Do you talk about your drug escapades to friends that don't use?

[llyando]

Oh indeed. I once spoke to a medical assistant whose job was to collect urine screens at the Employee Health department at a hospital, for new hirees. She said there was absolutely no correlation between somebody's looks and the way they carried themselves, and their likelihood of turning up positive for something. She said most people who came up positive, especially for cocaine and marijuana, surprised her greatly, and she sees incredibly conventional looking people piss dirty every day.

She also said that on the other hand, most people she tested who rubbed her as 'thuggish' or off-center in some way, pissed clean.

When you think about it, for adults, there is really little to be gained by advertising drug use.

Which sucks for me right now because i'm at a point where I thoroughly want to discuss my using. I'm the kind of guy who loves to talk things out and have deep and philosophical discussions about almost anything and everything. But I find that I have almost no one to talk to about my using in this manner. It really is chafing me a lot right now.

 

[ThePharmicist]

My friends, who are true friends, not just drug friends, I talk to them about it sometimes. They always come to me with questions like "Hey what pill is this. . ." and "So is codeine like hydrocodone?" I get all kinds of questions about pills - and I know quite a bit.

Then I have another friend who thinks he knows it all about opiates after buying some OTC codeine out the country. He's telling me he's taking bunch of them. I told him he should do a CWE with them to get the Tylenol out.

He responds with: "Dude, there isn't any Tylenol in here, it's mixed with some P drug. Dude, I know what I'm talking about."
Me: "You mean paracetamol?"
Him: "Yeah, so it's all good."
Me: *shakes head*
Then he starts telling me about how he's going to try and sell the lot of 10 pills for $150 and I told him it wasn't worth that and he got all pissy and calls me the next day telling me I'm a huge asshole because "I think I know everything about substances." Don't ask me if you don't want me to tell you what I think.

Jackass.

 

[MyDoorsAreOpen]

Which sucks for me right now because i'm at a point where I thoroughly want to discuss my using. I'm the kind of guy who loves to talk things out and have deep and philosophical discussions about almost anything and everything. But I find that I have almost no one to talk to about my using in this manner. It really is chafing me a lot right now.

Dude, you just need to find other adults with otherwise normal lives and values somewhat similar to yours, who happen, just like you, to like drugs, and use them with great discretion and moderation, but much enjoyment. They're out there. They're closer than you think.

Most of them wear a shirt with a collar every day, and have no stickers on their cars.

 

[Nikolai]

I will only talk about my drug use to a couple of my closest friends, I would not talk about drug use on myspace.

 

[Depressicaa]

Sorry if my attitude has rubbed you guys the wrong way. I wanted to drive and all, but its just that he doesn't let me, plus I don't know the roads. I'm sure if it was a sober person who knew the road as well, it would be a different story. If you were in my situation though, what would you do? I know its odd, but I have never had to tell him to slow down or watch out. Maybe hes not as drunk as I think he is? What would you do if you were in my situation?

 

[Darkvalentine336]

Although I really like talking about and discussing drugs, I generally try to avoid talking to my clean friends about drugs. Unfortunately, that's pretty much all of them. They look at me funny when I do. Not in a bad way. They just don't see the point.

 

[MyDoorsAreOpen]

^ That's exactly how I think of it. Even if they're tolerant of my drug use or drug use in general, they'd have nothing to add to such a conversation, and it would probably bore and eventually annoy them to hear me go on.

I'm not into team sports at all. If a dude starts coming at me with a whole lotta sports talk, I quickly let it be known that I've got nothing to add, and I'd rather change the topic. I figure this is probably how my non-drug-using friends feel if I talk about drugs.

I don't think it reflects well on a drug user who can't help himself frequently talking about drugs indiscriminately in all kinds of company. If drugs are that front-and-center in the person's mind, to many people, that's a big red flag for a substance abuse problem, or at the very least a lack of restraint.

 

[Shambles]

I do tell tales of druggy derring do to pretty much everyone and anyone whatever their opinion of drugs is. Usually results in either interested questioning (maybe even accompanied by the creak of a mind being opened just a smidge sometimes) or complete lack of interest (and the sound of tumbleweed echoing around perceptual doors firmly shut on rusted hinges). Never had anything bad beyond boring some poor sod half to death myself. Which is lucky cos I do like to talk drugs. Oh yes I do.

 

[llyando]

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I don't think it reflects well on a drug user who can't help himself frequently talking about drugs indiscriminately in all kinds of company. If drugs are that front-and-center in the person's mind, to many people, that's a big red flag for a substance abuse problem, or at the very least a lack of restraint.

I can't help but agree with this. It's not like any other subject where it's like oh he's just really into poker or his passion is such and such.

 

[emotionsickness]

well i have before but most if not all of them now dont want to hear about it hate anything to do with drugs

in the beginning they were interested but now i dont really tell anyone

 

[its.euphoric]

I can't help but agree with this. It's not like any other subject where it's like oh he's just really into poker or his passion is such and such.

Yeah.. that's totally true. Like people will say, oh I love to play football or I love swimming. When people ask me what I like to do, I can't say, oh yeah I like drugs. But it's not even just doing drugs, I also love learning about them. It's very interesting to me. Usually, I just end up saying I like hanging out with friends or something.
But I can't just be like, oh yeah my hobby is drugs... people don't get it. Unless I actually explain it to them, and it's not someone important.

 

[drug_mentor]

I used to tell people pretty indiscriminately, then I got to the point I didn't have any friends who don't use. I have recently started a course and have decided to adopt a more discrete approach when talking with my classmates because I don't want to be known as a the class "druggie" like I was in high school.