Illicate substances. Marijuana, cocaine, acid, whatever you think you need to be a more interesting person. I believe the following to be true: If you need to drink or do drugs to have a good time you are most likely a REEEAAALLY boring person.
Now I like the occasional drink down the pub as much as the next guy and I enjoy smoking tobacco (or at least I feel like I do) but not out of any kind of necessity. I like to unwind and you reading this (provided you're not twelve) can probably relate or at least appreciate that this is part of the nightlife scene. But illigal drugs? Why? They're such an inconvenience.
Find a dealer, empty your wallet, sit in your apartment with the curtains drawn, roll up, light up aaand...
BAM! You are on the most accessable path towards ruining your life.
You might say alcohol can have the same effect and true enough it does. People get addicted, some more easily than others but at least there's the social side; a kind of safety net of peers and people who care about you to help you through. But if you're snorting a certain white substance (which could very easily have held previous accomodation up someone's ass) that 'social net' is gone or at least spread thinner amongst only the stupidest of your friends willing to follow you down the barb-ridden rabbit hole.
I'm saying this to people my age and younger (also I'm speaking from experience): We all get a little curious sometimes but keep in mind the sorts of people who, until they get help are looked down on in society, they were just curious once too.
Didn't mean to write a fully-fledged dad rant there but I do sense some younger type here on the Escapist forums and I thought I might write something helpful now that I've begun posting. Thoughts? Comments? Tales from the crypt?
Now I like the occasional drink down the pub as much as the next guy and I enjoy smoking tobacco (or at least I feel like I do) but not out of any kind of necessity. I like to unwind and you reading this (provided you're not twelve) can probably relate or at least appreciate that this is part of the nightlife scene. But illigal drugs? Why? They're such an inconvenience.
Find a dealer, empty your wallet, sit in your apartment with the curtains drawn, roll up, light up aaand...
BAM! You are on the most accessable path towards ruining your life.
You might say alcohol can have the same effect and true enough it does. People get addicted, some more easily than others but at least there's the social side; a kind of safety net of peers and people who care about you to help you through. But if you're snorting a certain white substance (which could very easily have held previous accomodation up someone's ass) that 'social net' is gone or at least spread thinner amongst only the stupidest of your friends willing to follow you down the barb-ridden rabbit hole.
I'm saying this to people my age and younger (also I'm speaking from experience): We all get a little curious sometimes but keep in mind the sorts of people who, until they get help are looked down on in society, they were just curious once too.
Didn't mean to write a fully-fledged dad rant there but I do sense some younger type here on the Escapist forums and I thought I might write something helpful now that I've begun posting. Thoughts? Comments? Tales from the crypt?
