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Radar · 10-13-2009, 10:34 AM

When I got divorced, I got on a slightly self-destructive cycle and tried pretty much everything but crack and heroin and even made a few thousand bucks at raves.

More than my share of Weed
Some Coke
A bit of Tweek
My share of Acid
A whole LOT of E
A little bit of K
A little bit of G

And I did all of this while keeping my full-time job, paying my bills, and without harming or endangering any non-consenting others. Nobody got hurt. Everyone had fun.

Then I got a bit older and my body took a lot longer to recover, so I stopped all but weed when I was living in California because I had a card and could buy it legally. It really helps out with the back and shoulder pain.

I've never done mushrooms or peyote, though I'd still try them if I had the chance.

All my life I was a teetotaler and thought drugs were horrible. Then when I tried them I found that they weren't such a scary thing and a lot of what was being said about them was lies. Then one day, I had... for lack of a better term...a religious experience. Something that brought crystal clarity to my life and the world around me and made me a better person. I feel fortunate that this happened for me. I know a lot of people who are born, live 90 years and die who aren't lucky enough to find the peace I found that day... December 26, 2000. I feel bad that it took drugs for me to have this enlightenment or moment of clarity or whatever else you want to call it, but it helped me break through the walls I had put up for myself, and allowed me to drop the burden of the garbage I had been carrying around for a long time from being abused as a kid and having several relationships with women who treated me like crap. I realized it was all my own fault. And my parents or women had treated me badly because I allowed them to.

On that day I decided that while I want everyone to be happy, the only person whose happiness I have any control over is my own and no matter what happens, I'm going to make myself happy. Other people are attracted to happy people.

After that day, my family said there was something different about me, and I look happier, and healthier. It was really a life-altering crossroads for me and I have drugs to thank for it.

10-13-2009, 10:34 AM	#18
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	When I got divorced, I got on a slightly self-destructive cycle and tried pretty much everything but crack and heroin and even made a few thousand bucks at raves. More than my share of Weed Some Coke A bit of Tweek My share of Acid A whole LOT of E A little bit of K A little bit of G And I did all of this while keeping my full-time job, paying my bills, and without harming or endangering any non-consenting others. Nobody got hurt. Everyone had fun. Then I got a bit older and my body took a lot longer to recover, so I stopped all but weed when I was living in California because I had a card and could buy it legally. It really helps out with the back and shoulder pain. I've never done mushrooms or peyote, though I'd still try them if I had the chance. All my life I was a teetotaler and thought drugs were horrible. Then when I tried them I found that they weren't such a scary thing and a lot of what was being said about them was lies. Then one day, I had... for lack of a better term...a religious experience. Something that brought crystal clarity to my life and the world around me and made me a better person. I feel fortunate that this happened for me. I know a lot of people who are born, live 90 years and die who aren't lucky enough to find the peace I found that day... December 26, 2000. I feel bad that it took drugs for me to have this enlightenment or moment of clarity or whatever else you want to call it, but it helped me break through the walls I had put up for myself, and allowed me to drop the burden of the garbage I had been carrying around for a long time from being abused as a kid and having several relationships with women who treated me like crap. I realized it was all my own fault. And my parents or women had treated me badly because I allowed them to. On that day I decided that while I want everyone to be happy, the only person whose happiness I have any control over is my own and no matter what happens, I'm going to make myself happy. Other people are attracted to happy people. After that day, my family said there was something different about me, and I look happier, and healthier. It was really a life-altering crossroads for me and I have drugs to thank for it. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin Last edited by Radar; 10-13-2009 at 10:41 AM.