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Patlal
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Alright, so... Why are you an addict?
#19249086 - 12/09/13 08:03 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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And don't give me that answer that you started and now you can't quit...
So what is it?
Depression? Trauma? Sex abuse? Bipolar? Daddy issues? Self esteem problems? Hatred towards yourself?
Tell Dr. Patlal what's wrong.
Most people either never try drugs or try it and leave it behind. You decided to come back. Why?
So which is it?
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal] 7
#19249097 - 12/09/13 08:09 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal]
#19249113 - 12/09/13 08:13 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Not everyone who repeats a pattern is addicted. I don't do drugs, I trip out. I honestly feel there's is a qualitative difference. I used to do oxys, meth, mdma, pretty much anything I could get my hands on. Those were drugs. Now I trip out every now and then and it all started with Salvia. I trip atleast once a month, entheogens only. I do so because it puts me in touch with parts of me normally unreachable. I've always been the curious sort, tripping is a quest for knowledge. A unending quest we all know of infinite reward. If I am addicted, it's to knowledge. Tripping tells me more about myself and the world around me, while giving me a glimpse of what we miss every day.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal] 1
#19249118 - 12/09/13 08:16 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Boredom, winter darkness, makes sitting around indoors more enjoyable. It's a habit though, not an addiction.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal] 1
#19249127 - 12/09/13 08:22 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Because life is a lie, and seeing everyone else believe the lie fills my soul with more and more hatred each day. Addiction is the only way to make the pain stop, to make the bad voices go silent.
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Patlal
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: KremrBigSikter]
#19249215 - 12/09/13 09:07 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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KremrBigSikter said: Boredom, winter darkness, makes sitting around indoors more enjoyable. It's a habit though, not an addiction.
Its a habit, not an addiction...
Break the habit today and stop. You'll quickly understand that it's an addiction
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal]
#19249237 - 12/09/13 09:14 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Addictive Personality... Pretty much my entire family drinks; parents, grand parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins...the is strong in this clan... . . .
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: vinsue]
#19249302 - 12/09/13 09:40 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Possibly boredom of being sober? Not really sure. The drug I take is also easy as hell for me to get and I never have to do any dramatic actions to get it. I just have it and have it for cheap and large amounts. Hard to put something down when it is as accessible as bread.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Snotfish]
#19249337 - 12/09/13 09:56 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Why should I pursue sobriety? What does it offer that drugs cannot provide? I like my habits (shrooms and weed) and will keep them.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal] 1
#19249345 - 12/09/13 09:58 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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1, 3, 5 & 7.
Was hard to admit to myself but it took a lot of thinking and diving deep through traumatic memories. The irony is I didn't even realise until I became an addict and attempted to address the root cause of this behavioral pattern that I realised what exactly it was I was repressing.
Still working through it now. Poison of choice is ketamine and it has been for the last 3 years. My ex (drugs ruined our relationship for the both of us) is worse than me and has just had an intervention.. We still very much love each other, so we're gonna try and work through this together.. she's been forcibly removed and taken back to her parents, I'm still balls deep in the shit but I think I can do it if I've got her with me going through the same thing. Strangely she has the same root issues as I do (something I never realised at first), but a much harder time admitting it.
The hardest part is the antidepressive / dissociative / numbing effect k has. After about 3 days of sobriety life gets pretty shit.. Again I never made the connection until recently, but I've basically been self medicating with a potent antidepressant. It's not a physical addiction, but more of a mental compulsion. Something I never understood until it happened to me and pretty much all of my inner circle of friends.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: mpd]
#19249353 - 12/09/13 10:01 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I use to be addicted to pharms. Benzos & opiates in particular. I quit just about all drugs actually in rehab, but I went back to certain ones for certain reasons. I only take psychedelics and certain herbs these days due to all the benefits that come of them. Psychedelics have been some of the most beneficial things towards bettering myself and my life as a whole. They are not just drugs... Psychedelics are much more than getting high and I hope to never turn my back on them.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal]
#19249375 - 12/09/13 10:07 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Patlal said:
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KremrBigSikter said: Boredom, winter darkness, makes sitting around indoors more enjoyable. It's a habit though, not an addiction.
Its a habit, not an addiction...
Break the habit today and stop. You'll quickly understand that it's an addiction
That's such shallow logic. Choosing to pursue something and being addicted are two different things. I could stop having sex, but why? To prove what point? An addiction is when you want to stop and can't. Or when your habits are getting to the point that you take on more costs than benefits.
Anyways, depression led me to drugs. Happiness kept me here.
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because broccoli doesnt get me fucked up
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: thelanzii]
#19249422 - 12/09/13 10:25 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Im not addicted :]
I will be when I retire and have days to waste. Ill prob pick up a pain killer addiction in my 60s and ride that wave to my death
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal] 1
#19249440 - 12/09/13 10:32 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm not an addict it's cooooool, I feeeeel alive.
The deeper you stick it in your vein The deeper the thoughts, there's no more pain I'm in heaven, I'm a god I'm everywhere, I feel so hot
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Nimpo] 1
#19249448 - 12/09/13 10:34 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Because I was probbed by and alien life form. An A L F ALF Now that I think about it it might have actually been Alf. You might think he's a puppet because you never see the lower half. Well there is a lower half.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal]
#19249456 - 12/09/13 10:36 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Self esteem?
I suppose...
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Boutang]
#19249574 - 12/09/13 11:05 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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It's who I am. It's who I was meant to be.
Drugs have been a part of my life since the beginning.
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Heroin takes all your bad feelins and make it so the stop being mean and leave you alone. Thats why I used.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Mescalean]
#19249615 - 12/09/13 11:15 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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The Big Book says...
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Patlal
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Mescalean]
#19249796 - 12/09/13 12:00 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Mescalean said: Heroin takes all your bad feelins and make it so the stop being mean and leave you alone. Thats why I used.
What is the source of these bad feelings?
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal]
#19249799 - 12/09/13 12:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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shit give me a medal
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: abltsandwich] 1
#19249822 - 12/09/13 12:09 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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abltsandwich said: The Big Book says...
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Mescalean
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal]
#19250043 - 12/09/13 01:02 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Patlal said:
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Mescalean said: Heroin takes all your bad feelins and make it so the stop being mean and leave you alone. Thats why I used.
What is the source of these bad feelings?
Social anxiety. Certain life events. Wanting to not care.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Mescalean]
#19250208 - 12/09/13 01:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I used to trip on shrooms regularly, however, i haven't been doing it for about 6 months because needed to pay more attention to other aspects of my life - family, university etc. I really didn't notice any discomfort about not tripping (apart from little "flashbacks" when I would be having the next trip that didn't happen).
Actually, I have an addiction to caffeine. It vanished completely after my first trip (I stopped drinking mate for several months), but I started again, and later trips didn't affect this noticeably. Maybe, I'm addicted because being not confident... I don't believe I can be that effective without stimulation. And it seems that i really can't! However, I tried an experiment for a while. I replaced mate with mint tea and experienced the same lift! Looks like my addiction is not towards caffeine but to a ritual of drinking something "special" in the morning...
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal]
#19250457 - 12/09/13 02:37 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Because drugs are cool and so am I, so it's only natural that we're attracted to each other
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#19250504 - 12/09/13 02:47 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Anxiety, and social anxiety mostly. Also i use drugs because sobriety is underwhelming to me.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Patlal]
#19250538 - 12/09/13 02:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Honestly, I think that most people become addicts due to the nasty physical withdrawals that come from prolonged use.
You don't have to be depressed, unhappy, or suffer from low self-esteem to get hooked. I've definitely met some successful people who slowly turned into addicts....
It's always the same cycle. You try coke or heroin once and it makes you feel 1000x better than you ever thought possible. You don't feel any withdrawal symptoms yet and you feel like you have full self control. You decide to do it once a month as a treat because your free will is still completely in tact. You have a stressful week and decide to make an exception. This exception becomes the rule and now you're doing it once a week. One day you wake up feeling completely empty, depressed, and drained. The feeling is unbelievably negative and the only way to spike up your mood is to get more smack. And now you're a slave.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Legend]
#19250545 - 12/09/13 03:00 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I smoke pot every day. Why? Tell me an activity that isn't more fun high.
I had a coke phase. I did it about 3-6 times a week. It was definitely because I thought it would help with social anxiety. But now I realize it was all just in my head. Now I just don't care.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Mad Season]
#19250550 - 12/09/13 03:02 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thank god i had a psychedelic phase before my coke phase. Nothing's better than that acid high.
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Re: Alright, so... Why are you an addict? [Re: Mad Season]
#19250671 - 12/09/13 03:22 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Curiosity, boredom, loneliness.
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