"Moderation" ...

[tested01]

alright, thinkin about it, moderation is key, doing to much of something is bad obviosuly, but what in your terms actually means moderation ? Lets say someones use of E, what is a moderate amount to be used and how often ?

a buddy of mine said good moderation of E would be 5 times or less a year..hmm..too me that doesnt sound right (but tahts cause i've done too much i guess inthe last year)...but i mean what are YOUR thoughts...

-peace1

[bob]

i'd say moderation is knowing your limits and never exceeding what you can't handle.

[Dean]

there's no set number for doing drugs in moderation

just know what your doing to yourself with every pill you take and do it accordingly

[tested01]

fair enough.

[mapleleaf4ever]

Originally Posted by bob

i'd say moderation is knowing your limits and never exceeding what you can't handle.

Must be the best way of describing moderation I've seen so far.

[Clayton.]

I've got a problem with moderation and E cause once i pop and i'm high i always wanna keep on doing more and always regret it after when i'm all sketchy and can't sleep. It sucks that's one of the reason's i don't really party any more i can't resist the E bomb's when at a rave.

[tested01]

tahts true, if theres more, your at a party, you wanna get high you'll pop more, thats my problem too.
but how much is too much do you guys think ? like how often popping.
how often do you guys pop more or less ?

[bob]

i pop half a cap and i'm high for a week... i wouldn't call it moderation, i'd call it getting my money's worth...

[Rytalin]

To get good mileage off your pills (and seretonin supply) I'd use E no more than once every couple weeks. Once a month would be an even better idea.

[LiQuiD_SpAwN]

dude... ever... ur pic is like... genius. pure genius.

[cheebus420]

moderation is as soon as any drug becomes a problem to yourself. When you can't enjoy yourself without popping, it's very much a problem. When your work, school, friends, social status are all directly effected by your drug use, it's a problem.

can you live your life normally as a result? I mean you can drink coffee everyday without a problem, that applies to a lot of things if you use moderation!

[cinist]

moderation is the key to everything. the problem with drugs is you can never tell who is going to moderate their drug use and keep it under control and who will get terribly out of hand with their use. a lot of people don't know themselves well enough too decide whether they can handle it or not.
i think you are always safer avoiding things that can hurt you, if you can have a few drinks and smoke some weed and be happy then you should do that if you can.
if you try to enhance life with drugs then you'll never want to get off them. in my experiance people do what is easy, its easy to swallow a pill and go with it. its harder too say no and do what is best for yourself. the odd thing is that every time you cut down or dont do anything at all it gets easier i think and you find more andmore reasons to take it easy

[axion]

Originally Posted by cinist

the odd thing is that every time you cut down or dont do anything at all it gets easier i think and you find more andmore reasons to take it easy

exactly. the hardest part is initially stopping. but once you get past that it's quite easy to keep the ball rolling.

[tested01]

well sometimes ill pop like once a week for like 2-3 weeks straight.sometimes ill pop like twice in a weekend and then stop for awhile..so i dont know..at raves though i can pop like 7 caps even though i KNOW thats a little much.lol

[axion]

as far as what i see as moderation, i didnt figure that out until i actually stopped doing drugs. i could pop shitloads of e and feel pretty much fine the next morning so i thought that popping once a week was a pretty moderate amount for me. it wasnt until i stopped that it all started to catch up to me and i actually began to feel the after-effects of e. personally i think that in order to figure out what moderation is for you, you have take a break from drugs and sit back to see how its actually affected you in your normal day to day life. and i think it's pretty hard to do this when you are caught up in a cycle of drug use.

[BAL1STOPHER]

Drugs R Bad Mmmmmmk?

[Goat]

Originally Posted by bob

i'd say moderation is knowing your limits and never exceeding what you can't handle.

18 caps/night.

:P

[gslse]

mod·er·ate ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mdr-t)
adj.
Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme: a moderate price.
Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate: a moderate climate.

Of medium or average quantity or extent.
Of limited or average quality; mediocre.
Opposed to radical or extreme views or measures, especially in politics or religion.

Does this help you? Probably not. It can't really tell you what you need to know. Defining "moderation" is reliant on multiple variables/paramaters. Knowing about the true inconsistencey of any street drug, (regardless of how reliable the source), coupled with the extreme inconsistencey of the human body, should lead one to conclude that a true level of "moderation" could not be calculated.

Yo, man. Try and be be careful, homeboy!

[tested01]

seeing this as a problem, i dont think i'd ever turn down a free cap at a rave or from a buddy or something..but i mean thats just me, im down for whatever as long as i dont get fucked up.everyone says oh denial blah blah, your in denial and all that shit, but then you can just say that about anything..so fuck it really.

[gslse]

you are correct about the 'denial' thing. Yes it's the 'first stage' as they say about addictions; but, I agree, tested01, that is the first stage of many a scenario/situation. Saying you 'don't have a problem' is only substantial when many other variables have been factored in. Simple denial about a potential problem does not denote a problem in itself.

[Gusto]

Originally Posted by tested01

but i mean thats just me, im down for whatever as long as i dont get fucked up

I think that right there is the problem... you might need to show some restraint, or things could get out of control.

[Clayton.]

At utopia my friend popped 23 caps over the night, i thought that was a little much.

He should learn about moderation.

[-ff-]

Everything in moderation.

especially moderation.

[Jen-E-03]

i think doin e once every 4 weeks wouldnt b too bad...i'd call that moderation

[~god~]

fuck all these moderation talks.
You can't really theorize your drug consumptions. When you're high, moderation is the fukin last thing on your head.
Im seriously thinking of quitting everything.