Quote Originally Posted by burnable
My question is, did anybody else use pot to help them get through their problems? And I don't mean use pot an escape, but used pot to get answers?"
Yes, as a designer I use it at times when I'm struggling with a technical problem and need to think outside the box. Also with creative work it can be a genuine stimulant and inspire a rapid set of ideas and imagery - a lot of which is useful to me.

Sometimes I use it before sleep and have vivid dreams which go towards working out technical problems or let me "see" a solution I was missing (wtf now I sound nuts reading that back) and I wake up the next day and I've worked it out, I write it all down and I'm golden.

Probably 2-3 times a week I lean on the weed for its services. It regularly delivers.

Maybe not what you meant and it was a more philosophical take on it but I use it to get answers - literally. Doesn't always help though and it can sometimes be a distraction or make a difficult problem even harder to work with. But you learn to manage that I reckon, over time.