I imagine many of you are like me, creatives and enjoy a good concert/rave/festival for your preferred social and inspirational outlet.

 I have been thinking about the possibility, or lack of, staying stable with the normal recommendations that keep us on top of our cycling. Regular/normative sleep cycles, no drug use, resisting triggers and potential for excessive spending and erratic behavior. 

I recently went through a life shift where I am thinking I may not be able to stay healthy if I continue to pursue my music career due to the environment, but it's a crushing and depressing thought. Late nights, stimulation, and lots of drugs and hypersexual temptations all around. I don't currently use drugs anymore, although I did for over the past decade, a couple times becoming addicted. Yet it's hard to imagine giving up what I am most passionate about, invested so much in, went to school for, etc. Making/playing music and attending shows. 

It makes me wonder things like, do I need to formulate a steady sleep schedule around late nights? Is that manageable or necessary if not using anymore? Is finding new communities and pleasures really the only option when my whole life has been around sound system and electronic music culture? Has anyone found a way to be healthy, stable, and navigate this with success? Or is it just a cesspool of temptation, triggers, and ultimate instability in what is already a somewhat toxic destabilizing environment without mental illness even being involved?