Are there any substances that have a similar effect as alcohol, but are more healthy?
As always, when I try something new I do a lot of reading up first to suss the risks, and one article I came across claimed that it was less harmful than alcohol. I don't know if that's true, just reporting.
Read up erowid experiences first if you do try it. And if you do, don't be fucking stupid - I get tired of the way people so easily abuse any drug, even alcohol. Perhaps especially alcohol.
I can't particularly recommend it.
FYI anyway.
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You're no more likely to hallucinate on one any more than the other IME. I guess it's acid or mescaline instead.
I understand that F&LiLV tended to big up (or even invent) the drugs' effects (bullshit about adrenochrome? "In the DVD commentary, director Terry Gilliam admits that his and Thompson's portrayal is a fictional exaggeration" <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenochrome>). Ether just gets you pissed a bit like booze, that's all.
Oh, here we go “The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon [...]” <https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/320840-the-only-thing-that-...
yep, that strikes me as bullshit.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/alco...