im high as a kite so some of you know how this works: so is alex!
also important things while i'm talking about it that i might have mentioned on a post but it deserves its own -
while alcohol and hard drugs are a big NO in his sober era, alex (like many others in recovery) still uses nicotine and weed. considering his addiction was to a depressent, and sativa is a stimulant, it does not give the desired effects. it is also nonaddictive. while nicotine IS addictive, it is not uncommon for recovered addicts to smoke something as a better vice. it is addictive, but nicotine does not change your personality.
he prefers a vape or a cigarette for nicotine, but he prefers an edible for weed. for perhaps obvious reasons, when he can drink his weed it's even better. he can have a thc drink while others get loaded.