I'm not good at this kind of thing so I'll just hop right in: Hi everyone. I'm Ari. I'm 20 y/o. I've been reading articles here ever since I started experimenting with drugs, about 2.5 years ago. I research everything! I wanted to know what I was getting myself into, if I'd be able to maintain a normal/healthy lifestyle while using, and how to do just that once I started. The only person I've ever used with started when I did and didn't know shit either. Lol. So, not having any people to ask these questions, I turned to the internet. And when I would look on other sites it always left me feeling embarrassed and sad. I consider myself a very functional user. But since I read nothing but article after article saying horrible and degrading things about "drug addicts",( anyone who currently uses drugs, according to a couple of different articles), I thought I was crazy. And maybe there was no such thing as a functional user after all. Until I googled the term and a thread from this website popped up. It was so good to see that there WERE other people who thought as I did, all on one website where you could ask questions, get advice, get support, and be educated on what you're doing without being judged or ridiculed. I'm glad I finally made an account and I hope I can help someone who may feel alone, scared, confused, or just curious and just needs to talk to someone who understands and won't judge them. So yeah, this was kinda long but that's my intro guys. Hope to meet lots of new people ?

