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.
Cheese. One of its ingredients, casein, can trigger opioid receptors.
meditation and early hypnangogic sleep stages, just watching my brain do weird brain shit. sometimes I get this insane, intense sensation of being/observing something formless and simultaneously infinitely large and infinitely small. like my location/place neurons doing some kind of existentially overwhelming hardware stress test lol
Gobs of honey and bit of lemon juice in hot water. I find it soothing and stimulating at the same time.
I’ve heard that some people add hard liquor to this, but I don’t drink.
Also, a hot chocolate with oat milk.
I find myself actually needing coffee in the morning as I’m getting older.
im addicted to soda. so that.
I’ll push the boundary somewhat and nominate bitters. I enjoy bourbon and bitters, as in an old fashioned without the sugar. Earlier this year I purchased some Orinoco bitters, which are spiced - think cumin and cardamom. I’ve been alternating the tropical fruit flavours of the more traditional Angostura with the Orinoco. I must get my hands on some citrus bitters too.
Lemon Balm, Passionflower, and Lavander (as tea)
Giving my pets scritches.
Yes sameee
Music. It’s mind-altering and mood-altering.
Ginger and Valerian (interestingly Valerian is the component of most bedtime teas that’s associated with vivid dreams. You might actually be reacting to that, check the ingredient list on your tea or supplement).
Kava. I like to mix it with lavender, chamomile and valerian root for a very mellow calm.
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.
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.
sold! that’s the calm I’m up for
Something in sleepytime tea hits me almost like a good indica. I think it’s the valerian root, because regular chamomile tea doesn’t do it.
It is if you’re specifically getting sleepytime extra (it’s the extra). It’s likely gaba active iirc the limited research correctly. The newly sober from sedating drugs often use it for insomnia during the post-acute withdrawal period.
Melatonin
Incense.
