I don't really differentiate between pharmeceutical and recreational drugs. Both are simply better living through chemistry...unless you are actually delusional. Those drugs are medicine. But, like, i see prozac as a part of a spectrum that has valium and narcotics as well.
Weed always helped most, but i think i ran it out to the end. I'd like something different.
@Uair@actuallyautistic #CBD and (recently) decaf #GreenTea help me handle stress. I can't try whole #cannabis because it's illegal here, even for diseases where it clearly helps, such as #MS.
Up until about twenty years ago, I used to drink too much. That was before I knew about the strong vein of addiction running through my family. Once I found out about that, I cut right down and made sure I got several consecutive dry days every week. I now interpret my previous over-drinking as an attempt to numb the abrasiveness of life as an autist in a neurotypical world. Whatever we call it and whatever excuses we make, it wasn't healthy. I was lucky in having no trouble in cutting down. Do as I do, not as I did. 🙂