Let's see here, I smoked pot maybe three to five times (can't remember because well, duh) and I didn't really get anything out of it besides feeling "accepted" among a group of people who never really cared and still won't. I stopped that, because it was a dumb decision but pretty much everyone is curious as to how you feel and I remember throwing up at least twice when I did it. One time my brother and I smoked some weed before school and I threw up in the cafeteria in the morning (where we were held until the morning bell rang). And another time was when I smoked out of a water bong and had way too many cigarettes and I thought I was the coolest thing. Then realized that if this happens each and every time I throw up, I might as well not do it. Plus, it's not safe and I hate the feeling of being 'high' because it just made me feel stupid. My main point is that it is LAME.
I used to drink alcohol with the same people that I was smoking weed with. I liked alcohol because I never really drank BEER beer, I just had Smirnoff Ice most of the time and those were light and they tasted good. The first time I got drunk I didn't throw up, but the second time I did. (I had to drink Budweiser and Michelob light then) I kept doing this for a while because I liked the taste and sort of the feeling, but it's very depressing once you consume too much and wake up the next morning feeling like poo. And it didn't occur to me that those moments could have been spent doing something productive, not inducive, for a change.
The common thing for me would be to vomit after each time I tried any kind of drugs, and it dawned on me that I wasn't getting anywhere with my life doing them so I stopped. I never experienced further drugs because I know the after-effects like how intense they get for you. To each their own, but again, it's dumb and a stupid decision (not just once, but) each and every time you do it.
I smoked off and on for at least five years, and I quit almost two years ago. (April 27th, 2002) I felt that all I was doing to my body was harming it, not letting it breathe the proper way it should. Sure, I was addicted and sure it was illegal, but around this time, all I was concerned with was looking cool. I got into the habit just trying it out when I was in like 5th or 6th grade. My mom even bought me cigarettes before, which now that I think about it. It's a direct translation in my opinion of her pretty much telling me to kill myself because that's what she was supporting. Though, we all may be living to die already, the shorter route is not smoking until you get cancer, then die, it's doing things worse than this. Like combinations and whatnot. Please don't.
While your case may not to look cool but just tried these things because you wanted to, and knew you'd have a good time, your mind is only deceiving you. Drugs do not make you smarter, but dumber, some drugs even lower your ability to reproduce. But that's a whole 'nother subject that you'll probably get a novel from me later on in the year (if it comes up). They only hinder, they do not just cause fender bender's, they may even make you slender, and if you continue to do what you're doing, you will never be a winner.
I don't support anyone's right to drink or smoke or do drugs, I will not honor their opinion nor their decision to do it. I will always tell them straight up that it is only hurting themselves (though, some use that as their defence - which is a cop-out, because of the cycle that their consequences creates upon not just themselves but the people they 'love' and society as a whole) and I will always make sure they know where I stand on what they do with their time at home and their hobbies.
That's not a fulfilling life. One way or the other, and it's not the way you should go if you need help. Talk to the people around you about your problem, with someone who cares and because they care, they will get you help. To those that still do drugs on a day-to-day basis, I can honestly say that your life sucks.
Though, you may have been offended, that is what this post is for to offend you to want to change your life/lifestyle.
If all you want to do is argue (in a responding post) that it is your right and your freedom to try what you want then don't even bother, 'cause I've heard it all before. |