Is it possible to avoid illegal drug use?

JustAThought wrote: »

when I think back on the few who used drugs in school they were the ones that were mediocre, disruptive, often problematic and who achieved nothing where most others succeeded. Same in college - the new pot heads dropped out or typically failed, or couldn’t hold a job or the normal friendships everyone else had, usually went on to doss and be ‘alternative’ after - read unemployed - and drifted into a medioce social welfare dominated life. Same in work - those who were high achieving and partying with ‘proper’ drugs couldn’t sustain it and usually moved jobs downwards or left and didnt achieve the same success elsewhere . Having had a broad circle of friends the denominating factor in people slowly leaving them and their demise seems to be the unsustainable partying and drug use.After a certain point people just dont want to be associated either socially or in work with drug users - they have too much to lose and the return isnt worth it. I have a few ex friends who have serious mental health problems following prolonged cannabis use at college and porper drug use in professional life - MDMA, cocaine, cocaine - they never made it and never will - scitzophrenia, bi-polar, suicide, brains fried in serious drugs, devoured their way through a house ( or two) in drugs and losing jobs, spending like there is tomorrow - its been hard to watch and even harder to see their futires and families destroyed and partners and loved ones clinging on hoping where everyone else walks away and knows it is a wasted life and a dead loss. Sure drugs are great if you can manage them and if youre lucky and if you dont fry your brain and if you dont get caught drink driving when also high and if you can hold down a job and hold up an errection - but many cant, and don’t amd get trapped in an addiction that slowly destroys their hopes and drems and errodes their minds and lives and friendships and partners desire to be with them anymore. Its really not worth it. After all, there is dopamene highs from sport and success and alcohol.

Hoop66 wrote: »

I'll have what he's having...