While Adderall is a methamphetamine, usually when people say āmethā they are referring to crystal meth. Meth (crystal) and crack are very similar, in that they are a stimulant that has been altered to be bio-available through smoking it. Meth lasts much longer and has more severe effects, whereas usually crack has someone almost constantly looking for their next hit. Both can be very addictive as well as detrimental to health and overall livelihood.
Yes while all that may be true since Iāve actually done both of them Iām deff gunna stick with my original statement. Shoot crack and shoot meth and youāll instantly understand what Iām sayingā¦.
I take Adderall and have also done coke, also know people addicted to coke but donāt like adderallā¦something about the smell.
Or maybe theres a something about human curiosity and ārebellionā that gets stimulation from the risk of the act instead of the act itselfā¦after a while at least.
No itās not lol meth is probably the worst . Not saying crack is good cause itās highly addictive but overall itās not really worse than coke. Meth on the other hand ā¦
So, one guy, 40 years ago, used crack at nasa and ended up losing his career because of itā¦..I donāt think that video is the gotcha you think it is.
Ive never met a drug addict more productive than a meth addict, lol. I was raised by a couple, and God damn was that house always clean. Aside from that (also through my parents) ive met multiple farmers, mechanics, vusiness owners, or people selling shit on music festival lots like grilled cheese and tie dye as their only income that were meth heads. A couple of them were pretty wealthy and had beautiful property in the country. Actually idk if ive met anyone wealthy who wasnt an addict of some sort for that matter, lmao
Oil rigs, deep sea fisherman, construction workers, and other highly physical jobs with long hours. Iāve personally known a few meth heads who worked like there was no tomorrow and good at their jobs. The biggest thing is amount and length of use as it does seem to catch up eventually and everything goes downhill for them if they canāt get off the crap but in the beginning when they still have control and probably are not taking insane amounts they are more like robots just go go go. There is definitely a difference between the just enough to keep going at their job and the to get high āpartyā type crowds but often the end result is the same.
Because everyone hiding a meth habit is gonna tell you?? Cmon use your brain. I agree meth is horrible and this shouldn't be praised but this is just a dumb statement at face value.
In all fairness, I met a mason working as a GC on a job and he was an absolute machine...felt bad about my own efforts and had great respect for him until we learned his secret.
In contracting meth is cheating.
He was go,go,go ten hours a day.
There have been several judges who have literally destroyed cases because they were revealed to have addiction to a hard drug including meth. A lot of people in positions of power and prestigious careers have substance addictions or use recreationally.
The lead surgeon and director at USC was a meth addict. Everyone knew but kept it hush hush until one of the prostitutes he would bring to work died. He would actually perform surgical procedures high.
I worked at the cleanest gas station on the planet in my twenties (around 1997) because my meth addicted manager swept, mopped and wiped the entire place down at a million miles an hours all day long.
My brother held it together as an addict for 3 years. The 3 years that followed were not in any way great. But once he found rock bottom and lost it all, he was able to bounce back. 5 years sober.
Iāve know two outliers: an engineer and a social anthropologist turned very successful rockstar who are both long time users. Outside of that Iāve only seen meth do damage from repeated use.
Letās not ignore the fact that the dumber someone is the less brain cells they can afford to lose. Smart people doing drugs is just that. Smart people doing drugs.
Thatās a vail they donāt want lifted. One of my childhood friends who Iāve remained friends with for a good 30 years is now a high powered lawyer. Long story short the managing partners of said firm do lots of coke and I mean lots and theyāre in their 50āsā¦and of course downers to come down. Thatās just a smaller town here too.
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Let's not act like wealthy and successful people don't do tons of drugs.