Creativity (songwriting, music)

I stopped smoking a year and a few months ago. I’m a songwriter - sometimes professionally. Any other creatives here struggle with missing the creative fuel marijuana was sometimes? For sure, a lot of the time I’d be too stoned to do anything. But SOMETIMES, being stoned turned off my inner critic during the creative process and I was just able to flow in ways I find really difficult sober.

I really do think it’s important to acknowledge what the substance was doing for us. That’s one thing it did for me - helped me get into a non-judgmental flow state when writing.

I don’t think I’m alone in this, but it would comfort me to hear from others who share my experience or can offer other perspectives.