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Why did you start using drugs?

Why did you start using drugs?

  • Stress

    Votes: 69 19.1%

  • Peer Pressure/Influence

    Votes: 61 16.9%

  • Curiosity

    Votes: 303 83.7%

  • Mental Health Problems

    Votes: 86 23.8%

  • Physical Health Problems

    Votes: 21 5.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 46 12.7%
  • Total voters
    362
It started off with pure curiosity. I had a bunch of left over hydrocodones when I was 13 or 14 years old and was having a horrible week at school. Well, that Friday before going to one of my schools football games I decided to pop about 5 of those bad boys. It was my first time getting high for real.

Weed followed, and before I knew it I was blowing coke a few months later which led to Crack, which led to heavy drinking and etc... I quickly learned I could use drugs as an escape instead of having a good time with friends and I took it too far. Ended up in rehab when I was 17 for a pretty bad heroin addiction. I don't regret any of it though, I've learned a lot over the years but that damn curiosity got me! Oh, and a part of me thought it was "cool" to smoke crack in high school haha %)
 
Same as many others.... Started smoking Weed/taking LSD/Mushrooms out of curiosity and then that (Smoking Weed)became habit which lead to me trying other substances out of curiosity..... For example... Ecstacy (M.D.M.A), Ketamine, 2C-I/B and then years later... Benzos and Opiates.
 
Wow, curiosity got the most votes? I think it attributed to it somewhat in that I thought it would relieve my mental distress - but the underlying cause was definitely stress/mental issues.

For sure now I use drugs to escape the reality of my life and actually keep my mental health in check. Without them id be a blathering wreck with no motivation, drive or energy to get through anything.
 
When I was young I couldn't stomach booze. But I really started using as an escape from the usual teenage bullshit I didn't want to handle
 
i use drugs to forget my past, it dosent work cuz when the high is gone, everything i was trying to block out just comes and hits me hard, then i think about my shitty fucked up past again. Until i pop about 15-20 Norcos.

When i say my past i was a victim of a kidnap and rape i was taken across state line blah blah he beat the shit oiut of me broke my noes. Not going to get into it much, but he's in jail now and im still living in hell. A hell of pill popping.

PEACE LOVE & BUD
 
Fuckin, fuckin flunitrazepam...

I start from curiosity (hash at 15), but mainly i wanted to see, if and how better from booze it would be..I liked it, it made me laughing and it gave me a very nice relax feeling, with no anxiety at all (i don't mean the warm blanket opiates give..), this lasted about a year, maybe some more, then it didn't make me like it did in the beggining, but i continue to smoke it, like the most of the friends did, but it make me feel shy, and feeling uncomfortable in the society, long story short, at 17 i took Rophynol (flunitrazepam) , 2 and a half pills (2 mg each, but IDK, i think that they were stronger and more euphoric than today's pills, mg for mg, it's not the same..). Any-fuckin-way, i felt in love with these fuckin demons, they gave me loads of raw euphoria, but i went black out many times..I'm so lucky that i didn't wake up in a jail's cell, this happened to hundreds people in my city, and of course a lot of people never woke up again..:(. But anyway, even when i start h (IV from the first time, so much idiot..what can i say, i try snort h after 5 or 6 years only shooting, believe me or no, it's true, and i'm not bragging about this, i was just a stupid fuckin idiot, fortunatelly i was lucky and i survived after enough OD, God gave me VERY MUCH MORE than i diserved..

So, these was my first drug years, but,heh, i think that i'm a bit (or totally..) out of topic,8(, fuckin lol......So, the only thing i can do is to apologise, i'm really sorry gals and guys, i didn't meant to do it, as i was typing, my thoughts roll out of the topic, i'm sure ya all know what i mean, it happens...
So, my best wishes to all of you, be happy and safe, and have fun...:)




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I remember when I was 8 me and my friends would pretend smarties were drugs and we would act fucked up.

When I was 15 my step dad said I would grow up to be a heroin addict. Ihe was right. I take drugs to make me feel better?
 
So it's official. Curiosity killed the cat.

I think "my life was shitty and so was I" should be an option
 
My father is a doctor who, ever since I can remember, has advocated pills as the solution to everything and anything. For any given problem, there's a pill that will fix it - that's what I grew up being told. And by the time I'd reached my early teens, it had become clear to my father that I had a whole bucket of problems that needed fixing. So off I was carted to a psychiatrist with a pen and a prescription pad - the first of many to come. I don't think I had any problems really other than the normal teenage confusion and self-consciousness that all my friends were going through as well. But I had a dad who was gung-ho about prescription drugs and - shhhhh - had no ethical issues with prescribing himself and his family with controlled drugs either. Anyway to cut a long story short, I soon came to learn that all the benzos that I was getting prescribed to help calm me downm and all the Ambien I was meant to take when I couldn't sleep, were stuff that apparently alot of people had fun with. And so I started using and then abusing and then I think I actually did have real problems. My dad's answer? More psychiatrists! So I got told that I definitely had ADHD and probably I was bipolar and, here you go, have another handful of pills.

Although I do use illegal drugs sometimes, I've far more caught up with all my prescription ones. I've learned the art of doctor shopping, of sitting on couches and conning psychiatrists; I know the DSM-IV like most pastors know the Bible. It's a problem obviously and alot of it is my own damn fault. But I can't help but feel that if I weren't for my father, none of this would ever have started. I don't know. It's tough.
 
Where's 'Fun!' in the poll? I got curious, tried alcohol then weed and loved it and that was it! Also, the fact that I knew at that point I was being lied to all along by propaganda only fueled my curiosity to try others. I will admit though that for opiates I was always drunk the first time and feel it was a bit of the drive that caused me to try them. That first year of taking drugs was one of the funnest ever, trying everything I could, when I could and loving every second with good mates! How things change due to the effects they can have...
 
So, why do YOU use drugs?

Obviously there are many reasons why people use drugs, whether it be self-medication for a physical/mental illness, boredom, relaxation, escapism, addiction, using socially, or just to simply feel good for the hell of it.

For me, every drug has given me a different reason to use.

meth/coke: boost confidence, more socially connected, boost libido, sharper thinking, thrill seeking

opiates: escaping reality, feeling amazing, relaxation, depression, not giving a hoot (lol)

psychedelics: gaining new perspectives, philosophizing, awesome colors, revaluation of one self, including goals, motivation, desires, ect.

benzodiazepines: strictly for anxiety

weed/cannabinoids: relaxing, enhancement of well being and activities, philosophizing, self-realization, boredom, using habitually and not really having a reason lol

alcohol: because everyone else is drinking, and because it's fun, and maybe i'm clubbing/partying

So, what are some reason why you guys use drugs? Will you you ever quit using? How have drugs changed you in a negative or positive way?
 
In the beginning I used drugs because I was given them. I was told they'd help me with the tourettes I had, the depression I had, the intrusive thoughts I had, and the obsessions and mental rituals I had. Most of them did not (Prozac is an exception, I continue to take it to this day and while I honestly believe the "depressed" feeling I get when I taper off and quit for a while is a normal response to how fucked up everything is, I also recognize I do not have the time or patience to try and change the world). The one thing that helped more than anything else and took me from a suffering cynic on the brink of suicide, to what I am now, somewhat of a persevering nihilist who believes helping others whenever possible, I am now completely tolerant to and I no longer receive benefit from it.

Then I used drugs to escape from reality, overly distraught from my pure O that constantly reminds me just how fucking disgusting humanity and society is (with a some exceptions, the internet being one aspect that I feel is inherently good).

Now I use drugs because of this cynical outlook on the human condition I have. My brain is fucked up in many ways and I find it difficult to assign purpose to things. Without that, life is inherently boring and meaningless. Drugs allow me to negate some of what's wrong with me and enjoy this temporary thing a bit, and more importantly they allow me to help those around me who are fortunate enough to enjoy life without drugs, like my family and friends. I also enjoy the psychedelic experience, but consider it no more than a roller coaster ride created by a temporarily malfunctioning chemical balance in the brain, nothing more, nothing less.
 
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As much as I hate to admit it, the main reason I tried smoking bud back in the summer between 7th and 8th grade was because I didn't wanna be the only one out of my group of friends who wasn't interested in getting high. At that point in my life I was still content with the sober activities I did such as video games and the like. It took me the longest time to actually get high (looking back now I probably wasn't inhaling right) and when I finally did I got the worst panic attack I had ever experienced up until that point. Despite this I still ended up giving the buds another shot and I slowly begin to develop a liking to it.
 
I wanted to be a stoner, I thought it would be cool. Now I am a recovering meth addict with a developing psychological addiction to Heroin.
 
i started because i sought the creativity, aesthetic visual effects, and spiritual experiences that lsd and mushrooms [the first 2 drugs i used,even before smoking weed] illicited.
 
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