Therapeutic vs. Recreational Use

[kstuebin]

Is there a difference between using a drug for a medical reason and using a drug to get high.  Do the lines between the two blur together in some cases?  Is is possible to just take a drug as prescribed or is tolerance always going to develop leading to more and more? Do you take the drug because it alleviates your discomfort and is that the same as taking it to get high, (discounting pain)... I mean more like releiving anxiety. So many folks here on pain meds who need them trying to get off.  Why?  Why am I trying to stop since I feel worse now than before?  I realize this is not just one question but a whole series and I may be the only person here interested in the this so feel free to ignore this question and talk about anything you want.  Although, I would appreciate feedback if you have any.

[skipper]

I'm pleased i entertained you.
just remember:
all of my words are lonely
all of my heart aches were free....

i speak of the lonelyness known only to a drug addict.

keep an angel on your shoulder
kip

[SHOTSY]

That was so funny about insanity... That has just made me laugh and laugh. And it sounds so true. Thanks for that. Do some more I LOVE that kind of thing. Shotsy

[skipper]

an old chineese proverb you saved for your worst enemy," may you
live in intresting times." Everything happening today was forcast
by a visionary junky author WS Burroughs. 2 of his books stand out
in praticular, "the book of breathing," where he examines Hassani
Babba and "the wild boys," where he examines truly modern terrorist
warfare. i don't know what will happen next, but i doubt it will
suprise me. somewhere along the line western civilization has be-
come so out of touch to the indicators that warn us of what will be
next....

hey what can i say...i still drive a gas guzzleing ford f150 that
can not pass a single gas station.
i also know all too well what an "oil burnner of a junk habit" is.
let me see if i can remember one last thing--oh yeah what is the
functional definiation of insanity?...oh yeah it's a person who
does the same stupid thing over and over, expecting the outcome
to be different.

keep an angel on your shoulder
kip

[J.B. to Brian and Vicky]

On September 11, gasoline went up to $4.00 per gallon here in my small town(pop. 2,000 and one gas station).  People were going crazy trying to buy gas!  The line was at least four blocks long with people parking up on the sidewalk, in alleys and even the mortuary parking lot.  The sheriff and fire department had to be called out to disperse the yelling, honking crowd.  It was unbelievable to see this happening.  You'ld have thought that my friends and neigbors were a mob of drug crazed fiends!  Thank God the governor stepped in and put a stop to the madness.  J.B.

[skipper]

P.S. raise the per barrel of crude, and listen to the western world
squeel (like stuck pigs, that we may well be)!! is this really the
best that modern Western Civalization has too show to the rest of
the world?

at least think about it
kip

[skipper]

Witchy Woman:
the fact that you have had a simalar thought as me may be best not
advertised!! detoxxing a person such as i may well not be in any-
one's best intrest!! ANYHOW THANKYOU!!!
keep that angel on your shoulder!!!
kip