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Taking drugs (no matter which kind of drugs) testifies of brutal stupidity.

It definitely does.

I was a heavy smoker for more than 20 years. I am clean for over a year and I never felt as free as I do now, believe me. It's possible to quit that shit, take the chance to do it.

alcohol is being around since the dawn of time. people drink it an its 'part' of are culture. There is nothing bad about discussing it and remember/trying to remember them good nights out. however people should understand alcohol is not the good night out it is only one part of it, social familiarization i see it the main goal to many people alcohol can help you relax and improve this but it can also do the oposite. (which is alos why i don't drink at home as thier is no socail event in it. if you find you need to drink to calm yourself (non-social) your in trouble and should see someone about it.

However you can become truly addicted to alcohol and drugs. this is bad because you will harm yourself in the long term and die. Its like with smokers half of all smokers addicts die due to smoking relating illness ( got this from some bbc documentary ages ago).

People should the the difference between addiction and normal human behavior. just to add yes some substances are more addictive than others, it also depend upon how receptive you are to the particular drug, so be careful folks!

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god damn you have all that free pain and pressure you could ever wish for and you're just wasting it, pain and pressure are good for building character, not to mention it makes good things feel even better

Exactely what you said here is the reason why my favourite villain from movies is actually Pinhead from Hellraiser saga

http://www.great-quotes.com/quotes/movie/Hellraiser

I have to admit... i did take drugs for a while when I was young just because I had problems and was too young and stupid to find other ways of solving them. I really thought that drugs would work... also hard smoking and drinking. After a while, I started to believe in life and good stuff so I did a little reboot and, with a little help I managed to stop once and for all the drug thing and I also had total control when smoking and drinking. I used to drink only @ important events and with extreme moderation. Also, I had this addiction to start a fight and commit whatever kind of felony so my teenage was mostly spend "in the hood" or at the local police station... but things changed when I realised what life really means. I fell in love and became a normal person once again. Sadly, love went away and old problems got back... However, I kept off the hood and sniff or weed but I started to drink again and smoke a lot. I don't do it because it's fun or cool... it's more like a pain killer for me. I spend endless hours @ night, after a hard working day (because I believe things can be fixed, and I love helping others and fixing my mistakes from the past... yet some things just can't be fixed)... so I play a little blues right after midnight, drink, smoke and cry inside me... I'm working hard yet something brings me down every time I want to make a step forward. Still, I ain't giving up...

So my philosophy about this addiction thing is pretty simple...

As long as you want to survive... you ain't going nowhere with drugs, smoking and drinking... As long as you live, you have the gift to choose what's good and what's bad for you... I made my choice.

It's my painkiller in my quest ... and I'm gonna rott till the end trying to bring a little sunshine for other people. Guys like me don't get second chances. Period...