EPTOn September 13 2011 20:53 Phtes wrote:
Why not quit?
Simply because I had a readily access to it, and I was able to "handle" them better than most people. The only side effects I every really got after coming off the high was being insanely hungry. That was a fine price to pay for a day of enjoyment.
Of course I would say the biggest factor was peer pressure, my best friends did opiates with me so why stop when he is using? Conformity Rules, as they say.
I don't at all consider it a good thing that I was once an opiate user, it is just a part of my history and I have accepted that, "I once was a opiate user, I was able to stop at any time and proved myself capable of such a feet.' Now whenever I meet people and they ask me, "Did you ever use drugs?" I will give them an honest answer, and then explain to them why they should not use them.
Maybe I should write a blog about this.
However the fact remains that there are professionals on both sides of the argument, I believe it's a choice, I've experienced the choice and I made my choice.
Why not quit?
Simply because I had a readily access to it, and I was able to "handle" them better than most people. The only side effects I every really got after coming off the high was being insanely hungry. That was a fine price to pay for a day of enjoyment.
Of course I would say the biggest factor was peer pressure, my best friends did opiates with me so why stop when he is using? Conformity Rules, as they say.
I don't at all consider it a good thing that I was once an opiate user, it is just a part of my history and I have accepted that, "I once was a opiate user, I was able to stop at any time and proved myself capable of such a feet.' Now whenever I meet people and they ask me, "Did you ever use drugs?" I will give them an honest answer, and then explain to them why they should not use them.
Maybe I should write a blog about this.
However the fact remains that there are professionals on both sides of the argument, I believe it's a choice, I've experienced the choice and I made my choice.
To be fair, those are all factors that addicted people will use to claim that they are not addicted. Addiction normally only ends when factors align for it to be relatively easier to stop, or there is a strong motivation. Not saying you are lying about being able to quit any time, its just that I've seen that type of logic before, and normally its a form of denial.
It is a choice, the choice to start is the easy one. The choice to quit is the more difficult one, with addiction as well as the factors you mentioned of easy access and peer pressure. Why do you think quitting smoking is so difficult, when comparitively it is an easy physical addiction to break?
In any event, lets just leave it at opiate addiction from sustained use is a really tough habit to break (as long as you have continued access), and wait for OP to finish his story, or for others to share theirs.
