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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: Tynkk on March 06, 2012, 01:50 am
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Just out of curiosity, do you tell people around you or is it something you keep private?
Pretty much everyone around me knows I smoke weed, and most of my closer friend circles know the other things I've done. I'm a fairly blunt/open person though, so I don't have a problem telling people or discussing things freely for the most part, I figure people tend to have questions and I'm slightly less biased than the anti-drug ads. ::) On the flip side, my boss does not know (the whole needing a paycheck thing kind of hinders the openness there) and neither do my parents (more out of respect for them).
So, how much do you tell people? And how do you base that decision? :)
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Almost everyone I know (minus family members) knows that I have some drug history. Probably because most of them do, too. If anyone were to ask me if I had ever tried XYZ, I would almost certainly admit to it if I had, and I'd tell that person honestly what I thought of my experiences with it. If it somehow comes up in conversation and isn't a direct question, I will probably still admit to having tried it. If people decide that they have a problem with me because of choices I've made about experimenting with my brain chemistry, they can fuck right off. ;D
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If people decide that they have a problem with me because of choices I've made about experimenting with my brain chemistry, they can fuck right off. ;D
haha amen to this! I'm open about it to basically everyone except my family (they know I smoke weed but telling them anything else would most likely just cause unnecessary stress). It's not like I walk up to strangers and inform them I've done drugs they most likely have never heard of buut if it comes up in conversation I would never deny it. I actually quite enjoy educating people about drugs 8)
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Weed and alcohol idc who knows.
But as for heroin and coke i only tell my closest friends (only like 4 people know i mess with the stuff). You'd be surprised how friends would react if you told them you mess with the stuff. Even though you're the same person they just look at you completely differently.
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You'd be surprised how friends would react if you told them you mess with the stuff. Even though you're the same person they just look at you completely differently.
Quoted for truth. ^^
Heroin especially around my area. People tend to jump into the "OH MY GOD! JUNKIE!!" mentality. Like, you wouldn't bring up alcoholics anonymous for someone who has taken a shot or two, but everyone who has been in the same room as a decent foily needs rehab STAT. ???
It always seems (to me at least) that the ones who react so negatively are also the ones who make jokes about it. :-\ Not sure why I've noticed that correlation.
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unfortunately, everyone pretty know the extent of my drug use. even tho i don't use nearly as much as i used to.
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I live in a pretty small town. Everyone knows everyone. Were growing alot in size but the gossip is as rampant as a women's sewing circle. Out of a graduating class of about 340 people I was, as far as I know, the only one to quickly develop an IV addiction to Heroin. It started with coke, E, weed the normal party shit which a large group of us in high school indulged in. However, once I tried Oxycontin in the winter of 2009 I knew I had found my niche. Within a few months I was experimenting with Tar and within a few months of that I was IV'ing and dealing. I was the black sheep of my friends and family. I didn't have a reason to care though. Who needs reasons when you have Heroin? lol. I brought my addiction to Glacier National Park where I worked for the summer of 10' and got 10 or 20 co-workers, most of them foreigners, hooked on the shit as well. Came back to town in sept 2010 and quickly began peddling H again. Got arrested in February for possession w/ intent to distribute among other things and spent most of 11' in prison and rehab. I can only imagine how quickly all this got around town. Got released at the end of Sept and have been keeping my nose clean 90% of the time. No more needles and no more Heroin. Doing great on probation and attending college.
Needless to say, everywhere I go around town people know the extent of my drug use. Im trying to find a fuck to give but haven't been able to do so.
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I am from a liberal European place and a fairly alternative family. My dad was a low level dealer when he was at uni and my folks still smoke weed, do a bit of cocaine and have experimented with acid and heroin, gone through their respective speed and codeine addictions and got out. My Dad taught me to roll my first joint when I was 14.
Why was I going to hide this shit? It's not wrong or bad, it's just me having a smoke or eating some thing, I never hurt anyone else and I enjoy it, so what? I never tried to hide anything (drug related), never did too much of anything either though.
However I have ended up living in a fairly conservative part of S. America (love) and I recently found out that it's not such a good idea to let anybody know, there really are crazy people who think drugs are bad and after the police came looking for me I don't think I'll carry on so innocently.
My wife's family all (the close relatives at least) know and quite a few people that I work with know, can't change that even if I wanted too. I have a couple of good friends here that I can get high with and they don't limit themselves without knowledge, with hindsight that's all you need.
I've found my IRL fellow psychonauts to share trips and act as sitters and I've found this place. What more do I need, why should I tell anyone else?
I'd love to spread the Gospel but I'm not willing get put up on a cross for my beliefs.
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Nice thread. I feel like about the same as the op. I'm pretty open about it. My parents know (heck I shared some of my acid with my dad) and some other members of my family(not all though) . But I generally tend to feel people out before I know if it's an OK subject to openly talk about. Some people you can just tell it's taboo. I say live and let live. And for some Ignorance is bliss, but i prefer open intellectual conversation.
Oh yeah, if any one curious I've done weed, E , LSD, coke. various phar. pills, shrooms( My fav.), meth(only once didn't like it). Always scared of H. IDK why.
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My friends and my parents all know what i take and what i get up to but we are open about everything and we are all party of the rave scene or use to be back in the day so we have alot of great convos =)
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Im a pretty clean cut cat- most people dont even suspect I smoke bud- its not really until people hear the stories that theyre like ummm. Im pretty open about everything, but I usually try not to bring up drugs just because theres no real point in it being included in conversation. My family knows a smidge of my usage although my mom is convinced that I'm always on pcp or crack or something- but its funny sometimes when somebody learns a little about my past and how confused they get because i apparently dont give that vibe- i kinda like it that way though- a bit of mystery
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At home I've always been completely open about drug use, my parents gave me complete freedom from the age of 15/16 so I had nothing to rebel against and drugs have no 'shock value' at home, it's just one small aspect of my life. I still go to festivals with my parents and family (they're all late middle aged, old heads from the early 70's) and indulge with them, though they rarely take chemicals these days. I'm from a small town in the South West which probably has the one of the highest concentration of grow ops in the UK- completely respectable, professional people (school teachers, lawyers, doctors etc) grow and smoke, so it's a complete non-issue.
I never talk about drugs to co-workers, it's only one part of my life and I have other interests which take higher priority. I certainly never boast about drug use or say what I took over the weekend. If I'm asked about drug use, I'm honest about it but to be honest it rarely comes up in conversation.
All of my friends without exception buy, sell and take drugs so again it's a non-issue with them, most are otherwise upstanding, respectable, educated 'good citizens' who just happen to enjoy smoking weed and taking drugs on Friday nights.
My partner came from an overprotective, conservative family and had some pretty outrageous views on drugs when I met her. I was totally open with her from the start and a few weeks of total immersion in my social group one summer changed her opinions completely as she realised it just wasn't a big deal.
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On the flip side, my boss does not know (the whole needing a paycheck thing kind of hinders the openness there) and neither do my parents (more out of respect for them).
When my old chef would complain about the prices of tenderloin,
I'd tell him how much that same weight worth of weed would cost.
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Yes, I'm open about it. My drug use is very mild compared to most. Smoke some weed here and there, take some psychedelics once in a blue moon, and that's pretty much it. Obviously if I'm talking to someone against drug use, I won't mention it, but otherwise pretty much everyone in my family knows about my habits.
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im open about it to people that i know are cool, but i dont go around telling people i dont know anything about them because you never know who will pull out their pitch fork and torches to go burn the witches
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Nice thread. I feel like about the same as the op. I'm pretty open about it. My parents know (heck I shared some of my acid with my dad) and some other members of my family(not all though) . But I generally tend to feel people out before I know if it's an OK subject to openly talk about. Some people you can just tell it's taboo. I say live and let live. And for some Ignorance is bliss, but i prefer open intellectual conversation.
Oh yeah, if any one curious I've done weed, E , LSD, coke. various phar. pills, shrooms( My fav.), meth(only once didn't like it). Always scared of H. IDK why.
Wow I wish I could be that open with my parents about my drug usage. I think they would freak out if they knew I have taken lsd there all into anti-drug propaganda(Been doing a lot of lsd lately lol)
I have also been thinking about telling one of my closest friends that I have known for 5+ years about my lsd usage but I just don't know how to go about telling them.
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I try to keep my association with non-drug users to a minimum. Most people know I use drugs, but pretty much nobody IRL knows the extent to which I have been involved with drugs.
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My close friends know everything, we have tried much drugs together.
My acquaintances know I've tried illegal drugs other than weed but I believe they don't know the amount of substances I've tried (large amount of RCs).
My family know nothing I've never had a close relationship with them , there is no hate between us, just no confidence.
My former partners left me because they didn't stand my drug usage, I think they were misinformed and mislead by anti drug propaganda, right now I'm single. All the girls I know use drugs, I don't like them, it's sad.
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My former partners left me because they didn't stand my drug usage, I think they were misinformed and mislead by anti drug propaganda, right now I'm single. All the girls I know use drugs, I don't like them, it's sad.
I feel like I have the same problem >.< Like you find someone remotely interesting and then completely unprovoked they're just like "AAH! I HATE drug users! >:( " ...not that that has totally happened to me recently or anything ::)
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My former partners left me because they didn't stand my drug usage, I think they were misinformed and mislead by anti drug propaganda, right now I'm single. All the girls I know use drugs, I don't like them, it's sad.
I feel like I have the same problem >.< Like you find someone remotely interesting and then completely unprovoked they're just like "AAH! I HATE drug users! >:( " ...not that that has totally happened to me recently or anything ::)
I relish that moment, I've had it with the my last 3 very straighty girlfriends. Hold off for a while, convince them you're cultured, erudite, refined; then boom "I'm a filthy drug user" :o What can they do but accept it?
Even better, have 2 nights out.
On the first, get them bladdered on socially acceptable alcohol so they end up doing something cuntish like weeing in your washing basket.
On the second, you take some evil drugs (some MD or something), have a lovely social, well behaved evening, then spring it on them the next day.
Soo manipulative but works a charm, they always end up enthusiastic users ;D
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I tend to be quite open about it in general. It really does depend though on who I'm talking to. If the person is judgmental then I may take a different approach (for obvious reasons lol).
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My former partners left me because they didn't stand my drug usage, I think they were misinformed and mislead by anti drug propaganda, right now I'm single. All the girls I know use drugs, I don't like them, it's sad.
I feel like I have the same problem >.< Like you find someone remotely interesting and then completely unprovoked they're just like "AAH! I HATE drug users! >:( " ...not that that has totally happened to me recently or anything ::)
I relish that moment, I've had it with the my last 3 very straighty girlfriends. Hold off for a while, convince them you're cultured, erudite, refined; then boom "I'm a filthy drug user" :o What can they do but accept it?
Even better, have 2 nights out.
On the first, get them bladdered on socially acceptable alcohol so they end up doing something cuntish like weeing in your washing basket.
On the second, you take some evil drugs (some MD or something), have a lovely social, well behaved evening, then spring it on them the next day.
Soo manipulative but works a charm, they always end up enthusiastic users ;D
That's so...logical ;D I don't like to mess with alcohol lol it's the only thing that makes me completely lose control x.x Might give that a shot though 8)
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Nice thread. I feel like about the same as the op. I'm pretty open about it. My parents know (heck I shared some of my acid with my dad) and some other members of my family(not all though) . But I generally tend to feel people out before I know if it's an OK subject to openly talk about. Some people you can just tell it's taboo. I say live and let live. And for some Ignorance is bliss, but i prefer open intellectual conversation.
Oh yeah, if any one curious I've done weed, E , LSD, coke. various phar. pills, shrooms( My fav.), meth(only once didn't like it). Always scared of H. IDK why.
Wow I wish I could be that open with my parents about my drug usage. I think they would freak out if they knew I have taken lsd there all into anti-drug propaganda(Been doing a lot of lsd lately lol)
I have also been thinking about telling one of my closest friends that I have known for 5+ years about my lsd usage but I just don't know how to go about telling them.
Actually my first time with LSD was right after I read your post about your first trip with the log(good stuff btw), done it once more after. going to candy-flip for the first time soon. Might even put a post about it here. In all reality my mom doesn't approve, but she doesn't condemn me for it either. When I mention to my dad I had just done the LSD, he said he hadn't tripped since he was 16, so I offered him some. He cool with it all, and just say be careful. Which I am I always am. Before putting any new substance into my body i do my homework. ;-)
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I don't like to mess with alcohol lol it's the only thing that makes me completely lose control x.x
That's the beauty of it- you get them pissed but you stay relatively sober. They act like a tit, they feel terrible about it the next day and you have the moral high ground. Then, when you have your drug night your argument has twice the weight. Drugs win 8)
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Drugs win 8)
haha I think I'm going to make this statement into a T-shirt
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Drugs win 8)
haha I think I'm going to make this statement into a T-shirt
Shit. When you do, list it up here, yeah? I'll fill my closet ;D
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ahahaha, its not bad considering my overall lack of artistic talent thank god for clip art 8)
http://xfq5l5p4g3eyrct7.onion/view.php?image=9a269e5db2af8dd44f8bfe13c46c3655.jpg
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ahahaha, its not bad considering my overall lack of artistic talent thank god for clip art 8)
http://xfq5l5p4g3eyrct7.onion/view.php?image=9a269e5db2af8dd44f8bfe13c46c3655.jpg
I'd rock it xD
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im totally open about it, i like to think that anyone who knows me will generally come and ask me first if theyre either just curious or going to take something new themselves, even with my boss at my last job i was totally open about what i did, my mentality was made clear from day one though, i come to work and i bust my arse so that i can afford to do drugs in my spare time, i dont let my personal life mess with my work so i dont expect work to mess with my free time.
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Quote from: Guybrush Threepwood on March 06, 2012, 08:27 PM
My former partners left me because they didn't stand my drug usage, I think they were misinformed and mislead by anti drug propaganda, right now I'm single. All the girls I know use drugs, I don't like them, it's sad.
I feel like I have the same problem >.< Like you find someone remotely interesting and then completely unprovoked they're just like "AAH! I HATE drug users! >:( " ...not that that has totally happened to me recently or anything ::)
I have the reverse problem. I'm a girl who can't find a guy that accepts it :) Someone should make a dating service for normal, healthy drug users!
With regards to being open about my use, I'm pretty open, I think. Most of my friends know except those from childhood that will go running to my parents. My mother knew but thinks I stopped - I had a small stint in a clinic for depression and they blamed my entire life problems on the fact I smoked a bit of weed etc and so I had to convince her I stopped so she'd stop worrying.
I'm a bit of a drug information service for my friends. I always get calls, particularly about pills and weed, asking for advice. I like to think of myself as the friendly alternative to Frank (for anyone that knows of the UK "talk to frank" service). :)
Also, the t-shirts are cool. I'd definitely rock one if you made it in a girl fit :)
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I tell no one. Not even my partner, which I feel guilty about, but I don't do drugs regularly and it's not worth me being honest about because they just wouldn't understand.
I used to be way too open about it, back when I was a teenager and didn't care about the consequences of my reputation or other people's judgement. I'd smoke pot in the house, and come home from rave clubs quite obviously still messed up from Ecstasy pills. I don't behave this way anymore, and have "cleaned up my act," so to speak. My family is very anti-drugs and still hold my past drug-use against me to this day. No matter how well I excel in other areas of my life, such as study or work, I will never live down my history and will always be perceived as the wayward, "black sheep" of the family.
Hypocritically, my parents are bad alcoholics who are quite happy to enable my alcoholism and see nothing wrong with me binge-drinking several nights a week. I even got into a drink-driving accident once and they didn't seem too phased by it. If I were to smoke pot, however, my parents would look upon me with disgust and try to convince me that I'm going to turn schizophrenic.
Several years on, I now have to maintain an image of being a responsible, functioning adult. Otherwise, my family and close friends would complain and lecture me to no end and make my life a miserable Hell.
On another note, sometimes friends lead me to believe they may be open to drug use due to their hobbies and interests, but I am then surprised to find out that they aren't. For example, I have a friend who loves the movie 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas', but he has never used psychedelics and has no desire to do so. He just thinks the film is funny and likes the way it is written. I have another friend who is obsessed with researching about "astral travel" and "out of body experiences," but when I talked to her about DMT and the pineal gland, she said "No, these things should only be achieved naturally." People are very confusing and send mixed messages sometimes!
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im very open about my use, it is quite a big part of my life at the moment and i love drugs so i will bring it up in conversation.
what suprised me though was how quick word got around when i would use a new drug,
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I'm open about the fact that I use substances, but I never disclose anything in specific- what, where, when, etc.
The exceptions would be when I roll with friends, and we may even meet up with sober friends. I'll typically be open about rolling.
And when I drink; I wouldn't think to keep that a secret.
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It's no ones business but your own but if anyone judges you poorly for it, fuck em'. You should portray yourself however you want depending on your set of morals.
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I usually joke around about my drug use so much that people don't take me seriously anymore. Literally I'll announce I'm going to go smoke a doobie and they just laugh, but I actually go smoke one. . .I work at the freaking airport and no one gives a shit! :o
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I usually joke around about my drug use so much that people don't take me seriously anymore. Literally I'll announce I'm going to go smoke a doobie and they just laugh, but I actually go smoke one. . .I work at the freaking airport and no one gives a shit! :o
The thing about people is they most often never take the time to really look around them.
I totally believe that.
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I am totally open about me drug use and preference.I am a superintendent of an Apartment building and tell my tenants that what you do inside your Apt. is their business. But no smoking pot,hash,oil,Oxy's or crack in the halls as we have other tenants that condone the regular use of recreational drugs but these people are full time alcoholics (which is legal and worse for your body).Canada done a survet 3 yrs ago and 13 million people admitted to using pot that year/11 million admitted to using on a weekly basis/6 million admitted to using daily those are pretty good numbers of people that have admitted to using soon we will be free and then the world changes for good