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Alcohol Alcohol and aesthetic appreciation

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soulless_curiousity

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It's probably my favorite effect of the drug. The world seems nicer. Stuff that's normally just okay becomes beautiful. Looking at art is more fun and fulfilling.

What is it about alcohol that causes this? Scientifically/psychologically speaking. Do we know?
 
Well, theres a lot of overlay in receptor activation. GABAA seems the most prominent, but alcohol is probably the dirtiest drug humans have ever used. Now, the effects youre making reference to are probably mostly due to endorphin release, but that also entirely depends on in what respect the world look "more beautiful", making even that subjective, as some people could derive such an effect from just having their inhibitions reduced, in which case it would likely be due to GABAA. Last thing im gonna throw out there is NMDA Antagonism. If you mean "beautiful" in the sense that a ketamine trip is whimisical, I would say thats NMDA. Hope this helps.
 
In the meantime I'm trying to find a Drug that mimics the effect of Alcohol and what I should be looking at to create a Drug that feels just like it.
 
MedicinalUser247 said:
In the meantime I'm trying to find a Drug that mimics the effect of Alcohol and what I should be looking at to create a Drug that feels just like it.
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i have been thinking about the exact same thing, what drug out there could possibly replace alcohol in culture and be safer, closest i've gotten is something like pcp
 
buyback to the topic of alcohol and asthetic appreciation.

it’s garbage for appreciating art if you’ve done psychedelics or dissociatives, these are the drugs that make art and colors and emotion vivid and beautiful. weed even to a lesser extent,
 
Featherfall said:
i have been thinking about the exact same thing, what drug out there could possibly replace alcohol in culture and be safer, closest i've gotten is something like pcp
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alcohol and pcp are nothing remotely close to eachother


i’d have to say that GHB is probably the closest thing. maybe pregabalin. maybe low dose threshold mdma is a much cleaner version of low dose alcohol (shulgin described it as such). mdma obviously becomes much different at high doses. but alcohol is pretty unique of a drug there’s not much like it. the wreckless loss of inhibition is causes is unmatched in the drug world and just the utter fucked up ness, loss of motor control and control over emotions and actions. alcohols is a very wreckless drug in that i’ve never quite seen a drug that makes you act so stupid and different from your normal judgment and temperament.
 
cnnka said:
Yea but only alcohol can make a 6 into a 10 lol
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so can mdma….but you won’t wanna fuck her and degrade her you’ll wanna marry her and see per as a human being and connect for real lol.



but yes, alcohol is unique in this respect and a variety of respects.

the complete total unhinging of going wild and losing self control that alcohol provides is totally unmatched in the drug world. there’s something nice about turning yourself into a rabid animal and letting loose. it definitely causes a lot of problems violence and death due to this property but as a drug addict it’s certainly appealing to be able to get so totally unhinged and out of control if you’re really into escaping yourself , not just escaping your feelings


also this aspect. i’m a person that LOVES drugs that just knock me unconscious into a pass out sleep. alcohol is definitely one that an do this well….but benzos give the same effect in a much more peaceful and relaxing way without the nasty hangover.

nothing more that i love than taking enough of whatever downer and knowing that all i have to do is lay my head down on a pillow and its lights out for 12 hours. normally sleep is something that is hard for me to reach and sustain past 5 hours so i love drugs that put me into sleep comas. opioids do this too but it’s a bit more dangerous and not as deep of a sleep and also opioids i’d rather be awake to experience.
 
Yeah i agree, benzos are cleaner because they increase effects whereas alcohol is a toxin that depresses systems. But an oversimplification for sure.
 
You're right. I was misunderstanding. I think benzos are more specifically targeting things in the brain. This isn't really my forte but, I do like benzos better and they feel cleaner, not sure the best way to compare the feelings
 
Dr. John Thackery said:
alcohol and pcp are nothing remotely close to eachother


i’d have to say that GHB is probably the closest thing. maybe pregabalin. maybe low dose threshold mdma is a much cleaner version of low dose alcohol (shulgin described it as such). mdma obviously becomes much different at high doses. but alcohol is pretty unique of a drug there’s not much like it. the wreckless loss of inhibition is causes is unmatched in the drug world and just the utter fucked up ness, loss of motor control and control over emotions and actions. alcohols is a very wreckless drug in that i’ve never quite seen a drug that makes you act so stupid and different from your normal judgment and temperament.
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Well its not about closeness just so thats clear, its more about effect uses, alcohol is both stimulating and depressing, gets you moving but also be sluggish, so there arises a need for a compound that is both some form of stim or something you can go out on basically and something that doesnt make you paranoid and still loosens your tounge and allows social interaction, thats why i came up with pcp. Not necesseraly about the effect similarity but that it adequately replaces all avenues alcohol is used in. You need a "dirty drug" for anything to be a alcohol killer, cant just give someone a pure stim or a depressant, alcohol would still be preferred by lots. Its about the specific action of going both ways and also none.
 
Featherfall said:
Well its not about closeness just so thats clear, its more about effect uses, alcohol is both stimulating and depressing, gets you moving but also be sluggish, so there arises a need for a compound that is both some form of stim or something you can go out on basically and something that doesnt make you paranoid and still loosens your tounge and allows social interaction, thats why i came up with pcp. Not necesseraly about the effect similarity but that it adequately replaces all avenues alcohol is used in. You need a "dirty drug" for anything to be a alcohol killer, cant just give someone a pure stim or a depressant, alcohol would still be preferred by lots. Its about the specific action of going both ways and also none.
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I m formulating myself a bit badly here, i apologize for any confusion, i just mean you kinda need a diet speedball thats a single drug and then i could imagine that drug could properly replace alcohol over a period of time in all uses. "something for everybody" and pcp was the one i thought of first, a full replacement would be necessery. (all this hypothetically and for fun ofc, we are probably never getting rid of the devil thats aclohol)
 
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