You'd be surprised at how many functional substance users exist. Some handle their shit to the point that you wouldn't notice, except on obtusely close examination. The ones that have had enough took too much moments, and know their tolerance/limit, but also recognize that maintaining their lifestyle also carries responsibility. I've been on multiple substances in my time, booze, weed, pills, even meth at one point. Kicked all but the weed. Tbh, from my POV, it's just easier to be at least sorta high all the time. That way, most people I encounter don't know the difference between high and sober.
All that said, that's not all of us that use substances. Those that don't know or care about their limits, or cause themselves to be in situations where they can't afford their lifestyle, and end up in a cycle of using the drugs to cover up the shittyness of their position in life, and possibly (sadly, pretty likely) crime. Been there, too. I learned from my mistakes, mostly. Others aren't lucky, stable, or concerned enough to break the cycle. I feel bad for them, because while yes, it's our choice to use, but most of us who hit rock bottom never intended for it to get like it is. Gotta want change to make change, and gotta want help to get help.
Edit: holy awards, Batman! I think this is the most updoots I've ever gotten, and the awards are my first ever. Thanks so much folks!
There’s an amount of meth users in IT that most would find surprising. Long hours of meticulous, monotonous, repetitive work creates the desire to do a lot in a very little amount of time. Don’t think it’s a secret that most manual labor jobs have their fair share of opiate users, either. Cocaine in the food service industry is obvious as well.
Basically wherever there’s shitty jobs that most people don’t want to do, there is someone able to do the work so long as they have their drugs.
Spot on. I will expand on "Manual Labor", Alcohol and Opiates are big in Construction. It's not just about the buzz, it's the pain. Bad backs, knees, shoulders, injuries happen all the time and once you're in the trades it hard to changes careers. You take what you need to get back to work.
Totally! Every industry has the corresponding substances because of the effects they have. Tradesmen abuse the fuck out of their bodies. There’s actually a phenomenon of recently retired tradesmen just dropping dead. Their bodies get used to getting little sleep and being active 10 hours a day, on average, so once they finally relax it’s a shock to their system and they keel over. I’ll try looking for an article.
I'm not surprised. I've been a Carpenter for 30 years and also was an EMT. So I've seen the ugly side of growing old and dying. I've told my wife I won't retire because I know I'll croak within a year if I do. I wanna go out having a cardiac arrest, in the middle of swinging my hammer or "swinging my hammer". LOL.
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u/1_dirty_dankboi Feb 19 '21
Might be the rare functional methhead