It wasn’t really that I couldn’t stop, I don’t think. It’s been 25 years, so I don’t really remember. I just know that it made me feel different, and I didn’t enjoy that at all, even though my problem was more the concept than the sensation or the fear that I’d make stupid decisions.
You know what makes me make poor decisions and sometimes do things I later regret? Lack of sleep a couple of days running. Lifetime, I’ve had more impairment from that than from any substance!
We used to go to a zydeco/Cajun dance (COVID killed it). Alcohol was a big part of it. IO don’t remember anyone over consuming, but between dances the bar area was crowded.
Well, I did.
I’m going to be 50 next month. Never smoked as much as one puff of a cigarette. I didn’t drink my first alcoholic drink until I was in my 30s. I will have perhaps two drinks a year, never more than one in a sitting.
I have had prescribed narcotics when I broke my ankle and when I had my tonsils out in my 30s. I found it much more enjoyable to watch movies than usual while I was out of work for the two weeks. For example, I remember the 2005 Dukes of Hazzard movie as pretty funny and not that bad a movie.
I’ve been having a progressively harder time sleeping and resting (which is a known thing with menopause) and last month my friend asked if id like to try some gummies to see if they help (legal in my state). She has a sleep disorder and has found that one before bed helps give her distance from her nightmares and allows her to sleep through the night.
She gave me three 5mg full-spectrum gummies to try as she said it may take a couple of times to build up.
Well, it felt nice, not intrusive like I feared. I still felt like me, just happier. Like I was in a great mood… It didn’t seem to do anything for my sleep, but I got a good three days of relief from the arthritis pain in my hip.
So, I went down to the local community-oriented, woman-owned dispensary and laid out my $70 for 20 gummies that are formulated for good sleep and I’ve been taking one a couple of times a week to help keep the aches tamped down.
52 years old here, I think I tried a cigarette once just to confirm I would hate it (and I did).
Have never tried marijuana, mainly because it’d be smoking something, which I hate (see above). I hate even being around smokers of any sort.
I do drink a lot of coffee and do drink alcohol, but not abusively. I might drink maybe 3 times a week, 1-2 drinks a session, which I guess is not an infrequent drinker but also not heavy. I have more than once stopped drinking for a month “just to show that I could”.
No temptation to try “hard drugs” because I like my life and AFAICT those things really only have the potential to mess it up.
I said “no thank you” plenty of times. I was planning on/did join the military, and wanted a clean slate.
It also helped that I have some family examples of what goes catastrophically wrong when you say “yes” and sustain the “more please” throughout one’s life.
Tripler
Still sayin’ “no thanks.”