This does not negate ones commitment to life etc it only compromises it. In this we are in full agreement. I make no assumptions here. I speak from personal experience, both of myself and my direct experience of others who use drugs in a recreational way. I imply no condemnation of others for their choices, I only mean to make clear where I stand about what I want in my own life.
Music exists on many levels.
When I play music with other people at parties, I don t go around asking about everyone s drug usage. If I am trying to play music with someone and their own intake of drugs makes it difficult for me to connect with them, I usually stop playing. If their use of drugs doesn t get in the way, then I have no problem with that. The ensemble that I envision, to attain the qualities that I desire, indeed to reach the level that I want to reach with others in the sharing of music, does require a freedom from the recreational use of drugs. Among other things.