Feel free to be loose with your definitions. “Not usually considered a drug” is fine to qualify as “non-drug”, for instance. I’m not really thinking so much of “foods”, though, but maybe “food ingredients” and substances found in food ingredients are fine, especially if they’re quasi-drug-like or if you’d get a lot of the same benefits/enjoyment from it consuming it straight rather than in food.
Also ITT, tell other users why their substances actually are drugs actually.
Mine:
- Chamomile - good for my mood and gives me vivid dreams.
- Capsaicin - I and Wilbur Scoville are well acquainted.
- Cacao - I don’t really do cacao any more because I’ve quit caffeine, but I include it here because I still miss sucking on unsweetend baker’s chocolate daily.
insomnia. after the second or third day of no sleep you start seeing some really wild shit.
That used to be my drug of choice
Sugar. That shit is like meth.
Saffron: either a few strands in hot water as a tea, or the much more affordable saffron extract tablets; gives a mildly speedy/stimulant effect, genuinely interesting.
Valerian root extract: smells like feet, knocks you off of your feet.
Licorice root: sugar free sweetener that increases your BP in larger amounts, I literally use a stick of it to stir my tea, the sweetness is felt at the back of the mouth and typically comes on as an aftertaste, doesn’t have a strong anise flavour.
Kanna: a small plant from South Africa that an extract of will give entactogen effects (reminiscent of MDMA, but with a much lower ceiling)
Syrian Rue Seeds: seeds which contain harmala alkaloids, the thing that changes DMT into a 3-hour experience in Ayahuasca. The seeds are traditionally used as an incense in Persian/middle eastern cultures.
Ginger: it has 3 different properties if left fresh, dried or cooked. The main spicy component of fresh ginger becomes more pungent if left to dehydrate (dried ginger), or becomes sweeter if cooked/baked from fresh (the molecule literally ends up closer to vanillin, the main flavour of vanilla)
Nutmeg: consumed in a large quantity raw, will causes stoning and mild anticholinergic effects.
Cloves and clove oil will block out a tooth ache.
Poppy seeds have a very small amount of morphine naturally on them, you can make a painkilling tea from them, but I wouldn’t recommend doing this, and would suggest if ever attempted to titrate up slowly.
Music. It’s mind-altering and mood-altering.
Cheese. One of its ingredients, casein, can trigger opioid receptors.
I love that erowid is still alive and kicking.
I’d have died in my 20s without it. Like, literally.
Playing guitar, thrashing a scale up and down without making any mistakes makes you feel like you could eat gods.
I hit all the wrong notes, still eat gods.
Eat ‘em up, baby, eat ‘em up.
Eat 'em and smile
Definitely black tar heroin oh and English Breakfast Tea, and cats
That shit will rule your life if you dabble in it. Cats, I mean.
My cat makes little effort noises and grumbles when I cuddle her, which is the funniest thing in my world at the moment.
You can just buy straight linalool terpenes now (the smelly stuff in lavender attributed to sleep).
I drop a couple drops on a stuffed animal or small pillow in bed and it’s like knockout wonder.
Apart from caffeine (which is definitely a stimulant and therefore a drug) I also use sweets and other carbs recreationally and to enhance my performance at work.
Caffeine.
Spicy foods.
Favorite foods, like maybe something you only get once in a great while that you really like.
Staying up until 1 to 2 am. I feel more creative in the evening, but in the night, I don’t have the energy to commit to a vision, so I just kind of imagine a few different things poorly
So many of my projects are getting manic and locked in until 3 am, then the next day I’m burnt out and tired and never finish it. I’ll get around to it eventually, but only because in procrastinating another project I never finished.
Tulsi (Holy Basil): Has just enough anti-anxiety properties to quiet the inner voice that keeps me up at night.
Sugar is great for when I’m sleepy in the afternoon (good strong black licorice is a good complimentary to that, since it seems to keep my blood sugar from dropping in the first place)
I love some spicy food, oh yeah.
Music and movement, dancing can feel like a drug.
English Mustard. A nice thick layer of it, as in, thick enough that you question the structural integrity of the result, and everyone else questions your sanity, in a cheese (other fillings are available) sandwich will light your day up. The heat is different to capsaicin, you feel it more in your nose and sinuses, but it has a similar effect. You get a mild, giddy, flying feeling for a moment, then settle down into a haze of sensation. The endorphin (I assume it’s endorphins anyway) release feels great, all my muscles relax, and it’s a pretty good painkiller too.
sold! that’s the calm I’m up for
Seconded. I like to slather steaks in english mustard. My partner and kids think I’m insane.
Another annual tradition for me is leftover Christmas ham, in white bread, with loads of english mustard, while sitting on my ass watching the cricket.
