Nick Mullen on Being Sober - The Adam Friedland Show

[@TW-fs3fj]

Better watch out, Nick. Everyone knows sobriety is a slippery slope towards having a wife and 6 kids that you love and care for unconditionally.

[@buckminsterowski]

god you guys are gay

[@wafflcoptr]

That's the only reason to get sober tbh, getting hammered fuckin' rules lol

[@yoeyyoey8937]

@@wafflcoptrit gets old and it hurts you if you actually care about living life and being happy though

[@rhysm.5915]

​@@wafflcoptr My last drink was stolen hand sanitizer, it did not rule.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@rhysm.5915oof. I heard a guy talk about drinking a pint of listerine every morning even though he was going to AA meetings. He somehow justified it in his head that he was sober.

[@JeffNixonComedy]

212 days sober today, fellas. It’s gay and I’m gay and you’re all gay but ruining my life slowly over a decade of blacking out was becoming too straight for me.

[@noone-vh2my]

Been sober since about march 15th. Let me tell ya ... super gay. Lovin every minute of my homosexuality dude. Congratz on your gay ass sobriety.

[@roydykens7376]

Been gay for 8 years and let me tell ya, it just gets gayer.

[@TulpaKing]

Poppers don’t count right?

[@smifffygames]

@@TulpaKing That's just self care

[@StudioMod]

Been sober for a year by force because my heart got bad after covid (I'm only 28). A year later and I've gotten more done this passed year than I have in the last 5 years of using pot and alcohol to get through the week.

[@arthurl3636]

Adam would be the most horrifying creature to look at while high on mushrooms.

[@ChiefyIndian]

Last time I took mushrooms I told my girlfriend that I wanted to meet Adam Friedland. Don't do drugs kids.

[@marsvai2410]

:D

[@thomasleblanc1305]

Yeah that’s nightmare fuel

[@9millibros]

He's pretty horrifying to look at sober, so I tend to agree

[@MrP1nk92]

Howard Stern?

[@WesleyB-Rook]

The hardest part about being sober is the boredom. Takes a long time for things to feel exciting again after so long of mixing substances with events daily

[@Beunibster]

But that's why I started

[@afgh1408]

the problem is that people don't replace it with anything, so it just leaves empty time. you gotta start some new habits.

[@SplosionMovies]

yes bro. i’m cool going without if there’s shit to be done, but when i have to just sit there and rot i’d rather be schmoked up

[@R4WD4WG]

Yea my biggest hurdle Approaching 4 years no alcohol However I've gotten very deep in weed where it's negatively effecting me Hitting up an AA today

[@withnail-and-i]

"Getting clean is the easy part, now comes life."

[@very.happy.ben.]

I can not pretend as if hearing Nick talk about sobriety, drugs, alcohol etc, hasn't had a large positive impact on my personal mindset. So huge shoutout for his openness about struggles as well as his ability to get through those struggles.

[@tomtomtrent]

Yeah interestingly enough hearing Nick say he went vegan made me realize I could do it without being gay. Well I am gay but that’s for different reasons

[@Riskofdisconnect]

Hearing that Nick fell off the wagon was what made me start drinking again.

[@dogchaser520]

@@tomtomtrent Veganism IS kinda gay. It's unnecessarily difficult and also really annoying to try and eat out anywhere, share food with people, etc. But vegetarianism and its hip older brother pescatarianism (seafood but no meat) are both incredibly easy and also really healthy for you. You do have to retrain how to eat, learn ways of cooking with beans, buy lots of veggies, etc. But you feel better, lose weight, and you're not eating flesh of animals you don't kill yourself, which is probably the only really ethical way to eat the cute little bastards

[@danieltownsend6500]

Sounds pretty gay to me

[@ashtangaxashtangapranayama8526]

Really dude? This was posted a day ago... I'm a gaei

[@TopSoulMan]

It's so funny hearing people who regularly do cocaine not being able to handle a weed high lol

[@Exofell]

Have to be very neurotic

[@arenscott4934]

Oh fuck... does this mean I'm neurotic?@@Exofell

[@142doddy]

​@@Exofellfuck off coke is just cooler

[@Exofell]

It will go away if you smoke more@@arenscott4934

[@Journeyman107]

They’re two completely different things, good weed is somewhat disarming while good coke is like someone gave you the keys to their tank

[@dylanstandingalone]

Nick's right. People who've just been sober forever don't understand, if you spend enough time drinking or getting high, it does ruin you a bit. Not to say you can't be ok and keep living, but you opened a door that you can never totally forget about. Once you smoke crack, you can't un-smoke crack.

[@Jd-808]

Yeah it’s kinda too bad that DARE kind of ruined what’s actually really sound logical advise with heavy handed propaganda

[@Cockholiday]

You can smoke heroin right after the crack and it will probably make you feel better about smoking that crack

[@R4WD4WG]

​@@Jd-808"oh they lied to me about weed" - my young dumb logic

[@Journeyman107]

I’ve gotten by pretty well by 1. Just keeping them celebratory vs escapist 2. Limiting them to the end of the day (some people think they can function high all day or after having drinks at lunch, some really can) 3. Stumbling into genetics that don’t make me predisposed to addiction lol

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

It's extremely confronting to be sober in a situation where you're used to being intoxicated

[@tw4898]

Nick was sober for a long part of Cumtown, but he was also depressed having manic episodes, and still doing other drugs, so I can see why he potentially romanticized drinking again started again. It's easier and more familiar than random opiates and cool people drugs. It's happened to me before too, but then you realize that drinking sucks if you're an alcoholic. Falling off the wagon is fun for like the first month, but after that it sucks. Until this year, I managed periods of 2-3 months of sobriety throughout the last 3 years, but never stuck with it. Now I'm on 8, nearly 9 months, and I'm happy. All that changed was I just accepted that I can not ever drink again, and at the same time, I never have to. It might sound smug, but the comfort I can get from the idea that I won't wake up feeling horrendous anxiety is better for me now than drinking.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

And you know what? If you do drink again, you can stop again. You don’t even have to go through all that misery to motivate you to stop again. The next day can just say to yourself, “Well, that was kind of stupid. Oh well, back to not drinking.” And then don’t drink that day. Someone with years of sobriety isn’t more sober than someone with one week of sobriety. Maybe they have more practice so it’s easier for them. They’re more comfortable with it. But the idea that they’re better people simply because they have more time sober is stupid. A person becomes a better person by choosing to do those things that better people do. Maybe being sober is one of those things, but a sober horse thief is still a horse thief.

[@benardman2665]

He was doing cocaine constantly

[@walzybby]

I’m a year and a half sober, I lost everything, ended up living in my broke down car. Since then life has completely 180’d. It’s now a life completely worth living, which I never thought I’d ever say, drunk or sober. If you can’t control how much you drink, please go to a local meeting and just ask someone there for help. I’m not trying to preach to anyone but if it worked for me then I hope it can work for someone out there whose still struggling

[@MarcosElMalo2]

I don’t think one needs to even ask for help if they don’t want to. Just go to a meeting and hang out and don’t drink during the meeting. Keep doing that for a while. If you need to, go to another meeting. If you do drink, just go to another meeting the next day. If you don’t like the people at the meeting, go to another meeting where people aren’t such assholes (they exist). Also, in my experience, you don’t even have to ask for help. If you’re a new face, people will trip over each other to offer you help and advice, most of which won’t make sense or be of any use to you. They mean well (in most cases), at least. You can take it or leave it, but just go to meetings anyway. It’s something to do that is not drinking or getting fucked up. It’s the same as “working the steps”. It’s something to do (so why not), but it’s not something you HAVE to do. Some people attribute their sobriety to working the steps, but the truth is, you get sober by not drinking that day. Let tomorrow take care of itself. If working the steps makes it easier, great. If it doesn’t make it easier, just don’t drink for that day. I’m not saying that one day is easy. If it’s too much, just try to stay sober for half a day. If that’s too hard, try an hour. Give it an honest try, though. I will say that going to an AA meeting (or whatever group is applicable) does make it easier because you’re less likely to drink during the meeting. So go to meetings.

[@walzybby]

@@MarcosElMalo2 I’m in favor for literally whatever it takes to work for someone. Im got to work with a sponsor immediately so I’m only speaking from my own experience. And I think what I’m saying is the larger point of alcoholism being a problem that can’t, by logic, be fixed by the very mind that is plagued with it. It requires external input . So what I’m saying is more like, just get connected with those in the same boat. If you want to just sit and chill, absolutely cool, there are no rules to it . The solution isn’t sitting alone in a room drunk wishing you weren’t

[@bigbrain221]

6 chapters in a 4 minute convo is crazy

[@DreadedLad88]

The getting high and "worrying about if I paid my taxes correctly", spoke to me spiritually.

[@RosettisRevenge]

When I’m on drugs and alcohol the thought of getting off them is terrifying but when I’m off them for a while the thought of getting back on is terrifying.

[@josephpossanza5022]

Coming up on 3 years here in November. 15 years of a crippling opiate addiction and methamphetamine in the later years. Eventually I had to change everything and the thought of not seeing my son grow up because I didn't want to fully go in on this recovery thing begin to outweigh the using. Why it's hard for me sometimes to get into shoes that strictly glorify drug use for teenagers or just people in general. My next step was death. Multiple stints in rehabs, prison, county jail etc etc. It's as if I started the heavy using around 20-22 and didn't wake up from that dog until my early 30s. I have absolutely no desire to go back to that lifestyle whatsoever.

[@liamraine1]

Respect

[@heyzeuscreestow9394]

Been abusing for so long that sobriety is the new “experiment”. Feels great

[@nullobject7966]

I can definitely relate to this. When you smoke all day every day, the high feels like nothing, it's just the feeling of existing. Then I quit and I feel high as fuck comoletely sober fir the first few weeks. It's a bizarre sensation.

[@jj80808]

​@@nullobject7966it made me realise how much of a pussy I am tbh. I had to smoke just to stop the vivid dreams at the height of my stoner days(or just dreaming in general) and I had to come to grips with all my bad habits and my thought process without being able to blame drugs,which demands self reflection and necessary change. But you're doing that ontop of turning away you're biggest comfort zone when the option is always there. Maybe it's not that hard and I just don't wanna change,and that's a me problem I gotta deal with even when sober,knowing the urges will never go away completely because, like nick alluded to, you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

[@bradthunderpants3283]

@nullobject7966 I feel that right now. Being sober makes my blood feel weird.

[@that_ginger_kidd0156]

10 seconds in and nick Mullen has already described one of my favorite activities. Getting high and watching Chinatown rules

[@Beunibster]

He's completely wrong about shrooms and weed. He must be bad at it.

[@MomTires]

Wait until Nick then learns that Jack Nicholson banged his costars daughter

[@dogchaser520]

@@Beunibster He's just a neurotic, self-hating mess of a human being, which incidentally is what also makes him very funny.

[@nullobject7966]

​@Neimonster it's called an opinion, dingbat. everyone has difference experiences.

[@kingtastytv]

I always have to consume something. Beer and cocaine and cigarettes were so great because there’s a methodology behind cutting a line, having one ready in the glass and knowing it’s there. Having the beer in your hand and feeling that it’s still cold for you. Know that this smoke will last 5 minutes, and that the consumption doesn’t have to stop. I have a substance abuse problem no matter what it is. I’ve just happened to reach an age where alcohol is not enjoyable at all, and I’ve moved away from my cocaine dealer. Weed fucking suck also. The guys at the dispensary will tell you anything to make you believe it will have any other effect than re-watching a 60 minute review of The Thing and eating 2 bags of chips. Again with the fucking consumption. Good for you guys who have gotten sober, but I will never not be an addict. Whether I’m addicted to weight loss and exercise and things that are deemed “healthy” I will always treat them irresponsibly. Also I’m gay.

[@lkkjhg45]

dude shut up nobody cares

[@throwawaylolol35]

Yo finally someone in this comment section with the same mentality, including weight loss and exercise. All substances I've abused for the past couple of years are losing their luster. Thank god I never became a pill head. I cannot remember the last time I truly enjoyed smoking weed without psychedelics or alcohol. If I don't drink, I don't smoke, if I don't take psychedelics, I don't do either, etc. I go through periods of sobriety not because I force myself to, but because everything gets boring and feels like unnecessary distractions and money sinks. Then it takes one concert, party, or traumatic event (lol fun cope strat) for me to go right back to it, and the cycle repeats. Eventually I'll just get bored of all of it, except for the "healthy" stuff, hope you feel the same way too. I'm gay too, lets touch tips.

[@nikoschopshop]

Living irresponsibly but choosing your addictions is how to become a gigachad muscle christain.

[@CactusJack60]

Props to Nick. Getting completely sober has been the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.

[@connorspiech309]

Skill issue

[@tomselleck5560]

You probs were never even gay to begin with

[@RiftVaulter]

and you sir, have compassion/empathy issues. And gay@@connorspiech309

[@codypriceYouTubeAddednumbers]

Well that and pretending to be straight

[@snukesofsnizfi]

good for you but this is a gay thing to admit

[@Mr__Sauce]

Nick is starting to look like a gay man from an 80's movie. I know this because I'm gay.

[@kxkxkxkx]

I saw Nick in the club scene in American Gigolo 🍆👀

[@sonatine23]

the turning point for me was realizing smoking pot was just choosing a superficial grief that wears off in 6 hours to distract me from far less superficial griefs that will never diminish without significant and ongoing effort and attention.

[@wonjorden]

fake and gay

[@D0yjvdf]

Sound like you need a bong hit transplant… fr I can’t smoke weed anymore, after so many years using it, it stops working with some really bad effects. Now I just eat it

[@JohnSummerford]

That's right.

[@coolboy5245]

6 hours?!

[@Trigunner333]

I usually just watch a movie or go to bed

[@TexBC]

I’m sober and I’m gay

[@dunscerdill9280]

I’m one of those things

[@kxkxkxkx]

I'm not sober

[@MichaelTorres-b2v]

Being gay is so much better on coke.

[@oussiebossie]

I am sorry

[@alexbaum2204]

If being sober was the same as being gay, I’d be the most sober person out there.

[@wafflestomper6958]

I think nick would get legit psychosis from shrooms lol.

[@jabrokneetoeknee6448]

The trick is to take a lower dose. 1.8 grams is the sweet spot. Half of a regular dose. There is no “trip.” Skin just feels incredible, colors are vivid, and a heavy sense of euphoria for like 3 hours.

[@nedrobinson7490]

An 8th of shrooms at once is the most unnecessary shit ever

[@dogchaser520]

Yeah, the museum dose is where it's at. ~2g for normal shrooms, or 1g for the new breed of ultra-potent they have now. Also, grinding and doing the lemon tek (soak for 15 min in a little lemon juice and water, then slug it) concentrates it in a shorter time window so it's out of your system in time to sleep.

[@cyrusmcelhaney9682]

​@jabrokneetoeknee6448 if you are prone to psychosis than dosage won't help you....having mental illness even something like a micro dose can absolutely send you spiraling...I live mushrooms but they are not something that everyone should/needs to take

[@Arkain89]

@@jabrokneetoeknee6448 no one asked. but you sure look cool buddy. wow so cool.

[@coolman9i6]

The take on what its like to be high on pot is so relatable especially after stopping for a long time then starting again

[@fireofhislove3395]

Next month will be 2 years since I put down the bottle. I had no idea I was on the verge of liver cancer.

[@STdoubleDs]

Quitters never win and winners never quit!

[@tardwife]

awesome dude congrats

[@deathrides4756]

Congrats my dude. I would happily kiss you because I am gay after all.

[@scotfarquharson6836]

Congrats my friend! I celebrated 8 years in May. I

[@shoDOHC]

Damn, I'm curious what that takes. How did you knpw? It seems like you just can't win drinking. I probably should quit it...I'm gonna need you to scare me straight

[@Stonewall29]

Sober for 6 months, having my brain back from the mush it once was has been an amazing feeling. I had no idea how much fucked up it had been up at the time. Now I’m gay with such clarity which really is a high in itself

[@Noah-pg3pt]

I’m cali sober I smoke for nerve pain after surgery and let me tell you bro months 7-8 get a little weird. Proud of your progress man! Keep going I AM gay.

[@Stonewall29]

@@Noah-pg3pt thanks brother! I have the occasional edible at night still but like yourself I don’t count that against my sobriety. I had a horrible, horrible cocaine addiction. I would do it every day or at least 6 days a week and spent thousands weekly. I developed such paranoia from it i would spend the entire time on it looking out windows for people that weren’t there thinking they were trying to steal my car or come in the house. I went to ER twice because I was so afraid I wouldn’t wake up if I fell asleep. I finally scared myself straight after telling myself. “I am a lunatic and not even enjoying this why do I keep putting myself through this?” Sorry for the heavy talk. So I’ll just end the post with… I am a very gay man

[@normal4187]

Another day of getting my ears blown out by the outro. 10/10

[@nedrobinson7490]

What about this time trying getting your ASS blown out instead?

[@jimbohaha43]

Nick speaks to me. The idea of being high is so much better then the reality, and if I do have a bong it's a tiny one and that will do me. It just makes me anxious

[@carbs10000]

have tried a bong hit transplant?

[@Pruane35Forever]

that's what xanax was invented for

[@williambartholmey5946]

Try taking some pure CBD before you smoke (or topical cream/balm on your neck right after), it reduces/eliminates the anxiety caused by THC.

[@dogchaser520]

What the other guy said about CBD. Or even better, get some CBD:THC 2:1 or 1:1 weed. It's basically what weed used to be way back in the day. You smoke it and you get a little bit high and relaxed, but not uncomfortably so. It's like weed lite, and it's amazing. CBD oil is also decent, and you can get it in just about any concentration. CBD is also good for coming down off of mushrooms and chilling out the anxiety. Just make sure it has a little THC so it can work.

[@buckminsterowski]

nerd

[@STdoubleDs]

Started off today with a 6 pack and an ass pounding because I’m gay.

[@Nswix]

I can't handle drugs anymore. The paranoia gets worse the older you get. When I was young I had nothing to worry about...

[@JohnnyNada]

This for sure lol

[@TGDTGD]

I’ve unironically stopped drinking because I saw how happy Nick seems. Been 2 weeks and feeling fine! Can definitely relate to things feeling less fun when you’re used to not being sober doing them though

[@collinkelleu5609]

That's great man, I'm one year now, it gets easier, keep it up

[@FlarkusChunswen]

15 months here and im gayer than ever.

[@domsanchez148]

Literally nobody cares.

[@TGDTGD]

@@domsanchez148 brb hitting the bottle

[@longapathy6949]

Another dip sh1t saying “unironically” for no reason ✅

[@BigDome1]

I've quit almost everything, the last two and most difficult addictions for me are porn and web browsing.

[@nr1w0r1d]

Old guys talking about how drugs aren't fun. you guys are high on life. That's beautiful.

[@VS666]

I've been on and off trying to quit drinking for years, it's not a problem, just a habit I'd like to chill out with and yeah it does suck being sober because a couple drinks on an empty stomach makes the night hit so much harder

[@ponaliramos9773]

Should try kratom it might work better for u idk

[@farttruster8715]

@@ponaliramos9773Kratom is literally just another drug lol. People get addicted to it and act llike junkies

[@stokedd]

its all in your mind bro

[@gaulicwarlord]

Kratom is also addictive and can have nasty withdrawals. Not heroin bad obviously but still not good.

[@Konarcoffee]

​@@ponaliramos9773 Don't ever seriously recommend than anyone start using opiates or opiate like drugs, just the dumbest possible thing you can do

[@alec6583]

1 year, 8 months, and 400 panic attacks (because I never learned how to soberly deal with anything) since my last drink.

[@Cmuffz]

I’ll drink to that

[@MarcosElMalo2]

It sometimes helps to think of panic attacks as a thrill ride. Not always because a panic attack is a panic attack. But sometimes. After 400 of them, hopefully you have the ability to say to yourself, “Here we go again!” and not gaf. If not 400, maybe some other number.

[@alec6583]

@MarcosElMalo2 I've come to accept them as a nerf because I'd be OP without em.

[@BillSly]

I really feel this at 3 am right now

[@alec6583]

@@BillSly be patient, my brother. One day, your anxiety will transform back into rage and you will take the world by storm. Be patient with yourself and THINK of what you've survived already.

[@danlowe]

If a drug doesn't make you sick or leave you injured somehow, these all seem like the same considerations that drug users weigh when they're dismissing being sober.

[@caymuscairns6845]

Adderall and bowling make for the best 4 hour economic talking.

[@bossaudio12]

Add a blunt and that was a very fun couple years

[@goodolarchie]

If you get sober and don't fill that massive time void with another non-addictive hobby (e.g. trading drinking for a video game addiction) you're just gonna be massively bored and relapse. Some people volunteer, read, exercise or do self improvement stuff, but it doesn't have to be that wholesome. Even just doing something selfish that you've wanted to do is fine, if it lets you move forward without your addiction. Friends are super important, get out there and find different friends if you don't have them outside that addiction.

[@jared_really]

Dude it is so cool to talk

[@greyfells2829]

I smoked weed every day for 5 years, definitely got old and negative after a while. Now I smoke max once a week, and mostly just drink socially. God I love drinking.

[@dingus9316]

Super gay comment

[@Promark1980]

Probably the most unhealthiest admission I've ever read lol.

[@clownmoshpit2778]

i’m taking the first week long break from opiates i’ve taken in months and it fucking sucks, i can’t imagine even grasping at happiness anymore. plus i’m gay lol but good for you nick

[@JStack]

1:54 Nick is describing a tangible difference between mentally healthy and mentally ill. A healthy person is like yeah dude shake everything out and get back to normal it's great. Meanwhile Nick is like I hate my "normal," so much that when I get temporary relief from drugs and alcohol I literally cannot stop doing them

[@dinksunker]

Yeah, that’s why drinking has been popular everywhere since forever - Everybody’s just mentally ill

[@doclime4792]

Yeah thats fine but he's just plain wrong about mushrooms. If you feel the way he does you definitely need to work through some shit. Just saying.

[@larrman5409]

Adam who makes those clogs my guy?

[@Wot50202]

To everyone who’s thinking about cutting a substance out of your life. I pray you do not make sobriety your only social group and personality trait. You’ll find these grifters in every group and it’s unholy annoying. The type of people to come up to you in public and start babbling about last nights meeting.

[@blaise1016]

I smoked weed for 5 years straight everyday with maybe 3 day breaks every few months of on a few vacations and 10 months ago I quit straught turkey and holy hell I feel so much better! Do I wanna smoke? Yes. Lol will I smoke? Probably hopefully not till I retire. I miss it but I remind myself how it felt and how paranoid I was.

[@maxbryla6585]

Thanks for the advertisement on this KZbin video, Bud Light!

[@dingo6101]

I'm so gay and proud of my best friend Nick for being sober

[@rodrigoroa6753]

I'm so sober and proud of my bff nick for being gay.

[@fro_e]

God when he brought up the resin hits it made me feel so shit. Addiction fucking sucks.

[@fightington]

IFS by Richard Schwarz. Therapy is hit and miss and all other models are majorly lacking

[@Glipglop886]

Damn I relate to Nick too hard on this. In 2019 I was taking acid probably once a week for the majority of the summer thinking that it would broaden my perspective and I could change my life for the better but I ended up just being hyper aware of all the discomfort and unhappiness in my life but having no real solutions to make any of it better. It honestly feels like I’m eventually just gonna be straight edge only for the fact that drugs and alcohol are mentally not fun anymore and cause me existential dread. Weed is tough to give up because the sleep is good but fuck nothing seems fun anymore

[@Mattened]

sleep isnt great with weed. it keeps you from entering REM. Once I quit, I got all the dreams back and never felt better rested. 15 years of smoking everyday and shitty sleep.

[@Glipglop886]

@@Mattened I was off the weed from 2017-2022 and my sleep was fine but when my mental health declined a few years back I wasn’t able to sleep without melatonin. I’m taking magnesium now so I prolly could cut the weed out but I wanna wait until after the holidays so I can avoid seasonal depression spiral.

[@coolman9i6]

Same thing happened to me only i made solutions to make it better

[@fightington]

IFS will help anyone, sober or not sober

[@scoutwithoutclout]

Weed screws up your sleep actually. That's why you can't dream. Try two weeks without it and keep a dream journal. You'll start remembering your dreams, tracking them and you'll find answers within them.

[@MichelleHell]

I've smoked weed pretty much every day since college in 2008 and I don't see a reason to stop. Alcohol makes me puke pretty much every time. Smoking a bowl to me is like eating candy or drinking a soda. It's sugar for the brain. Some people can't handle all the sugar, like I can't handle alcohol. To each their own.

[@SlurmsMackenzie187]

The older I get the more smoking weed makes me dangerous frightened to leave my room

[@1FLEXAHOLIC]

“Did I pay my taxes correctly” this is so accurate 😂😂

[@WesleyB-Rook]

It’s so awesome to say things when you’re on coke. My dog told me about it once

[@okilladmityouarerightbut4827]

Another great take from adam friedland “ mushrooms are like scary” 😂

[@timothyvarner]

This was enlightening ❤

[@zerofide]

i wish that i could say that the people claiming that major mushroom trips cleared the cobwebs for them are silly or something, but its true. its hard to put into words that you somehow feel like you learned something, or uncovered something, but cant put your finger on it. in the trip, it made sense, but once youre out it doesnt make sense anymore but the chem trail lingers. theres a strange sense of enlightenment. keep in mind i ate a whole 1/8th of some gas and wound up forgetting who i was for like 6 hours. like i had zero idea who i was.

[@arturobandini4078]

I've never done mushrooms but I'm assuming the sense of enlightenment is simply a chemical side-effect of the drug, and illusory. Sort of like reading an incredible piece of literature in a dream which, if you were to memorise and recite it when awake, would be gobblededook.

[@throwawaylolol35]

@@arturobandini4078 It depends on what you are looking for when you want to consume a psychedelic. At the end of the day, you're inducing some chemical reaction to create an altered perception of reality. Call it distortions, delusions, etc., there's a reason why its generally suggested that people with a family history of schizophrenia and similar mental illnesses stay away from these drugs. It is extremely easy to believe in your own delusions, and many times I've trip sat people who like, cannot even fathom that they're high and they're freaking out over some cognitive distortion and "what it means". At the end of the day, you're fucking up your brain and sometimes, there is a valuable insight. Most of the time, its just another stupid distortion that doesn't mean anything.

[@zerofide]

@@arturobandini4078 it's not able to be compared to anything tangible. You actually go somewhere that you are unable to in a sober state. When you are there you are processing things but also really tripping hard. This combination is confusing, but it's real and you conjure it up. Mushrooms was a very long trip where the reset button was hit because I was so far out (ego death) that I lost sense of myself. When I finally remembered who I was (total disassociation, I didn't understand my name or my purpose it was borderline scary because that lasted for a couple hours at the end) I wasn't flooded with the same stuff in my brain, which happens pretty quickly after waking up from a vivid dream. I have not felt the need to go back there but can see the potential for a revisit.

[@zerofide]

When I say tripping it's hard to elaborate to those who haven't felt it but you're totally fucked. Like major hallucinations whether you are closing or opening your eyes, you're seeing the same shit. I stuck my head between couch cushions for what felt like was 8 hours, it was like 1. Because you're so far out there I suppose you slip away because you are no longer even able to rationalize anything you're too fucked up. The brain kicks in at that point and a battle ensues, that's what it felt like. Trying to reclaim myself, from myself. HEADY

[@arturobandini4078]

@@zerofide sounds pretty wild, but I'm not sure I want to experience it. I would fear drowning in total psychosis as my baseline anxiety levels are quite elevated, and entering that state in an anxious state would, I fear, lead to something bad happening. Maybe one day, I'll try it.

[@MonteHamer-n5f]

Let’s start a campaign for Nick to go to the art museum sober and see how boring that shit actually is

[@shnpio]

Damn its been the entire time hits me alot

[@isaiahd2123]

I love edibles. Really puts the anxiety away. Enhances gay sex too

[@catcans]

Exactly, I like the *idea* of being high. I love hearing about people talk about getting all relaxed and have a packed bowl ready, etc. Just hasn't been my experience with the devil's weed.The drugs don't like me, except my kratom.

[@CryptoHawg]

What Kratom brand/type do you like? I’ve never been able to notice a change with the stuff I’ve bought

[@yawns3004]

What's kratom like

[@nikolche]

@@CryptoHawg in 2016 i bought a few grams of Bali OG powder, can't remember if it was red or if even had a color's name, based off my order history i am not seeing if it was red/yellow, etc, but this was the best kratom strain i ever tried. gave me a near-vicodin-like high. i've never been able to replicate that feeling, but i've also never really tried as i eventually got into weed more. anyway i'm fucking gay

[@catcans]

@@CryptoHawg I usually go for the red or trainwreck blends. However I did see a post where a guy toured a kratom farm in Indonesia and he's like "okay where are the red ones where are the green ones?" And they had no idea what he was talking about. It's just like tea, it's all the same plant except the white and green ones are picked fresher, the red are older leaves that are picked and then allowed to sit in the sun and almost ferment a little. Usually psychoactive plants get a little more potent in response to stress, the drug is the defense mechanism. So I would say try a red or a blend. The effect is never more than like a 6/10 opiate type of feeling, so it will always be a little subtle, but you can still do literally anything while you're on it, and it doesn't show up on regular drug tests.

[@gaulicwarlord]

Kratom is the only antidepressant that has ever actually worked for me.

[@Ben-rq5re]

Imagine being over 30 and still thinking you’re supposed to be happy..

[@Theboy-du9bw]

This actually really resonated with me lol

[@stephensimington479]

The reset is not while you're on it. It's the next few days. Clean out the cobwebs. Then you have cool conversations because everyday minor concerns aren't in complete control of your thoughts. 4 1/2 months off alcohol. It feels great

[@beckyboognish]

congrats! psychedelics also helped me quit drinking. LSD and i’m 45 days sober. not super long but i relapsed last year after almost 2 years alcohol free, and was drinking every day with many failed attempts to quit. my trip really gave me a much needed mental shift

[@SigmaOxygen]

I get it but you have to respect that it's extremely hit or miss and it doesn't work that way for some people. I've had it go both ways and I think it only really works when you're at the beginning of a "rebound" from a bottom.

[@batarnakdekosse1312]

Honnestly man the roughest part of being sober is the sex Like what the fuck even is all of this

[@zackmatulis4094]

Those chairs are fucking nice, I'm gay

[@terpybuds6372]

How are they so relatable yet simultaneously unrelatable at the same time

[@cswulff]

Who makes Adam's clogs tho

[@potatoplays2]

I enjoyed being high alot in my early 20s but I feel like I'm plateau-ing these days. Weed is like cigarettes these days.

[@jwill8629]

weed usually amplifies how you feel at the current moment. (my experience) when you feel bad after smoking, its not usually the green but its highlighting something deeper. when you actively search to get better in whatever that is then smoke, thats where the magic is. its supposed to be a compass to find thyself. love❤️

[@LordEvilmancer]

Ive gotten to the point where I have been so thoroughly isolated from society, hammered into a position where all I do is pointlessly go to work and every distraction or interest had to be belt sanded into nothing so other people could not feel bad about doing nothing while i rotted to nothing due to depresion, that id rather just take edibles whenever im home so can go at least a few hours not having to feel anything. Like no one can do anything for me, there is no where I can go, no where I would be treated anything other than a work slave, no where any interest I have would not be mocked and degraded until I just hated it, nothing about this American "burn yourself to nothing to pay for your replacement" sounds appealing. I've accepted that I am alone, buring in hell and that no one would ever let me quit my job and kill myself, it would not be profitable to them, so all I can do is just wait to die.

[@truestory2990]

I know how you feel

[@jaypeters7810]

Well, you’re a good writer, that was an intense read

[@Ketannabis]

I feel you

[@2FadeMusic]

Hell yeah dude

[@IgnatiusCheese]

Pray to Lord Jesus Christ and tell him you can't handle the pain anymore and to have mercy on you

[@markinternets2009]

synchronized leg crossing

[@scar8304]

I wanna quit smoking weed because I think it would make me more productive/ career driven but I always fold at some point

[@int_int_int_int_int_int_int]

I quit a month ago for the same reason, it definitely has helped a lot on mental clarity and being more productive I feel.

[@LilSpitzz]

i’ve been sober for nearly two months now. at the end of the day, weed is actively making your life worse. why make life harder than it needs to be?

[@rodrigoroa6753]

​@@int_int_int_int_int_int_intsounds gay

[@gitdeefaw]

Nick with that look and he's sober

[@lazylion420]

I genuinely feel bad for anyone who can't enjoy being massively baked without letting paranoia ruin the experience

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Nah, don’t feel bad for them. If they have that reaction to getting baked, they’ll find some other thrill. You don’t expect everyone to like the same things you like, right? Why is getting baked any different?

[@hamburgerdan101]

There are better things than being couch locked and playing video games

[@jj80808]

​@@hamburgerdan101there's maybe like 3 better things in life

[@fightington]

IFS will help with paranoia or whatever it is that's your particular struggle. psychology and therapy are hit and miss but IFS is it's own thing and better that anything before by multiples

[@eugenekrabs869]

I was wondering why this podcast had gotten so boring and now I know why. Good on you nick for growing up, you’ll live longer but produce boring podcasts with that extra time.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

The best time to take drugs (or even just have a beer) is when you’re sober. It’s like a reset.

[@Shlogger]

"Yeeeah...." "Yeaah." "Yeah!" "Yeah?" "Yeah." "Yeah."

[@supitschillbro]

every time ive smoked weed ive thrown up. i just feel like i sweat a ton and i get focused on the wrong stuff. i like italian wine and im gay

[@mizuko6132]

It’s so funny how like after high school I was over all it. Like I smoke and drink here and there if I’m watching a movie or cleaning. But it’s never been a habit. If I ran out of whatever. I just didn’t care.

[@Looneyboy]

Must be Jesus giving me signs to get sober. All these videos about sobriety or afterskool videos

[@nolanmartin6601]

Shits boring as fuck when im sober, it is what it is

[@multiplesifl]

I took mushrooms and felt more autistic than I ever have. Everything was bad and I wanted to scream.

[@user--710]

Same mushrooms make me have zero confidence and barely able to talk

[@joshstocker3087]

Adam looks like he stole my dads favorite outfit, he absolutely raves about those shoes 😂

[@Bughisteine]

I missed the whole cumtown era & just started following these guys a month ago, but I already care about Nick deeply. I'm a heterosexual eastern european 30-year-old, and right now my biggest wish is that Nick finds happiness and success. And, yeah, I'm pretty high on coke right now, but I think I would be happier on a sober night out with Nick. If that's gay, I don't wanna' be straight.

[@TruthAndReconciliation]

Shrooms are really nice, I think the trick is to take so much that you’re not able to fight it and just drown in it. Helped me stop being such an anxious twink

[@Analoguebubblebath89]

600 days today off the demon drink.

[@prfit]

Everyone I know who're recovering from heroin all say they wish they could forget how good heroin is.

[@collindysart6472]

Mushrooms just made realize how stupid everything is.

[@Pruane35Forever]

fr, I think it contributed to a general lack of interest in most things like television shows and videogames that people all seem to love meanwhile I just binge hours and hours of Cumtown when I discovered it

[@atassac66]

I’ve hated myself the whole time ❤️

[@notherness]

Nicks fingers in this clip are kinda unnerving

[@Tandle779]

There’s two kinds of people. People who smoke weed, and people have exactly their experience with weed

[@Mark-jr6ld]

Rippin bowls, trippin balls, full of doubt and hate and horror

[@yujiruffhanma3095]

The way conversation can flow on two beers, on an empty stomach, rocks

[@yujiruffhanma3095]

@@offtheline-x8w that's the reason I'm not an alcoholic

[@brianct7801]

2 beers? Down 3 double vodka sprites, a corona, a shot of Hornitos and now we're curing cancer.

[@yujiruffhanma3095]

@@brianct7801 that sounds good ngl

[@BIacklce]

"The problem is drinking rocks"

[@davidlazerz8564]

To all the mushroom apologists: If I was in a "good place" to have a "good trip" I wouldnt want to be doing the shrooms in the first place

[@cleanupguy5]

what shoes is my gay best friend adam wearing?

[@user--710]

Adam getting blasted of a 10mg edible is the most Adam like thing possible

[@coolbugfacts1234]

for me, a 10mg edible is basically like a fifth of vodka, except with anxiety the entire time

[@scoutwithoutclout]

In his defense he has the bodyweight of a Thai woman so that might affect his lack of tolerance.

[@jigendai9913]

U got this.

[@CrisistentialXS]

I'm gay.

[@Scrowlock12]

If the fun of a drug is coming down from it, it’s not worth it lol

[@benjamindepatie14]

I'm french! am i gay?

[@dannyhightower911]

yes

[@QuarrelsomeLocalOaf]

AHHHhhhh the French men have always been celebrated for their homosexuality 🇫🇷🏳️‍🌈