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Why? Why use substances?

Hunter S.

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As a user I often wonder why I choose an alternate reality over the "real world". Some might think its an escape from pain, or to block out a past memory. People ask me why? Why do you do that. I can only respond with "I like being high" but is it that simple? I don't believe I have a reason to use, but I don't think there needs to be a reason. What do you all feel is the driving force behind using drugs?
 
Some of us use substances to get *out* of our alternate realities and more *in* this one.
 
At first, for me it was escape - because I didn't want to have to confront reality, and so forth. I'm sure a lot of people start off like that. I also think a lot of us are just fascinated by the idea of living something MORE - something very different than what we experience otherwise, maybe because we will feel things we didn't know possible or something. I think all men have an innate desire to expand themselves in every possible way, even though this desire will most often then not, be repressed. Drugs are a way to express it.
 
I think the best way to describe my view on it would be to take from Inception: when they are in the basement and see all of the people hooked up who come for most of the day- they do it to 'wake up'. Not exactly in that sense but I see the world the way I feel I was meant to see the world when I'm using. I have always had so many questions and was always looking for answers, but my mind is more open now that I use, and I find myself actually more encouraged and motivated to research and learn and develop hypotheses and formulate possible answers to these questions myself.

I must add, though, that I solely use cannabis. I have never found myself in a position of addiction and have never had to compromise any other aspect of my life to get high. I don't pretend to understand the lives and situations of others and I don't judge them for what they do. These are just my personal reasons for doing what I do.
 
Why not?

I use substances because they're fun, I like to get high, and out of boredom. Sometimes I use them out of depression, but that's related to the first two. I smoke weed both recreationally and medically, so I use that substance to allow myself to eat and sleep comfortably and because it's fun.

I'm only gonna live once, I figure I might as well make it fun, and my substance use is now and has always been fairly harmless. So getting high also enhances my existence.


Your answers will probably be very different amongst different groups of users. I feel like trippers, drinkers, MDMA users, pot heads, junkies and speed freaks might tend to have different reasons for using. I use all the above drugs but I only use pot, alcohol and dissociatives on a regular basis. I'd use opiates and stimulants more if I had more access though.

I've always enjoyed the culture of drug users. They're never boring.

This is actually an interesting point I'd never thought of before. But now when I think back, I may have started using drugs because I was drawn to the culture and the other people in the culture were into drugs. I was way into the psychedelic drug culture for a while as a kid, even though they've never been my favorite class of drugs. I've just always liked to hang out with users and the culture in general kinda exudes coolness. Definitely never boring.
 
Some of us use substances to get *out* of our alternate realities and more *in* this one.

^ this.

drugs definitely help me get deeper into this reality, they help me prioritize my life, prioritize my morals, they help me find myself, i couldnt introspect to this extent sober, they help stabilize my emotions, cure boredom, gives me something in common with people i would have never met, cure pain, and above all to just have a great time. YOLO
 
My reason,
I was clean for 13 years, one day I tried chronic,
Got me high for two days. Never want to stop.
Since that day in 2010, I have developed several
more crutches, due to my current legal & other troubles
 
Life sucks so people get high. Humans have been getting high for thousands of years.

That's a sweeping generalization don't you think. I don't take drugs because life sucks, I take them because life is wonderful and they just add another layer of fun.
 
Maybe life sucks wasnt the right way of putting it. I feel like people do drugs to enjoy life more than they would without them.
 
I initially started using substances because I wanted an escape from the same every day feelings. Waking up, and not knowing how I was going to feel that day, was and still is a very scary thought. In a way, using substances allows me to control my emotions, and live out my day knowing "Today I will feel high", rather than "Today I may feel sad, or I may even feel suicidal".

Eventually it turned into my needing a fix. A fix, in that I needed something to do, something to occupy my mind, my thoughts. And again, eventually this turned into me needing something to do. I get bored, I get anxious, uncertain of the future, all these various emotions. Using substances helps me cope with day to day living. However, on the downside, this abuse also lends me to feeling helpless and stuck in the same old patterns of loops. Wake up, use substances, fall asleep. It's an endless cycle, one which started to escape reality, and now in essence is one I'm trying to escape from rather than to.

I guess, in essence, the reason I use and abuse is because I am bored with every day life. I have hobbies, I have friends, I have activities to do. But when it comes down to it...everything is better when you are high. And to be honest...this is a sad reality and perspective to have, but hey...that's life.
 
Because it is fun, but I don't choose an alternate reality over the real world... And I use psychedelics. I love my life and all the things in it, from time to time I like to let loose and have some fun.
 
"Using drugs" is so obscure... Psychedelics for me are a way deconstructing everything, and putting it back together, to appreciate and better understand the whole thing. I remember who I am, I think that's something holy, and not in the sense that has been taught to us.
 
I couldn't say they're never boring, repetitive behaviors & rituals which are harmful seem quite boring to me - however I'd agree there are some drug taking cultures which are progressive & thus interesting.

I didn't mean to be absolute about it. But generally I'd take an evening with a druggy over a bleached church-goer any day.
 
people use drugs for one reason: pleasure.

all other reasons are justifications that come back to this.
 
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