Drugs CAN inspire religious aakening and creativity...for some more than others...psychedelics, opiates, speed, all work at opening me to that god-that-is-all-things, on a fucking freight train towards nirvana.
Downers are kinda boring, and I can't stand the feeling of being disjointed and clumsy, but if you like being drunk they ought to be fucking great.
But don't becoming addicted...downer addicts are total fucking wrecks...half of them got their addiction thanks to some stupid asshole doctor, they dose every night (usually) sometimes all day, they are barely coherent, walking around in some stupid haze, blacking out, waking up where they don't know after having done god knows what. No self control. I know this girl who got addicted to secanol or something after a heavy bout of coke-related insomnia...(but the doctor didn't know about the coke)...then she went "clean" only doing secanol like her doc said...then she started drinking, too, and her daily routine consisted of only about a half hour of coherency (how long it took her to get drunk after she woke up). Then she quit drinking and buys even MORE secanol from pill pushers she knows...anyway...long convoluted story, but basically, if you use them don't become addicted, fucking barb addicts are the most depressing addicts, right up there with alcoholics, 'cause at least junkies and speedfreaks have a vague idea of what they're doing at every given moment.