Sorry. It is stupid. Putting anything that alters your state of mind into your body to assist you in dealing with reality is screwed up. And doing anything that kills brain cells (which is what the drunk/high feeling you get is--brain cells dying) is stupid.
Since when is something like lighting a piece of paper filled with toxic **** and dirt on fire and then putting it in your mouth and sucking on it for ten minutes at a time considered a good idea, anyway?
To answer the question of the thread...never, never, and never. I pride myself on who I am. I don't intend to throw it away. I also pride myself on being a real man and being able to look the universe in the face and brawl with life if need be. I think that anyone who does any of that **** is pathetic, weak, and callow.
I've seen what they become. I have no interest in going there. I have alcoholism in my family, not heavily, but it's there. It's scary...when you've never drank before, you can almost feel it. A friend of mine was talking to me about it a long time ago. How, if someone puts alcohol down in front of us, we have a hard time ignoring it and we want it, even though I've never drank any of that crap.
I don't like the idea of me not being in control of my desires and my ability to relax or concentrate or be creative or sociable, or any of that crap everyone says it's good for.
Sorry. It's stupid, no matter how you slice it. And don't give me that never say never crap either. The only reason for that is because every inherently bad thing in the universe tries to recruit from the positive stuff, and drugs and the people who do them are no different. I've watched pothead crews in school proudly turn straight A university bound students into the most blithering stoner idiots. They get so caught up in it, they have so much pride converting people over. People ask me all the ****ing time to have a drink just because I don't do it. It's the nature of humanity, really--they want to see it for their personal entertainment. Well **** them, and **** drinking, and **** drugs, and **** smoking. While we're at it, **** coffee, **** aspirin, and **** painkillers.
I mean...when did the human race become such a bunch of pussies, anyway? :0(