Kaili | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:05 pm     I don't think it's hard not to do them...peer pressure really isn't that hard. After I quit I had no problem saying no and nobody ever tried to force me. More for them I guess. When I started it was also by choice. I thought about it for a long time before I ever did anything. I don't think it's unbelievable that Roddy hasn't. I also had a roomate who never even drank until he was 21 and a friend I was talking to last night never has done anything but drink. He's into "heavier" music that could be associated with drugs. They aren't hard to avoid, but they aren't hard to get either. High school kids can get drugs way easier than they can get alcohol. But by 25 I think most people should be and are "over it" I guess. I don't brag about my past. It is a part of who I am, I don't regret it at all, but I'm done with it now. |
Hillbilly | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:05 pm     ...i think bmh needs a hillbilly hug {{hug}} |
Jesse | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:09 pm     Chaira has made a number of statements of her drug usage . . . out of a number of 12, I'd say the title "House Druggie" isn't such a stretch . . . don't mean to bash any HG, but come on, she is putting it out there for us to comment on. |
Wendo | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:11 pm     I completely believe that Roddy has never done any illegal drugs. Why? Because Roddy likes to be IN CONTROL. When you smoke pot <or insert drug of choice> you become out of control, or rather not as in control as you would be sans illegal substance; some sort of chemical is controlling you. |
Kaili | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:12 pm     Bmh-- I meant on the side of lighter drugs by "good". I also had problems with my mom for a few years but we're good now. The funny thing is that she still smokes pot occasionally and I don't! I would get so mad that she would get mad at me for it. My dad and I talk about our past acid use very conversationally. I was out ALL the time...never home! I was around heavy drug use- even saw someone shoot up once (scary to me--just kinda creeped me out I hate needles). Hope you and your parents can patch things up and they realize that it is/was your life, you made decisions and no matter what you do now you learned something from the experience. that's what my dad and i talk about the most- how our views of everyday things are different than if we never had done drugs. |
Bmh | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:13 pm     Thanks Hillbilly..I just thought I would share that..I definitely agree with Kaili...my past is my past..I try and put it behind me..but I think it is a important but dark side of my life |
Kellirippa | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:13 pm     Well there is a post on the live feeds that states that Roddy and Chiara had a discussion last night while Roddy was in the shower about Roddy doing Heroin, but that he could give it up anytime. |
Jesse | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:14 pm     And in opposition to the words of Clinton, I DID INHALE! (wasn't that the point)? |
Kaili | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:14 pm     Whoa Wendo!!!! No no no! If you can pace yourself you can have control. I also like to be in control and I never let myself go "beyond that point" where I was out of control. You can be on drugs and aware. Edited: I'm not trying to say that drugs allow you to be in full control- DUIs and such wouldn't be an issue if they didn't. But blanket statements like that just don't sit well with me. No offence, just my opinion. |
Dagny | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:15 pm     Reader234 -Roddy did coach hockey..the kids really looked up to him, and thanked him a few years later for being someone to look up to. |
Wcv63 | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:16 pm     Kelli I believe that was a joke. |
Flyonthwall | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:18 pm     Okay I'll fess up here too, just for the poll. LOL I smoked a joint ONE time, and I had just turned 41! LOL Never cared or had a desire to even try any kind of drugs. Actually since I've been sick for several years and have had to take many types of perscription drugs, taking drugs for recreation was not a thrilling thought to me! I did drink a lot in younger years, 28-35, knew I had a problem and stopped. I have a glass of wine on occassion but that's it. If I had to smoke pot for my illness, which I have been told and studied that it does help with the pain, I would consider it. But, I wouldn't feel good about it. But then I don't feel good about all the chemicals I put in my body as it is!! |
Sbw | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:19 pm     Unfortunately for Chiara she has a court date in the near future. I am sure the DAs office/judge will love her giving them all her past history which will not be favorable to receiving a lesser punishment. |
Kellirippa | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:19 pm     It's the latest post on the board right now, by Krossd, and she states that she knows what she heard. (or could be a he) |
Bmh | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:20 pm     Thanks for sharing Fly..I never even thought that pot could help with pain..that makes me feel even worse for using it just for the hel of it in the first place!..oh well..anybody else?? |
Hillbilly | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:21 pm     bmh...don't waste your time on regrets..it won't change the past...what's done is done. You have a bright future ahead... |
Oregonfire | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:22 pm     Wcv63, regarding needing an operation to be the board virgin: would that make it the Immaculate Perception? Today is dumb joke day for me. Yet another discussion I can't participate in without giving away everything about myself, so I'll just pass the dutchie to the next poster. Let's just say I have no room to judge Chiara on drug use. |
Wcv63 | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:22 pm     Kelli I heard it too and he and Chiara were joking. It was quite obvious. |
Wendo | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:22 pm     Kaili, oh, I don't disagree that one can pace them self with alcohol and remain in a certain amount of control. My comment was made with respective to Roddy alone. In addition, one is not in total control when they are on an illegal substance. That is a fact. Wcv63, I was not joking. I truly believe that Roddy likes to be in complete control of himself, the people around him, and his environment. I know people disagree with me about this, but it is my perception of him. |
Kapow | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:23 pm     I hail from the wilds of East Tennessee where drug use (esp. marijuana) is rampant. Most kids in this area have at least tried it. Most also choose not to continue. Some people I know out here have smoked pot their whole lives and still seem fine. It is a very personal issue, IMHO. At least as far as the drug use does not impede other life functions. If it does impede on life functions, then it is a problem. |
Kaili | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:23 pm     Pot is a big thing for cancer treatment- helps for pain. That's why there is so much talk about "medicinal marijuana" |
Hillbilly | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:23 pm     ..they recommend marijuana for people on chemotherapy...its supposed to help with the nausea |
Wcv63 | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:24 pm     Wendo I agree with you. I was addressing Kellirippa's post about herion. |
Kaili | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:25 pm     Kapow, I agree. Moderation is the key. |
Kellirippa | Monday, August 12, 2002 - 08:25 pm     Maybe he said "Herring" Maybe he said he could "give up Herring anytime".... |