lots of, in my time
but given them up for a life of family and kids (and beer)

Will have a think and come up with a ever so slightly more interesting story!!

(I'll resist the urge to say 'first' - oh, bugger)

....

Anyway, had a think.

My first pill:

Having left the Army due to breaking my foot 'a lot' (6 months rehab and an Medical Discharge at the end, my life that I'd planned was over) I was back on civvy street with a few quid in my pockets, a thirst for beer and a serious mental attitude problem.

I'm good mates with another user on here 'Ambiguous' (A) and one night we were down at the local having a jar or 5, I was in my usual mind set of 'are you looking at me' etc (being a tool effectively) 'A' decided he'd had enough of this and went over to one of the locals and got me a nice little Mitsubishi, Hmmm, first time for everything I thought and necked it and waited... and waited... and waited...

Not good, it's been a good 40mins and I was told 20 max, so I went off to the the juke box and put on some tunes, 'The drugs don't work' seemed quite apt, I looked over to the dealer and he was shuffling nervously in his seat.
It was time to get me out of there and 'A' knew this so he pretty much dragged me out before things got out of hand and we got a lift to another pub, still nothing was happening, we pulled into the car park of the new pub and I opened the door and wooooooosh... it hit me, my legs want to jelly, the feeling was immense, all the feelings of rage just disappeared, it was amazing but these words do not come near to how I felt at the time, I had one of the best nights of my life that night and there were plenty more to follow.

I'm really glad I did the tablet that night, even though later on it and other substances took me to places I regret going to, cause not one of them compared to how I felt about my life before, I lost a lot of friends before that night, In fact I'm fairly sure I was on a last chance with 'A', nobody wanted to be around me because they had no idea what I would do next.

So thanks buddy and as far as can tell, you saved me from destroying my own life and possibly other people's too.

(P.s. I'm not saying the way I was brought out of it was the correct thing to do, but I'd seen doctors and ex-army were/are just put to one side and left to deal with it.)

No super models or Accords I'm afraid, just the truth.
(Kip, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 13:34, Reply)