Bored after high wears off

[NextLineIsMine]

Well... i have to disagree... for me, the mere fact of being high instead sober is more than entertaining... in fact, for me is better to be high and doing nothing than being sober and doing almost anything. :rastasmoke:

Really Coelho? What youre saying is that youre a blazing recluse but you seem way too sociable to be that. If you think weed is more fun than any and everything else you could be doing you'll pass up alot of good times.

[Coelho]

Really Coelho? What youre saying is that youre a blazing recluse but you seem way too sociable to be that. If you think weed is more fun than any and everything else you could be doing you'll pass up alot of good times.

Really... im a rather contemplative person... i like to just sit and think and percieve the world around... and doing it when stoned is still far more enjoyable than when sober... maybe i seem to be "too sociable" because i am kind to people... but it dont mean i care to be around them... being with people is fun, but most time i still prefer being alone.
And i like to do another things than smoking... but i prefer doing them stoned... thats why it seems for me that the being stoned is my preferred one... because everything (even doing nothing) when stoned, is far better than when sober.

[StickyfingahZ]

Bored,Man,Summers here,Just chill outside,go beach,fish-I love going fishing,just casting my line sit in my chair and blast my radio while burning.Watching the ocean.Even gardening!
Camping.

[jimmy8778]

for me, its not quite as drastic as coelho i do prefer some things sober, just cause they seem to ruin a high, like physical exertion, cold, and extreme heat, but there are a great many things that i would love to be able to be high for. Being/Getting high turns into an activity to do while bored so as to enhance the situation, i would rather sit around high and do nothing than sit around sober and do nothing is more the point i wanted to get across, but i believe being high would enhance all aspects of my life, i belive that working on the store side and using the registers is one of the few places that i just hate being high doing, but it happens sometimes and i steer away from those situations as best as possible, usually by just letting the other guy ring up customers for the first hour or so, but i get paid to wash dogs, and washing dogs while high is actually rather fun, its so intense, especially cause i choose the music most days when i work so i am able to tailor the mood however i want. Atleast when im high and doing nothing, the little things that are normally boring are entertaining.

[Duke Street Kings]

I smoke on a few months, off a few months. I find this to be the most excellent balance possible, because it gives you perspective - when one gets stale, the other one comes around.

Right now I am at the beginning of a "smoke cycle." Sometime around mid-August I will taper off then quit completely until around November. This was initially necessitated by supply, but I find this to be an excellent way of doing this:

(1) Your tolerance resets.
(2) You stop wanting/craving it.
(3) You get a different perspective.
(4) Your energy increases
(5) You can pack in your "straight life" activities into this period.
(6) You save money

In the months I don't smoke, I give myself "homework." I read classics, I improve my computer skills, I take up new hobbies. Every night I read for at least an hour, make plans, rebalance my finances, and so on. Basically, I take care of business.

In the months I am smoking, I still do these things but less frequently - I tend not to start new projects. It is more about downtime, more wandering around in the desert looking for God:

(1) You are high
(2) You get a different perspective
(3) You don't feel guilty at all for it because you've just spent 2-3 months completely sober and have done so many goddam responsible things - in fact, have become an upstanding goddam citizen - feel so great, in fact, about everything that you want to get high.

Even in the months I smoke, I don't do it every day. Anywhere from 1-3 times a week is about right, and rarely more than once per day.

I used to be kind of a pothead; I used to smoke pot daily. Eventually this became as boring and limiting as constant sobriety, not to mention expensive (and risky). As I got older and the responsibilities piled on, I found smoking daily to be less than optimal.

The "quitting" phase sucks for about 4 days. I want to get high, and I am a little irritable. On the 5th day my desire to do this drops off, and in 10 days I'm not thinking about it at all; it was as if I never smoked.

After a few months of this, I "finish up" my books, projects, and so on, and, if I time it right, supply becomes available and I stock up. Of course I get really going at first, because my tolerance is zero. Then I begin the aforementioned wandering in the desert looking for God.

This is where I am now for the summer. In a few months, it will be time to taper off, pull things together, and be productive for a few.

I cannot say what is best for others but this works wonderfully well for myself.

[foxfire342]

Duke,

I completely agree with your sentiment. I'm at the phase after coming back from my first year of college after heavily indulging in marijuana. I still enjoy it but everyday really isn't optimal. The high isn't as powerful and amazing anymore. I plan on going back to college and keeping the smoking something I do on the Friday and Saturday nights and every once in a while indulge on a weeknight. Besides being way easier on the wallet I think it will be more beneficial for the mind and body.