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(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)
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you have been doing drugs too much
This is definately more than you should have. Be happy you didnt sink into it. But be aware: You can easily do that later. When you have finished your school and made alot of money, then you start to lay back. You stop to get the thrills from good grades and good job because you dont have to. So your life has to give you something challenging to do, else you will probably begin to behave addictively. Possibly your addiction will be drugs. Possibly something else. So you need to be aware.
Anonymous
I am very educated on drug abuse, addiction and recovery. There are all types of users and addicts from all walks of life. I would call you a functioning user. Because you are able to party hard and still keep or your responsibilities. This is very common and doesn't make your drug use any less harmful to yourself and others around you. I strongly suggest staying as far away as possible from those drugs and the people who do them. Because it only takes one second to get sucked back into that type of lifestyle. And the next time it will only be harder and harder to get out of it. They are not only addicting substances but it is and addicting lifestyle all together. One of the biggest mistakes people make to justify their denial of being an addict is only looking at the time they are off the drugs and not the time they are using.
alot of this makes sense. when i was using all of the time i would never go to class, hardly study and receive grades that were on par with class averages. i was dumbfounded at this at first and have wondered if everyone else does the same thing as me. either way, now that im not i actually have motivation, go to class, study and get excellenct grades consistently. i dont really hang out with those old friends much anymore. it took quite a while but ive spaced myself enough from them to where i will get a phone call only now and then, and whenever i do hang out with them they dont bring up things to me. we usually will sit around and have a few beers but thats it.
holy crap personally im surprided you survived all that but good for you im glad your better and ya i guess alot of people try drugs
@: smurph
This story sounds exactly what I went thru at that age. I don't think this is Normal, I do think with all the preasures around when you are becoming a young adult it is possable to get a little crazy and slip a bit into the darkness of life. You had the good mind and self respect to see what you were doing was distructive to your future.Kodos to you for learning to handle this possably deadly situation. Some can learn control and live life having an ocasional good time without it taking over your entire life.. Just leave the coke and LSD alone . I still want one last shout. However I am afraid it could be my last.
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!
All you people (except a couple) are ridiculous. The man is in college. Guess what, that happens in college A LOT. I did FAR worse than that, and pulled out of it. Though with less intact grades. I now work in Japan. Guess what, lots of people expiriment with drugs, some have problems, some don't. It all comes down to will power, and self control. Congrats on having both, they will serve you well in life.
It's ridiculous to say it's harmful to do cocain and a tremendous amount of harmful drugs? Why is that ridiculous?

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.
Drugs are for mugs, I should know , I was a mug.
I think is normal to experiment with drugs. But the fact that you pulled yourself together while making good grades in college means that you have what it takes to be successful. I think most that most student would have dropped out. I've had roommates in college who experimented with drugs and most of them ended up dropping out. There was one roommate who did drop out but then return the following year. I think he realized that his life and his new girlfriend are more important than drugs so he made a good recovery. Live long and prosper!
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