Drug Of Choice
The term drug of choice never sounded quite right to me, something of an oxymoron. Then I was listening to a speaker recording today and realised I have quite a few drugs of choice. He mentioned a lot of stuff I hadn't heard of, but a few came to mind as my "drugs of choice".
There was Ativan, LSD, daytura, cannibis, amytryptiline, horse tranquilizer, and probably one or two others I cant remember.
The reason I list them as drugs of choice is that I had the power of choice over them. One or two I tried or was prescribed, and I chose not to continue, and all the others I chose not to even try.
On the otherhand, Alcohol was my drug of "NO" choice. I chose on many occasions not to drink it, but ended up drunk anyway. My choices and desires in this regard were ineffectual. I made the right choice but lacked the power to carry it out. The problem was solved via the AA program where I found the power to live sober and the drink problem was removed. The concept of choice became redundant.