Message from the front lines

[John]

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On July 11, 2016 6:26:44 AM EDT, Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:
>On 07/11/2016 03:55 AM, John wrote:
>>
>>
>> On July 10, 2016 9:16:38 PM EDT, Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:
>>> On 07/10/2016 01:28 PM, juan wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 15:07:28 +0300
>>>> Georgi Guninski <guninski at guninski.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> IIRC, the USA gave its Vietnamese soldiers psychoactive drugs
>>>>
>>>> 	Correct tense is "gives", I dare say.
>>>>
>>>> 	http://archive.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2003/02/57434
>>>
>>> It used to be amphetamines, barbiturates and morphine.
>>>
>>> Now it's modafinil, zolpidem or similar, and various opiates.
>>>
>>> I do like the newer stuff better :)
>>
>> Diacetylmorphine has been an instant fucking hit since bayer put it
>on the market 100+ years ago. *Shudders*...
>>
>> John
>
>I mostly get off on thinking, and doing stuff. So it's stimulants that
>I
>like. And I prefer ones that don't cause anxiety and other craziness.
>
>But I do need to sleep, and sometimes I need help with that. And
>sometimes there is pain, and I need help with that. However, being
>zoned
>out on downers has never appealed. I'd rather just sleep.

When you've built a tolerance and don't fall out in a nod, opiates can be extremely stimulating .... I've had 8 hour bouts of creativity from opiate high more times than I can count, hacking code, pursuing intellectual interests, etc.... Of course the caveat here is the looming threat of addiction.

Then again, methamphetamine will give a similar stimulating experience, even more focused, for 24 hours+.... but the accompanying crash is awful IMO, and it sometimes gives me unwanted anxiety.

I stick to marijuana these days. ;)

John
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