I've tried coding with alcohol and marijuana. I find a little bit of alcohol provides a little liquid courage to start writing a big, scary system from scratch

I've tried coding with alcohol and marijuana. I find a little bit of alcohol provides a little liquid courage to start writing a big, scary system from scratch without harming my ability. For reference, I weigh about 170lb and very rarely drink, so about a drink and a half is about the right amount. More alcohol than that, and it's a net loss. Lotta bugs, and I get sleepy. For really dull, boring coding work that I'm not looking forward to (usually refactoring code or working on a decidedly unsexy part of the codebase that needs attention), a couple of gentleman's corners is a great way to make it easier and find my blue collar groove. For creative work (I make video games), a lightly packed but full bong rip can be great for design and story ideas, but in both of these cases, it needs to be a good Sativa strain that gives me a thinky high, and not a sleepy body high. I smoke regularly to manage depression and anxiety, which can interfere badly with coding, so while it's definitely a sub-optimal way to write challenging code, I'm still a functional coder after smoking. It beats navel-gazing/misery.