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Have drugs gotten you places in life?
#19404663 - 01/11/14 04:38 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Have drugs in general helped you achieve things you might not have achieved otherwise? If so, which has benefited you the most? experienced, semi-responsible users only please.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19404680 - 01/11/14 04:41 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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I have benefited from plugging heroin in so many ways!
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Synthe]
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19404693 - 01/11/14 04:44 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Yeah, lots of places. The emergency room, jail, a mental place
But I still understand what you were asking, which is if drugs have helped me get somewhere I wanted to go and I'd have to say not really, as I've still not gotten my own place to live or even a car. As for whether drugs caused that, I'm not sure but it's possible.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Synthe]
#19404697 - 01/11/14 04:44 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Jenkem. That shit saved my life
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19404702 - 01/11/14 04:45 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19404705 - 01/11/14 04:46 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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the only drug i still believe has positively benefitted me in the long run was mdma. it was just really good vibes all around. a really positive motivator; made me want to love people and live life.
when i was taking a lot of shrooms and acid i thought they were benefitting me but in hindsight i dont think they were.
there was a time i even thought weed and speed were benefitting me and now i know that definitely wasnt the case
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19404708 - 01/11/14 04:46 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Shrooms made me appreciate people , nature, my surroundings...etc
I felt creative .... I felt the urge to create art...etc
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: thirtygoats]
#19404717 - 01/11/14 04:47 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Has it given me a truly happy life, even sober.? Yes. Have I gotten places..? Been sittin alot on my ass, but diggin it.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Vsnares.Zappa]
#19404719 - 01/11/14 04:47 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Vsnares.Zappa said: Shrooms made me appreciate people , nature, my surroundings...etc
I felt creative .... I felt the urge to create art...etc
this happened to me as well but i created shitty art. art should be made by artists. i am a good teacher and writer and i should basically stick to what i am good at is the way i feel now
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Vsnares.Zappa]
#19404727 - 01/11/14 04:49 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Yes, if by places you mean my couch.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: morrowasted]
#19404734 - 01/11/14 04:50 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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morrowasted said:
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Vsnares.Zappa said: Shrooms made me appreciate people , nature, my surroundings...etc
I felt creative .... I felt the urge to create art...etc
this happened to me as well but i created shitty art. art should be made by artists. i am a good teacher and writer and i should basically stick to what i am good at is the way i feel now
Shitty art is art restrained. Everyone can do art.. it is just the how that remains a variable.. everyone can write too.. be it a novel.. or nonsense.. I am best at writing in riddles..
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: morrowasted]
#19404740 - 01/11/14 04:51 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Weed has done so much for me medically,emotionally and a host of other issues I have.It's a close tie though with lucy. On lucy trips I have resolved issues I tried to work on for many years all in a 12 hour span. So it's sorta a toss up
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Patlal]
#19404762 - 01/11/14 04:56 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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kinda surprised no one chose amps yet.. 
edit: except that one guy
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: zee007]
#19404767 - 01/11/14 04:57 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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zee007 said: Yes, if by places you mean my couch. 
Pretty much this.
I did have an epiphany about this girl while on acid(I was 17), I suddenly realized that I've loved her for a year without acknowledging it. So, I texted her, we met the next day and started dating again(we dated for a few weeks prior to this). We were together for almost two years.. I guess that's the only positive thing that drugs have ever given to me.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: morrowasted]
#19404775 - 01/11/14 04:58 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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morrowasted said:
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Vsnares.Zappa said: Shrooms made me appreciate people , nature, my surroundings...etc
I felt creative .... I felt the urge to create art...etc
this happened to me as well but i created shitty art. art should be made by artists. i am a good teacher and writer and i should basically stick to what i am good at is the way i feel now
It's subjective. I like strange art and open minded people though
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Vsnares.Zappa]
#19404817 - 01/11/14 05:09 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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I overcame my anxiety after many benzo binges.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: BlackWidow]
#19404828 - 01/11/14 05:13 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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interesting. how long did it take? do you continue to use benzos and/or other drugs?
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19404844 - 01/11/14 05:16 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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i clicked the first five drug choices because i have positive memories associated with them and thats a benefit imo.
for the most part drugs have been problematic but that is more because of the laws and i don't blame the substances
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Apostle]
#19404883 - 01/11/14 05:25 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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drugs r phun
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: thelanzii]
#19404916 - 01/11/14 05:35 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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I'm one of those people that doesn't benefit from cannabis at all, pretty much just makes me very content with doin very little. Makes me want to avoid all work.
I use both amps and benzos in a pretty responsible manner and both have benefited my greatly. Benzos loosen me up without necessarily making me dysfunctional. They've decreased the anxiety that would normally harm my focus in certain situations. I dont use amps for studying on a regular basis but when I need to cram for massive exams, amps have helped me pull through
Shrooms have both benefited me and hurt me. I've had trips that have left me with newfound motivation, I've also had trips that left me feeling completely disconnected from reality.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19405032 - 01/11/14 06:05 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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psychedelics certainly contributed to me being able to successfully cross the abyss and live to tell about it, i can't say it would have happened otherwise.
so, speaking in non-linear terms strictly, they've taken me beyond far.
in material terms, i have nothing but a pool of destitution to wade in.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: greenspectral]
#19405907 - 01/11/14 09:26 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Salvia got me into painting. Then into DMT, which when smoked told me to get into Ayahuasca, which got me traveling to the Netherlands, where I made friends that took me to my first psy festival, where they gave me some awesome amazing LSD for the first time and I had one of the best days of my life. Somewhere along the way I also studied art, to be able to express myself properly. Now aiming at some actual recognition with it, which I'm sure will be coming sooner or later. None of this would have ever happened, had I not stumbled upon that Salvia initially. I probably would be living a much more boring life, working for some company somewhere, unable to shake this feeling that there must be something more to life than this.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19405926 - 01/11/14 09:33 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Bologna said: interesting. how long did it take? do you continue to use benzos and/or other drugs?
A couple binges of hanging out and partying with random people I met. Normally I am a quiet person but I'd benzos turn me into quite the talker. The carefree attitude sort of carried into my sobriety. I haven't taken benzos for about 6 months. I definitely wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't even had those binges.
But I would be lying if I didn't say that psilocybin and mescaline didn't also help me. Along with me forcing myself to face my fears.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: BlackWidow]
#19405959 - 01/11/14 09:42 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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There is no way to know, I can not travel to the parallel dimension in which I have not taken the drugs I have taken in order to compare my lives.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: GoldenEye]
#19405962 - 01/11/14 09:43 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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I do feel that I am more open minded than I might have been otherwise.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: GoldenEye]
#19405969 - 01/11/14 09:45 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Surprising that cannabis has the most votes.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: GoldenEye]
#19406038 - 01/11/14 10:07 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Being sober has by far been the single most benefiting factor in my life, if that makes sense ha
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: GoldenEye]
#19406378 - 01/11/14 11:58 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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GoldenEye said: Surprising that cannabis has the most votes.
i know right? weed is fun and all but it never really helped me achieve anything spectacular
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19406434 - 01/12/14 12:20 AM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Pot opened the doors to the life I lead now. It does nothing for me now but the time in my life when I started smoking definitely changed towards what I am now. I love the way I see life and I love the projects I throw at it. I have a hard time doubting that drugs lie at the base of all this.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19406471 - 01/12/14 12:34 AM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Well, drugs got me into jail....
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: starfire_xes]
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19406504 - 01/12/14 12:53 AM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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LOL
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Bologna]
#19406511 - 01/12/14 12:57 AM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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Chloroform has benefited me quite well...
Seriously though, drugs made me content. Its got its upsides and downsides.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: fapjack]
#19406548 - 01/12/14 01:14 AM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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MXE gave me visions of hope for my future.
Weed made me realize I was doing it wrong at the moment
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: blackhawk]
#19406658 - 01/12/14 02:09 AM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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The three I'd say that had the most beneficial effect are all psychedelics:
Shrooms were the first true psychedelic I ever tried which opened my eyes to a lot of things/mindsets/ways of thinking and they make me feel absolutely content with regards to using drugs in general and life even well afterwards. LSD helped me be more social and comfortable in social environments and just feel in tune with vibes much more and sort of brought back a child-like wonder of the world (I guess you could say shrooms do this too).
And DMT? Never before have I experienced so much in such a short time, I took an awful lot from that experience and it wasn't pleasant but damn did I leave with a greater appreciation for a lot of things in life after that, and it actually stuck.. I love the catalytic power of psychedelics and for me, DMT was the most powerful and moving of them all.
I guess you could include weed, it was the beginning of questioning the BS I was told about drugs, because everything I was told about it was an obvious lie. But I don't find it benefits me much nowadays. MDMA also changed my life and was great at home with very close friends and helped me open up before I started using it as a party drug and doing it every weekend.. Almost lost the magic and now I save it for special occasions.
As far as achievements go? IDK, just helping shape my character/self and my view of the world for the better?
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: zee007]
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: Legend] 1
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Drugs have benefited me in many ways. I do not regret anything I've done, drugs included, for if I had not done those things, I would not be exactly who I am, in this place and time, right now.
Marijuana opened my mind to new ways of thinking. It allowed me to see things differently and I gained a new appreciation for things I did not have before. I started getting into different types of music and food. I started getting into art and philosophy. I started to question things I hadn't before.
Ecstasy eliminated all of my inhibitions, in a good way. It gave me confidence. It opened me up to my true self, as well as to other people. I became in love with myself and saw everyone as beautiful in their own way. I gained deep insights and understandings about things that weren't so apparent before. I learned to really feel music, to lose myself to music. It taught me to dance.
Acid and mushrooms both brought me into anxiety, as well as out of it. I came to many deep insights and understandings about myself, others, the universe, and the mind. I saw things in new perspectives, thought of things in different ways, questioned who I was, who we are, and what are we doing here. Psychedelic drugs have torn me down, brought upon deep and intense anxiety, but have in turn, strengthened my mind and allowed me to realize my true self. I no longer experience any anxiety. I can now handle any thought, any situation, any event in life. For these things I am eternally grateful.
I am glad to have done these things. I would not be who I am today without them. I have never had an addictive personality and have never over indulged in drugs I found to be a waste of time and health, except for alcohol. I regularly consume alcohol, which I have found to be the number one cause of the problems I have experienced in life.
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Re: Have drugs gotten you places in life? [Re: lamedeer123]
#19410404 - 01/12/14 10:14 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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Drugs have humbled me. Weed just chilled me out mostly.
Psychedelics...my first trip was a big ol' slice of humble pie.
Tobacco, in the end, humbled me BIG TIME.
Psychedelics made me see myself on the molecular level. Tobacco (long-term) made me see myself on the primate level.
I've noticed among smokers and ex-smokers, there's this sort of tribal sense of understanding among us of our own silliness. Of our own lack of understanding and intelligence from which sprouts a sense of knowing.
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