Taking risks to enjoy life.

Recently I had a very horrible week and I coped with this week by taking a large dose of DXM. Now most people would say "what?! DXM do you want to have heart problems, brain damage, etc."
I don't care about the risk, I do what makes me happy. I'll admit it isn't the safest drug to do. Well this last time I did it I really did a number on my body. I have had chronic chest pains since I took the dosage and I also have a few stomach ulcers. The doctor told me I did really mess up because my kidneys, stomach, and liver are messed up. I am 19 so I have "doctor patient confidentiality" so of course I told him what I did. He began to insult my life choices. he also told me I might be "depressed" but I can not take antidepressants because it would only harm my body more due to the damage I've done.

I told him this "Anything you want to do in life requires you to take risks. Those hours I was "high" I enjoyed life more than ever. That chance I could die is worth it because I would die happy."

He begun to say that i should reevaluate my thoughts. He wrote me a few prescriptions and I left the office feeling insulted.

Now, my question. "Is life about taking risk to be happy? The man who takes out a bank loan to start a business to better his life is taking the risk of going bankrupt. The man/women who climbs high mountains is risking his life for the joy of climbing. I'm risking my life to enjoy this "high" I get. Why is that bad? why is that once drugs come into play it becomes frowned upon? Is there a fine line I can't see? Do you agree with me or do you agree with the man sitting at home watching tv scared to experience the world and true happiness?"

 

"To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with ones ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone."
Bruce McLaren.
August 30, 1937 – June 2, 1970

 

I really like this quote, thank you for sharing it.

 

I think that it's okay within reason... Taking drugs just so that you can enjoy life (in my opinion) is an incredibly stupid thing to do and shows that you're really not living life to the full - find a hobby, go out more, see family, do other stuff to make your life fulfilling. I make my life enjoyable by going sailing and surfing, going to parties and seeing friends. I could drown while sailing or get knocked out by my surfboard or get stabbed at a party or get mugged on the way to see my friends, but the chance of death, injury etc. occuring in those situations is far lower in that it is in drugtaking. There are almost certainly other things you can do to make you as happy as drugs do without the negative consequences.

 

I can't respond to this from a drugs perspective but you're only 19.

I understand your YOLO point of view towards life but you have the whole world ahead of you and can't let go of it to Dextromethorphan (sorry I'm a chemist).

 

Life's about doing whatever makes you happy. You don't need to take risks if you're comfortable with the way things are.

The "risk" you're taking is destroying you, no matter how happy it makes you feel. The risks those people made are constructive. They're going out and making something of their lives.

What have you done? (I'm not being sarcastic, it's a serious question)

Lying around fucked up isn't "experiencing the world" or true happiness.

I'm not trying to bash you, but come on man. You need to find happiness within yourself, without drugs. No matter how high you get, you'll always come back down to the same problems you had before, unless you confront those problems first (I hate to sound like a preacher, but it's true).

Also, why DXM lol? There's much better drugs out there

 

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All I have to say. If you want drugs and stuff that bad go for it, but to me it sounds like your looking for the easy was out and your body is fucked up now and you enjoy that? If so great.

 

Why would someone want drugs and stuff lol, no point bro

 

There is a difference in taking risks with a bank loan to start a business as there isn't the large chance that it is going to kill you, whereas abusing drugs so that it injures yourself isn't enjoying life - it is wasting it. I can understand using drugs if you are going to get creativity out of it or be a productive member of society but being stupid and taking stupid risks that doesn't advance you as a person is just being stupid for stupid sakes. I mean go ahead and kill yourself with drug abuse, at least my tax money won't go to pay for you when you are broken, desperate, or imprisoned.

 

You take risks everyday for example crossing the road is a risk.You would most likely go on a green light and not get run over while a red light the possibilities are higher.We take risks everyday in our normal life just depends if we win that risk in the situation or f were in the favor of the risk

Thanks,
DrDre

 

I think the doctor was trying to set you straight. you should not destroy your body like that, you want more good times to come man

 

I think the risk you take is too far to enjoy life but that's just one person's opinion. For me, to take a risk to enjoy life is doing bungee jumping, jumping out of an aeroplane with a parachute, not doing drugs.

 

It is what it is and I feel you.
But if you want to try crazy intense drugs, try some that won't completely harm your body, like DMT, look it up if you've never heard of it.

 

i disagree with your statement complete, I do agree with the you should do what you want in life to be happy, but I mean risking your life, and shortening your life by getting high off drugs, i can see weed and stuff, but the affect of weed on your body is a lot less significant, I just dont agree with Be happy and have fun for a few hours to throw away years of our lives.

 

DXM isn't that harmful, other active ingredients in the medication I took harmed me.
Lol the good old "Stick with weed, bro" I can't do weed, I never liked dropping over $350 on a oz just to be "mellow" for 2 hours.
If you are gonna risk doing drugs, do something legal and worth the money.

Hey if your life views are to not take risk like I do, that's your choices. wether I die today or tomorrow, I plan to die doing what I like to do.

Also please don't say "blah your family" I honestly have a really troubled childhood and even at age 19 I haven't spoke with them in 3 years. Not my choice, there's.

Also how is risking you life climbing a mountain not the same as risking you life doing a drug? they both make the other person happy. what is the difference? they both have a huge risk of death or damage to the body. you can not say they aren't the same.

 

I underlined the difference. I'm not here for exactly a debate, but I thought I could answer this part.

Climbing a mountain does not have a "huge risk of death or damage to the body" compared to what you just did. It's not guaranteed to, and you climb it not expecting anything as such to happen to you. Your case is you knew what would happen, and you still went through with it.

Climbing a mountain is also an achievement for others, bragging rights and being able to prove something to yourself. Whereas doing what you did isn't much of a bragging right or an achievement to say the least. "I did drugs, it ruined my body and shit, but I'm still alive!".

Climbing Mount Everest, for example. There is a risk of death, but it's not exactly "huge". I'm sure it would do damage to your body as well. But if you do it, that would be an awesome achievement in life. You proved something to yourself and everyone else who didn't think you can.

 

sure your having fun now but abusing dangerous and addicting drugs will just make you end up homeless. No job, no family and no one will care because you steal and lie from the ones you love.

So no risking drug addiction just to be happy now, will not make you happy later on.

 

Why are you questioning wether its bad in the first place?

You know the anwsers yourself. Your convincing others of something you don't believe in, only a fool does that.

 

I agree 100% about taking risks... how would you know what's good / bad otherwise?

 

you should take risks, within reason.

dont risk your life on trivial and passive good feelings with no accomplishment involved.

the difference between you taking risks getting high and climbing a mountain or taking a loan for a business is they are risking their lives for something better in the future.
the mountain climber gets the prestige of saying they climbed that mountain.
the one who takes out a loan gets to say they have a better quality of life if they succeed.
if the mountain climber fails, they failed trying to actually achieve something.
if the person who takes out a loan fails, they failed trying to permanently make their lives better, not passively.

for you, it seems as if there is no permanent increase in ur quality of life nor any achievement involved. as such, i dont believe the risk is worth it.

it seems to me like you arent taking into account what happens if you fail or succeed with ur risks. if you succeed, and have few health problems, you're still left as you were when the high wears off. if you fail, and you have increasingly worse health problems, your quality of life decreases incredibly.