How old were you when you first smoked dope? - Page 3

Madman · 10-14-2009, 12:06 PM

Never had a desire. Even if I did, I couldn't (always had one of those unforgiving jobs).

Now... I really don't care to know what's it's like anyway.

Well... Maybe when I retire for good... then... you know.

Cloud · 10-14-2009, 02:40 PM

14. After the first time, did I continue using it? You mean, immediately? or in my lifetime?

uh. yes.

there was about a 10 year period in my life (teens/twenties) when I smoked about 10 joints a day. Every day.

amazing I got anything accomplished at all, and still have brain cells left, really.

I still far prefer it to alcohol.

Aliantha · 10-14-2009, 04:01 PM

Radar, I've never lied to my kids about drugs. They know what I've done and when. We've had what seemed to me to be a pretty open and honest discourse in the household. I think sometimes kids are going to do what they're going to do no matter what you say to them as a parent. About that SM monologue; while I get the whole idea behind going to someone who's been there for advice, there's also the argument that you don't have to stab yourself with scissors to know it's going to bleed.

SG, I think you're right about it being good to happen now - in a way. He's still quite malleable and is/seems to be listening to what's being said to him now. We can only work through this together and do our best not to make him feel allienated from the family if that makes any sense. We all make mistakes. This is his first big one. Hopefully he'll learn something from it.

Elspode · 10-14-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

I'm the least cool guy around here.

Never tried it. L7 square, man.

Shhhh...they'll revoke your musician's union card, dood.

be-bop · 10-14-2009, 06:14 PM

Smoked my first joint at school around 1971/2 then spent most of the 70's and 80's zonked outa my face,was sitting here thinking just how many drugs I've dabbled with and I'm surprised I have any brain cells left to play with.
Lived through Edinburgh's Trainspotting days and lost 3 cousins in the family to heroin o/d's/aids although I had a dabble with smack i've never shared needles with anyone and i had the test just to make sure.
Drugs can be fun but like anything moderation is the key but hey who am i to preach.
I'm a good boy now don't even use tobacco and barely drink these days..
the worst experience i ever had on a drug was when i worked in a bar and there were some US saliors in to see the strippers an i did some Angel dust with one of the guys 36 hours or so later I crashed back to normality way too heavy..

Stormieweather · 10-14-2009, 07:02 PM

I was about 15. I'd already started smoking and drinking a year or two earlier. My first drug was pot, but I was also given mescaline, heroin, and amphetamines. I didn't use regularly, but I did start selling various types of speed in school in return for a "commission" in the form of some for me. I did cocaine for the first time at approximately 17yrs old. I continued to use occasionally until I was in my mid-20's. Drinking and smoking cigarettes continued much, MUCH longer.

Amazingly enough, this was in spite of (or as a result of?) being very protected growing up. I was raised in a fundamental Christian home, went to private church schools, had no television or secular reading material and was extremely isolated until I was a teenager.

I finally quit drug usage when I noticed I was losing some mental capacity - memory, comprehension, analytical abilities. Three times since my 20's, I've done some type of drug on a single occasion, but the risk is simply not worth it, to me. My children, my life, my freedom, my mind, are much more important.

Cloud · 10-14-2009, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

14. there was about a 10 year period in my life (teens/twenties) when I smoked about 10 joints a day. Every day.

Make that 1 year, geez. I really would have no brain cells left.

classicman · 10-15-2009, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Stormieweather

the risk is simply not worth it, to me. My children, my life, my freedom, my mind, are much more important.

agreed.

Gravdigr · 10-25-2009, 05:22 AM

14, I think. (I'm surprised the brain cell retaining that bit of data is still alive...)

JuancoRocks · 10-25-2009, 07:51 PM

I inhaled.......

shoot · 10-26-2009, 01:24 AM

13 well probably 12,have pretty much smoked it everyday since. Made it through high school and college stoned prety much the whole way. Ive never been into drugs very much and seldom if ever drink,have never really considered pot to be a drug,it grows in the ground like carrots,doesnt come from a lab or distillery.Ive been self employed for a little more than 20 years so Ive never encountered drug tests.Raised 2 wonderful twin boys who are now 16 and havent even tried it,always kept them in sports and focused on academic pursuits. They have known I smoke it for at least 2 years I found out secondhand and they dont seem to have a problem with it.Over the last 4 or 5 years I've found I smoke it less and less to the point where I take 1 puff and Im good, sometimes go for days without even thinking of it. Recently Ive been forced to move to a different state and Im going to try and get a 'real' job that may actually utilize some of my very expensive education that Ive never used in the last 20 years so I quit cold turkey 5 weeks ago tonight. Since I smoked so little Im sure I will pass a drug screen but I do miss it and Im certain I will indulge again once Im settled in somewhere. If you met me you would never have a clue most all of my friends smoke it and many of them have really good ,high profile, important sounding jobs but if you met them you would never guess.

monster · 10-26-2009, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by shoot

If you met me you would never have a clue

...just as long as meeting you didn't involve reading anything you wrote because it's painfully fucking obvious here....

capnhowdy · 10-26-2009, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

...just as long as meeting you didn't involve reading anything you wrote because it's painfully fucking obvious here....

Radar · 10-27-2009, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by be-bop

Smoked my first joint at school around 1971/2 then spent most of the 70's and 80's zonked outa my face,was sitting here thinking just how many drugs I've dabbled with and I'm surprised I have any brain cells left to play with.
Lived through Edinburgh's Trainspotting days and lost 3 cousins in the family to heroin o/d's/aids although I had a dabble with smack i've never shared needles with anyone and i had the test just to make sure.
Drugs can be fun but like anything moderation is the key but hey who am i to preach.
I'm a good boy now don't even use tobacco and barely drink these days..
the worst experience i ever had on a drug was when i worked in a bar and there were some US saliors in to see the strippers an i did some Angel dust with one of the guys 36 hours or so later I crashed back to normality way too heavy..

I've never messed with Heroin or crack. They scare me. Crack because one hit and you're hooked. Heroin because I just think I'd like it way too much and also get hooked.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar

Crack because one hit and you're hooked.

Urban myth.

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%
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10-14-2009, 02:40 PM	#32
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	14. After the first time, did I continue using it? You mean, immediately? or in my lifetime? uh. yes. there was about a 10 year period in my life (teens/twenties) when I smoked about 10 joints a day. Every day. amazing I got anything accomplished at all, and still have brain cells left, really. I still far prefer it to alcohol. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-14-2009, 04:01 PM	#33
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Radar, I've never lied to my kids about drugs. They know what I've done and when. We've had what seemed to me to be a pretty open and honest discourse in the household. I think sometimes kids are going to do what they're going to do no matter what you say to them as a parent. About that SM monologue; while I get the whole idea behind going to someone who's been there for advice, there's also the argument that you don't have to stab yourself with scissors to know it's going to bleed. SG, I think you're right about it being good to happen now - in a way. He's still quite malleable and is/seems to be listening to what's being said to him now. We can only work through this together and do our best not to make him feel allienated from the family if that makes any sense. We all make mistakes. This is his first big one. Hopefully he'll learn something from it. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-14-2009, 07:02 PM	#36
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	I was about 15. I'd already started smoking and drinking a year or two earlier. My first drug was pot, but I was also given mescaline, heroin, and amphetamines. I didn't use regularly, but I did start selling various types of speed in school in return for a "commission" in the form of some for me. I did cocaine for the first time at approximately 17yrs old. I continued to use occasionally until I was in my mid-20's. Drinking and smoking cigarettes continued much, MUCH longer. Amazingly enough, this was in spite of (or as a result of?) being very protected growing up. I was raised in a fundamental Christian home, went to private church schools, had no television or secular reading material and was extremely isolated until I was a teenager. I finally quit drug usage when I noticed I was losing some mental capacity - memory, comprehension, analytical abilities. Three times since my 20's, I've done some type of drug on a single occasion, but the risk is simply not worth it, to me. My children, my life, my freedom, my mind, are much more important. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

10-25-2009, 05:22 AM	#39
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	14, I think. (I'm surprised the brain cell retaining that bit of data is still alive...) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-14-2009, 12:06 PM	#31
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	Never had a desire. Even if I did, I couldn't (always had one of those unforgiving jobs). Now... I really don't care to know what's it's like anyway. Well... Maybe when I retire for good... then... you know.

10-14-2009, 06:14 PM	#35
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	Smoked my first joint at school around 1971/2 then spent most of the 70's and 80's zonked outa my face,was sitting here thinking just how many drugs I've dabbled with and I'm surprised I have any brain cells left to play with. Lived through Edinburgh's Trainspotting days and lost 3 cousins in the family to heroin o/d's/aids although I had a dabble with smack i've never shared needles with anyone and i had the test just to make sure. Drugs can be fun but like anything moderation is the key but hey who am i to preach. I'm a good boy now don't even use tobacco and barely drink these days.. the worst experience i ever had on a drug was when i worked in a bar and there were some US saliors in to see the strippers an i did some Angel dust with one of the guys 36 hours or so later I crashed back to normality way too heavy..

10-25-2009, 07:51 PM	#40
JuancoRocks Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona Posts: 437	first smoked dope? I inhaled....... __________________ "That's just like your opinion man"

10-26-2009, 01:24 AM	#41
shoot Smooth Ruffian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: central KY Posts: 47	13 well probably 12,have pretty much smoked it everyday since. Made it through high school and college stoned prety much the whole way. Ive never been into drugs very much and seldom if ever drink,have never really considered pot to be a drug,it grows in the ground like carrots,doesnt come from a lab or distillery.Ive been self employed for a little more than 20 years so Ive never encountered drug tests.Raised 2 wonderful twin boys who are now 16 and havent even tried it,always kept them in sports and focused on academic pursuits. They have known I smoke it for at least 2 years I found out secondhand and they dont seem to have a problem with it.Over the last 4 or 5 years I've found I smoke it less and less to the point where I take 1 puff and Im good, sometimes go for days without even thinking of it. Recently Ive been forced to move to a different state and Im going to try and get a 'real' job that may actually utilize some of my very expensive education that Ive never used in the last 20 years so I quit cold turkey 5 weeks ago tonight. Since I smoked so little Im sure I will pass a drug screen but I do miss it and Im certain I will indulge again once Im settled in somewhere. If you met me you would never have a clue most all of my friends smoke it and many of them have really good ,high profile, important sounding jobs but if you met them you would never guess.

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