To ask the truth about your drug use?

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This may seem a silly question but since it’s an anonymous forum I’ll ask anyway. I’ve NC.

If you ever experimented or used drugs, what did you use and what made you choose that drug? I want to have an open conversation with my teenage child about why people may use certain drugs and what situations they will come up in but I don’t have a huge amount of experience on it. I know the internet has information but would like some realistic stories from the ladies of MN.

I did a lot of coke in my 20s. Pills and acid in my early 20s. Was nice on a night out. Now my biggest vice is wine. I don't regret any of it was good times it l grew out of it. Did Meno harm

Just weed. I loved it, loved how chilled out I was (after the initial laughing fits). I sometimes get a bit of nostalgia for it when I catch a whiff of it. I wouldn't smoke when I have young kids, but wouldn't discount it when I no longer have them at home.

I've never had a desire to try anything else.

Never tried anything. Too much of a control freak. I didn't even take prescribed Tramadol when I had two prolapsed discs. I've never smoked so my only vice is the occasional vodka n coke.

I smoked weed a few times as a teenager, like 14/15 years old, nice, giggly, happy feeling - nothing overly excited to report.
Tried cocaine once at 16, and it made me feel like my heart was going to explode out of my chest.
Then I joined the army straight out of school and learned about the joys of compulsory drugs testing, so experimenting with drugs simply wasn’t worth it at that point. A single positive reading and I would have kissed my job goodbye with a dishonourable discharge.

Only ever weed, too scared to try anything else, don't like being out if control. Stopped smoking weed when it went on too long and I felt like I'd crossed a line. Saw my eyeballs walking in front of my eyes, it freaked me out

Hash 16-40. Apart from when pregnant or being taken to court by my ex. Then got pneumonia and could never smoke again Coke twice but really not my bag. Mushrooms as they grow in our fields. Acid a couple of times at uni. E a dozen times.

Loads of friends did masses more but I always knew my MH wasn't up to it.

Was t-total from 19-25. Now drink more than I should. But it's my only vice and legal which is good.

Smoked weed and ate hash cakes as student. Would never touch anything else and haven't smoked weed since I left university.

I smoked a lot of weed when younger, for quite a few years really, I don't think I suffered any ill effects from it, and I really enjoyed it at the time. Even now if I was out at a party and someone offered me some I'd definitely smoke it, it's a lot less harmful than alcohol.

In my teens I also took ecstasy, cocain, acid, base (anphetamin/poor mans coke), MDMA, magic mushrooms and so on. I enjoyed it, not gonna lie. Much preferred it to drinking alcohol and never felt out of control in the way that you do when really drunk. My friends were all doing it to and it didn't seem out of the ordinary.

I haven't done anything like that since I was a teenager though, well except for the odd line of coke here and there.

I very sadly had a friend die when he was 17 of an ecstasy over dose (he took something like 13 pills) and that put me off doing them again. You just never know how your body will react or what those pills have in your them.

Hi @vampirethriller (sorry to hijack thread!) just wanted to say well done. Member of my family was in active addiction for 16 years. Clean 2 years now. I am a huge advocate for awareness around addiction.

Well done. Recovery is tough, but worth every minute. One day at a time.

For those of you who had cocaine issues in the past and have managed to get off it successfully, how have you done so?

Someone important to me is struggling, and heavily addicted. They have tried to come off it before but without success.

I started smoking tobacco aged 11. Alcohol we started experimenting with at 14. Weed 15 or 16. Speed and pills, 17 or so. Alcohol was probably the thing I abused most. I really enjoyed the times I used speed and pills, and weed I always loved. Coke I never tried because too many of my friends became boring as fuck when using, I have enough insight to know that if I tried heroin or crack I would descend quickly into addiction so I never would, I never got the chance to try lsd and think it's a bit late now.

My drug experiences are far more positive than negative. But I know a lot of people for whom the opposite has been true.

Never tried anything. I wouldn’t even know where to get hold of it.

And am teetotal.

I've taken a lot of drugs.
Had a big problem throughoit my teens which I sorted out in my mid twenties.
I've tried pretty much anything I could get hold of...
I developed an addiction to speed/methamphetamine/mcat or at a push cocaine... (idve accepted any of these as a substitute on not being able to get speed)... I would do them for around 4 days straight without sleeping and then use whatever opiates/diazepam/barbiturates I could get hold of to come down and sleep.

I would sometimes take other things such as LSD, mushrooms, ketamine... pretty much whatever was on offer... I wasnt addicted to any of those types of things like I was to speed however... even coke I would not ideally have chosen over speed. I'd take it if I couldn't find speed but I wasnt keen on it.
Had a lot of fun on hallucinogens but they arent something I ever actively sort out... ketamine i did a few times but hated it. Mandy was just something I took because people had it out and offered it... I had some enjoyable experiences on it but again was not something I'd actively seek out.
Opiates were just something I took to sleep after all the speed... I think I've been very lucky here not to develop an opiate or diazepam addiction.. I certainly ran the risk of one. Out of anything I've seen people struggle to come off these things the most. I once injected heroin and absolutely hated it... threw up for what seemed like eternity and was just very confused, not in a nice way... I dont think I respond well to downers... so that put me off ever doing that again for fun
Strangely I never really liked alcohol or weed.
I have the odd drink now days but I've never liked getting drunk.
Speed was the thing for me it made me feel incredible but also absolutely left my life and mental health in tatters.
In my experience different drugs click for different people.. in the way alcohol can be fine for one person but ruin anothers life... I'm not sure you can predict which drug it's going to be... I'd say it's best to treat all of them with caution... something that starts out as a bit of fun can easily get out of control before you've even noticed.

Only weed - I was at uni when I first had a spliff. I just wanted to see what would happen - I never had it loads but It was always around. Mainly in my 20s although I have had the odd toke at parties but not for a few years now.
I rubbed cocaine into my gums but was too chicken to snort it! I knew a lot of people @ uni who did Es, shrooms etc but I never wanted to.,I don’t like being out of control and have always preferred to drink.

I’ve smoked weed quite a bit over the years but never as a regular thing, just as and when it’s been around. I’m not hugely affected by it but dp gets stoned very easily, a proper lightweight!

Tried pills and mdma when I was 17/18 as it was around in my friendship group and it was a lot of fun 🤷‍♀️ I haven’t done any since I was 18.

Tried coke a few times as a teen then did it more regularly in my early 20s with ex dp and his mates. Probably about once a month for a year or so. I wouldn’t do it now, it makes people incredibly dull and self obsessed, and gets stuck in my throat and makes me feel sick.

A big upside with my drug taking was it’s hangover free, but I never really sought it out or bought it myself.

These drugs have all been things I still feel fairly in control of myself with. I have no interest in things like acid or mushrooms that makes you go loopy.

@todayiwin thank you! It's hard and lonely but it's worth it.

Most party drugs - weed, pills etc but coke was my drug of choice until I had children.

I had some great times made good friends and wouldn't change it. I've had no adverse effects.

Now I'm mid-thirties and my only vice is alcohol, but that's a rarity (twice a month)

I've OD'd about 10 times. A couple were on purpose, but mostly accidental. If I really think about it, I'm lucky to be alive. I had mentioned on another thread that I took 50 Ativan (anti anxiety med) in a space of 4 days. I'm only supposed to take 3 a day. There were 1 mg each though. So eh. However, my doctor kinda freaked out about it and said I could have killed myself. I'm going through a rough time atm, so not really sure if it was latent (just really want to off myself or just try to kill everything)

I have severe back problems from my old job and need back surgery so I take Percocet. I've hypothetically abused that before, just to numb myself so I don't have to deal with the way I'm feeling.

I told my shrink the other day, and my husband last weekend that I thought I was a drug addict. It felt really weird saying it. Mostly because I hate all recreational drugs (pot, coke, crack, meth etc) and I don't even drink alcohol. He thought maybe I was, so we decided to go to my shrink and ask her what she thought. I was totally honest and total her everything. Even about the Ativan. Surprisingly, she said she didn't think I was a drug addict and that I've just been triggered lately by my therapist retiring. So, I back on different meds yada yada, and I have to get my new anxiety meds (which is Xanax now) on a weekly basis so I don't OD.

So, to answer your question, I think most people, if not all, take drugs to kill and numb whatever pain they're going through. And, I've never been on coke, but if it's anything like mania it is the best fucking feeling in the world. I quite miss it actually, but I am quite the asshole when I'm high.

Oh, and I've used X (ectasy) once, and it was fabulous. However, I liked it too much and I knew that it would get me into trouble. I would have liked to try acid or shrooms but my head is so fucked to begin with, I think I'd have a real rotten time a regret it.

Best of luck with your kid though! I'm sure you'll both be fine.

I took methadrone a few times as a teen before it was illegal. I found it very addictive so threw the rest of what I had away after using 3 times or so. I took a few other obscure things but nothing serious. Never tried weed or anything else that.

I have genuinely never taken anything other than a couple of drags on a spliff that I didn't inhale. Not even a fag. Lots of alcohol that has got me into some pretty risky situations though.

I had lots of friends that took stuff but I didn't want to accidentally overdose or end up an addict. My mum was a district midwife whilst I was at an impressionable age during the 80's and 90's and I remember frankly terrifying posters warning of the dangers of drugs and risk of hiv literally everywhere and particularly in dr's surgeries. When I was a bit older I was pretty focused on exam results / career so didn't bother. I'm glad of that now.

My husband uses coke recreationally and I think he's an idiot for that. It def changes his personality and not in a good way. He turns into a bit of a knob. Purely anecdotally but my friends that smoked weed in our teens have a lot of mental health issues these days (40's now).

My daughter is approaching teenage years and I tell her everything and try and be very open. Alcohol is a bad bad drug too though (trying hard to limit my intake of it).

@problem. For me, it was very nearly loosing everything. I got sacked from work, lost a lot of friends, avoided my family and then one day, after a 3 day bender and people looking for me I went to my friends house as I’d lost my keys. I remember the look on her face of me sat on her doorstep. The come down had kicked in and I just thought “nope I ant do this anymore” I avoided anyone I did drugs with and focused and surrounded myself with clean people.

I've never taken any illegal drugs and I've never even tried a cigarette. I have had Codiene on prescription a couple of times and with the spaced out 'happy' feeling it gave me I can see why people would get addicted to it. So I'm glad I never really tried any.

Tried weed once, made me tired never again.

Tried cocaine once, one of best nights ever but never again.

Both at uni.
Nothing since

Nope nothing ..not even regular smoking

Prescription drugs only.
I’ve seen the damage ‘only weed’ can cause. Very intolerant of any illegal drug use.