Yes, benzos, opioids, and amphetamines (all of which I take daily), have all helped me in a number of ways I feel. Have there been bumps of trouble on the road? Yes, but now I am in a place where I can use to keep me feeling well, without chance of acute consequence. Benzos have literally taught me that I do not have to have social anxiety/phobia and be an introvert, they really made me an extrovert, actually, while still leaving me with the ability of enjoying the pleasure of being alone. Opioids helped me at first, when I used them only here and there, because they gave me something to live for - that may sound pathetic, but I really don't feel it is. My mother was an opiate addict, and she is dead 5 years now, and I feel opioids allowed me into her world somewhat, as did all drugs, on the whole. Today, opioids (tramadol) helps me daily, giving me a better and somewhat steadier mood, more energy, probably more creativity, and anxiety relief, of course. This all allows me to function better day in and day out. Amphetamines help me by allowing me to actually be awake and aware of the brilliance of the day, allowing me to expend more energy and giving energy, providing a "rested" feeling, lifting my mood a good deal, decreasing my appetite (normal weight, but strive to be thinner - no veritable ED, though), allowing me to feel okay about doing something once I have started and finishing it, giving me a push to feel good even if I am superficially upset, and letting me FEEL more. I am doing more, on account of them and the benzos and tramadol, too. I am not always productive, but I can write like I never could before. I swear my writing for recreation (fictional and non-) almost shock me in how good they seem to be to me, and make me feel so talented when others laud me for my writings. It is like it came out from nowhere - this passion to write. But, most of all, like I said, drugs give me something to live for. Their mere existence allows me hope to feel any way I want should I be able to use them, and they can produce fantastic feelings beyond what other pleasures of the flesh could ever produce IME. But, yes, my past has made me a better person, and drugs have been a huge part of my life for well over two years now.
The subjective and personal discovery of two drug classes - opiates and amphetamines - has really just been wonderful in itself. They are so very close to magic.