[gmku]

To each his own. Marijuana leaves me feeling stupid and sluggish. The "creative" ideas I think I have when I'm high turn out to be laughable when I review them later.

On the other hand, I don't "use" alcohol to feel more creative--or to feel any special kind of way. I don't even use it for the "high" or "drunk" because I don't drink enough to get sloppy drunk, except on occasion (and it has to be something special like a birthday or holiday celebration). Largely I drink for the taste--which is why I can't drink any old piss beer like Bud or Miller. If I can't drink a good American craft beer, I won't drink any beer. It's also why I like drinking wine on occasion. I like the tastes of certain wines. And I like how wines and beers go with certain kinds of foods and all that. It's much more of a "gourmet/taste" thing than a feeling of needing to be drunk or high.