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Just a question for the every day smokers, i'm 17 and smoke at most 2 8ths a day and at least 1 8th [this isn't a dicksizing thing, to me weed lost its competitive element a long time ago], this obviously excludes weekends where we throw the kitchen sink at it, the question is how long have you been every day-ing and have any of you been down the 'shady path', by this i mean where shit hits the fan in your head. Before i smoked every day, this guy we know who was, and still is, a hardcore smoker told us "You'll know when it hits you", we didn't know what he meant by it but we knew he wasn't your typical bullshitter and took it on board, anyway, it happened and instead of stopping i just kept on powering through, as you do, anyway it got pretty bad and lasted about 6 months, i'm slowly, but very fucking surely, feeling like my old self again, i can talk to people i don't know without giving a fuck how they judge me (it gave me anxiety problems, something i fucking hated, but could do nothing about) and now i get that mad feeling in my stomach again when something good happens or is about to happen. (i couldn't enjoy anything anymore, i was pretty much emotionless). Anyway has anybody been through/going through something similar, because it wasn't very nice, the best way i can describe it is being trapped in your own head and not feeling like you used to.
 
Any chance you are taking other drugs?

Stop smoking weed and get some excersize/eat healthy.

I have smoked all day every day 2g's + for 4 years I feel great. No decrease in memory etc.


I know people who smoke 2-3g a day for 20-30+ years and are totally ok normal productive members of society.

I'd say you have a strange reaction to weed.

I am 17 as well. Supporting a 2g habbit is no easy feat, I'd be suprised as fuck if you were throwing out 100$s a day on a quad. Thats 36k$'s + in a year.
 
it's gone now, as in, nothings up, i've been smoking weed long enough to know about adverse effects and shit, this was like, i'm guessing what depression kind of feels like [probably even could have been, was at a shit point in my life, you just get constantly told that if anythings going wrong it's to do with the weed]. it's all gravy now though, oh and tell me about it, i'm in a vicious circle with my wage, i spend it in the first 2 week and then lend money for bud til i get paid again [kind of sounds like there's an element of desperation there, there isn't lol]. i kinda started work in debt though because i'd just been on a holiday, monthly pay is probably the shittest invention since cancer.
Edit: also, you say normal functioning people of society [or something along them lines, cant be arsed going up to c & p] i get the impression from most people that if you're a pot smoker then you're some kind of outcast different from everyone else. I mean i've heard of people becoming anti social but i'm guessing that's a minority.
 
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Never really had that from weed. I'm 27 been smoking since 15. The only time I've ever expirienced the feelings you describe is when I over did it with ecstasy.

Its possible that you may have an underlying condition. I'm not calling you crazy or anything its just I'm not totally sure that's what the guy meant. You could interpret that a lot of ways.

IME as you get older weed changes. You use weed for different reasons and once you're completely comfortable with the high it can be used as a tool, controlled if you will. I guess what I'm trying to say is with expirience weed becomes what you want it to be.
 
Johnny blue said:
Its possible that you may have an underlying condition. I'm not calling you crazy or anything its just I'm not totally sure that's what the guy meant. You could interpret that a lot of ways.
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That was my first thought.


this type of thing's happened to me, but only when i was blowing down nearly a quarter (i didn't pay for anywhere near all of it, my best friend just happened to turn into my best friend/drug dealer) every day. some days i'd be depressed, others i'd be apathetic, and others i'd have extreme anxiety in situations that really shouldn't have made me nervous.

i managed to incorporate pot into every aspect of my life that i could, and those that i couldn't were cut out of my life. i didn't do it intentionally, it just kind of happened.

i'm just extremely grateful to my few sober friends who never gave up on me and are still standing by my side today. if it weren't for them i'd be completely lost and most likely still smoking relatively large amounts of pot or sharing a cell with my best-friend-turned-drug-dealer. :\
 
Jibult said:
That was my first thought.


this type of thing's happened to me, but only when i was blowing down nearly a quarter (i didn't pay for anywhere near all of it, my best friend just happened to turn into my best friend/drug dealer) every day. some days i'd be depressed, others i'd be apathetic, and others i'd have extreme anxiety in situations that really shouldn't have made me nervous.

i managed to incorporate pot into every aspect of my life that i could, and those that i couldn't were cut out of my life. i didn't do it intentionally, it just kind of happened.

i'm just extremely grateful to my few sober friends who never gave up on me and are still standing by my side today. if it weren't for them i'd be completely lost and most likely still smoking relatively large amounts of pot or sharing a cell with my best-friend-turned-drug-dealer. :\
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Ya I think everyone that smokes for any period of time eventually finds a way to get it cheaper or free. I don't really get the whole dramatic story about redemption. Its fucking weed guys, some of you take it waaayyy too seriously. Dude I don't blame ya. If I felt like that then I wouldn't smoke either but, I find your story a little sheltered at best. Your friends stuck by your side? No shit they're friends and its weed. You make weed seem like this all consuming drug and I think you're way off. When you're young you probably see it that way but, as you grow and find out what's important in life managing your consumption is pathetically easy.

Look man, I want you to give weed another shot. I think what you are saying is border line "reefer madness" to me. Legalize it, don't criticize it. Just don't over do it this time, you can do it.
 
i say slow down on the smoking


you dont have to stop, but find other means of entertainment.

play basketball. run. work out. read. drive. travel. write. get a girlfriend. cook. the list goes on and on.

smoke less. do other things more
 
Ya i went through a similiar phase, but after i realized my problem and just said fuck it, it all worked its way out. Im much more outgoing now and i love it. The oxycodone binges help boost my confidence immensly as well, not that i suggest doing that :).
 
"You'll know when it hits you",
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sounds as if he/she is full of shit to me. Seems like your chasing the dopamine related aspect in which case if your an east coaster you may end up a heroin addict if you continue to chase that or if your in mid usa youll probably end up on hydrocodone or something lol.
 
Johnny blue said:
Its possible that you may have an underlying condition. I'm not calling you crazy or anything its just I'm not totally sure that's what the guy meant. You could interpret that a lot of ways.
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nah, sounds more like your average reaction to smoking excessive amounts of weed for long periods of time

I never smoke that much myself but I have had more than one friend who have had similar experiences
 
Johnny blue said:
Your friends stuck by your side? No shit they're friends and its weed. You make weed seem like this all consuming drug
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for me it was. and by my friends sticking by my side, i meant the ones not locked up or shady mother fuckers and the ones that still stayed in contact with me even though i pretty much tried cutting them off because i didn't think they didn't fit into my lifestyle. by all means and rights those friends should have been like "fuck you" and never looked back, but they didn't.

i'm not going to incriminate myself on here, but my life revolved around weed, dude. my free time went to it, my money came from it and all the people i hung around consistently had it. i've been in a 3-month substance abuse program for 11 months now because i wouldn't stop for the first 9 (even though i'd be facing 3-5 years if my case was ever brought off of stet docket because violating my probation by not completing the drug class).


it was my crutch for 6-7 years now, i don't really care if you want to believe it or not.
 
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Jibult, its not at all that I don't believe you. I'm merely saying that your issue with weed isn't exactly common, that's all.

IME and a lot of my friends grow out of it and either keep smoking but, responsibly or stop completely. Weed is a part of my culture just as alcohol is a part of others. Sometimes ill call a friend and say "let's go grab some beers" others ill say "wanna smoke?".

I can't say what you do or don't feel. I was smoking my breakfast lunch and dinner, supplementing my income and doing everything stoned as well along with a good portion of habitual smokers. What I'm saying is it doesn't have to be like that or nothing at all. I'd say the majority of smokers don't end up in a rehab and live perfectly happy lives whether they smoke habitually or occasionally. Of course everything in moderation is best but I guess being an opiod addict myself I see it differently. Looking through addiction information I'm finding marajuana is marginally more addictive than caffeine and only in one of 3 categories, which isn't to say it didn't cause you problems but in the grand scheme of things...

I'm sorry your friends are in jail and you're in rehab. Years in jail for weed must've been quite a bit. I got raided with plants and money all over the place when I was 21, I got community service. It seems maybe you were doing something you shouldn't have been but, whether that's because you are a weed addict or not is up to you. I can now carry an ounce and only get a ticket so years must be some shit. The laws are getting better though and I'd hate for some money hungry doctors to fuck it up cause rehab is so popular right now. 12 years of smoking and to me its a treat at the end of the day, that's it. I just have never met someone that can't pass multiple drug tests because they can't stop smoking, I guess that's just me.
 
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