Quitting Weed.. Peep it

Well today is day eight not smoking..

I must say, I feel clear headed, witty, and way wealthier.

If you are thinking about quitting or taking a break, let me say, its worth it.

I have only been smoking for about 3 years and it was a good time, weed is amazing.. but I realized I wasn't very productive anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I was still taking care of what I needed to do and I was responsible with my use but upon taking weed out of my life I just felt drastically better. All my friends just sit around and get high all day, from the outside looking in, its pretty pathetic.

Like many of you, I felt like I was still fine and you know "its just weed", but seriously, taking a little break will make you realize that weed does slow you down and holds you back, wether it be school, fitness, relationships, whatever.

I challenge anybody to stop for a week, save money, lower your damn tolerance.

or not..

just keep staying high.. lol. Just figured I'd share

I think it's great that you have found a way to make your life better :thumbsup: That's always a plus. Unfortunately, I have already taken your challenge and it has proven ineffective :( See... Cannabis helps my life. I have already figured that out over the past 10+ years. When I go without smoking... I have major symptom flare-ups that make life very difficult. Thankfully, I too have found a way to make my life better... and that way is through Cannabis.

Some key things to remember... Cannabis affects people differently. There are fundamental differences between the terms "I" and "You."

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Originally Posted by Junket

I feel clear headed

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Originally Posted by Junket

I realized I wasn't very productive anymore

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That's awesome :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Junket

but seriously, taking a little break will make you realize that weed does slow you down and holds you back, wether it be school, fitness, relationships, whatever.

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Taking a break made you realize Cannabis slowed you down. It also showed you that Cannabis was holding you back in a variety of social and financial ways. Taking a break didn't make you realize the I am held back by Cannabis.

Seriously, I'm glad to hear that you are finding new ways to benefit your life. I just wanted to clear that up... and yes... if Cannabis is decreasing your quality of life... it is time to consider a change.

I've got things taken care of over here though :hippy:

yeah good luck with all that.

To me, weed makes me much more productive, it doesn't make me just sit around and smoke all day. plus, my bank account is still pretty fat even with the weed, so i guess what im saying is I can handle my self while on weed and i still take care of business so everything is good, but if you realized it was having an ill affect on you, then at least you're making the steps to take care of yourself.

there's been a drought down south where i live so i've been out for about a week and i feel way less productive, im tired all the time, i get nervous a lot, i have stomach pains, and my knee is constantly bothering me due to an old injury. When I smoke, all of that is gone. so as you can see, its helped me way more than it has harmed me.

I've been clean for 5 days now and I feel fine. However I enjoy weed more.

But all the best to you hun.

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Originally Posted by Billionfold

No need to take his post as some sort of challenge against pot

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Hope you don't mean me. I don't think I could have made it more clear that I think it's great they are finding new ways to make life better. Maybe I should have used more smileys :D haha

I just think it is more appropriate to say "taking a break has helped ME." Or suggest that "taking a break MAY help you like it has me."

It's just a difficult post to respond to on a Medical Cannabis site... when it involves straight forward claims of "weed does slow you down in all areas of your life." Most people here have made the decision, either independently or by recommendation of a doctor, to use Cannabis.

I dropped out of high school when all I did was drink and smoke butts. Now, I don't drink or smoke cigarettes... but I smoke (a lot) of Cannabis and I hold a 4.0 gpa in college.
They offered a challenge... and I accepted :thumbsup: That's it...

weed can make people productive OR unproductive... its not a general thing with all people.

My experience tells me this: Weed on daily basis on a social setting with similar people that u r describing usually leads to more failure than success cuz it becomes a Chill-only loop and lots of peer pressure.

I for one had to cut all the crappy people off completely when i wanted to quit smoking, and since then I have been able to focus more on my real issues in life.

here is what i think usually happens to many people: u may well fall into that unproductive loop and a break will simply make u understand what went wrong, u will quit weed for a good while and will later return for solitude with mary jane with a bit of permanent cut down on your consumption.

I for one enjoy my solitude with weed than smoking it with that crowd... not that i dont smoke with people ever again, but i will only smoke with like minded people and i wont be smoking 5 blunts a day... i like my high and if i cant get high its time to take a lil break.


1.5 years on break and got 2 occasions to smoke, 1 during ike last week. but i know im not gonna smoke for a long time again.

however the day i have my place and job and have everything going good, i will enjoy mary jane far more frequently perhaps on near daily basis or at least weekly

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Originally Posted by flyingimam

weed can make people productive OR unproductive... its not a general thing with all people.

My experience tells me this: Weed on daily basis on a social setting with similar people that u r describing usually leads to more failure than success cuz it becomes a Chill-only loop and lots of peer pressure.

I for one had to cut all the crappy people off completely when i wanted to quit smoking, and since then I have been able to focus more on my real issues in life.

here is what i think usually happens to many people: u may well fall into that unproductive loop and a break will simply make u understand what went wrong, u will quit weed for a good while and will later return for solitude with mary jane with a bit of permanent cut down on your consumption.

I for one enjoy my solitude with weed than smoking it with that crowd... not that i dont smoke with people ever again, but i will only smoke with like minded people and i wont be smoking 5 blunts a day... i like my high and if i cant get high its time to take a lil break.


1.5 years on break and got 2 occasions to smoke, 1 during ike last week. but i know im not gonna smoke for a long time again.

however the day i have my place and job and have everything going good, i will enjoy mary jane far more frequently perhaps on near daily basis or at least weekly

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I don't think it's the weed.

I think it depends on the person.

i think thats why i don't really have any of the adverse affects, like what junket was talking about, because the majority of the time, I smoke alone. I like to be able to smoke enough to get pretty damn high, but not to where im completely baked. I mean i do that on occasion, but only when I don't have anything else going on and I still smoke with friends on the weekends and stuff, but if its a weekday or if i have to go to work or whatever, i just smoke enough to get high then im done.

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Originally Posted by rebgirl420

I don't think it's the weed.

I think it depends on the person.

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thats what i mean... i think my explanation did not send my message.

weed with mix of wrong social setting and lack of experience in life can hurt people, but the weed part by itself wont do it, cuz i for one consider myself a successful pothead, i have done my thinking and made my decision on this and how I WANT IT to be, main reason i have not smoked is im fulltime student taking too many credits to have any kind of job and that i have a promise to my family and out of respect for them i have only violated it silently 2wice in 1.5 years...:D:jointsmile: hush hush!

now, if i was in a situation to have constant supply of weed, nothing in means of my personal changes from the social cut up time would differ from my sober status right now.

"I" made mistakes, i dont blame weed for it, cuz now i can have weed and not make those mistakes! my mind is at ease and peace

and thats why im here, to learn how to have my very own supply without having to rely on any1 else, when the situation is right to start a grow;)

i think what it goes back to is: why u like weed

many like it for hipness or for socially being accepted by peers, some like it for itself and the feeling they get with it. i think the 2nd group are the more successful ones in general and no i have no sources to cite but my own reasoning

i find that after immersing myself in weed for a while and then taking a long break can make sobriety that much more... interesting and enlightening... dare i say trippy?

i stopped for 3 months voluntarily, and i was very pleased to hear myself singing again... i wasn't scatter-brained. the world looked just as new to me as it did when i started smoking and first saw the world through cloudy vision. it was like a dream i'd almost forgotten (lol how dramatic).

that being said, i do enjoy my relationship w/ cannabis, and am looking forward to starting it up again responsibly (i was a bit of a..um..a fucking pothead in college lol) i smoked a few weekends in a row recently, but i am back on the wagon (job searching).

so hopefully in another month or so i'll be ready to toke up again, but until then.. i am definitely enjoying not having to fight the munchies :) and it's saving me money on Peanut Butter lol

I don't think weed can _make_ you anything. You are who you are, and if you let marijuana adversely affect your life, then perhaps marijuana is not for you.

However, I do believe that weed puts you in a sort of a haze if you smoke it all the time.. If you know what I mean :thumbsup:

Once I don't have to take drug tests any more I certainly don't plan to quit again..

I think it doesn't take much self control at all to choose what type of person you are even while smoking pot..

I don't plan to quit, maybe one day, potentially, i don't mind taking breaks every now and then.

It's good to hear that you've helped yourself out by not smoking pot for the last 8 days. Depending on how much you smoked and for what reason, it really could help some people out to quit or take a break.

I'm on a break right now. Can't say it's helped me be more productive or clear headed. That and it hasn't saved me any money cause I don't buy it.

My favorite thing about weed is that it clears up headaches and other less then comforting symptoms that I may have at times.

I also enjoy taking it before activities because it makes me feel that more in touch with what I'm doing. Which in turn, helps me enjoy the activities to a higher level then I usually would have.

I think that is the problem that some people have. They become content with the higher sense of enjoyment they get off of just sitting around. You just have to have the ambition to do more then that. Sometimes it's also the people you associate yourself with. I have experienced both situations and with a little ambition broke free of the less then productive lifestyle while still smoking.

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Originally Posted by rebgirl420

I've been clean for 5 days now and I feel fine. However I enjoy weed more.

But all the best to you hun.

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True, I feel like a non-smoker to a certain degree but I smoke still.


Wisdom
Sober is nice.

High is high.

I like to burn.

I like to be clean.

But weeds me.

I am weed.

Me and weed are one.

So I'm going to go burn one.

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Originally Posted by Junket

Well today is day eight not smoking..

I must say, I feel clear headed, witty, and way wealthier.

If you are thinking about quitting or taking a break, let me say, its worth it.

I have only been smoking for about 3 years and it was a good time, weed is amazing.. but I realized I wasn't very productive anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I was still taking care of what I needed to do and I was responsible with my use but upon taking weed out of my life I just felt drastically better. All my friends just sit around and get high all day, from the outside looking in, its pretty pathetic.

Like many of you, I felt like I was still fine and you know "its just weed", but seriously, taking a little break will make you realize that weed does slow you down and holds you back, wether it be school, fitness, relationships, whatever.

I challenge anybody to stop for a week, save money, lower your damn tolerance.

or not..

just keep staying high.. lol. Just figured I'd share

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Grow your bud, find a girl who enjoys what you enjoy, work out and study and then get high, find friends with ambition. I mean what ever works for you. You are who you associate yourself with, I stopped chilling with everyone I partied with in the past.

I was going to UCF but I am currently home bound for injury. I start college in January, did great on exams accept for math, yet I have never been good in it.

My priorities are in order, I am on track in life. I learn social skills with the people I do associate myself with when I smoke because I can see their point of views on the subject in conversation, thus allowing me to carry better conversation.

It lets me not rationalize things as much, it allows me to see what is going on visually.

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When I'm clean and sober, I'm edgy, I feel like I speeding, I'm a cocky asshole, I rationalize things even if I know its wrong i order to get places.
Theirs just things about myself with I'm sober I don't like. Smoking relaxes something and turns everything around. Even know I have become somewhat quite because of smoking, but when I do say something it sticks, it makes conversation, etc.

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Theres no doubt in my mind that getting clean helps your mind, and makes your wallet fatter.
I myself have been clean since...August 11th. I'm 18, only heavily started smoking weed for like a year, and i had to quit because at my highschool they do random drug tests on all athletes. So instead of taking the niacin approach, better safe than sorry i suppose.

The fact that I was able to quit just like that.. it's encouraging. I WILL be back to smokin weed, probably around Thanksgiving. But anytime that anyone reading this is thinking about taking a break, go for it.
It will clear your mind for a few days, the clouds will clear, and you'll probably be more on top of things while your clean.

but make no mistake - I've said it before and I WILL say it again - everyone likes smokin weed. :rastasmoke:

Yeah my break is only b/c everyone is dry around here and my other connection decided hes no longer selling.

thanks for the posts guys. you guys are open minded and cool, which is why I've been here for three years... (with only 80 posts lol)

but ya I know that weed effects people differently and whats right for me, may be totally wrong for others. I definately wasn't trying to challenge weed or anything either haha, i love it.

Just merely saying that if anybody here was questioning themselfs or thinking about taking a break, that don't let the joy of getting high stop you. I used to have a coke problem, so i really don't consider weed to be a strong drug by any means..

I'll be smoking again soon, probably real soon, but when someone offers me a joint, or a pipe I just think hey I can wake up tomorrow and have this be day 10, or day 1..

and for some reason, I like being able to say day 10 more then get high for a little bit, which is really weird because I never used to be this way at all.

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i find that after immersing myself in weed for a while and then taking a long break can make sobriety that much more... interesting and enlightening... dare i say trippy?

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haha completely agree.its trippy to walk around and look at other people and be like "oh this is how they were feeling, while i was walking around baked" haha.. its a renewed feeling..

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when it involves straight forward claims of "weed does slow you down in all areas of your life."

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I don't think I ever said it slows you down in all areas of your life, haha, I meant one way or another. sex got better after not smoking, I can run again without weezing.. again, this is all personal...benefits... won't be the same for everybody, just letting you know what happened for me. :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by rebgirl420

Yeah my break is only b/c everyone is dry around here and my other connection decided hes no longer selling.

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thats one of the worst pains for a smoker! when both of what u mention happen, thats like double whammy!

but plz take care and dont fall for unknown offers, i have my gangsta share of the lifestyle and i know it just aint worth it... wait n wait, those who gotta make money are working hard to get some deliveries in your area, be sure!

I have lost money and gotten in trouble in the very exact situation u r in, cuz i was not able to resist the temptation anymore and I was quite the person who nobody wanted to mess around with, but they did... anyways just a heads up

and as for OP, I really wish u success in your plans. the worst part probably is yet to come, mj at most is psychologically addictive and depending on what happens u might feel an intense need to bum and escape for a while... I had to deal with that as well and it was not too easy, but it was not that hard either... I'm sure u can handle it. JUST STICK WITH YOUR INITIAL PLAN: dont make exceptions, dont fall for offered opportunities, u will probably notice that when u quit and want to stay that way there will be some really sound offers for u, thats how karma tests ya and gets ya!

week 4 of my break and i dont feel any more productive than when i was stoned 24/7

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Originally Posted by Billionfold

if you're an everyday smoker, who gets STONED off their ASS everyday, you're NO different than the guy who DRINKS everyday to get completely WASTED.

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My life expierce tells me that those 2 types of people are VERY different

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Originally Posted by josemartinez915

week 4 of my break and i dont feel any more productive than when i was stoned 24/7

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you got to want to change, if you just stop smoking you aren't going to suddently want to run a marathon..

if you have a goal in mind, and then take weed out the picture, you may find yourself being able to achieve it more efficiently.

like me, i got a better job.

previously I would just be like.. fuck it and smoke.. when im blazed im not going to be like "ok time to go to an interview"

instead of being like "im bored, ill go get a sack" i was like "hey, i can use this time to go apply places"

*personal experience*

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Originally Posted by Junket

Well today is day eight not smoking..

I must say, I feel clear headed, witty, and way wealthier.

If you are thinking about quitting or taking a break, let me say, its worth it.

I have only been smoking for about 3 years and it was a good time, weed is amazing.. but I realized I wasn't very productive anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I was still taking care of what I needed to do and I was responsible with my use but upon taking weed out of my life I just felt drastically better. All my friends just sit around and get high all day, from the outside looking in, its pretty pathetic.

Like many of you, I felt like I was still fine and you know "its just weed", but seriously, taking a little break will make you realize that weed does slow you down and holds you back, wether it be school, fitness, relationships, whatever.

I challenge anybody to stop for a week, save money, lower your damn tolerance.

or not..

just keep staying high.. lol. Just figured I'd share

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honestly this is true, i smoke on the daily. But i took a break recently and bein sober for a little does seem to feel good. I can also think clearer and my decisions seem to be made a lot easier. I smoke weed daily still but not like i used to i used to go threw a quarter or more a day. It was rediculous

Billionfold is right Jose. In spite of the fact that an alcoholic and a pothead act much differently the concept is still the same. They are both consuming a drug that might or might not cause them to act differently. Now there are such things as functioning potheads as well as functioning alcoholics but that all depends on who you are. Regardless if you can't stop smoking pot as if your life depended on it then you most certainly have a problem. I realized I was psychologically addicted to pot when I actually risked my entire education by attempting to cheat on a drug test for college and at first it didn't even phase me but the second I almost got caught it shook me up so badly that I finally realized what I had done. Pot is fun and relatively harmless in retrospect to the entire selection of drugs but when you put anything whether its caffine, pot, heroine, Women, video games, etc first before what is really more important to you then I would say you have a problem. Sure its more harmful for someone to be addicted to booze but the tragedy of sucumming to something and placing everything else behind it is the same.

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Originally Posted by Dream of the iris

Billionfold is right Jose. In spite of the fact that an alcoholic and a pothead act much differently the concept is still the same. They are both consuming a drug that might or might not cause them to act differently. Now there are such things as functioning potheads as well as functioning alcoholics but that all depends on who you are. Regardless if you can't stop smoking pot as if your life depended on it then you most certainly have a problem. I realized I was psychologically addicted to pot when I actually risked my entire education by attempting to cheat on a drug test for college and at first it didn't even phase me but the second I almost got caught it shook me up so badly that I finally realized what I had done. Pot is fun and relatively harmless in retrospect to the entire selection of drugs but when you put anything whether its caffine, pot, heroine, Women, video games, etc first before what is really more important to you then I would say you have a problem. Sure its more harmful for someone to be addicted to booze but the tragedy of sucumming to something and placing everything else behind it is the same.

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:thumbsup: very nice.

if u feel u get stuck into obsession-like relationships with things u like, u should really setup a system for your brain and have control over your obsessions. and for this very reason, many people CANT and WONT go without weed even for a day

its the addictive (obsessive) behavior thats the main problem of humanity in regards to drugs. all drugs can be taken care of in rehab, but u see many people return to doing them!!!

i think the whole concept of war on drugs should funnel all the money and effort to find ways to fix this issue instead of limiting the supply (not that they do it good, no, just their declared intent) and jailing the addicts/users.

i just smoked for the first time in 75 days. Somehow, my tolerance barely went down.

I promised myself that I would smoke in strict moderation, but then instead of doing that, I decided to just have weekend long binges every 75 days, and not smoke in between.

By doing that, I will satisfy that urge to smoke and get the 'perspective' or insight that comes with infrequent marijuana use. And by taking the 75 day breaks, it will make it so pot doesn't take over my life.

I had no plans on smoking, so it was pretty spontaneous... I had even gone to my 1st M.A. meeting on Tuesday (it was for a Human Drug Use class), which apparently didn't inspire me to stay sober....

By challenging everyone to stop for a week you are assuming everyone smokes more then once a week. There are some of us who smoke once, maybe twice a week. I'm one of them. Right now I'm on a break even from that much (due to relationship problems I won't go into now), and of course I'm not any more productive now then when I was smoking once or twice a week. Why would I be?

Even if I smoked everyday or whatever... brother, weed is what *you* make of it. If you can't help but use it as an excuse to be lazy and do nothing, then that's a problem with *you*, not with weed. Television can be used as an excuse to do nothing too. So can a lot of things. Personally, I can't watch TV because I let it suck me in and I don't do shit with my evenings. That's me. If other people want to watch it... fine. I know people who easily watch one show and then turn it off. I can't do that easily. But that's no reason for me to tell people "TV holds you back". It holds *me* back. I can't fucking stand it. But that's me.

Good Lord, don't blame the weed. And yes, that is what you're doing when you say things like, "weed does slow you down and holds you back." Just acknowledge that you have trouble handling weed, and move on. There's no need to judge the weed. It is just a plant. Judge yourself.

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Originally Posted by Junket

Well today is day eight not smoking..
I must say, I feel clear headed, witty, and way wealthier.
If you are thinking about quitting or taking a break, let me say, its worth it.
I have only been smoking for about 3 years and it was a good time, weed is amazing.. but I realized I wasn't very productive anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I was still taking care of what I needed to do and I was responsible with my use but upon taking weed out of my life I just felt drastically better. All my friends just sit around and get high all day, from the outside looking in, its pretty pathetic.
Like many of you, I felt like I was still fine and you know "its just weed", but seriously, taking a little break will make you realize that weed does slow you down and holds you back, wether it be school, fitness, relationships, whatever.
I challenge anybody to stop for a week, save money, lower your damn tolerance.
or not..
just keep staying high.. lol. Just figured I'd share

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i never thought i would even consider that the grass on the other side is greener, but i havent smoked for days either, and i have had so much money that, that fact alone has made me almost not want to smoke for atleast another paycheck, though at the same time, i want to smoke, its kinda a moral dilemma for me at the moment, spend bday money on some shrubbery, or save it all and have a freaking blast just blowing through money, or use it all for my last car insurance payment, its a tough one, but im glad that there are people who realize that maybe they need to stop for a while, and im also delighted to see people who are able to go on perfectly fine about there life while still smoking, i could do either, i see the values in both at the moment, i only smoked 1 time in the last 10 days, and it wasnt even my weed, so i didnt feel the gravitating effect of just smoking whenever i wanted, and that in itself blows, cause there are tons of things i liked to do high, like eating, it just enhanced all the flavors and aromas, though i already acted a fool infront of the waitress sober, she was just so sneaky, she caught me off guard.

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Originally Posted by Junket

Like many of you, I felt like I was still fine and you know "its just weed", but seriously, taking a little break will make you realize that weed does slow you down and holds you back, wether it be school, fitness, relationships, whatever.

I challenge anybody to stop for a week, save money, lower your damn tolerance.

or just keep staying high.. lol. Just figured I'd share

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Careful, you sound like your implying many people on this forum are being negatively affected by weed. Just because the people you know are like this doesn't mean it's the same for all people.

IMO this forum has a high % of responsible smokers and others who greatly benefit from MJ for other reasons.

...On the other hand there there are likely people who will read this post who are spending/smoking too much and suffering in other areas... and perhaps they will read this post and benefit. Unlikely, because people like this don't really admit to themselves that there is any problem or they have already decided the costs are worth the benefits.

There is a hint of superiority in your post, in that you have already discovered what we have not. This is not a good method of persuasion because it puts people into defensive thought instead of openness.

The last time I stopped smoking was not this past summer but the one before that when I got arrested. I quit for about 10 days and yes it definitely makes you feel a little better and get more things done. But my view on that is because when I don't smoke I get bored and then try to do things to pass the time. The good thing is when you do stop the highs start out like it is your first time again.

Well I read I listened...:) I feel no need to stop smoking my herbs.... I have stopped for up to a year, and various stints... I think a lot of this stems from a guilt factor that a lot of people have from taking DRUGS.. Its not a drug, its a HERB that enlightens and refreshes... If it makes you feel better dont do it.But Please send your buds to Me... Rasta UP! d:rastasmoke: I&I

I'll tell ya...i don't need a break from cannabis...i need a break from cannabis.com...i'm on this board wayyyy too much. Just reading...checking new threads...checking old threads...anxiously waiting replies to my posts...it's insane. The worst part of it is i have the ability to check it at work (like right now) and i find myself very distracted when i have work to be done.

I wonder if there's a user option that could block me from 8am-5pm. haha.

I don't have a cannabis problem...i have a cannabis.com problem...

fuck.
Back to work.
Skeet.

"the costs are worth the benefits."