Why do you do it?

[rockymountainway]

If you drink/smoke/do other drugs, why?
If you're against a certain drug, what's your reasoning?

I'm not asking for experiences, but I would like to know whatever personal feelings drugs may heighten, relax, suppress, etc. for you.

Here's my stance: I smoke marijuana from time to time because it relaxes me, helps me cut down on stress (of which I have a lot), and allows me to further explore my mind and analyze who I really am (it gets pretty deep). On the flipside, I dislike alcohol because I think it tastes gross, is overly glorified in the media, and causes significant harm to your body. Also, a personal experience involving my parents' breakup has left me biased against it.

Those are my thoughts. What are yours?

[Mortal Coil]

Well, I used to drink but stopped because of the calories. That's what I have against booze.
I do it to escape from my life, because reality sucks sometimes.

[Guillermo]

Well, I used to smoke cigarettes because it relieved my stress. But then it became a social thing where I would smoke only when I was around my friends. I do drink alcohol sometimes, but usually not to get drunk. I've actually only gotten drunk once. I'm against "hard-core" drugs like cocaine and heroin because one of my family members is addicted to cocaine and it's turned him into a pathetic person... He takes advantage of other family members to get what he "needs" - drugs.

[Abyssal Echo]

I used to smoke I guess because everyone else I knew did so it was the cool thing to do or so I thought till my Mom developed breathing problems.

I also used to drink beer and booze to get drunk to escape life and its BS till my habit started causing me problems like arguimg with my mom and failing classes.
I also used to smoke pot and hash to relax and escape lifes stress till a friend laced some hash with PCP and I had a bad trip so that stopped that.
now I sleep alot to escape lifes stresses and BS

[Wooba]

If you drink/smoke/do other drugs, why? I smoke weed occasionally just for recreational purposes. I'm not really depressed or anything, and even if i was i wouldn't use weed for that. But i'm starting to smoke less often now.

If you're against a certain drug, what's your reasoning? Hard drugs like cocaine, crack, heroin, meth, etc. i'm against those. Why? They mess up your life, and are horrible for your health.

[missisabella]

I occasionally smoke weed, just because it helps with stress and lets me relax.

I drink often, I love it because it makes me more outgoing and I meet a ton of fun people while drinking :) It's also a social thing I guess!

I would never do any other drugs though, and I'd never smoke a cigarette either.

[SLABBS]

i smoke marijuana, do hallucinogenics and a few opiets here and there. i also drink and smoke. drugs are just an unhealthy social hobby i have :P

[Skeptical Bear]

I smoke weed but not a pot head for sure. It made me feel better about my self so I do it when I feel like deep shit. I've been trying to get my hands on alcohol recently. Now I just sleep to not deal with fucking looking at people.

[usawp420]

If you drink/smoke/do other drugs, why? i smoke weed. only chronic though
If you're against a certain drug, what's your reasoning? im against alcohol and tobacco mainly because my whole family does one or the other or both. ive seen how much of their lives it occupies and its really not worth it to me to become an addict to something that isnt even enjoyable. not to mention dangerous.

[ImCoolBeans]

I've stopped. It's really hard for me to not just go back and an continue on, because I know that tonight I could go out get drunk and high, but I'm above that now. I did it because it made me feel good for the time being. It made it seem like my problems would go away and that things would all work out. Now that I've stopped, instead of them being swept under the rug, I'm faced with them, and I'm not sure how I'm doing. It's a conscious effort all of the time, every day.

[Fractured Silhouette]

Once in a blue moon I smoke some weed and get high. Mostly because that's the only time I can get my hands on some. Just because I don't feel like crap when I'm high. There is little anxiety as-well.

I'm against ciggerettes and drinking. Mostly because that's all my parents do. Especially my mother. They've nearly killed her twice.

[Listed MIA]

I was pretty much against all drugs. my dad had been a drug addict before i was born and he used to give me plenty of doom and gloom stories. i was totally into fitness too so i just didn't really have any room in my life for that kind of stuff.

then i started smoking - just to piss someone off actually. got addicted to that.

then everyone else around me was smoking hash all the time so it didn't really seem like that big a deal to move on to that. i suppose i wanted to fit in. it just made living in a boring town with nothing to do seem more interesting. i ended up having to swallow a big lump of it one night in an emergency, went home thinking it would probably have a pretty nice effect. WRONG. don't know what happened but i woke up a couple of hours later soaked in sweat and my heart was beating so fast - i do lots of sports so i'm pretty used to my heart beating fast but it has never felt like it did then. i actually thought i was having a heart attack. and my head was completely pounding. i tried to walk down to the bathroom but i couldn't even walk in a straight line, i was totally convinced i was going to die. that totally put me off.

recently i got so drunk i passed out in the street. i'm missing about 4 hours of time. anything could have happened to me. that's put me off drinking too.

i did give up smoking for a couple of months because my girlfriend hated it. (can't blame her) but i started again a couple of months back. i'll give up again when life is less stressful. i know its killing me/killing my athletic performance. i'm actually pretty against smoking. i hate seeing parents blowing smoke all over their little kids. everyone smokes at the bus stops where i live. little kids have to stand there too and breathe it all in. sorry, that's kind of an essay :D

[Neverender]

>If you drink/smoke/do other drugs, why?

Because I enjoy it, and who the hell is someone to tell me what I can and cannot do when it doesn't affect them? It never affected my grades in school nor my work ethic.

I don't care if I die tomorrow if I die happy

[Sordid Saint]

Because it takes away pain, mentally and physically, it passes time, and it opens up your mind to other possibilities. Of course depending on what drug we're talking about. But mostly the reason is because they feel good or I was looking for an escape. Although I'm over opiates now, which was my main escape for a while.

[georgiaboy123]

I do it out of boredom.

[CalicoCat]

If you drink/smoke/do other drugs, why?
Well in highschool I definitely had a few times where I drank far too much but never really was a big drinker.. I also had a couple of times where I took cocaine,ecstasy, mushrooms, acid and smoked hash and weed but that wasn't a regular thing for me back then. After highschool, since I didn't go immediately into college or university, I started smoking marijuana chronically for a long time out of boredom.. Meaning, when I woke up, before going to work and coming home from work and before going to bed. Then it progressively got worse as I started taking mdma (ecstasy) regularly which to be quite frank is just horrific for your mind and body and causes severe permanent brain damage. Anyhoo, I got hooked with mdma at first because I liked the feeling, but tolerance can build up with anything and pretty soon it was just another method of coping with my eating disorder because you can loose so much weight.

If you're against a certain drug, what's your reasoning?
To be honest, I'm not "against" any drugs.. For the most part because I have done most drugs and I can't really lay blame on anyone who becomes addicted to them.. It's very easy and very powerful, I have been on the other side of the wall so to speak. Although, I have never and will probably never do anything as harsh as crystal meth, or heroin thats for sure.

[HeroesAndCons]

If you drink/smoke/do other drugs, why? I smoke Ciggaretes, and Weed. because they help me relax when i cant.

If you're against a certain drug, what's your reasoning? I am against heroin... It just makes me sick hearing about it

[Charleigh]

I used to do and still do a lot of drugs, and drink. Simply because at one point when I had nothing drugs&drink became my everything, but has left me back to where I started but a lot worse.

[hrvatsam18]

I drink from time to time to be social, not because I'm depressed or anything. Who doesn't like having a beer with some hot chicks.. or perhaps just chillin with the guys on the beach or on the couch at a laid-back party.

I used to smoke because I wanted to know why people liked it so much and what being "high" felt like. After a couple times, I got turned off pretty quick and stopped. I don't like weed because it messes up my memory and focus, which I need. plus I hate being on the run from cops.