Not for me. If I try smoke or drink before playing a game I'm right out. Gaming's actually what kept me sober for a long while.
But now games aren't fun and I'm done with life so I just drink and smoke and watch television or go to sleep like a perfectly normal depressed person.
Nah then you get to the fork in the road meme where its either depression or "working out"
Most of my gym buddies are either people who were fit their entire lives and this is just their happy place or people who are there because they need to have an addiction and this one doesnt kill them slowly.
Horrible cycle of addiction. Even earn you know the addition is pointless you still want it. Frustrating but as you keep breaking out of cycles it gets easier.
I got denied a pain med at the dr today. The pain is like 6/10 not horrible but it's the consistency that's awful. So anyway I've been sober the past 30 days, was really proud of myself for that as it wasn't easy. Now I sit here in pain looking to score on craigslist. Wish me luck lads