when the herb kicked in and your rig sounds perfect

An addict is an addict. There is not a degree of addiction. But there is depth.

One addict show's track marks on their arms, the other a HOUSE full of stereo gear.

Same addict. 

The question is, did either person's addiction effect someone else's life along with their own?  Is the addiction controlling you, or are YOU keeping it between the curbs?  THAT is the measure of everyone's OCD tendencies.. 

THE MEASURE.. Just like the stereo, or guns, or sex, or Scotch, or eating, or playing with yourself.. Zipper Kings?

Wake up, we are all in the same boat, just some people are bailing water out, some are doing nothing and some are bailing water IN. 

I hope I'm bailing out MORE than is coming in.. BUT I'm sure not gonna say or do NOTHING..

POOR misinformed public about addiction..

The sad part is DOCTORS have rolled over to the public pussies. They are afraid.

WAIT till the next batch of broken down cops start retiring and the death rate goes through the roof.. Happens EVERYTIME... BOOZE and drugs without supervision leads to DEATH... Ask one of the BEST that ever lived.. PRINCE.. He would be alive IF he would have been treated by doctors.. NO question of that..

For those that chase the FIRST rush. THAT never happens again.. Learn sooner than later... Enjoy the music..  4321 todays date, the only time in history! 4321,
4321, 4321, 4321...

Regards..

I don't personally believe that pot is any worse than alcohol, but I am not under the delusion that it is not a drug, nor that it can be addictive. Different people have different tolerances to chemical addiction. Some are very susceptible, and for them pot can be a gateway drug just as alcohol often is. If you "need" it to relax or unwind, you likely have a problem.

Oldhvymec, I agree with much of what you said, but there is a difference between an OCD / addictive personality, and a susceptibility to chemical addiction. I would not be too quick to paint with the same brush.

I think most can agree that senseless punitive laws targeting people that essentially are hurting themselves, only do more harm.  Portugal has shown that as I am sure others will.

The real problem for true audiophiles is that the grass is ALWAYS greener on the other side of the fence. Very few of us ever actually accept "the best we have ever heard" as the "best we will ever hear". We 're sure that we can make it sound better. It's a disease with no cure. I cured mine because I'm old and I have wearied of the chase. My current system sounds really good. I know that the continued pursuit will only change the equipment that my non-audiophile inheritors will end up selling on ebay because they don't know squat about audio perfection. so I have given up. The younger ones on this forum will get there eventually. 

It’s been a long time since I enjoyed good music on a fine buzz, but damn, it’s sweet.