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No weed, no alcohol, no caffeine, no meds, nothing legal or illegal.

If this describes you, how you doing with your rawdogging of reality?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Food.. is a drug.

No really. Our body reacts to our diet in very strong ways. There is great debate about the "best diet", but the one thing people can agree on is there are bad diets. (I.e. just whisper keto in a health community, taking people's carbs away is like killing their pets)

We should consider all of our inputs when gauging our health.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

You have to define "drug" much more specifically because many compounds that our bodies produce are also medical treatments.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

No weed, no alcohol, no caffeine, no meds, nothing legal or illegal.

Yep, it's me.

Well, reality is not a rawdogging for me. Life can be difficult sometimes, however I always take time to contemplate small things and enjoy them. For example, when I feel bad, I concentrate on birds flying and I imagine all the amazing and complex machinery inside of their bodies for example. Of course, this is not the perfect solution that annihilates all the problems (spoiler: it doesn't exist), but this helps me feel better and not feeling too bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I was about to say "I'm drug free!" But then I read your first three listed drugs and was like fuck, I forgot that weed, alcohol, and caffeine were drugs lmao. They're just legal.

Weed and alcohol is very rare for me, maybe once or twice a month, but I literally depend on caffeine as an antidepressant.

I should probably see a therapist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I think this could be the premise of a reality show. Take 20 people and cut them off from everything and see how they do. It’s an interesting thought experiment for how we would all individually do with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I both love it and hate it. I'm proud of going through it all without substances and yet I often find myself hating life, and I have a hard time waking up. So, yeah. That's how.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Take the good with the bad!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

...does tea count? Or sugar? Jerking off and video games are enough for me.

My only real problem now seems to be finding a relationship, so life's great.

I also have zero interest in those drugs though. Coffee tasted bitter. Alcohol tastes bad, and when I got tipsy once I just felt mild inconvenience walking, I think. Smoking smells bad. Never saw weed with my own eyes. A friend had me try yerba mate telling me it'd give me a kick like coffee, especially if I never tried it, but I just didn't feel anything special.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Damn caffeine and my brain-saving meds!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think only Mormons are that strict

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Mormons don't drink coffee because it's hot, not because its caffienated they get a lot of caffiene via soda.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Dang, no caffeine? You’re strict. I would like to think I don’t need caffeine, I just like the ritual of drinking coffee and when I don’t I feel slightly more pure, not that that helps me like myself anymore lol