How many of you never thought you would end up doing drugs?

And how were you introduced to them?

My first night smoking weed I ended up using a soda can as a pipe and going to the state fair, and then ended the night in the middle of a farm surrounded by a couple cop cars and a k-9 unit after smoking with 4 other people. Got off scot-free. Told the police I hadn't been smoking, because fuck getting in trouble my first time smoking pot, and fuck my grandma for thinking I'm drug dealer and calling the police after spending 20 minutes on the phone with her and her telling me it was okay to stay at her farm in the car for the night, earlier in the day.


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[49 Points] MLP_is_my_OPSEC:

I was all about the DARE program. Drugs will turn you into a homeless loser and ruin your life forever!

Then I got curious and smoked some weed. Changed my thinking towards drugs forever.


[19 Points] randomtripper:

I guess I should mention that I was the valedictorian of my high school, and played football on top of that. When ever someone would congratulate me I basically shrugged it off, because well, simply, out where I lived, the educational programs sucked and frankly getting a passing grade was easy if you were a likable person and did the homework. I got to college and that all changed, but drugs helped me see that life isn't about the grades you make, it's about the hands you shake. Ever since then I've had struggles, but overall I'd say I'm a much better person than that guy who would never in his wildest dreams do drugs. Some people need to open their eyes, IMO. That's what drugs did for me. They kicked me off my high horse and showed me what it's really like, for better or worse. But I sought the truth and that was the only way I was going to get it. With all the broken dreams, trickery, and sadness, I learned that it's still a beautiful world. So get out there and start living. And that's how I really got pulled into doing drugs. I wanted those experiences. I needed them in order to be at peace with my choices in life.


[19 Points] None:

wow what idiots smoke ? like seriously how dumb are they ? (10 years later) , ill probanbly never do heroin....


[11 Points] MikeWinfield:

Did anyone else know they were going to do drugs from an early age? When I was 9 or 10 I did a lot of internet research on marijuana and would constantly talk to my parents like, "Can you guys believe this stuff everyone thinks is evil has never killed anyone but cigarettes kill hundreds of thousands every year??" When I went through the DARE program at 11 or so I would challenge the officer, calling him doctor, "if methamphetamine will make you a hopeless addict who'll steal from your mother, then why do they prescribe it to people with psychiatric disorders?" I ended up skipping the rest of DARE and telling other kids it was bullshit, to look up the facts themselves. I didn't take the t shirt lol.

Anyway I knew I wanted to try all these drugs to understand how they really feel, I first smoked pot at 14 although I've never been a big fan because of anxiety. I've now tried about 30 psychoactive drugs and written subjective reviews of most and hope to attend PA school and prescribe them B)


[7 Points] noonehear:

DARE student of the year twice (moved and one state had us in DARE at 4th grade... the other in 6th). Had to read my "ill never do drugs" essay I wrote in front of an entire grade school and was terrified. Graduated highschool where all my friends were basically potheads. Their goal was to get me baked after graduation haha. 14 years later the only thing I stay away from is heroin. I don't think the DARE program worked.


[7 Points] awasteofoxygen:

I was a genius as a child. Everyone thought I'd be a famous writer someday. My mom was so proud of me. Never in a million years would I have imagined myself as an addict. Then came junior high school and depression. From that point on, I've been a lost cause. The only thing that makes me feel happy is drugs.


[9 Points] NicholeRichey:

Never did drugs in high school because I wanted to join the FBI or CIA. When I graduated, I started to apply for internships in the government, and got automatically declined for my clean criminal record. When I say clean, is that all my crimes were dropped or I won in trial. One of them being assault with a deadly weapon as a 16 year old. Said fuck it, smoked my first time out a gravity bong in my freshman year in college.


[6 Points] egokuu:

I went from "drugs are bad" to "weed is the only drug I'll ever take" to "every drug I can get, at least once."


[7 Points] rappercake:

Oh I was definitely one of those people all my life, up until Christmas break of my freshman year of college. I was horny and my parents had vodka and some percocet 5/325s in the cabinet, so I decided to say "fuck it" and took one of the percs and drank some vodka. It was fucking awesome, which made me realize why people do drugs, and led me to doing the respectable amount of drugs I do today.

Technically oxy was my first drug, and I did MDMA/Meth/LSD/Benzos before I ever tried weed. Still haven't tried tobacco.


[6 Points] MXEConspiracy:

'Twas the end of my freshman year.

A time of grades and little fear,

Curiosity was my middle name,

And I took it to the edge, that is, the drug game.

For years my interests had stewed,

In psychedelics, though I, ever crude,

Had chastised my friends for their use,

Though growing more thoughtful I made the excuse,

That smoking was just an experiment to see,

If breathing in smoke would make me feel glee,

and it did.

Oh, it did.

My foundations, borne of trippy ideas and forums lay,

dormant in my mind until today, that day,

On which every interest in coins, bills,

markets, thoughts, and pills,

came to a tee.

A coin bought, a coin sold,

I was, prior, an idol of an economist's mold,

A prodigy in money, but the coin!

Oh, the coin, had power beyond a bigger watch

So I threw it and watched my world turn to fractals before my eyes...

I never intended to be one of the guys,

The boy to call when the blood veins are too red in your eyes,

He who to send a message when you feel your ego dies,

Because mine has died, tenfold, itself.

I never saw myself here.

But now, I see little but everybody here.

Such is the nature of omniscience.


[4 Points] None:

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[4 Points] TheBlotterShop:

I feel like this should be on /r/Drugs and not /r/DarkNetMarkets.

We're gonna see more of a drift in this discussion in this subreddit now that it's becomming more well known among members of reddit..


[3 Points] None:

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[3 Points] Bunteknete:

Never did drugs till 28. Then lsd, mdma, amphetamine, ritaline, kratom, benzos & n2o in 3 month. Ketamine and DMT will follow. Then coke. Then i'll just stick to lsd, i guess.


[3 Points] JustWant2GetHigh:

Your story is funny. You shouldn't smoke weed, you'll end up living in a van down by the river. And I never though I would be a drug user/addict, until I took my first hit of LSD, and was able to confirm that the Illuminati exists and DARE is all a lie. Pot isn't a drug bro it grows in the ground like a tomato.


[3 Points] minduppersnodowners:

I never thought I'd do drugs because I wanted to earn money and not be poor like I was growing up.

I got into an Ivy League school and was doing bong rips within the first week of new student orientation.

I've basically done everything else from there. But LSD is what realy changed my life because I didn't really believe you could have open eyed visuals until my first time dropping acid.


[3 Points] cash0ndem4nd:

i knew i was gonna do drugs, i was curious even as a kid. I smelled my sister smoking some dank when i was like 8 and that shit smelled so fuckin' good to me.


[3 Points] nebuchadrezzar:

As a small town rural religious conservative high school student: drugs are for losers, I hate drug dealers (of course all the "good" kids drink alcohol).

After graduating and getting my own place: Wow, marijuana is a gift from the gods, the drug war is idiotic.


[2 Points] holecloud:

ive always wanted to do drugs, always. Parents don't do em, other family, just me, and I'm ok with that, because I'm me.


[2 Points] ThatGayRobot:

I was more so in the same boat as you. Played football, lacrosse, and basketball. Got straight A's. It was never that I was against drugs I just never really got the opportunity to try some. Once I joined that scene thanks to my then girlfriend now fiancé I don't regret it at all. I was always super stressed with the pressure that was associated with my grades, parents, and sports and drugs(weed specifically) was the escape I'd been looking for for some many years. Ever since I started I just never really stopped, I wouldn't say I'm addicted as I don't need weed to get through the day but damn does it make my day a hell of a lot better. I never got caught throughout highschool by my parents or the law. I think my parents accepted that I was smoking/drinking but they didn't care as long as I still got good grades and spent time with them. All in all I would attribute drugs to the reason why I didn't blow my brains out in highschool. Luckily I've been blessed to live in Colorado so definitely as of recent events picking up weed is like getting milk from the grocery store and I love it. By the way I was pretty much grateful for any type of weed all throughout highschool so I never really pondered much on the strain. Pretty much just been rollin Skywalker ever since I got my card but are there any other strains I should try out? Mainly going for a relaxed Sunday afternoon vibe.


[2 Points] None:

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[1 Points] lalaloopsees:

My first night smoking weed I ended up using a soda can as a pipe and going to the state fair.

LMAO- Ditto

I remember having the realization thought of "oh shit this isnt as crazy and terrible as every old person tried to make it sound, I think I'll try them all now". DARE you were my gateway drug. lol


[1 Points] kloudykat:

Always been interested. Smoked weed first when I was 14 and went from there.


[1 Points] Idonu:

When I was younger I used to think all types of drugs were like bath salt and that they would make you go crazy and make you lose your mind. I also thought a shisha pipe was a crack pipe as well hahahaha. I was THAT sheltered from the drug world. I thought that drugs = you fockin lost at life. Obviously shit is different right now lol. The first "Drug" i've ever tried was weed. It was during my first weekend of freshman year and I was drinking with a bunch of people when my friend pulled out a joint that looked like a cigarette and so he passes it to me and it took a hit and started coughing like crazy but honestly i didnt feel jack shit during my first experience with weed but we somehow got to a house party that had ALLLLLLLLLL the drugs. Shit was weird. And then I never tried anything until I went to a rave and was introduced to MDMA. I actually did MDMA more times than weed before I became a daily weed smoker lol. Now I've done MDMA/Ketamine/LSD/Shrooms .... my favorite being LSD.....gotta try DMT one day though....


[1 Points] indicasativamix:

I was first introduced to drugs (in this case, weed) in high school.

My parents don't drink nor have they done drugs (believe me, they haven't lol) so I was never really exposed to the party scene. I was an extremely smart kid (trying not to be an arrogant prick about this but hey... lol) at a very good high school. I was a likeable guy, despite being somewhat anti-social (was never one to start a conversation). I don't discuss my smoking with anyone other than close friends that also smoke because if you don't smoke weed then you wouldn't understand why it's so great and you'll automatically judge those who do. There's nothing more odd to me then dudes (usually the popular douche bags) that would walk around school, making it apparent that they smoke weed. Congrats! You did it! You burn le weeds!!! Here take blue ribbon!! I guess the reasoning is because girls find it cool or something, idk.

Here's something funny to lighten the mood a bit... My one good friend's sister is part of that popular girl group and I would go over his house every couple weekends. His sister's group of friends would always be over when I was over and we would just smoke blunts in the back when it got dark out. We wouldn't talk in school (we all almost act like we don't know each other, its weird lol) but whenever we're all high in my friends basement, we go on for days about some of the stupidest shit lol.

My first time seeing weed in person was probably at a high school party (which I reluctantly went to with my friends) and judged the ones smoking it, immediately. I thought of these kids as complete losers but then I realized... wait a minute, not ALL these kids are losers, hell, some of the smartest kids in the school are behind that tree getting ripped! That night I realized something, normal fucking people smoke weed. There is this hidden culture that the media and schools have been hiding from us. Weed culture isn't composed of your stereotypical hippie and his hippie friends. There are actually normal fucking people, successful fucking people, that smoke weed.

Ever since that night of the party I became curious about marijuana and getting high. First time smoking it was in this kid's backyard before a high school football game (which were always huge fucking events). We smoked out of what we called a cancer bong since it was this shitty looking plastic-ordered-from-china shit. I remember that first puff, nothing what I fucking thought it would be. I thought I would immediately cough but it felt no different than just simply breathing in flavored air.

I didn't get high at all that night, not even a buzz. I didn't get high for my first 6 times smoking even though I was ripping out of some nice glass (a lot of my older friends had really nice bongs/bubblers). The first time that I DID feel something was smoking out back of my other friends house with his older brother. Legs felt tingly then all in one motion, the high just flooded my brain from the top of my head, down. I sat out there for a good 2 minutes just laughing because it was so cool, it was so fascinating to me because it was literally discovering a new FEELING. Happiness, Anger, Sadness and Attraction were all feelings that I experienced at least once in my life. To find out that there's this other feeling [of being high] was just amazing to me.

From there, I pretty much went on to experiment more with weed and figured out it's one of the most amazing things to grace this planet. I'm tired and hungry... so, time to go make breakfast in the middle of the night.

Like a good friend told me once, A beer after work to a man on the east coast is a joint after work to a man in California

ps. sorry for the life story LOL, bored af.


[1 Points] bafflesaurus:

When I was in high school I had a lot of friends who were stoners and I remember one kid who always had a coughing fit during the morning bus ride. I thought to myself, "damn if thats all smoking weed is good for I'll never do that shit". I smoked a few times in my teens but I didn't really take the full dive into weed until I was 24, psychs when I was 25 and now I'm on an extended t-break. It's been a fun ride so far.

And how were you introduced to them?

I think my first time smoking weed was with my pops. Miss that dude...


[1 Points] None:

I actually remember our 1st grade teacher mentioned drugs, acid specifically, and she said it made people see cartoons and things that were not real. I remember thinking that sounded like it would be fun, little kid me was sure right! Haha


[1 Points] JerryColin:

Well not even i year ago i would have never consider it. I am a 16yr old student, i dont come from a bad upbringing, im a good student with consistent grades, the last person you would expect to be about that. But yeah here i am


[1 Points] hifbi:

Your grandmother called cops on you when you visited her farm? Must have had some bad blood with her previously?


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] ___xXx___:

Me! In like 8th grade. Also the year we all wore Korn t-shirts and moshed at local shows to the local high school bands. Man we were edgy. xXx


[1 Points] thehaga:

There was a type I wouldn't even touch Tylenol. Then I got a shrink.. Can't get a better drug dealer than that.


[1 Points] cactusbutt123:

From a relatively young age (10-12), I considered smoking pot and wanted to. I never anticipated getting into stimulants and psychedelics though. Definitely did not expect them to be safer/better for certain occasions, too.


[1 Points] Spanka:

Was a total straight shooter when I was in school and through out my Uni degree. Then I moved away from home, parents influence gradually declined, then just went fuck it! I tried bud with my friend, and it was good. I guess I was too judgmental back then.


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] jojaguy:

I never ever thought I'd do any sort of drug. Not even weed. I had so many opportunities in middle school to smoke, but I declined. Until I met my best friend. He didn't pressure me, but he wanted to so bad, so in turn I wanted to, which was in 10th grade. This is funny because I was raised as a very strict Mormon, and the times where I started wanting to do "drugs" were the times I fought my parents to stop going to church. Drugs have drastically changed me, and I can't say in a bad way either. I still keep the mindset of never doing heroin, coke, or meth after 5 years of drug use(I'm not old in the least bit, so this is a good amount of my life). I'm most certainly not saying weed is a gateway drug, but it did open my mind. I smoked weed before I actually got drunk. So if I was getting drunk beforehand, I feel it would have the same effect. I've done countless drugs/chemicals/psychoactive/whatever you want to call it from cigarettes and alcohol to DMT and opiates. Also, not that I'm an RC head but I love trying obscure psychedelics. Idk where I'm going with this post but I was always a smart kid, A student in all grades and have graduated with my associates with almost a 3.8 GPA, and currently still attending school.


[1 Points] thechildish:

I was against pretty much everything illegal up until I was about 20. I found an episode of the Joe Rogan podcast on the internet, and hearing him talk about his Cannabis use convinced me to try some. I organised an ounce of green through a Uni mate, and I suddenly had way more weed than I even knew what to do with. I would smoke after work with south park and ice-cream at first... My love of the herb grew and our relationship strengthened. We enjoyed music together, got creative, hard gym sessions, sexual intercourse.

Then, in the summer of my 22nd year, we took a trip to Indo that would change everything. Under the potent effects of a mushroom shake I experienced the divine: connected with every life form on the planet, met the deceased spirit of my grandmother who guided me to amazing lessons and realisations. I finally came down some 10 hours later and found my consciousness completely altered. I had a totally new head on my shoulders...

Fast forward 6 years, lots of Cannabis, half a hundred mushroom trips and some intense DMT experiences and I find myself totally awakened by these medicines. Any idea about drugs being "bad" or "wrong" seems dully idiotic. I've tried MDMA 3 times, coke once, and found modafonil useful for my studies also. All good experiences.

The war on drugs can go fuck itself, I will walk with the plants for the rest of my days.


[1 Points] heyfreshhhhh:

Did a bunch of Benadryl at 6 just to see what the effects were like. I never had a chance, hah.


[1 Points] None:

I despised drugs of any sort, I really hated every drug and drug user to my gut.

Why? I have been taught that everyone who uses drugs steals money from anyone, wont hesitate to stab you in the back if it will give him his next "IV of Marijuanas", and they are upright shitty people who should be banned from society.

Funny enough, I sobered up in my teens, and got to understand that the most trusted people I know - use drugs. They are responsible about they're use, and so am I. Now I believe in the fact every human has the right to put whatever he wants in his own body unless he is hurting others while doing so.

Damn you, goverment, for brainwashing me that Cannabis and generally drugs are bad, while you drugged me up from 2nd grade with Ritalin and Adderall.


[1 Points] None:

Started smoking weed and drinking jim beam. Now im a successful degen :) love you


[1 Points] givemeoil420:

curiosity with cannabis killed the cat... college made me more willing to try party drugs...


[1 Points] D1STURBED36:

"Drugs, alcohol and cigs really arn't for me, look at all the damage"

I use to smoke cigs, smoke weed regularly and ordered LSD. Still dont drink.

Well, i wont do heroine/meth..


[1 Points] anonymoususr:

i was around drugs since i was 13, been there while my friends were using and i never touched it and never wanted too. one day when i was 17, had a massive fight/argument with my ex (not a fist fight), that day i gave into temptation.. 4 years into the relationship, i then successfully got off the drugs and then got out of the relationship with her and stay off the drugs for 5 years. then eventually got back on and off a few times.


[1 Points] whyisagoranotworking:

I live in Europe and I don't think I got shoved crazy propaganda about drugs at school or at home, but to be fair, I don't think I was educated about drugs. I had no knowledge about which drugs have neglibible health consequences and which drugs have serious health consequences, heck, I didn't even know that drugs make you feel incredibly good, I tought it was more of a thing that made you ignore the pain and make you dumb and made you want more of it no matter what. So I had no interest on drugs at all.

Fast forward to September of 2013, Bitcoin price is going up exponentially and makes it to the news. I get really curious about it and spend months in the kind-of libertarian environment of early bitcoin fans. For me the idea of drug legalization that most libertarians have was kind of crazy, it sounded like legalizing nuclear weapons to me. So I started researching, went into Erowid, and got decent information on drug usage, culture, health consequences, etc., then headed into the DNMs some months later to buy stuff. First weed, then shrooms, then LSD, then MDMA, then DMT, then mescaline. Had incredible times with those drugs and don't regret it a moment.


[1 Points] eyekantbeme:

Dayum bro upon skimming your story I thought you fucked your grandma, otherwise I'd say TLDR :P For me....I'm from California, so first time I smoked pot was under a lifeguard tower at the beach with my older friend. First time I heard of him smoking pot, he had a baby carrot he turned into a pipe, lol Sure beats all the apples I turned into pipes over the years, lol So yeah I wasn't against drugs, nor was I seeking, but the opportunity came along to be one of the cool kids and I took it. I was 13 at the time. Next drug I tried I think was shrooms, then sadly, after that was cocaine :\ I was doing coke for like 2 years, got smart and decided to quit when I was 16. Was also doing a lot of E and acid. That was my drug of choice for a long time......LSD. Eventually that changed over time and my new DOC was Ketamine. Whatever though, I did enough drugs for anyone to easily overdose 10 fold. I overdosed on E once, actually. Almost died, but that's neither here nor there....My new drug of choice became Ketamine. Oh yeah and the whole I'm gonna stick to natural drugs never once occured to me. I was doing everything at the age of 14, EXCEPT, heroin(shooting) , crack, meth and no RCs also. I'm gonna go through my whole list and try to do it in order..... Sugar, Caffeine, Tobacco, Acetaminophen (Tylenol) , Alcohol, Marijuana, Mushrooms, Cocaine, Crack, Xanax, Valium, Oxycontin, Adderall, DXM, Nitrous, Absinthe, MDMA, MDA, LSD, Meth, Morphene (IV drip) , Heroin (Sold to me as Opium, (smoking ONLY) ) , Opium (different time) , DOB (bad L) , 5-MEO-DMT (bad L) , Mescaline, DMT, Ketamine, ALLAD and Methoxetamine (MXE).

That's about it, I'm sure there's more and MAYBE or maybe not I'll come back to update if I remember, lol oh just thought of another, PCP


[1 Points] yeahmynameisbrian:

Started off with alcohol once in awhile on the weekends. Then I started smoking weed. I decided to try LSD to intensify the experience. Weed + LSD were the main drugs I used, then I started using vicodin, and then oxy so I wouldn't destroy my liver. Weed and LSD didn't get me into opioids, getting an ear infection years ago and getting prescribed them is what got me into them. I just decided to only do it when I get it free off people, and to never actually buy it. I started buying it when I was really depressed, terrible idea. I'm mostly clean now, though.


[1 Points] PsychoNautJohn:

I knew from a very early age I would love drugs. I first heard about LSD when I was a small child, I thought it would be for me. Sure enough, it was.

Now; I'll try anything and everything.


[1 Points] nowitasshole:

I always stayed well clear of any drugs until I was about 22. It was a mates birthday in the pub and someone was trying to sell him a bag of coke but he didn't have enough money. As it was his birthday I lent him £20. When he got it a combination of me being a tight ass and already drunk made ask him to split it with me. Ended up being an awesome night. Spent the next year doing it every weekend. Met my current GF 7 years ago and decided to settle down and knock it on the head. Now I just smoke weed after work every night, done about 2 lines since. Regret nothing.


[1 Points] ericrulz:

This reminds me of a story when SWIM bought weed from a friend of mine and we all smoked together in an alley (it was SWIM's first time smoking weed). However, 2 cops suddenly drove into the alley and they searched us all and both of my friends got arrested. I was very lucky because I had nothing on me. But how fucked is it to get arrested the VERY FIRST TIME SMOKING WEED?!!?


[1 Points] None:

All of us did dude... All of us.


[1 Points] None:

Never thought I would do drugs. I was exceptional. After smoking all the fucking time and using shit on weekends, now I'm just above average. When I stop using, I revert back to exceptional.

I have to go out of my way to convince the people I work with that I use anything the few times I have wanted to share that with coworkers I trusted. Despite my best efforts, I can't seem to fuck up even in a government IT security clearance environment. No matter how much anxiety I have over my performance, everyone thinks I'm some kind of rockstar.

Life is easy-mode without the handicap of being high on something almost all the time. Even then ...


[1 Points] BrotherMidas:

Pretty late in the game on this post, but figured I'd post about my short story anyway.

I grew up not knowing what drugs even looked like.

I never said I would never do any though.

In high school I figured I'd tried weed one day. When I finally did I remember acting like I'd smoked it years before, but I STILL didn't even really know what it looked like. Then I smoked occasionally after. Very rarily. Don't care much for being high, but my friends love it. I discovered X this last year, and tried it for the first time new years. Best thing ever. Even though I lie like a mother fucker when I'm rolling. Haven't tried anything else really. Smoked cigs because my friends were, then I wasn't around them so stopped. Drink socially. I keep thinking one day I'll get addicted to something, but my family is mostly just compulsive. I'm not sure anyone in my family over the last 50 years has had an addiction to drugs at all. I still want to try shrooms and LSD, but right now good XTC is my drug of choice.


[1 Points] Vehemens1984:

I was totally against any drug, even cigarettes until a few years ago. I was chilling with my friend at her parent's house and her dad rolled up and blunt, and now I'm here. No regrets. Definitely one of those "I'll never smoke to weed" to wanting to try anything and everything at least once. I've came to realize that for me it's all about experiencing life in different ways and about enhancing experiences.


[-2 Points] SEND_ME_YOUR_DICKPIC:

Your mom fucked your sister and I started sniffin da coke on dat ass. I rekt your sister vagina so she will probably piss blood since I fisted her gspot so hard.