Why do YOU smoke marijuana?

I'm sure everyone has a plethora of reasons. Here are mine:

1. Well, I guess it's obvious: I am in love with the way it makes me feel. I've been told by some people who tell me that they don't partake, because they hate the way it makes them feel. When I listen to these people talk about how bad marijuana sucks, I am just utterly confused by them. Non-smokers just don't make any fucking sense.

2. I have three sinus polyps in my sinus cavities, that have been growing in size for the past eight years, causing me immense discomfort and a permanent case of Chronic Sinusitis. I need surgery to remove them, but alas, I don't have any form of health insurance at the moment. Having them in my sinuses like that, just makes me feel completely miserable all the time. Marijuana seems to take all of that away for me. So, I smoke pretty much all day long, in between work and work and more work, lol.

3. I also have a pretty excruciating menstrual cycle, and the medical grade helps out with some of that pain. . . and two lortab 10mg's help out with the rest.

4. I like to go to work high. I work at Starbucks and being stoned while doing my job makes my time there suck a whole lot less. Apparently, I can perform my job while under the influence pretty damn well. In fact, I never go to work without smoking, and I always go home on my lunch break to catch another buzz before going back to work.

5. I'm a seasoned smoker. I was introduced to the world of marijuana on my twelfth birthday with a bowl of nugs smoked from a gravity bong. ROCKED. MY. WORLD. It was love at first sight. Eleven years later, I find myself at the age of twenty-three, and I just could not imagine how my life would be without marijuana. Sure, if I got the sinus surgery, it would eliminate some of my medical need for marijuana. . . but I would still smoke a lot, because I like the way my world looks through a green veil.

 

I dont really have a reason

 

personal nirvana, its like giving your head a good spring clean. a good hoover and pollish

 

Its awesome and it helps me relax. it tastes good. It makes me fell good. Its enjoyable.

 

it's a good way to chill with the homies

 

for my back spasms and too relax

 

Because banana peels don't do it for me anymore.

 

heroin and cocaine is too hard to grow

 

You claim that you don't understand how some people can DISLIKE the effects of Cannabis. Let me try to explain why I dislike the substance overall.

I used to smoke about once a week, for about four years. I enjoyed a few things about it, and I enjoyed those specific things A LOT. Those things included music enhancement and closed-eye visuals. However, there were a lot of things about the Cannabis high that I found particularly unnerving and disconcerting.

The mindset it put me into was just TOO severely warped for my tastes. I have even dabbled in psychedelics and have not had the same warping of perspective as I had on Cannabis. When I smoked, everything seemed completely alien to me. My bedroom seemed like I was floating on another planet in some room I had never been in. While this novelty could be 'cool' a few times, it really prevented me from enjoying things. In addition, the level of sedation was unbelievable. And not just on certain strains: all of them. It took me over 36 hours to usually feel completely back to normal after even smoking small amounts. I could barely keep my eyes open after smoking. Again. This could be 'good' once in awhile, but after awhile it got annoying.

I also had problems with socialization. While I like to socialize, I am an introvert deep down. Pot really, really brought that out in me. I literally had to nauseatingly FORCE myself to speak to my friends after I smoked. All I wanted to do was isolate myself and not have to deal with annoying people (even if they didn't do anything objectively annoying!). Every social situation under the influence would be INCREDIBLY awkward. I would just sit there with a blank stare on my face like an idiot and COULD NOT converse with people I was with. Therefore, I got really nervous because I didn't want other people to think I was a freaking nut-job.

As you can see, these things could easily cause me to finally decide that I DISLIKE the effects of Cannabis.

 

It helps sad and dark thoughts ease up and let go some of the tension.

It enhances music which is the best. After i smoke all the good music sounds even better.

 

I want to go to heaven before I die.

 

I've only just (like in the last 3 months) been smoking, before that I drank. But overall I thinki I prefer smoking, mostly because I really enjoy myself and I'm never sick or hungover. I just like the way weed makes me feel, when I'm high, nothing can bother me (like college or any other stress like that). Still I really don't like the memory loss I end to get after I smoke.

 

It's something I thoroughly enjoy doing and everybody needs a hobby

 

well being bipolar,add,ptsd and who knows what else it calms me down so i can sorta sleep.and it allows me to just float off into my own little world where im well known.

 

i smoke it to relax after a stressful day or to help me fall asleep

 

Point taken. I can see how, if it affected me that way, how I might dislike it, too. However, I'm the opposite. I'm a little A.D.D. and marijuana seems to allow all of my energy to focus and concentrate on things better. As far as socialization goes, I like to listen to people talk when I'm high. I absorb everything that they're saying and it's not awkward for me. Sure, I might say something totally unrelated now and then, but most of the people that I hang out with smoke cannabis, so it's never a big deal.

I love what it does to me. It's a wonderful thing.

 

To alleviate the back pain that has fucked up alot of the things I enjoy doing.

 

*It makees me feeel amazing!
*i just like how it chills me out.
*my dancing skills happen to become off the chart after a few bowels
*MGMT sounds even more orgasmic then normal
*i feel more open to new thoughts& differnet views of things.
*food is like heavenly
*it makes me feel more artistic
&many many more reasons.

 

Motivation... Speaking of that I need to go smoke or I'm gonna fail a test tomorrow. It also really helps me sit still. I'm bad at that. Also, it prevents me from getting *too* fixated on one thing. I think about every aspect of my life proportionate to how important that aspect is.

It makes music awesome.

I don't day smoke much though, because I get paranoid that people "know" if I've passed the point of a nice buzz. Stupid side effect of prohibition.

*edit* also, it opens the mind to new ways of thinking about old topics.

 

I look forward to it for some reason