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Why people get into drugs

humble soul

humble soul

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I know it's not the answer. The answer is of course Jesus Christ.
But I do have empathy for people who choose a"shortcut" to the truth.
Saying "Yes' to God means hard work and diligence and self discipline, if we are to succeed. Oh and grace too, sorry.
But drugs are tempting. That heavy weight, that crippling anxiety. It would gradually disappear after my 3rd or 4th beer. I used to use pseudoephedrine to clear my head. That helped with headaches. But I became addicted.
Some of us. Well many of us are weak. Soft options are more attractive sometimes. Becoming a Christian can sound very uncool when you are young and want to maximise party-time pleasure.
Sometimes we need a vacation from our minds. We need fresh insights. Fresh emotions. Fresh joy. Fresh air!
 
If you think I miss those party times, ................ you might be right.
Funny you only remember the fun times, not the pain or the dull moments.
 
What wakes an addict up?
For me, it was seeing role models like my older siblings success and happiness without any drugs. Early rises, getting into hobbies like my brother had horses. His passion.
So find a healthy passion and get addicted to it. I became a gym junkie and started learning piano. The Daily discipline of practice became a kind of meditation. I improved so my motivation improved. I had the occasional beer but wasn't drinking till I dropped.
 
Why people get into drugs
Because it is fun......at first. The danger comes when one becomes hooked. I enjoy a beer or other alcoholic drinks periodically. I even enjoy it when I feel a little buzz but to go further is not as enjoyable. I don't like feeling out of control and I don't like hangovers so when I start to feel that buzz, I have to cut myself off. I have always, well most always, been able to do that pretty well. Some people aren't able to do that very well.

When I smoked pot some 35-40 years ago I did it because it was fun and I enjoyed the high. Wait, that's wasn't always true. I enjoyed it if I was in a good mood to start with but not if I was in a bad mood. Pot for me enhanced whatever mood I was in so if I was in a good mood, I felt even more up but if I was in a sour mood I would feel even worse and those were not fun highs. After a while I started not enjoying it so much because the drug seemed to just give me a headache when I smoked so I cut myself off....permanently.

Maybe I'm just lucky or blessed with the ability to cut myself off where others not so much. Many of my friends are recovering alcoholics and so they have had to cut themselves off permanently. Not one of them regrets doing that and I have great respect for them for it. It took and continues to take a lot of courage and self discipline all the time.
 
With 20/20 hindsight, I used drugs to become a different person.
A braver, more outgoing man who made friends easily.
The sober me couldn't do that back then, as I had no confidence in the real me.
 
Hopeful said:
With 20/20 hindsight, I used drugs to become a different person.
A braver, more outgoing man who made friends easily.
The sober me couldn't do that back then, as I had no confidence in the real me.
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Yeah I don't wish to promote alcohol and drugs here. But however transient or false, I did gain some respite from an anxious neurotic mind.
 
Why people get into drugs:
1. Opportunity arrives. They can. Mix with the wrong crowd or sometimes even the right crowd.
2. Life is too tough, too stressful, they don't feel up to par. Drugs can numb the pain of feeling inadequate.
3. They got money to buy them. Drugs like cocaine are expensive.
4.they want to rebel against a conservative family environment
5.life is my oyster mentality. You gotta experience everything life has to offer. Adrenaline junkies. Don't ever tolerate a dull moment. Keep moving moving. Stillness is death.
 
Can't escape covid even if their state is relatively covid free. It's on the news.
No more covid news please, please, please, oh where's that beer? where's that pill? Where's that drug? I gotta escape. I'm drowning in covid news...it's too depressing, I'm losing all hope, give me a smoke, something, something, pleasr
 
humble soul said:
Can't escape covid even if their state is relatively covid free. It's on the news.
No more covid news please, please, please, oh where's that beer? where's that pill? Where's that drug? I gotta escape. I'm drowning in covid news...it's too depressing, I'm losing all hope, give me a smoke, something, something, pleasr
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In Michigan, our fine dictator banned going on a lake with a motorized boat, closed all non-essential surgeries, but allowed abortion. You couldn't buy seeds for your garden, paint or flooring for your house and you couldn't hire anyone to mow your yard.

However, the liquor stores and pot stores were deemed essential and remained open while other mom and pop stores got shut down.
 
stovebolts said:
In Michigan, our fine dictator banned going on a lake with a motorized boat, closed all non-essential surgeries, but allowed abortion. You couldn't buy seeds for your garden, paint or flooring for your house and you couldn't hire anyone to mow your yard.

However, the liquor stores and pot stores were deemed essential and remained open while other mom and pop stores got shut down.
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These are the kinds of things that happen when the people give one person too much power. They start to give orders that don't have solid judgment behind them.
 
Here is what I have learned in my 38 years of recovery . . .

When an adolescent is in some kind of emotional pain like loneliness, depression, anxiety, shyness, etc. they look for ways to feel better. They experiment with things like food, getting good grades, boyfriends etc. Sometimes they try drugs and alcohol. My drug of choice was falling in love.

When they find something that works, they do it again. The repetition/pleasure compulsion, in their brain, kicks in and they become preoccupied, habitual, and eventually addicted. Sometimes, the addiction is physical like with drugs. But this is only in the beginning. They also become dependent on the routine of using with their friends etc..

I believe the root of addiction is the attempt to manage and control our painful emotions. Mood-altering experiences act both as a distraction and euphoric high in the beginning. Once addicted, life can get out of control and the "high" fades. One tries to recapture it to no avail. Eventually, one has to stop and to go through withdrawal. This is where the Holy Spirit comes it. The drug addict calls out in agony, "God help me." The Holy Spirit comes to them and they suddenly find they are willing to give up the drugs. They are given the strength to go through withdrawal, in the short term, and in the long term they are given guidance about how to live life without the kind of mood-altering experience that can become addictive. God told me to become a writer and help people. So this mood-altering experience took the place of drugs and alcohol, But since it is for the good of others,it will never become an addiction and if it does no harm done. I hope!

In summary, addiction starts out because of some kind of emotional pain. The long-term remission comes when you deal with the underlying pain. Only Christ can do this. If you are an addict, accept Christ into your life and be re-born of the Spirit. You will then be given the "full armor of God."

P.S. In my life, the Holy Spirit sent me to A.A. and therapy to help my recovery. But it all depends on the person and how well their church ministers to their needs. If I had to do it all over again, I would go to Celebrate Recovery which is a Christian organization.
 
well, to socialize. but also to find answers as psychedelics can be used for such. theres a link between high intelligence and early drug use
some drugs can relieve mental and physical suffering, some overpower everything with just joy. some want to shortcut and get instant gratification
some do it out of peer pressure, some do it because they look cool while snorting drugs- smoking cigarettes. coffee is a drug as well and its widely pushed by peer pressure, if you dont consume the drug of a group you will be in a bad standing and seem defiant

i think the question would rather be- why do people do a CERTAIN drug? this would make an accurate answer possible
 
humble soul said:
I know it's not the answer. The answer is of course Jesus Christ.
But I do have empathy for people who choose a"shortcut" to the truth.
Saying "Yes' to God means hard work and diligence and self discipline, if we are to succeed. Oh and grace too, sorry.
But drugs are tempting. That heavy weight, that crippling anxiety. It would gradually disappear after my 3rd or 4th beer. I used to use pseudoephedrine to clear my head. That helped with headaches. But I became addicted.
Some of us. Well many of us are weak. Soft options are more attractive sometimes. Becoming a Christian can sound very uncool when you are young and want to maximise party-time pleasure.
Sometimes we need a vacation from our minds. We need fresh insights. Fresh emotions. Fresh joy. Fresh air!
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Interesting! I didn't know that was an addictive drug, it usually puts me to sleep. While they used to be cheap and plentiful, all that has changed.

Drugs can be a real problem, I know many who have died from them. What a sad state of affairs.
 
Highway54 said:
Interesting! I didn't know that was an addictive drug, it usually puts me to sleep. While they used to be cheap and plentiful, all that has changed.

Drugs can be a real problem, I know many who have died from them. What a sad state of affairs.
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Melatonin works for some people , you need to use the lowest dose that works . Melatonin can give you some wild dreams though , that is a side effect .

Where are you humble soul .
 
hawkman said:
Melatonin works for some people , you need to use the lowest dose that works . Melatonin can give you some wild dreams though , that is a side effect .

Where are you humble soul .
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Thanks Hawkman, I did use to take those at the recommendation of my brother, but never had any side effects that I remember. I sleep well and always have for the most part. My poor wife has trouble sleeping. She copes well with it though.
 
Zeth4500 said:
well, to socialize. but also to find answers as psychedelics can be used for such. theres a link between high intelligence and early drug use
some drugs can relieve mental and physical suffering, some overpower everything with just joy. some want to shortcut and get instant gratification
some do it out of peer pressure, some do it because they look cool while snorting drugs- smoking cigarettes. coffee is a drug as well and its widely pushed by peer pressure, if you dont consume the drug of a group you will be in a bad standing and seem defiant

i think the question would rather be- why do people do a CERTAIN drug? this would make an accurate answer possible
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The answers found by using psychedelics to seek answers will be the wrong answers . Demons will be providing the answers . If you use drugs to reach an altered state of mind and not in the pursuit of pain relief, you are practicing pharmakeia , which is forbidden in the Bible .
What is pharmakeia in the Bible?
 
hawkman said:
The answers found by using psychedelics to seek answers will be the wrong answers . Demons will be providing the answers . If you use drugs to reach an altered state of mind and not in the pursuit of pain relief, you are practicing pharmakeia , which is forbidden in the Bible .
What is pharmakeia in the Bible?
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i understand where youre coming from, and i partly agree. 80% of spirits are evil and psychedelics will make you vulnerable and very attractive to all sorts of spirits
i was not a christian back when i did those drugs, but if i had not i would not have been a christian now
alcohol- which many christians do use, is also called "spirits". it will also open you up to demons. it will test your character, and i have known people who failed the tests both with psychedelics but also with alcohol- i will claim however that i have no recall of anyone that made beneficial choices in their lives through alcohol while i have come across many that detested various demonic influences, such as ironically drugaddiction, suicidal ideation, selfdestructive lifestyles- ATHEISM even!
to get a bit extra controversial, there are references in the bible that explains jesus had an interaction with a plan that contains a powerful psychedelic substance: DMT, acacia bush- if my memory isnt all wrong that plant contains 0.7% of said substance.
 
In the USA 🇺🇸 the rise of drug and suicide related deaths of despair are linked to declining economic opportunities the rising costs of education and housing and overall growth in inequality. It isn’t that the USA is terrible it’s that the neoliberal policies have shredded the safety net and made the rich richer the poor poorer and decimated the middle classes.
 
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