In working with people the multiple/profound disabilities and complex
issues such as behaviours that challenge services, those behaviours are
most frequently found in younger males - the behaviours fizzle out when
the person reaches their thirties.
C
heliade wrote:
> 'Maturing out' must be what has happened to me! Well, that combined with having a boyfriend who just hated me being stoned or drunk (what a fascist!). I gave up cigarettes when I was pregnant. These days I just have no spare time for taking drugs, or for drinking particularly, I use all my spare time reading and writing. But I do think it is probably social scene as well. I'm just not in a scene where people take drugs. But frankly, when I was much younger and taking hallucinogens I wish that I *had* been with more responsible people, or people who wanted to "get mystic" rather then with scummy mind-f**kers. I think hallucinogens have *great potential* but really, are just so strong, you have to be careful with them.
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> ~Caroline.
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> ---- Harry Roth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Not the same but something to
>> consider--I have read and heard about
>> users of other drugs (regular people,
>> not magic workers) who stop using them
>> as they get older. This even has a term
>> attached to it: "maturing out." It's
>> been studied in heroin and cocaine
>> users. If you do a search on "maturing
>> out heroin," you will see the studies,
>> mostly in the 80s and 90s. I am sure
>> there are people who would argue that
>> it's chemical, but it seems to me that
>> it is mostly social. Also, the fact that
>> heroin and cocaine have very different
>> physical effects speaks to a social root
>> for maturing out. If a magic worker
>> becomes more experienced with working
>> magic, more grounded in it, and more
>> confident in that experience, it would
>> seem that they would have less interest
>> in using a prop just like the heroin and
>> cocaine users. Might be worth looking at
>> for some ideas, even though I am sure
>> that users of psychedelics would
>> strongly deny any connection with the
>> experiences of users of other drugs, no
>> matter how euphoric those drugs are.
>>
>> Harry Roth
>>
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