@machtyn Yeah, I'm in anatomy right now and we looked at a human brain that was from an individual who died as a result of cocaine abuse. The brain looked black, and that was from the destroyed blood vessels as a result of cocaine use. I was shocked

@KenneticEnergy That is insane.

@KenneticEnergy That is awesome though! What's your career goal?

Kennetic......people are doing LSD again????? WT Freak!

@machtyn Yeah, especially if you think about how toxic blood is to neurons.. def a recipe for disaster.

I'm trying to get into nursing school haha

@Deleted User Yeah, Silicon Valley is apparently full of software engineers and social media engineers who are microdosing on acid and other psychadelics. It's crazy

I am lucky.........my cocaine abuse............I came through it with most of my brain still inatct....but man.....at tax time, following the forms for all the clients I have.....yeah, there was a side effect...I have to go real. real slow

They're doing it as a way to "concentrate" better, but it's insaine. That's like taking vicodin for a minor headache

Have not done LSD since 1992.........

@Deleted User For sure man. I heard back in the 80s/90s it was considered like a "classy" or "rich person's" drug lol

I have several family members who suffered from cocaine addiction. Theyre clean now though

LSD got popular on college campuses at the end of the 1980's......cocaine was and is still expensive. Nasty evil drug

Been clean since 2004

@Deleted User That's awesome for you, yeah I can never imagine ever taking those drugs. Stuff is literally poison

I was raised better and I knew better but still did it anyway.....behaving like a woman.....blaming everything that was wrong in my life on "someone else"

thankfully I got over THAT

What baffles me though, is how strong nicotine is. Apparently it's easier for someone to quit a hard drug like cocaine or heroin than to come off of nicotine

I still smoke cigarettes

debatable.....my dad quit after 45 years of smoking. He just decided he was "done" and this was back in the 1980's

@Deleted User They have some awesome programs out there if you're looking to quit. Statistically they say for most people it takes about 4-5 tries

I really don't want to quit, truth be told

That's amazing. Yeah my dad was the same way, some people are just able to put it down while for others it's worse than coming off of cocaine or heroin

I don't smoke in the apt....even if it was allowed, I would still take it outside. The cost is a ton, and that has reduced my smoking. A pack now lasts me three days. I used to smoke two a day in the 1990's

Cigarettes didn't kill my dad. He died in his sleep back in 2014 from an anuerism

Yeah, there's so many taxes and stuff placed on it it's expensive. And I'm sorry for your loss..

The old man was 84. He died in his chair while taking a nap. Not in a hospital. Not some slow, long, agonizing death...........mom died back in 2010, undected cancer. She felt no pain

until it was too late

@Deleted User At least he wasn't in pain, that's the good thing. And yeah cancer is such a silent killer, a lot of people don't realize they have it until it's stage 2 or 3

mom was like that. didn't smoke or drink.......went to her yearly checkup......her ovaries were huge.....she was past stage two going into stage threee. No pain. Six months later. Gone

@KenneticEnergy That is awesome! Good luck. Nursing is an amazing field. Isn't the base pay for an RN like 70k in most states?

that was a shock. dad.......I was happy for him.......died a way that many will never have. Quietly at home. Book in lap. fell asleep, never woke up

@Deleted User That sounds amazing 😉

@Deleted User Wow.. that's crazy. I had a great aunt who smoked like 5 packs a day every day of her life and never came down with any kind of cancer. Died of old age at 98. Sometimes the cards we're dealt with don't add up

@machtyn Yeah it pays pretty well, but I'm not doing it for the money. When I was getting cancer surgery last year and the nurses made me feel so calm, when I was scared out of my mind. That's when I knew what my calling was

I wanna specialize in med-surg, and do either pre-op or recovery

the tech that they utilize now for surgery and recovery is amazing. I can't even imagine what it's gonna be like in another 20-30 years

@KenneticEnergy Wow that is amazing inspiration.

@machtyn anatomy is kicking my butt right now but it's fascinating stuff haha. I take physiology and microbio next semester

Awesome!

@machtyn How about you? What field or career are you in or trying to get into?