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Are you a successful drug user?

Just a random thought: Alexander the Great aka Alex the Great Boozehound died at the height of his power in June 323 BC at the age of 32, after days of epic binge-drinking.

He managed to conquer a large percentage of the earth's land mass, vanquishing all sorts of weird people and their civilizations in the process, founded a few dozen cities and was declared a living god in his early twenties. Pretty impressive huh? Don't know if I'd consider him a successful drug user, though. :)
 
As other people have said, its an oxymoron surely, i mean yes you can take whatever drugs it is you take and have everything sorted, life is great everything is as it should be, good job, beautiful wife, kids who behave and are gonna go places and you are indulging in your chosen narcotic.
THEN BAM, "yes mr x will you step into my office you have been chosen for a random drug test". Goodbye job and drug funds, people now know about you, will the wife stand by you or will she bugger off with martin from next door, he is stable and only ever has the odd sherry from time to time. Shit man i need a job to live and now (if you are American) your lifestyle has made you ill but you cant pay medical bills and so on and so on.
Obviously that is very far fetched, especially for me, beautiful wife pah, a fuckin troll would be nearer.
When i was clubbing all the time from late 97 to about 2002 i would get spannered every friday through till late sunday takin E and base (pure speed) so i would only start functioning by weds morning so for me no not a success unless to be succesful is dribbling in a corner doing goldfish impressions and going bat shit on the dance floor.

Then i got a job in a hotel the drugs were gone and suddenly i was respectable, i worked hard getting a promotion along the way, then got ill, suddenly now I AM a succesful drug user thanks to cancer as it spread from my balls to my gut into my spine, thankfully it is now in remission but i have so much pain these days. For four years i was on an obscene amount of morphine now it's methadone as it is being used as a painkiller now.
Surely you mean recreationally though.
Maybe there are succesful users, but i don't think there are any sucessful drug abusers.
 
A few years ago when i started my apprentaceship i had my second (and final) interview for the job.


I was late as i had to come back from a big weekend in Geelong, wearing my "going out" clothes, no sleep for 2 days bar 30 minutes in the car on the way back from Geelong, hadn't showered, missing half an eyebrow (bastards shaved it off while i was asleep in the car before i woke up) and had an eyebrow ring snapped in half still in place.

I still got the job.


A few times when i went upto Melbourne on a friday night to see mates, i'd leave work at 4 friday, get to melbourne at 7/8 go get twisted with the boys up there. Finally at 3:00am, get my mate to drive me 3 and a half hours home to work, do a few lines and head off to work and had the boss happy with my days work, totally oblivious (i think).

I'm amazed i've kept my job, let alone got it out of 40 other applicants.

Edit: i just realised how much of a douche i sounded when i wrote this, i didn't do it trying to make myself sound "loose" i was more or less linking it back to the original topic. :)
 
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I know plenty drug users that are successful . Drugs can give you a better perspective on things . It broadens your horizons but I know a shit load of Un-successful drug users . People just don't know when to put the apple down and save it for another day.
 
I consider myself a "mostly successful" drug user.

I use 150 30MG Oxy's, 100-125 10MG methadone tabs and 30-40 1MG Xanax tabs per month. (and I still run out of opiates every month -- thankfully I have a HUGE bupe stash. I was prescribed 24mgs per day for over a year and only took 1-2 mgs per day, if that.)

Prior to my opiate addiction I had a HUGE benzo habit. Insane amounts of Xanax, Nitrazepam, Valium, Klonopin, etc.

HOWEVER -- I do know that I could do even better if I used the time I spend HIGH studying or doing other things that would allow me to excel even more in my career.

BUT I like getting high and I think I found a nice healthy balance that I'm happy with. (for now)

Did I mention I smoke a joint or two every night as well? I guess that doesn't really count.

The only thing I REALLY want to quit are CIGARETTES. BLECH!
 
I suppose?

I work 7 days a week at 2 jobs and attend school. I only smoke weed and drink booze regularly though.
 
Looks like a good thread worthy of bringing back to life... it's kinda inspiring, in a mindfuck sorta way.

I'd say I'm pretty successful from an outside point of view. Not a soul outside my front door knows about my meth use for a recently-become-daily "lift"... well, except you fellow anonymous Internet folk! I'm pretty damn good at what I do, which is pretty well paying and quite rewarding as a job on its own. Problem is, I'm even better when I have that high going on. And that's what worries me a bit about my use, too... I know I'm getting a little carried away with my "being REALLY good" thing, but now when I'm not "lifted", I'm actually pretty shitty at my job.

So there's about my position... I guess you could say I'm successful to others, but sorta slipping away to me. I think it's a fair balance to keep it in moderation, which worked for me for a few months. At that point, when I can kick it back down to a weekend or "certain special occasion" thing, yeah, I think I'd consider myself successful as well :)
 
I was successful ... I graduated a couple weeks ago at the top of my class at college. I don't have a great job now though, I'm still looking. But it has only been like two weeks so I don't consider myself unsuccessful yet.

I do know that I would have been interested in more jobs a year ago than I am now. Mostly because my career choice is pretty boring and looking at these jobs makes me go crazy. And I think it has a lot to do with using drugs and opening my mind. I was already halfway through college by the time I started using and wanted to finish up and get my diploma anyway.

Need to go back to college and do something I actually enjoy.
 
I consider myself very successful in life. I base this on where I started as just a kid in highschool trying to be one of the few that actually graduate to where I am today as a man in his mid 40's that works for a very large company and has established a reputation as someone to be sought out. I have a nice home, family, I pay my bills, go on vacations, and I'm highly respected at work. I dont beat my wife, she tells me she loves me about every other day even after 18 years of marriage and I like to grill out on the deck in the summer by the pool.

That in my mind is successful.

I use drugs.

I dont attribute my success to drugs. Rather I'm successful between drug uses. And I suppose that's the way of it really. It's like fucking. I can work and I can fuck. I'm not in the porn industry so I can not fuck and work at the same time. lol. I pick the time when I have nothing more pressing than having a good long fuck and nap. Basically I look at drugs in the same light. A block of time where I can relax and enjoy the drug. I dont attempt to use drugs when I have things in real life that need doing.

At any rate, I'm not preaching here. I'm just talking about me and what seems to work for me. When I start blowing off meetings or ignoring my email / voice mails... then I'll know I'm fucking up and risking my success. So far so good.
 
Successful drug users?

I frequently enjoy experimenting with certain drugs. These include: DXM, shrooms, opiates, cannabis etc. I try to avoid the "hardcore" drugs. I have been considering trying LSD or DOC with a friend of mine, but am reluctant for my brains sake. I am planning on going far in University. Has anyone been able to achieve great career or family success while enjoying these types of recreational activities?
 
I totally agree, I don't believe you're future is in any danger what-so-ever if you use these drugs once in a while. They will have an impact on you and how you think and perceive things, for better or for worse, but it's all about experience, no regrets.

Expand your mind!

/cliche
 
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I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on the subject as it crossed my mind all the time as a beginner drug user.

Remember that success is in the eye of the beholder. Obviously a high level musician is going to be considered a "successful drug user" by many, however in the eyes of an even higher power they could be considered nothing but a pawn.

This also raises the question whether or not there are politicians, athletes, and movie stars who get away with drug use. Certainly if people can drink alcohol every weekend and be "successful" someone could do cocaine, or smoke pot and be "successful" as well. Obviously it's about moderation.
 
GordanMilky said:
I frequently enjoy experimenting with certain drugs. These include: DXM, shrooms, opiates, cannabis etc. I try to avoid the "hardcore" drugs. I have been considering trying LSD or DOC with a friend of mine, but am reluctant for my brains sake. I am planning on going far in University. Has anyone been able to achieve great career or family success while enjoying these types of recreational activities?
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I merged this thread in with an existing thread on the same topic.
 
WAS very successful. Started making 6 figures at 19 y/o doing internet marketing but let dope take it over. I've spent the last 2 1/2 years rebuilding and I need another month maybe two absolute tops and I'll be doing better than ever. I'm so stoked..oh P.S. I'm a chipper right now. I'm worried once I get the cashflow that I'll go back to the beginning and fuck it all up but I pray that won't happen..

So yes, successful, and this time it will stick.
 
I'm another successful drug user. I have a great career as a software engineer, I'm happily married to my beautiful wife, and I'm doing well financially. No one has a perfect life, but I'm mostly happy overall. I attribute much of my success to my drug use, psychedelic drugs in particular. I don't know where I'd be today if I hadn't tried LSD that first time, but I know I wasn't on a path to success at the time.
 
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