stef^on^e
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25 is the new 40! I do get out there once in a while but it just dont feel the same. That could be attributed to no longer taking drugs though ;p We all have to grow up sometime and no time like the present...
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So. Is the ride over?
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Busty St Clare
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Grow up? Please.
I just got wise and realised spending the tail end of your night in a cab rank or trying to chase a high deep into the next morning is the reason for a comedown. Now days I prefer an early evening start and a decent nights sleep, or plan a three day camping adventure a couple of times a year.
I feel for anyone who lost the magic at 25 before they have a good career, plenty of spending money and enough sense to not get into trouble.
My best advise to my kids would be not to be in a rush to go hard and try everything before you are 20. Slow and steady wins the race
I just got wise and realised spending the tail end of your night in a cab rank or trying to chase a high deep into the next morning is the reason for a comedown. Now days I prefer an early evening start and a decent nights sleep, or plan a three day camping adventure a couple of times a year.
I feel for anyone who lost the magic at 25 before they have a good career, plenty of spending money and enough sense to not get into trouble.
My best advise to my kids would be not to be in a rush to go hard and try everything before you are 20. Slow and steady wins the race
quiet roar
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Well said busty. I'm trying to impart that wisdom to my eldest son, but like most idiot teenagers, he thinks he knows it all.
I spent a few nights there, but it was better when it was "Up Top Bar".
And no where near @mosphere and hard kandy before being lame (2/3rds of it's existence)
muzby
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ah i knew there was a reason i kept you around.. it was the wise words you provide...
totally agree with this statement..
very glad with myself that i really didn't start my heavy partying stage till i was around 23-24... allowed me to enjoy myself and also stretch out a long partying phase of my life & not burn out within a couple of years...
Busty St Clare
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pffft, don't you mean I kept you around?
I am a little nervous about the advise I am going to give to my kids though. I obviously don't take drugs around them, and they would rarely if ever have more than a couple of beers around them but they are aware of alcohol and that it makes adults 'funny". I don't believe that they won't at least try weed when they are in high school but I still believe it is in their best interests to hold off until they have less responsibilities and more of a grip on their self esteem. High school is tough enough without throwing drugs into the mix. I would like to think that they should earn their stripes before they indulge in recreational drug use. I have many friends who had liberal upbringings and unfortunately now have a lot of problems with their drug use, but at the same time I have a lot of positive role models (muzby included) to convince me that professional/personal success and drug use is possible.
I am still not taking my kids to a doof, when I see 10 year olds fire twirling I always wonder what other shit they are learning.
I am a little nervous about the advise I am going to give to my kids though. I obviously don't take drugs around them, and they would rarely if ever have more than a couple of beers around them but they are aware of alcohol and that it makes adults 'funny". I don't believe that they won't at least try weed when they are in high school but I still believe it is in their best interests to hold off until they have less responsibilities and more of a grip on their self esteem. High school is tough enough without throwing drugs into the mix. I would like to think that they should earn their stripes before they indulge in recreational drug use. I have many friends who had liberal upbringings and unfortunately now have a lot of problems with their drug use, but at the same time I have a lot of positive role models (muzby included) to convince me that professional/personal success and drug use is possible.
I am still not taking my kids to a doof, when I see 10 year olds fire twirling I always wonder what other shit they are learning.
Yet people who mention say 'going hard' from age 13 etc, excel at school and have a fairly good career either in technology or trade work (so mental and/or physical work) and may have had either from zero to high drug use post schooling without having issues mean nothing?
Or are you purely just talking from personal experience and not what people say on here at all?
Or are you purely just talking from personal experience and not what people say on here at all?
Samadhi
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Wazza - I don't think it's something that can be generalised, really - I know a number of people who started partying in the late teens, who have gone on to create extremely successful lives for themselves (and their families), and a number of people who started using drugs recreationally later in life, who unfortunately got caught up in the fun and in their mid-late 30s, have lost a lot of money, or a house. In contrast, I've met people who were introduced to drugs at a young age and burnt out very early - ending up in care, and people like Muzby and Busty who started a little later, but were able to temper their use, and have either come out the other end brilliantly, or still occasionally dabble.
Me? I dabbled as a very late teen, and this developed into heavier partying in my early 20s which continued in varying degrees throughout my 20s. Cue to me at 34 years old - I have a successful career, a happy marriage and a fulfilling life. Drugs-wise, the ride is over for me, however this is due to factors not relating to a matter of want, so much. When I have babies, i'll be thinking about the same things as muzby and busty, no doubt, however the best thing I can hope for is that my kids don't necessarily consider me 'one of their mates', but at the very least someone they can approach with regards to peer pressure and drugs/alcohol.
Me? I dabbled as a very late teen, and this developed into heavier partying in my early 20s which continued in varying degrees throughout my 20s. Cue to me at 34 years old - I have a successful career, a happy marriage and a fulfilling life. Drugs-wise, the ride is over for me, however this is due to factors not relating to a matter of want, so much. When I have babies, i'll be thinking about the same things as muzby and busty, no doubt, however the best thing I can hope for is that my kids don't necessarily consider me 'one of their mates', but at the very least someone they can approach with regards to peer pressure and drugs/alcohol.
Exactly ma dear, hope you got that from reading between the lines of what I was saying :D. I am just over people who generalise anything from one's own personal small experience of life of what is out there.
Busty St Clare
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I have met many people who started using drugs with their parents while at school (usually weed, but I also know one who used heroin) and 90% now have more problems with drugs than not. Have I met every person who did this? No, but I stand by my belief that drug use is better off being avoided at school. I admire the hippy free spirit that these guys were exposed to but encouraging drug use when your kids are 15-16 is just wrong. There is no fine line between friends and parenting.
the_ketaman
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Its really hard for me to say whether its over. Certain parts are over.
But overall the rollercoaster is still travelling at nearly full speed.
My MDMA/SPEED/ALCOHOL & POT HONEYMOON was over years ago. I'd still like to have pure MD* every now & then. Its one of the drugs I didn't abuse thank god. It was mainly used in clubs & raves by my friends but I discovered that MD* is much nicer at house parties, home with close friends/a lover/alone or in combination with a psychedelic like LSD, 2c-b/i/e ketamine or mushrooms.
Now my meth & codeine/oxy days began at 15 and by 17 it was IV all the way. Now its IV/Vaped meth and IV heroin/morph and lots of benzos(on 40mg diazepam(potentiated by gf juice) + 2mg clonazepam plus my daily 85mg of methadone whi CH I'm dropping 5mg a week and some pot that is absolutely off the Richter scale. I'm hammered so nicely.
The journey that psychedelics have taken me on, and still lead me to special places that provide useful tools are something I'm not sire I ever want to give up. The psychedelic ride will never end for me.
The stim ride is over for me whether my mind wants to believe it or not. I enjoy IV meth for 2-3 hours then unless I get some benzos I spend hours worrying until I sleep. And I U such a ridiculous benzo tolerance which I am puzzled by(no physical WD BUT silly doses I.s 6-10mg xanax, 10+mg Clonazepam, 80-100mg Temazepam (crappiest benzo ever!)
I stopped using cocaine for good when I got a much stronger batch than usual and had a much bigger shot than I was used to and ODd. It was so scary.
EDIT: IM COMPLETELY ANHILATED FROM THE VALIUM, CLONAZ, AND POT LOL WILL EDIT TOMORROW..... ORDERING CHINESE SPICY RIBS NOW
But overall the rollercoaster is still travelling at nearly full speed.
My MDMA/SPEED/ALCOHOL & POT HONEYMOON was over years ago. I'd still like to have pure MD* every now & then. Its one of the drugs I didn't abuse thank god. It was mainly used in clubs & raves by my friends but I discovered that MD* is much nicer at house parties, home with close friends/a lover/alone or in combination with a psychedelic like LSD, 2c-b/i/e ketamine or mushrooms.
Now my meth & codeine/oxy days began at 15 and by 17 it was IV all the way. Now its IV/Vaped meth and IV heroin/morph and lots of benzos(on 40mg diazepam(potentiated by gf juice) + 2mg clonazepam plus my daily 85mg of methadone whi CH I'm dropping 5mg a week and some pot that is absolutely off the Richter scale. I'm hammered so nicely.
The journey that psychedelics have taken me on, and still lead me to special places that provide useful tools are something I'm not sire I ever want to give up. The psychedelic ride will never end for me.
The stim ride is over for me whether my mind wants to believe it or not. I enjoy IV meth for 2-3 hours then unless I get some benzos I spend hours worrying until I sleep. And I U such a ridiculous benzo tolerance which I am puzzled by(no physical WD BUT silly doses I.s 6-10mg xanax, 10+mg Clonazepam, 80-100mg Temazepam (crappiest benzo ever!)
I stopped using cocaine for good when I got a much stronger batch than usual and had a much bigger shot than I was used to and ODd. It was so scary.
EDIT: IM COMPLETELY ANHILATED FROM THE VALIUM, CLONAZ, AND POT LOL WILL EDIT TOMORROW..... ORDERING CHINESE SPICY RIBS NOW
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garbagegutz
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aahh those sweet years between 17 to 24 - oblivion and annihilation most nights of the week - sweet sweet Sydney where the girls at the Cross nearly all new me hahahaha - damn will have flashbacks now ....
Aww Musby is a dad how cute
Yep this bluelight ride is definitely over for me although I gotta say I look back with fond memories of it. Now I'm old, tired and 8 months pregnant with baby #2 so my priorities have changed over the last 7 years. Getting married, having 2 kids, buying a house, finishing my degree all things that I just was having too much fun to do when I was in my 20's i'm doing now at 35!
Gotta say the best high in the world is when my 2 year old says mummy for the 40th time in one day. That's a real high!
Yep this bluelight ride is definitely over for me although I gotta say I look back with fond memories of it. Now I'm old, tired and 8 months pregnant with baby #2 so my priorities have changed over the last 7 years. Getting married, having 2 kids, buying a house, finishing my degree all things that I just was having too much fun to do when I was in my 20's i'm doing now at 35!
Gotta say the best high in the world is when my 2 year old says mummy for the 40th time in one day. That's a real high!
Erikmen
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It´s over for me, but we are mostly addicted to it´s never over. It´s a condition we might carry for the rest of our days. It can be calm and we can learn to control it.
It´s possible to alternate, in life not month in, month out.
Never is really definitive in this world.
Cheers and peace!
It´s possible to alternate, in life not month in, month out.
Never is really definitive in this world.
Cheers and peace!
malakaix
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The ride is only ever over when you get off but it continues to run with or without you. If you become bored with one ride, then move on to the next, which can provide you with those new, fresh and exciting feelings..... Just like Waz has!!
I like this.
The ride of my early twenties and the weekly party madness is definitely over.. but now travel has become the center of my attention, which provides me with the same kind of euphoria.
Erikmen
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Same here.. I know the feeling. I had been traveling a lot actually.
But the 'Rush' is passing as I came back and miss the winter already plus I will only travel again in July! I've been in many interesting places I never thought I would be. And it was really fantastic.
Where have you been? Where would you like to go most?
I think it's never over. I'm on my early 40s, so no more wild parties, although I have been quite far on opiates.
cheers,
Erik
But the 'Rush' is passing as I came back and miss the winter already plus I will only travel again in July! I've been in many interesting places I never thought I would be. And it was really fantastic.
Where have you been?
Where would you like to go most?I think it's never over. I'm on my early 40s, so no more wild parties, although I have been quite far on opiates.
cheers,
Erik
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malakaix
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Same here.. I know the feeling. I had been traveling a lot actually.
But the 'Rush' is passing as I came back and miss the winter already plus I will only travel again in July! I've been in many interesting places I never thought I would be. And it was really fantastic.
Where have you been?
cheers,
Erik
Yeah that exhilaration of been in a foreign country is very alluring! Where have you traveled too?
I've traveled to almost every country in Europe (with the exception of a few Scandinavian countries, Russia and the Baltics), i'm back home now focusing on financial stability.. but i want to travel long-term again in a couple of years. Hard to say where i would most like to go haha, so many places.. but i think Nepal is at the top of the list. I love hiking and mountains.
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Erikmen
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I have been to Sweden, Finland, France, Holland and its neighboring countries, latest.
Scandinavian countries are very nice. I missed Iceland so I could stay longer in Sweden.
I just love being in Sweden, specially during summers.
In 2013 I went to Ushuaia near Antarctica, El Calafate and the islands south of Argentina and Chile.
Quite an adventure! And absolutely surreal with all those glaciers.
And further up to the mountains and lakes of Bariloche on the following winter (July there..)
It looks like Swiss, with much less snow. Not too structured but very charming.
Have been in Canada during winter. And traveled all over New England in a working trip to NYC.
Woking trips to Mexico City, Stockholm and New York.
And to São Paulo. Huge city, do not recommend it for tourism though.
I have also been to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Wonderful people indeed!
Nepal should be really interesting!! Have never been there, yet! The tickets are expensive but the living costs, depending when you go can be quite reasonable.
I spent most of my time in Boston though. Nice and cozy city, regardless of its winter blizzards..
Scandinavian countries are very nice. I missed Iceland so I could stay longer in Sweden.
I just love being in Sweden, specially during summers.
In 2013 I went to Ushuaia near Antarctica, El Calafate and the islands south of Argentina and Chile.
Quite an adventure! And absolutely surreal with all those glaciers.
And further up to the mountains and lakes of Bariloche on the following winter (July there..)
It looks like Swiss, with much less snow. Not too structured but very charming.
Have been in Canada during winter. And traveled all over New England in a working trip to NYC.
Woking trips to Mexico City, Stockholm and New York.
And to São Paulo. Huge city, do not recommend it for tourism though.
I have also been to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Wonderful people indeed!
Nepal should be really interesting!! Have never been there, yet! The tickets are expensive but the living costs, depending when you go can be quite reasonable.
I spent most of my time in Boston though. Nice and cozy city, regardless of its winter blizzards..
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