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Smoking weed. I'm guilty of this myself but by the gods, I have some friends who would come with a 5-pack of joints or a massive bong if they were an action figure
Hear, hear. I've managed to reduce my consumption to a slightly spicy cigarette or two a day, and it certainly helps to some degree with some symptoms of ADHD, but I'm trying to phase it out. It is my only real vice (unless we're counting sugar), idk, I still feel like a more complete person would rawdog life as one should, appreciate it fully and all.
This life is not even close to the one we evolved for, it's OK to get some help if you need it. What that help looks like is up to you, not a societal expectation of 'should', IMO.
If I could upvote you twice, I would. Well said.
Life has been difficult and confusing one way or another forever. We should try not to be dependent on (almost always, entirely optional) crutches, we risk getting used to them and losing the ability to walk without them. And this is not so much of a societal expectation but my own, that I try to run away at times because it's easier (and I'm sure everyone who thinks being an addict/dependent is a morally or developmentally neutral thing has the same internal dialogue and excuses). To a large degree we can think ourselves into happiness and sadness, into stability and madness, can we not think ourselves out of these things as well? It deserves a try, at least, and that's the responsible thing to do.
But regardless of all of that, thanks for your good vibes. 🫶
This seems to be an unpopular view, but I agree. The human brain essentially has no hard limits on what it can think.
Fair enough, I sort of thought it might be like that, I was trying to leave room with 'What that help looks like is up to you' while making a larger point for the audience. Be well on your own path.
Why don't you quote my post here to see what I said about it? And what about the reply that followed? (Btw, it's all the same thread, it's easy!) Does it seem like I'm excusing myself or defending it like everyone else or admitting that I would be a better, more complete person if I phased it out of my system? Come on, man, you gotta be fair when the evidence is in this very same thread, lol.
And whilst the Qur'an only talks about alcohol, I'm personally adding other intoxicants to the list to avoid (I could not, basically, but I know better). And even then, if I have to explain the psychological differences between someone who's drunk and someone who's high, and the actions they might take because of it, then idk, you have never tasted them or seen those who make it a habit, because the difference in harm is obvious. But we don't have to go that far: I personally opened up about my own shortcomings (when I didn't have to) BECAUSE I'm not a "holier than thou" hypocrite, but a person who understands weakness, and unlike those arguing against me, I never defended/rationalised mine. Those who did ITT just lack the courage to admit to their own shortcomings... in a pseudonymous forum, which is frankly kind of pathetic but I understand weakness so I still engage, patiently (if a bit irritated).