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Functional Addicts...Are you one? Have you met one?

I merged these 2 threads. The first one was asking about functional addicts you know, the second if you yourself are functional, so we put em together and got a thread about functional addiction whether its you or a friend post here. :)
 
i'd think most functional drug users would be abusing quasi-legal opiates like hydro/oxycodone, stimulants: desoxyn/dexamphetamine or benzos: xanex/valium. or possibly all three. i've been functional all through 4 years of college on one or the other (rationally). by being prescribed their DOC functional users never associate themselves with typical "drug-behavior" or such stigmas, plus it seems to me most street drugs are too recreational in their high/not productive. my vote is for pills all the way =]
 
i guess you could call me a "functional addict"

dont live on the streets, not 100% broke, not crippled by my addiction

but i havent always been that way
at one point i wasnt really a funtional addict

as for do i know anyone that is?

well ya
most of the addicts i know are functional addicts

although sadly a bunch i know arent
 
lots of functional addicts i know..and being one of them, i can say i function, but it aint easy, thats for sure. shit happens and i do my best, but i'm far from totally supportin myself and havin all my shit together
 
There is someone here, I think, Miss Mia Wallace that said she is shooting meth and working...

Like someone said if someone was hooked and still kept up normal appearance as a professional u probably wouldn't know it

My sub doc said he treats docs, lawyers, many professionals...so I'm assuming there are many
 
Thizzerfershizzer said:
i guess you could call me a "functional addict"

dont live on the streets, not 100% broke, not crippled by my addiction

but i havent always been that way
at one point i wasnt really a funtional addict

as for do i know anyone that is?

well ya
most of the addicts i know are functional addicts

although sadly a bunch i know arent
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I don't know, by that definition I'm functional, and I sure don't feel functional.

Speaking of which I was watching the corner from HBO the other day though, and man I felt so lucky. Yeah I'm a no future junkie but I don't have to boost shit or go through any of the crap Gary dude goes through.
 
I'm a functional addict for sure, it's trying to function when I'm in wd that I'm incapable of.
 
I consider myself a functioning addict. Earned a BS in Neuroscience while addicted to IV opiates for 3 out of the 4 undergrad years, now I have a decent income doing work on the computer. But I get most of my drugs from a doctor (all of them now since I quit coke); so I don't constantly need to be out copping, and drug-related business is a once a month single point transaction so sales don't take up any of my time and I've got all the money I need. Running out early isn't a problem, I've got ways of getting stuff advanced that is also no hassle. I worked hard to set myself up like this, but always put school and friends first.
I keep my use secret from non-users, who don't suspect anything because I only take drugs to be normal in social situations to begin with; I'm rarely 'messed up' and passing out; only at a club or party where it's appropriate. But among users, I try to use myself to show everybody who uses a needle isn't a scumbag loser; because the bias other drug users have against IV users is stupid.
 
i would say yes, i used to know a coke head who would do it all through work and just put bumps in his parliment filters. Seems like a lot of people do that though but my point is he was still workin, barely ever missed a day and being a addict. This shit amazes me.
 
i used to regularly sell my methadone to a lawyer who also bought several other people's take homes and he paid top dollar. although he wouldn't use H - he didn't see anything wrong with buying methadone from junkies and using it instead. he had a very large methadone habit btw

oh - and i was a functioning junkie for years. i'm a craftsperson and was still able to make and sell my jewelry high for years.
all of that stopped when i started dealing and had access to ever increasing amounts of tar. finally at the end of my addiction i was mostly just nodding out all day.
 
I am to some degree a “functional junkie”.

I work – but simply because I need it to remain mentally sane to some point. If I did not work, I would have no habitual routine in my life. Routine keeps me slightly in check. I don’t work for the money at all; I do not even particularly love my job. I just need to do it to remain a somewhat normal human being in society. It benefits me greatly.

On the other hand, my life is chaotic. I am always awake, always out of the house and meeting shady characters. Heck, I am shady. My life is NOT typical; my well-being in all areas of my life has gone out the window. Not to mention my mental and physical health. The typical meth addict is seen as living on the streets, looking an inch from death and having no teeth. If any of you have seen me, you will know that I look nothing like that.

Functional addicts are much more common than some people realize. I know so many; I couldn’t even calculate them all, or think of which tale to tell. Some are high flyers even, some own businesses, some are police officers. It doesn’t discriminate.
 
I am definately a functioning addict, I do Herion and I come to work everyday, I usually dont get high at work but I bring a few bags with me to make it through the day. I have always worked though how else would I get $$
 
in retrospect i think an addict is always "functional" as long as they got enough of their DOC :)
 
I dont know of any functional addict, at least long term. And If one gets prescribed oxys for example and does NOT use them to get high (crush-swallow ) then even though he is physically addicted I would not call him an addict per se. You can manage your habit this way, because you mind is free even though your body needs it. But as soon as you start getting high off of a harder drug like opiates and begin liking it then youre scr*wed.
 
I am most defiantly not a functional addict. I just found out for the first time that when it come to heroin I have no self control. Im almost a week clean and feeling so much healthier already. But that allure.... hopefully my will power is stronger.
 
Functioning, yes.

I'm functioning yes, and I'd love to love to believe that I can keep doing meth for a long time.. It has helped so much for getting motivated to clean, homework, improved relationships, its done a lot of good and bad for me. Something I think inside of me doubts I will be able to sustain full functionality as a user. I think i'd go over-functional for three weeks or so, then not functional for a week. It sorta evens out... and I guess you could schedule work for that.

I was thinking of switching to an opiate addiction... sounds dumb I imagine to some of you but i've always just transfered my addiction. It's worked so far.

So ANYWAYS my input to the thread is this:

What are some pointers to make sure you stay functional?

And

Is there any drugs that give you a good "bang" for their buck/negative side effects with easier functionality?
 
I've given a lot of thought to this, and I think the conclusion I've come to is that "functional addict" is more a bastardized term than anything else. In my opinion, and this is just my opinion, an "addict" is inherently unable to function.

Even individuals with the least amount of responsibility and the most amount of money will find a way to screw something up, be it their work, relationships, their health, finances, crashing their cars, whatever. An addict, almost by definition, engages in obsessive drug-seeking behavior and in the face of negative consequences. How can an addict hold down a job knowing that drugs are out there to be had? How can an addict experience no negative consequences?

If a person holds down a job, maintains healthy relationships with others, pays their bills on time and saves using substances for after-hours and the weekends, then can we really call this person an addict? If that were the case, then every hard-working, blue-collar father I know who drinks at bars after work is a "functional alcoholic." It's just not the case.

I'm sure that many, many others would disagree with me, but the term "functional addict" still unnerves me.
 
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