gift of conscious/life should be "used up" or life be extended as long as possible?

[LucidSDreamr]

gift of conscious/life should be "used up" or life be extended as long as possible?

after years of suffering health and social problems due to extensive drug use, I still maintain the philosophy that my brain and body are best "used" by pumping drugs into them and experiencing pleasure. maybe i just don't get much out of normal life. maybe i need to have kids and a family to find some other source of meaning. I'm highly successful in my career but that doesn't bring me satisfaction.

I basically just always feel bored, depressed etc. unless i go get wreckless with drugs (and sex long ago, but my libido must be dead bc i'm sort of over that aspect).

We are all going to die anyways right? so what if you die 20 years earlier bc you did too much drugs? is that worth going through 40 years not doing drugs?

its sickening to me that i feel like this. maybe bc society tells me i shouldn't….but is my body and consciousness really just an amusement park ride?

 

[Foreigner]

The length or method of life are not as important as your ability to practice contentment. You have free will in so far as you have the power to choose most moments. If life is not what you want it to be then you can change that, and my suggestion would be that the source of happiness (or lack thereof) is something intrinsically within you, and not something that drugs can ever really fix.

Do drugs or don't do drugs, treat your body like an amusement ride or not... it makes no difference to what is happening within. All I'm trying to say is that it could be useful to try and look at where happiness really is and not how it can be acquired.

You are going to die no matter what.

If you don't do what you love, you are just doing what you wish you could stop doing so you can do what you love.

If you don't know what you love, then at least know what you don't love and stop doing that.

If you want to be loved, get a Time magazine subscription so you'll have something to do while you wait. I recommend loving though, because it saves on the subscription and the waiting.

Above all else, fully understand death is indifferent to the outcome of the story of "my life" and rich people die everyday.

 

[omnipresenthuman]

I just look at life as cause and effect, like with karma - whatever you do is going to have a consequence...

I used to drink a lot of sugary drinks as a kid and one time I had 3 or 4 cavities that I had to get filled...

with drugs, the cause/effect stuff is even easier to see - you pump drugs into your body and you're going to see the results. aside from weed, really, if you keep it up, your health is just going to deteriorate faster and you might experience a lot more pain than you would have normally

I personally think life should be respected as much as possible; 'life' in of itself isn't really a 'gift' as far as I'm concerned...but I do think being a human being is a good thing. Would you rather be reincarnated as a mosquito or a human?...

if you're consciously fucking your body over, just get used to how your body's going to bail on you faster than it would have if you hadn't been fucking your body over

 

[Shrooms00087]

I'm going to respond to this post despite my glaring hypocrisy latent with the topic. Although now all I do is smoke pot I used to carry the same head on my shoulders. But what I found interesting is if you break up your topic post it answers itself, like a puzzle.

maybe i need...find some other source of meaning.

feel bored, depressed etc = reckless [drug use]

its sickening to me that i feel like this.

This sentence standing alone says loudly that your philosophy is wrong.

maybe bc society tells me i shouldn't

Society hasn't told you anything. You feel you shouldn't or else you wouldn't feel anything.

but is my body and consciousness really just an amusement park ride?

This is the most damning evidence. Why is there a question mark?

This is why I only smoke pot now. It is my medicine, it helps me not be bored, be creative, etc. But to wholly answer your question, you were raptured at birth and you are aware of this one life. You have the right to do whatever you want to do.

 

[TooLoco]

You do sound depressed which isn't fun to read

I don't think you should rely on drugs for the excitement in life.

Maybe you need to sort out your own mind, get to know yourself, control your own mind. Then you can find something you really love and not have to think the best times are when you're buzzing off drugs.
That's what I'm trying to do x

 

[ebola?]

We're lucky in that maximization of hedonism and novelty in the medium term and long term health often coincide; an addict's life is not a fun one, and very often, it's not an interesting one either.

ebola

 

[lovepsychadelics]

^ This. Use substances to enhance your life. Engage in activities that challenge and reward you. Art, music, some kind of sport (I fucking love skateboarding even though I'm well into my 30's), sharing things with friends or significant others, getting out and say bush walking or just some kind of activity that allows you to reduce stress levels. Perhaps seeing a psychologist even if just to offload shit that is getting you down (worked for me, basically a 1 hour bitch session after which I felt great... dunno how the psychologist felt though lol).

Use substance to go to live music gigs or raves. Use it to go and enjoy a day at art gallery (tripping and looking at contemporary and modern art can be a fucking laugh). Get out do something, anything, except to just go to your dealers score and go home and use. That is sad. Try and rediscover what things you have found fun in your life besides getting high on drugs. A career change?

 

[-=SS=-]

I think you largely answered your own question. You're depressed/bored because the drugs aren't fulfilling you as a human being, nor is your job. Kids and family are what we're here for.. I think the pressure you're feeling as you age is nature jabbing your mind, reminding you what you're here for. Whilst it may not give you the same kind of rush as drugs it will probably make you learn a lot about yourself.

 

[FromHereToEternity]

Who knows about these things? You would let others decide for you what's right or wrong in this aspect? Just do whatever you want


But if you feel bad, maybe that's a sign that what you're doing now isn't working out great

 

[Foreigner]

Who knows about these things? You would let others decide for you what's right or wrong in this aspect? Just do whatever you want


But if you feel bad, maybe that's a sign that what you're doing now isn't working out great

Seeking advice doesn't mean you're letting other people decide.

 

[420love710]

one needs to really find something else pleasurable other than living life high on drugs. It can be difficult once you only see solace in drugs and thats all your brain finds pleasurable anymore, but really there are other things out there.

 

[Noodle]

happiness and contentment are separate

money can buy comfort and happiness: wifey, kids, house, toys, drugs

but ultimately we are born of stars, and even stars burn out, die, and invert

where does the rabbit hole go

wait and see

I suppose