For me, as an entire class of drugs, I find benzos not so much recreational in and of themselves, but something very useful or handy for the recreational user to keep in their toolbox to augment, ease the come down from, or prematurely end the experience with other drugs. Level out with speed, crash easy on coke, or scrap a bad acid trip, that kind of thing.
Not to say some aren't more viable than others, recreationally. My take on the big three (four? three and a half?) for example:
Diazepam - Very viable on its own for recreational purposes. I can eat 50 or so mg and be like, "You know what, I feel good. I don't need to eat any more Valium." And from there, have a laid back, chill, incident-free evening.
Alprazolam - No matter how small a dose I take, I always black out, though from what I hear I'm usually pretty well behaved. I'll be the guy helping his passed-out-drunk friend get somewhere safe, the whole time blacked out myself and have zero recollection of what the fuck I did.
Lorazepam - As it turns out there are a small percentage of persons whom, after taking large doses of lorazepam, say, in an attempt to compensate for its general weakness compared to other benzos, experience intense hallucinations and/or psychotic delusions. I found out the hard way that I am one of those people.
Clonazepam - Simply put, due to the Lay's Effect (can't eat just one), I eat a bottle of Klonopin and start liking heroin and things that aren't mine. Then someone turns off consciousness and I wake up in jail. Fuck klonopin.
So yeah, for me, benzos alone are NOT recreational.
Not to say some aren't more viable than others, recreationally. My take on the big three (four? three and a half?) for example:
Diazepam - Very viable on its own for recreational purposes. I can eat 50 or so mg and be like, "You know what, I feel good. I don't need to eat any more Valium." And from there, have a laid back, chill, incident-free evening.
Alprazolam - No matter how small a dose I take, I always black out, though from what I hear I'm usually pretty well behaved. I'll be the guy helping his passed-out-drunk friend get somewhere safe, the whole time blacked out myself and have zero recollection of what the fuck I did.
Lorazepam - As it turns out there are a small percentage of persons whom, after taking large doses of lorazepam, say, in an attempt to compensate for its general weakness compared to other benzos, experience intense hallucinations and/or psychotic delusions. I found out the hard way that I am one of those people.
Clonazepam - Simply put, due to the Lay's Effect (can't eat just one), I eat a bottle of Klonopin and start liking heroin and things that aren't mine. Then someone turns off consciousness and I wake up in jail. Fuck klonopin.
So yeah, for me, benzos alone are NOT recreational.