Message from @ETBrooD

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2019-09-16 11:06:58 UTC  

Just not strongly addicted, I *could* and eventually *did* stop

2019-09-16 11:07:12 UTC  

No worries, I'm Swiss, I know how god damn boring Germanic countries are, sterile and lacking an ounce of personality.

2019-09-16 11:07:25 UTC  

idk, I live in Austria

2019-09-16 11:07:45 UTC  

I visited Germany many times, but mostly rural areas

2019-09-16 11:07:56 UTC  

Those are really nice, although quiet af

2019-09-16 11:08:06 UTC  

Same as in Austria I guess

2019-09-16 11:08:09 UTC  

1:1 to Swiss, ya I've visited.

2019-09-16 11:08:24 UTC  

I love it here, I like the quiet

2019-09-16 11:08:37 UTC  

NY would probably destroy my soul

2019-09-16 11:08:47 UTC  

We also have people here that get "addicted" to weed...My argument is they really just need more shit to fill their time with.

2019-09-16 11:08:57 UTC  

idk, maybe

2019-09-16 11:09:10 UTC  

I believe everyone is addicted to something, we just hop from one drug to the other

2019-09-16 11:09:38 UTC  

There's a key difference between substance abuse and behavioral addiction though

2019-09-16 11:09:40 UTC  

It's either weed, or alcohol, my time in America resembles similar stories of native Americans that are easily alcoholics there.

2019-09-16 11:10:12 UTC  

Well

2019-09-16 11:10:19 UTC  

I mean what is an addiction, that has been redefined a few times

2019-09-16 11:10:31 UTC  

Food is not considered an addiction even though we have to eat at least once a day

2019-09-16 11:10:42 UTC  

Weed would be labeled an addiction instantly if we smoked once a day

2019-09-16 11:10:56 UTC  

Exactly, the nuance in where we set the goal posts is important.

2019-09-16 11:11:29 UTC  

Some say it's whether you can handle your life, if it doesn't disrupt it

2019-09-16 11:11:35 UTC  

Like your dreams and goals, your health, etc.

2019-09-16 11:11:56 UTC  

I was told by someone "simply having a beer alone makes you an alcoholic" I just had no clue how to respond to that, haha

2019-09-16 11:12:05 UTC  

Yeah that's dumb

2019-09-16 11:12:17 UTC  

Drinking and being a drunk, big difference

2019-09-16 11:12:34 UTC  

In fact some alcohol can boost certain performances

2019-09-16 11:12:42 UTC  

Creativity goes up, efficiency goes up, precision goes down

2019-09-16 11:12:56 UTC  

Good for writers if they take it in small doses

2019-09-16 11:13:11 UTC  

*creative* writers ofc

2019-09-16 11:13:48 UTC  

If I'm alone, I know my day is done, but I still have some energy to do something, maybe some art, but I want just a little mental lube, damn straight I'm opening that bottle of red wine.

2019-09-16 11:13:49 UTC  

That's why I can't say anything about DMT

2019-09-16 11:13:56 UTC  

I think Joe Rogan may have a point, I have no clue

2019-09-16 11:14:08 UTC  

I certainly wouldn't just claim outright DMT bad

2019-09-16 11:14:43 UTC  

Well, I don't drink alcohol often anymore, but if I had to be creative I think I might have it a bit more

2019-09-16 11:14:54 UTC  

I have to be precise, so it's a no-go for me

2019-09-16 11:15:31 UTC  

And also I need by emotions to be low at all times during work

2019-09-16 11:15:35 UTC  

Alcohol doesn't help that lul

2019-09-16 11:15:44 UTC  

Man, these dudes in Switzerland will finish a bottle of vodka, go drink beers at a club, then still drive home.

2019-09-16 11:16:20 UTC  

But they are SUPER bored guys, good, simple guys, but bored out of their minds.

2019-09-16 11:16:40 UTC  

I mean

2019-09-16 11:16:47 UTC  

Alcohol has a tipping point

2019-09-16 11:17:12 UTC  

If you drink a little bit, only your precision goes down a bit, your reflexes may actually go up and compensate for your imprecision, but if you drink a lot, both goes down hard