Drugs and religion.

[ugly]

"God's children".

I wonder about that sometimes... if God has children, who and where are they? If we are all God's children, why are we so ffkktt up?

Still, I maintain appearances, just for the sake of not disappointing my parents, mainly my mother. Sigh.

Mainly your mother? Good, that's excellent and I'm glad you are taking the trouble to protect her from worrying about you. My mother is a drug addict. She started on them way back when. She's a basket case at age 73. Methadone, Ativan, Ambien, Vicoden.... her current meds... which she chases with a bottle or two of wine. She gets incredibly messed up every day.

She is a Christian though. She doesn't want to be cremated because the thought of the fire experience is too much like hell for her. She believes in God. She listens to old timey gospel all the time. She's crazy though. I don't think she would be anywhere NEAR this crazy if she wasn't on so many drugs. My sister and dad agree. We've had her in rehab. That was pointless.

She introduced me to drugs, i.e. letting me have half a tranquilizer for PMS before we went to church when I was a kid. I don't know what a sober mother would be like to have. I am pretty sure my sister and I would be very different women than we are if we had been raised by a sober mother.

My mom, my sister and I all have substance issues to varying degrees and varying substances. So just enjoy your mom and let her think you are on the straight and narrow. just saying...

 

[omt]

A friend of mine who I lost touch with for years recently told me he's been drinking ayuahasca as part of a reigious service at a branch of a Brazilian church that is in Switzerland. He said they all take it together and isten to the priest talk about God and stuff (he didn't go into specifics). He was very enthusiastic about this but said that he only takes it as part of this ceremony in the church. He has flown from the UK to Switzerland several times to take part in this ceremony.

 

[Lµs. D]

The weak always need some kind of "purpose" to surive, drugs or no drugs.

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

Drugs brought me to God. No doubt. If I hadn't have taken so much damn acid, I wouldn't be the man I am today, no if and or buts about it.


Yeah.. tripping brought me to God, but away from religion. I realized that all religion is BULL SHIT, but the basic principles are always good. I base my beliefs on a general knowledge of every religion, and my own personal experiences... as everyone should. Having God by my side has GREATLY improved the quality of my life, I no longer need to do drugs as often (though I still do occasionally) and I'm at peace with myself for the first time in 10 years. My depression has receded and I'm happily looking at the rest of my life and all of the potential that God has given me.

Say what you want... but it's made my life exponentially better, and I'm thankful for it and His guidance everyday.



Drugs that are good and enlighten for the soul:
Mushrooms
LSD
DMT
MDMA (used responsibly)


Drugs that repress and confuse the soul:
Alcohol
SSRIs
Tobacco
Opiates (when abused)
Benzos (when abused)
MDMA and amphetamines (when abused)
Basically, just any drug when abused.

Hey bro I respect your opinion but tobacco can definitely be used as an enlightening tool and still is by many native american tribes

And alcohol too, come to think of it. Its used in many religious venues

SSRIs haha touche

 

[Folley]

^ Yeah, it's more of when nicotine is mixed with other chemicals and made to be incredibly addictive that it destroys your life... and alcohol? I guess it's helped me get to those states sometimes... but a lot of the time it seems like if I didn't drink the experience would have been much better.



SSRIs are just another compound created by pharmaceutical companies to make a profit. We lived just fine without them for thousands of years.. now suddenly half the population is depressed or has ADD? I don't buy it.



Also, religion is mostly bull shit. I'd bet that most Christians are going to Hell in the end... you can't just say you believe and expect everything to work out for you. It takes work, and 90% of Americans say "fuck that" and just call themselves religious.

ouch. Jesus what?

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haha