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Hurry up and turn blue dude, you're giving greenlighters a good name!
Seriously though - I totally agree, and I actually think I'm at a similar stage as dim_mak. My ecstasy honeymoon is
long over (mine didn't last long at all) and the apeal of everything else is waning. I initially used drugs out of curiosity, and the fact that I've now tried just about everything except heroin, research chems, and a couple of psychedelics means that I'm getting tired of rehashing the same old experiences. A couple more to knock off the list and then I'll probably be done with it...
So how have they changed me - well they've opened my mind fully... who'd have thought two years ago that I'd have no problems with people using heroin if that's what they chose to do... and they've also given me self confidence, because you need to get a grip on who you are to be able to learn anything from drugs...
I've found things out about myself that I think would have taken much longer to discover any other way, and my way of thinking has been permanently altered for the better. But they haven't
really changed me in some magical epiphany - they've just been a catalyst for me to realise some things quicker than I might have otherwise...
And I'm going to stop now, because this turned out more like a rant and not an essay, so I can't wind it up nicely with a conclusion...