My Marijuana Story. Why I Quit and Why im Satisfied with my Decision to quit.

Aww shit. I posted under the wrong name.
Sorry.
I'm wanderingsoul btw.

 

dude,

1. Herb is not going to do any of the crap you said happend to you... Since you don't mind preaching to people, let me preach back to you.

Herb has helped me both physically, menatlly and spiritually. It has made me a better father, a better husband, and over all human being. Because of what I've learnt from herb.. I lost a lot of weight, became vegatarian, started running marathons... It has given me the gift of life.. I am happy (unlike the rest of the straight laced world)... My friends are decent, loving people (not a bunch of uptight, closed minded drunks who in the same sentence, say booze is not a drug, but weed is)...

I can go on... but if you never got it during your years of smoking, you won't get it from one post... but thuth be told (as stated above)... you were meant to learn something... instead - you decided to blame the wrong thing for your depression, and short comings... You should examine yourself.. not the weed... many of us on here are cronics... and yes, we can go days or months without it.. nothing bad happens (other than not being able to sleep too well for a day or two)... which is a small price to pay... try kicking a "sugar habbit", or coffee... it its much harder to do than herb.

 

Ooooo I dare ya touch my coffee... grrrr grrrr roar!

Point taken.

 

Thanks for sharing your experiances and thoughts. You don't have to justify yourself to anyone. Quit or toke, it's always down to you and you alone. It's obvious you abused it so much your tolerance was ridiculous, thus you weren't enjoying the effects anymore. I disagree that weed 'changes' people, to me that seems like patronizing government lexis. I am that I am and that's because i have chosen who i want to be. To know oneself, one must assert oneself. If cannabis is more negative then positive for you, then by all means quit. Don't expect everyone or even anyone to feel the same way as you, cannabis effects people differently. Afterall, it's an experiment, some like it and continue while for some it comes to an end. Cannabis is one of, if not the safest substance known to man. It is not 'bad for the brain' It doesn't kill braincells, like alcohol. All it does is kill off gliomi cells which are potentially cancer causing anyway. You need to learn some chemistry, the anadamine (in your brain) switches with the Thc, this chemical imbalance causes the high, not brain damage.

 

Nicely put, Socratez and Reefer Rogue.

 

Oh man, no way... I would never dream of messing with anyones java.... I was only speaking "hypothetically" or something like that...



Peace
Soc

 

Hey,
Thanks for the info, but this is how i saw it when i was a stoner, stuff like "cannabis is one of the safest drugs known to man" and "its not bad for the brain it does not kill braincells" was always something that assured me weed is harmless; but this is where people are wrong. Weed is not harmless, and it does have some bad effects (im not sayin it doesnt have good effects as well). It may be the safest drug in the world, but its still a drug, and it still changes ur body chemistry. People tend to ignore that.... Being high for the majority of your time is not exactly "Healthy" nor is it "good for your brain".
Like i said b4, once ur body chemictry and your preception gets used to those of being high for a longgg long time, and the THC is stored in fat tissues or cells (lol im not exactly sure, but its one of em ) than the person starts gettin addicted. stoners tend to ignore the fact that It CAN be addicting, and IT can be harmful, heck, thats why i did...i was like its safe, a lot of ppl smoke daily...ill b fine, its not addicting. But i was wrong, and the same things may not apply to you to the same EXTENT but its definitly there to SOME extent. I hope u understand what im tryin to say

thanks for u comment

 

Socratez,

I didnt blame WEED for my depression during withdrawal symptoms then, and im not Blaiming it Now.
It was my fault, i should of kicked the habit as soon as it started gettin that way, but instead i kept smoking. Im not saying weed controls your decision but it DEFINITLY influences your decision making ability to some extent.

When i was a stoner, i learned to LOVE the drug. I really did, i had a good time smoking, and laughfin and go out high, it was fun. Im not saying it doesnt have good effects, im just sayin people should egg-knowledge (lol) that there is/ can be bad effects as well. You Say weed made u a better father? a better husband? are you kidding me? You wanted to be a better father and a better husband so THATS what YOU did. Weed isn't a damn miracle drug, its not going to make u a better person... its not all apples and bananas (all good).....if your going to use a drug at least know that it IS a drug, and although it is the safest drug in the world, it still IS a drug, and there still IS side effects.
Saying "weed doesnt do any of the shit u mentioned" is B.S.... b/c everyone i know/ knew that smoked weed had some/ if not all of the effects i mentioned. Some people are different, You right, but im not making shit UP, so stop acting like i am.

 

I see a lot of myself in you, i believe we've shared similar experiances regarding cannabis in some respects. I don't try and claim cannabis is harmless, i never did and i never will. What i will say; is that compared to other legal drugs, such as alcohol and tobacco which kill hundreds of thousands of people a year, cannabis is a lot safer. It's physically impossible to overdose on cannabis. This is not opinion, these are all declarative facts. If you eat 10 raw potatoes, you will die, you can't die from eating cannabis, you'd fall asleep first, plus the auto titration would kick in. I don't believe cannabis is 'bad' for the brain, what is bad? It causes no permanent damage whatsoever. If altering my mind state from sobriety means bad then i don't agree, i believe harm is bad, cannabis doesn't cause sufficient harm or doesn't harm people to the point of death.

What is healthy? I believe happiness is healthy, i believe if i am breathing and living and thus enjoying, i am healthy. Cannabis can be consumed in COMPLETELY SAFE ways, such as oral ingestion and vaporization. It has been proven to be only psychologically addictive, no physical withdrawl symptoms. Sleep patterns are adjustments, which can be combatted with exercise to tire youself. It may not be good for my brain but that is not to say it's necesarily bad either. Cannabis is probably one of the easiest substances to quit, try quitting tobacco or herion or crack or alcohol, the incurable disease. I know in my heart cannabis should be legal for those who wish to use it. No one should be criminalized and oppressed and thrown in a cell like an animal for causing no harm to anyone. 'My choice is what i choose to do and if i'm causing no harm it shouldn't bother you.'

I am an individual, i am a contributing member of society, i have a job, i go to college, i've had girlfriends and i'm a proud cannabis advocate who will never stop for anyone but myself. No one will ever live my life for me. It will always be there for you should you wish to indulge again, perhaps not so heavily this time. Discipline and moderation can be lost in the haze, however, this doesn't make someone a bad person. Tolerance breaks are important, depending on a substance for happiness isn't an ideal situation. I find cannabis makes me evaluate myself and brings forward thoughts that i would've held in. I find ways to ponder and improve my life however i can. Anyway, take it easy, peace.

 

Damn right, rogue.

Hebrew.....nobody is saying weed is perfect, but no matter what anyone says, you just don't seem to realize that it is up to the individual whether or not cannabis is going to be a problem in their life. A person can smoke all the weed they want to, multiple times per day for years on end, and it won't be a problem, so long as they stay on top of their game and in control. However, another person can smoke once per month and still allow weed to be a problem, simply because they can't handle it.

It's not weed that is the problem and it's not the weed that changes the person. It's the abuse....not the use....that changes the person. You can smoke all day everyday without abusing it. It all depends on where your priorities are and, if you realize that there are more important things in life than getting high, then there will be no problems at all.

 

hey, you make your decisions yourself. do you need to justify it? to bring other people with you into not smoking?

What the fuck ever man

 

LOL mother's love. Not at all, thats NOT what im trying to do, and I havent quit completely either, i still smoke every once in a long time...haha too lazy to explain again..just read my other posts in this thread and ull see what im about

no need for attitude, im not a dusche bag...trust me

 

Hey Hebrewnational,

Its not that people are giving you attitude just out of the blue.. You must have somewhere along the line relaize your posting this in a pro-weed forum... And in a sence, many of us took it as "you were a mess because of this evil drug" and now things are getting better for you...

Listen dude, I'm glad things are going well for you, and I truly wish you the best... but you must realize your in the wrong forum... most of us here acctually love herb... and IMHO, it is not only a safe drug, but I feel its good for you...

It would be kinda like me going to the Christian forum now, and talk about how I finally shead my life of the oppression I was under due to all the bible brain washing I was into for years... now my life is great... (ya know what I mean... they would not like that too)..

Anyhow, I have no issues with you thinking the way you do... its none of my business what you do or think... I'm just telling you why we really arn't behind you on this one.

Peace man..

 

Smoking weed is good for some and bad for others. That's the whole point.....it depends on the individual, but your opinion does seem to be a little one-sided, hebrew. I realize that you SAY weed isn't all bad, but that's not the way your posts are coming off, in the full scope.

 

Buy a vaporizer, it will save your lungs. By the way, you seem to be saying that weed is really bad and turns you into a zombie or something..which isn't true.

 

quitting's for quitters! lol
I could never imagine not liking my precious Mary Jane. I mean, the creativity, the enlightenment, etc. what's there not to love? Seems to me when people quit its usually because they got scared... oh well, more for me. *puff puff pass*

 

lol interesting philosophy. ppl who quit are scared. of what? getting high? gettin addicted? or what?

im not sayin i dont LIKe weed. shit everytime i smoked a had a good time. i still smoke some, every once in a while. im just sayin i dont think it should b abused, or it should b used daily. thats just my opinion though. i quit using it frequently but i still smoke every once in a longgggggg time, so yeah i pretty much quit.

 

I respect your decision to quit good sah

 

thank you young lad lol.

 

scared of being high. it opens your mind; that scares some people. or that the evil piggy thought police might getcha.
I smoke EVERYDAY and I love it. Its the best thing i could have done for myself. I would never imagine QUITTING. That's like saying I'm quitting reading, or quitting hiking or meditating. What the hell? Why would you want to hide after exerpiencing reality?