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Re: getting stoned versus getting well

Posted by jazzdog on November 22, 2001, at 10:56:36

In reply to Re: the Evil Killer Weed » wendy b., posted by Cam W. on November 22, 2001, at 4:10:32


I think there is an essential distinction between using drugs to achieve a 'cocktail effect' - a feeling of warmth, elation, release of inhibitions - and using drugs to get well. It's the difference between escaping from the world and learning to engage with it in a meaningful way. As people who suffer mood disorders, we are uniquely susceptible to the temptations of the former - alcoholism and addiction rates among people with major mood disorders are over 40%, as opposed to 10% in the general population. As Cam says, occasional social recreational drug use isn't harmful - unless, and it's a big unless, one is an alcoholic-addict, in which case occasional use will inevitably become frequent and disabling use. It seems to me that this is a big issue on this board, one that is prompting a lot of defensiveness and denial.

- Jane


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