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QOTD Thread #332- Do you think that people should keep cats outdoors?
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Post by
deathbyte
To be honest, I don't know.
And good for you donny and Ashelia for over coming your childhood.
Post by
FatalHeaven
The thing I am most proud of is never in my life having used recreational drugs. Not even marijuana. I know cases can be made about how it's not a drug, it's a herb. But I classify it in with the drugs based on watching what it's use led to with my brother. I have always been around users of some sort of drug and I have always maintained the "drugs are bad" stature. And I did so without losing my friends. So people who say 'peer pressure' get no sympathy from me. People who say 'I'm addicted and can't stop' get no sympathy either. You weren't addicted the first time and you were still unwise enough to take it.
Both my parents and my brother were users. Today it's just my brother that still uses. So yeah, having grown up around drug use, it makes me damn proud to have been stronger than that.
Post by
Monday
I agree with FatalHeaven 100%. If I had to pick a second thing, it'd probably be the fact that I'm still alive. It's been a tough battle.
Post by
Gorsha
The thing I'm probably most proud of is how normal I seem around people who don't know me well, after many years of dealing with multitudes of mental health issues I always took the lines of "If something i say offends you or upsets you then that is your problem" or "It can't be my fault, I have issues" which lets be honest is complete and utter BS. Now I control what i say and actually think before opening my mouth, and those rare occasions I'm having a very bad day I stay away from people so i cant say something I'll regret later.
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Post by
ElhonnaDS
#92- If you were going to sit down with someone from 100 years ago, what things would you be the most excited to explain to them, or tell them about? What would be the thing or things you wouldn't want to have to explain or break the news about?
Post by
MyTie
Wow. I'd actually be more interested in their life. I'd want to talk to them more about how their lives were lived, than what my time is like.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
Ok, but after that. Like 2nd and third conversations, or if they asked you specifically to tell you what it's like now.
Post by
MyTie
I guess I'd tell them about the counter culture revolution. I'd inform them that some parts of the US have legalized abortion, and homosexual marriage, and such. I'd be interested in their reaction.
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612548
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Post by
hatman555
I love "back in time" questions. I love thinking of taking some sort of technology back in time, and seeing how people of that age would react to it.
I think it would be cool to host
Alexander Graham Bell
for a dinner, and in the middle of it answer my cell phone and be like...."oh what? this old thing? yeah, I should really get a new one." Bamm! Blow his mind!
But more seriously I think he would be amazing in the progress of communication, and in the advances hearing aids for the deaf, technology would blow his mind, and that would be awesome to see.
Cheers,
Hat
Post by
Ashelia
I'd just hand them my Nintendo 3DS and ask them to play some Legend of Zelda: OoT. See what happens. It'd be fun.
Post by
donnymurph
I'd take them into the CBD, and say "This is Brisbane" and see how they react. Then I'd take them somewhere quieter and explain how life has changed dramatically over the past 100 years due to technological advancements. I wouldn't enjoy explaining to them the world politics of today though.
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Post by
Interest
Ask them to give me a penny.
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Post by
Jubilee
100 years ago? Hmmm..........
I would want to sit down with Edward Carpenter and see what is views on the modern LGBT movement as well as his thoughts about the modern understanding of capitalism and socialism. I would want to find out what is was like for him do be considered such an outcast and why he fought for his ideals for so many years.
Post by
Magician22773
The thing I am most proud of is never in my life having used recreational drugs. Not even marijuana. I know cases can be made about how it's not a drug, it's a herb. But I classify it in with the drugs based on watching what it's use led to with my brother. I have always been around users of some sort of drug and I have always maintained the "drugs are bad" stature. And I did so without losing my friends. So people who say 'peer pressure' get no sympathy from me. People who say 'I'm addicted and can't stop' get no sympathy either. You weren't addicted the first time and you were still unwise enough to take it.
Both my parents and my brother were users. Today it's just my brother that still uses. So yeah, having grown up around drug use, it makes me damn proud to have been stronger than that.
Thats actually a pretty big accomplishment given your family, friends, and just todays society overall.
I am (as far as I can go back), a 4th generation addict. Both my father and my grandfather died either directly or indirectly from alcohol and drugs. I actually made it to my 20th birthday without following the "family tradition". Up to that point, I had tried pot 1 time, and hated it. Most of my friends were regular pot smokers, but I really just never cared for it, so I stayed away.
On my 20th birthday, my girlfriend convinced me to try a cocaine / meth combo, with the idea that it would make for great sex. And well..it did. Im not gonna lie. I loved it. All of a sudden, parties didn't have to stop at 2 am because I was tired. At the time, I was working 2 jobs, and maybe getting 4-5 hours sleep a day. Powder drugs gave me the ability to work my jobs, and still have the energy to have fun.
I had a couple rough years there, but I never really fell into the addiction too bad. And when my girlfriend and I split up, I pretty much left the drug use behind. During that time, I reunited with what is now my wife, and we had our first son. I made it 6 years clean, but while my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, I once again found myself working 2 jobs. The temptation was just too great. I knew what the drugs could do for me when I came to an endless supply of energy.
This time, however, I fell all the way down the spiral. In less than a year, I was an everyday user, either meth or cocaine. I left both my jobs, and started a business of my own, which made things even worse, as it became quite successful very quickly. This only provided me with the financial means to support an even bigger habit. It also finally became impossible to hide my use from my family. (Up to this point, I had been able to, somehow, maintain a normal life, while fully addicted. I would even "fake" sleep as a way to hide it).
On July 9, 2002 I was arrested. I had been caught up in a major drug sting operation, and had been under investigation for almost 9 months. I was charged with 7 felony counts ranging from possesion all the way to manufacturing a controlled substance. (FWIW, I never cooked meth, however, I was buying directly from a cook, so I was charged by association)
I will never forget the look on my wife, and my mothers face when I walked out of jail after they bailed me out. I swore that night, in that cell, that I was done with drugs. I prayed that God would take my addiction from me, and that His strength would help me through the hell I knew I was about to face. At that time time, I was not a religious person, but I knew that He was the only chance I had. I was addicted to 2 of the 3 most addicting drugs on the planet.
That day was the last day that I have used any drug. I did not require any form of rehab. I never suffered even a minor withdrawl symptom. I never even felt a craving. Nothing.
I can't say that I am proud of this at all. It wasn't me. It was God. If you ever wondered why I am so sure of my faith, why I am so dedicated to Him....there you have it.
Since then, I have placed a lot of things at His feet. And none have turned out quite like this one. I have struggled financially. My business failed. But when I needed Him the most, when I knew, and He knew, that I could not bear my issue alone, He was there for me. And that is why I am here for Him.
Post by
MyTie
Good job on overcoming all that, Magician.
Post by
Magician22773
Wasn't me man, if it had been, I would still be balled up in a corner with the shakes. Or more likely, just dead.
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