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I've never been 'naughty' with substances. Have I missed out?

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XavierSaviour · 12/04/2019 21:22

I feel like I have. I know I'll be getting flamed for this post. I feel so bloody boring.

I have never touched a cigarette (okay, not completely true. A boyfriend once asked me to hold his fag whilst he tied his shoe. I yelped in fear it would burn me!).

I have never touched coke. Not even a tiny bit. My dad was very successful and confident and he did use coke as a recreational drug, so I'm told.

Have I missed out on anything? I know lots of people who do still take it and have taken it. My own mum used it to get her through a university degree. She stopped only because of me. And has never touched it since.

People who no longer use it but did always give me a similar answer along the lines of "Ahh, those were the days. I'd never do it now. But it was good".

I know most Mumsnet folk won't admit it perhaps but have I missed out on something? DH took it on the odd occasion when he was younger. He said it isn't worth it. Not really.

Stress is really getting to me at the moment and when I look at someone lighting up a cigarette, I always wonder if it'd be nice Sad I said the other day "Oh you know what? I really fancy a fag". DH looked at me like I had two heads and laughed! Purely because I've never smoked. The same goes for alcohol (I don't like the taste), so I can't use that to unwind.

I'd love to feel 'invincible' like some people claim it makes them feel. Family are always doing it at any given type of party or celebration and I feel like the odd ball. I've never fitted into their confident EastEnd type persona of confidence and sheer sense of togetherness when having a dance or party. I always feel like the 'well to do' one and I hate it. I wish I could let go like they can.

I've never done any of these 'naughty' things because of fear. Fear of lung cancer, fear of a heart attack etc. The fag thing being addiction related, the coke thing being a worry from the get go since I know it can technically kill you from the first try.

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OneTimePassword · 13/04/2019 09:16

Not illegal substances, no. I was too conventional and boring when young and it was drilled into us at school to 'just say no'. I never saw the appeal of smoking either, but my gran died at 63 of throat cancer.

I did drink alcohol for many years though and I cringe at how much time and money I wasted, not being the real me, putting myself in silly or dangerous situations, and having the most awful hangovers.

shitwithsugaron · 13/04/2019 09:27

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ShowOfHands · 13/04/2019 09:29

I have never touched alcohol or drugs or cigarettes or fizzy drinks. I drink only water, no sugar, no caffeine. I don't regret a second of my life and am also not stuck thinking the best of my life is behind me. I've just changed career, have the greatest friends I've ever known who are mature, wise and funny women and I am fit, healthy, happy and hopeful. It never crosses my mind to worry about having missed out. I've a lot of life yet to live too.

I don't think drugs are the issue, it's a wider family/situation disconnect. I'd be v wary of posters who tell you that you have definitely missed out. They're only justifying their own life choices. That's a hefty and biased filter. You sound like you need more in your life and that's possible to achieve right now. What that more is, is for you to decide.

Shiverrrrmetimbers · 13/04/2019 09:42

I’ve had to turn off the ventilators on brain dead teenage ecstasy users in ITU

Babdoc considering the average amount of people killed by ecstasy per year in the UK between 1995 and 2015 is 20 I find it extremely unlikely that you’ve encountered many of these. This makes it rather than the classification of an extremely rare disease....

Catren · 13/04/2019 10:41

If you're going to do something, smoke some weed (a joint, say) or do some mdma or ecstasy. Coke is shit - makes you act like an insufferable twat for a few hours then you have the come down and hangover from hell. Not worth it! Weed will make you giggle. Ecstacy or mdma will give you a rush of joy and you'll love everything and everyone.

I really wouldn't suggest you do either of these on a regular basis to unwind though. Even drinking doesn't help me to unwind as i get headaches afterwards etc. To unwind have a nice cup of herbal tea and a bath, it's much more relaxing than doing drugs!

My disclaimer is that I did lots of pills (ecstacy), speed and weed in my teens and early 20s, only did coke a few times as i hated it. I haven't touched anything except weed in about 10 years, and will share a joint with my dh maybe twice a year now when our dc is having a sleepover at her grandparents. So i'm basically straight as an arrow these days!

Loopytiles · 13/04/2019 11:15

It’s not dull, boring or straight laced not to buy drugs and support criminals.

Wineloffa · 13/04/2019 12:16

ShowOfHands I’m not validating a life style choice. Taking ecstasy and clubbing with my friends in my late teens/ early 20s was honestly a fantastic experience. If it was shit, I’d say so. However, I’m certainly not advocating that the OP goes out and tries some now. As an almost 40 year old mother of two I wouldn’t touch drugs. Too risky and the come downs from E would be horrendous. Also coke turns people into obnoxious arseholes so I wouldn’t recommend that either!

TheQueef · 13/04/2019 12:20

My advice to anyone thinking about trying weed is to go to Amsterdam where you can choose the strength and buy legally.
Don't chance it with a local dealer it'll be skunk.

ShowOfHands · 13/04/2019 12:21

Wineloffa, I didn't mean you. I meant the posters telling the op she had definitely missed out by not doing it. You did it and had great times. I didn't and had great times. Are the drugs the deciding factor or were music and age and cultural and social and geographic environments equally important?

My point was that you can't tell op that substance use was a missing positive experience in her life (you didnt).

Pinkarsedfly · 13/04/2019 12:43

TheQueef - I second that. Wouldn’t touch it here.

RussellSprout · 13/04/2019 13:50

Done tons of the stuff in the past, once you've done it a few times and had the 'experience' its just the same thing again, so unless you are doing it just to know what its like, then no you've not missed out.

I went too far with it and got to the point where I was 'missing out' on normal life, playing with my kids on a sunday cos I was on a come down, or just going out with friends to a bar and being able to enjoy it without the use of illicit substances.

Now I don't do it at all and my life is tons better, so I was definitely missing out more before, when I was indulging, than now.

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