How is your relationship with drugs and alcohol?

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by Roast Beef

My relationship with drugs has never been there, and I can count on one hand the number of times I did so much as smoke a joint.

My relationship with alcohol was not good, and thankfully it's now non-existent. I haven't touched a drop since early 2018, because I liked it way too much and I was killing myself with it. At the end it got to where getting absolutely plastered and fall-down drunk was the goal every night. I'd start around 5pm, drink until I'd pass out at 3 or 4 am, then I'd wake up at 7am and finish off whatever was left to ward off the shakes, and then head into work for 9am. Rinse and repeat Mon-Fri, and the weekends were for benders. It took a few weeks of rehab and some AA, but I escaped that life.

It's great that you made it through. I'm sure it wasn't easy to overcome.

[Max Cow Disease]

Originally Posted by Roast Beef

My relationship with drugs has never been there, and I can count on one hand the number of times I did so much as smoke a joint.

My relationship with alcohol was not good, and thankfully it's now non-existent. I haven't touched a drop since early 2018, because I liked it way too much and I was killing myself with it. At the end it got to where getting absolutely plastered and fall-down drunk was the goal every night. I'd start around 5pm, drink until I'd pass out at 3 or 4 am, then I'd wake up at 7am and finish off whatever was left to ward off the shakes, and then head into work for 9am. Rinse and repeat Mon-Fri, and the weekends were for benders. It took a few weeks of rehab and some AA, but I escaped that life.

Good stuff. It's certainly far easier to come in here and talk about one's superior control over alcohol than it is to admit to it being or having been an issue.

[GreenLantern2814]

I’m really thrilled with how this thread has turned out, I have to say - proud of everyone who’s taken some time to engage with the topic.

I have been smoking a ####ton of joints recently. It started right before New Years, and once I get on the smoking train, it’s tough to hop back off. I’ve been trying to use the balanced 1:1 Oil in the hope that the extra CBD blunts the cravings - mixed results.

I know it’s bad for me. I can feel what it does to my lungs and my heart. I know I have to stop.

Maybe the Biden administration will help. I remember not smoking in such a panic during the Obama years.