tl;dr - cannabis is an important pillar of my life. the same is true for many millions of other people. and there is nothing to be ashamed of.
it hit me while masturbating in the shower, i’m never going to be completely sober. i need drugs to function as a member of society. and that’s alright with me.
i also know, more importantly, that there are millions of other people like me all over the planet. most of us just hide to survive.
edit:
i only smoke concentrated cannabis. sativa strains preferably.
i don’t consume any other drugs. i used to. but not anymore.
i used to regularly consume alcohol, caffeine, LSD, MDMA, shrooms, cocaine and salvia divinorum. nothing like the DMT and designer psychedelics of today.
i feel fortunate to have lived through my own experience of drug culture and walked out the other side.
honestly no one should have to rawdog life in this day and age As long as you aren’t hurting anyone, rock on, friend
I like drugs and I’d enjoy them more if they don’t wreck havoc on your health. I had fun and all but I was at the point where I’m like it’s time to stop and just stopped. I still drink beers socially though. Might get back on them when I’m 60-70+ just because.
I have to admit being and staying sober is much easier for me if I frame it as “it’s a period in my life where I want to be sober, I choose to be sober, that doesn’t mean I have pledged to stay sober until I die”, and allowing myself the idea of a future where I will drink again feels relieving - although I realize it will most likely not happen. So your sentiment with getting back on drugs at 60-70+ resonates with me.
personally i have periods of fluctuation. there are some months where i smoke weed every day, others of complete sobriety where im ‘addicted’ to yoga and cycling every day, and inbetween where i just use substances socially with friends or at gatherings like raves.
You know there is nothing stopping you from getting high AND doing yoga and cycling every day!
Running long distances high is probably my favorite thing in the world.
Ngl I still smoke weed most days but since dabbling with shrooms all the other stuff doesn’t appeal to me anymore. Shrooms have also changed my perspective on what drugs truly are. You probably don’t really need them. But it’s not the end of the world if you keep taking them. You’re sacrificing time, money, physical health and the ability to overcome boredom creatively for the option of controlling your feelings to a degree. If that’s a fair trade to you then by all means. Just be sure it’s not only the drugs speaking.
Yeah, shrooms really made me want to only consume things that grow from the Earth.
Of course, here I am on estrogen but the psilocybin hasn’t smacked me in the face over that yet so I think I may be good.
Watch out, lsd made me actually think about my gender. Which was fucking weird because it would’ve blown my mind had it happened before I transitioned. But no, I transitioned purely on “what body type would spare me from dysphoria?” And 4 years into estrogen acid is like “hey you know all that heady parts of gender some people talk about? Well you’re about to see how you interact with the divine feminine”
I love psychedelics but they can have some real personality to them, and they do cut down the frequency I want to drink.
I used to think I’d be addicted to nicotine forever and I’ve not smoked for over a year now, after 20 years on the stuff. Maybe you will change who knows?
Congrats.
I used to think like this… still do.
Well, my close friends and I felt similar when we were young. Now we’re middle aged and realised we had a mix of undiagnosed neurodiversity, and are now are now on doctor-prescribed cannabis and/or stimulants.
I know that if my adhd meds were stopped, I’d have to go back to self-medicating with booze, weed and street drugs. But having access to reliable clean stimulants that help me do the stuff I want to do, have hobbies and keep a steady job and long-term relationships, has been life transforming. I’ve had a jar of weed in my drawer for over a year, because I’ve gone from smoking weed everyday to once every few months. And it’s not because I think weed is bad, or not fun, but just because my life is so much more rich and satisfying and busy (in a good way) that I don’t need to get baked to make it manageable.
Edit: didn’t mean for that sound preachy. There’s no problem with not being ‘sober’ of it works for you. But if there’s some underlying issue that the intoxicants help you deal with, I just wanted to share that it can be amazing if you can sort the issue out rather than mask it. But there’s always space for a delicious cocktail, some fragrant bud or taking some mushrooms at a rave in the deep forest.
If you count coffee, tea and energy drinks as a drug, then there are a lot of people like this.
D.A.R.E. taught me that shampoo was a drug.
I stopped caring about being labeled as a ‘drug addict’ after learning that if that applies to everyone who regularly showers.
Unless it was caffeinated shampoo we’re going to need an explanation
I’m sorry wtf‽ Dare lied to me so much I can’t tell if this is sarcasm
I too used to think certain things in my life would never change - until they did.
It’s an interesting realization when you’ve been telling yourself for decades that you need something, only to quit it and discover that not only did you not need it, but you’re actually better off without.
and discover that not only did you not need it, but you’re actually better off without.
IMO it’s a bit like going to parties/events. When you’re young you might feel as if you have to go, and if you’re older you stop doing that, and you’re fine and don’t feel as if you would need that at all.
But at the same time, if you had never gone to these parties, you would spend the rest of your life wondering what you missed …
So the reason why you don’t need it is because you got enough of it in the past; had you never had it in the first place, you would miss it.
Sorry to say but there‘s a hiccup in your thinking: How can you know you would miss it, if you don’t know it?
I don’t know of I‘d miss skydiving, if I miss diving, if I miss flying or even racing. Because I never did it. Still I don’t miss it.
Until you relapse. There’s a reason people fall into bad habits and if those reasons are not addressed, the change is only temporary. Speaking from experience.
Few things are so normal and natural as a human consuming substances that change their conscious perception and mind.
Caffeine, often forgotten is by far the most consumed drug in the world being used by roughly 85% of people globally. “First coffee, then work” is a testimonial to how benign this fact is.
But what if you don’t like caffeine, what if you simply prefer the effects of something else? It’s your body, no one should be able to tell an adult what they can do with their own body and mind.
Just be conscious about it.
Know what you are taking.
Understand why you take it.
Study, learn what it actually does and how different doses/methods affect you.
Find how it does not affect you, what it can’t fix.
Look for help when you need it and don’t feel shameful for asking such. You are human after all.
This! Skilful use of substances is the key. Understand why you take it, how it works in your body and what you can do to get closer to the desired state or effect without using.
That is also why I believe the differentiation between legal and illegal substances is not helpful, as it often leads to a more careless (ab)use of legal substances like alcohol.
Which drugs?
Marijuana. And only cannabis for the rest of my life.
In my 20’s, it was MDMA, shrooms, LSD, salvia divinorum, cocaine and cannabis.
Yep
How hard are we talking? Like you need some thc in your system to deal with life? Popping percs? Functioning crackhead? There are levels
Only cannabis.
Personally I like to have a little weed buzz when I’m going about my day
That’s almost acceptable these days, as long as you’re not operating heavy machinery, responsible for taking care of others, or using it to escape a problem that could and should be addressed. And also not wrecking your lungs.
That could be.
Also, are you relatively young? I think younger people tend to make more sweeping statements like this.
Enjoy :-)
I am 35-60 YO.
it hit me while masturbating in the shower,
What hit u ?
An egregious epiphany. Life changing gnosis.
The acid
I can’t imagine how far off the rails someone has to be to be a daily acid user
It’s only for special occasions (like masturbating in the shower)
What’re we hitting?
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Caffeine is a drug.
