Originally posted by lazs2
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You don't have to answer but... if the experiance was so good for you.... why don't you still do it?
lazs
I fear you misunderstand me. I haven't said it "was so good" or anything of the sort. In retrospect, I would say I'd have been much better off without having wasted the time.
My point was that just as there's degrees to anything, one can't generalize about drug use/abuse and be accurate. Different people are affected in different ways. To some, drug use presents a virtually impossible to deal with addiction problem. Others may be able to use drugs to whatever degree they wish and walk away whenever they wish.
In my case, please note that what I said was that I abused drugs. I'm literally lucky to be alive (for instance, I spent most weekends one summer while stationed in Denver by riding my BSA all over the Rockies so stoned on acid I was hallucinating madly....on more than one occasion I've come awake from a drunken/stoned stupor, in my car, with absolutely no idea where I was or how the hell I got there....I once flipped upside down a motorboat going at full speed in the dark while behind a load of Jack Daniels good weed speed and Valium - not only survived, but saved the life of a passenger who had no idea how to swim....etc etc etc)
I can also say my experience with drugs cost me severely. Certainly there were times in my working career that I underachieved due to hangover and exhaustion from excessive partying. Most especially, I was offered a US military academy appointment by my congressman while I was a senior in high school (he said take my pick, West Point, Annapolis, or Colorado Springs) and actually turned him down in favor of the ROTC scholarship my ROTC instructor offered me (ROTC pays the full ride at whatever university nationwide that will accept you and has an ROTC program).
Then, while at Fort Hood with my ROTC class for tank orientation I got busted by the MPs at night wandering into a restricted area when a buddy and I snuck out of barracks after lights out to smoke a J. Poof. There went that opportunity (I was fast-tracked for a career as a military aviator, they had already sent me to Laredo AFB for two days' worth of flight medical exams which I'd passed with flying colors).
As you can see, I don't have any reason to advocate drug abuse. And, I don't.
But, as with many things, in my opinion and experience drugs can be very enjoyable if used with some degree of good sense and moderation. For instance, while its been many years since I've been drunk (legally or otherwise) I still really enjoy a nice tipple....and, while its been many years since I've used an hallucinogen, I do have some fond memories of some "trips" I've taken (especially the ones I shared with nymphomaniac females
) And, I still occasionally enjoy a good toke with friends in the right circumstances (prolly half a dozen times in the last year, for example).
Like many subjects, this simply isn't black and white, to me. There's lotsa shades of gray....
and, of course, YMMV
culero
