Sugar.
Can't live with, can't live without. Should be regulated.
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Mushrooms of magic.
Nontoxic, non-addictive, mind-broadening easy to safely dose and for me and my fellow psilocybinauts, a very comforting, mother-earthy, wavy high.
I take them very rarely, as in less than once every couple of years, but they are my favorite altered experience by far.
Alcohol is the obly "proper" recreational drug I've tried so tjat has to be it. I'd like to try some others but them veing illegal makes it hsrdr. Me being very drunk while typing this might have something to do with somethkng
Weed.
I have this spot on a low mountain that overlooks the valley I live in. A big boulder sits wedged into the mountainside with a lone scraggly pine giving it some shade. I just like to sit there sometimes, smoke and think. Relaxes me from all the stress I feel.
At my age, ibuprofen.
Naproxen sodium
The difference between Advil and Aleve is experience.
Tell me more.
As said on that one Dr. Dre song, smoke weed every day. Well, vape because my lungs aren't great, but same difference.
In my 40s. I partake in alcohol here and there.
A CBD/THC gummy is not only good for relaxation, but I’ve found that it helps with runny nose issues when I’m sick and stops the mucus drainage because it dries me up.
In general though, weed is great in an edible form. I don’t smoke it.
Alcohol. It’s easy to get and I know how I behave and what my limits are. Usually comes in a tasty package too
Thats fair. I always pick weed over booze because I consider all the calories in booze. But, then I smoke weed and eat 4 dinners anyway so its a wash.
At least the 4 dinners aren’t empty calories, so there’s that. They actually contain stuff that’s good for you. So not really a wash. Plus excess eating doesn’t damage your body to nearly the same degree as a similar number of calories in alcohol form, you can just exercise it away, or shift eating habits to account for it.
Mushrooms a few times a year are great. LSD is also beautiful but you really need to plan a full weekend for the experience (start early on Saturday and recover Sunday) to get the most out of it.
Don't want me to say "caffeine", huh?
Well then, sugar. I'm medically addicted to the stuff, and kicking the habit before my prediabetes turns to diabetes is showing itself to be a struggle.
Caffeine was the hardest addiction for me to kick, and we are wired for sugar addiction. Sugar triggers an insulin spike, which is the fat storing hormone. In the late summer and fall, when fruit ripens, our genes caused our ancestors to gorge on fruit and store fat for the long, hard winter ahead. Now that we live in abundance, with a surplus of calories available everywhere we turn, this storage of fat for the winter is unnecessary. Worse, food companies recognize that we are wired to want sugar, so they add sugar to virtually everything to make it more addictive. This is why I minimize the highly processed foods I consume and when I consider any food with a nutrition label I look and see if there are added sugars (which there almost always are.)
If I could choose only one? Alcohol, it's great for relaxing and having fun, it comes in delicious flavours and is easy and convinent.
Fondest memories? Ecstasy - dancing to great music with in a crowd can be amazing, but for me sober, or even just with booze, it's hard to bother with. But with some mdma I've had some truly amazing peak experiences. Although, I've found the aowish dose of psychocybin has a pretty similar effect without all the comedown nonsense.
But tbh, they're all pretty fun in the right time and place.
I did LSD for a few months when I lived with a few friends, I loved that stuff.
LSA is pretty cool too and you can make it yourself without any risk of poisoning. Not sure about the rules so I won't explain how unless someone says it's cool lol
I assume it's allowed info because a basic web search gives lots of results, and there's even a subreddit dedicated to it
https://www.reddit.com/r/LSA/comments/mp45p4/lsa_beginners_guide/
Only tried it once and I wasnt a fan of how long it lasted.
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Caffeine.
Edit: damn, I didn’t read the body before submitting. You got me OP, but I’m actually straight edge!
Teeeheeeee
Weed, it helps me relax my muscles and get my brain out of fight or flight work mode
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Gen X here...MDMA late 80s, early 90s when the quality was good, and the party's still underground.
I came here to say MDMA too! I’m a Millennial but it was far my most favorite drug c. 2010.
I heard (literally just a few internet comments) saying it's almost impossible to get pure MDMA anymore. Any idea if that's true?
Cannabis for sure. I mostly do edibles, but every now and then, I light up, breathe deep, and relax.
Cuno likes that brain boost shit
Definitely mushrooms.
The first time my friends and I tried them we took a LOT, and went walking through the woods by my house. It was a wild trip, and I'll never forget it.
I've only gotten my hands on them a few times since then, and never took as many, but even only taking 1-2g, everything just makes you feel happy and giggly like a kid who stayed up too late.
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Weed, usually at least some at the end of every day to unwind, don't do it while working or for social situations (anymore) get too anxious lol
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I like the old classic eight ball of coke with a pair of hookers to share it with.
2C-B and 2C-I are great psychedelics. I’ve always had the time of my life.
Good ol mushrooms are all i really do anymore though
2C-I is my favorite probably, but I haven't taken it in 15 years and these days it might be too intense for me. I take LSD and MDMA 6-10 times per year though.
Second 2CI. Used to be able to buy it online.
Are those types of DMT or unique compounds?
They aren’t tryptamines like dmt and lsd, they are a different class of psychedelics called phenethylamines
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Definitely LSD, but I haven’t gotten in a really long time
Creatine
Helps me do more reps.
For me it's the runners high.
I don't have the knees for running. Sometimes, do circuit training to get my hr up for a while.
A good Scotch single malt, preferably from the Islay region.
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