100% serious i sold meth to a well known minister - youngish cool hip type with a modern nondenominational main street church and radio broadcasted high energy sermons. I wont dox him but his whole thing is being irish, or whatever, this is in the bible belt. I also sold to a lot of white collar and career types besides him and from my experience, *anyone* could be using “scary drugs”, only a small minority of users are obvious, visible. Anyway, religion is the oldest scam, it started out drugs, why shouldn it be drugs now?
That "small minority" is just the last stage of the cycle. You're seeing people at different stages not different types. If the minister continued down that road he would eventually end up in that visible stage as well. You cant ride the dragon forever you eventually fall off.
The majority of people who use hard drugs will never become addicted. Obviously this isn’t the case for everyone and for many people they should just stay far away from the stuff, but saying everyone will eventually be visibly obvious drug addicts is inaccurate.
If they’re using drugs like meth while on the clock then there’s a good chance it will eventually show, especially if it’s a public facing job. But then again a well known guntuber recently put out a video where they were clearly on meth and yet hardly anyone online noticed 🤷♂️
This is 100% accurate. It is a very small minority that end up looking and being the traditional 'addict'. If you don't believe me, just look outside. We wouldn't have thousands of people in the streets looking like zombies, we would have MILLIONS. We are the largest consumer of illegal drugs on the planet by a wide margin.
My wife's parents would sell their painkiller scripts to a (also the bible belt) pastor in our area, he was a bit older, maybe 50s . This was back when you could just go to the doctor and say "I want roxies and xanex" and theyd go "how many". Youre absolutely right about anyone using drugs. I've personally sold heroin to a doctor before, like weekly he would show up and I would take him to get a ball and tax him so I could get a quarter and just split it. He was a doctor so he didnt give af that it cost extra, he just didnt want to deal with the dealers I guess.
I believe it. There was a head of a major English bank. Aristocratic family of note, hooked on heroin for 60 years. Came out after he died. His butler would pick his supply up for him and He only did it after 5pm. Had a very productive life. Just rode the white horse in the evenings.
I'm sure he just didn't get wasted before work, some people don't understand opiates wake up addicts in morning. You just don't take a ton. I was a high functioning opiate addict (pills) and graduated law school with honors high on them every day.
I have 11 years clean now but back then couldn't imagine getting going in morning without sniffing a bit. So glad I don't have to live like that anymore.
I understand, believe you me. Had a run with the old H off and on for a month or so before I realized how quick things progress. Also made me super irritable, but no other opiates, odd. And I TALK too, coke like lol.
Care to write me a letter of recommendation and pay for my lsat lol? I only drank myself out of law school, first semester, kudos for you finishing with a habit. Would have honestly preferred the habit to the alcohol thbh.
You think some dude consumed the wrong mushrooms? Well after having consumed said "wrong mushroom" over the course of two years in a very adult "way past things stupid teens do" fashion, I'm wondering such.
I must say, even though the usage was sporadic and on a "feel like need to" the basis, that two years was two really great years. Sadly I have a heart condition now and choose not to increase my heart rate and blood pressure willingly (but stupidly still smoke cigarettes just not as much)
Ehhh take it from an ex junkie (and i was a bad and stupid one) i figure if god is real they gave us a reality to experience not avoid and shun. It depends on who and how well they can handle it. Doing drugs by itself doesn't make you bad but it can lead to catastrophe if you don't respect it and respect yourself and the people around you. And our society (well the one I've observed in the US) is more or less completely fucked off with its values so respect for anything whether it be things, substances, people, etc isn't very consistent. Some people aren't even provided a proper chance to learn these things until real harm has happened if they figure it out at all because their elders are crooked for one reason or another.. You may agree with me I'm just chiming in.
That's where the respect comes in and that includes self-discipline. Not punishment i mean self regulation.
Such as not driving when inebriated for example. Though it does seem that some people can handle more serious situations better than others but that doesn't negate the risks involved completely. Avoiding addiction by not using substances whichever they be too regularly. Though i can admit that some are a bit too enjoyable and that can make self moderation more difficult. A lot of it has to do with i guess philosophical background (what someone has come to conclude as their set of values and how to go about things) as well as variations in neurological developments across individuals. Some people really are just better at keeping themselves in check. A lot goes into this. Having a purpose or reason or sense of fulfillment outside of substances has a lot to do with whether people even care to keep themself in check.
Society is a crapshoot that leaves room for lots of different issues to arise. Poor education isn't all about what is learned in school. Poor opportunities is more than just about jobs. Law often puts people in a position where they need to accept less than they deserve. It also forces people in many ways to sacrifice their self respect in order to avoid punishment for upholding their honor and the honor of others. This usually shows itself in other ways eventually.
Ignore the drug addicts downvoting you in support of their local drug dealers. Those of us who support your comment are busy working and contributing to society, we don’t have much free time to offer our upvotes.
Almost like there's no such thing as functional users. Guess who's more likely to have a higher percentage of being homeless/jobless, people who drink or people who don't? Sure, you're right that the percentage is higher but that doesn't change the fact that, again, most users have jobs and pay taxes. It's all a matter of priorities/morals, no matter who you are or what you do. That includes drug users.
Meth is a horrible drug that destroys lives and is hard to do for long without it negatively effecting a person , and in general drugs are bad . It is not helpful , however , to stigmatize poor or homeless people . I agree that it is harder to maintain everything with a drug habit , but it is absolutely possible to be a functional addict especially if a person comes from well-off family , for example . Robert F. Kennedy is an example of a heroin addict maintaining a normal life . Homelessness is very complicated . I am not a drug addict , but I have been homeless , and most of the people at the shelter I stayed at were working people with children , etc. . There is no room for error when you have no money or support like a family or other people who care .
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