The user believes that using substances like psilocybin or MDMA in moderation can provide a helpful reset for people who are experiencing high levels of stress.

“It really does give you such a reset.”

Bert Kreischer does not believe in living his life in regret regarding his decades of heavy alcohol consumption.

“I've been partying every night for 29 years and then I was like God like for a second I was like do I regret not stopping drinking for big stretches of time more or or earlier and I went absolutely [ __ ] not like I have had the I mean the greatest 25 years of partying my dick off”

Brad Williams claims that marijuana provides him with empathy and makes him smile, whereas alcohol causes more potential chaos.

“I smoke uh every night now yeah uh fall asle I'm not so no just tojoy life I like empathy marijuana gives me empathy and it makes me smile you drink there's more chaos that can arise when you get high you just lose the Apple TV remote and [ __ ] you know while you're holding on to it”

Devorah finds that she handles weed poorly because it induces nausea and physical discomfort.

“i don't handle anything well this is my like the this is my second cup of drugs today because i want to just feel like a coquette i couldn't well you can you can smoke weed and i can't smoke i don't smoke weed well you know you do weed whatever you want to call it”

Kennedy Walsh maintains that anxiety levels while using weed are heightened by subconscious thoughts and anticipatory nervousness about having a bad experience.

“i think you have crazy thoughts i think you literally have subconscious thoughts that like when you're high they just get brought to the surface where you you anticipate not feeling good”

Mark Normand uses mushrooms periodically as a way to confront anxiety by accepting it rather than avoiding it.

“I did them on Rogan with all the guys and uh it hit me like 10 million people are listening Rogan's head was like this big he's sitting next to me and I was like this is a huge mistake and I had to just sit there in the middle of a live pod like just chill myself out and it was it was brutal”

Skyler suggests that most people who use mushrooms consume them during the day while walking in a park, contrasting this with his own experiences.

“I think most people do mushrooms the right way and like take them during the day and like walk around the park or something I've only done them in the dead of night where the demons are at play”

Consuming edibles requires caution because the effects are delayed and can easily be overwhelming.

“But that's the problem with edibles and mushrooms. You just do it, nothing happens, and then you >> I mess it up every time.”