DO DRUGS AND SWINGING MIX?
If you're nervous going into swinging and think that a few
recreational drugs might take the edge off, then you have some
things to consider.
There are serious legal and health ramifications that you need
to think over before popping or smoking something to swing.
And you have to make the decision on your own.
Legal Issues
First of all, illegal drugs are just that: illegal. There's no
way around this. If you wilfully go out and purchase drugs that
are not over the counter or prescribed by a doctor, you are
committing an illegal act.
And it's that simple. If you are caught, you will get into
trouble with the law, and it's not worth it.
It's not worth your reputation or your health.
Health Concerns
There are hundreds of studies that have been done to examine the
effects that illegal drugs can have on your body. Addiction
aside, you are playing Russian roulette with illicit drug use.
While you might not hurt yourself on the first, the fourth, or
the twentieth try, you might on the twenty-first. All of our
bodies react differently when new chemicals are introduced. And
your body could be a ticking time bomb that just needs ecstasy
or marijuana to make it explode.
Or die.
And even if you don't die, you are permanently altering the
chemical structure of your body. Your body will not function as
well, nor will it be any stronger for having taken the drugs.
There is also the very real concern that the drugs may not be
pure so you might be ingesting something like heroin with your
LSD, or whatever you might be taking.
And that mix could very well be lethal. Thankfully, it's also
avoidable.
Judgment Call
Drugs change the way that you see the world around you and can
hinder you from making good decisions. All of the rules and
boundaries that you set up prior to your swinging experience may
be forgotten.
And you could feel guilty for doing something that you said that
you wouldn't.
This can cause serious relationship rifts and arguments because
trust is now called into question. Digging back out of that
could take a long time; recovering from that breach could take
even longer.
You could also harm someone else by not listening to what they
wanted, or didn't want. And that trust was sacred as well.
In The End
If you're taking drugs before or during swinging to make it a
better time, then you aren't ready for swinging at all. You
should be comfortable going into the decision and not need to
self-medicate to make it 'okay.'
A little glass of wine is fine, but taking anything more can
just make the experience a risk at worst, and at best, a great
time that you can't quite remember.
Swinging is supposed to be fun and exciting, so why dull it with
some artificial drug? Why question if it really was as good as
it felt when under the influence?