Poker on Xanax?

[Emperor Norton]

Has anyone else tried this? Serious question.

A friend was prescribed this stuff a while back but never actually took the pills, so he hands them out like candy. I'd never tried the stuff before, but they came highly recommended from some other friends who had sampled the stash. Tonight, after taking a number of bad beats with my usual grace, I thought that anti-anxiety medication sounded pretty good, so I took a pill about half an hour into my session. It's pretty fantastic. I'm completely mellow, but still capable of critical thinking. Beats have no effect on me, and because I'm no longer thinking about how much the universe despises me (I've been running bad), I think that my judgment at the tables is improved. Does anyone else have any experience with this?