Is it really that tough to quit hard drugs?

Question

I'm not gonna lie. I experimented with meth, crack/coke and acid in my youth (i'm still fairly young, 23), but i have beaten these addictive drugs with great ease. i see kids that have been on the junk for years and to see where they are and where i am is strange to me. i can't seem to quit the cigarettes though. and i smoke the cheeba whenever it's around. but if any of you out there has drug problems, just walk away from it. it's bad news man. it's way too expensive (and risky) and it makes you feel like a couch cushion. but it's totally easy to realize that you are better than that. I have hopes and dreams and i don't think the devil himself could come between me and my life. it's not worth your life. I encountered some 'meth heads' the other day, and i told them i used to use that stuff but i don't anymore, and they thought i was crazy. they called me and my buddy 'used-to-bes'. damn rights i'm a 'used-to-be', and i'll never-be-again. preserverance+determination=completeness

Answer 1

im about the same as you... but im 38. many of my old friends have been taken out or getting taken out by them. coke almost had me. but i dont think you talking to them is going to matter....after alll... they have to realize their own dreams before they can develop the desire to make a change in their life

Answer 2

I have no personal experience in quiting/doing hard drugs, but generally speaking (assuming you believe statistics) it is hard to quit hard drugs. There are always cases of people doing hard drug in large quantities for years and just stopping one day, but it is an anomaly. If it were pot though this wouldn't be anything special as it isn't physically addicting. Also you said "experimented with" which implies that you only did them a little or a few times so addiction isn't really an issue (I know you can be addicted your first time but it less likely) here. I would say that you just have more determination and self-discipline than most addicts would be why it was easier for you to quit. Congrats on quitting drugs but it seems like you are belittling all those who try to quit and haven't succeeded yet.

Answer 3

One word in your story caught my attention..."experimented". It's one thing to experiment and another to become addicted. People who are doing them, even when it's just for fun, do not realize that they're getting addicted. I've been there. Thank God I got out of that lifestyle before it was too late. But my old friends are still in that situation. We all started it together "just for fun". After so much, your body and mind become dependant on them. I know this first hand. My friends are still putting the drugs before their family, kids, jobs, ect. My dad is battling a crack addiction right now. You and anyone else can say it's just that easy "just walk away from it". For alot of people, it's not that easy. Crystal Meth was my drug of choice. I haven't done it in 4 years, and the thought still crosses my mind every once in a while. Congratulations on choosing not to do it. Have a good life =)

Answer 4

Me I'm an addict!
I myself used to be addicted to meth or should I say "My drug of choice". I've been clean now for 11 months. I still get the craves every now and then but in recovery you learn techniques like the stop thinking process. I hit rock bottom and feel great now yeh I've gained 15 lbs. But my children and my life mean way to much to me. That drug is the DEVIL! and it will robb you of everything you have. I dropped all my old friends "meth heads" I look at them today and think "yuck" what was I thinking! and they look at me with such shame because I've got good things going for me. Email me if you'd like to chat!
Jewel

Answer 5

You answered your own question. It's not what you've done, or how much, but how long. Don't do anything in excess. Hell, I'll still can't pass up the cheeba( I never heard anyone else call it that before, except around my neighborhood), but that won't fry your brain, or give you a stroke, or a heartattack. I've done all that and more, and I'm done. Just mean what you say. Take your own advice.

Answer 6

It sounds like you're answering your own question, so, I'll agree mostly with the half of your sentence that reads " . . . just walk away from it." It's just like that much-maligned phrase that former First Lady Nancy Reagan said, "Just say no!" It's another one of those magically truthful realities that only a conservative, Republican American could KNOW was the truth, and could say it aloud, despite how unpopular or "politically incorrect" it was. There's no better treatment anywhere than those words, "Just say no." Now you can add yours to the list of classic treatment methodologies, "Just walk away from it." You're more classically intelligent than you ever knew, huh?!! And I spent 20+ years as a mental health professional specializing in substance abuse treatment to know that. You're definitely smarter than you thought. God Bless you.

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Answer 9

Some people are willing to trade their life for these drugs. Some people die with these drugs in their bodies. Some die from gunshot wounds trying to get or steal or defend these drugs.
Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain
I don't get it either.

Answer 10

You should be proud of yourself for choose life. Helping others to stay away from drugs it's wonderful,just don't fall again.It will be hard,but be strong,you made a big step don't ruin it.
Good Luch to you!