I'm fairly successful - top 10 school, developer at a Fortune 500 company, involved in a number of very in depth hobbies.
I've used everything on the list except mescaline, meth, opium, and PCP (mostly for lack of access).
Most of these were just a handful of times, but I smoke weed 3-4 times a week. I adore psychedelics but limit that to once every 2-3 months. Coke is fun every now and then, but I keep that very infrequent for obvious reasons.
Started at probably 15, so over a "career" of about 8 years.
Only thing I've ever come close to having a problem with is amphetamine, since the productivity boost is amazing (at first). Which is a problem, because it's easy to fool yourself into thinking it's actually beneficial. At therapeutic doses maybe, but believe me, after day 2 of borderline recreational dosages, it's not. It's the only one I really steer well clear of.
I've used everything on the list except mescaline, meth, opium, and PCP (mostly for lack of access).
Most of these were just a handful of times, but I smoke weed 3-4 times a week. I adore psychedelics but limit that to once every 2-3 months. Coke is fun every now and then, but I keep that very infrequent for obvious reasons.
Started at probably 15, so over a "career" of about 8 years.
Only thing I've ever come close to having a problem with is amphetamine, since the productivity boost is amazing (at first). Which is a problem, because it's easy to fool yourself into thinking it's actually beneficial. At therapeutic doses maybe, but believe me, after day 2 of borderline recreational dosages, it's not. It's the only one I really steer well clear of.
For what that's worth..