Don't Do Drugs, My Experience

[tomkapsalis]

Now I know that most of us teenagers have dabbled in a few substances in our time (well I know I did) and we just do it to experiment, right? Well when I first ‘experimented’ I smoked a few joints and had the best time in my life. I was still in school at this time but smoking became a regular occurrence for the weekend. Then the weekend got boring, I needed a pick me up throughout the week so I started smoking before/during/ and after school. I reckon I was probably spending about 80 pounds a week on weed.

So then it started, I got some harder weed and then started smoking that constantly. When I say constantly I mean it. I was getting up in the morning and the first thing I did was roll a joint and it was the last thing I did before I went to bed. A few months later I was skipping class, stealing money from my family and spending nights on the street just so I could indulge myself in this so called pleasure. In the end I went back home and weaned myself off the weed. I mean I was still smoking it but not as much, it was like that for about 6 months and then it all started going wrong.

I was in my last year of school with some important exams coming up. What was I doing? I was smoking again, by this time I fell into the wrong crowd and had been introduced to harder drugs. When Friday night came I was all geared up for a weekend drug bender. I would take ecstasy, crack, weed, speed; you name it I took it.

I couldn’t afford this habit as it was easily coming up to at least 150 pounds a week so I started stealing stuff from my house, the penny dropped when I sold a Christmas present my mum gave me and bought some cocaine with it. My mum found my cocaine and started asking these questions and in the end I blurted everything out.

That was it she disowned me, I was chucked into a 3 month rehab program and was only allowed out to do my exams, which I flunked. My life was getting worse; I had lost everyone and had nothing. I spent my days just sitting in my room at the rehab center blankly staring at the wall.

Eventually after those three months I was considered clean enough to go home. Now I am back, trying to start a new life with new friends, college and all the rest.

This is my experience, the stuff that I had to deal with and the life I used to live. What I am saying to everyone is ‘Don’t do drugs’. This is coming from real experience. I messed up my life and saw friends die from drug abuse, the pain is still there. It may seem like a ‘cool’ thing to do, but believe me it isn’t.

Tom

[tomkapsalis]

My basis was, yeah drugs were fun but I got sucked in and everything went wrong. I am just warning people that things like that can happen.
Tom

[Hyper]

i thought threads like this werent allowed??
you need to get some fucking self control if you let yourself get that bad, people like you shouldnt be allowed anywhere near drugs if your sucked in that easily.
no matter what you say, they have risks and all that, but use them safely and in moderation...
drugs ARE fucking good fun. end of :)


Have fun then its like coffee.. You start with 1 cup it gets you up and going.. Then in awhile you need 2.. Then you need 3.. Then 4 and so on.. Eventualy you'd end up drinking Red Bulls in the morning overall your body requires more and more to get going at some point youl end up at a point where you OD.. Sure some ppl will just smoke some weed for 50 years and nothing will happen except for some minor to serious memory problems but most ppl who do drugs end up fucked up and getting into more hurtful drugs..

[tomkapsalis]

Exactly :yes:
Tom

[Bobby]

Thread that promote drugs aren't allowed, this is fine.

[serial-thrilla]

k thats your own damned fault. if you have that little self control you have problems.

[Waiting]

Have fun then its like coffee.. You start with 1 cup it gets you up and going.. Then in awhile you need 2.. Then you need 3.. Then 4 and so on..

god i love coffee so much

[Hyper]

I have to admit the same ;P.. My mother drinks horrible coffee.. Hardcore coffee with no sugar and even 10 cups a day.. Though theres one problem with coffee it takes calcium out of your body :P

[Waiting]

yup i drink black coffee alot, no milk, no sugar, normally mornings tho to get me through, otherwise i drink coffee latte's with no sugar to get me though.

[Bobby]

Cough*stay on topic* cough.

I like coffee as much as the next person but let's stay on topic :D

[Hyper]

There is no topic.. This is just a thread that explains what can happen to you..

[Bobby]

Well then this is spam......

[Hyper]

This is semi-spam, if you can just lock this

[Bobby]

I'll leave it open incase people want to comment on the story..not how you like you're coffee :P

[itswhatever_yep]

k thats your own damned fault. if you have that little self control you have problems.

Thats only half true but it does pull you in I mean if you can feel good but there is a way you can feel better who wouldnt want that? Whats the point of feeling good when you can feel great and thats when more harder drugs come into play self control does play a role in it but getting caught in that high feeling has a good part too.

[Cap'nCrunch]

I sympathize, but a rule's been posted against encouraging or discouraging drug abuse. I think it's your fault if you let it get that out-of-hand.

[thesphinx]

theres a difference from self control and letting it get out of hand,
some times you like the drugs so much that no amount of self control can stop you from using more its a fact, but some people are different some people can just do small amounts of drugs andbe fine its different from person to person.

[tomkapsalis]

This thread was made to give people an insight to what can happen through drug use and what effects it can have on your life and your family and friends, why lock it. Its a real life experience and I am discouraging the use of drugs.
Tom

[zipzapzop]

god i love coffee so much

I LOVE COFEE TOO!!but...apparently my father wont buy any.. grr -.-

[Cap'nCrunch]

theres a difference from self control and letting it get out of hand,
some times you like the drugs so much that no amount of self control can stop you from using more its a fact, but some people are different some people can just do small amounts of drugs andbe fine its different from person to person.

I could've sworn we recently had a huge debate over whether or not we can discourage or encourage drug use.

anybody remember guittarro?

[Waiting]

yeah and thats my call where to draw the line
you are perfectly allowed to discourage drug use,
why would we ban people from saying 'dont do drugs'
but you are not allowed to heavily promote drug use, and go on about how amazing it is.
its my call to judge where abouts going over the line is, and when i should give an infraction.
and when i see someone step the mark they'll know about it, believe me.
so Cap'ncrunch, dont you worry your little head about whose sayign what. just worry about yourself.

[guitarro]

k thats your own damned fault. if you have that little self control you have problems. Guys, saying stuff like that doesn't help anyone. Addiction is a disease, not everyone has it. Why blame someone for having a disease? Nobody wants to be and addict, just like nobody wants cancer. Everyone knows how bad drugs are to some extent, but it doesn't effect everyone as bad. Not everyone gets lung cancer from cigarettes, but the people that get it, weren't expecting it. The same goes with addiction.

[serial-thrilla]

no, id agree if it was a drug like coke or ice or something but with weed he was clearly just being irresponsible. and thats why some people should never do any drugs.

[guitarro]

Weed is addicting too... It's a known fact.

[rob]

drugs may be fun at first but not when you get caught and it messes your life up and you lose most of your friends

[chelsea714]

weed is psychologically addictive but not physically. it's weird how drugs work, some people can't handle it and they get addicted, while others can keep it on a weekly/monthly basis no problem.

[serial-thrilla]

Weed is addicting too... It's a known fact. yeah but if you cant handle weed responsibly you have an addictive personality and should never try any drugs.

[guitarro]

Nobody who is an addict planned on it. At one point or another they were doing drugs at a controlled rate until the drugs took over their will power. Lost of will power over drugs is the definition of addiction. By the way weed releases the same chemical that opiates do, its called dopamine. The more dopamine you release in your brain, the more dopamine receptors you make. When you have a lot of dopamine receptors that aren't getting the dopamine they naturally need to function, your brain backtracks to find out how it got dopamine before, whether its is smoking bud or doing heroin. If you ask any heroin addict, it is impossible to get high off of bud when addicted. Since they have a lot more dopamine receptors, it takes a lot more weed to make a difference. The point I'm trying to make is there is a fine line between weed and harder drugs like heroin, weed and opiates are in the same ballpark. There are a lot of people that don't have addictive personalities and are addicted to weed. The only way you can say anything accurate about addiction is if you are a doctor, have been addicted and experienced it singlehandedly, or have been using drugs for 25 years and have not developed an addiction yet. Addiction can take up to 30 years to develop. Handling any drug responsibly is not using it for recreation. If you influence your brain to think that drugs are leisure at all, when you are bored, the first thing that will come to mind is to do drugs, the easiest way to have fun.

[serial-thrilla]

all i can say is if you cant handle weed, your weak mentally and should never have tried any drugs.

[chelsea714]

i know it may sound callous but I agree with serial thrilla

[guitarro]

Ok, so if you are weak mentally how can you know? That is only obvious after you really fucked up. You don't know your short comings until you fuck up. Like I said before, all addicts thought they were able to handle themselves with what they were addicted to at one point or another. So yes, some people may not be able to handle weed, that is completely obvious if they eventually get addicted. So if you have a week mind you should stay away from weed? You can be strong minded or weak minded, it matters what perspective you are coming from. You may be good at controlling some parts of addicting behavior, but you may ignore the things you fall for easily. The best thing to go by are the mechanics of the brain, and how deceptive things can be. The best thing to stop you from getting addicted is noticing the fact that you enjoy the drug. If you enjoy the drug, thats half way to getting addicted, all you need now is consistency. When a user finds a drug he/she really likes, they are fucked. Wait until something bad happens in their life, and they need to cope. The easiest way to cope is using drugs. Ask any addict, I bet they wished that they never tried that specific drug, because if they never tried it, they would have never fallen in love. All drugs are different, and people get off on different things. Drugs in general are known to make people do things they don't want to, and affect them physically how they dont want. My room mate in rehab was on blows of heroin for a week, and has tried cocaine three times. He had no problem with those drugs. He was in rehab for alcohol and weed. His mind was strong enough to handle heroin and cocaine, but not weed and alcohol. How do people get in these situations? Think about it.

[Toga]

I smoke weed but only once or twice a month to keep me from becoming addicted.

[chelsea714]

omg I don't get you people...I smoked weed every day for two years and this new years I decided to stop. just like that. it's SO easy. You can only become mentally addicted to weed, people, which means you basically trick yourself into thinking you are addicted

[thesphinx]

no everyone has a different reaction to drugs,
it may have been easy for you to stop but for other people it might be harder.

[BillyWitchDoctor.com]

. If you enjoy the drug, thats half way to getting addicted, all you need now is consistency.

i enjoy weed, u sayin im addicted? addiction is when u are dependent on something u dont need to carry out ur everyday tasks. over a while weed can cause ur dopamine receptors to get screwed up, so you wont feel as happy as you would with weed, but only extrememly heavy users get to the point where they cant concentrate or handle one day without their weed. i agree with what a few people have said, if u get to the point where ur smokin each day, like that rollin a J the first thing in the morning then the last thing at night, uve lost self control. i smoke weed about once-twice a week if ive got the stuff but ive got the control to realize that a bit more than that would be tooo much, for my brain and body. id like to see what its like to try harder drugs but i have to control to say no to myself. that explains how people act differently to drugs, so thats why i dont like people taking their story and preaching about how that's how its gonna be for everyone so u betta watch out. for those who are completely drugged out addicts, im sorry but i have very lil pity for u and ur weak minded, u dont have the self-discapline to say no and realize how things affect urself and those around u