i am 53 yr. old who has been doing shit from a 12yr. old and on. started out in hawaii 1969 smoking gonja,acid,hash. then it was the U.S.Army 1972 now everything is great i'm going to be a man in my dads eyes who was a navy seal,frog man in ww11. basic training was ok then germany.first day there in traisit hash was shoved into my face and every day after. pure white china was easy as getting a coke out of the machine ,infact there was german beer in the machines. in headquarters battery.i started doing white and in just two days you where fucked.i saw friends of mine that did'nt even smoke dope that where hooked.then u would start selling just to get a fix or maintane your withdral symtumes.a very close friend of mine that i grow up with in the states in my home town was stationed just 2 hours away. i went to see him one week that i had off and it was'nt a very good visit.everyone that i met was hooked on cristal meth. and it was 100% sip. my friend bill was so messed up it mad me sick.he later died in the states.i myself started back up in the states after cold turky two times was on methadone program once and got off 6 monthes later and stayed clean for 15yrs. i always had a job from age 15 to now. i started back up on shit in 2003 after a devorce doing oxys and vicodin due to surgury with three rotators, two clavicals,hemroids,hernia,getting pain meds and not stoping i ended up going on bupe and been on it for a little over 2 years now and has been helping me stay away from drinking and other things as well. now i'm looking to get off the bupe and move on to a clean life agian.for what ever it's werth.