View Full Version : Do you consider yourself a drug addict ?
searcher
26-09-2004, 03:44
If you are heroin addict with a $1000 a week habit, a coke head a meth addict or just an occasional user of weed,x,rc or 'shrooms..someone, somewhere will consider you to be a drug addict.
markdahman
26-09-2004, 05:38
I say we should try to draw the lines of being a addict and not being one! this is what i would have to say
IF UR A ADDICT U HAVE DONE THIS ATLEAST ONCE*
-hock'd cd's dvds or any possesions
-stole or done any illegal stuff other then dealing to suport ur habit
-cant go 1 day without ur drug
-u refuse to let ppl know about u doing drugs
thats all i can think of right now every should add on
crazyride84
03-10-2004, 21:18
Iwouldnt say i'm an addict,but I am depened on weed. If i go a day without smoking I get mood swings,bored,restless,and every little thinggrinds my nerves.I have done the first two things on markdahman's list of being an addict though lol,but that was a long time ago,havent done anything like that in almost a year.
nicholson_tyler
04-10-2004, 04:21
I dont think im an addict, but my gf does.. I smoke weed every couple days(well lately its been every other day), do alot of 5meodipt(maybe twice a week), used to do alot of shrooms, um thats about it, but im aparently a drug addict according to my gf, then again everybodies gf thinks thier bf is a drug addict
adultswim
09-10-2004, 01:23
i smoke almost everyday at school between classes and people call me a drug attic and put me down, but yet i dont consider myself one cause i my grades are at the top of all the students in those classes and i have never stolen,pawned, or traded anythin to support my habbit
buzzkilowatt
09-10-2004, 03:09
Adult,
With all due respect, a little more time in grammar class and a little less time on the bong wouldn't hurt, either . . .
;-)
wizard warior
09-10-2004, 12:46
i would consider myself a problematic user,i smoke pot just about every other day,just cause it passess the time and makes you feel happy.but i can see a time when i will just stop so i can try to make a sucsess out of my live without having to rely on a fix to get me by,all the time
heroin sux..
im deffintly an addict.
wish me luck.
thydarkprevails
14-10-2004, 01:49
i shroom occassionally, and dabble into coke, x, or any halluciogen i can find...i do not consider myself a drug addict..i do, however drink every day...and most of the time i just drink to take away the empty feelings inside me.....i consider myself an alcoholic, but i will not go to aa, i'm afraid of quitting..
LuvsToSmokeDust
14-10-2004, 08:39
I was, but now I just drink and dabble in every drug at lower doses and not every day. So no I'm not an addict.
nosociety
17-10-2004, 20:35
I have been smoking pot almost everyday for a year.
I have tried many other drugs like shrooms,coke,2ci/e,e,etc. I never feel asthough i need a drug i just feel bored an on edge without anything. I dont consider myself an addict, jsut a user. Drugs are a hobby.
Well...I used to smoke weed and hasch everyday, and i never considered myself an addict. Nowadays i smoke weed around 3-4 days a week, but now i really feel like a junkie. About a year ago i just realized that cannabis wasnīt good for me. I feel like iīm putting my brain in the freezer when i smoke, and after a couple of days without weed it slowly warms up and starts to work again. Cannabis is just wasting my time, and i donīt even consider it fun anymore. So why the fuck canīt i stop?? Because iīm addicted, and i hate it. I do a lot of other drugs as well, but not daily or weekly. XTC, LSD, mushrooms, foxy, alcohol and other drugs are just fun to me, but that damn weed.... I guess when you really want to stop doing a drug, thatīs when you realize if youré an addict or not. Fuuuck... but hey, letīs look at the bright side: Iīm in love!! Maybe that will help somehow.
I think a good deciding factor on whether you're an addict or not comes down to one question. When you get close to the bottom of the bag or bottle, are you already wondering when/where you're going to get more.
I agree with lost in the last post.
Also, consider this:
If you cannot stop voluntarily, you are an addict.
If you cannot function well without it, you are an addict.
If it is more important to you than everything else, you are an addict.
If you do it even though you aren't having a good time on it, then you are truly and definitely an addict.
(= If you love and hate and still do it).
People are addicted to all sorts of stuff - other people, behavioural patterns, media, and, yes substances.
Prozac and other ssri's are considered non-addictive but most of those who use or have used know what I'm talking about when I say the day you want to just stop you realise than you cannot function without it. If that is not addiction, then the goverment is taking the mickey.
Having said that, I believe that battles with addictions can be won. I've won the battles with nicotine, marijuana, and ssri's. Of those 3 ssri's was the scariest and it's the one drug I haven't gone back to.
There have been plenty of other drugs in my life but all of these never really caused me long-term addiction. Two I realised were very tricky, though - cocaine and opium. A week of daily use with either can make a person a wreck for quite some time and a choice toward embracing life simply has to be met - failing that, God help you!
Maybe it's Darwin's way of checking how attached we are to life and granting it to those who truly want it?
IF UR A ADDICT U HAVE DONE THIS ATLEAST ONCE*
1-hock'd cd's dvds or any possesions
2-stole or done any illegal stuff other then dealing to suport ur habit
3-cant go 1 day without ur drug
4-u refuse to let ppl know about u doing drugs
1- doesn't work for rich people
2- again the economic factor, may not be the case for all
3- so if you CAN survive for one day and then binge, you're NOt an addict?
4- this is something I often do, for several reasons
ooops, this forum hasn't got an "edit" button http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/smileys/smiley5.gif
... I refuse the let ppl know about me doing drugs
because
a. it is none of their business
b. it may cause consternation (for them, and later, for me)
c. it is frowned upon and people will either worry about you, talk about or simply shun you (or all 3)
d. it is actually quite often simply illegal, hence it is a taboo subject (my survival instinct indtructs me not to talk abouzt it)
When I was a bit younger I was very open about it to all who'd listen, friends, family, etc., and I regret this, and I am now often known as s.b. who used to a bit of this and a bit of that. suits me fine. doesn't make me an addict, though http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/smileys/smiley1.gif
I smoked weed since I was 11 and done it everyday for years. A weed addiction doesn't come near a heroin addiction..
swik, I deffinately wish you all the luck you need.
P!MPJU!C3
22-12-2004, 22:31
Adult,
With all due respect, a little more time in grammar class and a little less time on the bong wouldn't hurt, either . . .
;-)
Tiz not da syt 4 sp3ling. u dnt l!k3 iT g0 2 th3 I Lofe spel!nG. F0room.
P!MPJU!C3
22-12-2004, 22:42
IF UR A ADDICT U HAVE DONE THIS ATLEAST ONCE*
1-hock'd cd's dvds or any possesions
2-stole or done any illegal stuff other then dealing to suport ur habit
3-cant go 1 day without ur drug
4-u refuse to let ppl know about u doing drugs
1- doesn't work for rich people
2- again the economic factor, may not be the case for all
3- so if you CAN survive for one day and then binge, you're NOt an addict?
4- this is something I often do, for several reasons
I find myself back in the answers 2 the 1st questions
When I discussed that being a junkie was purely an economical status. The way Woodman described it anyway...ohyeah....IN MY OPINION.
rephrasing ximot:
If we assume that we consider something that is not essential for our
living at the first place.. we might say we are addicted when we cannot
stop using it with our own will or that we cannot function well without
it.
now we may include tobacco, sex and food into this.
Im addicted to getting high, I love to get high and use any mind altering substance I can find. I prefer dissociatives and mary jane. But yes I am a drug addict, but I am not addicted to any one drug. I alter which drug im using constantly, I can go without any one drug but will use an alternative.
Dualpower
23-12-2004, 04:30
Who care's if you're an "addict" by definition. What really matters is
how your addiction plays out in your life. Does a new addiction
suddenly dominate the other areas of your life? Do you feel bad about
what you do? Are you losing friends and respect because of something?
Do you feel like your brain is being destroyed because you indulge to
often?
Those are the things that matter, not whether you fit into the DEA addict definition
serotonin
23-12-2004, 05:41
i don't really think that there is a right or wrong definition for "addict".
ibelieve in some cases it's how a person percieves themselves. in extreme cases (junkie, steals, dying etc, etc) then they are without a doubt an addict. but in "mild" and "medium" cases (i apologize for using those words, but i'm jsut doing to convey the message) it's up to the "addict" in question, and also everyone else's discretion to decide if he is an addict or not.
TheCecil
29-12-2004, 12:04
Yes, i consider myself an addict. I pretty much use something everyday even if i black out its a vicious cycle, and i've been through treatment before and relapsed, but i have just accepted that i am an addict. thats my choice i guess.....
The definition of addiction is the repetitive use of a substance despite the negative consequences to the user. Simply using Coke or heroin may be illegal and health damaging But it is not necessarily addiction.
-From the book Buzzed
When I discussed that being
a junkie was purely an economical status. The way
Woodman described it anyway...ohyeah....IN MY
OPINION.
P!MPJU!C3, I responded to you on that topic already.
You merely interpreted my
description as "purely" financial.
No amount of money can instill a sense of
responsibility into a junkie. No matter how rich they
are, they're not going to have any motivation to clean
their house, wash their car, or mow the lawn.
If they've got the money, they might actually be able to
pay someone else to do these things for them, but
that does not make them more responsible
individuals. Their main pursuit in life is still drugs.
Whitney Houston is probably one of the richest
junkies I'm aware of. All she has to do is make an
appearance, to show-up, and without even opening
her mouth she is an embarrassment. Nobody wants
anything to do with her.
She seems completely unconcerned with her
appearance. She no longer knows how to dress,
how
to talk to reporters, or how to carry herself in public
because her priorities are completely out of
alignment. This is because the only priority she has
now is her drugs, and it shows. She is a junkie.
I don't care how rich she is; I wouldn't trust her to
walk my dog because if she was in the middle of a
jones without any cash on her, I doubt she'ld
hesitate to trade the dog for a hit. ...
Anyway, I DID make it clear that there is a difference
between drug addicts and junkies.
http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/forum_posts.asp
?TID=5332&PN=2
Perhaps I left something unexplained. What part did
you not understand?
Toxicity
31-12-2004, 00:38
I find it hard to even feel addicted to any of the substances i have
taken, (Meth, Heroin, cocain.) I never feel the need to do the drugs
again, sometimes i just dont feel like taking it, but dont get me
wrong, i love mind altering substances. I guess im just lucky.http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/smileys/smiley1.gif
im strongly addicted to nicotine, it sucks. goiving up in the new year though. i smoke weed everyday and spend the rest off my time saving up for and looking for drugs, but i am not physucaly addicted to anything other than nicotine.
Big_Steve
09-01-2005, 05:54
I used to not think so. But after trying to quit smoking weed
recently, I'm realizing that I am absolutely addicted to it's effects
on me.
Don't know if it's the weed itself or the calming effects, though.
I'm seriously ready to throw myself out a window. I cannot even
FATHOM how hard it must be, being addicted to something like meth or
heroin. I've done other drugs in the past (besides those two),
but none have ever been so hard to quit as this.
I'm certainly leanring something about myself that I wasn't aware of (or was denying), that's for sure.
I do a lot of drugs but I've never done any drug (other than nicotine) by myself. Not because I'm afraid to but because I never have the urge to do things by myself. This is why I don't think I'm addicted to anything yet I do ecstasy, cocaine and weed on a regular basis.
Not sure if that makes sense...
paulywould
17-01-2005, 04:37
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Here's the simplest definition of an addict, and it work for everyone. "You're an addict if you do drugs even though you don't want to."
Quite often you recieve consequences forthe actions relating to the buyng, selling or using of drugs and you might not even want to get high, but you are powerless over it.
It's when the more you get high, the more negatively itaffects your life and the less "good times" there are, but you do it any way.
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polloloco001
19-01-2005, 06:57
i used to smoke weed eveyrday. i also used to drink like a MANIAC. i wasnt addicted to weed, i jsut loved it, i was addicted to booze because i needed it. the worst withdrawal you can have from weed is headaches and irritability. booze or heroin or meth can make you feel like you are gonna fuckin die without it. just becuase you love to smoke pot and do retarded thigns to get it doesnt make you a marijuana addict, it makes you obsessed with weed.
Ximot has a point-- I don't care what or how much somebody uses, there are always expcetions to the rule.
The term "addict" is wrought with stigma-- and is subjective to
various situations. I was once in a teen behavioral rehab where,
becuase EVERTHING was based on the 12-step model, every single person
was "addicted/powerless" over their behavior which could be jakcing
off, skipping class, swearing to their parents, not going to church,
which was pure bullshit, but they kept the facade going. If you
claimed that it was absurd you were "in denial", if you saw your
situation as not as they portrayed it to be, you were kidding yourself
into being "special, unique, and different" from the group. For
every objection you had, they hit back with a clever saying that all
the elders in the group had memorized ad nauseum.
One important thing to acknowledge is the difference between the
loaded term "addict" and that of "dependency". A human can be
dependent on a chemical or behavior for their entire lives and not be
considered "dysfunctional" except for the given behavior. People
can let their lives fall to shit from using something as benign as
cannabis, or be totally functional while using copious amount of
opiates for decades. Why is it socially acceptable in parts of
Europe for a daily consumer of alcohol to be considered normal, but
according to some of you, if one violates some arbitrary set of
criteria, and checks off the list, they are automatically certifiable
as an "addict"?
Furthermore, if it is an issue of compulsive behavior, I know
plenty of individuals who are so rigidly dependent on the rituals of
their day-to-day lives, that any MINOR changes would cause a
breakdown-- yet they do not engage any chemical usage or behavior which
is unacceptable in their given societies. Does that put them in
the definition by way of them "not being able to go a day without..." ?
Ultimately, it comes down to a question of lifestyle. If
you are content with whatever you personal patterns may be, and also
with whatever changes they cause in your life, then there is absolutely
no reason for you to adjust your behavior to fit a random social
mold. Addiction is synonymous with guilt and "immorality", which
is absurd. Ther are examples of brilliant and successful people
from EVERY walk of life who were habitual life-long users of
psychoactive chemicals. One of the greatest surgeons in the
history of John Hopkins University Med School was a
physically-dependent morphine user for his entire life.
Personally, I smoked cannabis habitually throughout my
adolescence and early adulthood. I flirted with the idea that I
was dependent and that that was "wrong", as it was often reinforced
through my peers and family. But ultimately it did not affect my
life in any significantly negative fashion, other than I was more
comfortable with it than without it. Once I became physically
dependent on heroin, with full-blown withdrawl and everything, I
COMPLETELY forgot that marijuana existed, and whenever I tried to use
it it was rather unpleasant. It was totally knocked off the
map. In regard to opiate usage, while I was (and am) undeniably
metabolically dependent, the issue of stopping comes down to how it
affects my lifestyle and if I choose to pursue such a path. The
fact is that I do not want to depend on opiates to function, and yes
once one is metabolically dependent on narcotics it's not at all easy
to stop. Does this make me a social pariah and an addict, and
outlaw or a criminal? Does it means that I am somehow
"genetically predisposed" to the physical habit of opiate use (all
humans are), or that I am "powerless" and that I need some sort of
deity to intervene? I happen not to believe so, but that doesn't
make me somehow in "denial" or any other cliche perpetuated by the
12-step institution. I have a behavior that I want to change and
I need help with it. The will to transform and become what you
want is what's important, the labels are not.
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lolomgwtfbbq
27-01-2005, 02:35
I think the line between addiction and occasional use is
when you do things that you wouldn't normally do just to get the drug
or when you get feelings of discomfort or worry when you don't have it
or think about not having it.
That said, I wouldn't say I'm addicted to anything in specific, perhaps just to getting intoxicated in general.
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paulywould
27-01-2005, 16:52
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Addiction is also using a drug or drink because you feel you have to even though you don't want to regardless of the consequences. And I guess that can be applied to certain lystyles issues as well as substances.
I read a story that goes something like this:A man loved to play chicken with cars driving down the road. He got a thrill out of it at first, several times, He got injured a bit a few times, but he kept doing it. Then he got hit and lost a leg, but he kept doing it with a fake leg. He needed that feeling of getting away from the car in the nick of time but it was ruining his life. He did it regardless of the consequences. He was addicted.</TD></TR>
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jandehoog
27-01-2005, 18:08
I think that you only become a drug addict when your habit becomes the most important thing in your life, and doesnīt let you do other stuff, like work or study, also i think people who donīt share their drugs are on their way to addiction.
Ex-Tweaker
27-01-2005, 21:21
Yes, I am a drug addict. Though I've been totally sober for a year. I was a meth addict spending $800 a week. Drugs were #1 in my life. But it came to the point where I could no longer stand it, so with the help of 12 step programs I've been totally sober for a year now....It's possible.
Alquimista
28-01-2005, 01:39
Right now I think I'm just testing various stuff - uppers, downers, trippers :D
I have to find the best ones to spend my retirement with http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/smileys/smiley32.gif
If you look over what each of you has used to define your
particular definition of what an "addict" is, it illustrates my point--
ultimately it is a question of personal boundaries and lifestyle
choices.
Also, this may sound absurd to some of you, but who are any of
us as individuals to dictate or define how another lives his/her life
or what "accomplishments" a lifetime is supposed to yield?
If a person chooses to engage in a behavior that is
self-destructive or somehow limits what he/she is accomplishing, and
they are not directly harming anyone else, do any of us have the right,
as individuals or as a society, group, culture, etc., to judge their
behavior and condemn or restrict them?
If I so chose, I could legally proceed to do nothing but consume
huge amounts of liquor and tobacco, every day until I died. The
only law I would be violating is that of a cultural code of
morality. But if I do so through a culturally unacceptable
behavior or substance, then I am considered beyond the limits of what's
OK and sanctions and limits are imposed on my behavior, "for my own
good". There are people who do exactly what I described with
legal drugs everywhere in our society, whose "contributions" or
"accomplishments" are negligable at best.
If a person wants to do nothing but destory his or her life, so
long as they do not harm another, that is their right as a sovereign
and independent being. Why should such behavior be either
condemned, or even worse somehow justified through the person's
accomplishments-- "well Jim Morrison/Edgar Allen Poe/John Belushi was a
reckless addict time-bomb, but it's OK because they did something which
my culture happens to find worthwhile."
The point is that addiction is a term conditioned and defined by
morality, and morality is relative. This doesn't mean that I
personally don't have issues with a self-destructive nihilistic
lifestyle, or have my own code of morality (we all do, even if it's to
intentionally behave 'immoraly'). But if you can somehow draw
lines in the sand for others, and impose your morality upon them in
doing so, then by the same logic any act of terrorism, rascism,
passionate crime, of abuse can be justified and imposed in the same
fashion. Just like the first post on this thread says, "whether
you use $1000 a week of H or smoke weed or trip every once in awhile,
someone, somewhere will call you an addict."
Although I can't impose it upon others, my only real universal
code of morality that I personally feel is inalienable is that if a
given law or behavior infringes on the capacity of another to live
their lives free from harm, and ideally free to live how they so
choose, it is "wrong" i.e. immoral. By this guideline, using
chemicals, even to the point of oblivion or death, does not constitute
an immoral practice. It is up to the individual to establish
limits and acceptability.
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paulywould
29-01-2005, 18:42
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I donb't believe that someone only affects themselves with the use of any chemicals, legal or not. Every life touches another, unless you are completely isolated from everyone, have no family and freinds and no one depends on you or cares about you. There are such rare occurences, but most peoples lives are touched by someone else. For a while, I thought I was just hurting myself but I realized I was hurting my family even though I was on the other side of the country and I did not provide for them. They cared for me and their feelings were hurt by my overindulgence.</TD></TR>
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joemomma
01-02-2005, 10:30
I wouldnt say I am an addict to any one drug anymore but I deffinaly do
not like being Sober for long periods of time so Im not sure where I
fit in all of this
accountphil
01-02-2005, 12:31
I spend as much money as possible on Heroin a week, without stealing. I would not consider myself an addict unless I cannot stop when I really want to. Not because I run out of money or because someone else wants me to stop but because I really want to. 80 Years ago there was no such thing as a heroin addict. Yet thousands of people used to go to the chemist everyday and take massive amounts of heroin by todays standards. The day they made heroin illegal was the day the USA created every addict in the world so stop getting angry at drug users when your house gets broken into, get angry at the USA and every other Govt. in the world that follows two steps behind. The only problem any drug users have with drugs are that they are too damned expensive.
accountphil
01-02-2005, 12:49
I find it hard to even feel addicted to any of the substances i have taken, (Meth, Heroin, cocain.) I never feel the need to do the drugs again, sometimes i just dont feel like taking it, but dont get me wrong, i love mind altering substances. I guess im just lucky.http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/smileys/smiley1.gif
That is exactly how I was for years. Then Someone stole all my money, my best friend dobbed me into the police and my girlfriend was in a coma and everyone blamed me this all happened in 2 weeks. I thought I would take heroin once more before I killed myself. That was 6 years ago and I would never kill myself because I love heroin too much. Way too much too think about stopping. Before I got hooked I would go months without taking it but I w3as so depressed that I just went fuck it I would prefer to be physically dependant on a drug and get to feel good sometimes than permanently depressed.
What I am saying is be careful if you don't want to take these drugs everyday. Because you know something that the non heroin taking community can ever know and that is how good heroin makes you feel when you are upset. This is something you can never be told it is 1000 times better than ever pot smoker could ever imagine but you have to be down or suicidal to feel the full effects and fall in love like me. So before all you pot smokers spit on what you call a junkie remember everyone of them has a story a 100X worse than mine that you probably would not want to deal with either.
Lately I have been tripping 1-2 times a week.. and sometimes in
presence of my friends.. without them having an idea that i am
tripping.. they have started to consider me as an addict.. myself, i
don't see me as one.
There was a perios when i drank almost everyday for a year and a half..
about 0.3-1 lites of vodka or whiskey every day.. and I did not have
hard time to stop... I did it overnight.. When I stopped, I drank only
4 times the year after.
People watching me.. would have called me someone who is denying..
well.. I was and still am.. and I feel I am telling the truth.
lolomgwtfbbq
01-02-2005, 23:24
Some of Swim's old friends have recently found out she
does drugs and have taken a sudden interest in IMing her a lot to tell
her she's changed.
This has made Swim a bit worried about being addicted, along with the
fact that she is now starting to be intoxicated every day or spends the
whole day wanting to be if she isn't.
Do you guys think every day is too much?
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The deffinition of addict that I found was two fold:
<LI>To cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance</LI>
2.To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually or compulsively
So I think that if, like me, you can relate to one or both of these deffinitions then you are tecnicly an addict.
anyone who uses any substance on a regular basis is an addict whether they have control off it or not and whether they can go without it. we are all addicts in one way or another its human nature. as children we all stood in the playground sping around in circles as fast as we could to make our selfs dizzy this is because we like not feeling our selfs.
billbong
19-03-2005, 18:52
I don't feel right without skunk but it's not so bad, i might be addict but at leaset i'm not a junkie or crack-head.
People can fit into one definition or another, however, the
issue lies in the selective use and application of the term
"addict". For example if you reveal in your medical history that
you were habitually using ANY substance, then the medical community is
going to treat you as if you're "abuse prone" to whatever substance you
might encounter, regardless of the circumstances of your personal drug
history.
As I have stated before, the way you define yourself and
whatever dependence you may have is entirely up to you as an
individual. One has to weigh out the consequences of one's
behavior versus those that exist outside of it. If a terminal
cancer patient is, for all definable purposes "addicted" to his/her
medication, is the alternative really worse than the habit?
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anabolictrio
31-03-2005, 10:13
i'm addicted :>
billbong
02-04-2005, 16:33
actually i really ent sure whether i am. With the exception of skunk (is like a cup of tea to me and i have no problem with that) if i have a little of a substance in most cases i need more n more n more (my saying is nothing exceeds like excess) but usully if i don't have anything i don't feel in the slightest compelled to obtain
I was a meth addict spending $800 a week. Drugs were #1 in my life.
Damn. Meths supercheap. How much were you doing that it cost $800??! That's insane!
rxcrackhead
12-04-2005, 19:27
if you really think about it, everyone is an addict of something.
in american next to smoking, people are killing themselves by
overindulging in food, isnt that feeling a drug? or i like to exsercise thats
a drug. a drug is anything that alters your mood. life is a drug and we are
all addicts.
raven3davis
13-04-2005, 03:53
I do not consider myself a drug addict. I have done coke, speed,
heroin, and almost every other drug you can think of and have not been
addicted to any of them. If you are addicted I would recommend
trashing all your numbers. Also, talk to someone close to you,
don't be afraid to share your problem with others, they might be able
to help
Starfish
02-05-2005, 15:20
I am an addict and I admit it. I tried to stop so many times and been
to treatmeant too. I can go a few days without but then its enough and
it sucks. I am not physically addicted to something..I think..although
I get the ill feeling without. But I am very mentally addicted ,
been doing drugs all the time for over 10 years. I cant imagine life
without drugs, but now I have to try again for the 1000th time, and i
just started going to NA meetings... wil get a sponsor too
Crackkim
19-08-2005, 00:47
i am also an addict and i'm not proud of it but i like it i know i can't quit so why hould i ?
Hi this is my first post here...
I think that i'm a weekend addict because i use every weekend and can't quit.
But next week i try to stop so wish me luck..
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Sitbcknchill
28-08-2005, 22:31
I wouldn't go as far as to call myself and addict....a user of mind altering substances would be a better term...seriously though the only drug used everyday is weed all other is recreational (every once in a while). Swim has learned over time (the hard way) to respect drugs and their effects....addiction can be killer....I've been addicted to a variety of drugs but one of the worst by far was methamphetamine...hardest habit I ever had to break, almost died trying, and now I feel 200% better...
I'am glad there is'nt any meth availble in the Netherlands so we can't use it.
They tell in de media here that meth is a big problem in the usa and it will come over to Europe.