I want to stop using drugs

I didn't know which forum to put this topic in. I just figured this one would be the one. I want to stop drinking and taking drugs. I have nothing against people that do take drugs. I just want to stop because I'm finding comfort in philosophy and that's how I want to expand the mind instead of trippin on acid or smoking dope. I find that if I expand my mind through philosophy I won't be taking risk like going to jail or having a bad trip. This may sound hypocritical, but I'm still going to smoke cigarettes because they're just so hard to quite. I'm not out to bash on people for doing drugs, I'm just speaking for my own self. Some of my friends are calling me a sell out. Does anyone agree with them? Because I don't.

 

Get new friends.

 

You're absolutely right.

 

Some ribbing from the drug-addled friends that most of us have is to be expected. It's nothing new, changes in the pattern always are upsetting, joking around helps to deal with the change.

You can still hang with them, perhaps even a small toke every now and then isn't too much.

But I understand and respect you choice. Drugs certainly aren't needed to continue the path. Stopping taking the entheogens is something we all do now and then... and maybe for long periods or forever. It's healthy sometimes to think about things from the normal view.

Laugh off the critics, read and expand naturally. As always, the most important revolution is the internal one. Everything else, all that you take, all that you do, that is extraneous to the mindset and thoughts that we must all develop.

 

Don't drop the drug kids if you are like me and can sit around without that urge to smoke a bowl. I don't know. I don't feel like I have to get high anymore. Maybe your friends will change with you slowly. Thats whats happening around here in cycles. Then it turns and they go back into it. Whatever lowers the stress levels.

 

I have drug hiatus's, purely to let my body gain some sense of order and also to make sure I can go and have a good time without needing to take anything. I take harder stuff, alot of class A's so I need to make sure everything's good, responsible drug taking is the only way so it's usually for 6 months or so. Do whatever you feel like doing man, if you want to expand your mind without drugs then you go ahead and do it and don't let outside influences persuade you otherwise.

 

ooh man i know exactly what you're going through..i'm trying to stop as well but it never works, i just end up doing more and more everytime argghhh

 

good for you

 

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I have never tried drugs and never will. If you are having trouble quiting drugs I don't know what to tell you. You can't come back from Heroin :'-(.

 

sellout? wtf? a sellout is like the band Thrice or Metallica. dont let your friends give you shit
You should try to quit cigarettes too, that shit is horrible for you.. My mama been doin a good job quitting lately shes been using a website to help her, it's been working... its http://www.quitnet.com, maybe it'll help you.

and i love hallucinagens, e and pot... but to each his own... lot of my friends growing up became crackheads and stuff, if you have a serious drug problem you should def quit that shit...
meditation may help you quit drugs if that is your thing... if you find yourself having a hard time with it...

 

Dont use durgs to explore your mind..........USE DREAMS!!!

 

to thin own self be true.
if you need help quiting any certaint type of drug, feel free to drop me a PM, as i know a few approaches for the harder to quit ones.

 

I'm really sorry. My buddy's going through the EXACT same thing right now. Only his reason is, he got too deep into selling and his family was threatened. He's lost right now, because it's so easy to let drugs become a focal point of your life.

It's going to suck. Depending on what you're on you could feel sick. You'll be bored. What you need to do is take a class or a new job or find a cool hobby.

What really blows is the reaction from your friends. But what is worth it? Being alone for a while and becoming an awesome person who lives for more than getting high, or slipping back into that lifestyle to be with people who obviously don't care about you. If they did, they would understand, be proud, and support you.

I don't know you, so it doesn't mean shit, but I'll keep you in my mind and hope that you stay strong. It's SO worth it in the end. You'll be amazed at how great and heathly you feel. One you find your balance you might be able to use recreationally again- but not until you get a life that doesn't involve drugs 24/7.

Take care and good luck. I'm proud that you can realize when it's not worth it. Good job.

 

I think thats great more power to you.

 

I might do weed but that's about it....

 

I'm lucky I have no dependencies and the only thing I go for are shrooms and weed... and that's only on occasion, for the most part.

 

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I respect you 100%..I've thought about quitting, and then I say, "Oh I'll quit after summer, because summer will be fun" but, it's a joke. If I truly wanted to quit I would, I'm not so sure I'm ready YET though. But, I respect that A LOT, and more power to you if you can, good luck flower child, that's really an admirable thing of you.

 

the only statement youve ever made that i agree with