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Troubled people enjoy drugs more?

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This is a pattern I've noticed among my friends. All of my friends (including myself) who enjoy getting high and drunk have some pretty strong family issues. My friends who don't like getting high and drunk all DON'T have family issues (other than the typical, every day ones, of course) I'm talking divorce, deaths of parents, abuse, etc.

So do you notice that pattern at all with your friends, people you know, or yourself?
 
Initially I'm sure they tend to. Drugs offer an escape from problems, and the relief is enjoyable. Opiates are particularly effective in this regard. Of course, wanting to escape from your problems is about the most dangerous reason to get high.

Overall I doubt people dealing with serious issues enjoy traditional psychedelics as much as traditional escape drugs, however, as psychedelics tend to amplify whatever a person brings into the experience.
 
Depends what the drug is. In my troubled times I was a fairly heavy heroin user. But in times where things are going well in my life I'm much more interested in weed and psychs, but I'm never not into drugs in some way even if it is somewhat random in usage.
 
from what i've seen a lot of people, myself included, self medicate. the extent and how each person dives in obviously differs but it generally doesn't pan out as well as you initially have it planned in your head. if you're feeling that you need help then go see a doctor, don't turn to and rely on illicit substances
 
i was addicted to heroin/opiates for over 3 years and had a great family life. but had pretty strong social anxiety. i think your reduction to just "family issues" is a little biased, people use drugs for a variety of reasons.
 
I actually have seen a little bit of a pattern like this but i find it more in my older friends who had some very interesting childhoods as opposed to my teenage friends who do it just to rebel or to be "cool".
 
Yes, I noticed this too. I think using drugs helps relieve stress and that might be part of the reason why this seems to be common...
 
phatass said:
for some this may be the case... i have GAD and depression, and anything that alterates my mood in a good way i'm up for trying... (in short)
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Same for me. I have a lot of shit going on, (dad died, financial issues, got diagnosed with cancer, etc) and out of my friends i grew up with I was the only one to end up with a dope habit. So far, atleast.. While they all have their own issues I feel like that I honestly have had a lot more going on throughout my entire life, and I always self medicated to the extreme.

Luckily, now I am no longer shooting dope, and the methadone is helping with my depression incredibly, and smoking weed is rather helpful as well.
 
To the OP, I would say yes. I have definitely noticed that. I believe it is because people who are content mentally, don't have a need to enhance their day to day experience. However, I believe there are genetics involved as well.
 
I personally use weak opiates recreationally (like once every two week-ends, so no addiction to speak off) even though I have no big family problems (parents divorced, but it didn't affect me too much). I don't do it to be cool since no one knows about it (except for pot). Am I an exception or does my case not count because I'm not shooting dope every two hours? =D
 
yep. because then they enjoy the high more... they dont take it for granted and fully appreciate.

im one of them. being constantly low makes you want the high more
 
daysonatrain said:
i was addicted to heroin/opiates for over 3 years and had a great family life. but had pretty strong social anxiety. i think your reduction to just "family issues" is a little biased, people use drugs for a variety of reasons.
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I should have said this in my original post: I don't mean just "family issues" I only used that as an example because that's what I've seen with people close to me. But really I mean "issues" in general. Of course, everyone has problems. But I'm talking about people that might have a bit more problems than the norm.
 
I would say that is true. Not necessarily an escape though. I look at it this way... When someone grows up in a way that diverges from the "norm", they may be more open to experimentation (not only drugs).

When I was a kid and parents split, I saw that the "traditional" way of life hadn't worked for my parents or many of my friends' parents. Seeing something that I had always taken for granted (marriage) and never questioned, I began to reevaluate a lot of other things that people had told me about life. Just looking back at the group of kids that I experimented with as a young kid, the vast majority of them had a broken home in one way or another.

IME, Introspective people tend to experiment and enjoy it. If someone is one of the many sheeple that accepts everything one is told and rarely thinks for oneself, there's definitely a greater chance of a bad experience through psychosomatic thinking or etc.
 
yes and no.

I could be troubled, or not. I've never been abused, experienced my parents divorcing, or them dying. I've had many family members die, the closest one I had to watch go with my own eyes when I was like 12 or 13. So I guess that fucked me up pretty hard.

My parents were both involved with drugs, my dad used to sell a lot.

I'm an only child, so I'd be by myself a lot while my parents weren't home - that played a big role in developing my mind state.

My friends, yea, pretty fucked up. But iunno, in my opinion a lot of people are fucked up, whether they get high or not - it just depends on what extent they let it show.

Although my friends have had a lot of external situations that directly troubled them, while I haven't (at least to their extent) - I could easily argue that I'm just as fucked up as them, possibly even more.

But yea, I think there's just a positive correlation between troubled people and using drugs. And correlations really don't mean shit.
 
I don't know if enjoy is the right word. I think it might be more of an escape? a little bit of time away from the problems? Obviously, drugs are not THE ultimate answer, nor will they make problems disappear.

As for myself, I will admit that I like the idea of being able to come home, after a long day, and forget about things for a little while.
 
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