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Have drugs enhanced your life?

Have drugs enhanced your life?

  • Yes

    Votes: 329 79.1%

  • No

    Votes: 87 20.9%
  • Total voters
    416
I say 'yes', perhaps with a few reservations....

I'm curious to hear more from the ppl that think opiates have hurt them... I have a solid 3-4 year daily poppy habit but I have few (if any) regrets.....opium has saved me from depression, anxiety and chronic pain....I cannot imagine going back to a time when I did not have it....why would you want to go without when you could have a little chunk of bliss every day.....maybe I'm an outlier in that I still get a warm glow and a high every time I chug down the pod soup....true, it's not fun having a daily habit, especially when you have to travel....but it's manageable...

...how can anyone go through life entirely sober? A terrifying thought.
 
I'd say they've enhanced my life, but less than 10% of each individual session/trip actually enhanced me in any way - mostly on acid

but seeing the world through the lens of a drug user gives a lot of new perspective
 
Hard to say really..

They've opened my mind it so many ways its unimaginable, but and I've learn to become okay with certain 'taboos' like IV drug use. I don't have the stigma against it like I probably would had I never touched drugs. But even when I was younger I remember thinking people should be free to do as they please, so I would probably be the same way. Maybe worse 'cause smoking pot helps, I wouldn't have started doing that, got prescribed bull shit SSRIs or some crap like that and probably be worse off.

But, my personality, it was bound to happen. I'm glad it did, for awhile. Now I don't know... I don't feel in the right state to trip really, and that's pretty much what I like to do. And I have a ton of valium so I'm tempted to eat it, but I hate benzos, especially ones with ridiculously long half-lifes.

Before the drugs I had a 'fuck it all' attitude, and I still sort of do really, but once you have your mind blown apart by DMT, you can never look at the world the same way.. Now I just feel really confused and dissociated from reality. I haven't even been doing any drugs, well I guess a bunch of pod tea and valium last week, but no crazy trip that's making me go crazy.. It's just finally coming out.
 
I'd say yes, they have overall. Psychedelics have definitely given me insights into the mind that I would not have had otherwise. Other drugs, not so benign, have given me more compassion toward the addicted, though thankfully I have avoided that trap myself.
 
Earthgro said:
I say 'yes', perhaps with a few reservations....

I'm curious to hear more from the ppl that think opiates have hurt them... I have a solid 3-4 year daily poppy habit but I have few (if any) regrets.....opium has saved me from depression, anxiety and chronic pain....I cannot imagine going back to a time when I did not have it....why would you want to go without when you could have a little chunk of bliss every day.....
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In the past, it always seemed to get to the point where the blissed out sensation started feeling relentless, 'fake' and unpleasant in a way.. That's about the point where the habit becomes more demanding and less manageable as well... the fun is over. Just opinion tho.
 
I didn't edit your post to discourage you from posting in DC. On the contrary, I'd love to have you participate. I'm simply taking steps to assure a certain quality standard in posts that DC has been lacking as of late IMO. Posting "WEED FOR LIFE" in gigantic red letters doesn't meet that standard.

My PM box is always open for discussion about editted or delete posts. :)
 
Yeah OK...it's cool. I appreciate the quick response. I'll keep it more subdued. I misjudged the thread & just thought after almost 4 decades of constant tokeage, a huge 'WEED FOR LIFE!!' wasn't quite as shocking as some of these cats that do some pretty wild shit either with drugs or after usine them.
I wasn't meaning to cause an uproar with my slogan. Again, I apologize...but I do feel kinda 'limited' on how I'll express myself from now on. :\
Ahh well, life goes on...=D
 
It's not that what you posted was shocking, it's that it didn't contribute anything to the thread. My intention isn't to make anyone feel limited here. My aim is to facilitate meaningful discussion in DC. I wouldn't have had a problem with you posting about how Cannabis has enhanced your life, for example.
 
Look at the big picture, Drugs are only gonna blur that. If you are using drugs to find yourself and learn about yourself think of the consequences. You will pay a price for this always and is it really worth it. What kind of person do you want to be. Someone who wouldn't know themself without drugs or some one who has gotten to where they wanna by achieving personal growth naturally and realistically
 
yeah but no one needs weed to give them the ability to have a laugh.

just saying is all.
 
It's very cliche, but every breathing moment can be a new lesson learned. Drugs - not only psychedelics - have the potential of being a gateway to greater realization of existence.

I'd been on benzodiazepines for over half a year when I decided to quit, and the depression was terrible. I was a naive kid and believed that the world was awesome and life was simply amazing, but after being very sad for no reason I could put my hands on except a vague answer of "your brain chemicals are imbalanced", I decided that life wasn't as super as I thought.

Usually people say that psychedelics promote the peace-and-love ideas in the human mind; people appreciate the world more, they're more chilled out, they're lighthearted, and sometimes they even enjoy mother nature more. I'm not saying that psychedelics haven't helped me see new horizons in the universe, but they also made me very, very introspective. I looked into myself so much that I felt my ego being lessened. After trips wherein I'd experience ego loss I even felt like I couldn't grasp my true self anymore - if a true self really exists, that is. I became a lot more timid and cautious with my thoughts in actions -- I had to keep an eye on who I was becoming and how I was living my life.

I definitely appreciate catalyst role drugs played in my life. At the end of the day, after the long process of thinking about myself and the world, I was able to come to terms with it all.

My experience has led me to believe that the realm of substance is the realm of knowledge that one will never be able to achieve while sober. Drugs dig deep into the human subconscious - a very powerful asset. This isn't to say that drugs are very, very good and should be advocated by all human beings; there are countless people who live lives of content without having touched drugs. But sometimes a drugless life would be like the life of a puppy dog: he could be happy/content as fuck while chasing his tail, but he'd never see the bigger picture. Getting into substance would be like gaining new cognition: we realize that the dog is just chasing his tail, and it's amusing, nothing more. But people are capable of adapting to almost anything, and we'll always be able to find a way to satisfaction.
 
saying you have no regrets is like the cool thing to do... but fuck it, I really wish I didn't knock off 3 years of my life by getting fucked out of my head on opiates every day. It did nothing good for me. Even getting clean ... fuck it. My life is better now, but really... the whole epiphany-of-getting-clean, the whole rebirth ... is bullshit. Coming back from a proglonged (3 year) mental vacation to find real life waiting for you fucking sucks.

On the other hand, when I was way younger, doing ecstacy and psychadelics, I think that was a truely good experience. The art of being a teenager. Drugs, sneaking out of the house, raving... all of that made me who I am today. I wouldn't have the passion for music (which is my only real release) and a sense of self if it weren't for massivly fucking up when I was a teen; doing Es and raving and getting in trouble. THAT built character and taught me a lot ... but 3 years of opiates tore me as far as humanly possible from my dreams and goals and after being clean for a while I still don't even see them on the horizon.

If had I to choose yes or no... I'd say yes. Ages 16-19 are usually awkward for everyone, and ecstacy and psychadelics in combination with good friends and family really helped me out. fuck it if this type of thinking isn't healthy, but to go back and relive a small amount of that time period, I would give anything. I'm a forward thinking person (or I try to be), but still... I'd love to go back. Everything was better... and the world was a lot bigger to me than it is now.
 
This thread has seen its share of both angles, so in retrospect of my own life's activities I think my answer is mixed. On one hand, I've learned how to interact with people on a different level I probably won't have experienced otherwise. On the other hand, I've had bad experiences in regards to doing too many drugs, addiction, and the destruction of friendships.

I think I know more about the world because I have done drugs, but having experienced these things I have also lost innocence. I wouldn't trade my experiences for anything, however.
 
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