Drugs, alcohol, etc. - Can you get by fine without them?

[Marquis De Sade]

Just two drugs I wouldn't be able to function without: My e-cig (pure liquid nicotine) and caffeine.

 

[Korastus]

At 38 I've never tried drugs or cigarettes. I tried alcohol when I was a teenager (I was in Italy for spring break and there was no drinking age there) and I'm not proud of it. It was because I buckled to peer pressure and it came from a teacher if you can believe it. I was in Italy for a school trip over spring break that our religion teacher put together, I was at a restaurant in Rome with the teacher and some of the other kids who went on the trip and he was like "try something for once in your life". Yes I said he was the religion teacher. He also told us he sometimes smoked pot between classes so yeah, looking back now, he was a total degenerate. I never should have listened to him, just because I'd love to be able to say that I've never tried any of those things, but most of them I've never tried and I am very proud of that.

At 38 I really believe that most high school kids have lived more, experienced more than me. And I'm proud of that because it means I'm innocent. Something not a lot of people can say these days.

This post is the absolute height of comedy.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

This post is the absolute height of comedy.

I, too, find one of the most attractive features a 38 year old man should have is "innocence" as well.

 

[Mitchell]

Yes. I dont drink, smoke weed, or tobacco, or take drugs. The only thing I'm on is a half mg of Xanax at night to help me sleep, since my mom's diagnosis.

Mitch

 

[GQguy]

This post is the absolute height of comedy.

Whew!

I thought I was the only one! Let me guess......a very tight relationship with mom?

 

[Kunzite]

I have nothing but excellent things to say about the recuperative properties of alcohol. Everyone needs some way to unwind, and drink provides one of the best ways I know. In the words of Turlough O'Carolan:

He's a fool who gives over the liquor,
It softens the skinflint at once,
It urges the slow coach on quicker,
Gives spirit and brains to the dunce.

The man who is dumb as a rule
Discovers a great deal to say,
While he who is bashful since Yule
Will talk in an amorous way.
Liquor is quicker!

It's drink that uplifts the poltroon
To give battle in France and in Spain.
Now here is an end of my tune-
And fill me that bumper again!

 

[Korastus]

Whew!

I thought I was the only one! Let me guess......a very tight relationship with mom?

I'm a bit confused, since I'm quoted but this reads kind of out of context if it's directed at me...

 

[GQguy]

I'm a bit confused, since I'm quoted but this reads kind of out of context if it's directed at me...

LMFAO! Yeah...certainly not a wizard with the quotes...nor train of thought for that matter.

The "whew, not the only one" was directed at your quote on hilarity. The relationship with mother was directed at the quote you commented on. Not for the fact that he hasn't partaken in said vices but for the thought that innocence in a grown man is worthy of pride. Only a mother could instill pride in such a useless virtue as inexperience and term it innocence.

GQ

 

[Dave Pavet]

Wow! Now wonder they hate us!

 

[Bothersome]

I don't know that avoiding alcohol and drugs should be something that you should really be proud of after you hit 21, to be honest.

Sure; if you managed to avoid them as a kid, congratulations, you are a model of restraint. The same thing goes for adults... but it just means less. The pressure on kids to use drugs is far more extreme, and the avoidance of them at that age means a lot more.

However, the man who is 38 has every right to be proud of not becoming dependent on a drug/substance. It's interesting that you're all making fun of him for it. I would argue that it's better to be clean than a tweaker.

I'll admit, the holier-than-thou attitude was unnecessary, but if you've got something to be proud of, than you might as well be proud of it.

 

[BCMC]

not part of the little chirp sess that followed the first post lol.

i just wanted to say, weed = great. i have so much fun and enjoy everything alot more when i'm high. i'm not dependant at all, i can go for a long time without. but it's fun, and i have a great time getting together with my boys, bunning, then gaming/eating/watching movies/talking. just jokes times.

as for alcohol, it's alright. i'm a bit of a party guy, so on weekends, i'll get zesty and hit up clubs/bars. i'm 20. it's all about having good times right now. and i'm in amazing physical shape because i eat right (except for when i'm high) and i work out properly. so, life is great 👍

 

[GQguy]

However, the man who is 38 has every right to be proud of not becoming dependent on a drug/substance. It's interesting that you're all making fun of him for it. I would argue that it's better to be clean than a tweaker.

I'll admit, the holier-than-thou attitude was unnecessary, but if you've got something to be proud of, than you might as well be proud of it.

I wasn't deriding his lack of partaking in said vices. If you use great....use with caution. If not great. But it was his last sentence that I found humorous. The one where he says that high school kids have lived more and experienced more than he has. That is not something to be proud of. Grown men with experience and who have lived life are always in most demand everywhere.....you'll never find an instance where "innocence" and lack of "experience" is a virtue...even in the church.

Now I know one person's version of "lived" and "experience" may vary but the "holier than thou" tone prompted me to say what was on my mind.


innocent 18 year old = cute

innocent 38 year old = ?

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I have to agree with GQ, Bothersome. He thinks his teacher was a degenerate for smoking a little pot every now and then, but if he had never told him I bet he never would have known.

To think, such audacity, to offer his students a glass of wine on a trip to Europe! Alert the authorities!

I said it myself: it's not "cool" to do drugs and wearing your usage like a badge on your sleeve is juvenile and embarrassing... however, a lot of people put themselves on pedestals as they loudly proclaim their drug-free existence.

It doesn't make you a better person for abstaining from drugs, just as doing drugs does not necessarily mean you're "weak", "foolish", "dependent", or any of that other crap they shove down our throats to scare idiots away from OD'ing.

 

[Bothersome]

Well, I interpreted his words as 'Some high school kids have lived/experienced more than me in terms of drugs/alcohol'. It comes from personal experience that no middle aged man in their right fucking mind would say that a 'young whipper snapper' has more experience than them. Well, maybe 38 isn't quite middle-aged, but you get my point.

I still think he has every right to be proud of that. He's done something that literally millions of people have failed to do.

Now, again, I admit that the self-righteousness was completely unnecessary. I don't call anyone a degenerate because they smoke a little weed on the side, nor do I think they are. He took it too far with the insults.

 

[Korastus]

I don't know that avoiding alcohol and drugs should be something that you should really be proud of after you hit 21, to be honest.

Sure; if you managed to avoid them as a kid, congratulations, you are a model of restraint. The same thing goes for adults... but it just means less. The pressure on kids to use drugs is far more extreme, and the avoidance of them at that age means a lot more.

However, the man who is 38 has every right to be proud of not becoming dependent on a drug/substance. It's interesting that you're all making fun of him for it. I would argue that it's better to be clean than a tweaker.

I'll admit, the holier-than-thou attitude was unnecessary, but if you've got something to be proud of, than you might as well be proud of it.

Oh, I'm not mocking him for not using drugs or alcohol. That poster is notorious, and I remain unconvinced that he's not just a really dedicated troll. He is, by his own admission, a self-absorbed misogynist with no desire or motivation to make anything of himself, so I found him looking down his nose at people for experiencing life to be hilarious.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Caffeine and nicotine, those are my daily poisons.

Weed can be purchased in special shops here, for a decent price. High quality weed, containing up to 6 times as much THC as the average US weed. As far as other drugs go we're basically swimming in XTC pills; large batches that arrive on the streets illegaly are tested by some part of the governement and they issue statements about the contents of these pills and they issue warnings if they're contaminated. You can get your drugs tested for a small fee after which you'll receive a complete report on the contents and any contaminants found in them.

But even though we have such wonderful drug policies there are significantly less people smoking weed here than in for instance the states. Prohibition surely does not work.

 

[emilyemilyemily]

At 38 I've never tried drugs or cigarettes. I tried alcohol when I was a teenager (I was in Italy for spring break and there was no drinking age there) and I'm not proud of it. It was because I buckled to peer pressure and it came from a teacher if you can believe it. I was in Italy for a school trip over spring break that our religion teacher put together, I was at a restaurant in Rome with the teacher and some of the other kids who went on the trip and he was like "try something for once in your life". Yes I said he was the religion teacher. He also told us he sometimes smoked pot between classes so yeah, looking back now, he was a total degenerate. I never should have listened to him, just because I'd love to be able to say that I've never tried any of those things, but most of them I've never tried and I am very proud of that.

At 38 I really believe that most high school kids have lived more, experienced more than me. And I'm proud of that because it means I'm innocent. Something not a lot of people can say these days.

omg you're sooooo much better than me and it's awesome that you haven't lived at all

 

[NonConTickler]

I don't know that avoiding alcohol and drugs should be something that you should really be proud of after you hit 21, to be honest.

Sure; if you managed to avoid them as a kid, congratulations, you are a model of restraint. The same thing goes for adults... but it just means less. The pressure on kids to use drugs is far more extreme, and the avoidance of them at that age means a lot more.

Other than that teacher saying "try something for once in your life", I don't remember anyone every trying to get me to try cigarettes, drugs or alcohol. It may be that that was the only instance where I spent any signifigant time around anyone from school, outside of the school walls.

 

[TragicPoet]

Well being that I'm Catholic, an Jesus turned water into wine, an not fruit juice, as as Peter Griffin put "Wow is that really the blood of Christ? Man he must have been wasted 24 hours a day!"

 

[Bothersome]

Well being that I'm Catholic, an Jesus turned water into wine, an not fruit juice, as as Peter Griffin put "Wow is that really the blood of Christ? Man he must have been wasted 24 hours a day!"

Not to birdwalk, but I find it ironic that you'd quote family guy for that.

xD

 

[TragicPoet]

Haha thats cause I can laugh at myself, I'm Catholic and yes I drink haha, I'm a sterotype! =p But the big diffrence is I can laugh at myself an that sterotype =)

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Caffeine and nicotine, those are my daily poisons.

Weed can be purchased in special shops here, for a decent price. High quality weed, containing up to 6 times as much THC as the average US weed. As far as other drugs go we're basically swimming in XTC pills; large batches that arrive on the streets illegaly are tested by some part of the governement and they issue statements about the contents of these pills and they issue warnings if they're contaminated. You can get your drugs tested for a small fee after which you'll receive a complete report on the contents and any contaminants found in them.

But even though we have such wonderful drug policies there are significantly less people smoking weed here than in for instance the states. Prohibition surely does not work.

I try to stick to hashish nowadays... once you start smoking that weed really isn't the same anymore.

 

[Musicroxmysox]

I've had some drinks in my life and smoked cigarettes a bit. I've never done anything beyond that though and have never had an desire too. I don't condone people though for what they choose to do. As long as your a consenting adult and you don't try to get me to do what your doing (because I'm not interested) then do whatever you want. It's really not any of my business what anyone else wants to do and power to you if you enjoy it.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I try to stick to hashish nowadays... once you start smoking that weed really isn't the same anymore.

Yeah, in foreign countries hashish is usually much better than the weed that's being produced; funnily enough we import ours too. Friend of mine (huge pothead) went to Tadzikistan this summer; the Afghan hashish he smoked there near the Afghan border was the best hashish he has ever had.

I'm not much of a stoner but I prefer hashish as well; it kinda glues you to the couch a bit less than weed.

But if I have to choose 1 drug to use for the rest of my life it'd be LSD. The only drug that I have ever really loved and still do every now and then. 12 hours of intense thought coupled with a renewed love for music; wonderful way to get your head straight.

 

[Beckers]

I've enjoyed a wide variety of drugs, I tend to experiment often though never tempted for the harder drugs such as crack, heroin, meth etc. I find it hilarious that a lot of people seem to frown on weed due to laws but here in Canada and some places in the US you can purchase salvia across the counter and actually hallucinate legally.
Personally I don't really enjoy the high off of salvia, losing control over my body temporarily, but hey if its legal I totally should do it over weed just cause its, you know, legal. But nah I would without hesitation smoke weed over salvia any day. I don't need weed to cope, it's not a crutch it's something I love doing and I rarely actually have to spend any of my hard earned money to get it cause for me its a social drug, something to do with friends.
So really if someone has a problem with my habits then they have a problem with me, yeah I could quit any day I want and probably will after college but just like in this thread most people who disapprove in real life of my habits is because its illegal which is ludicrous. Though I'm sure when the government finds a way to make enough money from weed as they do cigarettes that whole point will really be moot.