Psychological Pusher
Lots of people go clubbing, to raves, or wherever, and pop an ‘E’ (Ecstacy) to ‘enhance’ their enjoyment. That’s their personal choice.
Personally, if it’s not prescribed to me I don’t touch it. And even then I question whether I really need it. Like the time a fill-in doctor gave me a Valium script for a back spasm. Nooo, I don’t think so.
If I really need a mind altering drug to make the club/rave/party fun, then it must be a pretty shit place.
Dancing wildly to lame-ass overplayed or badly mixed (mashed) music, you can usually tell who’s having a bit of chemical help. They don’t bother me.
What does bother me though, is when someone who doesn’t do drugs finally caves in and starts. Just to fit in.
Louis was reading some Malaysian guy’s blog the other day, about his first try. He’s always been against drugs, but the Gwai Lo boyfriend is quite the regular user. I suppose the feelings of being an outcast won over his moral standing and he didn’t want to be the prudish outsider anymore.
At home.. alone.. it’s quiet here. The boyfriend’s out at the club having fun until all hours.. rather than being home with me.. why?.. what if he finds someone he likes better?.. is it that?.. what if I join in.. will that bring us closer?.. I don’t want to feel like this anymore.. It won’t hurt.. I should do this…
Bingo? Maybe, maybe not. But then again, truth only lies in the mind, not the tongue.
Ecstasy, a street name given for the chemical MDMA, is a synthetic, psychoactive, neurotoxic drug with many negative effects. Ecstasy has similar structure to stimulants, like cocaine, and hallucinogenics like LSD. Also similar to cocaine and amphetamines is the highly addictive nature of ecstasy effects. Another commonality of ecstasy and all other abused drugs is the down-side, the negative often long-lasting ecstasy effects that far outweigh the few short term pleasures it provides. Here are a few that may come as quickly as the first dose and increase with continued usage.
- Confusion
- Sleep problems
- Anxiety
- Teeth clenching
- Blurred vision
- Acne like rash
- Brain damage
- Depression
- Addiction
- Paranoia
- Nausea
- Chills and sweating
- Liver damage
- Aggression
In addition to these consequences, impaired memory and long term reduction of serotonin and dopamine can disrupt normal brain activity in the ecstasy user and cause learning disorders and emotional problems. Erratic mood swings and depression can lead to isolation from friends and family that do not use. Often decreased performance on the job or in school occurs from ecstasy abuse and financial problems increase as well.
Am I being overly dramatic? Again, a matter of personal opinion. I’d like my brain intact, thank you.
05.Mar.08 
Controversy
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and that is what we called applied natural selection.
Aiks. TO start taking to drugs to fit in and appease the bf?! Wake the fella up!
Nah, if he’s that stupid, then let him go I say.
Water finds its own level, and all that.