My friend forwarded me this fascinating Vice article yesterday about drugs that do the opposite effects of some well-known drugs. The writer went through and experienced drugs that do the opposite effect of marijuana, psychodelics and heroin.

 I didn't realize some of these things existed, nor did I realize someone would actually desire to experience them in large doses and in a recreational way like the writer did. But he makes a good point about it all at the end of the article. After a week of doing things that made him feel terrible, he feels awesome.

Most recreational drugs make you feel pretty good and they're hard to turn away from. But when you lose track your initial state of reference, i.e. sobriety, that's when problems start. You need to know what feeling shitty is like in order to feel good. Or you need to know what feeling normal is like to know what it's like to be high.

This is why this article is so fascinating, beyond the crazy shit that happens when he's on these various substances; at the end of it all, he enjoys his regular life more because he felt so shitty for a week.

I guess it is fairly obvious, but it does seem like an important thing to remember about recreational drug use. Often times the reason why they are fun and they feel good is because they're much different than your normal state, and you need to return to that normal state in order to keep your frame of reference.