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does maturity make the cannabis high better?

Rodya

Rodya

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first il give you a quick history:
i started smoking when i was a freshman in highschool, by soph year i was doing it daily, i was high more than i wasnt high, then junior year i started to get super socially awkward, paranoid, and the high just pretty much lost its fun, i started doing heroin for like 8 months, then i quit and stayed completely clean from everything for a couple months. now im 18 and i started smoking weed again and its completely different, it actually makes me more sociable, its soooo much more fun than it was during sophmore year, and it just seems like a whole different drug.
as a side note, during sophmore year pot was pretty much an addiction for me, if i didnt smoke one day then i would feel like shit and i would crave like crazy. now its like a whatever thing for me, i smoke when i want to and im happy, and if i dont smoke im cool with that too. theres no real pattern to my use, its pretty much arbitrary, like whenever i feel like it or whenever the occasion arises.
it could be that my year of virtual abstinence from pot caused me to find a new love for it, but i think its moreso my maturity level, i dont want to sound pedantic or like a jackass teenager, but im definetly much different than i was sophmore year and i think that now that my mind is more developed and experienced, i can enjoy pot in a whole new way and its definitely better integrated into my lifestyle.
so what do you guys think? have some of you experienced a similar change as you matured or got older?
 
I used to smoke like 5-6 blunts a day back when I was in high-school, and not that I didn't love that time, but I only smoke about 5 times a week now and am happier for it.

I never developed negative side-effects like you did, but I can relate to smoking less, yet enjoying more with age and maturity. Natural development of a good stoner maybe? ;)
 
I started smoking when I was 16. I smoked all day every day for a year and a half or more. Now I'm 19. I smoke 3 days a weed on average. I love pot way more now than I used to. Maybe as you matured you learned how to moderate your smoking and balance it with the rest of your life. A well balanced life is a happier life than being stoned all the time IMO.
 
i'm sure maturity plays a part for you. but i was a lot older when i hit the anxiety/boredom (22ish) phase and took a break, and i definitely returned with a lot more positive, balanced attitudes towards pot.

it may be that, along with age, you gain a lot of maturity just from taking that break and getting a different perspective on things for a while.
 
Rodya said:
i started to get super socially awkward, paranoid, and the high just pretty much lost its fun
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i also experienced this, loved it to start off with... then used to get really anxious. gave it up years ago, haven't really smoked it since
 
When I was younger, I put myself in a lot of risky situations and did a lot of stupid things. There was definitely much more silliness in those days. Now that I'm older a) I don't live with my parents, so there is less paranoia on that end b) there's better, more intelligent conversation and c) I can do whatever I want.

I've never been an all day every day smoker and never will be. But when I was high school-aged I would smoke even if i had things to do whereas I would never do that as an adult.
 
double ewe said:
i'm sure maturity plays a part for you. but i was a lot older when i hit the anxiety/boredom (22ish) phase and took a break, and i definitely returned with a lot more positive, balanced attitudes towards pot.

it may be that, along with age, you gain a lot of maturity just from taking that break and getting a different perspective on things for a while.
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This happened to me too.

I've known some people who were major potheads when they were younger and then they got older and either discovered that they no longer liked pot at all or just got bored of smoking it and stopped.
 
Less responsibility and negative life experiences to ponder certainly effects my perspective of weed. Now that i am middle aged (I have a prescription) i actually do it it much less often than when i was young.

Now, the herb is so strong i find one small quick puff, a head change, is just enough.

It's also of course mood and setting.

I just find large doses to be too oppressive.

Like someone said above - there's a lot more to enjoy in life than being stoned out of your mind.

Moderation in everything. Healthy interpersonal relationships and a career are more important than being 'high'.
 
ranimal said:
Moderation in everything. Healthy interpersonal relationships and a career are more important than being 'high'.
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I think you simply appreciate these kind of issues a lot more when you grow older and while pot still remains fun, it takes a back seat to "real" life.

I personally enjoy smoking pot just as much as I first started smoking (well I miss how it used to be crazier, but that the "honeymoon period").

I always wondered whether I would continue to use pot/psychedelics/MDxx once I would hit 30+ and whether that would be a good thing or not in terms of my personal development. :\
 
ranimal said:
Healthy interpersonal relationships and a career are more important than being 'high'.
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likewise, at a certain point, it's no fun to be high if you don't have healthy relationships and a career.

i wouldn't be surprised if the point at which a heavy smoker hit the "anxiety phase" corresponded to the point at which they could no longer ignore that marijuana had negatively impacted those aspects of their life (and/or other important stuff like physical/mental health, education, etc).
 
most people who start smoking at young ages, like in high school get money from their parents so smoke a shitload

when you earn the money you buy weed with and smoke like 3-5 times a week, your tolerance is lower, and you have all the real-world stressors that make you luv getting high way better; which you didnt have in high school

weed is great when ur older
 
I preferred weed when I was immature. I think I was ready to face it and all its consequences, thereby making it more exciting and novel.
 
I think so in a way, over the years I have been a constant stoner. When I was in my mid teens I was an angry kid and I enjoyed to smoke. It help ease the mind and relise that none of it matters in the end. Over the years I tend not to show my agression in a hostile way which is great because it was becoming an issue for myself. I have found as I got oler when I do smoke I can sit back and relise and understand a lot more. Take into fact im pree blazed now. Im going to continue to smoke mj as long as I enjoy and over time and with age my high will change as my lifestyle does. Mj affects everyone different and then there are different highs from all kinds of strains. As I have got older I enjoy smoking more on my own. I use it to relax me. Over time we all do evolve
 
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