Bigsmoke420
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Definitely meth, the level of euphoria and happiness you feel on that drug is something you'll never feel again sober and that's a tough pill to swallow when you get clean.
I'd argue that regret induced by another is more correctly defined as shame. "Natural" is a kind of hazy and unhelpful term in this context, I think, but I get the sentiment that the induction of shame requires that someone tells us we should regret something, whether we do already, or not. But then - it too has it's purpose, I'd say it had a function or it wouldn't have evolved, probably relating to teaching children in less enlightened times. Nowadays, of course, we should try to eradicate all the unnecessary shame baked into us since our evolutionary past that causes all sorts of ridiculous shit on a daily basis, but, there's sadly a lot of it.I will challenge you on the notion that regret is a natural human emotion.
Firsthand regret- Yes
Regret caused upon by someone else defintately isnt natural.
We share altruism like dolphins.
Regret should’nt be a natural emotion.
Love 100% is
... In other words NO.I regret taking drugs only once the buzz is gone not when im high i never regret it then
Hey, have you made an attempt at a gradual taper? If going cold it too intolerable, it may be worth just trying to gradually wean yourself off it over time. It doesn't matter how long it takes either. Every minor reduction is a step in the right direction.I probably said it earlier in this thread, but opiates. I regret ever trying opiates, quite a lot. I've spent over a third of my life addicted to opiates and I hate it. I got clean for 5 years, thought I was 100% past it, and my life was so much better, and then I relapsed once and went right back to where I left off. Nothing good has come from it at all. My life worse because of them, in all ways. For a long time I denied that this was true. But it is. I am not even in love with them anymore, I don't even feel as good as I did during those 5 years when I was sober, at the peak of whatever high I am trying to achieve with opiates. The withdrawals have gotten so bad that it is intolerable to try to stop. I get withdrawals after one time if I manage to get clean and then relapse. I don't hate my life, I still have a lot of good stuff going on, but it would be so much better if I hadn't destroyed my opioid and reward systems with opiates. Obviously it didn't start out that way. But I would trade all my great, fun, euphoric early experiences in a heartbeat to be able to feel good in my own skin without opiates now.
I totaly hear you i get the same look when i tell pals heroin saved my marriage and a lengthy prison sentence . My marriage by stopping the coke fuelled maddness of out all night cheating on wife and prison sentence by stopping the anger and hurt letting me cope the best i could. In the last 16 odd years the only time i cant cope is when i stop not wds i can get through them but the paws the depression the fatigue no decided it like medicine for me i am a husband a father a son and brother again .... In other words NO.
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I regret the ridiculous number of ODs, and the withdrawals, and the endless paranoia about what exactly is in my shit, and having to carry naloxone as a basic safety measure, and the way I'm instantly looked down upon by most of society (not even mentioning health officials ffs that's a whole different ball game ), and the persecution by the law. THAT'S what made my doc SO BAD for me.
I don't regret the drug in itself. Not for one moment. YES it could easily have led to my death any number of times, due to the unpredictability which is due to nothing but the illegality.
But without it I'd have certainly been a suicide.
I know saying this will get more than a few feathers ruffled, but HEROIN SAVED MY LIFE.