I was just wondering if there is anyone here that got out of the drug using, but still has an open state of mind. I did my share and a lot more than my share in the years I was using. Two years ago, I was introduced to heroin, and I was lucky to get out of that before it killed me. I no longer do any sort of mind altering, mood changing substances, but I feel that my expierences with drugs were positive, because I would not be where I am now without what I did in the past. I find my life to be so much more enjoyable without drugs. I'm 24 now, and my drug use started when I was 12, and when I talk to kids who are 16 to 18, and they talk about drinking or smoking weed, part of me feels like I should warn them about what could happen, when it isn't enough to just get drunk or high, when you search for something more, and it ends up being more dangerous, and might kill you. Then the other part of me thinks that they just need to learn for themselves, like I did, because if somebody would have talked to me like that when I was that age, I wouldn't have listened. I think I should just save my breath, because I don't think it would do any good. I know that not everyone goes down that path, that some people stick with weed and drinking, maybe all their lives, my mother included. But some people need a slap across the face. I spent three days and two nights in a holding cell dopesick to get my head out of my ass, and I was so deep in that I still went and shot up again before I admitted to myself that I needed help, before I killed myself. I spent five days in a hospital, I went in on January 14 2004, and I haven't used any drugs since. Sorry about the rambling, I just wanted to throw that out there, to see what people might say.
Most people who are in a mindset to try other drugs are going to do it regardless. It really boils down to getting out before it gets too bad or having something drastic happen to really turn them around.
im stoned right now...pot, i dont think ill ever have severe problems with drugs though...like iwant t otry coke, but even now im still not sure..i dont think id let drugs/booze get the best of me.
just a side note.. ive always been annoyed by the word "booze".... just reminds me middle age to old ladies with sour faces using that word.
