[datavirtue]

I saw no mention of addictive drug use. Whippits and mushrooms isn't going to throw you off the deep end. Something else was going on. Pills/meth/crack/coke? Those can lock you into addiction and rewrite your brain and you will not be in control.

[okareaman]

> Whippets ... aren't going to throw you off the deep end

That may be true in your experience, but not mine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25327689

[datavirtue]

Ok, take that back. I have seen people go a bit crazy on NOS but at Hsieh's level I can see how this would have been over the deep end for sure.

[eli]

one can be addicted to drugs, even ones without severe physical dependency