I don't use any drug or substance to get relief from stress but I know that technology has evolved to a point where VR is being used to treat people who are facing mental troubles. I think it's a good thing but I wonder if someone could get so addicted that he'd want to be plugged forever to a supercomputer.
That is the plan. Get us all so tied in with computers so that we will willingly submit to having a facsimile of ourselves "live" on in a digital world in exchange for giving up our lives.