have a serious question

You gotta have a point where you say stop and turn your life around, if you're not happy with the way things are in your life. Draw a line in the sand and move on. I knows it's really easy to say, but it's got to stop somewhere right? So you can enjoy the rest of your life and not feel troubled forever. If you want the change enough, make it dude, you can do it.
You can change your life and still reward yourself and enjoy in much less quantity's of what you like (cannabis!). Use the drug, don't let it use you.

The magical cannabis plant is not psychically addictive. If you suffer any symptoms of addiction, it is PURELY psychological addiction, if any.... so in other words, worry not, brothas... :rasta:

Whether anyone will admit it or not, at least on a subconscious level, "smoking weed seems cool." This may be part of our rebellious nature coming through, as it is illegal, adding to the appeal... the forbidden fruit.

Also, it is the magical miracle cure for anything and everything.... who would not miss such a thing if it suddenly disappeared.

I have no desire to quit toking anytime soon, as I use it mostly medicinally. Even if I was just a pothead though, I do not think I would quit. People cite various reasons such as health and raising kids and that they finally grew up, etc. If one really cared so much about their health, I'm sure there are many other things they could fix first. Like be a vegan and run 10 miles a day. I personally would do that before I quit toking. And I challenge a health problem to bring it on.
Regarding parenting, why do I want my kid to think I don't smoke? I realize it is socially unacceptable and taught down upon in schools, but I do not want my kid to grow up being a mindless product of the government, religious, political propaganda bullshit socialization. I would never tell my kid until I caught him, but I wouldn't change something I love that is "soul refreshing" (I am listening to Robert Randolph) just to fit in with the views of the ruling class that my kid is already getting brainwashed to believe as ultimate truth.... Sorry, blazed.

IMHO, you guys are not going to solve any of your problems by not blazing. You will just become more aggravated and stressed about your same problems and eventually get frustrated enough and smoke a jay. Then you will feel guilty and beat yourself up for a few days, quit again... it is an endless cycle and the reason many diets fail.

My advice to you is this: Experiment with your tokin' habits. Cut back instead of quitting entirely. See how you feel and behave. Then try a little more one week and see how you feel and behave. Find the right combination of when, how much, etc that personally medicates you to meet your specific reasons/goals the best. Then you shall know what works for you.... your personal truth. One that you won't find an answer to on these forums or by me.

Peace, and easy tokin' brothas... Keep us updated!

damn, bump.... this is a good thread, lots of cool posts by people. and i love your avatar, hero! yay for wake n bake on a holiday

Think carefully before you make any rash decisions.
I have done and been addictted to all the drugs & drinks out there and ended up quitting everything including cigarettes but, I still smoke weed and always will as long as my lungs will allow it.
Do what you honestly feel is the best thing for your personal growth but, be 100% totally honest. {Brutally Honest if need be}

At the moment, i have the intention of smoking til I die. Perhaps that shall change one day, i can't predict that. All i know is that cannabis increases my happiness and so i continue to use it. If someone doesn't enjoy it anymore then i think it's time to stop and question why they are doing it. Follow your heart and your desires and find peace within yourself.

Yeah... I totally get what you're saying. I've had periods where I've felt the same way. I smoke my weed in joints and I do it every day... several times a day. I don't smoke cigarettes but I do put a pinch of tobacco in to help with an even burn, but I fear said tobacco is the real reason why I am smoking as often as I do. Sometimes all I can think about is getting home and smoking up... and there are times when I've smoked and felt somewhat disappointed in myself for doing so.

Don't get me wrong, these spells are few and far between but they do occur.

One thing that I can't shake are the potential health negatives that come with smoking ANYTHING. Regardless of what any activist says, smoking ANYTHING is dangerous. Smoke in itself is nothing more than super heated ash particles some of which are collected in the tissues of a smokers lungs. Not a big deal if you're an occasional (once or twice a week smoker) but the culmitive effects over years of daily smoking will take its toll.

When I was in my 20's I never really thought about it... now I'm in my mid 30's, very active and aside from the pot use, quite healthy. This year and last year I started to feel not as healthy when it comes to cardio and stamina. It's catching up to me.

I know what the majority of you are going to say... stop putting tobacco in your joints: tobacco kills. It does. I agree. But here is some food for thought. Two months ago a friend of mine was diagnosed with lung cancer, she was a lifetime daily pot smoker, no tobacco. The doctor said her chest x-rays resembled that of a pack a day smoker in their 70's. She is 38.

So yeah... I do picture a time in the future where daily pot smoking is not part of my regime, I just donâ??t' know how to get there. I'd love to be a three times a week smoker... couple evenings during the week and a weekend day. And this is the only thing in my life I've really put off and neglected to do...

That being said, I loves my weed... LOVES my weed!

El Fantistico :smokin:

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Originally Posted by geonagual

Didnt you just say you got your connect back? Why dont you just smoke weed all the time..drink alcohol in moderation with occasional puking..but nothing else..that is the shit that is fucking with your mind..if you just stay with the weed..1..you will not crave it anymore because it is there..and you can control how much you wanna use to medicate yourself from the past..I understand growing up for you was fucked, but there is only one way is to move forward..marijuana will take you there, I am tellling you....forget them fucking rehab programs, it does not help all, it didnt for me and apparently it didnt for you..I am sure you cant afford expensive therapy..so that only leaves you one option brother:joint1:

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i was mostly talking about weed.... it happens with alcohol too, hell it even happens with cigarettes... like when i've had one and i'm calm i sit there wondering why i'm doing this... fast forward 20 or 30 minutes and i get pissed as hell if i don't have my smokes...

oh yeah, if the message seems to of been typed when i was drunk, it wasn't, i had already taken my sleeping pills and it was one of my last posts for the night :p

group hug!

My only chemical use is weed and alcohol and I'm kind of tapering off on the drinking- it makes my depression act up big time. I'm not sure if I'll ever say, "I don't drink and never will again" but I do want to at some point get to where I don't really drink, but if I'm at the company holiday party people aren't asking me why I don't have a drink and then going 'ooooh you don't drink you must have had a problem can I get you a glass of warm milk instead?' Don't scoff, I've gone through a couple spells of not drinking at all and people can be major asses about it. When your 'friend' is calling you up shitfaced at 11pm and trying to explain in slurred speech that he respects your decision not to drink but don't try to force it on him, and then trying to get you to come out for 'just one' before the bars close to prove that you CAN just have one, it's always a lovely situation....
It's in a way easier to turn down something that's illegal anyway... so why isn't weed, being far safer, legal, and alcohol not? Seems it would make things much simpler now wouldn't it?

I have never had the intention to stop using my medicine. It has done nothing but help me, in every sense. It has allowed me to realize the truth in many things, and in many people, and my lady Mary Jane has helped guide me from individuals that could have gotten me killed in my earlier life. She helps me make sense of the world. I feel that because of her, I can think more for myself, and just live a better quality of life. Yeah, it may be illegal, but it won't stay illegal. It can't. Because the truth is obvious, it will just take time. Cannabis is a miracle plant, and we can use it for many, many purposes, therefor even politicians will start campaigning for it to be legal. Maybe not for the right reasons, but atleast it won't be illegal. The top heads in the U.S. will look to collect the money from a brand new, multi-billion dollar industry - the industry of Cannabis.


For me, marijuana is a good thing. I hope it can stay a good thing for you, too, because something so wonderful shouldn't have negative effects.