Tolerance: The biggest bitch ever

As everyone well knows with extended use and enjoyment of THC (marijuana, pot, hash, cannabis, etc.) every human develops a tolerance to the feeling of being high. As this might be untrue with some lucky individuals, the majority of us started to develop a tolerance at the time when we started to smoke more. Now, the reason I made this post is because I wanted to see if other people have similar issues with tolerance. When I first smoked pot, I became so high and it was so unfamiliar to me I didnt really enjoy myself. I was definitely aware of what was going on but pot was the first drug I've ever done so I had no other experiences with anything to prepare me for my first time smoking. After the first two bowls I was still not feeling anything, then I took one huge hit and everything was a bit off. I found myself producing normal thoughts which would wander off and become more random and creative, then I would find myself staring at some random object in a daze not realizing I had gone so off topic with my thinking and I would snap to and not really think anything of it. Then all of the sudden I started seeing everything I was seeing in a different perspective, like there were two of me; one was the person talking and interacting with my sister while I continued to smoke pot, the person whos life I was watching like a movie. Then the other "me" was watching my life through what seemed to be a TV screen really close up to my eyes so I couldnt see the edges of it. Ive heard other people describe this amazing feeling, but never exactly the way I felt it. After that first time I was hooked. I smoked again 3 days later, then a month after that, then 2 weeks, etc, not anything consistent just whenever my sister had some and was feeling generous because at this point none of my friends had ever smoekd and I was too afraid that they'd discriminate against me if I told them I had tried it.

Then one magical day at school I overheard a close friend of mine talking quietly to one of his friends about smoke hurting his throat. I got excited because I knew what they were talking about, and by the tone of his voice and his attitude I could tell he didnt want to tell alot of people so he was probably feeling the same way I was. I confided in him, told him that I had smoked, and it was great. The next day I was invited by my friend to go to his friends house where a small get together of about 10 people was going on. Once I got there it was a normal hang out sesh, kind of boring, then the parents left and out came a device I had never heard of or seen before: a vaporizer. After this day I asked my sister how much pot would cost(hahaha) and bought my first 8th and from then on its pretty much been an every day thing atleast twice. Smoking has become part of my lifestyle and I love it, but after a few weeks of smoking regularly I noticed it was taking more and more to get me high until it got to the point where I wouldnt really even get high anymore. I took occasional breaks here and there, mostly only because I didnt have any pot. But now its been over a year since I started smoking consistently and my tolerance seems to be so high its ridiculous. Heres the thing, even when I get high, I'm never really GONE like I used to be. Ill feel buzzed or light headed or like everythings vibrating, but it either dies right away or goes away after 30mins. All my friends on the other hand who have been smoking as long as me if not longer never express the dissapointment I do when they smoke, they seem to get really stoned still. Its kind of annoying when your friends are more fucked up than you are and its your nugg, and there tolerances never seem to raise. Is there anything I can do other than taking breaks to lower my tolerance? Are any of you at the point Im at and still smoking, or should I take a reasonable break and just not get back on such a regular schedule?

Any replies are appreciated!
later-radefactor

i used to smoke everyday like you, and to be honest in my experience it can become a boring hobby thats bad for yer health. the only way to lower your tolerence is to cut your use down. start by taking a couple of week break, when when you start smoking again keep it to the week ends,firstly because its easier on your health and bank balance, and secondly because you will genuinly look forward to getting stoned.

i know what your talking about, for me beign high just starts to lose its appeal, your no longer as out of it, you come to much quicker, whenever i start to feel that, i just take a 3 day break, and cut down after that, you just gotta fund the balance where you can get high as much as you want without it becoming boring or developing a high tolerance

You could try smoking sativa/indica on alternate days, helps some.

take a longer break... i know itll be hard but u can do it... do it for elian!!!

I have a low, low tolerance. Always have and probably always will. I love it because I smoke easily 1/3 what other people do to get fucked. Saves cash $$$ and thats always a good thing.

some advice: buy better weed, and smoke less often.

Taking a break for a while makes the first time back feel a lot like the first time!

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Originally Posted by Goodman3eb

some advice: buy better weed, and smoke less often.

Taking a break for a while makes the first time back feel a lot like the first time!

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He said it... also... if you get bored with herb... quit... more for me

try what i do... have sober periods of your day... don't just stay high. to me staying high is a bit of a waste because you can't tell or appreciate 100% of the new incoming thc... wake and bake, then sober up for a few hours before smoking, then do the same... if you smoke before bed, only take a hit or two, enough to allow you to sleep....

or you could quit for a month, save your money, buy a qp and get thrown all over again




BTW my birthday happens to fall on one of the cannabis cup days, so for my b-day i am going to spend a week and a half in amsterdam... Most of my friends keep tellin me on how i won't be able to hang, and how after just a few hits i will be comatose..... well i am going to try and not smoke for a whole month prior to the trip so my tolerance is so low i KNOW i will get smashed... BTW i have my judges pass.... do you?

fuck readin that shizzle.

Fuking hell, another essay, oh well, yeh, I agree just limit urself, u do feel the effects more if u don't do it so often. I have a rule, never smoke b4 7pm, that way u can't smoke too much and u keep ur tolerence fairly low. Not many ppl I know can keep to that rule but it works for me and a couple of my m8s. L8rs