Heinrik said:

I've seen people who have wine, vodka, beer, whiskey in their house, but they barely ever touch them.

How is this possible? Do they feel less euphoria from it?

I could never have alcohol in my house, I can't stop until it's gone

It doesn't matter how hard i try, if I have it in my house it's like an itch I keep thinking about it all day until I give in.

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Just because I have something "euphoric" on hand/in my house doesn't mean I feel compelled to consume it .


I've had alcohol/beers sitting around in my room for months, I normally only drink when hanging with friends, at festivals, or while camping, so I haven't had any desire to sit around and drink just because I have it available.....I've had a box of nitrous oxide sitting under my bed since new years and haven't touched it, I only dabbled with nitrous oxide when I take psychedelics or MDMA, so I haven't had any desire to touch it.....I've had packs of cigarettes sitting on my dresser for months with out being touched, I only smoke when hanging out with friends, at festivals, or while camping, so I haven't had any desire to smoke them....I've had several kilos of kratom sitting in my room for years now, but I still only take 1g as my dose.




I don't consume drugs just to "feel euphoric" or just because I have them on hand/available...I consume drugs for very specific uses and very specific occasions....I can have drugs sitting around for a long time until that specific use or that specific occasion arises.




About alcohol specifically....Sure being buzzed on alcohol can be a little euphoric, but I feel it's a rather lame and boring/dull drug and I don't ever have any interest in drinking when I'm at home or when I'm not with friends/in a social setting....I might have an occasional beer with dinner, a 6 pack will last weeks for me if I just have em' with dinner sometimes, but drinking to catch a buzz isn't something I do unless I have a reason/occasion to do so. Alcohol isn't interesting enough for me to just drink while I'm not in a social setting.




I honestly never have any cravings or urges for any drugs . Sometimes a certain drug might sound nice to do, but it's not any sort of strong craving or urge to do it.






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openmind said:

Heinrik said:

I've seen people who have wine, vodka, beer, whiskey in their house, but they barely ever touch them.

How is this possible? Do they feel less euphoria from it?

I could never have alcohol in my house, I can't stop until it's gone

It doesn't matter how hard i try, if I have it in my house it's like an itch I keep thinking about it all day until I give in.

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Just because I have something "euphoric" on hand/in my house doesn't mean I feel compelled to consume it .


I've had alcohol/beers sitting around in my room for months, I normally only drink when hanging with friends, at festivals, or while camping, so I haven't had any desire to sit around and drink just because I have it available.....I've had a box of nitrous oxide sitting under my bed since new years and haven't touched it, I only dabbled with nitrous oxide when I take psychedelics or MDMA, so I haven't had any desire to touch it.....I've had packs of cigarettes sitting on my dresser for months with out being touched, I only smoke when hanging out with friends, at festivals, or while camping, so I haven't had any desire to smoke them....I've had several kilos of kratom sitting in my room for years now, but I still only take 1g as my dose.




I don't consume drugs just to "feel euphoric" or just because I have them on hand/available...I consume drugs for very specific uses and very specific occasions....I can have drugs sitting around for a long time until that specific use or that specific occasion arises.




About alcohol specifically....Sure being buzzed on alcohol can be a little euphoric, but I feel it's a rather lame and boring/dull drug and I don't ever have any interest in drinking when I'm at home or when I'm not with friends/in a social setting....I might have an occasional beer with dinner, a 6 pack will last weeks for me if I just have em' with dinner sometimes, but drinking to catch a buzz isn't something I do unless I have a reason/occasion to do so. Alcohol isn't interesting enough for me to just drink while I'm not in a social setting.




I honestly never have any cravings or urges for any drugs . Sometimes a certain drug might sound nice to do, but it's not any sort of strong craving or urge to do it.




-OM

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LogicaL Chaos said:

Ive been addicted to nitrous before.

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Heinrik said:

openmind said:

..........I honestly never have any cravings or urges for any drugs . Sometimes a certain drug might sound nice to do, but it's not any sort of strong craving or urge to do it.




-OM

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It's very easy not getting hooked when you have a good life, I wonder if you would be able to keep this level of self control if something really bad happened to you, something that makes you feel hopeless and depressed and you have that drug right next to you that can make you feel really happy for a couple hours more happy than you could ever feel naturally.

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I don't really have "the good life"...I mean relatively speaking, sure, I have a roof over my head and clean water to drink and food in my stomach which a lot of folks in this world do not. So I have a "good life" compared to a lot of folks on this planet considering I have shelter, food, and clean water to drink.....

....but I really don't have much and my life has been incredibly hectic/stressful and depressing with a lot of anxiety over the past 2 years (and in general my life hasn't been glorious)...I have been going through one of the lowest and most difficult patches in my 33 years of life over the past couple years (long story).

I still do not have any issue with "self control" .



Just because I'm feeling super depressed and hopeless and anxious and lonely, which I certainly have been over the past two years pretty much every single day, more so than any other point in my life so far......just because I'm feeling that way and because I have drugs on hand does not make me want to take those drugs so I can artificially feel "happy" for a few hours.

I'm even less interested in taking drugs when I'm feeling down/depressed & stressed out because if I start to feel "high" and "good" it's nothing but an artificial feeling and not genuine...and then after a few hours I'm back to "reality". It does not fix anything and doesn't make the "feels" go away.

I like to take drugs to enhance & celebrate things/occasions...not to drown out or artificially cover up my sorrow & lowly feelings.




With that said...I do smoke small amounts of herb in the evening/night and take about 2 grams of kratom a day...But both of those I'm using for medicinal reasons and not just to purely catch a buzz/get high on, I take the same amounts at the same time every day and do not increase my dosage to try to catch a high/euphoric feels. I've been taking the same amount of cannabis and kratom for many many years now, I take what works for me and I leave it at that.

And this isn't to say I don't ever "party", or that I don't ever get really loaded or never get super spun lol....because I do lol, but it's for specific/special occasions and not because I'm feeling depressed/stressed/anxious.






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