why do we love drugs?

[Tryptamino]

When I was a little kid, I used to get pissed off playing the Lion King video game for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It was hard! Then I decided to use cheat codes to make the experience a whole lot better, and it was.

Life is hard too. I cheat by using chemicals that alter my personal consciousness or reality. It feels good, real good.

yup.

 

[xstayfadedx]

Eh... I don't love drugs... especially my drug of choice which is heroin. I just hate my life a lot of the time and use heroin so I don't have to care. Now drugs like psychedelics I do really like because they're an every now and then thing. They don't over take my life.... I love weed however but its not a drug, it's a herb %)

I really enjoy using drugs for the most part but they're not everything to me.... I love my friends and a select amount of family. I love making art and writing. Drugs are fun to partake in but the majority of drugs I use right now are fucking up my life and the things I love... or maybe that's just me.

 

[Master_Khan]

Nice comparison.^

Really, I think it has to do with the fact that it...feels really good. I mean, before trying all those drugs, did you even think such sensations existed? Could you experience them some other way? I think not. It's a gift and a curse at the same time, knowing that sober life can never feel like that. That explains how people get addicted, not the worldwide interest though.

So I'm gonna go with - "drugs cheat codes for life"

The feeling that comes from confronting the cold hard challenges of life, doing the hard things, overcoming obstacles, not quitting, reaching your goals and not cowering and hiding from reality, this is the BEST high I ever had. The sensations received by drugs are fleeting and diminish with time and repetition; the good feelings generated by hard work, persistance, long suffering, and overcoming..............these do not diminish but become stronger overtime. I try to get high from drugs every once in a while but it is futile. They are a waste of time and do virtually nothing for me anymore, even though I would love to be able to get high the way I used to, if only for nostalgia's sake. It turns out I wasn't getting high, I was just hiding from reality, but now I know that once you are a winner, reality is like being high all the time! I'm so happy with reality why would I want to escape from it. But you have to do the hard things, stack the wood, make the sacrifices, put in your time in order to get there. Nobody is going to give it to you. You have to work for it.