.
 
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...at least in my book. A functioning addict or user can hardly be the same as "successful." It's a huge disadvantage when you never hit bottom. You're basically fucked when you know how to fight it good.

15 yrs ago my ass was kicked after 2-3 days without food or sleep. Now I can go on a 5 day run with a cat nap here and there and not sound like a babbling idiot. I don't look pale, my eyes don't look wide like silverdollars, I'm not all jittery, and I blend in with everybody else. No, It's NOT the shit that making me think that either..lol I even ask trusted friends (nonusers) if I seem a bit sketchy and they always tell me "no, not at all. Why?" The only tendency I can think of now is I write long ass emails where I just wasted an hour or two babbling and the person on the other end tells me it was "too long to read." LOL (kind of like this post? hahaha)

It's a trip to see a doctor and a dentis on this forum. College students yeah, it goes with the territory but freakin DENTISTS?? Frickin bastards are sticking a g*d damn drill in my mouth too! NO WONDER GOING TO THE DENTIST IS SO FUCKING PAINFUL!!! LMAO
 
i successfully use drugs, so yes, i am a successful drug user. im a borderline pothead and alcoholic and i hold down my job just fine. i work 50-80 hrs a week and still have time to chill out.

not going to lie though, i know i am by no means as effective or efficient of a worker as i am when i am completely clean and sober. its not that using drugs makes it impossible to hold down a job, it just makes it harder. every morning is a struggle just to get out of bed, and just staying motivated all day is a task in itself. it takes real determination and self motivation to climb out of bed and do work all day drugs or no drugs, but drugs don't help me preform at work and i know that. when you start putting drugs before work your going to have a lot of problems.
 
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I have only ever gone through very minor Opiate withdrawal but I do crave them when I don't have them, a this week in fact but I am trying to build a good life for myself.
So I would say I am a successful drug user.

And when I am not in so much pain and unhappiness and feeling like I want die, I will need them less. I just hope things get better... soon.
 
"not going to lie though, i know i am by no means as effective or efficient of a worker as i am when i am completely clean and sober. its not that using drugs makes it impossible to hold down a job, it just makes it harder. every morning is a struggle just to get out of bed, and just staying motivated all day is a task in itself. it takes real determination and self motivation to climb out of bed and do work all day drugs or no drugs, but drugs don't help me preform at work and i know that. when you start putting drugs before work your going to have a lot of problems."

I hear ya brother. Doing crank and working is like going 100mph with your feet nailed to the floor..lol It's hard work to do the shit you do when you don't want to give up anything worthwhile. It's a double standard we choose to live with it. That's how it is when values swing both ways.
 
It's a very subjective question obviously, but overall I've been successful while using drugs daily for over fifteen years.

I play and teach music for a living, I get paid very well all things considered. I think drugs are just drugs, if you have some self discipline you can live your life however you'd like to and still use your drug of choice. Things go wrong when the focus turns to the drugs and everything else becomes less important.

I should add that I used to smoke weed daily, drink constantly, and take adderall like candy (I've also experimented with most drugs, Opiates are my DOC.). I gave up weed and alcohol, now I'm prescribed ritalin and take it as prescribed. My point is I've given up alot of drugs over the years so I could continue to move forward. I can function well because I made changes at crucial times, most of my drug use at this time is just what I'm prescribed and I usually take my meds as prescribed. I don't abuse drugs the way I used to, if I did I wouldn't be able to function at all. I'm still not perfect, I go overboard every now and then but work keeps me busy, sane and grounded.

At the moment I'm on subs, ritalin and klonopin and I see a psychiatrist, I couldn't use Heroin daily and function the way I need to but I don't blame the drug for that, I didn't have good enough connections and I couldn't afford the habit. It took too much time to score everyday so I went on subs and feel more balanced now and have more time to do what I need to do. I went through a period where I did way too much of everything and my life and career took a definite downfall. Doing well now though, busier than ever actually.

Overall though for my age I feel successful, I've had some great girlfriends, I've traveled quite a bit, played with some of the best musicians in the world and I work freelance so I make my own schedule. I've had a good life so far but there are times when I feel like I'm walking a tightrope with drugs even though they are prescribed to me. I'm fortunate to have a lot of friends who are professional people that aren't drug addicts, I'm also fortunate to have a great supportive family. My work brings me into contact with so many different kinds of people, from the rich to the poor, this variety helps me keep some perspective. If I just hung out with drug addicts everyday I would be at a disadvantage.

There are alot of factors that make it easier for me to function as a drug addict (people allow musicians to get away with all kinds of shit that would never be tolerated at a normal job), there's always a slight element of luck too, but I do feel I've earned my success. I've paid some dues, I didn't get where I'm at by accident, I worked my ass off learning music inside and out and have played every type of gig imaginable as well as every style of music. I love what I do for a living and feel it is what I was put on this earth to do.

Drugs are just one part of the equation, everyone is different, if your life revolves around drugs and nothing else chances are you will not be a successful drug user. Life has it's ups and downs regardless of whether or not you take drugs regularly.
 
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Successful drug USER? Yes.

Being a successful drug ADDICT however is much more difficult and virtually always unsustainable.
 
I'd imagine that a successful drug user/addict is similar to a successful criminal, they don't get caught and therefore we don't hear about them. I'd guess very few people know of their activities and the people that do are probably accepting of it and keep their mouths shut even if they aren't completely accepting of said activities.
 
I'm successful in that i've been steadily employed 5 yrs-which is the longest i've ever lasted anywhere clean or using. For me its been tricky finding a balance between maintaining a full time job in conjunction with my full time habit, which i have. My job is easy an i get the freedom my using demands but still maintain happiness in my work and my using, even though money is scarse
 
Got that right TJ5! it's definitely a FT job or like having 2 of those! It drains you bad.

I just slept the longest I've ever slept in my life! 16 hrs. Just got back from the county fair w/family and slept like a vampire. longest I've been w/o shit too.
 
I've avoided being a complete failure while addicted to drugs but I can't say I wouldn't be far more successful without them.

... what a nice cop-out. 8)

Seriously though, I have a college degree and I'm employed. So other than the fact that I have no emotional intelligence, social skills, money in the bank, or day-to-day happiness, sure I'm successful! :)
 
i was addicted to heroin and other opiates for 5 years, quit cold turkey and haven't looked back. I'm slightly proud of that, which I guess I deserve to do. I'm enrolled in college, which I'm about to graduate from, and have come a long, long way. I do like cheese though. Ham as well. Oh, Jesus, it's happened again, so much mayonnaise, i'm gonna drop out, sign on, and eat sammiches till I die. I dunk them in old crow and slurp the booze off then rub myself, oh lord!
 
I would consider myself 'successful' by mainstream society standards (whatever that really means). My fiancée is an economist, and I work part time while I'm finishing my honours.

This thread reminded me of the Bill Hicks quote:

"I had a great time doing drugs. Sorry. Never murdered anyone, never robbed anyone, never raped anyone, never beat anyone, never lost a job, a car, a house, a wife or kids, laughed my ass off, and went about my day.”
 
Dropped out of school pretty early. Just wasn't interested, and that's basically the story with everything in my life, i just float trough life at a slow pace and trip balls xD I dont work, but i dont need money anyway, i always find a way that involves no effort at all to get what i need and still sit on my ass all day. Im generaly good at everything - jack of all trades, master of none.
On topic - Guess I am. Pretty content with my life and im far from unsuccessful.
 
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