Wanted to take a moment to address this. Drugs are rampant anywhere in the country but damn they are prevalent in the strip club. No one addresses this. There are two things to consider. Are dancers using because they like the party lifestyle or because they want to relax and open up. The truth is simple a girl will do what she has to do to make a living. Sometimes a dark void opens up and you want to escape and drugs are the option that is easy and effective. Every dancer, pornstar and hooker was once a girl wanting to be a brain surgeon or other job but they realized their pussy and tits are more effective then their brain. Thats just how that works. But that can weigh on someone to the point of needing a crutch. The point is answering the drug problem inside of strip clubs and for that point across the world needs to start with understanding why people use.
Something is wrong, or missing, in their lives. All happy families are happy in the same way. All unhappy families are unhappy in their own unique ways. The same is true for drug addicts.
The same disharmony that leads to drugs can lead to a stripper lifestyle. I'm not talking about the dedicated single mother for whom stripping is the best economic solution. I'm talking about the stripper whose life is chaos and drama.
Well, traveling around the country it's not just strippers who are on drugs. I find the areas of the country that are not the most prosperous seem to be hit the hardest with drug usage. So your "crutch" theory holds weight. What is shocking to me is I am now finding the few successful people in the not so prosperous areas of the country are also becoming addicted as well. I often think "why do you need a crutch? Your life is fine."
I drink more bc of stripping. Typically 2-3 a day. Partly bc I can, and would at any job if it was allowed, partly bc it's free anyways, and partly bc it does relax me and I have more fun. There have been a few times when I've had too much though and then I feel like a terrible person.
Half of it is stripping is the only way to afford drugs. Other half of it is social, "have a light?" "wanna smoke?" "wanna drink?" "wanna do a line?" are euphemisms for "wanna fuck?" in this country because you can't just outright say "wanna fuck?" and expect an honest answer.
just a couple days ago, I stopped into a club during the day shift. And I was sitting and talking with this beautiful brunette. she mentioned she was from West Virginia and use to dance there. She had just moved to North Carolina for school. So then I asked out of curiousity which place she preferred dancing at. She said the North Carolina club because the dancers are more productive. She said at her old club in West Virginia the vast majority of dancers used their money on drugs :-(
The problem is society cast strippers in a bad light. actually adult workers in general. and when a dancer makes the decision to dance its often hard to understand that you change from the perspective of literally everyone you know
I'm glad it's cast in a bad light bc that's less competition for me! :P but yeah, you have to really have your life together in other ways to shut ppl up. Who care what sheeple think though? Just filters them out of my life.
@poledancer Don't forget that drug abuse or any abuse reduces your options, some girls were drug abusers first stripping was a means to an end, not the other way around. Another answer is misery loves company, if you are miserable you often try to get others into your problems, that is often how many try drugs in the first place, not from a deep desire to use the drug, rather from someone they like or admire offering them a taste.
I knew (not from stripping) a girl who went from being a sort of social worker to being a meth addict bc she was bored and thought it looked glamorous. And she worked at a half way house when she started! She had a husband, kids, and a house, and wound up a total mess. Lost her kids (but she had more) and got arrested a bunch.
I met a lot of special people when I was a case worker. What I saw most was that people think they are too good and too special and unique to worry ab the typical issues associated with drugs, and can just have fun, until it does overwhelm them. Few people admit that they got involved w drugs bc it was fun, and they thought they were too good to get addicted.
I've known quite a few dancers who became users. They didn't start out that way, before the club.
I think there are pressures in the club and circumstances of that type of athmosohere that lends itself to girls starting to look for an escape. And drugs and alcohol are that escape for many of them.
Sadly, I've known a few dancers that have OD'd and lost their life's because of drugs too.
Mental illness (depression, bipolar, ...) can affect anyone. It is still taboo and in many cases the individual does not realize they are afflicted. Self-medicating can seem like an escape without the stigma of seeking out professional help.
money plays a large role. for me i could either sell food as a waitress for 3 something an hour or take my clothes off for hundreds. so of course someone on drugs is gonna resort to stripping or adult entertainment to support the habit. the problem is that is seems to be not only in our industry but glorified.
My new ATF is one of the most popular women that I have ever known. She says going to the club and come of her customers have really started to wear on her. She doesn't think she'll be dancing much longer. I'll regret seeing her leave, but I'll be glad that she left rather than deaden the bad effects of dancing with drugs.
^ that's why I don't go so hard. I don't work nights, and only rarely work more than my scheduled days. It's hard though, when you know staying home is costing you 500 in lost income. But that money is worthless if you get burned out, or wind up w expensive legal issues, or an addiction.
The use of and selling of drugs ITC will get it shut down faster than prostitution. So it is in the best interest of owners to do what they can to keep it out. Not an easy job.
I've only been dancing for a year and a half, but I think it's a little different for me bc I started at 35. It's like a down scaled half way to retirement job for me.
It's a hell of a lot more pleasant that the other jobs I've done. Try a year and half as a case worker. I think they'd all be on drugs, but they can't afford them.
I often encounter a stripper who is clearly drunk. Probably 2 or 3 times the legal driving limit. I've also had strippers tell me they can't function without being high on pot.
I can't think of a single job, other than stripping, where this would be tolerated by an employer.
I knew a girl who went from being a waitress to being a dancer. She always drank at home, but she'd managed not to drink at work bc it wasn't allowed. Her issue was that she'd get way too drunk. The minute she became a dancer she was wasted the entire time every time she worked, and she started doing crazy stuff after work, and being late, and all of the other hot mess stuff. So basically, dancing didn't drive her to drink, but it let her drink, so she did.
Bj99, it's ironic what you state about being a case worker; the crap you dealt with and the drugs that your coworkers wanted to be on. Stripping can be stressful, but I bet it isn't as long of a period than those who have to work with people 40-50 hours a week.
In my prior life i worked in education, doing after school activities just to supplement my income so I could have some resemblance of a standard of living. My fellow coworkers were the goofiest and most fucked up people I've ever met. Drug use would have been much higher if they could afford it, so they used whatever was inexpensive; alcohol/weed/stolen prescription medication.
The bottom line is that when faced with difficult scenarios, you got to do what it takes to change your environment for the better. If stripping allows you to have more hours of peace, with a few hours of stress, then it's a far better trade off than working in a job that slowly kills you. In my prior position, I was working my ass off and nobody cared, especially when you're working with impoverished people who's only escape is turning to drugs. I found out that by not being poor was the best way I could help myself and others. My escapes these days since I have
Money are traveling overseas or going out to a nice dinner with only one or two glasses of wine, and going to bed by 10 PM. The poor don't get to do that.
some of how I do it now is that I dont want to live big. I live like a fairly poor person. I live simple and save my money. I have some customers who are important wealthy ppl, but their stress looks a lot like mine did as a caseworker. I see the same issues w obesity in middle America. They are working a lot, and stressed, and food is a cheap socially acceptable escape. You can beat the system by working less, and living simpler (I'm not going to lie, that is impossible for caseworkers bc they hardly make enough to just be poor and pay their rent). I can live like I do now bc I busted my ass for the security I have. A lot of it is mental security. I still drink too much wine lol. :P
And don't forget it doesnt cost anything to have sex, if you're good looking enough. That's always a cheap and healthy escape :-) !! As long as it's safe sex.
Drugs are bad, m'kay? Seriously, that's all anyone should ever have to hear on that subject. Don't get the attraction at all. Losing control = hell, not heaven.
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The same disharmony that leads to drugs can lead to a stripper lifestyle. I'm not talking about the dedicated single mother for whom stripping is the best economic solution. I'm talking about the stripper whose life is chaos and drama.
I met a lot of special people when I was a case worker. What I saw most was that people think they are too good and too special and unique to worry ab the typical issues associated with drugs, and can just have fun, until it does overwhelm them. Few people admit that they got involved w drugs bc it was fun, and they thought they were too good to get addicted.
I think there are pressures in the club and circumstances of that type of athmosohere that lends itself to girls starting to look for an escape. And drugs and alcohol are that escape for many of them.
Sadly, I've known a few dancers that have OD'd and lost their life's because of drugs too.
Mental illness (depression, bipolar, ...) can affect anyone. It is still taboo and in many cases the individual does not realize they are afflicted. Self-medicating can seem like an escape without the stigma of seeking out professional help.
I can't think of a single job, other than stripping, where this would be tolerated by an employer.
In my prior life i worked in education, doing after school activities just to supplement my income so I could have some resemblance of a standard of living. My fellow coworkers were the goofiest and most fucked up people I've ever met. Drug use would have been much higher if they could afford it, so they used whatever was inexpensive; alcohol/weed/stolen prescription medication.
The bottom line is that when faced with difficult scenarios, you got to do what it takes to change your environment for the better. If stripping allows you to have more hours of peace, with a few hours of stress, then it's a far better trade off than working in a job that slowly kills you. In my prior position, I was working my ass off and nobody cared, especially when you're working with impoverished people who's only escape is turning to drugs. I found out that by not being poor was the best way I could help myself and others. My escapes these days since I have
Money are traveling overseas or going out to a nice dinner with only one or two glasses of wine, and going to bed by 10 PM. The poor don't get to do that.
That's one reason I don't look for OTC. It costs me too damn much.