Is it true that drugs provide the most intense pleasure possible?

Question

I was watching a documentary on illegal drug use. In it they stated that the pleasurable feeling that one got from drugs like herion or meth was many times greater than anything that someone could humanly expereince. They showed brain scans to prove this. On interviewing people, they said that after having expereinced this ultimate high nothing else could compare. A star athlete said his biggest accomplishment of winning a State title, was nothing in comparision. Another guy said the birth of his daughter felt boring. Other people neglected food, sex, hobbies, etc........all after experiencing powerful drugs like opiates and meth.

So is it true, do drugs offer the ultimate sensation possible??? If this is true how can you fight such an incredible temptation?

Answer 1

Although what you say is most probably true, what it fails to show is the bigger picture. A man who climbs Everest will feel amazing and although it may not compare to the feeling of the narcotics mentioned, what should be considered is that he will continue to feel amazing, and will be continually gratified by his experience till the day he dies. A man who inject opiates will have a momentary feel of euphoria that will pale in comparison to the ramifications such as addiction and rehabilitation, and he will certainly not receive any meaningful social gratification. It could in fact hinder his whole life. Now what you have to appreciate is that a man whose never touched drugs will be able to enjoy all of life's experiences, maybe not climbing mountains, but achieving personal goals, and being that he has no drug induced bench mark, those will be the best experiences of his life, his life will have been 'the ultimate sensation'. heroin and the almost obligatory addiction would just be a dot of unparalleled euphoria on a much blander canvas of life...trust me I know. I hope this has been of help to you ;)

Answer 2

That depends mostly on the individual. For example, experiments with heroin show that most people really don't like it and only a small percentage like it well enough that they want to do it on any regular basis.

There are a few little problems with heroin that might dampen your enthusiasm. Like, for instance, it makes you puke suddenly. Not my idea of a fun evening, or fun people to be around.

Cocaine and meth stimulate the release of chemicals that can be very pleasurable but they also produce a result similar to what you would get by drinking 50 cups of coffee. People get excitable, nervous, and jittery.

LSD sometimes produces what some people have described as religious experiences. Other people have described it as a twelve-hour, overpowering pain in the butt.

The way people avoid these temptations is they first learn that life goes better when you are sober. There are certain things you need to do, and responsibilities to others that really get to be a problem in your life if you don't tend to them properly. In other words, you could find yourself having all these wonderful experiences while you are homeless and living under a bridge.

Another thing is that as people mature, they realize that it really gets old and tiresome to go on one of those fun benders for a day -- and then have to spend three days recovering from it. Three days of misery for one day of fun is not a good tradeoff.

But the major reason that everyone isn't doing drugs all the time is because life is more fun while sober.

If you want to read a good book on the subject, I recommend this one http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cumenu.htm

Answer 3

Helping others without thought for compensation is the greatest "high" you will find.