Opinions - weed etc. vs. YOUR LIFE

[snowfield]

i just have a question.

Does weed and other drugs such as x, coke or what not affect your decision making and how you feel toward important aspects of your life, such as family, spouse, friends etc?

SWIM has been taking weed almost everyday and x/coke every other month or week. SWIM is wondering if SWIM's personality is changing because of it. SWIM wants to know how to control the drug rather than the drug controlling SWIM. you know the saying "you can do it as long as you dont lose yourself with it"? SWIM doesnt want that to happen to SWIM.

[Joe-(5-HTP)]

Originally Posted by snowfield

i just have a question.

Does weed and other drugs such as x, coke or what not affect your decision making and how you feel toward important aspects of your life, such as family, spouse, friends etc?

SWIM has been taking weed almost everyday and x/coke every other month or week. SWIM is wondering if SWIM's personality is changing because of it. SWIM wants to know how to control the drug rather than the drug controlling SWIM. you know the saying "you can do it as long as you dont lose yourself with it"? SWIM doesnt want that to happen to SWIM.

The question is not "how can drugs change my personality" - Drugs affect different people in different ways- it is "How can my lifestyle change my personality" and swiyour lifestyle seems to be pretty drug saturated.

Swim would advise first taking a break from drugs for a week or two to see how this affects swiy. Swim would advise focusing on interests that are not drug-related during this time period.

Think about your lifestyle in general: be very honest with swiyself and self-analyse. Friends, family, relationships, job, interests, beliefs, emotions and whatever makes up your personality should be thought about and that way you will notice any changes for yourself. If swiy takes those measures then, imo, you are taking responsibility for your actions and, furthermore, you should be able to control swiyour habit.

[Richi]

This questions should probably go under the Euphoric Mind forum, or Some for All.

And I'll have to apologize for dissecting your post as such... but it was much easier to answer this way.

Originally Posted by snowfield

Does weed and other drugs such as x, coke or what not affect your decision making and how you feel toward important aspects of your life, such as family, spouse, friends etc?

Absolutely. Psychoactive substances alter an individuals perspective on life first profoundly and temporarily, then subtly and permanently (some much more than others). The experience of something like ecstasy is sure to stay with an individual for some time after the experience itself.

SWIM is wondering if SWIM's personality is changing because of it.

Swiy's personality is has surely changed to some degree, but the question is to what degree, and if for better or for worse. I'll elaborate on my statement above.

Our personality today is in part a collection of our previous experiences. This includes less obvious but traumatic experiences, alongside drug experiences which are notably different than every day life. Experiences have the potential to be good or bad, and influence us in positive or negative ways. They are there for us to learn from.

SWIM wants to know how to control the drug rather than the drug controlling SWIM.

I would think it would be more of a symbiotic relationship, between user and used.

But in all actuality, a drug is a simple chemical that would otherwise be benign, were in not for a muti-dimensional and incredibly complex organism having consumed it. Sometimes individuals can play with the experience, sometimes it just takes them for a ride.

you know the saying "you can do it as long as you dont lose yourself with it"? SWIM doesnt want that to happen to SWIM.

As for controlling the drug habit, I would say reflecting by taking an objective approach to one's life is the best thing to do. Joe mentioned some good things to consider, like taking a break and reflecting on how swiy feels and how he has changed. He could consider never having taken the drug - how would he be different? If he couldn't get the drug - how would he feel? Search the recovery and addiction forum for more info on this.

[Stationary Traveller]

god is a mental problem because it keeps you from facing yourself, facing the fact that you ARE alone in this humongous universe and you have absolutely no importance, or path, or fame and your actions do not affect things on a grand scale and there is no guy to protect you from the "bad things" in the real world. no one cares if you helped the sick and certainly no one is taking notes about your life to later judge you (except all the other 7 billion people). blind belief will cover your eyes so you will not ever muster the courage to accept it all as it is and work from there on, rather than living in a fantasy land that was written by people that you would not even say hi in the street millennia ago. it is a conscious act to fog your mind, bury your doubts and accept things that are not logically acceptable. it is delusion, and sadly for the most part it is self-induced.

that is only my opinion of how religion works tho, if you can find peace with it, knock yourself out.

about the original topic, when you include something else in your life, a new bike, a lover, or anything that is of relative value to you, you change your life. drugs are no different, and you have to establish the balance that works for you. you are obviously going to change as a result of drug use, expecting not to is silly in my opinion because something that is capable of such experience will eventually change the way you look at things.

if anything, swim would say swim is warmer towards people, especially those close to him, and can express his feelings better, be it anger or love. the important thing is this balance, and its different for everyone so swim cant say "smoke x amount every x days and you'll be fine", but when/if you feel even the slightest doubt, just give it a little rest for a while, maybe a month or two and see how swiy feels towards it again and reassess the situation.

[fatkidzonmopedz]

depending on the drug, it will change you in different ways. it also depends on how your brain works and how you already interpret life before you do drugs. also its not a good idea to do drugs if you're doin it because you're depressed or selfconscious, because then when youre sober the depression and selfconsciousness will be more noticeable to yourself and other people around you.

smoking weed excessively tends to make people lazier and more unmotivated, and dont say it doesnt, because everyone that swim knows of has dropped out of school or sits around at home all day as a result. swim smokes weed and is still able to stay in school, though he could be doing a lot better if he maybe took a break from smoking.

cocaine/meth tends to make people a lot more aggressive and angry, they start avoiding people and tend to issolate themselves because they stop trusting people and the drugs of course also can cause a sense of false grandeur (you think that you're better than everyone else and you dont need anyone)

ecstasy can cause a different perspective on life, for swim the next day after coming down he didnt know what was real and what was fake. excessive use can make you feel very dumb after a while and makes it harder to talk.

all in all, pretty much any drug can change you if you do it excessively and for the wrong reasons. swim now just smokes pot recreationally and with friends for the enjoyment of smoking and hes very happy with his life, high and/or sober. best thing to do is motivate yourself to do other things and save the drug doing for a certain time of the day, perferably at night. and honestly dont mess with coke and meth, they are very addicting and can make you miserable, and if you do ex do it very occasionally or you will rot your brain to hell.

[SmokeRings]

And as someone else stated, each person is different and reacts differently, as SWIMs experiences with both weed and meth are completely different than what fatkidzonmopedz described.
SWIM is a daily weed smoker, smokes the expensive stuff, 1/4 a week. SWIM also partakes of meth a few times a month.
SWIM is productive when smoking weed, not always, but for the most part, people always comment on how active she is. SWIM smokes in part to help with her bipolar disorder, as she has tried many scripts legally and nothing works like weed. Never has.
Meth is pure recreation for sure. SWIM smokes it and actually feels only euphoria and happy when using. She tends to smoke quite a bit as well when using and has never been angry, aggressive. She does isolate, as this is one she keeps to herself and the few friends who do it as well. SWIM just prefers to keep it this way, as most perceptions are negative.
SWIM believes that mind over matter is real, and it's up to the individual to constantly assess their use, to use heavier things such as meth, x, lsd in moderation as for her, those things can lead down a slippery road. Weed for SWIM is nothing to worry about. Again, for her, for OP, it could be quite different, just as it's been for previous posters.
Common sense should dictate if you are screwing up. If one lacks common sense, well, issues will arrise. If one feels they are being excessive, then they probably are. If one feels they are behaving differently, or in a manner that they once thought wrong, it's time to sit back and assess.

[Richi]

I don't believe in God. Never have, never will.

Now what?

[Joe-(5-HTP)]

Originally Posted by Tkodel

Ayo i was gonna say if anyone wants help quiting whatever addictions they on or if they depressed or anything. U gotta go to God He will fix u. He says the Truth will set u free. Jesus, the God of the bible is alive and living. If u wanna know Him then repent of ur sins (lieing, stealing, using Gods name in vain, sex outside of marriage, etc) and turn from them. After that ask Him to change you, ask to know Him. He is the living God, if no one else cares about you, He does. He created you in His image with His own hands and He wants to help you. Im telling you jesus is alive, call on Him and He will answer. n go to google and check out my man sid roth and his website if u are looking for a new start.

ight thats all i was gona say -peace

Peace? I hate the word.

In my unhumble opinion, addiction to God is far worse than addiction to coke.

[snowfield]

Originally Posted by Joe-(5-HTP)

Peace? I hate the word.

In my unhumble opinion, addiction to God is far worse than addiction to coke.

why is that?

[Joe-(5-HTP)]

Originally Posted by snowfield

why is that?

Physical problems are more tangible, understandable and treatable than mental ones.

[snowfield]

Originally Posted by Joe-(5-HTP)

Physical problems are more tangible, understandable and treatable than mental ones.

why do you think god is a mental problem??

[Joe-(5-HTP)]

Originally Posted by snowfield

why do you think god is a mental problem??

getting off topic... i shall message u about it