not necessarily an advice thread, but would like to hear from people who are straightedge (not taking recreational drugs, sometimes not even alcohol). I haven't done any, despite growing up in a relatively liberal country where soft drugs are decriminalized and have been for a long time. What I think stopped me from experimenting with drugs was the fact that, despite getting along with people at my school, I didn't really have any social life outside school hours, so there was almost no peer pressure on me, and by the time I became more social (which was very scant, anyway), I simply never felt the need to take anything, as it was not a part of my experience. I still feel that way now.
Are there any other snobs out there that don't do drugs? How do you think it happened? Is there a reason (inb4 degeneracy)? Do/ did you feel any peer pressure now/ then? Would you try things with the right people, mindset, or do you think you'll always be straight-edge?
Thanks for your time and pic not related.
i used to drink alcohol occasionally. now it's down to maybe one glass of wine and a beer in one year. i have smoked weed two times. it was ok, but not mindblowing. nothing else. i never felt any peer pressure. i just politely declined when offered anything and that was it.
when i was a teen i once had a bad experience with alcohol and then didn't touch a single drop for 7 years. my dad is a heavy smoker/drinker and i guess i'm a bit a burned child here.
yes, i would try with the right person. aka with my bf. mainly because i love sleeping with him and i would really fancy to know how it feels to have sex with him when we are both high. but i don't think i would go further than weed and alcohol.
I've never had more than two drinks at a time, and other than prescribed stuff I've never done any drugs.
Mostly it's because I am super religious, and because drugs cost money and I don't have it. Besides, my head's a fucked-up enough place without adding illegal drugs to the mix.
I was drunk only once in my life and I'm not really planning on doing that again. I don't take drugs cause honestly I'm afraid what I would do when I'm not in total control over my body.
>>16972637
I have never done any drugs and never drank any alcohol either and I was the same as you in regards to social life in school. I think the "no drugs" special lessons in middle/high school really stuck with me and I also have this mild fear of not having control of my own actions and the way drugs and alcohol can fuck with your brain, even if it's just making you a bit more uninhibited in the case of alcohol, really turns me off from the whole thing.
I don't have any social life right now so no peer pressure, but I like to think that if there ever is some I won't give in and always stay a straight edge guy.
>>16972637
I think people here are in the same boat as you, straightedge by social situation.
My parents were both heavy substance abusers and my childhood sucked dick because of it. As a result I don't like to be around people who are drinking/doing drugs and the thought of doing them myself makes me itchy. I'm friends with people who aren't totally straightedge and I respect their right to do whatever and generally they respect my desire to not be around when they do it.
>>16972637
one of my friends is straight edge, he doesent drink, do drugs or have casual sex. His dad was a drug dealer that had drinking problems, this discouraged him from getting involed in anything associated with drugs or alcohol. He is really quiet and the complete opposite of what you would expect from someone brought up in his environment.
I'm also some kind of straight edge and I haven't really felt advantaged of being drunk. Honestly, most of the times when I drank alcohol, it was an attempt to numb fears, the feeling of being not wanted or useless, or just to forget some painful stuff. Probably I'm not able to associate many positive things with it, but sometimes there seems to be peer pressure indeed. That is why I also appear to have a smaller circle of people to be around and do things that don't necessarily include drinking or doing drugs. I mean, everyone can do it, but no one should have to.
>>16972637
I used to abuse any substance that came my way. Eventually stopped and went straight for a bit, these days I drift back and forth. Can't really keep away like I want to.
There must be something satisfying about knowing you don't need feelgood poisons, but that's not me. Peer pressure is a huge factor in whether or not I do something. Even if there's no active encouragement, just being around people who have drugs and would happily do them with me pushes me over the edge. Yet I might be alone and really itch for a glass of wine, then another, then another...
Most people who don't take anything never had the opportunity to. Lucky for them, I'd say. I was 16 when I first had a sip of alcohol, which is increasingly uncommon in my homeland.
>>16972809
>homeland
pakistan?
>>16972637
The purpose of all drugs (except maybe LSD) and alcohol is to smooth out the rough edges of reality and make everything a little (or a lot) dreamy - in effect, to reduce consciousness.
I make no value judgment about that except to note that some people like full consciousness and prefer to be functioning at full steam.
Personally, I don't like the taste of alcoholic drinks, but I'm sure I would have overcome that if I were looking to turn off my brain. I really like being fully aware, though, so I have no motive to get drunk or stoned.
>>16972637
People call me strait edge but I never looked for the title, just fell into it. I might be unique in that all my friends are mostly functional drug abusers. We get along quite well and they usually end up depending on me to be the responsible one. I have been drinking a bit and I dont knock it. Been what I would call drunk (not just buzzed) 3ish times(for the first time) in the last two weeks and I think I get it now. Does wonders on my anxiety. When things get to far along I start encouraging people to drink water/make sure they dont fuck up on the way home. Thats why I still haven't had a hangover or gotten sick I think. I think Ill keep drinking(with water on hand) just to start the night. The problem is so many people loose their decision making skills and want to end the night with a drink. Makes little sense to me.
I get a lot of high fives and fist bumps when I am the responsible one; and even when I turn down weed when it gets passed. They act like they wish they were in my position too. Its weird. Maybe I just hang with nice people. Tattoo artist local musicians mostly, some comedian guys. Open mic night people around here have a weird balance of substance abuse and lack of self respect/confidence. Maybe thats a factor? Fuck I dont know. Either way I still have fun.
I can't stand the taste, no matter how much I can force it. So I can never get drunk, because I can never take enough.
As a result I never really go out to clubs or bars, and I suck at parties (I'm shy and introverted). I've lived my whole life away from others, because, well, seems everyone uses booze as a crutch to socialise. Yeah, I'm kind of jealous.
My question to other tee-totallers for whatever reason they choose.... how do you socialise?
...shit that sounded sperg...
I don't take drugs never have never will. I also barely drink, only on a rare occasion or holiday. I think it was because I saw my older brother doing drugs, and my uncle died when I was young from a drug caused heart attack. I'm not really sure though I've just never been interested in them. I think I like being in complete control of myself and addiction is scary. I felt peer pressure in high school a lot but I never succumbed to it. I think I'll be straight-edge for a long time, maybe when I'm very very old and have nothing left to lose I will.
>>16974427
>that sounded sperg
thats because it is sperg
live life you fucking nitwits... its there for you to live it.
>I don't like the taste
neither do I. I drink because of what it does, not how it tastes... it makes you feel like superman. Smoke a joint, take a few shots, and tell me you don't feel better. If you do, you are lying.
Who doesn't want to feel great all of a sudden sometimes?
If I knew you personally, I'd kidnap you and force you to get high and drunk, then I'd drop you off somewhere.
>>16972913
Speed does the opposite and makes reality more concrete and surmountable.
Never took drugs and never drank alcohol, I was your average edgelord teen too back in highschool, I skipped a lot of school and broke things. Got in trouble for doing things I was not supposed to by adults and parents and got shit grades. I talked like a stoner and was really friendly towards any male and respected any choice they made and was never judgmental. I loved the girls who were slutty too. I didn't need any substance to have fun or be someone I was not or all the reasons in the world to take any of it, it was simply boring if I need that stuff to have fun. I knew who I was and I was not insecure or unimaginative to do things while sober. Being straightedge gives me the motivation that I can do anything I choose to, very similar to how meditation works in my opinion. Now that I go to the gym 5 times a week and positively will never stop I will remain straight edge.
