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lets be honest - who uses drugs to escape reality

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I'm pretty sure one of the questions put to a person when trying to ascertain if they have a drug problem is "do you use drugs to escape reality?" (Picture Marge asking homer this question regarding alcohol=D). And in speaking with some people I know I found that the prevailing opinion is that yes, if you use drugs to escape reality then you are doing it for the "wrong" reasons and you are probably in the early stages of a downward spiral.

Personally, I used to do drugs just to have fun with friends and to expand my horizons, I loved the highs and everything was done in moderation. Recently after a series of fucked up events left me feeling like shit, I have found myself using drugs more and more to escape reality.

My reasoning is, if objective reality sux and is depressing as all fuck then I can use drugs to forget about my problems and escape into my own subjective reality.

So who else uses drugs as a means of escape? Who thinks I'm way off the mark?
 
I know that I already put this quote in another thread, but I think Bob Dylan summed it up best.

Then take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
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reality is often boring (although there are lots of amazing things that are obviously real)

still though, i smoke weed when i'm bored because when i'm bored i get depressed.. you could sort of say i use marijuana to get away from something. it's not only for that purpose of course.

can't say it's like that with other drugs.. i take them for a fun experience when i'm already feeling good.
 
I use marijuana quite frequently, I guess you could say I'm escaping reality but I don't see it that way, I use it because I like to get high.

As a bonus I get to forget about reality, or maybe I'm just lying to myself....
 
I've really only taken Es and weed, and i wouldnt really say that either of them i do to escape reality. Es i do not take that ofte, every couple of months, and i do it to have a good time, for something different. Weed i smoke cos it feels great.
 
I started smoking out of curiousity.. eventually became a daily smoker and became dependant.. now I use it, not to escape reality, but to entertain my already formed addiction.
 
infinity said:
reality is often boring (although there are lots of amazing things that are obviously real)

still though, i smoke weed when i'm bored because when i'm bored i get depressed.. you could sort of say i use marijuana to get away from something. it's not only for that purpose of course.

can't say it's like that with other drugs.. i take them for a fun experience when i'm already feeling good.
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The exact same case with me. I get bored, and I get depressed when I'm bored because I feel like I'm just wasting time and I should be out at least having some kind of memorable experiences.

I'll admit that when a problem arises though I often turn to drugs too. I learned in my drug abuse psychologically class that people who start using drugs frequently when they are young (and it doesn't have to be hard drugs, even pot and alcohol) never learn how to deal with problems by staying sober, they just continually use substances to escape the issue right into their adult life and it's a really hard habit to get rid of. It seems true considering that there's a drug to fix your every mood and if you've already discovered it's hard not to reach for the easy way out of a bad day. :\
 
we all do drugs to escape reality.

this is actually my argument to non drug users.

church goers go to church to get in touch with christ on a very deep spiritual level. they go to church and escape reality and reach for other consciousnesses. thats their escape. everybody has an escape from reality.

we take drugs to escape reality. whatever reason we choose to do drugs, it obviously cannot be done in a sober real state, so we alter reality to find what we're searching. obvously if we can get all the effects of being high whenever we want, in a real state, we wouldnt need to do drugs. but those levels of consciousness cannot be attained through sobriety, thus drugs.

just because we choose to use an illegal form of escape doesnt mean we should be looked down upon. EVERYBODY ESCAPES REALITY!! too bad we live in such a closed-minded world :(
 
I'm at the advanced stage of addiciton. But am I in denial when I say that I have my addiction under control?

btw... I medicate sadness with powderful IV opiate agonists
 
I smoke weed to escape any issue or discomfort I may have... but only at home. Mostly because it's only around at the house, but also to escape my life/house/family. My life consists of failing my classes in school coming home getting stoned and wasting the days away here on bluelight or other places.

I guess I have it better than most people when it comes to freedom and drug availability and price, but I really could care less because I'm out of shrooms, opiates, last night's weed brownies are pretty much out of my system, and I haven't been awake long so haven't smoked yet.

I'm just gonna keep smoking until it no longer fills a void in life. But what then?

P.S. this is a good thread, maybe all the testemonials can help people come to terms with their drug use, or even help it. Because nobody I hang with wants to admit they use to escape reality (except my other openly depressed friends).
 
Reality sucks most of the time. I feel that drugs help me to see our world in a better light! I feel a lot more relaxed whilst under the influence of drugs and i appreciate a lot more. You know, when the sun is shining, sky is blue and ur high! Or when ur lookin up at the stars...

Drugs help me to slow down and see the world as it should be seen.
 
eh i guess you could say that... if i cant find the 2 drugs i like the most... i will get anything... i just dont like being sober..
 
i definitely use drugs to escape reality. when i'm on hydrocodone, i feel great. i feel like i used to feel, when i would actually be in a good mood naturally, before i discovered pain pills... i'm motivated to do the things i enjoy, like playing video games, 3D modeling, drawing, painting, playing hackey sack, going out and playing pool, being social...

when i'm sober i usually feel very bored, and unsatisfied with life in general. i really crave SOMETHING to alter my mood, to make life interesting, to make me feel good, anything to get my mind off of the hopeless dead end that my life seems like its become.

however, there is one benefit to having an addiction problem to opiates. i used to think my main problem was shyness, my fear of social situations, and my general insecurity. those problems pale in comparison to the thought of a life where i can't occassionaly escape through an opiate high. it puts my old problems into perspective, and at least makes me realize how good my life really used to be before... even though at the time i really thought it sucked ass

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I do drugs to have fun and feel good.
I do it to get messed up with my friends.
I do it because I like it and because I can.
I moderate myself because I’ve seen what abuse can do.
I do it to understand myself.
Drugs bend time, emotions, feeling and perception.

Escape from reality is inevitable with strong drugs, but the intent is not to escape reality, but to amplify and dim certain attributes of reality.
 
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