How Often Do you get high ?

[VK3ZL]

Can't remember when I was last "normal"..I take so many meds each day for things the doc says will kill me if I don't, that I live in a state of absolute confusion all the time..I log on to the the Island often, to reassure myself that my general mental state is nearly on a par with even the most wacky of any of our members....Ultimately, this sometimes leads me to swallowing yet more meds to maintain some sort of lucidity, otherwise I will start thinking I am as insane as the rest of you..

There again I am probably correct..

Bob..VK3ZL..

[WØTKX]

^^^ I get "elevated" every day, by logging into the Island.

Second hand buzz from all these vermin thinkers.

[W3MIV]

Last time I was snot-flinging drunk was about twenty years ago when a Dutchman friend who lives in Canada got married in my house. He and his fiancée (she from here) wanted a simple civil ceremony among friends and we let them use the hacienda for the ceremony and the festivities after. He arrived a few days before, and we sat and reminisced, spun yarns and killed off four or five bottles of vino veritas before launching into shooters of some sort. It remains very foggy to this day, but I well remember the consequences. Ooooooooooof!

I have been pretty much straight and sober since, though I do partake of the occasional imbibition. Daily, usually. Moderation is often a harsh lesson, but once learned is easily practiced.

I have never once been "high" on any drug. I have never smoked a joint, but passed many back and forth at gatherings during which I was sited betwixt a pair of indulging acquaintances. I have never sampled any of the popular paths to nirvana. I have used prescription pain meds on very rare occasions -- one not too terribly long ago -- but I have never gotten "high" on any that I was conscious of. I usually don't even have the prescriptions filled. Perhaps my usual state is such that it is hard to tell? My xyl thinks so, but that's another issue and we won't go there.

I have no moral aversion to their use, but never felt I needed a new "hobby" so to say. So, the poll does not include a category for which I can supply an answer.

[ki4itv]

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I have no moral aversion to their use, but never felt I needed a new "hobby" so to say. So, the poll does not include a category for which I can supply an answer.

haha...hobby...good point.

One of the big things I try to get across to my kids about using drugs (other than health and social risk), is the incredible amount of time consumed by using them regularly. It waste A LOT of time. Mass quantities of time, time you will never get back, and probably won't miss until you turn around and look back.

An often overlooked side-effect with compounding consequences over the course of use.

[w0aew]

Everything's been sorta blurry since 1970. But I was a real wreck before that.

Something about LBJ promising not to "send our boys" into SE Asia. I do remember that.

So what's been happening lately?

[W3WN]

Everything's been sorta blurry since 1970. But I was a real wreck before that.

Something about LBJ promising not to "send our boys" into SE Asia. I do remember that.

So what's been happening lately?

They came home.

[ki4itv]

Some came home.

fixed. :)

[PA5COR]

I missed the option: Never, i could have voted then...

[NQ6U]

I have never once been "high" on any drug. [...] I have no moral aversion to their use, but never felt I needed a new "hobby" so to say.

That was the thing about unapproved supplements for me--it became a "hobby." Not only was I high as frequently as I could possibly manage, I spent a lot of time looking for new ways to get high. And I tried it all; some methods were good, most not so good. The problem was that I was spending so much time either high or trying to be that there were many other things I did not have time to do; getting a decent education was one of them. My life has been a lot harder than necessary for that, so you could say that I'm still paying the price for having fun thirty-five years ago.

So, while I'm with Albi in saying that I have no moral aversion to recreational drug use (and still think that it should be legal), I would say that it's a huge waste of time and human potential.

So, the poll does not include a category for which I can supply an answer.

Same here, really. I picked once a year, but that's not accurate either. Living with a recovering alcoholic, there is no booze kept in the house so I do what little drinking I do when I'm out at a restaurant. However, I do most of the driving in my family and because have a commercial drivers license, my allowable blood alcohol content is .04%--half of what people with regular drivers are allowed. That pretty much keeps a lid on my consumption.

[kc7jty]

Krice, thanks for the tip. Not that I would anyway, but NO FANCY DRIVERS LICENSE FOR ME!