What is or has been your worst drug addiction?

[bcStoner420]

We are choosing our top 1 drug addiction we currently have or had in the past.

If you choose other please say what it was.

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	great choice of poll
	Great topic and poll. This will be very interesting to view the results

[sands of time]

Swim went with alcohol. It's so easy for it to creep into your life, and it's so easy to just crack open a beer, then another, then another. It's also one of those things that you do when your bored. Swim used to drink the hard stuff but things just got to far outa control so swim only drinks beer now.

[psychedelaholic]

SWIM voted MJ as that is the only drug he has experienced withdrawal symptons from after taking a break from prolonged use. He smoked everyday pretty much for 3 months then stopped for a week and as the week went on he found himself becoming constantly frustrated, irritated and pissed off even at the smallest things

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I totally agree that marijuana is addicting. Many people are an denial that marijuana isn't addicting!

[Sasquatch64]

SWIM would say with out a doubt that the withdrawals from methadone treatment were the most brutal than any other I have experienced-(cocaine,meth,benzo,MJ,alochol,H,GMB) I'M not sure if it was the colds sweats or the body aches or throwing up or sneezing 40 or 50 times in a row or the running nose or coming out of my skin or the goosebumps all over that I enjoyed the most. Nice to be off of the government sponsored treatment program. It did serve it's purpose to get me off of oxy and morphine etc for my back injuries.

[old hippie 56]

Over the past thirty or so years I have quit a lot of substances, but them damn cigarettes are gonna kill me yet. Can't seem to shake that monkey.

[anj0vis]

chocolate. It gives me skin problems and weight, I have tried to quite eating chocolate many times, but it has not worked out. Speed, weed, benzos or any other psychoactives I've tried has never become an obsession to me so far over the years.

[sands of time]

As swim revisits this thread, swim recalls the difficulty that came with opiates. Swim still goes with alcohol since it's available at any ol corner store, but opiates can so easily creep into your daily rutine. Basically, they go well with any situation, and it's hard not to make excusses to use. One must exercise extreme restraint to prevent addiction, cause it's one hell of a nasty bitch.

Swim has met opiate addicts of all kinds, from middle aged house wives, to chronic pain sufferers, to the junkie living under the bridge. It's also kinda strange to see the people you went to school with become the latter of that list.... Opiates are great for easing pain, but they also come with a lifetimes worth of suffering.

[bcStoner420]

Good turnout on the voters so far! Everyone has good opinions and reasons for their vote. I wonder if statistics like this will ever be taken seriously and used in any kind of real scientific research or anything like that. What better info than coming straight from the users themselves.

Up until now I never beleived those warnings how nicotine can be more addictive than cocaine or heroin. It probably depends on the person alot but these numbers show Nicotine is the most addictive substance for the most people so far.

[oldman]

cocaine/crack, swims only had contact once in the last 13 years. prior to that it was a living hell for a 2years. lying, stealing, just selling your freakin soul really. boy that stuff gets so deep into the core of your being, you've got no morals whatsoever. had one weak (well defiant really) moment outa rehab a year ago where he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, made sure he didn't go back down that road again.

next in line would be alcohol. people think cause it's legal it's okay. probably most dangerous drug there is. encourages aggressiveness, violence, makes you sloppy, cocky, so hard to just say no more too. it's very sneaky. when you start getting the shakes, it's easy to fix, just drink some. that's when it gets ugly.

Opiates swim has had experience but not enough for the blues. he's had alot of freinds that were good examples of what happens when.... never seemed like much fun.

[morrison]

For swim it is easily meth with coke a close second. Swim would actually prefer coke to begin with but it just became harder and harder for swim to find. Whenever swim contacted his goto person if it wasn't available the meth was and eventually that became ok.

Originally Posted by psychedelaholic

SWIM voted MJ as that is the only drug he has experienced withdrawal symptons from after taking a break from prolonged use. He smoked everyday pretty much for 3 months then stopped for a week and as the week went on he found himself becoming constantly frustrated, irritated and pissed off even at the smallest things

Yeah, swim agrees that is the bitch about weed. With it all is good and a peson can take shit in stride. With out it every mole hill becomes a mountain, lol. The problem with these mood swings is that as a chronic smoker you know if and when you run out, or if you just choose to quit or mellow out on it for a few days, you know that they'll be coming your way and even armed w/that knowledge, there isn't much you can do to stop it.

[Forthesevenlakes]

it was a tossup between dxm and opiates...opiates had some horrible physical withdrawals (that were relieved, ironically, only through dxm use) but at least SWIM didnt get any depression or cognitive effects. but after using dxm biweekly to weekly for a couple years, SWIM had depression and bizarre thought patterns (as well as insane cravings) for two months. definitely ugly, either way. but opiates topped it out since theyre so easy to overuse, contribute well to whatever one is doing, and lead to the delusion that one is only fun to be around when they are accessible.

[deji]

Methadone for sure. Swim has never known withdrawal can get so bad until after he tried to kick methadone.

Although, day to day heroin addiction was much more damaging to swims life. Methadone just made him more dependent on a stronger drug.

Although swim hates methadone more than anything, it must of served its purpose in some kind of painful way.

[-k4ge]

SWIM is pretty sure he is addicted to the sensation of being high.

[hh339]

swim chose benzos alright, what a nightmare to quit and most of all: staying away from it afterwards. swim has taken extreme amounts in the past though, even got to the point where swim took just under 200 mgs of alprazolam over a day and night. warning: doing that without heavy abuse and building up tolerance for soooome time will most likely end in seizures and/or death.

[StigmataLectron]

Originally Posted by Shiacmkmleer

I must say 11 votes for Marijuanas a bit supprising...Swis has a few mates who smoked it alot (a few times a day) and then tried quiting and they didnt seem too bad. Lucky Swis though hasnt really had any terrible addiction storys about himself. Guess moderation always pays off...

I wasn't sure if I should bother mentioning this, but since Marijuana has a lot of votes, why not. SWIM emailed me a while back his story or marijuana "addiction", though as he was writing it, it became long, personal, and off-topic in some parts, so much that I think it's too long to post right here, but uh, the longness and personallness probably comes with the fact that it's about addiction.

http://www.geocities.com/stigmatalectron/drugaddict.htm

[Ant-Man]

SWIM smoked pot in college and had no problem walking away from it (16+ yrs ago), however, you had two drugs listed that carry equal weight as far as his addiction; Nicotine and Coke/Crack. He chose Coke only because it carries heaviest possible reprecussions.

[thatsall]

I chose cigerettes. with opiates second. I believe that my addiction with opiates would have been worse. i think its all due to availability and surrounding. With all the new smoking laws in the states i think this poll might be different in 5-10yrs.

[Ahuaeynjx]

SUGAR ! Of course as a youngin SWIM was completely addicted to refined sugar and it was the worse withdrawal he ever lived... and SWIM used MANY substances including chemicals and natural ones, Nicotine comes close second ! It took cannabis for SWIM to be able to stop eating so much sweets ; funny enough the food cravings given to him by cannabis were of a more natural nature like cereals nuts and fruits, contrary to most people !

Namase,

Ahu

[RPS]

SWIM never had a problem quitting MDMA, but SWIM sure does get those moments that he wishes he could be on mdma. SWIM will most likely start doing it again casually, but not to the extent he was into it before.

SWIM has also tryed Coke and Crack, but only once, as he saw how powerful both of them are and how easily they could ruin his life.

SWIM really understands now how crack cocaine can be so largely addictive.

Cheers,

RPS

[Fantasian]

Opiates, hands down, SWIM is still suffering withdrawals psychologically now from them. They fit into any situation, if your angry, happy, down, up whatever opiates make you feel great until you stop them. Physical withdrawal was one of the worst feelings in SWIMS life.

SWIM is currently on alot of Benzo's for sleep so maybe his mind will change but so far swim hasnt even got a scent of addiction for anything but opiates.

[~lostgurl~]

SWIM voted amphetamines as addiction lasted longer and had more negative effects on SWIMS life.... was also the most pleasurable.
Heroin was a very close second as withdrawal was absolute hell and SWIM could not give it up even when faced with loosing all her dreams.
SWIM loves drugs but SWIM hates addiction.

[VincentVan]

I´m convinced that whomever did´nt click on the "opiates" circle did so only because he has never tried an opiate´s withdrawal.
The effects of a respectable heroin monkey are probably comparable only with those felt by an hard core alchoolic trying to quit the booze, ( I write "probably" because that is the one thing I have luckily be spared).
However , when I read posts like the one by SASQUATCH64 I can´t help wandering: - Why the hell did you go cold turkey with methadone mate? Methadone is made to be used for tapering down. What did you think? Did you have some impediments we know nothing of? Were you given a wrong therapy? SWIM has used methadone to get rid of heroin addiction more times than he cares to remember. Sometimes successfully sometimes not; but one thing he has never thought about doing is to suddenly interrupt his self administered therapy and see what happens.
How did you find yourself in that unenviable situation man?
I´m curious.
VV.

[gargravarr]

Swim thinks he's maintained his drug usage rather responsibly as he hasn't had any major addictions with the more "hardcore" drugs yet. He just tries to make sure he doesn't do the same drug twice in a row and he usually gets off pretty well. His stimulant and opiate usage isn't more than once or twice a week, his hallucinogen usage is a few times a month seeing as how they're hard to come by, and everything else is also a few times a month. Except for of course weed, which is just spontaneous in usage, and he doesn't consider it much of a drug.

But! At one point his mind was quite taken with DXM, and he went through a good binge with it. At one point going several days without sleep or food, nothing but tussin. He still does it but tries to make sure not to do it more than twice a week, which is still kinda bad he thinks.

[VincentVan]

Dear DivaliciOus
your post rise some nagging questions in my inquisitive (read nosy) mind.
First of all: what the hell are the "Pays Bays"? Pays Bas, maybe? If this is the case I´m a bit surprised that crack use has made such inroads into your fair country, here in DK is still a niche product and likely to remain so.
Another thing: if you say that you can´t stay off the stuff, what makes you think that you are not addicted to it?
Is it because you know some addicts and you don´t like them?

VV.

"There are a few other vices besides drugs, but none of them is as decisive".
(Pierre Drieu La Rochelle.)

[VincentVan]

Spun your post makes no sense whatsoever ; besides, that taking cocaine is now very cheap in Texas is surely newsworthy.
Are you sure you know what cocaine is?
Or are you a billionaire trying to get rid of some useless cash?
In this case a good cocaine addiction is surely gonna help you to solve that problem, even if in Texas it´s got sooo cheap.
VV.