I have seen how it is unhealthy to need things too much. I rarely drink. I dont smoke pot, even though it is very common in our culture. I used to, but as I have aged, I dont, because I dont want to need a drug and I have refined my eating to no sugars, no gluten, and taken good care of my health, and then to bring this onto the extreme arts that I do, I have seen many of my friends die because they needed it. They couldnt live without it. And I think even though my reputation might be I need it, and I do it all the time, but if you know me, you know I am the conservative one. I do all these extreme things, but I am also the one to know to go for a dog walk if my intuition is telling me that today is not the right day. Or where other guys will jump, Ill say it is too windy, or I am walking back down, or Ill wait it out. I lot of people they do get into this need it: every day, twice a day, five times a day stick the needle in, pretty much and I try and not try to get that way myself, though I do fail.
But I am 42 now. I try to be more balanced.