i have a friend who is like that. he's such a confident person, and truly, i think that's why he's still alive. he has always believed that drugs aren't going to kill him. he says,"drugs aren't going to kill me, it's going to take a lot more than drugs to kill me". haha, his attitude has rubbed off on me. he's had his siezures, his blackouts, but he's still kicking it. for him, i don't think it was the fact that he could brag about the drugs he's done, but rather the experience - mixing downers with uppers, pills with alcohol or just plain inserting six to seven rolls by any means possible (plugging rolls is the best way).
we never saw this as drug abuse. drug abuse, according to us is doing something you should not be doing with the wonderful brain stimulants, example: dropping a joint, snorting xanax, etc.
the fear of dying is what kills you.