04-15-2005, 11:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-15-2005, 11:41 PM by SetBuilder.)
Quote:Drug abusers hurt many people, not only themselves. Because people are not responsible when they use these substances. Because they can't control themselves while high, or even while between highs.
You keep referring to "people".
Come hang out with me for a few hours. I'll talk #$%& to you for the entire time, insult you, and pretty much egg you on. By the end of that time, there's a good chance that even if you are the most passive person in the world (which I actually am, except verbally), that you're probably going to swing at me. Assualt 4 (in oregon). You're now a criminal. Good job! You must not be a smart person then, right?
I am not "people". I am a person. I have a squeeky clean record. I've probably don't more drugs than you've ever imagined doing in your worst nightmares. I never once did anything illegal (aside from the drugs themselves) in that time. After a while, I quit. Been a few years since then.
Up until two days ago, I was still drinking quite heavily (I'm done for a while though). I didn't drive, didn't fight, and pretty much conducted my self pretty respectably while under the influence. Am I the exception? Or are you focusing on a few bad seeds and creating a stereotype?
I built three servers and 14 workstations for a business owned by a friend's father at one point. A job that earned me about $3K. Part of the reason I made as much as I did was the fact that I got the job done in 1 week, had the network setup, and all the archived information entered onto the servers in that time. I probably slept a total of 12 hours during that time, 8 hours of that being on day 6, as day 7 I had to actually transport the equipment to the business, and needed to be straight. I was more focused and working a lot better with the meth than I would have without. And without, I would not have completed the job.
Now, can you tell me... As I said, I've been drinking fairly heavily recently. Yet been to work, done my job well, and stayed 100% responsible. Doing the meth aided in what I had to get done there. Was I abusing either substance?
If your answer is yes, please tell me why. If it is no, then if meth is not one of the substances that "people can't not abuse", what exactly is?