Wat would you do if you couldnt use the drugs that keeps u sane? Who here is pretty much livin to use and usin to live? Do you think youd b able to handle it pretty good if you had to stop? Or is gettn high the only thing u really care about and the only thing that keeps you goin day to day, the only reason you wake up in the morning?
Wat would you do if you couldnt use the drugs that keeps u sane?
Sleep as much as humanly possible, totally dissociate myself from society and almost completely withdraw from society (ie. hide in my room), try to gather every ounce of motivation I could just to leave the house and go to a meeting or something - ANYTHING - to kill the boredom.
Who here is pretty much livin to use and usin to live?
I live for life itself, not just for dope. My problem is that I've found that dope just makes everything soooo much more bearable if not downright enjoyable. So, no - I don't "live to use" - I don't feel as if I'd have nothing to live for if I had never even gone down this path (or if dope no longer existed).
Also, it just masks the pain SOOO WELL... Life IS painful, my life at least. I've been through sooo much shit in life - having my heart torn out by girls... Being incredibly stressed and simultaneously 100% depressed... Feeling as if I'll never live up to peoples' expectations for me... Having to deal - every fucking day - with my overly-anxious and obsessive personality (as in, worrying and obsessing about shit, CONSTANTLY)... Being betrayed by people you THOUGHT were your friends, or potentially your next girlfriend, or your "most trustworthy" connection... Having one of your life-long friends jump off a 200+ foot bridge - right in front of his own PARENTS - to his inevitable death. I've been there, done that...
I'm NOT looking for sympathy, just trying to make a point - if it weren't for dope, these are the things I'd constantly be thinking/worrying about. A few glassine bags every day - up the ole' sniffer in my case - and I'm no longer anxious, sad, and obsessing. It's my medicine - my anti-depressant. My painkiller. Not just physically, but even more so mentally...
Not to mention the physical enjoyment - it makes me feel GREAT. And as we all know, probably too well, the opposite of this physical enjoyment (withdrawal) is pure fucking HELL. I'd get through it I'm sure - but I'm even MORE sure that it would be the hardest thing I've ever done in my entire life. I know I need to WANT IT first (And right now, I DON'T want to be off it!).
So, the short answer - no, I don't live for dope... But dope sure as shit helps ME to enjoy life. Would I be able to survive without it? If it ALL just disappeared one day, off the face of the earth? Yes, I would... BUT - I wouldn't find life nearly as enjoyable, relaxing, and/or care-free. It's my crutch, I guess.
If you think about it, *almost* everyone has their "thing" - their own dirty little secret that they do when nobody's looking (and others, when people ARE looking). For most, it's alcohol, of course... The "socially acceptable", 100%-consequence-free "legal" escape. For us, it's dope. For others, it's sex/prostitution. Others, gambling. Others - food. Whatever floats your boat, in my opinion. I'm no angel, so I'm not gonna bust YOUR ass for not being a saint, either. Live it up, you can't do it over.
Sorry for the tangent. Just my two cents.