--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Just the last few days I've been talking about addictions with a friend and > I've been thinking about them even longer. I'm not an expert but it seems > that even addicts who are addicted to an activity like shopping or gambling > or reading romance novels, such addicts are really addicted to whatever > chemical in their body that that activity releases. So for example, let's > say a gambling addict could tell somehow when their craving for that activity > was reaching a dangerously high level because the concomitant chemical was > reaching a dangerously low level. Instead of going to the local casino, > what if there was some way they could release that craved chemical in their > own body without ever going to the casino?Â
I suppose the irony of this whole conversation for me is that I was a heavy dope smoker right up until the week I learned TM. The teacher said we should avoid recreational drugs for two weeks before we learn as they interfere with the process. Which came as a bit of a shock as smoking dope was like breathing to me but I wanted to do it right and complied. I had such a good initial experience that I was transformed into a raging Buddha overnight. After the 2nd day of checking I went out for a pint with some of my droogs and realised that drinking spoiled the effect of a natural high I got from TM but when I tried a joint it was like every cell in my brain went buzzy and cloudy, totally undermining my new found self. Nasty enough for me to hand it back and say No way! That was it for both of my main avenues of pleasure. Dropped at once by instinct. I never said never again, indeed my mates who knew me rather well, gave it six weeks at the outside. 20 years later and I've forgotten what it all felt like. What is strange to me then is how these kids, or anyone, can enjoy dope and TM. To me they simply did not mix, are the MUM stoners totally OTP? Or was my reaction OTT? Has anyone else successfully done both?
