Friday, February 8, 2013

The Nice Ice Experiment

When I was told that we were to "get addicted" to ice, I was really confused. Although I wasn't able to actually get addicted to the ice, it was fun to see what lengths I would go to to obtain it. There were some situations which were easier than others, such as getting ice at home. Other situations like getting ice at school were difficult, however. Surprisingly at home, no one in my family noticed my ice stealing skills. There was a situation in which a non-ice user offered my ice and I had to decline without being able to come with legitimate reason as to why. I found myself going to lengths that even involved eating icicles or snow because that was the closest thing I could get to in some situations. I found this experiment to be rather silly but also interesting as to what myself and others would do to get ice. While writing my hourly journal of my ice addiction, I found myself writing as though ice were a hard drug and as though I was going through withdrawal symptoms and what not. Because ice is so easy to obtain, I found that this experiment was a little too easy and didn't really portray the full effect of what hiding drugs or an addiction is like. However, I will admit that seeing what some people did and went through to simply get ice without suspicion, was really what made this experiment that more enjoyable.

2 comments:

  1. Nice Bryce! Gotta admit that I never thought of using the snow or icicles as a supplement for ice. That's really creative! Now I'm a little worried what you would do if you were on real drugs :( Think you'd probably be pretty crafty. Good job and I agree that it didnt show the full addict effect.

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  2. I would of never eating icicles or eating some snow. But I did have the same feeling when I was writing in my log that i was addicted to "drug". And i agree with Alex there were people that didn't the effect.

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