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I just went 7 days without pot. That was the first 7 days without (actually first single day without) since I was 18 (I am now 24)

I noticed 0 withdrawal issues. NONE!
 
9 months no weed over here now (after 6 or 7 years stoned). I've been reflecting a lot about it actually. At first, it seemed impossible, just because marijuana felt so connected to who I was. Not even worrying about withdrawing or something, but just literally, it was a part of me, and how I related to the entire world essentially.

For a while, I'd be watching generic stoner things or something like that, and feeling really left out of my own vibe. And it was a very strange transition with family and friends and whatnot. For this person they know as high, to not be high. if that makes sense.

But now, I look back on it, and it seems silly to be honest. I can't believe that burning a plant became such a strong part of my life. And I'm still the same person. Still goofy and laid back, that whole thing. I guess it's just strange to be a stoner, but not smoke pot. Be on the same wavelength as people who are high, but I'm not. It's almost like stepping in the shoes of the other half of the world after all these years. %)

However, I am rarely sober. ;)
 
Doctor_Ew420 said:
I just went 7 days without pot. That was the first 7 days without (actually first single day without) since I was 18 (I am now 24)

I noticed 0 withdrawal issues. NONE!
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Last year, I had to be hospitalized because my gall-bladder was in smithereens. I walked around for 2 wks like that...low fever (I never run fevers), severe stomach pains, headache...I thought it was the stomach-flu, until my fever shot up to 103.5 & food wouldn't stay down.
I was a daily toker since 1969...rarely being without...& hadn't been without for the past 15-20 yrs. I quit smoking for about 45 days & had no problems with withdrawals. Even as I recovered & feeling much better after 9 days in the hospital, I remained weed-free for awhile longer. No withdrawals in the least.
I dunno...maybe I'm 1 of the lucky ones who doesn't get THC withdrawals...& the weed I smoke is from my buddies who have been growers for decades & the weed is very potent. 3 hits & blast-off!! So it's not like I was toking dirtweed & wouldn't even have enough THC for withdrawals. I count my blessings...& it's almost time for a few tokes!!:\
 
rave_itsrealfun!!! said:
Weed is the #1 drug I have used most of all by far. I would highly recommend it but I wish I would have known how addictive it can be. Now I just can't quit and I have tried, it fucks me over a bit. But then again, there is this truth that we are constantly slowly dying so we are all fucked as it is, unless we change our attitude towards death and embrace it instead.The euphoria of the kush, the mystical journeys and smiles I've made it a point to make a weed trip out of my life, I can't go back at this point and things are going swell so long as I can a constant supply.
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I don't like being blunt to deep writers, but shit man, that's pretty selfish. Can't go back, or just don't want to? Is it too hard for you?? My consciousness mechanism may be similar to yours, and its kind of a universal law that we are all made out of light, but that doesn't mean I'm the same as you. I'm over here and you're wherever you are. I have my own history and you have yours. I do different things than you every day. THAT'S LAZY THOUGHT MANNN. The universe evolves to greater complexity, and do you realize how long our universe has been around?? Everything is ALWAYS changing. You said it yourself we are constantly slowly dying. That means that we are constantly changing. You're not special because you say you are unchanging, that is a flat out lie.

Naw, it's cool, it's not like your parents expect anything from you, they raised you for fun, as a joke, because we are all "constantly slowly dying" and it's hilarious, because it takes a shitload of work to raise a child and it's all pointless right? I hope your constant supply runs out so you can remember how privileged you are to be alive at this time and figure out that a life without a purpose is more meaningless than life with a purpose. Sorry to be rash dude, I think you should take a t-break and get re-acquainted with your balls.

About stress- listening to the 60's psychedelic and philosophic icons works wonders for me, maybe it will for some of you too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJVChTnVHtA
 
You're correct that craving drugs is selfish, and realizing this I have tried to quit dope and failed in the past. Quitting is definitely too hard for me, because my ego is very sexually frustrated and mildly depressed from that. There's nothing I can do about that because most girls don't like me. It's not in my head and I don't let my conceptions of how I'm perceived by the opposite sex affect the way I interact with them; it's just the vast majority of girls these days really couldn't care less about chill, nice, fro-haired wisdom seekers like the genuine me. I'm also really good at doing sober everything I normally do stoned and the main differences are in my mood and awareness.I believe that I have the right to smoke cannabis all day if I can remain a nonviolent, productive, sociable, functioning member of society and I am attracted to this type of awareness because I'm happier there.

Why make a big deal about someone forming an alliance with a plant, even if it makes life so carefree that coming back for more than a few days frustrates me? Smoking pot is a selfishness sink for me. I'm totally cool with fiending dope. Selfishness is extremely common and if you don't think it is then why not try abstaining from sex for 2 years and see how you feel about it? I'm not all that selfish man compared to the next guy.
 
Wasn't trying to make a big deal of forming an alliance with a plant. It was more about the reasons you stated, it just seemed like you don't really enjoy smoking all that much, but you don't enjoy being sober either, causing a sink as you said. I was also trying to point out (although unclearly, I was running on 2 hours of sleep the past night and pretty stoned 8() that there aren't addictive characteristics of weed. Like you said, it opens you up to yourself. If your addicted to something and you smoke weed, then I would say that you are addicted to yourself and not the plant.

For instance: I used to blame my insomnia on my habit of smoking too much weed too frequently. Later on I realized that I couldn't sleep because I would constantly think about the things I needed or wanted to do, which kept me up late at night. The kicker is that I would rarely do the things I needed to do and would only do the things I wanted to do that required minimal effort like watching shit on my laptop. The reason I wouldn't do anything that required effort was because I felt lazy. However, I had always been somewhat more lazy than the average person even before I started smoking. So was the weed causing me to be lazy, or was it causing introspection into benefits of being lazy, to the point where I would choose to be lazy.
 
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rave_itsrealfun!!! said:
I believe that I have the right to smoke cannabis all day if I can remain a nonviolent, productive, sociable, functioning member of society and I am attracted to this type of awareness because I'm happier there.

Why make a big deal about someone forming an alliance with a plant, even if it makes life so carefree that coming back for more than a few days frustrates me? Smoking pot is a selfishness sink for me. I'm totally cool with fiending dope. Selfishness is extremely common and if you don't think it is then why not try abstaining from sex for 2 years and see how you feel about it? I'm not all that selfish man compared to the next guy.
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How did 'smoking dope' & 'selfishness' even get lumped together? Kinda like the way that weed is a Schedule I drug, along with heroin...while cocaine is a Schedule II? That's not selfishness, that's outright stupidity!
I agree with your right to smoke weed, as long as you're a productive member of society...but nonviolent? I think that goes hand-in-hand. Have you ever felt the need for violent behavior while stoned? Hell, I can never remember where I put my guns & knives after partaking in some puff-puff. LOL!! Nonviolent? It's probably the most peaceful drug out there.
Ever want to end an argument? Both people get stoned & the argument's over. Hell, it should be a necessity at the UN. Get all the Leaders of the Countries in disagreement...have them do some bongloads together...argument's done, the end, finished, kaput!! THAT's 1 of the reasons I don't understand why the shit's still illegal!:!:?
 
I just meant that it's inherently selfish to crave a material thing and not be fully satisfied with my current mindstate. I'm cool with being a herb fiend though.

I used to blame a lot of stuff on weed too. That was a while ago though. I sure know there's only me to blame now and my jaded awareness though. There are totally physical withdrawal symptoms if you smoke enough. Most of it's in my head though as I've bound myself by such a strong attachment to the magic dragon.
 
rave_itsrealfun!!! said:
No man, weed doesn't mess your brain up long term like that dude. Smoking it from morning until night every day might make you alienated from society though, it definitely has to me. And if you do that for a long time, you will get addicted. First it will be once a week, then the odd time during the week, then before you know it every day, then after a few years of that you'll be waking up in the morning and reach for your bong without thinking about it, and it will be a huge effort not to do that. You can try to downplay the physical withdrawal symptoms like some people do, but psychological attachment can freak you out and set you off course. I didn't know this could happen when I started, so be aware of it, because it's not uncommon.

Or maybe smoking weed just reveals you to yourself? I don't think it does anything to me, it just reveals me to myself. And that is what has changed me, I've just become much more aware of my reality. Overall, my body has changed because it's addicted to weed now, and my brain has changed most of all. How that has to do with weed, umm I can't go back in time and replay where I'd be at if I never smoked weed so I don't know, I've abused other drugs too there are just so many confounding factors,... the reefer has done me both a lot of harm and good though and has been a major influence in my life. I'm by no means living by a rough standard but I'm not exactly happy either. It has changed everything so much, from having sex to going to the grocery store to communicating with other sentient beings or going for a bike ride.

It is harder for me to live life now because I see more possibilities with weed yet I'm constrained by the limited thinking of other people and bound to the shackles of government and I just don't know. I am overwhelmed and confused. But then again, nothing actually needs to be done or even happens as this is a dream.

I get so much enjoyment out of weed it is incredible, but when I run out I tend to become aggressive and depressed (the opposite of stoned me). Those are just concepts I have associated with due to my past experiences though, what I actually am is beyond words, is eternal and unchanging, and is the same thing as what you are.

Weed is the #1 drug I have used most of all by far. I would highly recommend it but I wish I would have known how addictive it can be. Now I just can't quit and I have tried, it fucks me over a bit. But then again, there is this truth that we are constantly slowly dying so we are all fucked as it is, unless we change our attitude towards death and embrace it instead.The euphoria of the kush, the mystical journeys and smiles I've made it a point to make a weed trip out of my life, I can't go back at this point and things are going swell so long as I can a constant supply.
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i remember your post several months ago saying how weed fucked you up and u hated the drug and it did nothing but make you paranoid and stuff.... im kinda the same way. glad u can find enjoyment from it now tho
 
I was a different person back then since being unemployed and broke had turned me into a misanthrope - hating on society, super furious and depressed. I have a sweet job now with a new identity therefore I am less depressed, and as it's been ages since my last mdma or acid trip I am also much more emotionally stable and happier due to that (that shit def was fucking me up hard in the aftermath months following semi-regular experimentation). I theorized that pot had something to do with my problems because I am stoned 24/7 whereas most people I know are not and it is easy to point the finger at weed.

I'm not saying smoking too much weed doesn't fuck with me, because it literally makes me retarded. That's if it's like 5 grams a day or more though. Anyways, I ended up getting a sick job and now me and weed are for the most part great. I stay sober at work, but whenever I'm not at work I'm baked (but I keep the dose low and vaporise great stuff) and it's a happy medium that I am finding here. I just had my first hit of the day after a 12 hour shift, and I am feeling darn good.

I honestly can't imagine working this hard without weed as a reward though, I'd go batpoop crazy/
 
rave_itsrealfun!!! said:
I was a different person back then since being unemployed and broke had turned me into a misanthrope - hating on society, super furious and depressed. I have a sweet job now with a new identity therefore I am less depressed, and as it's been ages since my last mdma or acid trip I am also much more emotionally stable and happier due to that (that shit def was fucking me up hard in the aftermath months following semi-regular experimentation). I theorized that pot had something to do with my problems because I am stoned 24/7 whereas most people I know are not and it is easy to point the finger at weed.

I'm not saying smoking too much weed doesn't fuck with me, because it literally makes me retarded. That's if it's like 5 grams a day or more though. Anyways, I ended up getting a sick job and now me and weed are for the most part great. I stay sober at work, but whenever I'm not at work I'm baked (but I keep the dose low and vaporise great stuff) and it's a happy medium that I am finding here. I just had my first hit of the day after a 12 hour shift, and I am feeling darn good.

I honestly can't imagine working this hard without weed as a reward though, I'd go batpoop crazy/
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Beautiful!! Congrats on the new job!! Glad to hear that you & weed are back on speaking / toking terms. I agree with having something to toke after a long day's work is fantastic. Way better than a shot & a beer (make that numerous).
I never wake & bake anymore. It's better to save the buzz for when the work is done. Makes the high that much better. Anyhow, it's nice to hear that weed wasn't really the culprit...just the amount toked. :\
 
Thanks man. Unemployment / source of income problems will get to the best of us right?

Anyways I'm really enjoying my relationship with Mary now, moderation is key. Too much can make me slow, but this magical plant really does a lot for my peace of mind if I keep an eye on how much I'm using. It's Sunday at 11:00am and I'm just having my first lightly filledvape bag of strawberry kush (I'm known to cram a blunts worth of weed in the vape chamber, turn the heat up full blast, and kill it all in one bag to get incredibly stoned) but I've been up since 7. Just goes to show that I'm no longer in that "smoke hard, kill as many buds as possible" mentality. I'm not about to have another until mid afternoon - all it takes is a little awareness, not to act on it every time you feel like taking a toke. I've actually been really stoned on chemo and strawberry kush all day but I think I've just accepted who I am with weed and that I don't need to change.

And if you've become to reliant on it and you want to smoke less weed, just smoke less weed. It's not rocket science. If you think it's fucking you up, you're either smoking too much too often, or there's an issue in your life that needs to be resolved, and the weed could be amplifying related feelings to that issue and insodoing making things worse, or you could find yourself using it in huge amounts as an escape. When something's wrong in my life, Mary really lets me know. But if you love getting high like me - I love getting stoned so much, there's certainly no reason to abandon that part of your life.
 
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rave_itsrealfun!!! said:
Thanks man. Unemployment / source of income problems will get to the best of us right?

Anyways I'm really enjoying my relationship with Mary now, moderation is key. Too much can make me slow, but this magical plant really does a lot for my peace of mind if I keep an eye on how much I'm using. It's Sunday at 11:00am and I'm just having my first lightly filledvape bag of strawberry kush (I'm known to cram a blunts worth of weed in the vape chamber, turn the heat up full blast, and kill it all in one bag to get incredibly stoned) but I've been up since 7. Just goes to show that I'm no longer in that "smoke hard, kill as many buds as possible" mentality. I'm not about to have another until mid afternoon - all it takes is a little awareness, not to act on it every time you feel like taking a toke. I've actually been really stoned on chemo and strawberry kush all day but I think I've just accepted who I am with weed and that I don't need to change.

And if you've become to reliant on it and you want to smoke less weed, just smoke less weed. It's not rocket science. If you think it's fucking you up, you're either smoking too much too often, or there's an issue in your life that needs to be resolved, and the weed could be amplifying related feelings to that issue and insodoing making things worse, or you could find yourself using it in huge amounts as an escape. When something's wrong in my life, Mary really lets me know. But if you love getting high like me - I love getting stoned so much, there's certainly no reason to abandon that part of your life.
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Great post, rave...& I think you're spot-on with your assessment.:D
 
Stopping cannabis use

Over the summer I've been loading up on amphs (mainly vyvanse, dex ir and er and some adderall here and there)

While on those I've also been smoking heavy amounts of cannabis.

I noticed recently that my social anxiety disorder has worsened, so I'm stopping cannabis use altogether also because of my academic responsibilities.

I think I was on the verge of getting some kind of minor psychosis state, and the paranoia was just terrible.

Just warning people about this combo- didn't end well for me.

Also would you recommend I only take the stims a few days a week to get my anxiety down to manageable levels? I do need them some days because I have ADD.
 
Weed is very anxiety provoking... You might have in fact “almost” or “in fact” had a panic attack.

Congrats for joining us users where weed just works ass backwards for...
 
i find stimulants far worse for anxiety than cannabis. I find mixing the two is a guaranteed panic attack. I'd stick to dexedrine if you have to use something and save the cannabis for times when you feel calm and relaxed already.
 
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