[Bluntpoint]

From my experience dealing with abusers, labeling someone a recreational user is intellectually lazy.

Many who "recreationally" abuse drugs are, upon deeper examination, self-medicating an underlying emotion or mental disorder.

[fml]

Good point. I have always had a hard time trying distinguish between those who use illegal drugs for "recreational" purposes and those addicted to drugs for "medical" purposes.

[arthurus]

self-medicating an underlying emotion or mental disorder.

To a liberal everything is emotional or a sickness and nothing derives from reason.

[RightOnline]

"From my experience dealing with abusers, labeling someone a recreational user is intellectually lazy.

Many who "recreationally" abuse drugs are, upon deeper examination, self-medicating an underlying emotion or mental disorder."

So you........and some others here........see no difference whatsoever between someone like Rush who gets hooked on legal pain killers (and you know why he took them initially) and some heroine junkie on the street, right?

[Michael121]

I had 6 Months left in the Army. I made one more jump. Everything went okay, hooked up, jumped, shoot opened. When I landed it was the way I had done countless times before. Except when my boots hit, there was about a 2 inch rock under my left heel. It was enough to twist me and my sciatic nerve got pinched. I live with that pain today. Every morning, it comes and goes and sometimes is severe enough to take my breath. But I did not accept any kind of disability. In the past 13 years I have missed 4 days of work because of it.

I think the difference is I have a higher tolerence for pain. I was given demerol, but did not like the effects, but the most I do is take an Advil if it is really bad. It eases it a bit. I have a strong will some people do not. It does not mean they have emotional problems. It means they just cannot handle pain day after day. I can most days. The 4 days I missed work were days where I could not even stand up straight. Some people also have a low tolerance against drug effects.

[travisab1]

I like Rush and his commentary. I have a realy bad low back pain myself. If I thought sticking a rusty, dirty, otherwise filthy nail in my spine would ease the pain I have, I'd do it in a second. Don't knock pain until you've had the pain. I use only perscription drugs because I don't want to end up in jail or paying a fine I can't afford. The rusty nail wouldn't be ilegal but I'd probably be accused of trying to commit suiside and have to go to jail anyway.