Xanax can be a miracle drug at low doses

I don’t abuse this drug at all. For reference I take around a minimal dose of 0.5mg once a week and that dose makes me productive and motivated at low doses.

Last night I was feeling low emotionally as I was wrapping up my remote job. To ease things a bit, I took 0.5mg of alprazolam and ended up doing the following things :

-Cleaned my room
-Sorted my music playlist for a DJ gig
-Made plans for the weekend
-Reached out to old friends
-Organized the next day according to time slots

If I up the dose to lets say 1-2mgs then it’s not helpful for me and becomes recreational.

Ultimately I think it’s a helpful drug if you respect it otherwise it’s a very slippery slope and have seen close friends tormented by it due to heavy dependence and withdrawals.

Don’t get me wrong, I have abused it in the past and learned my lesson the hard way (got into the worst accident of my life while driving, memory lapses, poor judgements etc) but I guess it goes for the majority of drugs - if you abuse something it will abuse you right back.

Stay safe and productive folks.