City of Grit's first go at powerlifting

[NovaFlex]

I'm not and never really was a really social person but I'd prefer having the option because that also translates over into free time. When I was working 10 pm ~ 8 am I already felt so incredibly shitty every day and could barely ever sleep there was no way in hell I was doing anything other than go home, lift, eat and attempt to sleep. Not seeing my fiance at the time, now wife, except maybe for a few hours on the weekend for a few years in a row drove me insane

I’m High School I was social...always the pothead / skater type, partying and fucking whatever I could... After HS, though, that shit got boring and I ended up spending a majority of my time alone reading and playing video games online...Things just evolved from there, and I never really missed having people around.
Like PA said, very limited energy to deal with people... my family gets all my energy.

 

[KL8209]

I’m High School I was social...always the pothead / skater type, partying and fucking whatever I could... After HS, though, that shit got boring and I ended up spending a majority of my time alone reading and playing video games online...Things just evolved from there, and I never really missed having people around.
Like PA said, very limited energy to deal with people... my family gets all my energy.

I was essentially the same and what's really sad is some of the same people I was hanging around with never grew up and are still in that "phase".

 

[NovaFlex]

I was essentially the same and what's really sad is some of the same people I was hanging around with never grew up and are still in that "phase".

Yup! I have a dude on my friends list on FB who has been in jail 3x for child support, and is always going live, smoking weed+drinking and “rapping”....The dude is 30+ and thinks he’s gonna somehow become a rapper lmao. I keep him there for comedic value.

And these are the same people that end up complaining how life sucks and it isn’t fair, etc.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I partied and socialized nonstop from teens to early 20's. Got in my car and stayed out for days and even weeks at a time getting high on various drugs, going wherever the party took, and sleeping on couches and hotel rooms. I have so many crazy stories it's unbelievable. Most of the people from back then aren't even alive and the ones that are their lives are shit. I've had enough partying and hanging out. I just wanna go to work, hit the gym, and relax quietly till bedtime. Hang out with my fiancee, watch TV, play some video games, and browse the internet a little. A few vacations a year and some nice vehicles to drive and that's all I need in life.

 

[KL8209]

Yup! I have a dude on my friends list on FB who has been in jail 3x for child support, and is always going live, smoking weed+drinking and “rapping”....The dude is 30+ and thinks he’s gonna somehow become a rapper lmao. I keep him there for comedic value.

And these are the same people that end up complaining how life sucks and it isn’t fair, etc.

The "rapping" thing always gets me and is a sure sign they never grew up. Especially when they walk and talk like they are one. What irritates me too is when someone goes to act "big" or "tough" and they start talking ghetto acting like a thug lol

Nothing is less intimidating to me than that bs

 

[Btcowboy]

The "rapping" thing always gets me and is a sure sign they never grew up. Especially when they walk and talk like they are one. What irritates me too is when someone goes to act "big" or "tough" and they start talking ghetto acting like a thug lol

Nothing is less intimidating to me than that bs

My 50 yr old brother inlaw thinks he isna rapper still lol. He is pretty much useless

 

[KL8209]

I partied and socialized nonstop from teens to early 20's. Got in my car and stayed out for days and even weeks at a time getting high on various drugs, going wherever the party took, and sleeping on couches and hotel rooms. I have so many crazy stories it's unbelievable. Most of the people from back then aren't even alive and the ones that are their lives are shit. I've had enough partying and hanging out. I just wanna go to work, hit the gym, and relax quietly till bedtime. Hang out with my fiancee, watch TV, play some video games, and browse the internet a little. A few vacations a year and some nice vehicles to drive and that's all I need in life.

I'm with you there. I didn't really get too into the drug scene but did drink a lot from 16-25ish. I gave everything up and feel way better than I ever did during those times. Never going back, fuck that

My sister (oldest sibling) became a heavy addict at 16 until now (40) so I always had a perfect example of what not to become. The amount of bullshit she did and still does put our family through, no words can explain or do it justice. She never grew up and still up to the same routine trying to take advantage of everyone and stealing our shit anytime she's around us. She's been resuscitated multiple times and refuses to change. Total bullshit. She drives everyone batshit crazy.

 

[Btcowboy]

I'm with you there. I didn't really get too into the drug scene but did drink a lot from 16-25ish. I gave everything up and feel way better than I ever did during those times. Never going back, fuck that

My sister (oldest sibling) became a heavy addict at 16 until now (40) so I always had a perfect example of what not to become. The amount of bullshit she did and still does put our family through, no words can explain or do it justice. She never grew up and still up to the same routine trying to take advantage of everyone and stealing our shit anytime she's around us. She's been resuscitated multiple times and refuses to change. Total bullshit. She drives everyone batshit crazy.

I feel for you, as a fire fighter I deal with the ODs often and my son is addicted to H.

 

[KL8209]

I feel for you, as a fire fighter I deal with the ODs often and my son is addicted to H.

Brutal. I can't begin to imagine being in your world and dealing with it all the time. I hope your son gets off of it soon bro. That shit is rough.

My sister was either on crystal meth, cocaine or heroin. Always strung out, wouldn't see her for a few years then she'd randomly pop in, say hi, then leave and later realize some of the more expensive things around the house were gone.

My heart goes out to anyone who'se dealt with this shit especially so close to home. Absolutely rips families and lives apart.

 

[NovaFlex]

The "rapping" thing always gets me and is a sure sign they never grew up. Especially when they walk and talk like they are one. What irritates me too is when someone goes to act "big" or "tough" and they start talking ghetto acting like a thug lol

Nothing is less intimidating to me than that bs

Hahaha. Right? I forgot to mention that he’s got the shitty face tats as well.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I have a cousin that's a rapper. I guess he sounds as good as anything that's popular these days. Of course popular music these days is awful. He's not ghetto though. He dresses like a hipster and from the couple songs I've heard it seems like he talks about smoking weed and being a rich, white kid. I don't really know him well as he's lived far away since we were in grade school.

 

[Cityofgrit]

I was a full blown addict at 17. Already had quite the number of drugs under my belt. In and out of rehab, little periods of almost clean time. I got clean and sober almost 9 years ago. Quite a few of the friends I had are dead now, one particularly close one died from a heroin overdose. Sometimes it's hard for me to believe I was the person I was back then, but every now and then something sets me off a little. Could be a particular scent on a summer evening, a windy rainy autumn day, a certain song, a certain perfume or cologne.. and it's like a lightening bolt. I'll get that feeling again. These days it's rare and it doesnt last, but when I first got clean I could get a rush just thinking about the set up of using. I don't miss much about that life, although I sometimes think about some of the people. I'm a bit of a sentimental person.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Similar story here. Started using drugs in my early teens. Used ecstasy very heavily in my late teens. Then switched over to pain pills and benzos for years. Rehab a couple times, jail many times, methadone clinic, suboxone clinic, etc. Actually been dead and revived once as well. Went from pain pills to heroin and shooting up and then threw meth into the mix. Finally landed myself in prison for almost two years and decided enough was enough. Haven't touched an opiate since 2012.

 

[Cityofgrit]

Similar story here. Started using drugs in my early teens. Used ecstasy very heavily in my late teens. Then switched over to pain pills and benzos for years. Rehab a couple times, jail many times, methadone clinic, suboxone clinic, etc. Actually been dead and revived once as well. Went from pain pills to heroin and shooting up and then threw meth into the mix. Finally landed myself in prison for almost two years and decided enough was enough. Haven't touched an opiate since 2012.

My story went weed, alcohol, then acid, then cocaine (with all the others still on the mix), meth (which turned out to be the one above the others), the ecstacy, then various pain pills and benzos, then heroin a couple times. Meth was my mainstay though, at one time I weighed all of 105 lbs...as an adult male.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

My story went weed, alcohol, then acid, then cocaine (with all the others still on the mix), meth (which turned out to be the one above the others), the ecstacy, then various pain pills and benzos, then heroin a couple times. Meth was my mainstay though, at one time I weighed all of 105 lbs...as an adult male.

I got into meth because it made the opiate sickness go away. When I started shooting meth was when my life really spiraled out of control fast. With the opiates I'd get them and then stay inside and be high and if I didn't have them I was too sick to do anything. With meth I guess you could say I was highly motivated to get into dumb shit.

 

[Cityofgrit]

I got into meth because it made the opiate sickness go away. When I started shooting meth was when my life really spiraled out of control fast. With the opiates I'd get them and then stay inside and be high and if I didn't have them I was too sick to do anything. With meth I guess you could say I was highly motivated to get into dumb shit.

I was shooting meth for the last 2 years of my addiction. I used it every other way before that. It definitely motivates one to do things that they would likely not do if they weren't spun out. Lol

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I was shooting meth for the last 2 years of my addiction. I used it every other way before that. It definitely motivates one to do things that they would likely not do if they weren't spun out. Lol

That's about how long I did it. You must've seen some crazy things too. I got so high one time with these people I walked into their neighbor's house by mistake thinking it was their house. We had all been outside a couple hours and I guess I was just all turned around and disoriented. They pulled a gun on me, but luckily they were tweakers as well and didn't call the cops. They just told me to get the fuck out.

 

[Cityofgrit]

That's about how long I did it. You must've seen some crazy things too. I got so high one time with these people I walked into their neighbor's house by mistake thinking it was their house. We had all been outside a couple hours and I guess I was just all turned around and disoriented. They pulled a gun on me, but luckily they were tweakers as well and didn't call the cops. They just told me to get the fuck out.

Early on I had some stuff a buddy of mine made when he first started making it. I sat in a kitchen listening to people talk in the room next to me...I even saw them. When I got closer they were pillows and blankets..no people. That same night I kept seeing cars headlights pull up in the window..even heard doors closing. When I went outside there was nothing there. Obviously my buddy made some fucked up shit.

 

[stomps]

I was a full blown addict at 17. Already had quite the number of drugs under my belt. In and out of rehab, little periods of almost clean time. I got clean and sober almost 9 years ago. Quite a few of the friends I had are dead now, one particularly close one died from a heroin overdose. Sometimes it's hard for me to believe I was the person I was back then, but every now and then something sets me off a little. Could be a particular scent on a summer evening, a windy rainy autumn day, a certain song, a certain perfume or cologne.. and it's like a lightening bolt. I'll get that feeling again. These days it's rare and it doesnt last, but when I first got clean I could get a rush just thinking about the set up of using. I don't miss much about that life, although I sometimes think about some of the people. I'm a bit of a sentimental person.

DaMN this is all to familiar.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Early on I had some stuff a buddy of mine made when he first started making it. I sat in a kitchen listening to people talk in the room next to me...I even saw them. When I got closer they were pillows and blankets..no people. That same night I kept seeing cars headlights pull up in the window..even heard doors closing. When I went outside there was nothing there. Obviously my buddy made some fucked up shit.

I had similar stuff happen a few times just from being up so long and being so high. There was this one time I did some dope that made me hallucinate immediately though and I'd actually slept the night before. The guy lived no more than maybe two miles from me and I knew the area like the back of my hand. But I did a shot and got in my car and was just tripping balls. Ended up spending about five hours trying to find my way home. It was like all the street signs were in Chinese and the roads I should know well were unrecognizable. I think I was just driving in circles the whole time and couldn't figure out how to get home. Left the guy's house at midnight and got home after 5am and almost ran out of gas. No more than two miles between the places of roads I'd been driving regularly for over a decade.

Looking back I don't even know why I did it. I mean sometimes it was fun, but it was mostly weird and confusing. I see tweakers occasionally now and it's so obvious they're spun out. Saw this couple digging through a dumpster the other day when I was at work and the guy was doing that jaw wagging thing.