Does that make me any less of a person?

I used to use drugs, I liked banging coke for a while. I didn't sell my soul or end up in the streets. I did not have a full on addiction. I just don't feel like I am able to discuss this part of my life because doing drugs is not a favorable attribute. I don't know that I regret it either. It was just something that I did. That part of my life is behind me now and I have no future plans of using again, but sometimes I just want to talk about it, it's like my deep dark secret and no one knows about it. It is a part of me that I keep hidden, and maybe that is the problem, I don't like to keep secrets. Not like everyone needs to know but yeah.

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TURTLEGOD

I don't feel like there should be any shame in talking about that. Though it may be a taboo topic. I feel like people should be able to (I guess they are not able to now because of social stigma) talk more openly about such things. I feel when things are considered socially reprehensible people feel more of a need to take part in things that are socially stigmatized and that makes it much harder to break from addiction. I've had people in my family who have done drugs and I think the best thing to do is to be there for them like you were when they didn't do drugs. Let them talk about their experiences if they want to and don't bite them when they do.

But to answer your question, though it may have been hypothetically, no it doesn't make you less of a person. If anything it has probably made you more openminded and accepting but that's just my opinion.