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Are you a successful drug user?

Yes, but I had to stop using almost all of them except for one or two times a year. I can only use alcohol and cannabis more often and I still have to watch that.

They most def. fucked up my life for a few years. Looking back on it I was too immature to use them at that point. I've been doing really good at school for the past few years and am about to step into the next phase. This could be a difficult adjustment but I think I can do it. Albeit 2 or 3 years behind schedule. I'm sure a few would consider this a failure but I'm happy with myself most of the time and thats what matters. I should also note that for awhile I had some depression and anxiety issues but those are gone as of now for the most part.

I should also say that I had to make radical changes in attitude and lifestyle in order to do this. So all in all yeah I think I am, but had I continued in the course I was in then no. I have no clue why I was able to pull myself out but I realize I am lucky.
 
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phactor said:
I should also say that I had to make radical changes in attitude and lifestyle in order to do this. So all in all yeah I think I am, but had I continued in the course I was in then no. I have no clue why I was able to pull myself out but I realize I am lucky.
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So what was it for you? (Yes, I realize you just said you had no clue :) )

I've done a lot of thinking about the exact same question, and I'm not entirely sure either... but this is my attempt...

I quit drinking (honestly one of my biggest problems) in the middle of an LSD trip. I was at a large outdoor event surrounded by a bunch of drunks, and I got offered a beer. Now, leading up to this, I didn't combine alcohol w/psychedelics, and most of my friends knew this, and when I was offered a drink, I'd say "No, I don't drink when I'm tripping", but this time it came out as "No, I don't drink", and I realized, only at that moment, that it was a possibility to not drink at all, if it was possible to not drink in any one instance. Perhaps it doesn't sound very profound, but it really was. I haven't had a drink since.

When I gave up speed I was completely exhausted emotionally and physically, emaciated, my hair was falling out, I was shitting blood, and had seriously fucked up what would've otherwise been a wonderful and longstanding relationship. And I'd been in that state for several months. The semester ended, and I just stopped doing speed. Couldn't get out of bed for about a week, and immediately commenced drinking ungodly amounts of alcohol to get the depression out of my head, which in turn fucked up my life even more (see above).
 
The first few weeks of school I blazed every morning. The past month I've been doing shit atleast a few times a week and I'm getting somewhere inbetween an "A" and "B" average. I care extremely for my success now and my success in the future. :)
 
I barely graduated highschool (amazed that i pulled it off actually) live in my mother's basement and work for my dad, no new prospects 'cept for scoring every week, no sig-othie for two years, dwindling friendships, nursing a bad miss.
Just bundling up for that 'enduring chill'
so that one day i too maybe lucky enough to wake up, 45 and realize what a dirty wastrel i've been
but i woulda failed at life, drugs or no drugs

but hey down the road some, when one of you flaming successes declines my job app, i can always think
'here we stood as equals'
 
well i got the job, now is when the real test begins. can i keep it or am i too screwed up from drugs/in general? (ive had issues with dealing with life since i was a kid, mainly social anxiety).
 
I've been smoking pot on a daily basis for over a year now, and I've been doing a galaxy of other drugs in the meantime...so far, it's all been good.

still haven't been caught yet.

still in college, holding down a 3.0+ GPA

still at the same dead-end job I've had for over 2 years...but I'm only 19, so no worries. The only reason I'm still there is because it's really easy and filled with friends and fellow users. ;)

As far as I'm concerned, I've been a successful drug user in that I've never allowed myself to get out of control, or wind up in trouble with the law. I also stay away from coke/meth/heroin, as I can see any of them easily bringing about my downfall.

Of course, the real challenge comes after college, where I doubt my activities could occur as frequently as they do now. Will I continue my drug use at it's current pace, slow down a bit, or abandon the stuff altogether? I'll get back to you on that...in like, four years or something.
 
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So what was it for you? (Yes, I realize you just said you had no clue :) )
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Well like I said I'm not really sure. I think it was mainly because of two reasons though:


1. A radical change in my attitude. I decided to finally "give a fuck". When I dropped out of school I was basically working a shit job and getting drunk/going to concerts and parties. This was fun for maybe 2 months then I realized I needed to do something with myself. I realized that if I were to return to school I would need to move away from the environment I'm in and clean up my act. I'm still doing this but I've made leaps and bounds from where I was at. Plus I had to learn to not be so goddamn hard on myself. It also helped that many of my friends started to "chill out" at around the same time.

2. Having support. My family is great. I had a home to move into and they were willing to help me pay for college. If I didn't have this I'd imagine it would be a very different story. I am very lucky to have them, many people do not.
 
Definitely successful on the outer front. I mean, I really have it together. I get straight A's and B's in school, work hard and have never been fired from a job, pay my rent and bills on time, keep my house extremely clean, get along really well with other people... My self-control is amazing and it does give me kind of a smug sense of superiority over druggies who don't have it together.

Most people don't suspect my binge drinking and opiate abuse, or the myriad of other drugs I've done at parties and such. Appearances are deceiving.

I think that emotional success is more important than physical success. I want to be happy with myself the way I am, but that's what I need to get therapy for, not use drugs.
 
I think I am. I hold down a good job, finished university, have my own palace and car. Im fairly successful for my age. Drugs dont define me, they're just a little part of me.
 
Financially secure, popular, in a healthy and happy relationship, and headed for a prestigious university. I can't ask for more.
 
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Nope, not been successful at all. I was for a while, but then I fell off. I don't think it pisses me off that so many of you claim to be "successful drug users" if that's truely the case right now, I've just witnessed the exact opposite from staying in the scene for 7 years or so and it pisses me off that some people know that the majority of daily users aren't successful and still try to throw up this glamorous facade. I guess everyone has their individual experiences, that's just not what I've personally experienced nor has it been my observation of those daily users around me. I would venture to say that the majority of the people I see using on a daily basis are ultimately unsuccessful. It's just been my observation with a whole lot of people and my personal experience that daily users don't go on like that forever without it causing serious problems that usually lead to the downfall of their success.
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i agree.. qft
 
I lived through it to tell the tale

I did it all. I worked at a strip club in southern arizona where I had daily contact with some pretty big time drug dealers. I then went on to do meth every single day for two years, while selling it part time to eventually full time. Plus the money from the club, I had a lot of money.

Now, I'm clean and sober and I've walked away from that lifestyle happily. I relocated to Illinois where there are NO drugs like I prefer (weed is everywhere) and no one here knows my past. I've never been snitched on, never arrested, never even finger printed. I'm still young and hell, I could be a police officer if I really wanted to (which I would never).

But for two years I lived this glamorous drug crazed life where everyone wanted me or wanted to be me. I would say I definately had more enemies than friends but that was out of jealousy. I'm glad it's all behind me now. I have a regular hourly wage job now and I'm going to go back to college to become a math teacher.

I'd say I was pretty successful though. I have six laptops, ten digital cameras, 4 mp3 players, 3 printer/copier/scanners, 2 portable dvd players, and the list really goes on and on. Ironically, I can't stand to even look at the stuff because of all the memories I have when I see them. Seeing as how I need to kiss my family's ass to make up for lost time, I'm giving away all of my goodies as Christmas presents. It'll be as though I never used meth and ditched them all for a couple years. At least, that's what I hope for :)
 
Drug Related Success Stories?

So what are the coolest/strangest/most interesting stories of people that you've heard of that used drugs to get ahead in some way, big or small!?!?!





I know a friend who wrote his whole sophmore theme essay at 3:00 AM that was due the next day and got an A.


Similarly I heard of a genius that lived in the projects of NYC that raised money by buying poppy seeds then getting "opium" by CWE and selling it for a profit. He used ALL of that money to get him into college. Dont ask me how he could possibly make that much

Famous addicts count also i think...

So share yours!!=D=D
 
I don't understand..... you're asking us to list people who got rich selling drugs? That's a pretty long list.

(btw, if your friend wrote an essay high at 3am and got an A, he probably could have written it sober at 3pm and got an A+)
 
I used to write all of my essays for AP classes while under the influence and made solid A's.

There's some guys in my town that used to deal quite a bit and decided to get out of the game and now they are pretty damn well off.

Want to hear drug horror stories? I think that would be a much longer list.
 
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