Ain't that a trip?

[scaeagles]

I completely agree that caffeine and sugar are drugs. I was completely addicted to soda and quit drinking it several years ago and for three days I could hardly function. I do my best to avoid them, and as I'm not eating chocolate anymore, I don't get much sugar and no caffeine.

Regardless, I disagree about adrenaline issues. I fail to see how something our body makes and increases production of naturally (assuming there is nothing wrong the way your body is functioning) is quite akin to putting foreign substances in your body, but that's OK. This is also why I would never be critical of some on say, an antidepressant, because typically that mind altering drug is to try to restore the natural balance of serotonin.

I'm not ragging on anyone here for doing what they do. I'm saying exactly the "it's not for me" thing and explaining why. I almost get the feeling some people view it as an attack that I stress what I think are the negative things about putting mind altering substances in the body.

But, as CP put it, it's a risk/benefit analysis for everyone. I do like "adrenaline sports", as GD put it, and there certainly is risk involved. I prefer the risk of jumping out of an airplane to purchasing something from someone on the street and smoking or snorting or licking or injecting or whatever the heck you do with whatever the heck it is.