You are indeed correct. There is no suitable replacement for dope, in my existence at least. Everything else on a regular basis is harmful for me - coffee aggravates me and is completely unsuitable, alcohol is death, stimulants/opiates both seem pointless to me, psychedelics are useful but I won't use them more frequently than once a season and pot actually turns me off of those too in a way, at least the abuse of them. Especially with this digital Volcano I recently acquired, the dope just vibes so freaking well with my body now. Vaporization has eliminated the physical anxiety I used to feel from the inhalation of all that filthy bong smoke. The high is as clean as any cap-only mushroom trip now.
All in all, nothing out there except for cannabis can give me the 3rd person perspective, introverted, self inspecting state of consciousness that I crave to be in always. I just feel like I'm smarter in this outside perceivers mindstate, I'm much less emotion driven and more able to think outside the box. I make better choices. I do everything baked. I hit the gym hard, go to work, I used to write exams after bongs, I read incessantly... I don't feel like it takes much away from me and in fact I'm probably more active when I have some pot.
It is weed itself that made me come to this realization you speak of. Before I ever smoked weed, I would eat fast food, drink energy drinks, and get drunk all the time. After I tried mushrooms and began to smoke even more pot, everything changed and I began to be disgusted by these things. My physical reaction to these things even changed because I had become so much more acutely self aware of the subtle energies in my body, and I can no longer handle them. I began to feel brainwashed, and really turned off by the structure of society we have going on. I realized that so many things can be changed for the better, and these problems are created by our own egotistical doing seen on a scale of global consciousness. Thus began a path of self betterment, because although one man does not have much power to excape the inextricable grasp of this black shadow government and bankers, the fact that those bad things exist are a reflection of his own ego. Besides, if he can learn to transcend his ego, then they ain't got nothin' on him no more; he is liberated.
For so many reasons, because it definitely has a place in my life, because I need that meditative introspection and incredible relaxation, weed has also proven to be far more addictive and habit forming than anything else I have used. I go batshit crazy after I haven't smoked it for a couple weeks, and if I smoke it all day for too long I also go into another dimension of crazy. I agree that it can be safely used at any frequency, but I also know from experience that intense overuse leads to a great many side effects, and also horrible physical withdrawal symptoms. If you're smoking something like an ounce a week and let that go on a long while, then prepare to deal with some fairly bad bullshit. My current goals are to not smoke pot at all for at least 2 days of the week to avoid addiction, ideally 4, and only smoke in the evenings the other nights to avoid tolerance.
