I use amphetamine and methamphetamine because using my intellect without them is aggravating. It causes me great distress and irritation. When I'm on meth, things are fascinating and stimulating. I can think clearly (unless I go overboard, of course). I can direct my thoughts where I want them to go; I realize things that I'd otherwise overlook. The difference is really frighteningly dramatic, though part of that for me is withdrawal syndrome I'm sure. But the point is that I love to learn and use what I learn when I'm on amphetamines. I do not when I'm off them.I don't care what name people like me are given, who believes we're not just whining, or what reputation is assigned to the molecule I use to feel like myself. It fucking works. It also seems to be a part of a lot of people destroying themselves. To be fair, I know of not a single person who's lost their life to meth: I'm speaking only from popular opinion.I'm inclined to think anyone like me who experiences such a profound difference between unmedicated and medicated life is mildly broken in at least one way... I know I am in a lot of them :P  Seriously though, meth has not ruined my life, and I'm not homeless because of it. It does cause me a great deal of trouble though. And it's yet another thing that keeps me separated from the world. It's hard enough to find companionship in this world -- meth makes it much harder. Even among drug enthusiasts meth has quite a stigma attached to it. Though I suppose that's the entire idea behind your post, isn't it; remove the stigma.The benefits still outweigh the costs for me, but speaking objectively, it's not by all that much now. I'd probably have no high school degree and be pumping gas if it weren't for amphetamines (methamphetamine included). Hell, I might not even be doing that -- I might be dead. Make no mistake though, I've definitely become an addict and have all the problems that go along with that; still, if you want to call it a success story, I don't think you'd be a liar.I post a whole lot around here and I don't exactly lie and say I'm a happy person or anything, but not everything wrong with me is due to meth (in fact very little is due to meth). I hope nobody's gotten the wrong idea about that.