I'm scared I won't grow out of pot...

[holysmokin]

I totally agree with Storm crow, you can do whatever you want in life and still be a pot head. I have smoked for 13 year's, am a father of two and I like to think a good husband. We own our house and also have a small cottage. I am a foreman for a multimillion dollar company with 8 people working under me daily. To me smoking a bowl at night is my beer after work. The only difference being that pot happens to be illegel so I have to be a little more conservitive about where I do it and who I am with. You are the one who decided's what kind of life you want to have and if you want to continue enjoying cannabis. Just my thought's...

[JMRinFLA]

My friends and I are all middle aged and quite successful (not bragging) so the stereotype of the lazy, unsuccesful stoner rings hollow with me. The people you are talking about would be in dead end jobs with or without the weed.

[Lankan Lion]

lol what gets me is that you seem to be smoking, as you describe it, as a 'rite of passage'. If you need ganja to serve as social validation then, yea, it'll probably be a negative experience for you and you may end up using it to fill up some intangible, unfulfillable void inside you for years. However, if you smoke as a way to relax with friends, relieve a little stress and/or find a deeper sense of equilibrium and balance in your life then you shouldn't have any problems with 'motivation' or career achievement.

A 'lazy stoner' is isn't lazy because they smoke weed. They smoke weed because they're lazy. If you wanna get philosophical about it, lazy stoners aren't really lazy at all but rather, are people who simply get more satisfaction from toking, and chillin out than from working a 9 to 5, owning a house in the burbs and living the so-called "the american dream"

[voltabud]

It depends whats more important to you, smoking and getting high, or getting in a routine of going to work, eating, sleeping, showering, chilling on the weekends.

[deonog]

move out, pick a career, get a JOB, gets sum azz, and always, always, BLAZE 2 THE HEAD

[Boricua]

Well im 18 right now and I know im way younger than most of you guys so my example wont be that significant. I have been smoking since 8th grade. I graduated from high school with honors and got accepted to the best university in Puerto Rico. Not many people get to go their. I smoked everyday and got A's with no problem. You just have to be responsible and know the correct thing to do.

[imitator]

I work for a major engineering company, and I have a very nice townhouse and car. I payed my way for everything I own, and dont spend more then I am comfortable with spending on weed ever.

People who are like what you were describing, are like that with or without pot. Its the person and the personality, not the drug. Remove the drug from the equation, and I think you would find that they dont change much, if at all.

[angry nomad]

People I have smoked with, or that I know smoke:

-A Doctor of Dance
-a microbiologist
-a physical chemist studying the brain
-an electromechanical technician
-a card dealer in Vegas making 60 grand a year

People with good jobs that smoke are a lot more private about it. They want to protect their reputation. When you are young, and don't have shit, who cares?

Also, I am a productive stoner. When I smoke, sometimes I do nothing and play video games, but sometimes, I do errands, housework, and yardwork. I have gone to work high sometimes, and worked just as good or better than if i was sober.

[Mississippi Steve]

I am 51 years old, own my own home, earned a masters degree in mechanical engineering, hold journeyman machinist papers, retired military(22 years), hold a national cert as a hazardous materials technician specialist, I own a heating and A/C contracting company(certified master HVAC technician), licensed HAM radio operator for 30 years, and a bunch of other stuff.

Its not the weed, its the person. You can sit around on your ass, stoned all the time....or..... you can apply yourself and become a responsible, productive, member of society.


Just remember 2 things.......
1) The only thing that stands in the way of you doing or being what you want, is YOU.
2) All things in moderation.

FWIW, I toke 4 - 5 times a week..... and even then, only later in the evening, because my job is too dangerous to attempt while stoned.

[jimmy!]

I smoke everday and was top 10 percent in my highschool class, and am scholastic-athletic all-american (swimming). One of my friends who also smokes every day is like top 2 percent (top 10). My school is also one of the most competitive high schools in the state.