Yeah, you're right.None. I made the choices I did for the reasons I did under the circumstances I had. I'm not saying I don't have regrets, I have piles of regrets. But I don't regret trying any of the drugs I've tried. Neither do I 'not' regret it. It's just what happened.
Yeah, you're right.
Life happened, and we made the choices we made.
Regretting those choices gets us nowhere, we have to find a way to live with them.
I do regret some choices, just not these ones. Mainly because in a lot of ways, they don't feel like choices to me.
Like.. lets take the drug that has been by far the most destructive influence of any substance in my life. Heroin. And lets say I didn't try it for the first time on the day that I did. I don't believe that would mean I wouldn't have ended up a heroin addict. It just wouldn't have started on that specific day.
Oh, I see.I do regret some choices, just not these ones. Mainly because in a lot of ways, they don't feel like choices to me.
Like.. lets take the drug that has been by far the most destructive influence of any substance in my life. Heroin. And lets say I didn't try it for the first time on the day that I did. I don't believe that would mean I wouldn't have ended up a heroin addict. It just wouldn't have started on that specific day.
I understand that sentiment. I was destined by nature and youthful trauma to become a drug addict. It didn’t matter which one I started with. I was always going to end up on stimulants. I don’t regret the drugs so much as certain behaviours associated with being on certain drugs. Except heroin. I totally regret even hearing about that drug!
Oh, I see.
But I don't think anyone should actively "spend time/thought" or put too much emotion into regretting things they did. If someone is unhappy with their life, they should focus on their future choices, and making the best of them. Regret has such a negative impact on the mind, plus I believe the life of an addict to hard substances feels like nonstop penance already, and that adding negative impulses could just make the cycle feel more unbreakable than it already is.
Positive choices for the future, that's where it's at, there's nothing anyone can do about the past. One choice we feel good about at a time, that's where we should put all the energy we have, in my opinion