How old were you when you first smoked dope? - Page 2

DanaC · 10-13-2009, 03:38 AM

Very briefly as a kid. Then a gap til I was in my late teens, then smoked occasionally for a couple of years then a break for another couple of years then from early-mid 20s to now, pretty much habitual except for one or two breaks of less than a year each.

sexobon · 10-13-2009, 03:58 AM

I'll let you know how old I was when I first smoked dope after you send me some. I haven't even sniffed the dope that I used to put on model airplanes.

TheMercenary · 10-13-2009, 05:26 AM

Never heard of it.

Shawnee123 · 10-13-2009, 07:45 AM

I tried it once in HS...didn't do anything and I was pretty tame back then anyway.

Freshman year of college, though. Whoa. That was back in the days when you could find some good stuff. Someone laid a bud on the arm of the chair I was sitting in, and I thought it was a mouse, and I threw it across the room.

Spexxvet · 10-13-2009, 08:16 AM

Between 7th & 8th grades. My older brother was a pot head. I was pretty habitual (more days stoned than not) after work/school from 18 - about 24,

when I started getting panic-y instead of high. Didn't smoke anything for about 20 years, but have smoked about 4 times in last 5 years, with pleasant results, except for the last time - panic-y again.

glatt · 10-13-2009, 09:13 AM

Tried it half a dozen times as a freshman in college. Wasn't impressed. Then junior year abroad, I tried hash, also wasn't impressed. Haven't touched the stuff since, although I enjoy smelling the aroma at concerts.

Clodfobble · 10-13-2009, 09:23 AM

Big nerd here, never done any illegal substances (except underage alcohol, I suppose.) I made up for it by being very promiscuous.

Pie · 10-13-2009, 09:39 AM

Still don't know what the damn stuff smells like.

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.

TheMercenary · 10-13-2009, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radar

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.

Radar · 10-13-2009, 10:44 AM

I didn't do them all at once Merc! And I usually only did anything on the weekends.

Sundae · 10-13-2009, 12:37 PM

16. And I puked up all over the outside steps of the pub I was in. My friends had to wash them down (humiliating at the time, makes perfect sense to me now.)

Put me off for a long while (I will suffer for hours rather than throw up - I have an extreme aversion to it.) It was more because I was not a smoker and because I was thin as a stick and had had lord knows how many brany & Babychams... Yeah - 16. That's village pubs for you.

The next time I tried it, I was in my 20s. I told the guys I was with about my previous experience (we'd done E together, so I trusted them) and they thought it was cute. I learned then that my real reaction was to get sleepy and cuddly - which was much appreciated by them. Good job I fancied them! FTR - nothing untoward happened there & then, we just cuddled & kissed a bit. I had a thing with one of them for a long time afterwards though.

This aspect of Cherry stoned was used by my ex-housemate's BF years later. I was sposed to be packing to move out (took me two months in the end) and he'd knock on the door in the afternoon, invite me downstairs to partake. He had a foot fetish - I assume - at any rate I'd get cabbaged (doesn't take much) and he'd end up massaging my feet/ painting my toenails/ sucking my toes... I didn't fancy him, but I admit I never learned to turn him down either.

Undertoad · 10-13-2009, 12:55 PM

That last line turns a good story into a great one, SG!

Aliantha · 10-13-2009, 05:56 PM

Thanks for your honesty ladies and gents.

I should probably say I was about 19 when I first tried it. My then b/f gave me a cone laced with hash and I was off my face to the point where I couldn't walk or talk. All I could do was slump over the toilet bowl and barf my guts up. It was a long time before I tried it again after that, and it was just on a social basis. I've only ever bought it once or twice.

Just FYI, I started this poll because Aden came home stoned last Friday night. I wanted to get a bit of a feel for what the 'norm' is to be doing it.

He's only just turned 13. Apparently he's been getting stoned with the local gang for the last 6 months or so on a semi-regular basis. We knew something was going on, but wanted to wait and catch him red handed (eyed) so to speak.

Anyway, I might post more about that situation if anyone's interested. Needless to say, the end result is that he's grounded for a substantial period of time.

capnhowdy · 10-13-2009, 09:22 PM

What's dope?

View Poll Results: How old?
10 - 12	0	0%
13 - 14	7	15.91%
15 - 17	13	29.55%
18 - 20	9	20.45%
Over 20	4	9.09%
Under 10	0	0%
Never Tried it	11	25.00%
I'm so stoned I can't remember	0	0%
Voters: 44. You may not vote on this poll

10-13-2009, 05:26 AM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Never heard of it. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-13-2009, 07:45 AM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I tried it once in HS...didn't do anything and I was pretty tame back then anyway. Freshman year of college, though. Whoa. That was back in the days when you could find some good stuff. Someone laid a bud on the arm of the chair I was sitting in, and I thought it was a mouse, and I threw it across the room. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-13-2009, 08:16 AM	#5
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Between 7th & 8th grades. My older brother was a pot head. I was pretty habitual (more days stoned than not) after work/school from 18 - about 24, when I started getting panic-y instead of high. Didn't smoke anything for about 20 years, but have smoked about 4 times in last 5 years, with pleasant results, except for the last time - panic-y again. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-13-2009, 09:23 AM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Big nerd here, never done any illegal substances (except underage alcohol, I suppose.) I made up for it by being very promiscuous. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-13-2009, 03:58 AM	#2
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	I'll let you know how old I was when I first smoked dope after you send me some. I haven't even sniffed the dope that I used to put on model airplanes.

10-13-2009, 09:13 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Tried it half a dozen times as a freshman in college. Wasn't impressed. Then junior year abroad, I tried hash, also wasn't impressed. Haven't touched the stuff since, although I enjoy smelling the aroma at concerts.

10-13-2009, 09:39 AM	#8
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Still don't know what the damn stuff smells like. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-13-2009, 10:34 AM	#9
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.

10-13-2009, 10:44 AM	#11
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I didn't do them all at once Merc! And I usually only did anything on the weekends. __________________ "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

10-13-2009, 12:37 PM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	16. And I puked up all over the outside steps of the pub I was in. My friends had to wash them down (humiliating at the time, makes perfect sense to me now.) Put me off for a long while (I will suffer for hours rather than throw up - I have an extreme aversion to it.) It was more because I was not a smoker and because I was thin as a stick and had had lord knows how many brany & Babychams... Yeah - 16. That's village pubs for you. The next time I tried it, I was in my 20s. I told the guys I was with about my previous experience (we'd done E together, so I trusted them) and they thought it was cute. I learned then that my real reaction was to get sleepy and cuddly - which was much appreciated by them. Good job I fancied them! FTR - nothing untoward happened there & then, we just cuddled & kissed a bit. I had a thing with one of them for a long time afterwards though. This aspect of Cherry stoned was used by my ex-housemate's BF years later. I was sposed to be packing to move out (took me two months in the end) and he'd knock on the door in the afternoon, invite me downstairs to partake. He had a foot fetish - I assume - at any rate I'd get cabbaged (doesn't take much) and he'd end up massaging my feet/ painting my toenails/ sucking my toes... I didn't fancy him, but I admit I never learned to turn him down either. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-13-2009, 12:55 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That last line turns a good story into a great one, SG!

10-13-2009, 05:56 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Thanks for your honesty ladies and gents. I should probably say I was about 19 when I first tried it. My then b/f gave me a cone laced with hash and I was off my face to the point where I couldn't walk or talk. All I could do was slump over the toilet bowl and barf my guts up. It was a long time before I tried it again after that, and it was just on a social basis. I've only ever bought it once or twice. Just FYI, I started this poll because Aden came home stoned last Friday night. I wanted to get a bit of a feel for what the 'norm' is to be doing it. He's only just turned 13. Apparently he's been getting stoned with the local gang for the last 6 months or so on a semi-regular basis. We knew something was going on, but wanted to wait and catch him red handed (eyed) so to speak. Anyway, I might post more about that situation if anyone's interested. Needless to say, the end result is that he's grounded for a substantial period of time. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-13-2009, 09:22 PM	#15
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	What's dope? __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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