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Drug use: What have you learned from it?

*Venus*

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Ive learned that I havent really learned all that much.

Granted there have been many weird theories that made so much sense while under the influence, but as far as revelations that stayed with me into sobriety, there is actually very little.

With that said, I want this to be a discussion in which you share the things you have learned through drug use and have used in your everyday life.

Ive learned while stoned...that physical actions speak louder and truer than words. If I mute out what people are saying, their bodies will almost tell me their feelings about what is being said. Try it sometime.
 
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i've learned to really think things out. that's gotta be the clincher. Pretty sure ive learned that from drugs, or maybe it was from using drugs, not the actual drugs themselves..
 
I've learned that:

people look a lot funnier on acid

problems are not as severe on narcotics

sex feels a lot better, and orgasms much more intense on GHB

you really can't squeeze though the door to heaven on ketamine.

people shouldn't be allowed in public if they've eaten more then 4 pills.

But best of all I've learned the world is just as beautiful sober.... you just gotta take the time to realize it.
 
I've learned that reality is mostly perception. Once I saw how radically my perception could change on drugs, I was more comfortable with thinking differently when straight.
 
From my drug use I have learnt.

  • That I'm not anywhere near as mentally tough as I once thought...
  • ...and thus, humility.
  • That given enough chemical empathy, most humans are capable of getting along.
  • That those government-sponsered ads are true; what goes up, must come down
  • That I do have worthwhile things to say.
  • That I don't have worthwhile things to say after being awake forty-eight hours on meth.
  • That weed makes me lazy.
  • That real friends will enjoy your company when you're sober.
  • That hiding from the world is no way to live your life.
  • That you cannot consistently take four pills every weekend and maintain any semblance of emotional stability.
  • That depression is a waste of time. Full stop.
  • When you build your life around taking drugs; you're fucked.
  • That the human race is full of beautiful people worth putting faith and hope in.
  • That risks are worth taking.
  • That deep emotional experiences under the influence should be entered into with caution.
  • Confidence and self-esteem.
 
you seem to learn things on some psychedelics
but things so alien that there's no way to explain or even conceptualize them.

it's like "on psychedelics i saw the book that explains the universe and i could have known everything, but most of it was written in chinese"
 
Let's see, it's hard to imagine my life if I hadn't tried drugs, but...

I wouldn't know much or anything about the human body, chemistry and pharmacology for one thing.

I wouldn't know how to REALLY listen to music, nor would I understand it in the same way I do now.

I wouldn't understand any art in the same way, come to think of it.

I wouldn't have the same insane feeling of having looked over the entirety of the subatomic universe and human thought for a split second, which is a large contributing factor to my spiritual views.

I wouldn't have nearly as many interesting stories to tell, nor would I know as much about the highs and lows of human emotion.

And I'm sure I've learned many other things that don't come to mind at the moment...

--- G.
 
I've learned to put more stake in my own self. My mood is what sets the context for all of the events for my time on earth, so I should take time to balance myself to make the most of it.
 
*that drugs can truely fuck you up if your not carefull
*you dont need drugs to live a happy exciting life
*pot can be more mentally damaging then what people say
*how narrow minded and stupid people really are
*meth and mdma = the worse comedown in the world
 
That I wish someone would have sat me down when I was young and truly made me understand what addiction was before I got to see it first hand and let it truly put a dent in the lifestyle I could have had.
 
That I can be stronger than I ever thought I could be.

That I can be more pitiful and spiteful than I ever knew.

That I love my parents, for sticking by me, and calling the paramedics when I was drowing in my own vomit.

That getting 'untubed' in the hospitol really hurts, especially when concious.

I've learned to love my body, not hate it.

I've learned that I want to help people who've been in the places I've been.

I've learned a love of psychology, and pharmacology.

I've learned that panic attacks on 5 hits of LSD are really, really, really unpleasent.

That some of my 'friends' were really the opposite, and that those few who stuck by me in my tough times were the best I've ever had.

Finally I've learned that though drugs have taken a lot from me, they helped me appreciate the world through sober eyes, and appreciate the time I've got on this planet.

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Great thread, Venus!

M
 
Woww! ^^^^

For me, drugs have let me appreciate the smaller things in life, that I tend to take for granted on a daily basis. I go thru life so fast usually constantly looking ahead to what's next that I don't get to appreciate the here and now. I love to just slow down and have meaningless thoughts sometimes (not to say ALL my thoughts while on drugs are meaningless);)
 
Drugs have taught me:

  • That the world is beautiful;
  • Everything has a positive side;
  • Every experience teaches you something, good or bad, and life is about learning the smaller lessons, cause they're more important in the long run;
  • That life isn't just about work and study;
  • That, like a diet, life needs a balance of all things to be any good;
  • Everyone can be a friend, but only true friends will hold your head above the toilet while you puke (instead of sitting on their ass playing the playstation).
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    Astaroth.
 
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