I think it's a good point to bring out that people and the positive effects they experience doesn't weigh against it -- after all it's a coping mechanism, peopl

I think it's a good point to bring out that people and the positive effects they experience doesn't weigh against it -- after all it's a coping mechanism, people are dissociating themselves out from ~something~. I've definitely noticed those changes under the influence of alcohol some. I'd say the cost to benefit on it is pretty horrific, with cancer, liver, etc all adding up together in the end. I think if someone were abusing Benzos or Ketamine it'd be far much cleaner than abusing alcohol. Note, please don't take this as advice or any kind of implicit approval for abusing any of the above. It's just, uh, nice to not have to lose your liver and such (and I know there are other side effects from abusing the others above, but it seems to be from rampant, constant use, I believe/have heard, at very high doses for Ketamine. Don't know as much about the Benzos side of things.)