footscrazy
Bluelight Crew
Yeah my mate showed me that picture earlier today... not only were the bags big, but there were a fuckload of them too. I wonder what they do with it all once they don't need it for evidence anymore... lol!
I'm sure out Aussie puffers will be trying that particular meth in a couple of months

Christ! said:footscrazy -
What was your method for quitting the crystal? You were pretty deeply into it from what I gather. I think part of my issue is that I'm not deeply into it, and there's not that many negative effects apart from the feeling I'm standing on the edge of a deep abyss of addiction.
It's hard when there's no negative effects from it. For a long time that was the same for me, I never got bad come downs or anything which I think is one of the reasons I became so addicted to the drug, because there weren't really any negative effects. Ultimately I just got sick of my life on it, my whole life revolved around puffing and I was completely useless. I think for ages though I was looking for a single event that would be enough to make me quit - like, you set yourself lines in the sand that you think, once I cross this, I know I'll have to quit. But it doesn't work like that IME, it happens gradually so no one thing seems so big on its own, and if it does, you can justify it anyway.
I used meth for 7 years, with probably the last 3 years really wanting to quit the lifestyle, trying and failing. I think for me, it was a matter of just trying so many times, but also really exhausting all the fun out of the lifestyle. By the end I would just sit in my room alone, puffing all day by myself, too paranoid to see many people. As much as I still did love the lifestyle and love the drug, I guess to some extent I got so frustrated with it, and started thinking that there must be more to life. I started when I was 16, I never lived a life without it, so I didn't know, but I thought there had to be something more than this.
The mental state it took me to quit took so much preparation, but I spent a lot of time really identifying my feelings and thoughts when it came to cravings so I could really refute them with evidence, instead of it just being an automatic thing - craving = get more drugs. I've practiced mindfullness meditation in the past too and that really helped - breathing deeply and regularly, and focusing your attention on the present moment. When you are fully aware of the present monent only, you can't get depressed about the past, or stress about the future, which is the downfall of many an addict, I think. Also, you realise that each moment only lasts a split second, so no matter how bad it is - you only have to last for that moment, which is no time at all.
It wasn't easy though, it was really hard, I don't really even know how I did it, I'm still surprised sometimes that it stuck this time, because a lot of the time I really felt hopeless. I think anyone can quit though, and no situation is hopeless. Good luck with it.