Does being under the influence of something scare you?

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I don't like drugs affects.

I'm terrified of alcohol. When I was little, I was supposed to take some for my first communion, but I only pretended to drink it. IMO, alcohol is really a poison, and the only reason we don't see it that way is because the alcohol prevents it. I'm not taking anything that damages my brain, even if it's only temporary damage.

I will take drugs prescribed to me. That is my limit.

When I am under surgery I usually need an extra dose of anesthetic. There is something in my mind that simply won't let me go that easily. My father is an alcoholist, but I don't drink. I don't like the taste of wine and beer, although the more powerful stuff is nice. I drunk in social events but I have never been drunk, only to the point of feeling a bit dizzy. It didn't make me more talkative, so I still can't see the point of alcohol. I would actually like to try cannabis, I smoked a bit of hashish once and it calmed me and smelled good.

People have told me Im a "Sober drunk" meaning when Im drunk, I dont do stupid ****

yeah, being under the influence of something does scare me. I've never had any alcohol(other than, say, vanilla extract baked in cookies and such). Even when I used to go to a catholic church when I was younger, I refused to have any wine on my first communion, even the little samples that they gave in the sunday school class beforehand(I now go to a christian chruch that I like better anyway, and happens to use grape juice for communinion. I did not choose it for that but for the content of the service). Like some other people have said here, I don't want anything to affect my mind or "who I am". Also, I don't want to damage my mind in any way. I would never use any drugs that contained alcohol, even if a doctor said I should(this came up once). I also really don't want to take sleeping pills, although I don't know if that would change if I have sleeping problems when I'm older. I hope it never comes up. Also, I would never use any other drugs, other than standard prescription drugs for an illness, or possibly occasionally over-the-counter headache pills like aspirin(although, unless It's really bad, I usually would rather go without the medicine and just bear with the pain. I haven't had anything in the past year or so, as I recall). I don't even use decongestants and stuff like that for fear of getting a "medicine head".

Once I had a panic attack after drinking alcohol. I do like drinking but I HATE getting to the point where I'm not in control. I have done that a few times. But I have never "blacked out", and not remembered the night. I have never done drugs.

My drug exp were in the late 60's early 70's. I kicked it. Wasn't pleasent. But I tried most everything I could get my hands on. Opium was a problem, because I liked that one a lot and could get it easily and cheap. It calmed me. The problems that one would have caused in the long run, I don't even care to think about now. My drinking was another story. I had to do the first 6 just to stand the people so close to me, from there I drank to the point of alcohol posioning/black outs. When I was 'caught", I blew (tested by the police) numbers that even surprised them that was still standing, let alone not in a hospital. Slow suicide. Kicked that one too, not an easy thing for me to do, but I have my methods now that work. AA wasn't a good thing for me, had to figure out another way. I only will take a vitiman E now to stop the optical migrains, if I have a head ache I'll only take one asprin, not 2. Valium I do take when I have to go out to do something. I hate the meds the doctor suggests, but this one seems to be a help. It was a long time getting to this one. A slightly higher dose of this one damn near killed me with the depression it caused, about a month and a half ago. Whew that was a close one. I be better now