'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.
~Caroline.
---- Harry Roth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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