I see this in various places, but I'm leary of being addicted to a substance (which I think is a horrible physical and psychological state to end up in). On the other hand, I think the human mind in general likes new experiences and recreational chemical use is part of that (perhaps even a valuable dimension of that). The problem with chemical substances is that used repeatedly many will lead to dependence and then addiction, varying from person to person. I was thinking if you had like 30 different substances you could take each day the chances of dependence or addiction would be lower (zero I'd argue) but yet each of those 30 substances could be mood altering and let you explore your psyche better over time.
One probably couldn't stick to that (and perhaps people will not want to give up the last day's high for the next one), but it would I think give the experience one wants and yet let you "walk away" when needed (except walking away from desiring the general state of inebriation or mood alteration, but I argue that all human activity from eating to sleeping to excreting to sex to even work is a form of mood alteration).
So I was thinking it'd be fun to come up with such a list. I'm sticking to legally prescribed substances, just stuff the average person should be able to get and not worry about quality or getting into trouble with the law just for possession (but there's no real reason for this):
Day 1 - Opiate/opiods (why not start off big?)
Day 2 - Gabapentin
Day 3 - Benzodiazapenes
Day 4 - Muscle relaxers
Day 5 - Sedating antihistamines (you know some of these OTC ones can have a strong muscarnic receptor action at higher doses)
Day 6 - Marijuana (where medically prescribed?)
Day 7 - ?
I can't even make it to one week?
Some substances seem very benign though, like gapabentin, which probably qualifies as the drug of the decade for me, for its low dependence/addiction profile and yet great qualities (massive tolerance in days).
I think this is related to the wholistic way of doing medicine, i.e., some introspection of the psyche is constantly necessary. I think this is why we have see the success of mental health drugs (I don't think the issues they are addressing are new but rather they are doing something that was earlier handled by other methods).
One probably couldn't stick to that (and perhaps people will not want to give up the last day's high for the next one), but it would I think give the experience one wants and yet let you "walk away" when needed (except walking away from desiring the general state of inebriation or mood alteration, but I argue that all human activity from eating to sleeping to excreting to sex to even work is a form of mood alteration).
So I was thinking it'd be fun to come up with such a list. I'm sticking to legally prescribed substances, just stuff the average person should be able to get and not worry about quality or getting into trouble with the law just for possession (but there's no real reason for this):
Day 1 - Opiate/opiods (why not start off big?)
Day 2 - Gabapentin
Day 3 - Benzodiazapenes
Day 4 - Muscle relaxers
Day 5 - Sedating antihistamines (you know some of these OTC ones can have a strong muscarnic receptor action at higher doses)
Day 6 - Marijuana (where medically prescribed?)
Day 7 - ?
I can't even make it to one week?
Some substances seem very benign though, like gapabentin, which probably qualifies as the drug of the decade for me, for its low dependence/addiction profile and yet great qualities (massive tolerance in days).
I think this is related to the wholistic way of doing medicine, i.e., some introspection of the psyche is constantly necessary. I think this is why we have see the success of mental health drugs (I don't think the issues they are addressing are new but rather they are doing something that was earlier handled by other methods).
