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<blockquote data-quote="DarkwingPsyduck" data-source="post: 693691" data-attributes="member: 20267"><p>It doesn't sound like he is much of an addict, honestly... You say he is able to go long periods without drugs without any real issues? Like, does he drastically change when going back and forth between smoking and not smoking? Obviously, his behavior will be different while altered, but does he change emotionally and mentally? There are many people capable of smoking pot on the weekends, or having a few beers after work without it becoming an actual problem. Especially if there isn't a pattern of abuse in the immediate family. In those cases, I find nothing wrong with a little pot here and there. It is when you lose control over it, and cannot be satisfied without it that it becomes a problem.</p><p></p><p>Psychedelics are almost entirely recreational. It isn't one of those things where you're going to go out and perform sex acts on a stranger in order to get more. Most people who try acid do it once, and that's it. Like me. Granted, when I used acid, my addiction hadn't yet come into the picture. Right now, even a year sober, I wouldn't even risk it if I wanted to try it again. We addicts don't lose the ability to control their use over a single substance. We lose the ability to control all substances. We just usually have a preferred kind of high. But people fall into the trap of believing that it is okay for a recovering addict to use a substance they never abused before. There is a saying, "An addict might not have the drugs he likes, but he loves the drugs he has". We cannot function unless we are alterted mentally. If I could't get oxycontin, I'd find benzos. Couldn't find those, I'd find pot. Couldn't find that, I would find booze, et al.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkwingPsyduck, post: 693691, member: 20267"] It doesn't sound like he is much of an addict, honestly... You say he is able to go long periods without drugs without any real issues? Like, does he drastically change when going back and forth between smoking and not smoking? Obviously, his behavior will be different while altered, but does he change emotionally and mentally? There are many people capable of smoking pot on the weekends, or having a few beers after work without it becoming an actual problem. Especially if there isn't a pattern of abuse in the immediate family. In those cases, I find nothing wrong with a little pot here and there. It is when you lose control over it, and cannot be satisfied without it that it becomes a problem. Psychedelics are almost entirely recreational. It isn't one of those things where you're going to go out and perform sex acts on a stranger in order to get more. Most people who try acid do it once, and that's it. Like me. Granted, when I used acid, my addiction hadn't yet come into the picture. Right now, even a year sober, I wouldn't even risk it if I wanted to try it again. We addicts don't lose the ability to control their use over a single substance. We lose the ability to control all substances. We just usually have a preferred kind of high. But people fall into the trap of believing that it is okay for a recovering addict to use a substance they never abused before. There is a saying, "An addict might not have the drugs he likes, but he loves the drugs he has". We cannot function unless we are alterted mentally. If I could't get oxycontin, I'd find benzos. Couldn't find those, I'd find pot. Couldn't find that, I would find booze, et al. [/QUOTE]
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