Substance use =/= substance abuse. Just because you use them doesn’t mean you abuse them. Don’t let yourself become a slave to a substance and you will be fine.
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Norahh@lemmy.world 2 months agoLook just trust me dont. Sometimes u don’t see what people suffer. I’d love to stop someone from this just don’t!
havokdj@lemmy.world 2 months ago
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Don’t let yourself become a slave to a substance
Goes for a lot of life but, alas, easier said than done.
havokdj@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, not easier said than done. If you can’t handle something without freaking out or getting addicted, then don’t do it, but if you can take some acid without freaking the fuck out, what is wrong with that? Point to me someone who can’t stop taking something like cannabis, psychedelics, salvia, just to name a few non addictive substances.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Are you joking? Yes I’ve a couple of friends though obviously I can’t point them out to you, and thankfully they’ve both quit - though it was quite the process to get there.
I’m not sure if you’re really trying to say cannabis isn’t addictive? Honestly that sounds like downright denial to me, but perhaps someone here with more experience would like to write a good answer.
And “not easier said than done”… C’mon, that’s exactly the thing with addictive drugs, and other things like eating disorders, bad habits, traumatic response… Sure, some things affect some people more than others. Chocolate might ruin one person’s life, and heroin barely touch another. But either you can want to stop, then find it’s hard - even beyond your willpower - to do so. That’s how life is, and psychoactive drugs are particularly prone to that.
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ah yes, “just say no”, the famously effective anti drugs strategy
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Just wear a condom when you take heroin.
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I always do!