No, pot is not anywhere near as bad as a beer, it's not even comparable. It's also not illegal everywhere. And it's been proven as a pain reliever for neuropathic pain (look it up). Pot doesn't kill your liver or kill you at all. All my docs ever say is "get a vaporizer". But hey, I'm in CA where the stuff is everywhere and it's good quality. For me it helps with both pain and depression. I was really bad on Monday at work because of the pain from this past weekend. I went home and cried, then I went out to the garage and took my "meds" and I was able to feel better both physically and emotionally and could be a normal human for the rest of the night. Sucky thing is because the feds are still all uneducated and backwards and all, I can't get opiates from my pain doc for breakthrough pain. The feds would rather see you addicted to pain pills instead of taking something natural. I need to find somebody to write to about that!

I don't drink often at all. And I live in the land of wine, where I went to a PTA meeting last week that had wine served. I really wonder if it's a type of drink that'll make things worse or not. I've had pain the next morning from one drink, but then not from 4 some other time. I'd love to know if hard liquor vs. wine vs. beer/cider make any difference?