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I would absolutely agree.

During my final years of the university I had spent 1 to 2 years being absolutely stoned - even had the same routine described in Infinite Jest, where I would plan for the week, how much and when should I smoke.

Over that time those who would notice me being sober would assume I was actually stoned, due to the visible changes in my behaviour. Again, not a single person knew me sober: not coworkers and neither any of my friends.

I had successfully finished the university since then and I am currently working a senior software engineer in London City.

Neither would I recommend trying the same - but what I did learn was that anything officially stated about that drug is way far away from the truth, and that _is_ the problem. The devil is in the subtleties.



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