02-21-2011, 02:13 PM
I smoked cannabis when a friend who said he would never do any drug experimented with a trusted friend and changed his mind. After awhile, though, I stopped thinking that it did anything good for me and quit. The last times were just when I was in a group and somebody passed a joint and I took a hit. Probably 10 uses, total.
Oh, I remember that my friend said that he thought pot was okay because, unlike most drugs, the more you use the less you need to get the effect. Years later, after I already had quit, I learned that this effect is because the liver takes a long time to remove the stuff from the bloodstream, so you don't need to add much to push it up to the level that's effective on the brain. This reinforced my decision to stay off it.
Alcohol is usually pleasant in a social situation, and I'll take a drink or two. One parent's family has an alcohol abuse pattern, so I never drank alone, nor wanted to.
For my ADD, I have an Adderol prescription. Generically, that's amphetamine salts. I take them daily but less than the best dose because it contributes to tinnitus, a dangerous side effect. Even the right dose is lower than the abusive level, and I will not experiment not just because of the side effect: I'm feel pretty sure that this would be my addiction if I dared to get a speed euphoria even once.
I recently had bad experience living with two meth addicts. I didn't know what caused the behaviors until the second one explained it. She was able to stay off it for long periods and took personally the other one's traits and weakness to resist it. She was not okay even when off the meth because of her other mental issues, which got worse the longer being around here. He moved out first. I changed the locks on the house when both were gone.
Oh, I remember that my friend said that he thought pot was okay because, unlike most drugs, the more you use the less you need to get the effect. Years later, after I already had quit, I learned that this effect is because the liver takes a long time to remove the stuff from the bloodstream, so you don't need to add much to push it up to the level that's effective on the brain. This reinforced my decision to stay off it.
Alcohol is usually pleasant in a social situation, and I'll take a drink or two. One parent's family has an alcohol abuse pattern, so I never drank alone, nor wanted to.
For my ADD, I have an Adderol prescription. Generically, that's amphetamine salts. I take them daily but less than the best dose because it contributes to tinnitus, a dangerous side effect. Even the right dose is lower than the abusive level, and I will not experiment not just because of the side effect: I'm feel pretty sure that this would be my addiction if I dared to get a speed euphoria even once.
I recently had bad experience living with two meth addicts. I didn't know what caused the behaviors until the second one explained it. She was able to stay off it for long periods and took personally the other one's traits and weakness to resist it. She was not okay even when off the meth because of her other mental issues, which got worse the longer being around here. He moved out first. I changed the locks on the house when both were gone.