Do you regret starting drugs?

[Burnt Offerings]

All for what? So I could see a few funny colors and feel one with the world? So I could nod out while eating ice cream 100 times? So I could pass out after thoroughly embarrassing myself in ways I'm glad I don't remember? Fuck that shit I'd rather have had a life. I haven't learned shit from drugs and cause of drugs I haven't learned shit from life. The only thing I've learned from drugs is how weak and pathetic and selfish people's inner nature is.

You could say the same things for most activities. Life is banal, and if you break most things down to their most basic components it seems even moreso. Work, eat, screw, sleep, repeat. With some hobbies included that are probably just as pointless as drugs are.

The only thing I'd say drugs damage that DOES have value is the ability to form strong interpersonal relationships, or damage the relationships that you already have with friends and family. Other than that, though: "time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time" (Bertrand Russell)

 

[weekend addiction]

Other than that, though: "time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time" (Bertrand Russell)

I would agree but the problem is most of the time I wasn't enjoying myself. Early on it was a ton of fun but after years of abuse it became more of a fucked-up obsession that I couldn't shake.

 

[PetalToTheMetal]

I wouldn't say I regret starting drugs, but I do regret the timing

 

[Wilson Wilson]

To OP: I agree with others that when you're still in school you should be focusing on your work... so stick to only taking amphetamine for now and fuck with other shit when you're older

To answer the question for myself, no I don't. My life would be sadder and less functional without them.

 

[thelung]

OP: i dont really regret starting drugs..but i do regret not getting a college education. *stay in school*

 

[Tryptamine*Dreamer]

Hell no!
I would not be happy without them and I was never happy before them.
They will always be close to my heart and soul because they have shown the way to amazing things!

 

[Shamandrums]

I am ecstatic discovering psychedelics...when I've not taken them for months, years or even a decade+ I still carry insights & lessons they helped me uncover. I regret agreeing to taking prescription drugs like TCAs, & tv so I stopped...use HR.

 

[Mescaline Man]

I would be cautious if I was you OP. You're still very young and you should develop non drug interests. Otherwise the only substance in your life will be substances.

This. In order to be able to use drugs responsibly, you have to develop non-drug interests first.

15 is far too young to be experimenting with drugs. I didn't smoke weed or drink until I was 17/18. Then I didn't do anything else until I was 21. I think my drug path based on age was perfect, and I would recommend the exact same path to you OP.



Here are the drugs I am very happy to have done:
Pot
Alcohol (must used in moderation of course)
Mescalito (full cactus, ooohhhhh yeahhhhh)
Psilocybin (please wait at least a month between mushroom trips)
LSD (NOT RESEARCH CHEMICALS, STAY AWAY FROM THOSE)
Salvia (weird, but I don't regret it, worth trying for sure)



Here are the drugs I regret doing (basically stay away from pills my friend):
Amphetamines (I am convinced using these frequently to study has made me dumber)
Opioids (this includes kratom, convinced this created my anxiety)
Benzo's (have made my anxiety worse)

 

[Agoraphobiaphile]

Only heroin.

I was actualky tricked into using at first. A new friend at the time told me to sniff a line n i asked what it was.. he said lortab. At that point i had only taken vicodin before n didnt know whag lortab was but i figurdd itd be cool. Was great.. a week later he gave me more..

Then i was at a party a couple dayzs later. Was drunk as fuck and on xanax so i was feeling great. Did a line of 'lortab' .. little later some people were in the bathroom doing something so i go over there and see theyre injecting something. I was already in such a good mood i asked for some.. i got shot up abd as you can probably guess i od'd and woke up later at the hospital with my mom hovering over me. She was like wtf heroin??? N i said id never do it again.

Come to find out later from someone else that my friend was giving me heroin. Well the guy that told me that was a big dope head and i became his best friend and started shooting up evry day after that because.. it got rid of my social anxiety like xanax did and it also made me feel amazing.

4 yrs later n i am hopelessly addicted. Been to rehab 5 times, on methAdone twice, on suboxone 4 times.. and right now im back on suboxone again. But it hasnt been working very well and my stomach has been in constant pain for a week. Add on top of that agoraphobic levels of anxiety n yea.. i relapsed again today.

The bitch of it is i have been trying to quit for so long.. the logical part of my brain is begging me to stop but that primitive animalistic part is a fucker. I have been going to NA for about 3 years now.. sometimes every day but usually a couple times a week.. n the shit makes sense but i can not achieve any semblance of successful sobriety.

The fact that i voluntarily go to meetings despite my anxiety shows how bad i want to be happily sober.. i just dont know if it is possible.

Benzos, alcohol, crack cocaine, weed, psychs.. i can pick up any of those and put them down no problem. I smoked weed for 8 years all day every day and i just got sick of being a lazy stoner so i put it down EASILY.

The heroin is the only one i cant kick. It sucks and my life fucking sucks. I think about suicide sometimes but i dont think i could ever go thru with it.

So yea i regret heroin.

 

[forestman4]

Started smoking cigerettea and alcohol when I was 13.. I remember drinking like 3 times a year and smoking 1 pack a week (20 cigs)

I'm now 16 and cant get rid of nicotine addiction. The girl I love made me quit alcohol last year so I knew I wasn't going to try them.

Never done anything highly illegal, weed, cocaine, heroin... strict no no.

Quiting alcohol made me take alprazolam and codeine regularly, weekly twice.

Am I sad about it?
Frankly, No.
I love codeine and alprazolam. Definitely hate cigarettes because they suck now and make me dehydrated when traveling on hot days. But hey I'm 16 and I'm about to finish my 12th grade.

 

[JessFR]

I really don't know, I've definitely paid a steep price as a result of going down this path. On the other hand, before drugs caused a lot of my pain, they helped me cope with a lot of my pain. Maybe id have killed myself had I not had that crutch. Who knows. But keep in mind I'm talking about hardcore drugs like heroin. Most people who try drugs wont wind up where I have.

 

[boardzrus]

I do only for sleeping pills.

 

[Erikmen]

I really don't know, I've definitely paid a steep price as a result of going down this path. On the other hand, before drugs caused a lot of my pain, they helped me cope with a lot of my pain. Maybe id have killed myself had I not had that crutch. Who knows. But keep in mind I'm talking about hardcore drugs like heroin. Most people who try drugs wont wind up where I have.

Me neither. Although most of the things I have done while using drugs have caused me all sort of problems including trying taking to take my life, I can't see who I would have been if it wasn't for my history which also includes moments of victory, sympathy and love - even it was felt in an artificial way.