question: when do you officially....

[makeartnotwar]

have a "drug problem"?
i've been making myself a bit nervous lately. there hasn't been one 24 hour period that i've been sober in the past two weeks.
i've been doing heroin or speed or smoking opium or getting drunk or taking benzos.
then i feel so shitty a few hours later or the next day or whatever,
so i smoke pot to feel better and fall asleep.
[not to mention the fact that all of this is taking a toll on my wallet.]



just wondering what the general opinion is, i mean is there a line that you cross or is it different for everyone, do i actually need help or am i just the average sixteen year old on summer vacation, etc.

[blondiebear]

There is no official line. You have to decide for yourself. If you think you are powerless over drugs and your life has become unmanageable, then you are probably there. You are done whenever you say you are.

[rockaroni]

As blondie said, there isn't an actual line, but to me, it sounds like more than just a summer vacation. That's alot of drugs to be taking, and heroin is especially dangerous and addictive. Do you feel like you could just stop? Or are you taking these because you feel you have to? If you can just stop, please try to, if not, please get some help because you could be doing some serious damage to your body, at 16 parts of you are still developing, especially your mind.

Comedowns aren't fun, and smoking pot will just mask the effects and won't help. (I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, please delete this mods, if necessary) if you take some 5-HTP and drink orange juice, it will help your body whlie you're still on these substances. But by the sounds of it, if you're nervous and having bad comedowns, you're increasing your chances of having a bad trip, and it'll be a good idea to cut back and stop before something really bad happens to you.