Triggering (OD) - functional or not functional?

[cocainecalls]

do you ever wonder if you can live life as an addict..forever.
i have thus far. and sometimes i just think i could do it.

i feel like i write better on blow
play guitar better on blow
do everything ever better. i could live like this..



and you might argue that i cant, but i definately could. he lifestyle i aim to have in the future would support it ( writing) im already an insomniac so i guess ill never sleep and just write. which is what i love to do



any oppinions ( i hope i dont sound crazy)

[cocainecalls]

ive been writing long before the drugs. i just find im more efficient on them

[griddlebone]

hypothetically you could,but i owuld say you could have a much better life not on it.but im not one to talk really lol.xx

[phoenix]

there is a great amount of research to prove that people not only become addicted to the substance but to the whole lifestyle that comes with using it. therefore yes i do believe it its possible to be functional and a addicted. however not many people manage to keep their lives stable for very long, nor do they generally seem to maintain their health and well being.

it is a question only you know the answer to, but i advise against such a life.

[typsee]

I think the very nature of being an 'addict', would mean that you would have alot of trouble keeping your substance use within your control so that you could maintain your function in your day to day life.

So to answer your question .... no - I dont think an addict could continue to use their substance of choice, and live quite happily like that for the rest of their lives - not unless someone in authority was dishing out their substance in small doses for them.

[typsee]

Jesuit Priest - I'm still trying to get my head around one of your statements ....

Quote:

The long term effects of cocaine are still unknown, but it is worthwhile mentioning that no chronic drug treatments' efficacy improves over months.

If the threadstarter can forgive me this little hijack for a brief moment, could you please explain what 'no chronic drug treatments' efficacy improves over months'means ..?

I dont quite understand your wording there.

[~KemicalRain~]

well sorry typsee just slightly back on subject i found that when i was on cocaine my music seemed to decline in quality but on other drugs i could write for the world..
but all in all i dont think that people (myself included )could live like an addict forever because of the last few times i have been in the studio and i came back in the morning and i was like WTF? it was just a mash up of noise but to answer your question i believe as drugs and alcohol are used the quality of life declines... and thats from personal opinon sorry if that is not helpful and sorry typsee for taking over your question

[typsee]

oh steve - PLease dont apologise for getting the thread back on track!

I was just wanting to ask Jesuit Priest about that statement I didnt quite understand, if he/she came back here to this thread .... I definitely didnt want to divert the whole course of someone else's thread!

[Painter_by_name_only]

When your gigh everything seems better but once you get off you realize how much it messed you up.

[lexie820]

A cocaine addict that refuses to stop will ultimately end up in one of three places: jail, an institution, or six feet under. One day, the amount of blow you have won't be enough. You'll crave it and you will never be able to snort enough. You will OD and probably die. If you survive long enough, you will run out of money. Cocaine is expensive. Let's say you do run out of money. What then? So you turn to crack, which is much cheaper. One use of crack could kill you. If it doesn't the first time, you will end up repeating the aforementioned cycle and end up in one of three places: jail, an institution, or death.

It's up to you. No. You can't live as an addict. But you will die as one.

[cocainecalls]

i refuse to resort to crack..but thanks for the input