I've written code under the influence of various substances over the years, although I rarely imbibe much of anything these days. I've found marijuana nice for

I've written code under the influence of various substances over the years, although I rarely imbibe much of anything these days. I've found marijuana nice for doing "exploratory" or more "recreational" coding -- the shape of some of the work I'm most fond of(both in music and in code, unsurprisingly) was initially formed while high and then refined over however long implementation took. I don't feel like I can do much of anything creative under the influence of alcohol, and the few times I wrote code drunk it was very very bad code. I've tried to code on various hallucinogens, and generally just ended up thinking that the plastic and metal shiny boxes were pretty ridiculous and that it was about time to go for a walk. As far as what you're calling "akimbo", generally no. If I go to social events, it's to socialize. If it happens to be a party filled with programmers, then yeah sure, but it would presumably be a group activity. I might leave a party and go code something, but not at one.