SEX & DRUGS and ROCK'N ROLL

Hi Docphil

In my humble opinion there are 2 very strong  emotions 

Love and Fear ! The latter it seems is the one we focus on more..

Our Fears Produce to much adrenalin in the body.. To much over long periods of time , gives us physical symptoms, which frighten us. I feel its at this point people turn to drugs drink, or whatever to rid themselves of the problem... this may sound to simple, but the body is doing exactly as it should do.!  There is no mystery to this, we send the messages to our brains. { Sick thoughts = Sick Bodies }  We on the other hand refuse to listen to messages our brains send us. and so it goes on. The never ending spiral of Fear Flight or fight Syndrome.

Some of us have to go there to find OURSELVES..

Old  Doll.

A lot of true words being spoken here. 

It shouldn't be forgotten though, that a substantial amount of the music that shaped later musicians tastes and ideas, peoples lifes and indeed society as a whole was written by artistes who were higher than an astronauts kite.

My opinion is that although the drugs side of the music industry maybe aint the cleverest thing for you to slide into, without it music would be a far poorer art form.

Maybe too much of a generalisation, but it's my opinion that the type of folks who get into making music are those of a creative slant, always looking for new ideas, new inspiration.

Bearing in mind that the use of drugs, particularly halucinogenics - whether they be mild or strong,  do open up the 'doors of perception'...as it were..for me it's no surprise that musicians or indeed ANY creative artistes try too harness them and use them for their own creative ends.

Sex?  Well everyones into that! <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_smile.gif" border=0 alt="Smile">

Of course, it could just be that they enjoy that escape from reality. However it's a fair chance they were using drugs before they feel the need of escapism in the industry anyway.

In conclusion; Sex is good. Drugs, used in moderation are also good. Rock n Roll is fantastic.  Mix the 3, add some alcohol....man, you gotta party going on! 

Craig.  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_smile.gif" border=0 alt="Smile">

Don't forget Syd Barrett had a nervous breakdown and just recently died. He was replaced by David Gilmour. Sex while gratifying can also become an addiction (Steven Tyler). It can't kill you (unless you get AIDS) but what a way to try.

Bootlegger.

Here is a sobering fact: You are your brain . . .  Anything that messes around with the basic wiring and functioning of your brain is probably not a good thing to do.

Long-term use of any psycho-active substance will not 'improve' anybody's brain and/or enhance their creative abilities.  Long-term use of drugs or alcohol will decrease an individual's ability to learn, think, and process information.

Long-term use of some substances can fundamentally change the way a person's brain functions.  Drug addicts often times become so fundamentally and irreversably addled by drugs that they are unable to relate to anybody in a meaningful way.

Regarding sex - back in the 70's and 80's I was in the Special Forces of the Sexual Revolution.  I valiently wielded my mighty weapon to and fro on the front lines of the sexual revolution - heroically fighting to make the world safe for free love. 

That was many years ago . . . The sexual encounters I now remember the most vividly and fondly are all from meaningful relationships.  The one-night-stands just don't stand out and in retrospect I realize that is because they were truly meaningless and devoid of any emotional significance.

And we thought herpes was scary!  This mighty warrior can no longer fight as long and as hard and as often as I once did.  I also now confine my freedom fighting to a monogomous battlefield -

I am really glad to see all those different answer.

I was a lot in contact with "users" due to professional reasons. I can understand at least 90% of the "why". You start to take something, especially when the stress is high. It starts with innocent stuff, like medication to sleep, slowly a lot of them start with a kind of speed. I tried to avoid these things, but sometimes I had to. Strange but true: a lot of sleeping pills, one of the most known is ROHYPNOL, and our country is "famous" in prescribing drugs, meaning legal. Nobody cares, every patient goes around from one doctor to another. I prescribed at last "caffeine" 200-300mg, it is like drinking red bull's, and I was very engaged with these people, retracting a lot of persons buying "legal" stuff on the black market. Concerning XTC, it is dangerous, and they call it party drug. I admit that about 90% took this drug just in the weekend, and NOT in the week. To stop, it ain't easy, but if are motivated: it will work. But the BIGGEST DRUG is ALCOHOL. I have seen what a destruction this product and you can get it everywhere. This "drug" is so normal, because you can get it almost everywhere, that finally nobody stands still, while they drink a beer, concerning the problems. I have still one thing on my heart: if you start to sell cocaine and/or heroin in a legal way, a lot of countries will have very big problems, because a lot of these drugs are kind of supported by a lot of governements. Young artists take it often for so called "inspiration" to write better songs, and than they start to take more and more: opportunity, tired, flashes and at the end they HAVE to take it, just to function more or less normal. The tolerance is a lot higher and to be honest, if somebody out there has used, you will never get back the same feeling after taking drugs during 3 days.

I love this answer. I know a lot about this subject, because I did use while, when working. The variety was going from, he so called Benzodiazepines, like valium, up to amphetamines because I "taught that I needed it, to take in the morning, to have a head or brain that worked better, because I worked so hard. I also used to drink, the limit here is now 0,5 pro mille, but 15 years ago it was 0,8 promille. I could say I am proud because they never catched me. I knew all police officers, very good, was even for a longtime medical for the police, and in that time It was like "pill or drugheaven" for me. We got al this, irresponsable stuff, for free as samples. I am NOT at all proud of this part of my life, I told they never catched me: WHY: Because I knew the effects of combination different kinds, and after a few drinks, you were mostly still functioning, almost nobofy saw it and if they asked something about my eyes or behaviour, I told them that I was to tired. The thing with drugs is that in my case I could take 50 times more than compared to the average. I know so much about this subject, consequences, and stopping (never in hospital), sometimes with "cold turkey", if on holiday. Finally I realised that I messed up my life, my EGO, my family relations, only a very few patients knew this. I have to admit, if you put an alcoholic in a bar, very easy to styart again. In my case the same. But I am VERY PROUD that I was able to turn this BAD thing into a GOOD thing because I could share my experience with my patients, and I am also proud that about 20 patients stopped after being followed by me. I want to write a book about this problem, I am sitting here every day, because of sequels of an accident, and I wrote one about depression. I can go on for hours, so if you, reading this, and you recognise yourself don't hesitate to send me a personal email, I know what I did and because of this, I know what to do. This was not so easy to write, but if I can help 1/100 people it is worth to have written this.

Lena, as a woman what is your point of view of the trio sex, drugs & rock & roll?

Bootleger.

Thanks, Lena for your reply.

My point as you answered was the view point and the difference of response. A man will answer with his head not considering emotions or lack of them and that's why we group them together. "With rock & roll (in a band) you'll get the sex & drugs". While a woman thinks with her heart and weighs the consequences, that's why I asked your point of view. The orignal core that being the love of music gets lost.

Once again thanks.

Bootlegger.