kirk: I am a big fan of an American Indie band named The War on Drugs.
If you pay attention to the lyrics, one could be forgiven for asking what does any of this have to do with The War on Drugs?
Well, the backstory reveals all. Band leader and song writer Adam Granduciel quit tobacco, quit weed, quit alcohol (possibly quit some other drugs too), and then with a tonne of work cranked out two incredibly fine albums: Lost in the Dream (2014) and A Deeper Understanding (2017). He also got the 'girl': Krysten Ritter. And they have now made a baby!
My favourite performer -- British artist Steven Wilson -- does not "do drugs", other than an occasional beer. His work ethic and output are too great to be slowed down by recreational drugs. Yet, some of his younger fans blithely assume that he writes and works while stoned because the work is prog rock, prog metal, alt rock, techno-ambient influenced, sometimes a bit weird, etc. Listen carefully to the lyrics of earlier Porcupine Tree songs and you will hear the anti-blotto message.
I like to smoke weed. But if I want to carefully listen to every track and nuance on a prog rock or jazz album, I listen 100% straight. Unless one is self-medicating for nasty chronic pain, being stoned all the time is just plain stupid.