Are there other "meth-heads" who are happy(ish) and contribute socially?

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I have been a Meth smoker for just over 14 years now. I got sent to rehab by my work in 2012 and have been trying ever since to rid my existence of the monkey riding my ass. I tried to quit because of so many external factors, stigmas, social expectations and supposed (projected) health issues.
Strangely enough, until I really started focussing on stopping, the damages to everything that was my life were miniscule; compared to the destruction thereto since.
My struggle took me to "the rooms" at NA, (later AA also) and 2 more stints in rehab, all to no avail. I had friggin lost everything fighting it, strange thing is that when I gave up trying so hard, things started falling into place. I have learnt (the hard way) to make sure that I eat, sleep and dose regularly. I have an engineering degree and am a seasoned veteran in my field of work (not directly related to engineering) and am able to outperform my peers by a large margin. I have found working from home to be key here, as people don't like what they don't understand and (generally speaking) consultants don’t act kindly to competition as things are; in my experience standing out like a sore thumb (for instance) in a corporate environment, did not do my attendance record any favours. As I had to be largely sober when going in to the office, I could not harness the up side of the drug; which helps me focus and brings out mathematical creativity unlike me (historically speaking).
I am in my 40’s, have most of my teeth still earn money in the top 0.15 percentile of folks (according to some calculator I found somewhere) and am 100% healthy. I don’t steal, kill or bite fellow humans and try and make a positive difference in the world around me.
The status quo, stands in contrast to everything I have come to know about the prognosis commonly accepted to be the result of such practices. I was wondering, am I all alone on this? (Apart from the ever present breathing sounds coming from the monkey firmly lodged to my upper torso)

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  • Zorak
    6 years ago

    Were you high when you wrote this?

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    • pieterpoes
      6 years ago

      Getting there

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    • pieterpoes
      3 years ago

      yes

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  • Holzman_67
    6 years ago

    I'd say you're a high functioning addict I knew a guy like this when I was addicted to meth. He still held down a good job and had a routine of eating and sleeping at periodic times. He held it together a long time man and it was quite amazing to see but in the end his mind just caved, he made no sense when he talked, everything he said was interrupted halfway by his next thought so his dialogue came out like psycho-babble. it broke him in the end

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      6 years ago

      Point well taken

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  • wigz
    6 years ago

    A common belief is that drug users/addicts are all losers and don't participate in society when reality is that most drug users are alright and do just fine. You just notice the bad ones, the ones that don't stand out....um, don't stand out. Yet they exist. They get no credit.

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  • Mmnnff
    6 years ago

    I dunno if I'd say normal but definitely possible. I am a user and though there have been negative implications on my life due to the drugs effect on my anxiety and organisation.. I go to work every day, sleep, eat and go to personal Training twice a week to keep fit and maintain muscle. I did get too skinny for a while when I didn't make an effort to stay on top of these things...
    IMO it's the sleep and nutrient deprivation that fucks people up the most and turns them crazy. Sleep dep for days without the drugs would likely have pretty similar effects on a persons mental state. I.e. Handling emotions, concentration, paranoia and hallucinations

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  • Murun
    6 years ago

    Drugs helping creativity has been accepted for musicians and painters for years; it's about time the same was recognised for engineers!

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  • Holzman_67
    6 years ago

    Oh and if you ever need to talk man I'm happy to. When I went through that (rehabilitation) I had so many people who had learnt about the drug from a textbook and not experienced addiction firsthand and all I wanted was someone who had made it out to talk to and I couldn't find it cos there's not a lot of go clean happy endings with that drug. But happy to help if I can

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  • RoseIsabella
    6 years ago

    You say you have most of your teeth. How many teeth have you lost? In what sort of condition are your remaining teeth?

    Have you ever had a bone density test? How are your bones and joints? Do you have any scabs?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      6 years ago

      I am still able to do the splits (with a bit of warming up) and raced a waiter for his tip not too long ago.

      No scabs, have lost 4 teeth (due to stupidity - not meth related) and 2 as reward for not going to the dentist in time.

      My eyes are going, but i guess that is also due to hitting 40.

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      • RoseIsabella
        6 years ago

        Hmm... well that stuff is still bad for you. Have you ever seen shadow people?

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  • MissKira
    6 years ago

    I am

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