whole mental willpower stuff doesnt work when your brain is working against you. Quote: Originally Posted by BBC3 Whats going on here.? Why are we all so CHALLENGED by life, that as soon as a real point of growth opportunity comes along, that the first thing we want to do is reach for a drug...?! The reason I enter this thread is that I have NOTICED that I have tended to do the same thing. IN DEFENSE of the paradigm which I set forth, I am not really sure if "dumbing things down" does not have purpose . EVERYONE gets overwhelmed from time to time. DO you think we just go to far in the remedy protocol, and because BIG PHARMA says we should.?! IS there a real magic to "self-medication"? Do you think that perhaps there is a MIDDLEGROUND that only WE can see.? And relative to each one of us, and further relative to our current perspective.? What are we actually doing when we commit to the ADMITTANCE to the NEED OR USE of a psychoactive substance.? As mentioned via the use of the word "we". I am not exempt from the failure either.. @ Tyler.. Isnt the fact that you are so damn convinced that you need the drugs IN FACT THE PROOF or your STRENGTH?! If you consider from that angle. You are doing WHATEVER IT TAKES to ENSURE that you dont "take a bite", or succeed without "Dumbing yourself down". This makes you a fine