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Old Nov 14, 2016, 05:58 AM
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Location: AUS
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Hi
I used crystal meth (ice here in aus, or as I will call it, shard, cos that's the slang in my city) for 3 years. I've not used in over 3 years now, the only way I was able was to rid myself of all those people also using from my life, it's a massive change. I replaced the use with use of different drugs, namely MJ & benzos. As of 2 months ago I haven't used MJ daily or had it in my house, it took my partner wanting to stop to get me to consider it. I'm really not sure how to help but reaching out is the first step. When I stopped smoking shard it was the best thing I ever did for myself, its so destructive & like rxqueen said above depletes & downregulates neurotransmitters, it's not sustainable in the long term, you already know this though. I'm not going to say it's not going to get worse before it gets better, it does, but it does get better.
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