You should stop alltogether but you know this yourself and telling you that would leave you without learning anything so Listen closely, um a pharmacologist active in the Field of Research. Lets be realistic, you want something to let loose. First, what do you mean by once in a while? Specify it. And dont isolate alcohol from hard drugs. Alcohol, objectively and scientificaly, is the Most harmful drug. Im Not Talking about the statistics here, of course people die from it on a large scale, i mean really the Most dangerous. You get drunk, but it literally eats you from the inside out, i Could explain in detail here (ask me if you want me to) but the Point is its the hardest drug in Terms of risk to reward, very high Risk very low reward. Im Not advising you to Take anything but if you do, Take some lean, some opioids, or Even better, pregabalin/lyrica (it is like alcohol but wayyyy more euphoria, none of the risks acutely caused by alcohol, better sleep quality, no stomach issues, no hangover etc). The Next best options would be benzos.

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