Confess! What recreational drugs have you taken?

By request from someone in another thread, I'm starting this topic to see who will own up to their past drug usage. If you still use, keep it to yourself for your own personal safety.

My own history, with rough estimates of times taken:
LSD (20x full doses, another 50x microdoses)
Mushrooms (30x)
MDA (10x)
MDMA, AKA "Ecstacy" or "E" or "X" (10x)
Morphine-like substances like demerol (10x)
Whites -weak speed (5x, small doses)
Crystal Meth (once, small dose, hated it)
Cocaine (50x, small doses, no all-nighters)
Peyote buttons (twice)
Peyote's active ingredient, mescaline (once, and I think I saw God)
Various downers (too many times to count, my weakness as a depressed person)
Marijuana (200 times? I dunno.... small amounts, and yes, I inhaled, and so did Bill!)

Basically, everything except crack and heroin, and always in moderation cuz I'm a lightweight and I freak out if I take too much of anything. These days, all I take is what I'm prescribed. I can't handle anything like pot or psychedellics any more, too old and fragile. Too much brain damage for one lifetime! Not proud of any of it, though I do think the careful use of mushrooms, hayahuasca, peyote, and other ceremonial hallucinogens can be highly beneficial. Other than that, recreational drug use is very harmful and I know I'm paying a price today for the stupidity of my youth.

beer is recreational, right?
whiskey, wine & Mojo Juice (a Philippines special! )


Seriously, please be careful what you post here. We DO NOT delete posts because you change your mind about what you posted. Think before you click the submit key. It will be out here for all to see for a LONG time to come.

None. And there is no need to confess. Honest to goodness, I'm not a drug user, never was, never experimented in high school or college. All my friends did, I never had the desire. I was never judgemental about it, it was something they chose to do and I chose not to do. Now that I am 45, I look back and see that I didn't miss anything.

Never been a big drinker, but I do socially drink. Never smoked cigarettes. Used to smoke fine cigars regularly, now I'll smoke them a couple times a year.

Gees, I suppose I'm really dull here. I'm like Bob sans his heavy tobbacco use. I tried a cigar during one of our fraternity rituals back in college and I turned 3 shades of green.

I actually grew up in the 60's in a low income, drug infested, neighborhood. I saw it all and it scared me to death after seeing some of the brutal withdrawl symptoms in people laying in the streets.

Does taking protein powder count? At one point in college I was eating a 32 oz can a day.

Oh, I did drink plenty of beer in college. It was about the only thing to do at the small, all male, college. We even had "Beer Olympics". Remember that Bob? Since college I learned that it isn't exactly normal to feel like crap until about noon every day. Now I have a few drinks a year.

Dargo said:

Gees, I suppose I'm really dull here. I'm like Bob sans his heavy tobbacco use. I tried a cigar during one of our fraternity rituals back in college and I turned 3 shades of green.

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I think that the one time I tried a cigar, I thought I was going to die. My dad would smoke part of one everyday. It scared me so much that (thankfully) I never tried cigarettes. To this day, the smell of cigar smoke invokes a feeling of nausea!
Bonehead

I've already admitted I was a part-time stoner and part-time athlete. I've probably out partied most of the Democrats here at FF.
Speaking of which, if you're planning on running for political office, just go ahead and admit you were a stoner and that you did actually inhale. Most voters don't care anyway.

Hey Doc - You do realize that "Mo-Joe" you were drinking in the PI had opium in it don't ya? You old squids didn't get urianalysis back then, so you didn't have to worry about it. They told us not to drink it because it would pop positive on a piss test.

I don't even drink anymore, getting mellow and reserved as I get older, plus hangovers suck, and I've got too many things I want to accomplish in my lifetime to waste it getting wasted. And yes, alcohol is a drug; so you booze hosers out there don't take a pompous attitude toward people who are honest enough to admit they partied with other substances. You alcohol drinkers are druggies too.

Disclaimer: The following information could be total bullshit. Anyone can claim anything on the internet. Music is purple, and helicopter exhaust looks like rainbows. Don't believe anything you read on the internet unless you verify it personally.

For years, military personnel could use LSD because there was no test for it. I've seen damned near an entire battallion tripping at one time over a weekend. LSD was probably the most fun substance I've ever used. Some people can't handle it and freak out, but I had a blast! I've never laughed so hard in my life, and seen so many cool things that I knew were not actually there, but it was great.

Smoked some weed. Snorted some toot. Drank lots of beer and liquor. Knew all along that it was a brief period in my life and that while fun, it was not good for me and I would have to stop some day. Everything except alcohol was easy to quit. Never got in a fight while stoned or got into any trouble. Now, alcohol was a different story. Every bit of trouble I have ever been in in my life was alcohol related. So, in my view, alcohol is the most dangerous drug of all.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it....unless the feds start asking questions; in which case, this was just all bullshit.

Cityboy said:

Hey Doc - You do realize that "Mo-Joe" you were drinking in the PI had opium in it don't ya? You old squids didn't get urianalysis back then, so you didn't have to worry about it. They told us not to drink it because it would pop positive on a piss test.

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Nope CB ...I had no idea. All I know is it would knock you for a loop for sure.
No such thing as a piss test when I was in.
I"ve also drank Jaegermister ....I've heard it has a opium dirivitive in it, but always thought that was BS.
Wasn't cocaine an ingredient in the original coke a cola?

DingoTango said:

Marijuana...and yes, I inhaled, and so did Bill!

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Dammit, I still say that if you smelled the "burning rope" odor - you've inhaled!

Doc said:

Seriously, please be careful what you post here. We DO NOT delete posts because you change your mind about what you posted. Think before you click the submit key. It will be out here for all to see for a LONG time to come.

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Doc, I guess DT is the resident FF equivalent of Tommy Chong!
(and, he's from Austin)

humor_me said:

Dammit, I still say that if you smelled the "burning rope" odor - you've inhaled!

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So that's why they called it burning rope. Way back in boot camp guys would say they were going to burn rope ....I eventually figured out what they were doing, but never knew why they called it that.

Doc said:

...please be careful what you post here. We DO NOT delete posts because you change your mind about what you posted. Think before you click the submit key. It will be out here for all to see for a LONG time to come.

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I can't see the potential harm --- you mean, like if by some weird chance a future employer just happened to know I was the guy who posted that list? It's certainly not a law enforcement issue since the last time I used anything illegal was way too far in the past for statute of limitations, and LE is welcome to search my car (although I hope they don't cuz it's time-consuming and annoying...)

But is that what you're warning me about, that I might regret confessing all that? It's a good warning to others, I suppose. I'm self-employed and have no intentions of becoming a celebrity, lawyer, public school teacher, or politician. I can see how it could be damaging to any of those professions, but all those are already out of the question for me anyway because I owned an adult video production company for 8 years.

The worst thing about giving you conservatives all this info is that you'll use it against me when we're debating unrelated topics. I'm screwed now!

DingoTango said:

because I owned an adult video production company for 8 years.

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Somebody had a video camera running the time I jumped out of a birthday cake at a sorority party on the Purdue campus one time. I did manage to keep my Speedo on, but at times some of the rather large girls managed to yank on it a bit much and I'm sure Willy and the Coconuts were set free briefly. Although I do not plan to run for any office, I'd prefer that that tape has been long since lost and destroyed. And, no, it wasn’t worth the $50 I got paid for the job! It seems that the fattest and ugliest girls are by far the most aggressive!

Dargo said:

...Willy and the Coconuts were set free briefly....

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That's the best expression I've ever heard!!! Willy and The Coconuts, gotta remember that one

Doc, I see the problem, I just tried to edit the original post and forgot that there's some kind of time limit on editing your own posts. Oops! So, there it is, for the rest of my life. But the same info could be more easily obtained by asking anyone who knows me well. Even my own Republican Episcopalian mother knows my history, and she's amused by it. Her attitude is "I'm glad you didn't tell me at the time!"

hmm, Well, in high school I tried sniffing glue, does that count? Ugh.. Gave me a headache didn't do it again. I smoked cigarettes for about 10 years and quit that too. But, now, I do like my beer..Bud Light in fact, in case anyone is interested.

Dargo said:

I'm sure Willy and the Coconuts were set free briefly.

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To funny Brent. Sure made me laugh. You come up with some good ones for sure.

DingoTango said:

Doc, I see the problem, I just tried to edit the original post and forgot that there's some kind of time limit on editing your own posts. Oops!

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FYI .... you can edit your post without having the edited by message for 10 minutes after you've posted it. You have a total of 60 minutes to modify your post, but after the 1st 10 minutes the message will show up that you edited it.

Dargo said:

Although I do not plan to run for any office, I'd prefer that that tape has been long since lost and destroyed. And, no, it wasn’t worth the $50 I got paid for the job! It seems that the fattest and ugliest girls are by far the most aggressive!

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Dargo,
It's those "fattest and ugliest" women (you know, the one's who NEVER get dates or phone calls) that will be the ones who archived the tape for "fun" later. Have you been stalked today?

DingoTango said:

I can see how it could be damaging to any of those professions, but all those are already out of the question for me anyway because I owned an adult video production company for 8 years.

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Bigdog in another thread was stating he wanted to be a porn stare in another thread here but lacking the tools??? Maybe you could give him some pointers??

A story that always brings a smile to my face.

Had a five hour drive to a state park to meet a couple of buddies I kayak with. "In those days" I drank. Five hour drive and I did "drink a couple" on the way to "camp". Pull into the state park, driving around looking for these guys, I finaly find them. Pull up, get out of the car and they are both on chairs around the picnic table provided by the state.

Keep in mind, I've had a few (wrong, I realize, you SHOULD NEVER drink and drive, and I realize the errors of my ways).

Come walking up after I grab a six pack from the car to bring to the picnic table.

I look on the picnic table, there are mushrooms, nitrous (sp?) whippets and bud galore and these guys are really feeling no pain.

They look at me with the six pack and say "dude! this is a state park, alcohol isn't permitted here, get it out of here before we get busted!".

I thought

End of story

Looking over the various drug terms you guys have used, I am feeling pretty stupid because I have not even heard of many of these. I suppose that may be a good thing? Then again, with a kid growing up, I suppose I should be more aware of what drugs are actually out there in the world that I don't want my daughter to use.

B_Skurka said:

Looking over the various drug terms you guys have used, I am feeling pretty stupid because I have not even heard of many of these. I suppose that may be a good thing? Then again, with a kid growing up, I suppose I should be more aware of what drugs are actually out there in the world that I don't want my daughter to use.

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Bob, since I don't have any children of my own as of yet, only thing I can suggest is to continue to love your children as you do.

One of the biggest reasons that got me to look at my issues with alcohol was the unconditional love of my parents.

That meant more to me than anything else in "my world" at the time when I thought I might actually dissapoint my parents.

Took me some time to realize how much my parents loved me, and now that I'm older, I still feel somewhat guilty for what I put my mother through, in particular, but in the end, everything worked out, which I'm grateful for.

"Life" to some extent is "a roll of the dice".

Bob, its probable she will come into contact with such things, you just goota make sure she stay away.

Do you guys have drugs education type stuff in schools and such? Here they teach about the dangers and stuff in schools. If she is as intellegent as her father (am I scoring points here? ) she'll know to keep her distance

Wow, do we have a pristine bunch of goody-goody's here or what? . Looks like me and DT are the only confessed (read honest) stoners. DZ never said whether or not he embibed in the mushrooms. Well, DZ, did ya?

I think there are a lot more stoners here than will admit it. Having not smoked marijuana is usually the exception rather than the rule in most groups, so, come on people, fess up. You can admit when you were at that party feeling no pain from the booze that you toked that doob that got passed to you.

Where's Bonehead? I bet he was a Stonehead once.

Big Dog, you old metal head wanna be porn star; fess up!

OK people, grab a beer, loosen up those fingers and type us a funny stoner story.

Cityboy said:

Big Dog, you old metal head wanna be porn star; fess up!

OK people, grab a beer, loosen up those fingers and type us a funny stoner story.

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Alcohol - BEER, wine and Turkey
Pot
Coke
Acid
Speed
Qualudes
Mesc

I really enjoyed a lude and a six pack (ok, 12 pack).

All I do is drink now, if a blunt goes by every now and then I consider.....

Kids and drugs

Mith said:

Bob, its probable she will come into contact with such things, you just goota make sure she stay away.

Do you guys have drugs education type stuff in schools and such? Here they teach about the dangers and stuff in schools.

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This is all opinion on my part, but I think the biggest problem parents and kids have with drugs is that many parents are disconnected from their children to the point where their own child could sit at the dinner table while tripping on LSD and the parents wouldn't even notice. Most of you will say "That's impossble, wouldn't ever happen to ME, I'm a good parent!" Every parent says that.

My parents were "good parents" and brought me up with a fine conservative religious upbringing in a nice house, and I'd just say I had allergies if they asked why my eyes were red. But my drug use never affected my personality, school work or social life the way it can if a kid regularly uses certain very dangerous drugs like exstacy (bad bad bad stuff, and almost never pure so you don't know what you're really taking).

Drug education in school is often idiotic in the USA, depending on the state and the school district. Kids get plenty of it, and instead of telling them the truth they mostly use scare tactics. Some of the things they say are lies, and that can backfire because it undermines the credibility of the adults who are supposed to be educating them. Too much hysteria, not enough useful information.

My advice to parents is to LISTEN TO YOUR KIDS and don't freak out about drugs. That way there's a slight chance they'll be honest with you. If you freak out and yell at them for smoking a joint, guess what --- they'll resent you and probably go smoke more joints but they'll get better at hiding it. You can't control them, you can only try to stay connected and the best way to stay connected is to listen and not judge them or lecture them. And if you chain-smoke or drink too much and then tell your kids not to do drugs, I'll put money on them doing drugs in response to the blatant hypocrisy that they see taking place in their homes. And they'll learn how to hide their vices from the way they see you hiding yours.

I keep wanting to have a nice Cuban cigar, but my dealer didn't come through this summer.

Every parent has their own way of educating their children about drugs. Many parents don’t or don’t care.

I never lectured about the legality or danger (kids think that’s corny). My method was to ridicule drug use, and make sure my children knew I had **ZERO** tolerance (I’ve never used drugs).

I never gave my children a curfew (which they resented). They could stay out as late as they wanted as long as they had something to do, AND they were not so exhausted that they couldn’t talk with me for 5 minutes before going to bed.

When they did get home, I was always awake. I insisted on the 5 minute chat (Q&A), and a kiss goodnight (so I could look in their eyes and smell their breath).

If I ever had a suspicion, I was not above tapping the phone, searching their room, or having them followed (without their knowledge).

I did have a problem with the youngest when she was 19. That was quickly nipped in the bud.

DaveNay said:

I keep wanting to have a nice Cuban cigar, but my dealer didn't come through this summer.

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Why ask a dealer to jeopardize his business?

Don't you know anyone visiting a country were Cuban cigars can be bought?

DaveNay said:

I keep wanting to have a nice Cuban cigar, but my dealer didn't come through this summer.

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Yeah, Dave, you're a metal head; how many Columbian hand-rolled hooters did you smoke while cranking Quiet Riot, Ratt, White Snake & Twisted Sister? Fess up buddy.