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Greenlighter
I am entering my 50s and have been using drugs for about 30 years now.
During my 20s and 30s the use was recreational, not every weekend but close to once a week on average. It was generally on long party/rave sessions of 12+ hours of polyuse, generally mdma, ketamine, speed, coke, sometimes psychedelics. Alcohol as well but not heavily.
During my 40s the use became more regular. Life as you grow changes and I stopped partying out regularly but I developed a habit of using at home every fri/sat afternoons/evening. Recently it has creeped into some weekday evenings too. Usage now is mainly ketamine and cocaine always together. I use about .7g of coke and between 1.5 and 2g of k a week.
I have a highly functional life, a demanding well paid job and a family. My wife knows i use but not to what extent. Usage is not really affecting my family or job and i can keep that under control. I have never had any health problems but in the last years i am increasingly concerned about potential damage of this situation. Health check results are however relatively fine so far - i live a pretty sedentary life though which I know its not good.
The point of this post is exchanging experiences with others that are or have been in the same situation and how they are managing it.
I like my life as it is as I found a way of combining family/work with using and I do love my regular sessions.
On the other hand i am concerned about finding too late of potential health damage so I am interested in talking to long term users and hearing about their experience.
During my 20s and 30s the use was recreational, not every weekend but close to once a week on average. It was generally on long party/rave sessions of 12+ hours of polyuse, generally mdma, ketamine, speed, coke, sometimes psychedelics. Alcohol as well but not heavily.
During my 40s the use became more regular. Life as you grow changes and I stopped partying out regularly but I developed a habit of using at home every fri/sat afternoons/evening. Recently it has creeped into some weekday evenings too. Usage now is mainly ketamine and cocaine always together. I use about .7g of coke and between 1.5 and 2g of k a week.
I have a highly functional life, a demanding well paid job and a family. My wife knows i use but not to what extent. Usage is not really affecting my family or job and i can keep that under control. I have never had any health problems but in the last years i am increasingly concerned about potential damage of this situation. Health check results are however relatively fine so far - i live a pretty sedentary life though which I know its not good.
The point of this post is exchanging experiences with others that are or have been in the same situation and how they are managing it.
I like my life as it is as I found a way of combining family/work with using and I do love my regular sessions.
On the other hand i am concerned about finding too late of potential health damage so I am interested in talking to long term users and hearing about their experience.