Why? For very unoriginal reasons.
Firstly because being in pain and unable to sleep for months on end just wasnt something I could manage. I think a good portion of BLers start because of pain management. But it's hard not to notice the pleasure that comes with.
I hate alcohol and the idea of getting drunk so I could sleep made me consider drugs. I lived pretty straight laced all my life but the nerve pain, well desperate people find it easy to re-evaluate their morals.
As a side benefit I've had the best sex in my life while high. Sex is great and sex while high is religious!
So I started doing drugs out of necessity and while I still get high so I can sleep, I also take drugs because they are damned enjoyable. I dont have to get high every night so I can sleep and on those nights I usually dont. But I like having the choice to use and sometimes I just like to get high with the wife and fuck our brains out. Getting high helps liven things up in the bed room after 2 decades of marriage. She even mentioned to me not long ago that if she was high enough she'd consider inviting someone for a 3some. Drugs... I love you!
I stick to the legal highs cause getting fired over a drug test would suck. Read that there are legal issues with JWH so I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. I have several grams and we dont really use a lot so I have probably 6 months to watch what happens. Honestly even if the JWH's are scheduled, I'm not sure they will make it into the drug tests anytime soon if ever.
At this point I'd really like to try some of the illegal drugs. Curious George syndrome. Hehe. I'm the bread winner in the family and my responsibility far far outweighs my curiosity though, unfortunately.
I fear getting arrested or failing a drug test. Either would destroy what I've worked really hard for. I like to think the precautions I take will keep me far away from that. Life is a crap shoot so who knows. I could drop the drugs tomorrow but my quality of life would suffer.