Is the dance music scene just a mental health clinic for people of like minds?

I was just sitting pondering life and its meanings, typical aquarian that i am.....
Is this dance music scene a dead end escape from reality? Having been a recreational drug user for 10 years, (now reformed) and an active part of the dance music community for over half that time, i have for no real reason decided to take a step back and and look at things through non-rose coloured glasses.

Are the friendships real? Do you sometimes wonder if people you regard as friends keep a sharpend knife close to hand for the minute your back is turned? I have found such bulls*%t to be of common place. The people you class as some of your closest friends, that have been there for years, suddenly turn, on some bizzare tangent, and things are never the same. I guess its probably normal in most cases throughout various lifestyles, but do the effects of excessive recreational drug use and the things our parents told us about ("drugs are bad for you") play a part in our friendships?

Of course it is possible that friendships can be ruined in no time because of drug related circumstances...and it is friends who help us through life when things get tough.The fact that ecstasy is proven to cause depression due to the bodies poor production of ceritonin, is setting us up for a huge downfall.The last thing we need to feel is depressed, esspecially if our bodies' natural defence to depression is weakend. (ok maybe im depressed about some things in life....im not preaching, just curios)

Maybe im just crazy....do other people have similar concerns?

Sure!! The music and parties are all so great and so much fun. Its a great release....an escape from reality....."reality therapy"....You meet new people each week, some become friends, others just a familiar face in the crowd. We hear great music, and see great musical talent unfold before our eyes. We forever get to see the sun rise, or 'normal people' out walking there dogs or going on a family picnic. Meanwhile our eyes are hanging out of our heads, and the search is on for more....

And then there is the bad side.

People fcuk up before your eyes on the dance floor.... Too many flashing lights? (respect to the lighting tech's) Too many pills? Too much GG? The ambulance arrives but not to many people want to say to much. So..... someone dies? Someone loses a friend to ignorance? A family loses a cherished member to lifestyle? What are the answers to these questions? Who has the answers?
The promoters? The Dj's?.........

You have the answers... You are the answer....
Im not trying to stop anyone from taking drugs recreationally, or distance yourself from the dance music scene, i just want for you to have a think about things a little harder and try to predict where you are heading. Friends come and go, but it would be better if they could all stay...

If i make one person think a little more about these few pionts, it might just make a difference.

Dont take life for granted, we get it once and once only, we cant come back and start again, but we can use our thoughts, hopes, and prospects, to our best advantage and make the one life we have everything we want life to be.

Thankyou for your time

Thane
xx