anyone grow but not smoke?

[bicflikr]

anyone grow but not smoke ?
or am i the only one?
i had to quit for a job and im not sure i will start again... ill keep growing though... im gonaa have ALLOTTA POT... hehehe.. probably just give it awy over christmas in wreaths... BIG ONES!!!!

[Mustelid]

I used to. It was a medical grow for someone I was caring for.

I avoided smoking because I had problems with anxiety back then, and herb seemed to make things worse.

[8182KSKUSH]

I have the opposite issue, I smoke and don't grow. Please come to my house for xmas santa!!! I'll take like 10 wreathes!

[smokedoja]

I have the opposite issue, I smoke and don't grow. Please come to my house for xmas santa!!! I'll take like 10 wreathes!

:stoned:hahaha

[stinkyattic]

I started that way; I was growing for my ex and had never smoked in my life until I became interested in breeding and started... only to find that it treated my anxiety better than the psych-meds I was on and hated so much. So... here we are! :D

[smokealot123]

no:wtf:

[Charles U Farley]

I started growing over a year and half ago to provide meds for family members who have MS and RA.I hadnt smoked for over 30 yrs and havent had a drink in over 24 and within the last few months started having a hit or two late at night.It helps me to sleep,and for me it slows my mind down and I think because of this it has helped my relationship with my partner.After a day of work,school,coaching etc weed really helps to slow things down for me and helps me to relax and get some decent sleep.

Im probably going to open up a whole can of worms here,but I still consider my self clean (Anniversary date Nov.8th).In the same way that I might need pain meds after surgery or some other phrama drug to help with anxiety,weed helps me to get some much needed sleep at night,helps me to slow things down as my mind is always racing at a hundred miles an hour.I wish I had been this open to trying weed years ago.Although Im not sure I was ready.I had a double hernia operation several years back and refused pain meds because I was worried Id like them again.So they gave me codeine (sp?) instead and 4 hours after being cut I was puking my guts out from my reaction to the codeine. Ya,Im a lot better now,haha. Feel free to disagree with me but its what works for me.I am also not trying to convince anyone that Im "right",all I know is that I have a feeling of peace and contentment that Im not sure Ive ever had in my life because of this wonderful plant.Take care,be well,and most of all be safe.

[The Gnome]

I tried growing before but the circumstances were not optimal so it didn't really work out, they either got destroyed :wtf3: :mad: or I am more of a :thumbsup: than a :greenthumb::wtf3:

So, until I have my own home...:twocents:=:baggy:

[stinkyattic]

I hear ya Charles. I kept up with the growing after my ex left because I felt it was so medicinally valuable for my anxiety, panic, and insomnia. I've found as a side effect that I drink MUCH less; I'd gotten to a point where I felt that while I wasn't physically addicted to alcohol, my drinking was problematic. I'd go through an 18 rack a week easy at the house... I think a lot of that was self-medication to deal with the anxiety I've always struggled with. Over the last year or so I've become much more conscious of that, and I've been drinking less and less each month, and feeling better physically, and I've lost 25 pounds since MArch. In the past week I have had -count em- 2 beers and a half glass of wine with thanksgiving dinner. It's great. I'm really glad I found this sutff...

[Charles U Farley]

I hear ya Charles. I kept up with the growing after my ex left because I felt it was so medicinally valuable for my anxiety, panic, and insomnia. I've found as a side effect that I drink MUCH less; I'd gotten to a point where I felt that while I wasn't physically addicted to alcohol, my drinking was problematic. I'd go through an 18 rack a week easy at the house... I think a lot of that was self-medication to deal with the anxiety I've always struggled with. Over the last year or so I've become much more conscious of that, and I've been drinking less and less each month, and feeling better physically, and I've lost 25 pounds since MArch. In the past week I have had -count em- 2 beers and a half glass of wine with thanksgiving dinner. It's great. I'm really glad I found this sutff...

Atta girl and good for you,if I could Id give you a big ol' hug.Congrats on the weight loss,makes a difference in how we feel and how we see our selves.Not sure how to give a virtual hug but if I was smarter about this computer stuff I would.Its also nice to hear similar experiences from others and I appreciate that.Now that I think about it,we dont get/give enough hugs in the course of our busy day do we:).Have a great rest of the day my friend,take care,be well,and most of all be safe.

[bicflikr]

Atta girl and good for you,if I could Id give you a big ol' hug.Congrats on the weight loss,makes a difference in how we feel and how we see our selves.Not sure how to give a virtual hug but if I was smarter about this computer stuff I would.Its also nice to hear similar experiences from others and I appreciate that.Now that I think about it,we dont get/give enough hugs in the course of our busy day do we:).Have a great rest of the day my friend,take care,be well,and most of all be safe.

well im glad this thread has started positive feedback!

i wish i could send a jar of weed to each of the people that helped me out in some way on this site. but then id be out and all the family stoners would not be happy with me.plus i dont think it would actually make the trip.


ON ANOTHER SUBJECT... anyone ever mail pot that actually made it to its destination?

[stinkyattic]

Mailing pot... the answer is yes but we don't discuss that on this site at all; it comes under the no smuggling talk rule. Check your rep messages...

Thanks Charles, I'm a little afraid to accept a hug from a nekkid santa though... hahahaha!!!! Things are good. Herb is useful. And the community is really nice to have too.

[bicflikr]

i was getting to the point where i was smoking 15- 20 grams a day, and dont get me wrong i love weed... but it was getting to where i smoked to stay normal rather than relieve anxiety.

i was becoming reclusive, not talking about how i feel, not visiting family, ignoring my das phone call because i didnt want him to know i was high.i know it sound like i was smoking crack or something, but it was really the pot i think.

any way my girlfriend who i live and used to smoke with has noticed a major change in me , im more responsive, im much more talkative, i visit my family much more...


i know if i tried i would not have been able to slow down my habit, so i just stopped cold turkey. it cause major mood swings, realy freaky waking dreams, waking up freaking out.


i feel so much better now though.. im actually posing on this site again, whereas i wasnt for a little while after my harvest.

anyway thanks for your support everyone!

[bicflikr]

Mailing pot... the answer is yes but we don't discuss that on this site at all; it comes under the no smuggling talk rule. Check your rep messages...

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i will remember that thank you for the reminder.

[Chronisseur]

Have a great rest of the day my friend,take care,be well,and most of all be safe.

THANK YOU!:D

I quoted this for Stink to read TWICE....and notice the order of a friends wishes! ;)

[ButchieYost2001]

I will admit to it....After having a great job early in life, I lost said job almost 7 months ago. Since I have been in interview mode for so long (not having insurance, not getting my meds - anxiety, stress, stress, etc) I have noticed an uptake in my alcohol consumption and lack(zero) of my medicinal herb. With my spare 7 mos. I have come back to an old friend of growing, 13 yrs since my last harvest, and not a puff, btw - just the simple act of tending to this "garden" has relaxed me and put my mind to ease....I am rambling, so, all in all:
dont smoke, just grow....so far!:D

On January 1st I will be undergoing a BIG fast:
5 days pre - my age - plus 17 - 5 days post = 59 day fast....I will get all of these toxins out of my system...

Anywho - take care and thanks for reading!!

[alamagic]

I think I'm more addicted to doting over my plants than I am to smoking.
:upsidedow

[Mr. Clandestine]

Smoking it isn't addictive, at least to most individuals. But growing it, on the other hand, and seeing the fruits of your labor when all is said and done, can be addictive as hell. Lots of growers just grow to make stable strains, improve methods on increasing yield, etc., yet, don't consume any of it themselves. Lots of them are in the same situation you're in, drug tested randomly...and facing severe penalties should they piss dirty. It's ridiculous, and interferes with a persons privacy more than most other things could, but it's still happening. This is why I started working for myself. I'm no millionaire, not even close. But I am free from the mindless hierarchy that is corporate big-business.

[klondike_bar]

I think I'm more addicted to doting over my plants than I am to smoking.
:upsidedow

i agree. im a pretty cheap person who dislikes buying weed for real money :p however, once im done curing i plan to become a daily toker....

until then, i get my high out of watching the plants flower. looking at all those fatty pistils makes my drooling feel like an orgasm:D:hippy:

[Cyclonite]

I smoked too much and became reclusive, lazy, and lost all motivation.

So I stopped cold turkey, 4 days....2 hrs a sleep per night. So I gave in, but guess what I didnt smoke at all yesterday and fell asleep. So now I only take a few hits before bed if my insomnia gets the best of me (which is why I started in the first place).

I feel so much more alert and clear........moderation is the key to all. I felt terrible during those four days....I dont care what people say my body was pissed big time that I stopped. I was addicted.

I do spend lots of time staring and tending the garden....its so much fun.

[JackHerer]

Well I'll pull up a seat for this smoke out Jamboree. Good to hear the herb is giving you a benefit Stinky have you heard of the Treating Yourself magazine. More likely you have since there from North America but I got a copy recently.

Anyway I smoke but I have been getting helped by my son in the grow room and untill a couple of weeks I didn't know he smoked. Took him a bit to admit it but think he found it wasn't the disaster he thought it would be.

[bicflikr]

Well I'll pull up a seat for this smoke out Jamboree. Good to hear the herb is giving you a benefit Stinky have you heard of the Treating Yourself magazine. More likely you have since there from North America but I got a copy recently.

Anyway I smoke but I have been getting helped by my son in the grow room and untill a couple of weeks I didn't know he smoked. Took him a bit to admit it but think he found it wasn't the disaster he thought it would be.

good to hear you dint beat the hell out of him.
my dad did.
then he told me he dealt coke to pay for college.
go figure.
dude makes like 2 and a half million a year now design missiles that kill people.

[SantaClawz]

Ive actually stopped smoking while I tend to my grow, does that count? Im sure as hell gonna be smoking once its done.


I hear ya Charles. I kept up with the growing after my ex left because I felt it was so medicinally valuable for my anxiety, panic, and insomnia. I've found as a side effect that I drink MUCH less; I'd gotten to a point where I felt that while I wasn't physically addicted to alcohol, my drinking was problematic. I'd go through an 18 rack a week easy at the house... I think a lot of that was self-medication to deal with the anxiety I've always struggled with. Over the last year or so I've become much more conscious of that, and I've been drinking less and less each month, and feeling better physically, and I've lost 25 pounds since MArch. In the past week I have had -count em- 2 beers and a half glass of wine with thanksgiving dinner. It's great. I'm really glad I found this sutff...

Good for you. I smoke mainly for recreation, but I do get head exploding migraines that the stuff works wonders on, which nothing over the counter ever has I would just have to try to sleep while im not tired in a completly dark and quiet room till it past, which usually wasnt untill the next day. I wish it was legal so I could get some of my friends off the bottle, they drink way too much. They just dont get it about cannabis, out of all of my friends thaat drink about 70% of them have been to the hospital to get thier stomachs pumped. Do you know how many times after a long night of drinking ive heard someone say "Im never drinking AGAIN! I feel like shit" And guess what thier doing the next night...I dont think people realize how addicting alcohol actually is, I think cannabis could cure this.

[sd6515]

Charles u, Stinky, Santa, with my back I was self medicating with alcohol and then prescribed pain killers that got progressively stronger and I became more reliant on them. My relationship with my wife and son deteriated, and my wife talked and there was nothing I could do to manage my pain and life(anxiety and depression) without the medications that bring on there own side effects that are sometimes worse for those around you then yourself even. I didn't even think of cannabis as a solution, always being told it was a drug and something that kids do, which I did.

But after hearing of cannabis to treat these problems that I have and knowing it is something my family and I could handle the side effects, little that they are I decided to try it. I am now off all Rx pain killers, and now drink maybe 2 beers a week. My wife and I are happier then ever, even though times are harder then ever, and my son and are closer then ever.

It is amazing how many stories like this there are out there like this yet they take the time to make and research medicine that uses opiates and other illicit drugs to find and legalize use of yet they fight so hard to stop something as great as cannabis, a naturual miracle for me and my family. This is what cannabis should be portrayed as, for all the good it does and what a truely safe alternative it is.

Sorry to ramble in the thread

[JackHerer]

bicflckr

Sorry to hear that, but those were the times probably when beating was considered good parenting practice. As I started at 13 I would consider myself a severe hypocrit if I got all tempered up about it. Would I have been happy if he never drank or smoked probably, but I was more concerned when he said he was having a bottle of vodka & cider every weekend. I did smoke him out on good herb so he got a bit of respect & understanding of limits doses etc.. no way you even get high from the usual UK plastic. Then I took him to the recent HT cup in Amsterdam so now he knows what to look for in a bit of weed.
Still I hope he doesn't get involved in the scene, but can't live there lives for them.

I can't claim to be a medicinal smoker as I started three decades ago almost as a teenager. However nowadays I take epilepsy drugs & painkillers for deep nerve problems which along with the canabis I smoke keeps my nervous system issues on a plateu. My docs know about it, no one could quantify what positive effect it has but even the docs thinks it plays a part of the combination therapy. Not officially mind you as that would be against the law.

[bicflikr]

bicflckr

Sorry to hear that, but those were the times probably when beating was considered good parenting practice. As I started at 13 I would consider myself a severe hypocrit if I got all tempered up about it. Would I have been happy if he never drank or smoked probably, but I was more concerned when he said he was having a bottle of vodka & cider every weekend. I did smoke him out on good herb so he got a bit of respect & understanding of limits doses etc.. no way you even get high from the usual UK plastic. Then I took him to the recent HT cup in Amsterdam so now he knows what to look for in a bit of weed.
Still I hope he doesn't get involved in the scene, but can't live there lives for them.

I can't claim to be a medicinal smoker as I started three decades ago almost as a teenager. However nowadays I take epilepsy drugs & painkillers for deep nerve problems which along with the canabis I smoke keeps my nervous system issues on a plateu. My docs know about it, no one could quantify what positive effect it has but even the docs thinks it plays a part of the combination therapy. Not officially mind you as that would be against the law.



yeah 1998 people werent to into the pro-beating phase.... well my dad was... i think he'd be afraid to raise a hand to me now.he hit me for that last time two years ago when i came at him in his sleep.

good trick i learned from my mom.

[SantaClawz]

Anyone ever see that movie doc, In Pot We Trust? Its good, watch it.

[Big len]

I keep it for my wife who has very severe depression, rather than her getting hooked on all the prescription drugs, she rather just have a doobie, makes her feel great not all druged up and she can carry on with her daily jobs, even her neurologist agrees if it works do it.

[twitch]

i will be when i am on probation... i love pot every thing about it even if i cant smoke it ill just grow the shit though it in a freezer bag for like 2 years or what ever the ass hole judge decides to give me

[bicflikr]

I keep it for my wife who has very severe depression, rather than her getting hooked on all the prescription drugs, she rather just have a doobie, makes her feel great not all druged up and she can carry on with her daily jobs, even her neurologist agrees if it works do it.

your a good person, i appreciate your motives.
i just recently made a batch of 5 pounds of butter for my friends mom who has lung cancer.
she was sorta mad at first but then she admitted to growing massive amounts when she was my age. she then graciusly took the butter.

[JackHerer]

bickflckr

Its a psychological thing the beating crap, but all your doing if you do beat your kids is building up the day that they kick the h*ll out of you. Kinda like the old lion being put aside by the young male. All you can do is learn from it & don't let your life get hung up on it, we can't choose our parents. I only treat my son the same way I would have liked a dad to treat me if I had one. I hope your own children enjoy the benefit of your lessons.

[bicflikr]

i liek you jack, you didnt beet the shit out of your kids.

i cant wait till the day my and my girl decide to have a lil kiddy of our own.

(shes sitting right next to me i think i freaked her out)
lololol