Possible to live a NORMAL life with weed?

I'm a stoner, got 1530 on sat, straight a's, georgia state math champion, theatre performer lead in the last two musical productions i did, captain of academic and math teams, goin to drexel university with almost full scholarship in fall as part of 7-year medical program with mcp hannehmahn school of medicine, i've always been bright, i skipped two grades and graduated a few weeks ago at 16, i started smoking pot regularly at the beginning of senior year and have been the entire year but first tried three years ago and did here and there in junior year and in senior year at least twice a day, usually three and sometimes up to five or six, i dont know if i'll do it in college, it depends what the situation is with my roommate and whether or not I can do it without getting caught, i blazed every day before and during school, before play practice, before the actual plays, never caused any problems, i'd never take exams blazed though and would never study blazed i keep that separate.

I know of alot of people who can function normally and be a stoner and have done so for decades. The difference between the people who can and the people who can't is the fact that the type that do suceed at this have a dream or many dreams to achieve while the other is still trying to figure out what their dream is. Just have a goal that you want so bad that you won't jeopardize it because of pot. Priorities also come into play, too. I'm a mom, a wife, I'm holding a job (crappy, but it works for the time being)and I'm trying my hardest to get myself into my dream home. :D

i believe that my life is as normal as possible with the upbringing i had and the constant emotional abuse i endured through my step father and father. i always got goos grades in school and they actually improved after i started smoking pot from a 3.0 gpa to a 3.5 gpa. that was is high school. i function better if i have a few bowls in me. i strongly believe that marijuana is good for my concentration, if not anyone else's. i find that smoking a bowl actually makes me a better person because it helps me focus on the positives in my life instead of the negatives. i really sould go to a shrink and see if i am manic depressive or what but since my use of marijuana has become more routine i find that i have more good days than bad and that i don't contemplate suicide since my smoken days began. i know a lot of people are going to be quick to jump on this and say that i am using marijuana to "fill a void" or some other bull shit but the truth of the matter is i feel more at ease with myself when i am high than i do any other time. i am more accepting of other people when i am high. i have a more even temper when i am high. normal is a perception. every one's definition of normal is different. i really don't think that pot use or lack there of has anything to do with living a "normal" life. i think more of it has to do with your past and your present and what you want outta the future. i am as normal as i am eer gonna be and i will garuntee you that if you asked 3/4s of the people who know me will tell you i am one of the weirdest people they know................but i am so DAMN loveable!!!!!!!

OK, So, I'm 51 and I've hardly ever considered myself normal but I do function. I've also dealt/not dealt with depression most of my life. I am currently on a combination of meds that is working well for me. I have to say though that pot is a big boost and always has been. I hope never to have to do without it. I have been sending letters to legislators promoting decriminalization and hope to see it bear fruit in my lifetime.

this is the biggest bitch face post ive ever seen just because were stoners dosnt mean we dont have "normal lives", asshole. who do u think u r

i dont mean to be rude but i hate it when people think just cuz u smoke pot dosnt mean u cant be normal and u do smoke pot so i apologize

I play viola and I find that if I smoke just before I practice or just before a lesson I can focus better and I usually learn quicker. This applies to a lot of other things, too. Recently I went into class really blazed, found out we were having a test that day (I turned to the guy next to me and said, "Duuuuude! What the hell is this test on??") and I ended up getting a 97 when everyone else got Cs and Ds. I feel like I can focus better, also class becomes more interesting when I'm stoned.

i see nothing wrong with it , its the only intoxicant u cant od on and it grows right out ot the ground. but always remember to much of a good think is no longer a good thing

How would I know? I have never been a big-time stoner. But I could never concentrte when I was high, although, no one knew I was a stoner. All my friends are stoners and they are EXTREMELY dumb. If you have time to get down from your high and adjust your mind then you can do work easier because marijuana can relax your body and brain and so you do thinking on one subject. but i didn't get those results, lucky you!

What i'm wondering is if anyone can lead a functinal life drinking alcohol a lot or on a regular basis?I mean the ones that survive anyways, considering 10's of 1000's of people's lives are ruined and ended by alcohol every single damn year.

[QUOTE=nancyrenee] I don't know many stoners that are all that "bright" if you get my drift.

excuse me? I've been a stoner since 1977 and my IQ is 135. 135 IQ means that:
I am very very bright.
i am insulted :mad:

I wonder if in about 20 years it will catch up with me? I'm going to school for dental hygeine so it's not like it's a really BIG deal or anything but anyone else experience this?

Nancy,this is just one person's testimony.
When I was in high school I didn't use cannabis.I failed terribly in HS getting grades like d's and f's consistantly.I got so bored and dis-enchanted with school I dropped out and joined the marines.
It was after leaving the marines I first tried cannabis.That was 33 years ago and i've used ever since.I led what one could call a fairly normal or ordinary life.I met a woman fell in love married had children and worked to support them and myself with no problems.
Today I run my own buisness and have a BA degree.I've thought about a masters but I haven't been able to justify it to myself so it is still on my back burner of things to do.
Cannabis has not hindered me in my life.It has relieved my stress though many times.It has put a smile on my face when nothing else could or would.
I found that in my experience with cannabis it's effects grew and matured with me over the years.At one time it was just a way to unwind and have some fun.Then I learned it could enlighten me as I traveled thru personal passage after personal passage.It inspired my creativity.It inspired my thirst for knowledge.In my older age it has relieved many of the pains of rheumatoid arthritis and degenerative disc disease.
I could go on and on but i'll close this for now and hope that you too will get passed the stygma the governments of the world have placed upon those using thekind herb and the herb itself.Hence,it is what I believe that drives your fear of prolonged use.It is not the plant that causes the pain but an un-informed society full of self-righteousness and false nobility led by politicians who feel they have a right to tell people what is good for them to put into their own bodies and what is not,as if it were their choice and not the individuals.
The use of cannabis is an unalienable right that can neither be given by any man or taken by any man.
Want to know what WILL catch up with you in 20 years? Alcohol and tobacco if you are unfortunate enough to use either and continue using it for all that time.But of course that is legal and acceptable in our society.