DoctorJ said:

remember, no one 'grows out' of drug use.


they just grow into being complete and utter tools.

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Haha yeah

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Uh....OK- let's talk about presumptuousness. YOU ARE BEING PRESUMPTIVE. This is not something to be proud of.

Here are some things about me you may not know:

I am an adult. I live in the suburbs with my dog, 3 cats, 2 kids and my partner. We make a decent living. I clean my house, and take really good care of my kids. I am a great mother. I read to them everyday and make them meals of organic, whole foods. I am as responsible as I can as far as the environment goes. I have an organic garden and recycle. I put hours and hours of work into the politics I believe in every year. I donate hundreds and hundreds of dollars to the politicians I believe can make a difference. I donate hundreds of dollars to environmental and humanitarian charities such as Heifer international, Amnesty International, Public Citizen, WWF, etc. I volunteer at my kids' schools. I am a kind person and look for the core of goodness in everything and everyone.
I love literature and art. I appreciate someone who has creativity and uses it.
Here are some other things about me:
I love magic mushrooms: from spore to mycelium, to fruit, to ingestion- I revere them.
I am in awe of the beautiful ways nature provides for our enlightenment.
I love music, and dancing, and the Grateful Dead.
I love to party with my friends.
I am a highschool dropout and proud of it. I think our public school system is a brainwashing machine that produces ignorant fools.
I like to fuck around and make jokes and be silly as hell.

I guess I'm just trying to illustrate the point that it is pretty ridiculous to judge that people who use drugs are one and the same, in your words: "weak" and "in denial". In my experience, neither of those words would classify most of the people who use the Shroomery boards.

Now that you know more about me, please feel free to judge me.

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completely agree with you on schools.  tehre was a good article or mini book or some such thing talkign about schools (from teachers perspective".  it was called "Against Schools", went into how the system is really built for the the admins and teachers adn has very little use to kids.  pretty much the same stuff i believe with another persons experiences.

drugs to me are not really much more than thoughts.  we are eating a different frame of mind.  to some that is a spiritual thing, some an addiction, aome jsut a recreational party tool.  no matter what, no one can deny its effects on us.  psychedelics are used in so many cultures, hospitals, churches and so on.  really dunno where tag is coming from...?  although i will agree certain substances can wrech havouc on certain people who shouldt be toying with such things.

BEEJAY, i think you'll find there are lots of backpackers here.  i have found a few threads here in the pub about backpacking.  there seems to be a lot of us here.  start a thread and we shall come 

Phishgrrl said:

I don't know what happened to my friends. If they "grew up", then please, God, never let that happen to me.  We used to all be big deadheads and go to all the west coast shows, do lots of acid, backpacking, climbing, and hiking and party really hard, and have a great time.  Now they are all buttoned up and condescending to anyone that doesn't fit their idea of "socially correct" or "mature" or SOMETHING, I don't know what.

Now I tell them about my experience last week with the shrooms and the rolls and they either look at me really funny and laugh while rolling their eyes at me or act like I'm crazy. One that acted like I was stupid is the same person that did acid when she was pregnant at 17. Jesus Christ, which one of us is stupid?

I just wish they would realize that one can live a balanced healthy life while still making use of plant allies and other insightful chemicals. Hmph!

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