• norbert@kbin.social
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      BRB letting every musician ever know that the pot doesn’t actually do anything for them and they only think they’re being creative.

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        “pot doesn’t make you creative just helps you be creative” seems like a semantics thing

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            You might want to talk to them rather than guessing their experiences.

            Fear of losing creativity is one reason people stay in a drug addiction cycle for way longer than is necessary. Folks who come out the other side often are surprised by how much easier it is to be creative. They find they can suddenly match their non-drug addicted counterparts and as a bonus can keep a job!

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                Man this is such a reddit moment.

                I’m someone working towards sobriety from hard drugs who has spent the last 8 years in and out of sober spaces such as 12-step programs, Recovery Dharma and their secular alternatives (SMART and LifeRing).

                I presently attend a harm reduction program full of people trying to reach abstinence goals from a variety of substances.

                I’m literally just telling you what actual people have said in my presence (obviously paraphrased since I didn’t write that shit down).

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                  The problem with the way drugs is talked about in general is they’re all lumped together.

                  Weed is not going to be nearly as harmful or addictive as opiates for example, I can definitely empathize with people addicted to harder substances (including Alcohol IMO) and the definite harm it causes.

                  I just don’t like when weed or psychedelics are lumped in under the “drugs” banner and are treated just as addictive or harmful when they simply aren’t.

                  Not to mention I personally believe that most drugs should be legalized and regulated because the way we deal with them (criminally) causes so much more harm to the people stuck in addiction, much less likely to seek help out of fear.

                  The line I specifically didn’t like was when you said, “and can keep a job too!” As if people who use drugs recreationally can’t keep a job.