Oh, yeah, I’ll throw in this too. I waited until I was around 24 before I had my first drink.
Unfortunately, that was Tequila. Blech.
As an addendum to the OP, I’ve probably had second hand dope-smoke, though. College roomates, of course.
I’ve never smoked pot, taken coke or anything like that . . . I have no moral objections to it, I was just never interested. It makes people stupid and boring. I hate all forms of smoking—if pot came in pill form, I probably would haver tried it.
I drank when I was in college—I mean, you had to, or you’d get expelled!—but I’ve since developed an allergy to it, and I can’t have any form of alcohol at all, or I get food poisoning.
Now, when I get an injury, I have no objection to being prescribed really entertaining painkillers . . . Excuse me, I have to go twist my ankle now . . .
The only drugs I take are the ones keeping me alive. One of my dearest hopes is that someday I will not need to take them anymore. If I were healthy, I sure wouldn’t be wasting it on recreational drug use.
Never tried any illegal drugs, though I was underage the first time I drank. I pretty much stopped drinking seven years ago, but I’ve only been drunk a handful of times (I only needed to vomit once to see the error of my ways). I tried a cigarette a couple of times. Fortunately, that didn’t take. I don’t think drugs should be illegal, but I have a pretty poor opinion of people who use them.
Like Eve, I’ve enjoyed some very nice legal prescription painkillers, though.
Male, 24. I’ve been around a lot of people who’ve smoked up in my presence, but never actually did any myself. It was entertaining enough watching everyone else.
Oh, and there was that Tom Petty concert I went to last summer. Again, I didn’t smoke up, but I was reeeeeaaaalllly hungry after that…
The strongest thing I’ve ever smoked is a clove cigarette, the strongest thing I’ve ever ingested is Stoli Gold, and the strongest thing I’ve ever taken by syringe is a tetanus booster.
Of course, no one has ever offered me anything stronger …
I’m 32 and male. I am proud to say that I have never once touched any sort of illegal substance and I have no intentions to try any of them. Ditto for alcohol and cigarettes. Some people I think I refrain from doing these things for religious reasons (I’m not a very religious person, just someone with fairly high moral standards), but the fact is that I just simply do not need them. I don’t understand why anyone would want to screw up his/her brain and other parts of the body and lose control of how he/she acts and perceives things. I have seen what drugs/alcohol tobacco do to people and I was long ago convinced of how dangerous these things are.
I’m with Eve, except I kept drinking beer after I left college. I tried smoking tobacco once and got high as a kite, then sick as a dog. No thank you.
Nah, never had any interest in it. I had plenty of opportunities and never took them. I can’t tell you why - nothing to do with anything other than it just didn’t seem that interesting to me.
By the way, we’ve had this thread before and eventually someone shows up and gets upset because all the “goodie-goodies” are patting themselves on the back.
Nope, never touched the stuff, and I don’t see that I ever will. It’s illegal, and I have enough trouble functioning when I’m not on any mind altering drugs. 
Nope never tried any drugs, it never intersted me in the least. I do sometimes smoke a pipe or cigar and I do drink beer but that’s about it. I think I saw what could happen to you when I was young enough that it kept me from doing anything.
Nope. Not interested. I’m 38, never smoked or done illegal drugs. I used to drink occassionally (maybe 2 or 3 times a year), but I haven’t had alcohol for a few years now, and I don’t miss it. (Okay, the occassional margarita with Mexican food, but I’m nursing so I don’t indulge.)
I had boyfriend who was a coke addict and a cousin who basically killed herself with alcohol, but I wasn’t interested even before that.
Never done it. Not interested in trying it. This despite my little brothers repeated offers and assertion that “everyone should get stoned at least once in their life”. I’m a singer and I’m trying to get back into being an athelete. I’d like to keep all of my lung capacity, thank you. The potential benefits just don’t outweigh the potential risks.
Well, for the most part, I’ve never done it. Some friends and I made pot brownies once, and all that achieved was making us really tired. But it wasn’t until I was 21, so I feel alright about the whole thing. Shit, I didn’t even start drinking till I was about 20.
I’ve had plenty of opportunities prior to it, and since then, but haven’t taken them. Smoking out has never appealed to me, so I guess having it in browny form made it a bit more party like. I haven’t done it since, and have no plans to partake in it again, or any other narcotic. Whether that means I’ll never do anything, I don’t know, but there are no plans. The way I see it all now, there’s no point to, I’ve seen enough people fucked up by drugs, and that just doesn’t appeal to me. I have a lot of friends that have never tried anything, and some that do pot on a fairly regular basis, but none of them are judgemental about the ordeal, and none try to force the issue.
So don’t worry, you’re not the only one out there. Enjoy what you do, and if you can do without, more power to you.
I’ve never tried anything more than alcohol. When I was a kid I was freaked out by some of the anti-drug ads I saw and it left an impression on me that I never really shook (it was partly because of my OCD). Also, I’ve never been interested in inhaling anything I could see, like tobacco or marijuana smoke.
In college I hung around with people who did smoke a fair amount and I came to terms with it so it didn’t bother me, but I never partook myself.
I’ve never experimented with illegal drugs. I have to admit that I did want to try marijuana just to see what all the hype was about. I decided I was way too old (at the time I was 27) to start experimenting.
None of my friends in high school or college (I ran with the gorgeous geek clique) ever did drugs (to my knowledge) so I wan’t really exposed to it during the ages when one normally experiments.
not done any dope, but i was at a concert where everyone around me was lighting up, and i had to move because i was getting @$^#ed up, but that is the closest i’ve gotten.
Never smoked anything or used any altering substance other than alcohol (which I don’t use anymore) - and I probably never will. Also, I never drank underage.
I’m already screwed up in the head enough.
Love, Kn(pure as the newfallen snow)ckers
Never smoked anything or used any altering substance other than alcohol (which I don’t use anymore) - and I probably never will. Also, I never drank underage.
I’m already screwed up in the head enough.
Love, Kn(pure as the newfallen snow)ckers
Add another name to the list of the squeaky clean…
Zev Steinhardt