Not all tweakers are bad.

[The_Paranoid]

So when people who have never tweaked nor had any experiences with it hears someone is a tweaker, it's like that tweaker is and aweful person which in my opinion is bull shit. Yeah, there are plenty high intesity users that live for tweak, but in a way that person had it coming for them in thier situation. Get what I'm kind of saying? Like my sisters boyfriend... he's a mad tweaker but his mom and dad do it with him, his older brother introduced him to it, it's kind of like it wasn't his fault. My sister on the other hand became a tweaker and got into it, not as bad as you see but pretty bad and her ass got out of it really quick becuase she knew she had to much to live for. She knew she had to many people around her that love her. I still think she does it, but not high-intensity. Now, I'm the tweaker, but I like to be known as a high class tweaker since it has ruined any bit of my life. I've been doing tweak for 2 years now, I got into it a little but got out, waited a couple weeks did it then stopped a week then did it, that's how it is now. I did it way more than what you would call "occasionly" but I'm not a bad person at all. My grades went higher because for it made me focus more in class, I drink ocasionally and smoke pot once a week but it has no impact on how i'm sucessful in life or it making my life worst than it was. In all honesty, it helped me out in alot of stuff. I'm not abusive, like it sayes you are after you've done it for a year, I'm not schitzophrenic, although I hullicinate when I'm coming down but thats normal for everyone. I just don't feel guilty for doing what I'm doing, just because I know I'm doing something bad but the bad part about it, is it fucking up my immune system, just like how people smoke ciggarrettes or people die from alcohol poisioning. I know I don't need rehab because I promised my sister if I did it once in a period of 2 months I would go, but I didn't.. I controlled it and didn't have bad withdraws or anything. I just want to know is there anyone in this similar situation? Someone who still lives a good life, but is a tweaker but is responsible about it. I know I'm not the only one like that, and I know I'm not in denial because I was in denial when I first started doing it, which almost every person is when they frist do it. I just know that it's not fucking up my life as bad as people would think, and I have a good feeling there is alot of people just like me. I also know, there is people who are loved and get way to into it, and get kicked out of there own house because they couldn't stop for noone. My cousin is the biggest tweaker, i've ever seen. He keeps a gun on his top dresser, 'cause he said if his parents call the cops on his he's going to blast their head off. So noone should take it to offence when I said that, but it makes sense.

[variation]

I use a lot of stimulants, everyone in my work place knows this, but
they don't bother me about it because they know I do better work with
such, and I don't come in late, I just do a good job, and it isn't
causing problems.

[brainwaxd]

the thing about this drug is it's amazing ability to embed itself in
your life almost instantly and without initial conflict... however,
when the conflict comes, it comes hard and nasty.



this is why, in my experience, the people who have had to discontinue
their love affair with it because the conflicts had piled up until
something major had snapped, are the most aggressive denouncers of it
and it's users... they have to hate it with a passion, otherwise
they'll crave, and for some reason, people's pride can be used to help
them beat their addiction in this way



don't be surprised if more than half of the people you hear muttering
under their breath about you being totally obvious used to in
fact be millsters themselves

[DeceitfulGenius]

<DIV>


Well, you're right in part. Not all tweakers are bad, at first. Over the past 8 or 10 years I've used off and on, with any time in the past 6 years being a short relapse (from 6 months to 5 days). I got completely and totally addicted after using for 'bout 6 months in the beginning, and continued my use for another year and a half before getting arrested and detoxing in jail. After jail, I didn't use again for some time. Anyway, my point is that in the beginning I was a really good person in all I did. But, after the Meth took over I became the definition of a dysfunctional and pathologically dishonestaddict. I sold shit w/too much cut in it to get myself a little extra, sold fake shit to the people I didn't like, and ultimately started breaking into cars, writing/cashing forged stolen checks (why I went to jail), and stealing hundreds and hundreds of dollars in merchandise from department stores to pawn or trade for dope. For a while I was doin just fine selling normal dope to keep my habit, but before long I wasn't making near enough money to pay for my supply...and we all know how that can turn out. Deep down, I was still the nice guy that basically cared about people, but that part of me was so depressed by the addiction to Meth that I would say I absolutely was a bad person. I think that after long-term use, use that causes severe addiction, most any speed user will turn in to a "bad" person. I just don't see how it's avoidable unless that person has an endless supply of cash, cause even having a great job will only last so long...it's rather impossible to work a job long-term while using speed. Especially if that job is in an office environment...


Just my two-cents...


Brad</DIV>

[manda]

Everyone deserves respect.

[Jaded]

I take speed quite often, usually in the morning to help me concentrate throughout the rest of the day and i find most of the time it does help my performance. I would say maybe my biggest problem is when your body feels like its been pushed into overdrive and you cannot sleep no matter how hard you try.


Saying that though, there are lots of people who take speed for roughly the same reasons and they manage to still acheive what they want to acheive in life. Of course not everyone is like that...