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my philosophy on this is everything in moderation, including moderation as long as you keep a high standard as a baseline then exceptions are fine imo, if they are actually exceptions and not the norm. i think in society as a whole we overrate perfection perfection is the enemy of the good for most ppl. instead of just doing better than they are today they will seek an unachievable goal and not make any change as a result eg im going to not look at my phone for 3h before bed is too hard for most ppl so instead of not looking at phone for 10mins before bed (better than before) they will feel like a failure for not doing 3h and end up doing nothing for me the same is true for drugs/alcohol. obviously these things are not good for your health, but in moderation everything is fine i probably do (mostly party) drugs like a handful of days per year and have a fun time doing so, im also in the best shape of my life atm and i don't think they need to be mutually exclusive in general i have a much healthier relationship w alcohol than i used to, but sometimes ill feel like sending it and that's also fine as long as it's not my everyday OP is right and i think if drugs are a big part of your life then you are probably coping with something else you need to deal with but i think there are a cohort of ppl who were unable to handle moderation (suffered from addiction) and are now straight edge, that believe the same is true for everyone there's a lot of nuance in being able to enjoy things that are not inherently good for you while having the discipline to not let them consume you. the same is true for social media, junk food etc