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What piece of wisdom about life are you able to provide others? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by doesitwork@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’ll go first You can do it alone but you’ll run into problems. Others that have been through it have solved those problems. Ask around if you recognize a problem and you’ll most likely receive the best solution

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[–] RomanRoy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You can try drugs if you want, but most often than not they will become a problem for you.

I embarked on a crusade to prove everyone wrong about cocaine and how it was villanized and there's only a social stigma around it. Things I found out eventually:

1 - I wasn't able to undo anyone's opinion about it, like at all. In fact, I probably enforced the stigma to people around me.

2 - I eventually made a new opinion on it on my own.

3 - Once you get fucked, you get fucked. I wasn't even the most fucked guy because of it, but it certainly fucked me up and still does.

The thing about drugs is that they ARE good. People need to talk more openly about that, because going the "don't do drugs, you have no benefit from it" route is a mistake. It fills anyone with curiosity and makes it confusing. If it's so bad, how can people not just drop it?

But the price is high. I'm talking mainly about cocaine here, but the same applies to alcohol and cigarettes, which are also a problem for me.