What are some things or events in your life that has turned you around completly, something or someone that has defined or influenced what you are and what you will be for the rest of your life?
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What are some things or events in your life that has turned you around completly, something or someone that has defined or influenced what you are and what you will be for the rest of your life?
Cmon, let it out. :)
My parent's divorce changed me,
the day I got arrested,
the day I first smoked weed,
the day I met my exboyfriend
the last day I saw my exboyfriend,
12-01-06 (the day my boyfriend asked me out),
hmmm
A lot has changed me/made me who I am.
I'm still experiencing shit too,
I'm only 17!
In junior high someone pulled down my pants, but not only did they get my pants, my undies came with it. After that everyone called me the Anteater. Due to not being clipped and having an odd shaped penis. :D It changed me forever.
not having parents
having my brother murdered
having my son
having to watch my wife lay in pain with a broken leg (femur of all the bones... the fuckin hardest to break) after being slammed into a brick wall by a car
growing up
working (kinda goes along with growing up, learning what my actions ended up costing other people)
getting married
going from rich to poor (we were never really 'rich' as the money wasn't technically ours, but when i was way littler my grandma had over 10 credit cards... then a bunch more like the jc penny's card, sears card, conns card, lowes card, home depot card that type of shit, credit cards that only work in said store)
just a few.
Going to a Charlie Daniles/Marshall Tucker concert back in 1977 at Raceway Park in Englishtown NJ, I turned the corner and saw Shakedown St for the first time...my friends did'nt tell me that the Dead was going to be there. Never Been the same. :)
I guess there's a chain of events that will forever change the rest of my life. I'm still going through the changes, but 2006 is a year of great joy, and deep sadness, but this is the year I discovered what it's means to really suffer, and finding gratitude of how life is wonderful and precious.
It all started back with falling back in love with my ex-wife, who has a deep impact on who I am. There is no other woman that knows me better than I know myself, and probably will never find another like that. After about 4 months, we parted ways. The things she said, it foreshadowed things to come, in a way, became true. I headed on a destructive path of partying, and stop looking at anyway to move forward in life, By then lost a clear view on life through doing too many psychedelics. I quit going to school, my work-ethic at work started to deteriorate. I started getting consumed by issues that weren't important.
The 2nd event was getting arrested in another state for poss. of marijuana and cocaine with a couple of friends and my brother. It couldn't come at a worse time since I needed my clearance for my job renewed. About 3 weeks later, the government found out about my charges because I forced to admit them filling out the form, and escorted me out of the building. My company put me on administrative leave without pay, which I thank god everyday or I would've been screwed because of what happens next.
I find out I have cancer a month later. Living through it, chemotherapy, spending all this time recovering gives me a newfound appreciation on life. I discovered peace in myself, and has given me an optimistic outlook on life. I stopped doing other drugs, just sticking to the ganja. It has given me an idea of where I want to go next, when all this is over, I'm going to find a way to help others, to make a difference even if it's a small one. Some way, some how, that's my direction.
Figment = uber lucky!
All I can say is, man you are lucky!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Figment
Uhhh some things off the top of my head
Parents working all the time-not seeing them much
First time I go high changed me a lot too
2nd time I did DXM-really fucked up my head and landed me in mental/drug rehab
3rd time I did acid kind of changed me.
Uhh I dunno a lot of little shit changes who I am completely everyday, i'm just not stable :p
1. when i ran away from home for two weeks and ended up at Amber's Arms, a shelter for troubled youth. i realized that no matter how bad i feel, there's always someone who has it worse. and always someone who has it better.
2. my first 'true' acid trip when i relaized that its okay not to believe in god or have a religion. i've never felt more satisfied about my beliefs.
3. my senior year of high school when i met Beth, a janitor in my school. sshe taught me about socialism, marx, the economy, and utopia. she definetly wasnt a janitor, she was my sense. she taught me how to be an activist.
Running around in the streets of Brooklyn at five years old, without adult supervision, got me off to a good start in the School of Hard Knocks.
Too many moments to name...the most recent..I quit smoking cigarettes after nearly 7 years or so. I work out/exercise now..am actually in shape, don't have that nasty cough..still have a cough, but only when I'm smoking weed..not anything like cigarette cough. Food tastes a lot better now I have a much better sense of smell...my hands aren't colder than the rest of my body when it's a bit cool outside...I'm hoping that I don't have cancer already and so long as I don't I could've prevented that...and I'm no longer going to die because I smoke cigarettes. Life changing moment if you ask me..already enough ways for me to die, don't need a guarantee from cigarettes as well..I'm done with em.
My parents were both alcoholics and beat the shit out of each other every night for the first four years or so of my life...can't say it changed my life much..but I can now look back on that..and to when I used to be a heavy drinker a couple of years ago. I never would want to do anything like that to my family..EVER. Which is why I don't drink...very occasionally..within the past eight months I've had probably three shots of rum and a couple of beers..nearly every day before then for quite a while.
Well, if that taught me anything, it's precisely how NOT to raise my children. I think I'll stick to marijuana...
The most life changing thing for me is my boys.Now i have to live in constant fear that they may get hurt, get there feelins hurt, or that i may not be doin all I can for them.Kids make life alot scarier ...I have alot to lose now.
Dive:stoned:
no one event has defined who i am.... but one day i will never forget, is the day i came home from college to the news that my Grandmother had been stabbed... thing is, i dunno if it made me a better person or not, cuz whenever i think about it, i visualize in my head, him attacking her, i'm filled with such a rage that i can't tell whats right from whats wrong.
i don't know if i want him to be released from prison or not, for fear of what I might do
some good responses, i know there more than 15 ppl on this site, cmon let me hear more, its really interesting.
definatley the biggest change in my life was the first day i toked, i decided to completly turn into a stoner, and basiclly started a new life, i love it and have never looked back
~My parents divorce, selling the house I grew up in, after the divorce.
~Getting my first car, a Camaro. Its been my hobby modding it and racing it since I was 16.
~Going on a school trip to Greece. It was the best trip Ive ever been on and will never forget it.
~Getting an apartment with my girlfriend.
~Smoking weed hasn't really changed my life style Ive always been a very relaxed & layed back person. Weed just enhances my everyday life, and I love it.
I think these are a few things in my life that have either influenced me or have changed my life. Some great some devastating.
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The first day i smoked up..cant imagine what i'd be like now if i'd never met the herb...
Going to a peace protest and meeting people who have lost everything to war. I've become a much more peaceful and nicer person since then.
When I gave up my faith. I realised I had been living a lie, and once I realised my true beliefs, I've been an overall nicer and happier person.
saving somebodys life
Wow, you sir, are a brave soul!Quote:
Originally Posted by thcbongman
As for what changed me...
~ Parents' divorce;
~ Waking up in the middle of the night and seeing my home on fire;
~ The death of my Father, and all the unnesessary drama that came with it;
~ Moving to California from Quebec, Canada;
~ First taste of the Holy Herb;
~ First psychedelic experience--fall of Spirituality;
~ Finding my Personal Legend, and living it--finding Spirituality once again.
:jointsmile:
5 of us were kicking back
we didnt even smoke or drink yet
but we did have guns around
one of the homies wanted to play russian roulette
i like my life so i chose not to get involved
one of the guys who i guess didnt know much about
how guns work put the bullet in the chamber and spun it
the bullet stopped just before the holeso he assumed
that when he pulled the trigger the hammer would hit nothing
but what he didnt realize was that when you pull the trigger
thebullet thing moves and he shot himself straight in the head
i wasnt paying attention but when i heard th shot my stomach dropped
i couldnt belive what my eyes were seeing
since that day ive realized how easy it is to die
that day changed me
After my grandmother died, shes the one who raised me..it changed me
Not seeing my parents for 14 years since birth,... after my grandma died my aunt took care of me,..then all of a sudden they moved me here on Japan, that shit really changed me i mean i dont even know who I am anymore,.. after getting here,a new lifestyle, new friends,new way of doing things,new everything but it seems to be that i dont wanna be like this 4ever, i want to be the old me, the old me sucked ass but i love it,... and yeah smoking weed did changed me,...
Some big impacts on my life:
12yo- The first time I smoked weed- need I say more
15 yo-My first Grateful Dead show-I had never even heard them before but became an instant Dead Head
15 YO- The first time I did shrooms and the first time I did acid- You can't do hallucinogens and not have it impact your outlook on life.
22 yo-the day I tried to give CPR to a girl who had fallen off a motorcycle w/o a helmet. She had blood coming out of her nose, eyes, ears and mouth. I'd breath air into her and it would come out as a bloody, bubbly froth. Worst of all was the fact that her eyes were open, staring up at me the entire time. She didn't make it. Those open, dead, eyes haunted me for months.
25 yo- The day Jerry Garcia died- The thought of not going to another Dead show was a tough pill to swallow. Being a Dead Head and going to the shows was a big part of my life, Suddenly it was over.
26 yo- The day I stepped off the plane in Shanghai, China for an extended stay. My first experience living in a radically different culture.
26 yo-The day I met my wife- Love at first site, seriously.
34 yo- The day my daughter was born- The single most incredible day of my life. Nothing before, or probably after, can come close.
I guess the day I thought I was pretty much gonna die from an overdose lol. I thought I was smoking much more than just marijuana. Thought it was laced and started doing very deep research on weed and other drugs. As I began to read more I began to become very interested in Cannabis. I think if that day never happened I wouldn't appreciate Cannabis as much as I do now. Sounds funny but when I was experiencing it nothing was laughable about it. I was 100% positive I was out of here.
Got dumped by my ex.
Started smoking heavily
That's about it.
The first time I stepped on a skateboard was a big turning point in my life
also, almost getting hit by a semi truck really fucked with me for a while
the first time I tried weed of course
Im still not right from all the acid
Had a stoner revelation after smoking alot with my homie, my whole outlook on life changed instantly and it hasnt gone back to the same. It made me start trying to straighten out my life and stop smoking so much, given i wasnt really smoking alot it just seemed dumb i was smoking that much haha.
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until recently i was a mess. Taking every drug you could name and more (except crack and smack). took acid about a month and a week ago, and haven't touched anything except booze and weed since. I got a long way to go to get my life back together, but it's all good now. i think acid helped me get rid of a self destuctive part of myself.
My buddies and I were driving down some country road through the woods and we got his moms pasatt up to 130...then the road stopped. We almost hit a tree but fortunately my friend swerved and we rolled the car 6times hit a tree, bounced up into the air and hit another tree. I had hit my head on the ground when we were rolling and all 3 of us were kinda outta it, then from out of nowhere this lady come running up to us screaming "OMG they're dead!!! they're dead!" right in my face. I was sitting there looking at here thinking "I'm fine. I'm not bleeding, nothings broken. Maybe I am dead?" it was pretty scary.
the car was all crumpled up like a foil ball but all 3 of us lived. I didn't even check myself into the hospital. Something I vividly remember though was about 30yards ahead of us was the car battery, and right next to it was a pack of smokes my friend had in his front shirt pocket. That shit boggles my mind to this day.
Wear your seatbelt.
Oh, just another quick one...I'm sure a lot of people can relate to this one.
The first time I hiked up a really high mountain and overlooked the vast horizon. That feeling of being on top of the world...
Hmm...Life changing moments.
It's sad reading about the people who've been altered by circumstances they had no control over. Most of my misery can be attributed to the choices I've made.
I stole some candy from a Cub Foods grocery store when I was only eight years old. My brother still takes responsibility for sending me in there to do the deed. I got caught the moment I set my foot past the automatic doors. I was guilty of stealing candy and was ordered to rehabilitate myself (at eight years old) at a "clinic" for thieves. I was the youngest person in the room. Around me where people who were convicted of grand theft auto and elaborate robberies that I couldn't scheme in my wildest dreams. As the spotlight went around the room, I realized how petty of crime I had been convicted of and felt ashamed that I couldn't speak sincerely of operations of grandeur, even though I was having serious sugar withdrawals. I have always been very critical of myself. I remember throwing a fit and distancing myself from my peers when I contracted the chickenpox and no one wanted to play with me. I grew older, but with the same mind. As a teenager, I stole many things from my family, friends and other unsuspecting people. By this time I had been involved with drugs and most of what I stole was sold for ecstasy, bars, marijuana and other illegal substances. I spent all summer away from my home, only to comeback when the road was empty and I had nowhere else to go. I would eat at home, sleep at home, then when I got ready to get high, I would steal from home and share the benefits with the friends who were paying my way most of the time. Thievery is an easy method of acquiring what you want without any obligation to schedules and strenuous work. So I contributed to our high by doing what I was good at and what was easy. I forgot my family. I had my own family of drug-seeking addicts by then. It all came crashing down when my own father alerted the police of my absence, then he continued on to tell them that I had stolen a valuable ring of his and I was taken to jail when I arrived at my home. I lost touch with some very close friends because of my habits. I gave up on my family and the guilt that ensued caused me to give up on all my friends and myself. I've been a ghost to the world I used to know, nestled away in my room, only to rise again on those good days when I feel equipped to take on every day pressures. I can't shy away from the sunlight forever.
Watching someone get their brain blown clean out and the back half of their head go with it changed me - concidering i was about 7 or 8.
Smoking weed for the first time.
Finding out the one woman i love didnt love me.
Having 8 police officers with loaded MP5's pointing at me in my own house changed me - i got raided.
My friend commiting suicide on the London Underground fucked me up pretty badly - all over something silly. He'd had a brain tumor - he was a great soul.
Watching people who i've been around nearly my whole life go to prison.
The world is fucked - then you smoke a joint and realise it's not all bad [just 99% of it]
Being arrested and wrongly accused of an attempted robbery.
the first time I busted a nut, lol :D
When my ex girl moved to florida, and left me all alone in nyc. I knew it was comming for a while but i didnt believe it until she was gone.
Getting arrested with 4-5 grams of bud and 1800$ cash. dosent look good on, a 17yr old. Being handcuffed, waiting in a cell indefinatley, getting treated like a murderer or rapist.
The first time i heard Loveless by My Bloody Valentine. Blew my mind and totally changed my outlook on what music can be, and is.
All of my psychedelic experiences have changed me in ways i couldnt begin to explain, and you wouldnt be able to understand till youve tried it. (not saying taking psychedelic drugs is a good thing for anyone else, nor advocating their use, but simply that they have played a hue part in molding my mind).
The moment i comprehended how insignifigant a single humans life is and that no matter what we do we will still be subatomic organisms compared to the universe.
The following quotes were each spoken by my friends, and have seriously changed my life.
"Its amazing how the beauty of life can be so easily portrayed in something as simple as a flower"-my friend
"Frogs see in two dimensions, so just because we see in three dosen't mean thats all there is" - a friend quoting someone she met in rehab.
and the first time i actually got high.
lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by JunkYard
the first time i got blazed.
my first job
when i got my dog
my freshman year of highschool
The birth of my son. I nearly cried in the delivery room when i saw he was hung.... ITS A BOY!!!!!
When i tossed his mothers ass out the door.
When i got married to my current wife.
when i bought my house.