I don't understand how yall not drinking or doing drugs

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

Tried lots of things and had many memorable experiences with mind altering chemicals, but YMMV depending on the context and the company you're with. Drinking socially can be a fun time, but being alone in your room with a bottle can be a ticket straight to hell.

Everyone thinks weed is harmless, but I think using weed to cope with issues in my life and pain as a teenager inevitably made me dumber and slower. Even when I hadn't touched it in years, I think it's had a permanent effect on me, probably because where I grew up is a very rough place full of drug users and I was incredibly young the first time someone handed me a joint and promised it would make me less neurotic. Every psych treatment had failed, so I figured why not? Now, I feel like a complete idiot for screwing up my development like that.

Psychedelics can be eye opening experiences, or terrifying, or something meh and completely in the middle. You can't really abuse them, because they just don't work if you take them too frequently in succession.

You know you're at a bad point when no drugs really give you any highs or positive effects. Occasionally I drink to make socialising easier, but that's about it.

 

[Willy Wonka]

I have already taken a lot of drugs in my life. In order to ever be in a position to buy the necessary (other) drugs for my suicide, I first have to stay clean.

 

[LevUwU]

I've never drank or done drugs, while the temptation for something to numb it all is always there, I don't want to risk damaging my brain. My brain might as well be the only somewhat functional part of me.

 

[uwufox777]

Well.. I'm a recently recovering(?) ketamine addict, and I can absolutely say that the bladder damage and stabbing pains were not worth it. I loved life while taking it, but now things feel even worse. Be careful, everyone. <3

 

[pilotviolin]

to be honest i dont know how people live life sober but i also dont know how they live wasted or high either its like choose your debuff to slog thru the day or try build your life while minimising withdrawal and sideeffects and problems preceding it. im unstable unmedicated, lethargic medicated, a bit useless and potentially more unstable high, and nicotine helps but is annoying. for some their drugs bring them to baseline, for others it throws them outta the chart. i keep thinking about it like equipment and balancing stats.

 

[Grav]

I don't do either. Drug use cost me big time through trying to be cool. I did my fun with alcohol but bed spins and puking aren't fun, and I consider myself a learning monkey so I avoid both since I've gotten my hand burned and don't want to do that again. If they're your bag that's fine.