Originally Posted by
zenchaser I think morality is different for everyone. I knew girls who would give sexual favors for drugs, something that I never considered doing. Or guys who would rob each other or strangers. How low a person is willing to go is an individual scale. My lowest moment will be different from someone else's. I don't think getting high or drunk is immoral in and of itself. How a person acts once intoxicated is a different story. Once those inhibitions come down things become unpredictable. Now that I've quit for good and I know what I know and believe what I believe I would consider the act to be deeply immoral, it would go against my code of conduct and personal truths. When I was in active addiction things were different though, I could find any excuse or trigger or passing fancy to justify myself. That's what addiction is all about.
" Did you order the Code Red?!"
"You're g-d right I did!"
If we knew /thought , at core, that indulging the buzz wasn't somehow , in some small way not quite kosher, why the need for justification at any level?