I have had similar experiences with the games I play when I'm stoned. I have years of experience with the games I play and feel pretty comfortable with where my realm of expertise is. But when I get high it "enables" (don't really like using this word here, but can't think of a better one) to start making more connections which deepens my understanding.

Playinf music is a much more complicated/difficult task for me than playing a game, but I feel like I have enough technical proficiency with scales and enough theoretical knowledge to start exploring. What I'm lacking is the "glue" to put those things together in practice.

After writing this out I think I'll follow along closely with some tutorials, then revisit them during the weekend to see what kind of differences I experience.

Thanks for sharing your experiences!