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If one could do you think that would be a problem?

specproc 3y ago
I guess depends on the drug and the problem. Daily use of lots of substances, e.g. alcohol, isn't necessarily a bad thing in itself (though it really can be), but if it's to escape a problem then there's a serious risk there. As the above suggested, the problem also remains unresolved. So yeah, I don't think a person self-medicating on a daily basis is always problematic, but it's never worked out well for me, and it's not something I'd advise. My original point was really that getting out of one's head once in a while can give a fresh perspective on a problem.
JasserInicide 3y ago
Depends on the drug. Caffeine? Probably the most used and least worst, could still cause sleep disruptions. Weed? Could be a problem. It's very easy to get mentally addicted to it and turn you into a bowl of mush, but if you're using it in medical doses I imagine it's less so. Microdosing LSD? Depends from person to person. I think using it too often isn't good for the heart. Alcohol? Absolutely a problem, even if the worst side effects take years to manifest.
- pacificmaelstrm 3y ago
  Our bodies have the enzymes to process alcohol (as opposed to similar chemicals like isopropyl alcohol) since animals have been ingesting fermented foods since the beginning of time. These rhetorical attacks on Alcohol in an attempt to normalize the use of other chemicals without a similar biological history is asinine.
  - JasserInicide 3y ago
    Found the functioning alcoholic
    - pacificmaelstrm 3y ago
      As I said, rhetoric.
  - DontchaKnowit 3y ago
    Our bodies process every drug you put in it. What is your point?
  - rcxdude 3y ago
    It's not rhetorical. Alcohol is empirically more harmful than all of the other drugs mentioned (in large part because of how said enzymes process it). How long it's been around has nothing to do with it.
    - pacificmaelstrm 3y ago
      Physical damage is not the only kind of damage. I'd be more concerned with psychological damage. People who drink alcohol typically don't go around telling people they communed with entities from another dimension and they realized that all of existence is one harmonious unity. Or whatever.
      - Xymist 3y ago
        Is that so bad by comparison, though? Assuming a "serious effects" dosage (i.e. not a microdose and not a single whisky shot) I'd rather spend a while dealing with machine elves or considering the universe a glorious and meaningful harmony than being miserably dizzy and puking in a bucket. I'm not anti-alcohol, but as drugs go it's not exactly the most entertaining experience on offer.

I guess depends on the drug and the problem. Daily use of lots of substances, e.g. alcohol, isn't necessarily a bad thing in itself (though it really can be), but if it's to escape a problem then there's a serious risk there. As the above suggested, the problem also remains unresolved. So yeah, I don't think a person self-medicating on a daily basis is always problematic, but it's never worked out well for me, and it's not something I'd advise. My original point was really that getting out of one's head once in a while can give a fresh perspective on a problem.

JasserInicide 3y ago

Depends on the drug. Caffeine? Probably the most used and least worst, could still cause sleep disruptions. Weed? Could be a problem. It's very easy to get mentally addicted to it and turn you into a bowl of mush, but if you're using it in medical doses I imagine it's less so. Microdosing LSD? Depends from person to person. I think using it too often isn't good for the heart. Alcohol? Absolutely a problem, even if the worst side effects take years to manifest.

pacificmaelstrm 3y ago
Our bodies have the enzymes to process alcohol (as opposed to similar chemicals like isopropyl alcohol) since animals have been ingesting fermented foods since the beginning of time. These rhetorical attacks on Alcohol in an attempt to normalize the use of other chemicals without a similar biological history is asinine.
- JasserInicide 3y ago
  Found the functioning alcoholic
  - pacificmaelstrm 3y ago
    As I said, rhetoric.
- DontchaKnowit 3y ago
  Our bodies process every drug you put in it. What is your point?
- rcxdude 3y ago
  It's not rhetorical. Alcohol is empirically more harmful than all of the other drugs mentioned (in large part because of how said enzymes process it). How long it's been around has nothing to do with it.
  - pacificmaelstrm 3y ago
    Physical damage is not the only kind of damage. I'd be more concerned with psychological damage. People who drink alcohol typically don't go around telling people they communed with entities from another dimension and they realized that all of existence is one harmonious unity. Or whatever.
    - Xymist 3y ago
      Is that so bad by comparison, though? Assuming a "serious effects" dosage (i.e. not a microdose and not a single whisky shot) I'd rather spend a while dealing with machine elves or considering the universe a glorious and meaningful harmony than being miserably dizzy and puking in a bucket. I'm not anti-alcohol, but as drugs go it's not exactly the most entertaining experience on offer.