The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Altered States

<p><strong>I. Alcohol &amp; Wine</strong></p> <p>Back when I would get schlostered in college, I would say I drank because it accommodated &ldquo;cool experiences.&rdquo; The boldness and vigor that alcohol infused me with invariably led to a more hardcore engagement with life. Most simply: Wild stuff would happen.</p> <p>I&rsquo;d be audacious enough to make the right joke, or be wild enough to steal the spotlight in the way I wanted to. Maybe I&rsquo;d even get lucky! Well, that was rare, but no matter how I spun it, getting drunk was not ever about the taste of alcohol. It was rarely an escape from my problems or to shoo away anxiety.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@joesinopoli/the-pleasures-and-pitfalls-of-altered-states-7189930c8549"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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