Longtime lurker, 37 yo male from Denver, CO. Been using plethora of substances since 13 years old, currently just got medicaid so I can start treatment for opiate addiction. Slept past the 530 am first come first serve intake line this morning, gonna stay up and try again tomorrow. For the first time in my life, want to be sober and address why I've been abusing drugs for so long, ironically find it a good time to actually join this forum, as there is so much valuable and unbiased information. Also, I like the fact there is activity on here, as I have always loved forum culture, my relationships with people I've met on forums have led to some of the biggest adventures I've gone on IRL, but sadly some of the ones I hold near and dear to my heart have seen a huge drop in activity in recent years, due to other forms of social media I suspect, so its nice to see people actually on here. Some of my interests include electronic music, production and I'm part of a collective thats been doing techno parties here in Denver for the last 14 years, so really besides whatever I'm doing for a primary job, I am pretty immersed in doing what I can to keeping that culture alive. I was pretty active graffiti writer for a long time but have pretty much stopped that as I have so many other things going for me that I cant afford to jeopardize them anymore by getting little jail stints and going in front of judges. Been doing alot of digital art though, nothing I can make a living with but fun none the less. As far as what drugs I like, thats a hard one. Been abusing meth and opiates for a number of years now, kind of fucked up alot of aspects of my life. As I said, ready to give sober a try, as it seems like the only drug I haven't done LOL. I really am curious to see what my mind is like sober, and I reckon it will take at least a few years to get my brain to a point as close as possible to as if I had never done drugs. In the long run I'll always probably enjoy the occasional empathogen and psychedelic experience, as I always have and never had a problem with as far as abuse goes. Will also probably always enjoy things that slightly enhance my ability to get through day to day shit, like mild stimulants besides meth and anti anxiety mild sedatives, but who knows, maybe I'll be content sober IDK. Extremely interested in microdosing and ibogaine right now, wanna look more into those things.Anyways, thanks for having me, looking forward to talking with some of you
