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To think it's pathetic to take drugs on a night out ...

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Ashkey234 · 24/07/2017 16:10

She's 31 and until she met this new girl she never took drugs.
Now every time she goes out with her she takes Coke.
Every 30 minutes going to the toilet taking more.
I'm starting to dislike her because of it,I know that sounds awful but she's always jumping around after it,sweating,sniffing,bleeding nose and I just think she's Pathetic.
Both 31,she has 3 kids and I think your a mother and doing that.
I love a night out,cocktails etc but I'm honestly thinking of ending our friendship.
What's your opinions?

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HipsterHunter · 24/07/2017 16:17

You're right.

I hate it that literally 99.9% of people on a night out take drugs.

Alcohol is such a boring drug.

Hopefully you are tea total and not in any way a druggie yourself (I know that most people find it hard to step away from alcohol, and even kid themselves its an ok drug to do around children!!!!)

HipsterHunter · 24/07/2017 16:18

love a night out,cocktails etc

Oh, no.... you are a druggie too :-( how sad for your children.

TeaCake5 · 24/07/2017 16:18

People who take illegal drugs are brain dead idiots.

Fruitcocktail6 · 24/07/2017 16:18

YANBU. I'm not completely anti drugs but people on coke are boring and self absorbed.

Ashkey234 · 24/07/2017 16:19

Oh please as if alcohol (in moderation ) a the same as illegal drugs like cocaine

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roarityroar · 24/07/2017 16:20

Each to their own.

DP and I take recreational drugs every few weeks. We also both have professional jobs, we exercise, eat well... we won't forever l, but now it's fun.

HipsterHunter · 24/07/2017 16:22

@Ashkey234 you are right - they are not the same.

Alcohol is actually a lot worse in terms of social harm.

But go on, keep kidding yourself that you are such a cool, socially acceptable drug taker, whilst your friend is a crazy bitch who needs to be cut off.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210

Ashkey234 · 24/07/2017 16:23

Do you ever hear anyone dying from 1 glass of wine?
You can die from taking Coke...I take it your into drugs then.
Can't understand why people would play Russian roulette with their life for a temporary "high"

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ShutUpBaz · 24/07/2017 16:24

I've seen firsthand the effect these drugs have on people. Those that take them are, without exception, morons. But each to their own. They never listen.

I would distance yourself and let her crack on. She'll learn when she does herself a serious injury or gets herself into a dangerous situation because she thinks snorting is big and clever.

LowGravity · 24/07/2017 16:24

They are both harmful drugs, it's just one is legal and that's the one that causes more problems in society than any other so yeah you're a bit of a hypocritical if you drink.

Ashkey234 · 24/07/2017 16:25

Two drinks on a night out every month or so the same as cocaine?
Don't think so !

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Hudson10 · 24/07/2017 16:25

People who think taking illegal drugs is in any way the same as having some cocktails on a night out -proof the drugs some of you say you take has addled your brain more than you think it has. Hmm

ghostyslovesheets · 24/07/2017 16:25

don't do it then OP

in other news driving drunk a bit daft says MN poster ...

MrsTerryPratchett · 24/07/2017 16:25

I hate it that literally 99.9% of people on a night out take drugs. I think you understand neither statistics nor what the word 'literally' means.

Many more people die of alcohol poisoning than cocaine.

Namechangetempissue · 24/07/2017 16:26

I'm with TeaCake5. You have to be an utter dick to purposefully take stuff that has a high chance of killing you or ruining your life just so you can have a "good" night. I've never got it and never will. I once was on a night out with a lovely guy I knew from school -chatting away, catching up, all great. He went to the toilets, shoved £90 worth of coke up his nose and turned into a total blathering moron who couldn't string a sentence together. Some good night. I went home half an hour later completely perplexed at why anyone would think that was a great idea.
I don't drink or smoke either though, so I'm often accused of being a total bore.

ClarkWGriswold · 24/07/2017 16:26

YANBU OP I despise drugs. I don't drink and don't care for people who drink too much either. I'm saying this as my DH's childhood was destroyed by his alcoholic mother

aramintafatbottom · 24/07/2017 16:26

Sorry but it's a lot more dangerous to take coke on a night out (let's face it you don't know what the fuck it's been cut with) than have a few cocktails or a bottle of wine on a weekend. It's obviously different if you're am alcoholic but there is absolutely no way I would be ok with say, dp doing lines of coke on a night out. I know alcohol is a drug but it's not comparable in this instance imo.

Ashkey234 · 24/07/2017 16:26

Think leaving 3 kids without a mother if you overdose is a risk I wouldn't take

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LoniceraJaponica · 24/07/2017 16:27

I would let the friendship slide.

Taking illegal drugs is not big or clever. Sorry roarity, but I will judge you for that.

Yes I drink alcohol, but I don't like getting drunk, never binge drink and stay under the recommended 14 units a week.

I have seen the damage that alcohol does, but not everyone who drinks becomes an alcoholic.

I daresay that not everyone who takes illegal drugs becomes a drug addict, but the difference is that they are illegal so there is no quality control or regulation, and you can't be sure of what you are taking.

Ashkey234 · 24/07/2017 16:28

Shes reached a point where if she's out and hasn't got any she gets angry /irritable
She can't just have fun anymore without it...

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Noseysoso · 24/07/2017 16:29

YANBU OP and to compare alcohol to cocainnis ridiculous. Parents who dp drugs are reckless and selfish - if I knew any, I would report them.

Notreallyarsed · 24/07/2017 16:31

I've just taken a massive step back from someone I considered a close friend when I discovered that she and her prick of a partner owe a huge dealer £4K + for coke, yet they've not got a pot to piss in and I've been giving her £30 sometimes more a week for groceries and giving the kids all my kids hand me downs (in good condition). When I thought it was just a matter of struggling to make ends meet it was one thing, to discover that they leave their kids without to shovel shite up their noses was a shock and a half. Fucking arseholes.

MrsTerryPratchett · 24/07/2017 16:33

Drug law is rooted in racism.

It is perfectly possible to think the hysteria about drugs is misplaced and that drugs and alcohol are comparable without taking drugs. I don't BTW.

Alcohol is a really nasty drug. It's physically and psychologically addictive (coke isn't physically addictive). Withdrawal can kill you (coke won't), the dose that gets you drunk and the dose that kills you is too close for comfort and gets closer the more you drink. It causes massive amounts of violence and costs us all incredible amounts of money.

Your friend's clear unhealthy drug use is not the same as two cocktails a night. However, if she was taking cocaine once a month and you were drinking every day, you'd be the one with the problem.

It's not the drug, it's the use.

MadMags · 24/07/2017 16:33

I wouldn't do it because it's illegal and drinking alcohol isn't. It's that simple for me.

I'd be thinking random shit like imagine I got caught with it. Nobody's going to arrest me for carrying a bottle of wine home.

In terms of the drug-taking itself, I really wouldn't consider it any of my business. But if it was changing a friend's personality that much, and I didn't like the person he/she was becoming, I just wouldn't socialise anymore!

Notreallyarsed · 24/07/2017 16:35

I have to say I don't drink either since I get murderous hangovers and it just isn't worth it.

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