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These 25 People Took Drugs and Destroyed Their Lives

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I saw a patient who had lost his penis from shooting up heroin in penile vein (his last remaining good vein), having it get infected, and not seeking treatment until it was too late.

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I used to do meth. My older brother was into all kinds of other drugs and swore he’d never do it. So I take him to a friend of mine who I hadn’t seen in a year or so, hoping he’d have weed. Nope. Dude had moved on to meth. Gave me and my brother a half gram line each. Well, my brother starts seeing alligators in the woods and shit three days later, and ends up addicted to meth. Turns out it was his first time.. For two years he became obsessed with the Illuminati, sending me messages with pictures of trees. Also said once that the macarena is the secret of life. So, yeah. Meth, not even once.

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A guy I use to buy weed from took 8 hits of acid in the dorms. I heard it was his first time doing it. He ended up snapping the tip of a spoon off and repeatedly stabbing himself in the throat. Almost died. Blood all over the walls and all over his room. This was just a little ways down the hall from me. One of his eyes was all wonked out and not working right because he damaged a nerve in his neck, which I think is probably the reason he crashed his motorcycle in to a car embankment and died like a year after the incident.

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Started using heroin when I was 14 (shitty childhood, okay)? 15 and sucking off guys three times my age to pay for it. Been clean for 2.5 years now and incredibly lucky to not have gotten any serious diseases, but I’ve lost a lot of people and a lot of self-respect. Bipolar and PTSD and more than 20 suicide attempts in the 13 years I was using. My family never gave up on me through it all and that’s the only reason I’m still here, but so many people don’t have that.

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A guy I went to high school with ended up jumping out of a window on acid. I guess he freaked out when someone was knocking on the door. He lived but has limited use in one of his arms now.

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.