Natural Highs (Without drugs)
Aug 25th, 2008 by squizzmaster
Yes, you read right, without drugs. To keep in line with my philosophy of having a healthy relationship with drugs, I was thinking I really needed to write about manipulating brain chemistry so that you can get high on life without drugs.
Why Is It Important To Acheive Natural Highs
For scientific reasons I’m not going to bore you with here (and because I can’t be 100% sure), drugs can alter our brains and bodies in ways that, with continuous use, affects our ability to acheive
- The same high with the same amount of drug, requiring us to take more, resulting in a cycle
- Pleasure in our “normal everday” lives
By equipping ourselves with the knowledge to get high and maintain pleasures out of life without drugs we can
- Avoid building a tolerance to drugs
- Keep a balance between a drug enhanced and a drug free lifestyle
- Help ourselves to cut down on drugs
- Help ourselves to stop taking drugs\go cold turkey
How Do You acheive Natural Highs?
The good news is, there are basic lifestyle changes we can make in an attempt to re-establish a healthy brain chemistry that allows us to gain and enjoy the pleasures of life aside from drugs.
- Go for a jog/run/walk - get that blood pumping, increase your intake of oxygen
- Share a bottle of wine with some nice food, maybe cheese and bread
- Go outisde, if your not socialising that’s fine, everyone should get as much time to themselves as they need. But get some fresh air and sunlight, both important for being happy
- I believe the foods we eat play an important role in how happy we are. I was reminded by someone who read my guide to having a pleasant come down off ecstasy. The foods that make you happy are debatable, I agree with the foods he mentioned - bananas, vegemite, smoked\raw salmon. I also believe lentils, oats and a bit of dark chocolate now and then is a good thing. Whatever healthy foods for your brain and body you take in, it has to taste good too, otherwise, forget it.
- Spend more time around friends who don’t take drugs
- Encourage friends to do things with you, without drugs now and then
- Spend more time around family members
- Spend more time around children - nephews, neices, younger cousins etc
Last but not least!!
If you’re feeling down like it just won’t go away, you MUST speak to someone who is a good listener and can understand. You may be suffering a form of depression or anxiety like a very very high percentage of the earths population. Depression and anxiety often has nothing to do with strength of character or raw logic skills. This is common - people get treatment for this through perscription drugs, therapy, alternative treatments…there are many options. There’s no shame in wanting to not feel crap.
My motto
Get high on drugs AND life