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Alcohol. Or drugs for that matter. But alcohol is the one that actually pisses me off when depicted in media. It's always some character downing a glass of something and then having this super happy face and enjoying themselves. Like, fuck off? Anyone I know who drinks doesn't even enjoy the flavor of it, and it being romanticized into this fancy, social drink is genuinely infuriating.
As for drugs, I just don't understand the reason why someone would want to alter their mental capabilities.
Trauma Trauma can easily make it where you can't stand your own thoughts or how you feel. So anything that augments that can be very attractive.
I'd day mental health too, even if you don't have known traumas. Major depression, etc. But I know women who can't relax or aren't very intimate unless they drink. But as someone with an alcoholic father, alcohol has some big dark sides. Even if you are happy when you drink, it can really mess your brain up.
As far as drugs go, I’ve tried basically everything but opiates (well I’ve smoked opium, but nothing else. I avoid those) and the way some drugs can change your visual, auditory, and even temporal perceptions is the most amazing and interesting experience in life. It’s truly incredible. I don’t do much anymore, but I’m so happy I have tried what I did. Beyond perception, certain drugs have made me feel pleasure beyond anything I could possibly imagine. Some people told me stuff like that could ruin other pleasures in life, but I have not at all had that happen. Perhaps heroin or fent could do that.
I understand why people do it (logically). But altering what I hear, see, taste, etc. is something that doesn't call to me at all, so I don't understand why people want to do it.
I guess it's more of a "I can't relate"?
That’s totally fair! I was straightedge for my early life and also didn’t understand. Something changed for me when I was in my 20s. I decided to try cannabis and realized everything I was told about drugs was wrong. I can’t smoke cannabis anymore, it gives me crazy anxiety. But I do take MDMA every four months or so with my partner, because it’s the best feeling I’ve ever experienced!
The coolest drug I’ve taken was 5-MeO-DiPT, or “Foxy”. It altered everything about the world. It was the only thing I’ve ever tried that changed time. My partner at the time and I were listening to music familiar to us, and both noticed notes stretching out way longer than they usually do. The body feelings were also insane. I would never do it again hahaha
Don't enjoy alcohol like that.
It can have a particular taste I might enjoy every while but I know the risls and try to keep it a low number. And I feel like I can be at risk for addictions. So I was never drunk and never plan to.
There has only been one alcoholic drink that I've enjoyed and it was because it tasted more like juice than alcohol. Also I was 17 at the time (accompanied by trusted adults) so that might've influenced it.
I get why people drink, and it's not like I'll care about any random person downing drinks left and right. What makes me mad is the overly-romanticized way it's depicted in media 99% of the time, and how normalized it is.
To each their own, but fuck any depiction in media that romanticizes them.
Absolutely.
Sadly some amazing tasting drinks contain alcohol. :/
And I'd prefer if they just tasted like that without the actual alcohol.
Edit: Phrasing ;)
Genuine question: have you ever tried alcohol or weed?
Not saying you have to but it would make the point that at least you know what you're rejecting and why