I don't relate to substances any more. When I was younger, I related heavily until I realized what it does to people. I used to go to parties where there was heavy drinking and smoking, until I arrived to one about 3 hours late, I saw nothing but a real bunch of assholes giving everyone a hard time, including themselves. I quit then and there. I also quit tobacco after seeing what happens to lungs of a smoker in scientific detail, with pictures, in an article in Nature. Whenever I felt the urge to smoke, I remembered those pictures. I immediately went cold turkey after a 3 pack-a-day habit.

I will occasionally (rarely, really) have a glass of wine with dinner. I also cook with wine in stews and etc. but there is no alcohol residue by the time I finish cooking.

Nowadays, it seems that SN is one of my valves. I also read science fiction or watch some movies, since I have a collection of them on DVDs.