Pot for the first time

From what I remember, if I tried to hold in my laughs it didn't really work..... I was never just all laid back and mellow, unless I didnt smoke much. I usually laughed my ass off....literally.

 

Id say just do it, youll never know if you like it or what if feels like if you dont.

 

I remember my first time. I didn't really get that high but I just sat on my meditation pillow and couldn't stop looking at my hands.

 

I remember you. You're the one who gets high off of blowing on your tuba.

 

i had a freind who smoked it. he became hopelessly addicted. and when his supplyer moved away to canada, he killed himself. he was perfictly fine intill he got rapped up in drugs.

so dont do it. i tryed it once, and i did not like it. i thoght i was gonna die.
and if you need more convinceing, just look at someone who has done them.
just look at that person, and you should change your mind.

 

wow.....................interesting.


How could I change my mind by looking at them?

 

So . . . therefore you . . . no longer have an ass? Sitting must be rather painful, how do you manage all this forum time like that?

And Jimmypop, christ, you sound like something off of "freevibe."

 

Orsino2, I'm glad you remember me

 

Jimmy Pop, what you said was crazy and probably never happened. No one i have ever heard of has become that attached to weed. Plus, you thought you were gonna die???? I have never ever heard of that happening from mary jane.

SurfHipe, look at some of the people in my advanced classes at school...probably 60% of the class smokes and they are all good kids, some are atheletes and others are involved in other things but they all are going to go somewhere in life and smoking weed isnt stopping them. I smoke as much weed as any other stoner in town but you wouldnt know it cause im in all advanced classes, i live in the wealthier part of town and im an athelete. Dont base you decision on just one voice.

 

"so dont do it. i tryed it once, and i did not like it. i thoght i was gonna die.
and if you need more convinceing, just look at someone who has done them.
just look at that person, and you should change your mind."

I don't know what you're trying to get at...but I do take offense. I am a perfectly sane, perfectly intelligent human being and smoking a little pot never hurt me. Your friend was stupid to get addicted. I don't mean his death wasn't sad, but he shouldn't have gone deeper than he could handle. It's all about being smart about the situation. If you're smart enough to take risks and know when to back off, you'll almost always come out fine.

Oh, and suppliers can be found anywhere..you don't have to buy from just one. I'm sure your friend had other options if his life depended on it.

 

first, i'd like to mention that trees are not physically addictive and it's impossible to overdose. some people are mildly allergic, but those people are few and far between. that seems pretty obvious, but it might ease your mind a bit.

sorry to have popped in a little late in the game, but here's my spin on things:

don't hold your expectations too high. don't expect a high (especially your first one) to be an extreme change from reality. it's more like a beautiful alteration. subtle, yet majestic.

i agree with the majority of people here: a warm, safe environment with kind friends is the best way to ensure a positive experience.
as some others mentioned, avoiding authority figures (most specifically, cops) is crucial. know that you're somewhere safe. you seem like a smart person with good common sense, but i'll mention this anyway. location is key. you can go deep into the woods to avoid the cops, but running into a bear or a swarm of angry bees is certainly a buzz kill.

playing some good, upbeat music will certainly better your experience... and remember: "if you get confused, just listen to the music play".

start out slowly, too. a lot of people don't get high their first time, but you don't want to assume you're one of them and go overboard. you can always smoke more, but (until you're more familiar with what the effects feel like) it's harder to "sober up."

bud is different from other drugs because it's safer. be careful not to get caught up in the "gateway" mentality and think that because you enjoy smoking, a lot of other drugs are for you, too.

would your first time smoking also be the first time of all your involved friends? this may sound trite (and might have already been mentioned) but including someone more experienced would definitely be helpful. they'll ease your mind if you get confused or worried. just flow with it. i think a lot of negative experiences come from fear of the unknown. if you try and fight off the effects and don't succeed, you'll probably be left feeling pretty anxious.

cure your cottonmouth with something that isn't carbonated. if soda makes you burp -- especially if you end up quickly gulping some down -- all the burping&coughing could be an uncomfortable combination. juice, tea, or water will refresh your throat and you're not as likely to get the hiccups. if you laugh so hard that you shoot your drink out of your nose, non-carbonated drinks would be less irritating. fizzy soda bubbles burn more than water.

store all these opinions in the back corner of your mind, but don't let these thoughts consume you while you try it for the first time. you don't want to waste your high with unnecessary worrying. in a sense, it's like love... you can't worry too much, and you've gotta relax and surrender a little control.

it sounds like you're going about this the right way... smoking seems to be less healthy (and you're more likely have more problems with it) if you smoke for the wrong reasons. i've seen people turn to drugs before they turn to their friends, and that's not right. that's more of a problem with the individual than with the drug itself, though.

i hope some of this helps. whatever you decide to do, have fun with your decisions. if you have any specific questions, post 'em or send me a pm. i'll answer any questions you've got, and i'll be honest and objective with you.
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and ps: i agree with what phluffhead posted right above this, in the sense that smoking does not make you an idiot. if you're not very smart or motivated to begin with, smoking won't change that. i smoked all through high school (and continue to smoke to this day) and i graduated in the top 5% of my class. i've found that smoking helps me focus and concentrate on what i'm learning. it also helps maintain an interest in the subject matter. i don't want to come across as pompous, i just want to reinforce my opinion through personal experience.

 

Wow, Lawngirl just explained everything a first time smoker could ever need to know. Nice work

 

Yes! Thank you...that really helped. So, marijuna will help me concentrate on school and such? I hope so, I'm not that focused to begin with, so pot can't mess me up much more anyways, hah

 

"I've found that smoking helps me concentrate and focus on what I'm learning.". I hate to be an arrogant prick, or tell you what is happening in your life, but you're giving someone some really bad advice here. Smoking isn't known to make you concentrate any harder on anything at all. In fact, it makes the mind wander from subject to subject at such a pace that trying focus on anything for too long is basically not worth your time. Surf, you can try to do homework while you're high, but I will bet you that you're going to get about 2 pages in an find yourself doing something else. Like I said in my post, it doesn't make you more industrious, and usually the people who say it does are the people who are constantly missing dead-line. I wouldn't suggest smoking when you've got anything important or pressing to do. It's just not a good idea. The veterans, that is the 10 or 15 year smokers generally aren't affected too much by T.H.C. anymore, and so, therefore, they're basically sober and they can pretty much do what they'd do sober, but that's not going to be you for a long time.

 

SurfHipe dont take what i said the wrong way. I agree with musicman that weed will not help you with school, it just wont hurt you. I am smart and in Adavaced classes but i dont smoke during school for any reason, i just do it a lot when i am done with school/work.

 

Hey MusicMan..

I definitely wasn't advising her to study while stoned. How can I give "really bad advice," if I didn't give any advice to begin with? For some reason (maybe because it sounds so blatantly accusatory) I find that offensive, even though I know it wasn't meant to be.

"In fact, it makes the mind wander from subject to subject at such a pace..."
That's not a fact. Making up facts is far more detrimental than giving an example based on personal experience.

I was saying that based on my personal experience, it helps me, personally, focus. My point was that, "If you're an idiot, smoking won't change that." Therefore, if you're generally an intelligent student, smoking won't necessarily change that, either. Using personal experience, I was able to reinforce a prior point. If I didn't make that clear, I appologize. I just felt that my previous post was so long that I didn't need to elaborate on what was inferred. I hope this clears up any confusion I might have caused you.

I didn't say it would help her. She may experience what I experienced; I think Surfhipe is intelligent enough to know that getting real blazed ten minutes before her midterm exam isn't a smart move. Especially before she's comfortable with the effects.

Personally, when I'm sober, I get two pages into whatever I'm reading and find myself doing something else. If I read something after I've smoked, that doesn't happen. Based on my personal experience, I know that smoking helps me -- and me alone -- sit still in front of a book or a computer. My mind does not wander when I'm studying stoned. I know this is not true for everyone, or even a majority, but it's true for me. That was the only point I was trying to make in the "PS". In my personal opinion, smoking does not make me "miss deadlines". Because smoking helps me sit still long enough to read, process the material, and write a paper about it, I feel that it helps me personally reach those deadlines. Again, I never said this is true for everyone, or even a majority. I only can tell you for certain how my mind works. Minds works differently, and everone reacts differently to the effects of smoking.

As was discussed earlier in this thread, herb effects everyone differently. Some people may experience what I experience, other people may have the complete opposite reaction.

For me, I also find that the subject has a lot to do with it. As a philosophy major, I find it helps me personally with reading-intensive classes, as well as being able to think about the proposed ideas from different angles. If I were a calculus student, though, I would probably disagree; memorizing formulas would probably be a greater challenge. But as I said before, this is just me, personally. The "ps" was aimed more towards the general board; being that it was below the "--------" I figured you all would understand that was implied. I want to back up the point Phulffhead made, not advise that Surfhipe study while she's stoned. Again, I appologize if I caused you any confusion.

Anyway.

Surfhipe:

Please don't think that I was advising you to study stoned, especially before you're familiar with the effects. If you start smoking, and enjoy reading, try picking up an old favorite book first. Find out if smoking will enhance the experience in a way that will not have negative consequences. As I said above, you seem intelligent enough to know that I'm not implying that you should get baked right before you start studying for an important test or anything like that.

Based on my personal experience, I find that the characters come to life much more vividly, and that it's easier to focus. This may or may not be true for you. You might find it's harder to concentrate. It all depends on the individual. After I read for class, for example, I might be making a sandwhich and wonder, "Hmm.. what would Socrates have said about blahblahblah?" Whereas when I'm sober, I might be making that same sandwhich and say, "Whew! Glad that's done with. What did I read about again?" This isn't true for everyone, and I certainly don't recommend that you find out the hard way.

 

Man i've been doing pot for about a year now and i totally relate my first time i was a lil nervous too. Heres some of the basics, generally your first few times it prolly won't have any effect on you at all. If it does take effect the high lasts anywhere from 2-4 hours depending on tolerance and how quickly your body will process the THC (active ingrediant in pot that gets you high). As far as how it feels, you prolly won't spill your secrets or anything, weed usually makes people relaxed and releases endorphines in the brain wh/ gives you a feeling of elation. Basically when and if you are stoned you will think a lot of things are funny, and you will fell very relaxed, you may enjoi the movement of your body more than usual b/c it makes your mind process motor skills slowly, wh/ is fun.