Both. Tobacco (now vape liquid) was a product of extremely misplaced curiosity. If you’re young and reading this, fuck your curiosity, fuck what your friends are doing - don’t fucking do it. Buy a stress ball if you have that “Well [x moron] smokes when they are stressed, maybe I should try it” thought. Putting aside the health effects (which are reason enough), shit is basically a money hole for idiots and addicts. I really need to try quitting again (just with a lot of prep for the early stage when I want to kill myself and everyone around me).

I like beer and spirits, but I find anything above 3 standard drinks is diminishing returns. I did the ‘get dangerously drunk’ thing in my teenaged years/very early adulthood. Very happy I grew out of that, shit was getting dark by the end. Have overindulged since and every time, woke up thinking “I should have stopped at 2”.

2 beers is a nice, very lucid buzz for me - body relaxation and a bit chattier. 3 is when my motor skills start to soften in a perceivable (though still light) way. Experience has taught me this is a good place to switch to water/non-alc beer/tonic water for the rest of the night (if ‘partying’, supplemented with some weed.)

Now - a cup of coffee before heading out, 2-3 beers, and some weed? This is generally a good Friday or Saturday night.