RC's robbed friend's psyche... any suggestions?

Well I am sure for many of us the advent of Rc's and easy access to them has made many people become victims of the pokemon "gotta catch'em all" craze, with many be coming lab rats thinking they are contributing or experiencing something cutting edge. Also the quantity in which is available and price may encourage many people to do the drugs much more often than they should.

This happened to my friend last summer, he constantly tripped and smoked pot all day, every day, did coke on occasion and pharmies. He was never into any type of spiritualism, despite how many times he tripped as he though these feelings were gay. He was a really big bad ass for his own right and never fucked anything up; he was a really street smart kind of guy. He definatly is not a candadite of someone who should use psychedelics extensivley.

Well near the end of the summer he had around 5 consecutive bad trips all fueled by pot, and he kept complaining about the same visuals and feelings. Now his mind is a wreck, but he seems to thick to see it, he has trouble sleeping at night due to persisting closed eye visuals, every time he experiences deja vu, which is often, he is convinced he will begin tripping again and cannot properly function such as his speech becomes somewhat erratic, and he often talks about his bad trips.

I thought this would go away if he stopped tripping and since his scenery changed by him going to college, but it has not at all. If anything it seems worse and I cannot stand to be around him, but feel bad not being there for him as I was his best friend. I think his biggest problem is the fact that he is literally high every minute of every day, and cannot stop because he is ignorant. Do you think there is anyway he can return to his normal witty, self-assured, assholish self? Or is it hopeless? Anyone else know anyone like this?

I really am quite convinced the pot is keeping him so tight in this terrible cycle, he is paranoid as hell and cannot calm down, I tell him that if he keeps feeling like this and keeps smoking to continue it, he will always be this way and it will just get worse, even if he stops he is going to need a long time to rehabilitate his mind. Thanks for responses.

 

Your friend robbed himself of his psyche. Thought it is quite a shame when it happens to anyone, I'm less inclined to feel any pity when it is so obviously (and probably admittedly) abuse, and the user goes as far as to call spirituality "gay". Perhaps some of his inner battles in his trips was with some form of spirituality inside himself. Maybe it's even what kept him coming back, who knows.

"Cutting edge" isn't an appropriate term in my mind. However, I think they're highly valuable and important. The fact is, these aren't addictive substances by nature, and your friend abused them quite harshly it seems. Lab-rat is a bit extreme, but fair to some degree.

You're taking a risk, but you aren't going to be the first person to do these substances, many of them have been experimented with (infrequently) for decades. As with anything (and coke seemed to be a *minor* point in the discussion), you weigh the risks vs. benefits. In moderation, this scale is harder to tip. However, 5 days of solid tripping will tilt that scale to the point where you're risking quite a bit more.

He has some issues, obviously, and I hope he deals with them before he drives himself further away from reality. I hope he finds himself again, if he is as distant as you seem to think. I wish him good luck.

 

He shouldnt do drugs if he gets persistant cev's with only weed....