But what of those who were not empathetic before the drugs? Did the drugs change us somehow?
I have always felt that smoking pot changed me. Prior to that very prolonged experience I was shy and withdrawn socially. After smoking pot I was glib, comical and conversational to a fault. After quitting pot I retained these traits as well as a level of introspection that also was a side effect. Did pot do that or did I simply change during the seeming 100 years or so that I was addicted to pot?
Maybe oxy changed me or maybe it was the experience of being a lying, cheating, thieving SOB for another 100 years or so.
Eventually all the things we do contribute to who we are I guess.