Ecstasy definitely changed my life.
In '03, one of my best friends was killed. I was destroyed. That same year, my Mom's boyfriend, who I loved like a second father, died of cancer. I didn't know what to do. I was just spiraling down. Not only that, but up to that point in my life, I had been a very shy, very introverted individual who was completely confused about himself. Taking MDMA for the first time changed all that.
Suddenly, I felt like a little kid again. It brought me back to that innocent happiness that I felt as a little child running around in the backyard of my parents' house with my favorite toys in hand. All these negative concepts, like hate, fear, suffering, greed -- I wondered why they even existed. I was suddenly appalled that people actually felt and furthered these terrible things, when one could actually feel as good as I felt while rolling. I saw the underlying beauty in life, and I realized that there was no need to ever be afraid ever again. I realized that the people I had lost would have wanted me to continue on, and I could be successful and be happy in a tribute to their memory. In addition to all of this, I remembered a ton of previously repressed memories, and I realized that I had been bisexual my entire life, and it was okay. I didn't have to deny it anymore. I just woke up, essentially.
I feel like I began a new chapter in my life that started the first time I did ecstasy. Ever since, I have been such a different person, in a good way. I'm more confident in myself. I'm more social. And, this is all while sober! MDMA really helped me sort out issues in my head. I'm definitely a success story with the therapeutic benefits of MDMA. I'm glad more official research is being done with this drug lately.