Voku Hila:
What happens if an arahant takes drugs? (Smoking weed, LSD, Alcohol,...)
Is there a difference?
No claims to Arahant-ship, but yes there is almost certainly a difference.
The only drug that I have significant experience with is alcohol.
Here is an old entry from a journal I used to keep on this forum, soon after that baseline shift...
[quote= DZ's Journal]- Went to a party, had a couple of drinks (there was a phase following stream entry where alcohol resulted in incredible disorientation and headaches, not just the regular inebriation / hangovers). There is no feeling of getting drunk whatsoever. Although I think I might have been getting drunk and didn't notice it, in the sense that my actions were that of a drunk person, but my awareness remained unaffected. But not sure this might also have just been the lack of anxiety in action.
I think at the time I wrote that post, there was a still some threshold after which the alcohol would hit me. But after some more recent progressions I basically never feel buzzed or drunk, but I still get drunk physiologically. Alcohol still has some pleasantness, and loosening up actions is sometimes good in certain social situations..
It took some getting used to, because I was subconsciously using feeling buzzed as a signal to stop drinking. There were one instance where I didn't feel drunk at all, till I started throwing up. Then I had a multiday hangover.
After that I started being much more careful about it, and drastically cut down on the drinking.
These days I have far less motivation to drink and party compared to before. And when I drink it is only, in measured amounts. I am sure this has played a some role, but there are probably a number of factors..