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Hi Kirsti! Welcome to partyvibe!

Speed IMO has an undeservedly bad reputation compared to other drugs – often because people binge on it and/or do not realise a little goes a long way.

I used it for a considerable amount of my life when I was more heavily involved in the rave scene.

There were times when I was suffering minor physical health problems but these were mostly due to the lack of sleep which allows your body to be attacked by viruses and bacteria rather than overdosing or mental problems.

Some people who knew me at the time thought that the use of speed was making me “angry and cynical”. This was untrue; I have always been angry and cynical over the state of the world and politics etc; since I was a young lad and long before I touched drugs of any kind.

In many ways the use of recreational drugs gave me some short-lived euphoria to appreciate the good things in life and gave me energy and motivation to make things in my life better and to help others.

I also have a good job (I’ve been in full time employment since 1992 bar 6 months after the dot-com downturn in 2001) , a house (including being able to keep up mortgage payments) and good relations with family and friends;

I also look about 12 years younger than I actually am so I don’t think speed or any drug has harmed me all that much 😉

There is no “upper age limit” on recreational drug use and no “rave-by” date stamped on your body.

However if any of these things happen..

• you feel like the bad times are outweighing the good
• you are actually feeling physically ill to the point you cannot work or function during the week or have a season ticket to the doctors/hospital
• you are having more arguments with people you love
• or commiting any sort of criminal/anti-social act whilst on drugs or on a comedown,
• or if you are planning on starting a family

that is the time to cut down on your drug use. otherwise party on raaa

All recreational drugs can be if you do too much of them, or are not willing to exercise self control (and it is hard when you have good sources and good parties) – speed, pills, cannabis etc.. sadly this is happening a lot these days and many people go through a stage like this

most survive though, but only after passing some of the burden onto people close to them or onto the state (via the NHS or when they do something silly and end up being processed through criminal justice system) – unfortunately this is why we have drugs prohibition in the first place.. if a user can stop themselves getting this far everyone wins in the end.

one danger of speed (more so than other drugs) is the extended time you are kept awake for and how it does not allow your brain to rest..

People who push themselves beyond their limits and/or deprive themselves of sleep without drugs (such as working long hours) will eventually experience mental health issues anyway and act irrationally or anti-socially. This happens anyway with other drugs but speed is better at keeping you awake!

Kirsti – it does sound though like you are getting to a stage where you are taking more than you wish to (your comment “where is the good stuff”? may mean you are getting tolerance to it) and you mention “bad sessions” so its probably worth calming down just so as not to jepoardise the good things in life like your house, being in work etc….

its not easy when you are young and their is peer pressure; may even involve spending time on your own or with a different circle of friends for a bit..