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crambaba

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I'm curious on how you guys appear to your peers, as in what their opinion is of you for using drugs.

Personally because of the way i act even when sober, everyone think's i'm on drugs, 24/7, except my close friends. Daily i get people jokingly and seriously ask if i'm on drugs because my eyes are dilated a lot due to my shortsightedness and not wearing glasses and i act quite dopey without a caffeine fix.

I'm just curious on how open you guys are about your drug use, how often you use, and how people react to knowing you use drugs.
 
My friends respect the fact that I am a recovering IV opiate user. I could tell it would make them uncomfortable, but they are genuinely concerned.

As far as people I don't know... the term "junkie" has quite the stigma, and if someone don't know me well enough to know I am a good person with a bad problem, and not a lowlife dirty thief as society makes it out to be, they have their right to judge, but its the truth that matters, not an opinion.

My friends have been very supportive through this battle and I love them for it... They are lifesavers, really.

~Verri
 
Papaverium said:
My friends respect the fact that I am a recovering IV opiate user. I could tell it would make them uncomfortable, but they are genuinely concerned.

As far as people I don't know... the term "junkie" has quite the stigma, and if someone don't know me well enough to know I am a good person with a bad problem, and not a lowlife dirty thief as society makes it out to be, they have their right to judge, but its the truth that matters, not an opinion.

My friends have been very supportive through this battle and I love them for it... They are lifesavers, really.

~Verri
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Great to hear! Stay strong, how long have you been clean for?
 
Papaverium said:
My friends respect the fact that I am a recovering IV opiate user. I could tell it would make them uncomfortable, but they are genuinely concerned.

As far as people I don't know... the term "junkie" has quite the stigma, and if someone don't know me well enough to know I am a good person with a bad problem, and not a lowlife dirty thief as society makes it out to be, they have their right to judge, but its the truth that matters, not an opinion.

My friends have been very supportive through this battle and I love them for it... They are lifesavers, really.

~Verri
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Same boat Verri good on yaaa.
Work people would judge very harshly
friends aren't bad about it.
Family isn't bad cept mom kinda rags on me for it.

I think most assume so by my appearance honestly
 
Apart from rarely being drunk in public I think I put off a fairly straight vibe. People from school or old friends know/assumed I used to do lots and lots of drugs but that's in the past, I more enjoy getting smashed the legal way nowadays. Opiate cravings stay around but its not like I broadcast them. I don't use Facebook or anything like that.
 
Its interesting how my answer to this question has changed through the years I will lay it out brief for you through answers from my past selfs:

(High school) People know I am a pot head and most think I am not as smart as I am and say things like "your in this class, this is honors I didn't realize you would be in this class" Its a split between people knowing me and having preconceived notions of who I am because of my "drop out style" friends. (smoked weed daily drank on weekends with a little of everything else)

(College) People are amazed at my abilities to drink and understand chemistry enough to get good grades on exams hung over. Those who try to do what I do fail and the kids in my classes have no idea who I am because they don't know me outside of class. Everyone assumes I will live normal life if not do well because I appear to be smart. (drinking daily, smoking weed/tripping/rolling frequently/infrequently

(post college) My high school friends I honestly don't know what they think of me, we haven't really seen each other in forever. Once I got out of college I started doing opiates and became a heroin addict only recently got clean again. I often wonder just how much my best friend since I was 8 knows. I was there when his son was born in 08 and then basically disappeared from '10 on because of his life and my drug addiction. When we get together we don't talk about it, he says "how are you doing" in a caring and serious tone, he must know something. I can not tell you how many times I have stood in silence over a blunt with him thinking "tell him just say "you know im a recovering heroin addict right?" he must know everyone has to know, you use to cop with pete and he still talks to him" only to leave like 30 minutes later without saying anything :( its not often like 5 times in the past 3 years but still I cant bring myself to say it. as for my coworkers they are probably torn because they *know* I do drugs in a sense (long hair grateful dead Tees talks about festivals) but I am how do I say this without sounds conceded... the smartest one in the building short of the VP I think he is the only one a little smarter then me. (daily junkie occasion crack smoker to daily methadone daily weed smoker)

But yes my answers have changed dramatically. I am not where anyone thought I would be now and my almost 4 years at a state university as a chemistry/psych major does make me smarter then the normal never went to college office worker :( yeah not what I thought id be doing at 28 I mean im happy but still lol

Yay overly long post!
 
szuko000 said:
I am how do I say this without sounds conceded... the smartest one in the building short of the VP I think he is the only one a little smarter then me. (daily junkie occasion crack smoker to daily methadone daily weed smoker)

But yes my answers have changed dramatically. I am not where anyone thought I would be now and my almost 4 years at a state university as a chemistry/psych major does make me smarter then the normal never went to college office worker :( yeah not what I thought id be doing at 28 I mean im happy but still lol

Yay overly long post!
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Don't worry its hard to sound conceited with the amount of self awareness you have, but i think you got trolled by autocorrect. I feel your pain, I've only had mobile devices for over a year now
 
SirTophamHat said:
Don't worry its hard to sound conceited with the amount of self awareness you have, but i think you got trolled by autocorrect. I feel your pain, I've only had mobile devices for over a year now
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Sure did lol. I just hate comparing myself to people like that because I understand that we all have strengths and my ability to remember things easy, which is why I am good at science its all logic and remembering facts, but that doesnt make my abilities better then someone who is good with their hands per say, but it makes me appear "smarter" in a classical sense. But no admitting I am *just* smarter then people was me conceding to it I previously thought i was God ;)
 
Most people who know me respect me as a drug user. They respect the fact that I arm myself with as much knowledge as possible on any drug I use or wish to start using. Also that I impart all my knowledge upon everyone around me who uses drugs and am the go to guy for help with any drug related issues. Some friends do worry that I'm causing myself self a lot of harm from binges when I engage in them. I respect those people's opinions the most as they show only concern and not hype over how drugs are bad.
 
My close friends see me as a crazy, intelligent, reckless, "hard-core", advanced drug user. Not-so-close friends see me as crazy, reckless, "hard-core" drug user. My acquaintances see me as a crazy and reckless drug user. They all judge me but the ones that matter aren't worried since they know I've educated myself thoroughly on this life-style and I educate them as I go along.

Even though I don't recklessly abuse drugs anymore nobody will truly know since nobody takes the time to find out what anyone truly does before they judge them.

My reputation is stuck from how I lived 2 years ago lol.
 
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