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eaglenature
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Why do you do drugs?
#7838198 - 01/06/08 04:12 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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I searched the forum, surprisingly couldn't find anything like this.
So here's my question.
Why do you shroom/do other drugs? Is it for spiritual growth? Mental health/depression? For fun/for the hell of it? For creative inspiration?
To put this in perspective, why do you prefer using drugs like shrooms instead of being sober all the time? Why not be "straight edge"?
Don't get me wrong here, I'm not against most drugs besides meth, heroin etc, I just thought it would be interesting to see some people's answers.
For me personally, drugs are the most interesting thing to do at this point in my life (school). I find it fascinating being able to see "firsthand" what the human mind/body is really capable of, but mostly it is a matter of having fun (esp. weed), good times and new perspectives on life and its many wonders. I also smoke weed and write music for my band, and sometimes I paint for fun, so I guess it serves as a creative inspiration and all that as well.
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: eaglenature]
#7838209 - 01/06/08 04:32 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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I do drugs to open my mind. I am who i am today cause of what i've done. Sometime you need alittle help from drugs to let you see things you don't normally see and think in a different point of view.
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: eaglenature]
#7838211 - 01/06/08 04:32 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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Well first of all I would like to say that I don't consider psychedelics "drugs" and they are the only "drugs" I like to do. The reason that I do them is for mind expansion/spirituality. They provide a different perspective on things and some things about them simply have to be experienced in order to be understood. This is true with DMT especially, which would probably be my "drug" of choice if I ever had one. Anyone who has smoked DMT will tell you that the experience is impossible to describe, words simply lack meaning and cannot capture the essence of the experience. It's like trying to describe the color red to someone who is blind - you could try all you want to talking about wavelengths and frequencies and whatnot, but all it would take for that person is a single look at the actual color to understand more than you could ever describe. That is what tripping on DMT is like, as well as some other psychedelics, although it is harder to reach that point with anything else.
So there, that's why I do "drugs".
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implee
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: eaglenature]
#7838216 - 01/06/08 04:38 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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I do drugs to get high and feel good lulz
Exploration of the mind is nice too.
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Wig
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: implee]
#7838220 - 01/06/08 04:45 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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implee said: I do drugs to get high and feel good lulz
Same. E's great, 'Shrooms are fun, pot is pot, alcohol is social, any other drugs...whatever, I don't do 'em.
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bloodbrother778 said: Well first of all I would like to say that I don't consider psychedelics "drugs" and they are the only "drugs" I like to do.
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So there, that's why I do "drugs".
Why do you put drugs in quotes as if LSD, Shrooms, or DMT aren't drugs? Are you also one of those people who claims cannabis isn't a drug because it's a plant?
Edited by Wig (01/06/08 04:47 AM)
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: Wig]
#7838223 - 01/06/08 04:49 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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so i can be more creative
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Ell Ess Bree
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: Coaster]
#7838353 - 01/06/08 07:04 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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I take drugs because I am figuring out how everything works so I can give this information to humanity before I die so that they might save themselves with it. "They know not what they do", after all.
I mean... theoretically... you could figure out everything without taking drugs. Of course you can. That's the nature of everything. But that's going to be fucking hard, or just take a long ass time, which can still be considered hard because you have to try and somehow maintain your shit through that entire length of time.
Drugs have helped me accelerate the process so that I might figure it out faster and faster and hopefully have time to help ALL YOU (obviously not all of you here at the shroomery) FUCKING PEOPLE KILLING YOURSELVES before I ding-dong-die.
They might not even have accelerated the process, they might even be slowing it down. My DNA may already have in it this process running at these speeds. Of course there's no way to tell that now.
I take droogs to save the world. To save YOU from YOU.
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to be cool
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: Wig]
#7838410 - 01/06/08 07:54 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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implee said:
Why do you put drugs in quotes as if LSD, Shrooms, or DMT aren't drugs? Are you also one of those people who claims cannabis isn't a drug because it's a plant?
I put it in quotes because I don't like the stupid label that the government puts on them. I don't put psychedelics in the same category as any of the shitty drugs. By my definition a drug has to be something that is addictive and or harmful to your body, and most psychedelics aren't either of those things. I can tell you right now that DMT is not a drug, it's a neurotransmitter that your brain naturally makes......how they made it a schedule 1 drug is beyond me. Yes I understand that these are substances that change your perception, but why do we have to label them as drugs? I mean if you're releasing DMT in your sleep or meditation are you doing drugs also?....then perhaps we should all be arrested right now for our brains making an illegal "drug". And then what about cigarettes or alcohol? They aren't illegal, but they do alter your perception also - do you not label them as drugs because the government tells you they aren't? Even though they cause more deaths than all of the illegal drugs combined.
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because they make life more interesting.
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Ell Ess Bree
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Quote:
bloodbrother778 said:
By my definition a drug has to be something that is addictive and or harmful to your body, and most psychedelics aren't either of those things. I can tell you right now that DMT is not a drug, it's a neurotransmitter that your brain naturally makes......how they made it a schedule 1 drug is beyond me. Yes I understand that these are substances that change your perception, but why do we have to label them as drugs? I mean if you're releasing DMT in your sleep or meditation are you doing drugs also?....then perhaps we should all be arrested right now for our brains making an illegal "drug". And then what about cigarettes or alcohol? They aren't illegal, but they do alter your perception also - do you not label them as drugs because the government tells you they aren't? Even though they cause more deaths than all of the illegal drugs combined.
Man, I could come up with a nifty post like I usually do to point out the flaws in your argument so that you might see them and better arm yourself. But I just smoked and am starting to nod out from some tabs, so I'm just going to get right to the point without typing up a working example.
What you're thinking inside your head and feeling inside your body while you typed that is very noble. That part of it is not wrong. We all, maybe not all, but most of us feel the same way you do.
I just want to tell you, because I agree with you and want you to be able to better defend yourself if that's the stance you're going to have, is that there are a good number of structural flaws in what you typed. Someone who is on the other side of the fence would beat you in a debate if that's all you were going to say.
I'm not trying to be mean at all. I was there too.
I don't know how old you are and I don't know what you have and haven't experienced. I am not insulting you AT ALL. Pretend you are 30 years older and read what you've said.
Some of it is good.
I don't want to hijack this thread so I'm done for now.
Edited by Ell Ess Bree (01/06/08 08:13 AM)
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I use drugs as entertainment/recreation.
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mother_of_pearl
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: eaglenature]
#7838685 - 01/06/08 10:17 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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Quote:
eaglenature said:
Why do you shroom/do other drugs? Is it for spiritual growth? Mental health/depression? For fun/for the hell of it? For creative inspiration?
I use them for relaxation, to feal good while enjoying other things, and for mind expansion. If all drugs suddenly disappeared I would continue on and enjoy life as usual. I would probably go back to meditating. Meditating enough opens you up the same way as many psychedelics anyway only not as quickly.
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why_not_me
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I use drugs to think outside the box,
I also use them as a self medication to treat my bipolar and severe panic disorder
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: why_not_me]
#7838825 - 01/06/08 10:52 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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They are enjoyable in all aspects of the word.
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Why do you shroom/do other drugs? Is it for spiritual growth? Mental health/depression? For fun/for the hell of it? For creative inspiration?
I use psychedelics mainly for spiritual/mental health preventative maintenance. Shrooms/Cactus is a good way to view your live in a third perspective which can really help one to understand their actions.
I don't use speed type drugs (cocaine/meth/caffeine) regularly anymore, several years ago they were a habit. But now I find I use them maybe once a year if that just for the fun of it.
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: FlusH]
#7838960 - 01/06/08 11:41 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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Why not?
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Siekoaktiv
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Drug: a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body.
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: Siekoaktiv]
#7838986 - 01/06/08 11:50 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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Because all the cool kids are doing it.
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Re: Why do you do drugs? [Re: eaglenature]
#7839000 - 01/06/08 11:56 AM (16 years, 26 days ago) |
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Because I enjoy doing them.
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