Survey - Addiction.

[pinger]

oke doke
Alcohol, aged 15 (continued use). Started as the classic high school binger. Now relegated to relaxing beers (it's side effects are filthy!)
Pot, aged 16 (continued use). A few surreptitious puffs the first time. Now relegated to relaxing occasional spliff, or major comedown smokeouts.
Nitrous oxide, aged 16 (continued use). Introduced through American school friends. Now relegated to comedowns, or occasional box on the back of a phat dose of G.
Acid, aged 18 (limited use). First run with cid at uni. Now don't have it much as I don't have a source, or 8 hours to spare tripping.
Shrooms, aged 18 (limited use). Aahh, Balingup beauties. Don't know where to get them in Sydney.
E, aged 20 (continued use). Friends introduced me to it at New Years 4 years ago. Continued occasional (monthly- 6 weekly) use.
Speed, aged 20 (continued use). Find e, start taking speed. Makes sense. Also makes 180 bpm almost listenable. Occasional get-off-my-arse-i-wanna-dance, or with alcohol use.
Coke, aged 22 (v occasional use). First line (crappy at that) at a party. Recently revisited with some uncut block coke. OK, more fun with a chick at home. Relegated due to expense and total twatface factor.
GHB, aged 24 (continued use). Friends introduced me again, didn't click till i had a bulb over it- whoaa! Having sex on it closed the deal. Love the stuff.
Amyl, aged 25 (v occasional use). Copped my first whiff the other night at Tweekin. Would consider it occasionally.
Salvia Divinorum, aged 25 (infrequent). Tried some about 3 weeks ago. Interesting, challenging and different. I need to do a bit more work on myself to get into this.
K, aged 25 (infrequent). Tried some the other night on a pill. Pretty funny. Will have again if i can find some.
we are all very BAD people!
on the hitlist? i'd like to try mescaline, peyote, 2-cb (pure).
pinger
[This message has been edited by pinger (edited 31 May 2000).]

 

[*lovE*]

don't laugh, but i only started to drink this past january and i am 19. i tried E in march and i didn't smoke out until the end of april. i smoked my first cigarette last week.
so i personally did not start off with pot. actually, i don't even find pot that enjoyable. i would prefer E anyday over pot, but maybe that's just because i tried E first. i don't know.
on my list of things to still try are shrooms and (maybe) acid.
lovE

 

[riichiee]

Okay this is my drug history...
(14) Alcohol / Ciggies... I still drink on occassion, and at the moment I've gone 3 day's without a smoke, which is a fucking long time for me(I'm trying to quit)
(15) Pot. Smoked regulararly for 4 years until the paranoria got the better of me. Can't have a single bong these day's without going into sketch-mode.
(18) Acid.. Mmmmmmmm..... Accccidddd... I scored this off the guy's I used to smoke with, so you can say that dope is a gateway drug, since I wouldn't of been able to score it unless I had been a smoker. I still enjoy using acid, although i only ever drop (now)with a few of my best mates.
(18) E... Ohhhh.... Favourite drug of all time.. Would probably use more if I could get onto good pills.
(19) H. I only used once. Was depressed, nearly all of my good friends have battled an addiction with it sometime in their life (a few still are). I mainlined it and it KNOCKED ME DOWN HARD!!! Never been as smashed before.. Thank fuck I had the good sense the next day to sit down and have a good think about myself.
(19) Speed/Meth.. Unfortunately the first time I did speed I whacked it.. That was a mistake.. I was plugging speed at the VERY LEAST twice a week up until earlier this year, when I just got sick of peaking (also my mind wasn't in the best state either... but now I'm alright... Woooo!!!!!)
The only drug's I use now (I'm 20 now, by the way) are alcohol (social drinks), e (only at raves) and acid (only with good mates)... I don't ever really regret using any drug (even H), although I probably did use too much speed.
..and that's about it.

 

[Elliven]

Hrmmm, I think that Pot may have been a "bridge drug:" for me, but not in the way the social workers mean it. I was(am) annoyed with how pot effects me. I don't find it particularly great, just makes me kinda sleepy. Sort of consequently I moved on to see what else was about. But I still maintain I am exactly the sort of person who was going to try all sorts of illicit substances. It's just the way I am. The rundown goes sorta like this:
alcohol.
Pot.
Cocaine. (US$10 a gram in Cuba!!)
e.
speed.
acid.
Nitrous. (sigh)
Chewing Tobacco.

Next on the list is GHB: really want some of that stuff...

 

[Blue Light Bulb]

My turn,
15 - Ciggie, vowed I would never smoke ever (ahem...)
16 - Pot, alcohol & combinations of the above
17 - 22 Severe Pot & Alcohol abuse, couple of trips, tried e
22 Quit pot & alcohol due to the fact that my life was fucked. Got on the e's and got into partying. My life totally changed (for the better)
23 - 24 (present) : e's regularly, coke occasionally, speed occasionally. Sometimes have a smoke with good friends or when coming down. Drink occasionally but not binging like I used to. Loving it!!
I dont feel that my life is controlled by any drug, rather enhanced. Although a couple of years ago I really had my darkest moments and never ever thought I would be able to get out of the pot/alcohol/depression cycle I was in. It was ruining my life, my relationships, my career ... best move I ever made was kicking that habit!!
People tell me I am a totally different person now to what I used to be not so long ago (if only they knew why!). All my old friends are still in the same old pot lifestyle they have always been in... I wish that they would come out partying with me but they are always sitting at home toking the bong and couldnt be bothered doing anything else with their lives...

BLB
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...yes please
[This message has been edited by Blue Light Bulb (edited 31 May 2000).]

 

[Rhumba]

K,
Age that i started doin the do!
14- Started Smoking Cigarettes and tried mull once, Also started to drink on w/ends
15- Started Smoking Mull on W/Ends
16- First LSD Trip, First Rave! Yay!
17- approx twice month use of LSD at Raves, halfway thru 17 tried speed for first time at a rave. Also first E on New Years. Started smoking mull just a'bout each night!
18- Use E and Speed whenever we go out and party, still smoking lotsa mull
19- Started smoking mull during the day and night :-( Discover the joy of candy flipping.
20- Tried 1st gram of Coke on New Years, Magic Mushy's made an apperence somewhere about here!
21- Doin a bit of everything from above (In moderation now!)Amyl, K, Valium, Temazzapam have all been tried by now to.
22- Same as above! Still smoking lots'a mull
The Future- Hope to be doin everything from above still, in moderation, but i hope to kick the mull habit down to only joints on a sunday after coming down.
As to wether Mull led me to experience other drugs in MY LIFE, well the answer is yes.
As to wether or not i could go with out all the chems but not a simple little cone. The answer is YES! I am a slave to the bong! :-(
And lastly the question about H, Never tried, never will. It just dosn't intrest me at all.
Rhumba.
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yeah i heard ya man, out tha corner of ma eye!

 

[Bent]

I started out as an ardent say no to drugs person - give me a shit load to drink and I was a happy camper.
Then one blurry night someone racked up a line of coke, and well, its been pretty much down (or up) hill from there.
Didn't try e until quite some time, and many many lines later. Decided that there was a time and a place for everything - and there's always a time and a place for e.
As for wizz - can't touch the stuff, its the only thing I come down on. And rarely smoke pot, but that's probably because I don't smoke tobacco.

 

[Lulu]

With regards to the 'Pot being a gateway drug' Theory:
I don't see pot as a gateway.
I think perhaps that the people with the "curiousity" trait are those who are going to try pot early on, hence try other drugs in later life.
With regards to the H issue:
Yes, I would love to try it.
However, I am waiting a while because I don't think I am ready yet. When I am, I will give it a shot, and hope that it will be only the once. In fact, if I'm not 95% sure that it will be only the once, I will keep waiting.

 

[happy doofer]

My milestones of drug use and abuse:
13 and a halfish- first got stoned, loved it, hence a marijuana habit to last several years.
14- Started drinking, average early teenage thing.
15- started to drink less and smoke pot regularly.
17- Painkillers of many types
18- Acid, still into painkillers
18 and a halfish- Ecstasy, not much of, slowed down with the drugs a little.
19- speed. also met a friend and experimented with valium and antidepressants. this friend was an occaisional H user.
19 and a halfish- broke away from that circle and started rolling a lot more often, every week in fact, lots of speed and pills.
which brings us to a few months ago when i realised that i was ruining my body, my mind and losing people that were close to me. so i've slowed it down a lot.
its my b'day really soon and a friend and i would like to have a little coke party. coke is one of the few drugs that i am still really keen to try, but due to the expense of it i am pleased to say it will be a very occasional thing.
as for H- at the moment it does not interest me at all. i have never used it but would maybe like to try it one day, just to satisfy my curiousity, just the one time when i am absolutely sure i can trust myself. i don't even know if that day will ever come, but for now i am put off by seemingly hopeless junkies i see on the street.
it's scary to even think about how easy it could be to become like that at all...

 

[stone]

No question, I have an addictive personality. However, funnily enough, I started drinking before I started smoking ciggies or anything else.
I think alcohol is a gateway drug.
I started on alcohol, getting pissed with my mates down the beach on weekends when I was about 15. Then I moved to other drugs.
I got into weed when I was 16 (and still enjoy a joint), had my first acid trip when I was 17. Indulged in weed, STP, LSD and mushies (gold tops) in my 20's. Went to sleep in my 30's, and woke up in my late 30's when I discovered E, and re-discovered acid.
Peace

 

[rockee]

okay, my turn.. I have a very addictive personality. with me it always has been all or nothing. i also suffered a fairly abusive childhood in all senses, so my wish to escape was great. i grew up in new zealand, the land of the great green weed...and the land of a lot of fucked up little puppies!
12 - few early binges on alcohol
13-19 - dope / hash / acid / alcohol
20-32 - occasional dope, and a few 'smileys' here and there (best ab workout i've ever had) during this time i was pretty fit, and going through a 'drugs are bad' kind of stage (remember, i'm all or nothing!)
32-34 - speed, ecstasy
tried coke once - i just don't like snorting! sorry..but i'm a wuss!
ecstasy is definitely my drug of choice, since taking e's i hardly drink anymore
with drugs i think the gateway is generally who you are hanging around with at the time - if your social circle is fairly harmless and drug free i think you will be a little that way...but if you hang around with people that do dabble, then it's obviously easier to access.
i don't think i'll bother trying other drugs, but then, i never thought i'd dabble with ecstasy a few years back either, so who knows, unless something better than eccies comes around?

 

[Raphsta]

Hewwo..
Started with ALCOHOL when i was around 15-16 (properly), not that often though, but when I did, wwhoooaaa! Usually found that I couldn't be bothered getting drunk, and by the time i reachead 17 I preffered to be designated driver then drink, as usually my friends were enough entertainment for the night. Haven't had a big drink in ages.
POT - first time when i was prolly 15 , maybe 16, only had a puff though. Only smoked pot with full intention about twice, had a few other times but i just had a few puffs , dunno why.. something to do..

So, I wouldn't say I started with pot, coz I barely touched the stuff.
E - First time was this january, new years eve actually, but the pill me and a friend had were dud Y2Ks, they were VERY weak, my brother had 8 and it didn't do anything, his friend had 14 and he got a slight buzz. But since it was our first time, we did get a bit off it.. But following that, 2 days after and the 2 weekends following we had a great time on some of the best pills i've ever had (UFO, CK and horseshoe). Had my most orgasmic experience on a red horseshoe .just lying on the floor moaning,, yum yum.. but could get up and dance around too. although for the 3 days after that i was pretty depressed, the world lost it's life,, after being up so high it throws everything out of perspective, I think it had a lot to do with the weather the few days after, really gloomy, and everything around me seemed to lose it's life and colour.
As for everything else, i don't like the idea of snorting stuff. I've only had SPEED once, but that was just a small lick to wake me up a bit to get me ready for a drive after a big night pilling.
Don't really intend to try anything else, maybe COKE in a few years. Had a "question mark" pill a while ago which supposedly had coke in it, and sure gave me coke like symptoms i've read about, and people who tried coke before were convinced of a very cokey feeling.
Some friends have had acid before, the stories were hheeapps funny, i like the idea of it, but nah, its just not for me.
blah blah,
Raphsta

 

[Darkblade]

OOrighty,
As far as I go, I tried pot first, and absoliutely hated it, I still hate it to this day. So then I tried acid...and hated it. Then I tried oh so lovely MDMA (first pill I had was a 99mg white dove from a few years back) and I LOVED it. I have since tried wizz (haaate it) and acid again. Acid is cool mentalfloss for every now an then but just doesn't cnpare to E. So no, as far a a bridging drug, i think that marijuana isn't, cut it didnt' cause me to want something harder, just nicer.
Secondly, I am happy with E so I have no desire to try anything else ('cept DMT) and will never ever touch H.
Anyway, thats my $200 worth...

 

[Duffer]

First drugs was pot and cigarettes when I was 13. Didn't like either and didn't become a pothead till I was ~24. Now I love it and will be smoking long after my last e (which will be many years away I hope)
Alcohol - 15.
E's, Acid, Speed, Coke, Mushies - 18
Nitrous - 19
Barbituates -20 (had friends in pharmacuetical labs)
Heroin - 20. Was a recreational user, smoking it at first then mainlining a coupla times. Was lucky to move away from that circle of friends as one of them eventually died.
From then one it was just E's, speed and coke for going out. Used to mainline speed for a while but I don't think I could do it again. I don't even like speed any more. Haven't touched acid for 8years, though I have had mescaline.
Still yet to try GHB and Ketamine, but too lazy to sniff any out.
In terms of bridging drugs? I agree with what others have said in that its mainly the curiousity of the person that will decide the limits and boundaries of experimentation. Some stop at alcohol, others pot. It depends on how bent people like to get and what works for them. I know people who have tried "hard" drugs but didn't like it at all and stopped there. Others, it has controlled their life.

 

[Psyentist aka plastikman]

Ok...here's my addition to the thread from hell.
Alchohol
Dope
Speed
E
Acid
Bulbs
Coke
GHB
I draw the line at H. I also don't plan to touch that GHB shit again.
I can't do enough coke.

 

[spazznut]

OK, these lists seem to be pretty much the same, with mine no diff.
(before 15 I was a very very good boy)
15 - the usual teenage boozing, til ya puke business (remember Mississipi moonshine?), so now like go out for drinks sometimes with friends. It seems to be the social drug to link to with non-raver/clubber friends.
18 - Ah my first pipe!!!! Threw my guts up, felt pretty shitty, than six months later had a spliff watching (just to be predictable) Pink Floyd "The Wall"!! Wooohoo. Between 19-23, was a very chronic pothead. Its a lifestyle thing. Used it to get over everything. I find it limits my emotions, and helped me to sleep when got my heart broken (the violins please!!!). Then avoided pot for about 6 months when I was living in UK, then did it again. Very on and off these days, now getting back into it, for comedowns and stressful weeks.
19 - Tried Acid. Myyyyy god, that was a mindfuck, still the only time I have had really really good visuals. Anyone heres of Purple Ooms, please let me know!!! Now its occasional, cause I just can't do to much. Leaves me scattered for days, but candyflipping is the BEST!!!!! Earthcore rocks with a candyflip!!
22 - Finally tried my first bikkie!!! Now loving it, can't get enough (oh dear) most weekends, 1-4 pills
23 - First line of speed, itchy nose, ran around like a motherfucker. I lived with a speed freak for a year when I was 19-20 who injected, so put off the stuff. Don't like the comedown. Occasional for big events.
23 - Coke!!! Umm yes this is a good one and glad I'm not rich, or else would stuff the shit up my nose 24/7. Very nice, still very occasional.
24- Amyl, nitrous, all the little side things, once really into rave culture!!!
25 (current) - Finally had my first MDMA cap last weekend. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES. Maybe my favourite, but too many pills on top to really tell.
Not interested in H, or anything else