common logic says you can't be a drug user and a serious/successful runner. but there's gotta be some people who use. like real drugs too. i know of someone who runs seriously, putting up some okay times and has been addicted to cocaine for years. makes to sense to me how the two lifestyles can even coincide. just curious if people know of dedicated runners who use harder drugs recreationally or are addicted.
harder drugs than cocaine!? how many are there? i am not all knowledgeable on drugs, but i did not think there were too many harder than cocaine.
my fault, i didn't mean harder as in harder than cocaine, i meant harder drugs like than booze and weed. like anything else roughly on the level of coke.
ok, i got ya. i guess that is the problem with typed messages. if you had been actually talking to me i might have seen that those were two separate points....anywho, i just know a bunch of guys, or maybe just a few, 14:30ish that smoke a lot of pot. not too many on the harder stuff.
crack, heroin, angel dust, speed, etc..., etc....
cocaine is probably the least "hard" of hard drugs. its not as addictive, nor does it screw you up as much as most of the others (not that it doesn't screw you up a lot).
I abused drugs/alcohol and competed somewhat successfully for about six years. I wasn\'t great by any means (sub 2:40 marathon) but I did okay on the local running scene. Anyway it was a train my ass off reward myself way of life. I used cocaine/crack over the course of that time and yes it hurt my running (not to mention my finances) in ways I can\'t begin to imagine. But that\'s the whole problem with being an addict. You delude yourself into thinking it\'s all okay. I\'ve been clean and sober now for more than eight years. It\'s not a lifestyle I would recommend. I still run, but not as much, as I\'ve learned that the key to life is moderation in all things.
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