Nancy -----
Thanks for the very thoughtful answer. Comments below....
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The effect of drugs (caffeine, cocaine, etc.) are to first excite, then deeply relax or exhaust. This is the effect of stimulants. At first people get a jolt from caffeine, cocaine, nicotine, alcohol...then comes the relaxation effect.
Observe a cat go crazy on catnip, then soon become deeply relaxed.
Alcohol can stimulate excited talk and aggressive behavior taken to extremes, followed by complete (passed out) exhaustion.
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#### It also seems to me that alcohol affects different people quite differently; for some, the whole effect seems to be relaxation, but others go through an "activated" stage before getting there, as you mention. To me, alcohol has always seemed yin and relaxing....and it is generally categorized as a "depressant" -- so the pseudo-stimulant effect in some people is still a bit of a mystery to me....
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With too much caffeine, there may be so much artificial energy expended accomplishing work that it is followed by unnatural exhaustion, rather than the healthy rhythms of productive activity and restful sleep. The caffeinated way is not healthy balance.
Same with all the other drugs, the prolonged effect on the body is yin. Rather than building natural energy and creative stimulation for the mind (from natural, nourishing foods and creative activities) --all forms of drugs result in broken health, lethargy, and dissipation.
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#### Amen to that!! : ^ )
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Thus, these substances are at the cusp of the extremes -- overexcitment, then exhaustion. Interchangeable at the extremes (changing from extreme yang to extreme yin).
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#### Yes.... Thanks again!
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