system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
When you are zoned out due to drugs or passed out because of alcohol, your mind does not dream or go through the regular sleep cycles. Dreaming, processing and purging information, is a big part of maturity. Studies show that people stop maturing at the age when they become addicts, alcoholics.
gpt
Got a link to one of these studies? That sounds extremely interesting and I've not come across this idea before.