Day to day life is just more interesting with the dope. Not saying I'm completely unable to function without it. But regular, day to day life stuff like work, visiting friends/family without wanting to leave after 5 minutes of talking, being inspired artistically, are crucial to me. I had zero motivation to pick up my photo/music editing where I left off when I got clean 13 years ago and this last year I found it again.
Last few years before I relapsed, All I did on my days off was play video games, be a gym rat, and drink beer (There ain't a lot to do in AZ). Doesn't sound horrible but in general I'm just bored all the time. Never content to just be somewhere and chill.
Biggest negative tradeoff though, is losing every ounce of motivation to get to the gym and stay in shape physically. I used to live at my LA Fitness. I would be there twice a day without fail at my peak, but once a day minimum for years. That all went bye bye the first day![]()
If you ever seriously consider coming up to mesa, pm me dude... I got a spare bedroom and we keep the air cranked