I have wondered the same thing about myself. I've gone back to drinking a couple of times. I drink for a night and then wake up feeling like shit. Quit again. No real drama; I just don't want to live that cycle any more. Which, in my experience all drugs have. Even if you do something that has less of a physical hangover, it's still a cycle of being really high and really low. When you're used to being more even, that's not fun.
That sounds about right. I can say that when you get to the point where you need it, you're not really getting high any more. It's more like you're perpetually in pain the rest of the time, and using drugs just makes it go away for a while. It's no way to live. Sobriety isn't rainbows and puppies all the time, but it's better than that.
I have wondered the same thing about myself. I've gone back to drinking a couple of times. I drink for a night and then wake up feeling like shit. Quit again. No real drama; I just don't want to live that cycle any more. Which, in my experience all drugs have. Even if you do something that has less of a physical hangover, it's still a cycle of being really high and really low. When you're used to being more even, that's not fun.
That sounds about right. I can say that when you get to the point where you need it, you're not really getting high any more. It's more like you're perpetually in pain the rest of the time, and using drugs just makes it go away for a while. It's no way to live. Sobriety isn't rainbows and puppies all the time, but it's better than that.