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If you could go back and never do a single drug of abuse would you?

Why do you feel like that?

Personally, I wouldn't, as I feel they have enhanced my life and have brought me a lot of pleasure, but I can completely understand others feeling that way. Drug abuse/addiction is complicated though and I don't think the issues that lead someone into addiction would be solved simply by not taking drugs...
 
I wouldn't change anything. Although my various addictions have had some negative consequences on my life I'm grateful for the experiences, both good and bad, they've given me. The only reason I'd want to take my drug use back is so I could do it all again with a virgin brain ;)
 
yes I would. The period of introspection and enlightenment faded a long time ago. Now it's just bad memories and stuck in shit creek at times.
 
If I did go back one time and stop myself than I'd wait for my future self to go back to the future so I can get high.

And then I'd have to go back to the past everyday of my future life to stop myself from using in my past life. And soon I'd be doing it so much that I was living in the past & not the future.
 
No way, everything weighed up I'm a better being for having taken some substances MDMA/ MDA and LSD opened me up to a whole new world, some of the rest were blatant hedonism and there isnt anything wrong with a bit of that either IMO :D
 
Good question. Since im going through a lot of pain caused by benzo and opiate abuse i would really like to go back and make my past self abstain from them. Maybe this will be different in a few months or years.
 
drugs have completely ruined my life.... totally.... and i still cant quit ... im deep in this shit...

UM yes
 
NO, never!!

there are 4 good things in life.. before drugs it was only 3.. and drugs made the 3 better

I'm talking about: friendship, sex and music
 
I wouldnt be able to change a thing. Experiences in my life drove me to drugs and addiction the writing was on the wall from a really young age. Even if there was another way I wouldnt trade all the experiences I have had for an easier rode.
 
It's hard to say for me. At times, I want to go back so I could do it differently, and not get addicted to heroin. On the other hand, I'm already off heroin, and I know not to use it again. So, it might be pointless to do that.

If I could live a life where I never abused heroin, I'd be better off yeah. That isn't something I could have realized at the time but I realize it now.

The reality of the situation though, is that you're stuck with the decisions you've made. All you can do is make the best of what's happened, and to never be too hard on yourself as we all make mistakes. :)
 
Great question. I think about this all the time since I am only four months into a full recovery. I caused and went through a lot of pain. Shit in my life was totally fucked up for the last four years and I used for fifteen finishing up my grande tour with a sizable heroin, xanax, coke and meth addiction. But, I wouldn't go back and change it because all the despair I went though made me strong and gave me incredible perspective and empathy. Now I am feeling better than ever and my mind is working on levels I never thought I would regain and then in other ways that are new to me. Relapse is a real threat in my life but I have my program to help guide me.

My two caveats are that I never physically harmed anyone and the pain I caused others is repairable. If I had harmed someone physically or caused irreparable emotionally harm to someone else I think my position might be different.

Cool question.
 
If life was grand & I never got depressed or I didnt have scoliosis I probably wouldnt have tried drugs. Most of the girls I dated over the years didnt do drugs. The girl I live with now dabbles in them but never gets out of control & is very responsible & is the coolest chick out of any I have ever been with........


As far as the drugs doing damage to my brain & effecting my memory, I never did that many to actually cause a problem but then again, it only takes one time, so.................
 
icecube said:
NO, never!!

there are 4 good things in life.. before drugs it was only 3.. and drugs made the 3 better

I'm talking about: friendship, sex and music
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Amen brother!

Drugs of abuse are only problems if they become abused. Don't let that happen; there is no problem.
 
No. Im not an addict to anything except cigarettes. But even still ive had minor addictions to various drugs for small periods of time. I love drugs, not because they make me high, but because they make me see the world differently. One flavor all the time makes a man go insane.
 
Hmm this is a though one,even with all the hell addiction and substance abuse has brought with it, there's always a part of me that feels that I have learned more about myself with drugs..
On the other hand if I could go back knowing what I do today,I would do everything in my power(IF I were to do drugs, which I most certainly would) to stay a chipper..but when you are doing drugs partly to escape from reality and ghosts from the past..I couldn't see that be a plausible scenario..

to be completely honest,cause that's what were being here,were not kidding our self..both yes and no..that is..I dont have a definitive answer to this one..if I made some different choices along with the caveat of staying of drugs..it might be a completely different story..
 
It really is a difficult and interesting question. It's easy for me to say "no, I have no regrets" but I can see that those who have been through addiction or have lost something due to drugs would feel differently..

The key thing is, we can't go back and change the past. All we can do is use our past experiences to help us become stronger, wiser and not repeat past mistakes.. easier said than done, but I think it is far better to try to take something positive from that past rather than live with regrets <3
 
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