{"id":1907357,"date":"2026-04-28T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1907357"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:21:00","slug":"mogging-sober-can-drugs-really-help-us-to-socialise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1907357","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mogging sober\u2019: Can drugs really help us to socialise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/810\/264-0-810-540\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444099.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/life-culture\/article\/70156\/1\/mogging-sober-are-drugs-useful-social-lubricant-or-quick-fix-clavicular-overdose\" data-article-id=\"70156\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"2.36\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pulp Fiction (1994)\" class=\"img\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1276\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444099.jpg\" width=\"1276\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Film still<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-28T15:21:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"28 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"28\">28,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - life-culture\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>\u2018Mogging sober\u2019: Can drugs really help us <span class=\"nowrap\">to socialise?<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>Clavicular recently announced he\u2019s going sober after a suspected overdose. Below, young people share their experiences of substance use, social connection <span class=\"nowrap\">and neurodivergence<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-04-28T15:21:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"28 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"28\">28,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-04-28T15:21:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"28 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"28\">28,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/ThomWaite\">Thom Waite<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Earlier this month, the prominent and highly controversial looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular appeared to overdose during a livestream. According to news reports, the 20-year-old (real name Braden Peters) was rushed to hospital shortly after he collapsed and the Miami stream went dark. He was admitted overnight, but the next day he was already back in the public eye as he hosted the opening of a new Miami club. There was one big difference, however \u2013 this time, he was apparently sober.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the past, Clavicular has reported taking a daily \u201cstack\u201d of drugs and supplements including Adderall and other amphetamines. And he\u2019s not alone. Fellow looksmaxxer Androgenic \u2013\u00a0who was seen offering Clavicular an \u201caddy\u201d as he slurred words and lost consciousness in the Miami club where he overdosed \u2013\u00a0reportedly takes a \u201cpentastack\u201d featuring Adderall, ketamine, and Pregabalin. Besides contributing to their unconventional (and often dangerous) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/69974\/1\/debunking-claviculars-looksmaxxing-routine-bonesmashing-steroids-side-effects\"><span>beauty routines<\/span><\/a><span>, these drugs are tailored to the long hours and social pressures of IRL streaming, where influencers document chaotic public interactions in real time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Clavicular has said in previous streams, including a conversation with Andrew Tate, that he\u2019d struggle to socialise without taking substances. Following his suspected overdose, he doubled down on this argument as he announced his plans to give drugs a rest. \u201cI ain\u2019t gonna be doing any more substances for a little while, hopefully forever,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut that means I can\u2019t really IRL stream any more&#8230; I think I have to figure something else out. Fuck. I have to figure out a new method, either practice mogging sober, or just find a new form of content.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Of course, Clavicular is an extreme case \u2013 not many of us have hundreds of thousands of eyes glued to our every move \u2013 but leaning on substances for help in a social setting is by no means unique to the streamer. Mia*, who\u2019s in her 20s and based in London, reports taking MDMA, cocaine, and ketamine as \u201csocial lubricants\u201d, especially when she was at university. \u201cAnything that could take me out of my self-conscious headspace was a plus,\u201d she says. And often, the drugs did help.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clavicular announces he\u2019s DONE with IRL streaming after his overdose, saying he is quitting substances completely and can\u2019t keep doing those streams without them \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I really can&#39;t IRL stream anymore&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I either have to practice mogging sober or just find a new form of content&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A1tb3lmW73\">pic.twitter.com\/A1tb3lmW73<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KickChamp\ud83d\udc51 (@Kick_Champ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kick_Champ\/status\/2044501416488620182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>MDMA was particularly effective, Mia says. \u201cNot to sound like a drug evangelist, but it made me feel more connected to people. Even after the high wore off, I carried with me this sense of interconnectedness. It gave me a lot of clarity&#8230; like, \u2018Oh, everybody [has] their own worries and anxieties. Everybody does weird stuff.\u2019 And that stayed with me.\u201d Since graduating, she doesn\u2019t take drugs as much as she used to. (\u201cI don\u2019t have the time,\u201d she jokes.) But she does still use cocaine in a social setting. \u201cI have quite low self-confidence,\u201d she explains. \u201cAnd it just gives me a boost.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>H, 26, says she uses a similar list of substances, including ketamine, weed, alcohol and occasionally MDMA. Working in contemporary art helped normalise this, she suggests, since the industry is \u201ctypically understood to have a very loose approach\u201d to substance use. Mia says something similar: \u201cIn my social circle, a lot of 20-something, left-leaning, progressive people in a major city like London, it\u2019s pretty normalised to do drugs recreationally and drink.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI have quite low self-confidence, and coke just gives me a boost.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Unsurprisingly, alcohol is a recurring theme when it comes to using substances as a social lubricant. Joseph*, also in his 20s and based in the north of England, no longer uses any substances in a social setting, but used to drink regularly, alongside using other substances, to help deal with social anxiety. \u201cI found that they allowed me to socialise with people I didn\u2019t know well, without the anxiety of saying the wrong thing,\u201d he explains. Sarah* agrees that drinking helped lower her inhibitions and overcome anxieties about speaking to new people, adding that ketamine and cannabis became an option when hangovers started to creep in and she had to work the next day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Joseph no longer feels that he needs substances to help smooth over social interactions, because he no longer feels the same anxiety he did when he was younger. But what about people who had to give up substances for other reasons, and now find themselves needing to \u201cmog sober\u201d while dealing with the same issues as before? At the age of 20, H discovered that she was \u201cextremely allergic\u201d to alcohol, and her relationship with drinking became more complicated. \u201cAlcohol has always been helpful for me, in that it gives me a reason to be somewhere,\u201d she says, \u201cbut unhelpful in the sense that I end up pretty debilitated.\u201d Other drugs have remained helpful when it comes to loosening up, she adds, but leaning less on alcohol also led to another realisation: \u201cI genuinely think nothing beats having good energy with people to begin with.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clavicular\u2019s friend Androgenic reveals his \u201cpentastack\u201d that he uses to talk to girls and stream <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Adderall<br \/>&#8211; DMX<br \/>&#8211; Ketamine<br \/>&#8211; BDO<br \/>&#8211; Pregablin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PldbMrnmZd\">pic.twitter.com\/PldbMrnmZd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barragers (@barragers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barragers\/status\/2037758448234856765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>After doing \u201cloads of drugs\u201d at university, 27-year-old Nathan* primarily stuck to weed up until last year, when he quit. \u201cI don\u2019t regret doing it,\u201d he says, adding that it helped him form a sense of his identity when he was younger, and find a social scene. \u201cI also kind of taught myself that it minimised anxiety,\u201d he adds. \u201cI had multiple, scattered voices in my head and smoking weed helped me focus. I still think there\u2019s some truth to that.\u201d Gradually, though, smoking began to make the anxiety worse, not better. As a result, he began to transition away from weed by smoking CBD, which he continues to do now. \u201cIt does absolutely fuck all,\u201d he says. \u201cBut I use it as a ritual to relax, and when I see friends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Whether people are taking ketamine, cocaine, or drinking to help them socialise, there\u2019s a theme that keeps cropping up again and again: not feeling neurotypical. This is something that Clavicular himself referenced in the wake of his suspected overdose, writing on X: \u201cAll of the substances are just a cope trying to feel neurotypical while being in public, but obviously that isn\u2019t a real solution.\u201d Despite no formal autism diagnosis, Clavicular refers to himself as an \u201cautist\u201d, including in a February <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/13\/style\/clavicular-looksmaxxing-braden-peters.html\"><em><span>New York Times<\/span><\/em><\/a><span>interview. Nathan also suggests that his substance use is linked to undiagnosed neurodivergence, and points to the fact that self-medicating with weed has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/60300\/1\/neurodivergent-people-are-self-medicating-with-weed-cannabis-uk-drugs\"><span>become very common<\/span><\/a><span> among neurodivergent people in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-tiktok\" data-id=\"7524718410987572502\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Mia adds: \u201cI\u2019ve not been diagnosed with anything, but I really relate a lot to autistic people when they talk about masking. When I\u2019m out in public or around people I don\u2019t know well, in like 70 per cent of social situations, I feel like I\u2019m performing, trying to be \u2018normal.\u2019\u201d This can leave her feeling \u201cdrained and exhausted\u201d and, as she explains: \u201cDrugs and alcohol are a way of dulling all that noise in my mind.\u201d Echoing Clavicular\u2019s post, though, she acknowledges that these are \u201csynthetic feelings\u201d and \u201cusing drugs isn\u2019t going to address the real issues\u201d. Plus, she adds that getting \u201cblackout drunk\u201d or taking coke came with its own anxieties, like waking up with a sense of paranoia about what happened the night before. <\/span><span>In a 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@audhd_angelina\/video\/7524718410987572502\">post<\/a> (above), one TikTok user takes this conversation further, noting that the pressure for autistic women to use alcohol to mask \u201cautistic traits\u201d and \u201cappear more neurotypical\u201d can often lead to dependency or addiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For Nathan, dealing with anxieties and obsessive behaviours has become \u201cless about trying to run from those feelings and smother them\u201d and more about \u201ctrying to listen to them and work with your body\u201d. Just as Clavicular is taking hammers to his face to try and alter his bone structure, he notes, he\u2019s also trying to \u201cbrute force biology\u201d when he relies on substances to overcome anxieties about performing in public. In the long term, this isn\u2019t sustainable, as the looksmaxxer\u2019s Miami stream made all too clear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>* Names have been changed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Earlier this month, the prominent and highly controversial looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular appeared to overdose during a livestream. According to news reports, the 20-year-old (real name Braden Peters) was rushed to hospital shortly after he collapsed and the Miami stream went dark. He was admitted overnight, but the next day he was already back in the public eye as he hosted the opening of a new Miami club. There was one big difference, however \u2013 this time, he was apparently sober.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the past, Clavicular has reported taking a daily \u201cstack\u201d of drugs and supplements including Adderall and other amphetamines. And he\u2019s not alone. Fellow looksmaxxer Androgenic \u2013\u00a0who was seen offering Clavicular an \u201caddy\u201d as he slurred words and lost consciousness in the Miami club where he overdosed \u2013\u00a0reportedly takes a \u201cpentastack\u201d featuring Adderall, ketamine, and Pregabalin. Besides contributing to their unconventional (and often dangerous) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/69974\/1\/debunking-claviculars-looksmaxxing-routine-bonesmashing-steroids-side-effects\"><span>beauty routines<\/span><\/a><span>, these drugs are tailored to the long hours and social pressures of IRL streaming, where influencers document chaotic public interactions in real time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Clavicular has said in previous streams, including a conversation with Andrew Tate, that he\u2019d struggle to socialise without taking substances. Following his suspected overdose, he doubled down on this argument as he announced his plans to give drugs a rest. \u201cI ain\u2019t gonna be doing any more substances for a little while, hopefully forever,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut that means I can\u2019t really IRL stream any more&#8230; I think I have to figure something else out. Fuck. I have to figure out a new method, either practice mogging sober, or just find a new form of content.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Of course, Clavicular is an extreme case \u2013 not many of us have hundreds of thousands of eyes glued to our every move \u2013 but leaning on substances for help in a social setting is by no means unique to the streamer. Mia*, who\u2019s in her 20s and based in London, reports taking MDMA, cocaine, and ketamine as \u201csocial lubricants\u201d, especially when she was at university. \u201cAnything that could take me out of my self-conscious headspace was a plus,\u201d she says. And often, the drugs did help.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clavicular announces he\u2019s DONE with IRL streaming after his overdose, saying he is quitting substances completely and can\u2019t keep doing those streams without them \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I really can&#39;t IRL stream anymore&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I either have to practice mogging sober or just find a new form of content&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A1tb3lmW73\">pic.twitter.com\/A1tb3lmW73<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KickChamp\ud83d\udc51 (@Kick_Champ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kick_Champ\/status\/2044501416488620182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>MDMA was particularly effective, Mia says. \u201cNot to sound like a drug evangelist, but it made me feel more connected to people. Even after the high wore off, I carried with me this sense of interconnectedness. It gave me a lot of clarity&#8230; like, \u2018Oh, everybody [has] their own worries and anxieties. Everybody does weird stuff.\u2019 And that stayed with me.\u201d Since graduating, she doesn\u2019t take drugs as much as she used to. (\u201cI don\u2019t have the time,\u201d she jokes.) But she does still use cocaine in a social setting. \u201cI have quite low self-confidence,\u201d she explains. \u201cAnd it just gives me a boost.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>H, 26, says she uses a similar list of substances, including ketamine, weed, alcohol and occasionally MDMA. Working in contemporary art helped normalise this, she suggests, since the industry is \u201ctypically understood to have a very loose approach\u201d to substance use. Mia says something similar: \u201cIn my social circle, a lot of 20-something, left-leaning, progressive people in a major city like London, it\u2019s pretty normalised to do drugs recreationally and drink.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI have quite low self-confidence, and coke just gives me a boost.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Unsurprisingly, alcohol is a recurring theme when it comes to using substances as a social lubricant. Joseph*, also in his 20s and based in the north of England, no longer uses any substances in a social setting, but used to drink regularly, alongside using other substances, to help deal with social anxiety. \u201cI found that they allowed me to socialise with people I didn\u2019t know well, without the anxiety of saying the wrong thing,\u201d he explains. Sarah* agrees that drinking helped lower her inhibitions and overcome anxieties about speaking to new people, adding that ketamine and cannabis became an option when hangovers started to creep in and she had to work the next day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Joseph no longer feels that he needs substances to help smooth over social interactions, because he no longer feels the same anxiety he did when he was younger. But what about people who had to give up substances for other reasons, and now find themselves needing to \u201cmog sober\u201d while dealing with the same issues as before? At the age of 20, H discovered that she was \u201cextremely allergic\u201d to alcohol, and her relationship with drinking became more complicated. \u201cAlcohol has always been helpful for me, in that it gives me a reason to be somewhere,\u201d she says, \u201cbut unhelpful in the sense that I end up pretty debilitated.\u201d Other drugs have remained helpful when it comes to loosening up, she adds, but leaning less on alcohol also led to another realisation: \u201cI genuinely think nothing beats having good energy with people to begin with.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clavicular\u2019s friend Androgenic reveals his \u201cpentastack\u201d that he uses to talk to girls and stream <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Adderall<br \/>&#8211; DMX<br \/>&#8211; Ketamine<br \/>&#8211; BDO<br \/>&#8211; Pregablin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PldbMrnmZd\">pic.twitter.com\/PldbMrnmZd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barragers (@barragers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barragers\/status\/2037758448234856765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>After doing \u201cloads of drugs\u201d at university, 27-year-old Nathan* primarily stuck to weed up until last year, when he quit. \u201cI don\u2019t regret doing it,\u201d he says, adding that it helped him form a sense of his identity when he was younger, and find a social scene. \u201cI also kind of taught myself that it minimised anxiety,\u201d he adds. \u201cI had multiple, scattered voices in my head and smoking weed helped me focus. I still think there\u2019s some truth to that.\u201d Gradually, though, smoking began to make the anxiety worse, not better. As a result, he began to transition away from weed by smoking CBD, which he continues to do now. \u201cIt does absolutely fuck all,\u201d he says. \u201cBut I use it as a ritual to relax, and when I see friends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Whether people are taking ketamine, cocaine, or drinking to help them socialise, there\u2019s a theme that keeps cropping up again and again: not feeling neurotypical. This is something that Clavicular himself referenced in the wake of his suspected overdose, writing on X: \u201cAll of the substances are just a cope trying to feel neurotypical while being in public, but obviously that isn\u2019t a real solution.\u201d Despite no formal autism diagnosis, Clavicular refers to himself as an \u201cautist\u201d, including in a February <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/13\/style\/clavicular-looksmaxxing-braden-peters.html\"><em><span>New York Times<\/span><\/em><\/a><span>interview. Nathan also suggests that his substance use is linked to undiagnosed neurodivergence, and points to the fact that self-medicating with weed has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/60300\/1\/neurodivergent-people-are-self-medicating-with-weed-cannabis-uk-drugs\"><span>become very common<\/span><\/a><span> among neurodivergent people in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-tiktok\" data-id=\"7524718410987572502\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Mia adds: \u201cI\u2019ve not been diagnosed with anything, but I really relate a lot to autistic people when they talk about masking. When I\u2019m out in public or around people I don\u2019t know well, in like 70 per cent of social situations, I feel like I\u2019m performing, trying to be \u2018normal.\u2019\u201d This can leave her feeling \u201cdrained and exhausted\u201d and, as she explains: \u201cDrugs and alcohol are a way of dulling all that noise in my mind.\u201d Echoing Clavicular\u2019s post, though, she acknowledges that these are \u201csynthetic feelings\u201d and \u201cusing drugs isn\u2019t going to address the real issues\u201d. Plus, she adds that getting \u201cblackout drunk\u201d or taking coke came with its own anxieties, like waking up with a sense of paranoia about what happened the night before. <\/span><span>In a 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@audhd_angelina\/video\/7524718410987572502\">post<\/a> (above), one TikTok user takes this conversation further, noting that the pressure for autistic women to use alcohol to mask \u201cautistic traits\u201d and \u201cappear more neurotypical\u201d can often lead to dependency or addiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For Nathan, dealing with anxieties and obsessive behaviours has become \u201cless about trying to run from those feelings and smother them\u201d and more about \u201ctrying to listen to them and work with your body\u201d. Just as Clavicular is taking hammers to his face to try and alter his bone structure, he notes, he\u2019s also trying to \u201cbrute force biology\u201d when he relies on substances to overcome anxieties about performing in public. In the long term, this isn\u2019t sustainable, as the looksmaxxer\u2019s Miami stream made all too clear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>* Names have been changed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/70156\/1\/mogging-sober-are-drugs-useful-social-lubricant-or-quick-fix-clavicular-overdose&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/810\/264-0-810-540\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444099.jpg&#8221;] Film still April\u00a0 28,\u00a0 2026 Life &amp; Culture \/ Feature Life &amp; Culture \/ Feature \u2018Mogging sober\u2019: Can drugs really help us to socialise? Clavicular recently announced he\u2019s going sober after a suspected overdose. 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