Altering Consciousness: Friendship, Food, and Drugs

All human behavior is aimed at altering consciousness, whether it's forming friendships to avoid loneliness, seeking pleasure from specific foods, or engaging in activities like reading for mental stimulation. The pursuit is to direct emotions and thoughts towards valued states of consciousness. Additionally, drugs, regardless of legality and stigma, are also used for this purpose, with intersecting but partially overlapping sets of illegal, stigmatized, and dangerous substances.