Feeling a sense of hollowness from NOT doing psychedelics.

[StickyChron]

It's been a little over a year since I've attempted to do any drugs other than Cannabis (I use daily) and Prometh/Codeine (once a month or so). I constantly feel this light nagging at the back of my subconscious, if I focus in on the feelings and try to isolate single emotions from it, I just get a strong feeling of emptiness and sadness. I feel like this is because I've been abstaining from Entheogens and have developed a lack of spirituality in my daily life. I've never been the type to binge on anything, never doing a substance more than one (or possibly two, very very rarely) day in a row, keeping my experiences well spaced apart so I know its not from previous use. I feel empty, sad, and lonely yet I'm accomplishing things in my day to day life at a wonderful pace, I've recently begun a relationship with a woman whom I actually feel a sense of love for and we spend plenty of time with one another; I'm usually with people whose company I enjoy, yet this insatiable feeling of being alone doesn't cease.

What is my problem? Should I take some psychedelics?

 

[Clocktower]

Why are you abstaining from psychedelics?

Do you depend on them for spirituality? Why not try meditating or something?

If you're in a good relationship and good company but still feel alone, is it because you're not really that close to your friends?

Have you considered cutting back on the Cannabis?

Do you feel incapable of changing your attitude without drugs?

 

[Morphling]

Could be too much cannabis, that is a fairly common problem, to have exacerbated depression from too much smoking.

It is common to go through spiritual plateaus and peaks in one's lifetime, and it sounds like you are doing really well in other areas of your life, despite this sense of emptiness that you are experiencing. Psychs/entheogens/entactogens should never, ever be necessary for a sense of spirituality--they may enhance what you have, open you up to new ways of thinking and experiencing the world, temporarily, but your spiritual core is certainly not derived from such substances.

 

[.:Holy::Toast:.]

I would not blame the psychedelics for this at all, you may be slightly depressed if you are accomplishing things and have a healthy relationship with someone.
I mean if there is really nothing going on in your life to feel sad and empty, but the feeling won't go away, perhaps speaking to a therapist may help you understand possible reasons why.
What you've described doesn't sound severe by any means but still some psychiatrists may attempt to still medicate you as that is sadly there go to solution.
Try to avoid this, they usually cause more problems than before.

Also if you blaze on a fairly regular basis this can occur too. Try limiting your blazing to every few days or even just nightly before you go to bed.
I find that if I blaze all day everyday, I begin to get lazy and antisocial, and even though I could change that and still blaze if I wanted too, it just seems easier to blame the green.