I quit drinking recently (just hit a month wow), and so far it's been fine because I'm spending all of my time alone or working/doing errands. I don't like drinking alone so it's been fine, but where I live now the ENTIRE social scene is bars and clubs, so I can't meet anyone without being sober in a room full of extremely drunk people. I don't like clubs to begin with, and there's not really any quiet, sit down pubs around here where I could just get a soda and relax.
I used to pound drinks with my buds, but now that I'm seeing demonstrable health benefits of quitting (I have epilepsy and alcohol was giving me seizures) it's getting less justifiable to consider drinking again. I could smoke weed but it often makes me quiet and awkward when alcohol makes me outgoing and confident, which is what I really need right now. Also weed makes me shit at darts and pool.
My epilepsy medication negates the effects of hallucinogens ):
I used to love mushrooms. My family had a group mushroom trip that I had to sit out on because of my meds, it was quite the bummer.
Aww man, that's a bummer. I know you have to take those meds, but that's exactly why I am anti pills. I'm terrified of SSRIs
I'm also anti pill and wish I could stop taking them. My seizures are the reason I'm quitting drinking (have to quit caffeine too, sadly) but I wish there was another way to get them under control. Thankfully these aren't SSRIs because those would fuck me up, and prior meds have made me very depressed, but with these the only major side effect is that I can't do mushrooms and I get drunk faster.
That's very unfortunate. I see that you can't do caffeine, that was going to be another (probably terrible) suggestion. High enough doses of caffeine make me feel high and social.
Yeah so far the only good drug for me seizure wise is weed. Kind of a bummer socially.
Maybe you can find a strain that puts a little pep in your step. Prevailing wisdom is now saying to pay more attention to the terpines, and indica/sativa are basically meaningless.
One thing I enjoy doing is browsing Leafly to see what people are saying about certain strains, then keeping an eye out for them
The med is lamotrigine btw, also used to treat bipolar 2
Huh. I've never really been on meds in my adult life, I only pick up bits and pieces of what stops people from tripping from psychedelic forums. Stuff like that makes me nervous. I don't want to take something that prevents a different part of my brain from experiences. I guess I should thank my lucky stars I don't have to make that choice
Some people say that mushrooms can still work if they take double or triple their normal dose, but I don't wanna triple my dose to find out that the meds aren't inhibiting me and be on an unexpected wild ride.
For real. You don't want to see your ancestors morph out of a pillar of eyes at the pub.