Drug use
(this is use from the past two years) Right now I am twenty and i started smoking pot when i was 17. I smoked everyday for around 8 months or so when i was 18 and just out of highschool. for a period of two months while i was smoking pot everyday I was taking ephedrine every weekend. I eventually would take around 30 pills on a friday and saturday, and would snort it. My ephedrine lasted for about a 2 month period (over the weekends) At this same time I was drinking with friends 4 times a week on average. We would get completely drunk everytime. A few of us could down multiple 5ths of liquor together. After this, i slowed down.... around 6 months later I started snorting cocaine once or twice a month on average. During this time I also have tripped mushrooms 4-5 times, LSD once and DXM several times. I started to drink only on the weekends, however maybe half the time I would blackout and end up in my bed not knowing where i was, or end up in my car somewhere. I cant even estimate how many times i have blacked out in the past 2 years (for multiple hours at a time). I also smoked a pack of cigarettes everyday from a period of september-march. I quit smoking cold turkey, and only have a few maybe once every 3-4 months now (while im out). I stopped drinking for a 6 month period to sober up. Ive been drunk 2 times in the past 6 months. I can comfortably have 1-3 beers on a friday or saturday and feel fine about it. I havent done cocaine in a long time and avoid situations to where i would be around it (its very tempting!) I also havent eaten mushrooms or LSD for almost a year now. I feel that at times I used more than i should have during my 2 year span, however I can moderate myself so that I dont go overboard. I go to a university and i receive very high grades, and have throughout this whole span. I receive A's (a few B's) at a nationally accredited university, have a stable relationship with my parents, and usually get along with people, however I really enjoy having much private time. I know i am currently not addicted to any drugs, however I was wondering if this was a somewhat normal experience for males at this age, or if I somehow pulled myself out where most people do not. (personally i feel i went through a normal transition phase, however id like to see what other people say)
I have fun and a few drinks or a joint from time to time. But I wont let it rule me again. I can take it or leave it. If it isnt around I dont miss it at all. I, Trust me was as bad as you and it also only lasted two years. Thank God I made it without an addiction. It did teach me control and that in the end I had respect for Me. Oh, and a great future. Good Luck to you!
It's ridiculous to throw someone in jail for smoking one joint, I'd agree to that, but I hardly think these other replies have been inaccurate in the fact that this is NOT normal and it is NOT a good thing. It is troubling that this sort of misguided "partying" is becoming more and more "normal." Statistically, this is still not the norm though. Thank God. But even if it ever did become the norm, that doesn't necessarily make it right. Brave New World comes to mind.
Maybe you are still in denial. You remind me of a man I once knew who had major psychological damage from the drugs he had done (mainly cocain) and was nearly sociopathic at times. Yes, he is real. Yes there are many people who are damaged by the drugs they do. Yes, you are wrong, gravely wrong.