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Will you stop taking drugs once you get to an age?

My drug use peaked in my 20s, except that my cannabis use peaked from 17-22. Psychedelics peaked at 22-25. Opiates peaked at 27-30. I'm 31. Now I am done with opiates forever, but that's not an age thing, that's a "I need to do this or my life will never be what it can and should be" thing. Occasionaly stimulant/empathogen use isn't off the table for me but I mostly stick to marijuana, psychedelics and some alcohol now.

I honestly don't foresee a time in my future when I won't smoke marijuana and especially use psychedelics at least occasionally. I suspect that as I get older I will use these things with increasingly less frequency. Whenever I have a child, that will probably be a big deterrent from using them except at specific, appropriate times... no more random weekend adventures. It's about what you have in your life and your responsibilities I think. Right now I work from home, I have no kids, hell, I don't even have a relationship. So there are less reasons for me not to, and I get something from them that I enjoy and value. This is the same reason I doubt I will ever totally stop, because I value the experiences I get from them. I still get useful and therapeutic effects. I do think that at some point I will discontinue use of stimulants and empathogens entirely, just because they don't feel healthy for me and as I get older I will feel that more and more (I already do too, just not enough to put them off the table). Psychedelics, used properly, leave me feeling better than before I took them so it's not an issue with them.

There may come a time when I'm too old to want to do them, but I'm talking about when I'm an old man. And even then, look at Shulgin, and Hofmann.

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The biggest draw of retirement to me is being able to get messed up on my own schedule. I never plan on stopping due to health reasons because it isn't in my plans to die as a frail man. I may die, yet I refuse to do so as a weak and impotent person incapable of being active and taking care of their own well-being.

I might change my opinion in the far off future. For right now getting drunk and high into old age whenever possible seems like heaven on earth.
 
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Nope. There is no such thing as getting "too old for anything" in my book. Old folks can still enjoy themselves. Shulgin tripped until he died at 88 years old man. He tripped for over 60 years (since the 1950s) starting with mescaline. His wife and some of their close friends probably still trip.

It's just a way of life to some people man. Some of us are open about exploring our minds, others seem to think there is some sort of cap or cut off limit to the amount one can enjoy as he or she ages. If anything, tripping would be BETTER in my book as you age, because of all the things you have lived through, seen, heard, felt, tasted, touched, cried about, laughed about etc. It all just comes full circle man. Tripping probably helps older folks feel YOUNG again too!

I say hell yes. I am in it for the long haul. But I still hold to the saying "All things in moderation". Never let drugs consume your life, use them "responsibly" and you can have one hell of a life.
 
I am 24 years old and have been using illicit and recreational drugs for almost exactly half the time I have been alive, for so many years I always thought that I was going to be in it for life, I still do to a point, I mean I still drink alcohol and smoke cannabis every single day in life... I can say that my drug use has diminished considerably in the last couple of years though, both in terms of the range of substances that I use and how fucked up I tend to get on any given occasion.

I am pretty certain that I will take recreational drugs for the duration of my lifetime, but 5 years ago I was certain I would still be on considerably more drugs than I am today, so who really knows. Personally, I hope I can eventually get to a place where my recreational drug use is purely recreational, as opposed to largely habitual.

I don't have any true desire to completely stop my use of recreational substances, but it is conceivable to me that there may come a time where I have to choose between dependence and abstinence, if this were to be the case, I would hope I could eventually choose abstinence over dependence.
 
I'd hope to not be taking drugs for the rest of my life. I take them recreationally but wouldn't like the prospect of being addicted all my life. I wouldn't even like to take them recreationally to an old age. I feel i should use substances just until my career gets going. Then I'll straighten up hopefully.
 
My partner and I are both moderate-to-heavy cannabis users. He smokes slightly less than I do because he thinks it's too expensive for the value (he'd rather spend his money on LSD/MD), but he also isn't working right now and we're both students. I imagine once we're out of school and both working pretty regularly we'll continue at about the same rate we are now. Both his and my parents smoke daily and it doesn't bother either of us so I wouldn't see any reason why we would slow down unless something specific required one of us to quit (like COPD/chronic bronchitis). I don't plan on quitting at any point.

As far as other drugs go: I can see myself still partaking in the occasional psychedelic even in my 40s/50s, but it's not something I think I would actively seek out at that age. My partner and I started using MD around the same time and some of our most profound experiences with MD have been together, so I would be very happy to continue to use MD with my partner throughout our life if we stay together.
 
Already have........stopped drinking alcohol, stopped all psychedelics, stopped all stimulants, stopped smoking weed......all by personal preference, don't care for any of them anymore.
 
i plan on cannabis, psychedelics, and mdma for life
all other recreational drugs ill probably stop around 25 or so idk... being 22 i still have a few years
But currently not taking drugs because on antipsychotics so cant get high on almost anything besides weed and benzos
 
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Already have........stopped drinking alcohol, stopped all psychedelics, stopped all stimulants, stopped smoking weed......all by personal preference, don't care for any of them anymore.
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I always like to see this. I definitely have the will power to abstain, but I like to indulge every now in again. I think the true drug though, is being addicted to your happy life.

There may come a time where I seek out drugs less actively, or go on less mini binges, but I don't ever think I would stop completely, like no drugs forever.
 
Depends on the drug entirely. Some drugs are seriously nootropic in nature (improves cognition, function, life in general) like limited use of benzos, opiates (esp oxycodone), and stims (esp dextroamphetamine) and if I ever straighten out my pharmacy issue I probably will return to the wonderful world of prescriptions.

MDMA? Had a time and place, happy to have experienced it, but I have too much to accomplish now and I just can't get away with it like I used to think I could. Maybe is all I can really resolve to with any certainty, but you have to make an informed judgement call and I definitely didn't always way the pros and cons like I should have.

Psychadelics? Very inexperienced, one insanely bad experience... I figure that after a few years I will have just too much to do BUT since I am not yet there it's quite nearly impossible to determine. Very similar idea to me as spirituality, introspection, figuring things out, lotta negatives... I will definitely try psychadelics again before I retire into the realm of normalcy if I retire because I simply don't know what you can get away with these days. Re: acid, shrooms, RCs, ketamine...

Actually now that I think about it fuck this post, I do not know and will never truly know. Figure it out, I guess...
 
Depends on the drug. I highly doubt I'd ever quit marijuana or psychedelics completely, but I don't think I'd want to be doing opiates or benzos - those have caused me trouble in the past. And I like MDMA too much to ever give that up entirely, but I wouldn't want to be doing it often.
 
I feel like I'll always use psychedelics at least on some occasions, and just use them less & less frequently as time goes on. I feel that psychedelics will remain beneficial, that an occasional "reset" & perspective shift will be useful no matter how old I get. Besides, I've got a lifetime supply of DOC, don't want that going to waste!

Cannabis I'm on the fence about. Under the right circumstances I would defintely use it much less habitually. I am aware of the negative effects it has on me, but to some degree it's controllable. I may reach a point where I feel I should quit, hell that may even happen before I'm 30. If I do quit I'll probably go right back to it in old age, and I could also see using throughout my life, it really does help me unwind like nothing else, and I already stopped smoking constantly like a year ago.

Amphetamines I don't intend to be a long term thing, don't wanna be fucking my system up like that forever, even though I don't use them too excessively (was using 4-FA excessively for much of this summer, learned my lesson now at least a couple weeks between uses, & once I run out I'll take months off).

Kratom I'll probably be on & off for a while, but I'll probably quit at some point. Alcohol I'm certain I'll use some at any age, but liquor I'll probably stop at some point. Alcohol doesn't have the pull these other drugs do for me, so it's muxh easier to take or leave.
 
I'll take them right up until they invent a way of plugging a direct neural experience electronically into my brain. I'm fortunate that I have always dabbled rather than let drug use consume my life. So long as it's fun and not an interference to the rest of my life, then I'm sure I'll still partake a few times a year.
 
I wont take stimulants or mdma after 50 due to cardiovascular stress it produces........ highly elevated heart rate,blood pressure and phenethylamine vasoconstriction with old heart,weaker fragile veins and cholesterol plague build up is asking for heart attack
 
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