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- From: cliftonr@netcom.com (Pope Clifton)
- Subject: Re: Jesus, Drugs, & Me
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.031706.8188@netcom.com>
- Organization: t.b, t.p.d, & a.d
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- References: <1992Nov18.221954.2432@cnsvax.uwec.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 03:17:06 GMT
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- Danny (drumm@cnsvax.uwec.edu) wrote:
- : In article <1992Nov16.224723.2368@cnsvax.uwec.edu>, degroomp@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:
- [ I didn't see the original article, and can't comment on it. ]
-
- : > No offence to you Dan, but obviously you have never taken LSD... I am speaking
- : > as a recovering drug addict and abuser... It is extremely difficult
- : > to determine Reality from fantasy while the fire hydrant on the
- : > corner turns into a large green and red dragon which begins to
- : > breath fire on you. Now that I am sober I find it much easier to beleive
- : > that this dragon was merely a figment of my imagination and NOT
- : > a miracle from God... However, giving you some credit it IS
- : > possible that this dragon was a message from God that I should
- : > have quit drugs and lead a "religiuos" life... However, I realized
- : > how fucked up I was through RATIONALITY... I was broke fixed on
- : > various substances and my life was shit.
- : > Matt
- :
- : Comments anyone?
- : -- Danny
- Some people probably shouldn't take LSD, because it affects them badly.
- It sounds like this guy was sensible enough to figure that out. Some
- people shouldn't take certain other drugs either; I'm assuming since he uses
- the term "addict" and "various substances" that he was doing other stuff
- and having a hard time controlling his behavior. I personally think it's
- unfortunate that he needs to immediately turn to religion; probably that's
- a sign that there are other things going way wrong in his life that were
- predisposing him to turn to heavy drug use in the first place.
- I strongly recommend therapy for anyone who has got the guts to face the
- idea that they may not be perfect the way they are. It's very unfortunate
- that the idea of going into any kind of therapy or counseling has such a
- stigma attached to it in our society.
- It is also unfortunate that he seems to think that everyone will have the
- same kind of experience he did. However, this seems to be a common human
- delusion, equally prevalent among the "Drugs are hell, I know" folks and
- the "Acid makes everyone happy and peaceful, just like me" folks.
- -- Clifton
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