Will a joint be a setback ?

After 2 years of marijuana abuse (like most of you ) I have been clean for a month. during this month I have made a lot of progress. I feel like I am actually growing. I got a steady a job, my social skills have increased dramatically, so has my memory and concentration. In these 30 days give or take tho I have been day dreaming for a joint. Coming home from work and lighting up is what I day dream about.

While I love weed it caused me mental difficulties (basically all the opposites of what I wrote above) and even tho I would love to light a joint two three days a week I do not want to lose the progress I have made with myself.

Do you guys think smoking a joint will be a setback and get me back to square one again? It probably won't, but you gotta take your cautions you know.

 

first of all, i would have to disagree with your sentiment that weed caused mental difficulties such as not having a job, social skills, or concentration.

this all reeks of a lack of will power and character.

unfortunately weed tend to bring into light those two characterisitics and people with those two characterisitcs tend to blame anything but themselves for their problems.

so, if you continue to blame weed for your problems, i wouldn't smoke that joint.

 

if you are enjoying your quality of life without the weed... you don't need the weed.. simple

 

i agree with vig. you can't blame pot for your lack of interest in your own life.

when you grow up and take responsibility for your actions, maybe then try a joint.

 

if you think you had a marijuana abuse problem (lold) you probably should not smoke the weed and just stop. stop it all.

 

Simply this. Although... most likely these negative aspects you had came indeed from abusing the weed because you smoked too much/often. So if you feel better now but still have the urge to get stoned once a week I guess you should just get stoned once a week. Although it can be addictive for sure at least it doesn't set you off like a nicotine addiction which may get you smoking a pack again after giving in to smoking one cig. In the end abusing a substance is almost always about moderation.

 

I am a heavy pot smoker and I have found that taking a month long break from it helps a lot. Once I start to feel myself feeling a little burnt out I detox for a month. Then when I start smoking again I get soooo ripped it's not even funny. But I do agree with some of the other posters. I have never blamed my problems on pot. I used to, but then I just kind of stepped back from the situation and looked at what was going on in my life and that's when I realized that I am just a lazy ass unmotivated looser that needs to do something for myself. That is when I enrolled in college. I'm going onlne (like I said I'm lazy ), but I'm still working towards my degree and I feel better about myself.

 

Oh there we go...I knew I'd get these kind of responses. Predictable.

I did Not say I blame weed for the psychological effects Ive experienced. I'm saying that ME, in combination with THC, produces these effects for me.

You can be someone who smokes weed everyday and can function fine, or you can be someone like me who smokes weed couple times a week and have his memory, concentration, etc impaired. Everyone's different. And I know for fact that I am not alone at this. Just like not everyone who smokes cigs gets lung cancer but others do.

MayQueen you are a person I'm looking for to answer my question since you've apparently experienced a similar situation. When you smoked after a month (and of course got "ripped" ) did it bring you back to square one? It didn't right?

 

Well as long as I take breaks every once in a while then now it has not set me back. But, once I do start to feel a little "slower" I just know it's time to detox again.

 

lol its just weed. it's not like you're contemplating taking just one more hit of crack

 

If you believe that weed affects you this profoundly then you should not smoke the joint. Stay clean of it for a bit longer. My sense is that the joint would be a significant setback for you... though it may not necessarily be to square one it might break a precedent in your mind.

I consider myself to be a user who needs to keep a close watch on how I use. The joint may not necessarily be a full setback. If you find yourself unduly thinking about lighting up that joint then it tells me you should probably wait a good while longer. The increased energy and ability to focus on the steady job can only be a good thing. I think your attitude toward pot could use some adjustment... if you associate it with stagnant personal growth then it's likely going to affect you that exact way- so until you can see it differently you should probably not use at all.

Maybe in six months you can plan an extended fun physical activity- like a hike... kick that off with a single toke off the joint that you can finish once you've completed the hike. A lot of the "predictable" responses you seem so dismissive of kinda hit the nail on the head... be wary that you may be discarding some truth because you do not want to acknowledge it... that's pretty much how most of us rationalize not facing things we need to change about ourselves. I'm guilty of it from time to time myself

 

A few years ago I was having a similar experience with weed. So I stopped smoking for two years. I realized that I had a lot of internal, emotional work to do before I could start again. I just recently started smoking again and it made all the difference, in fact the other day I was feeling really dark and I smoked a little weed and i had a not so wonderful time. so for me I need to be in a really positive space or my mind goes to hell... That is just my experience. My advice is do some soul searching and get into a place within yourself where you feel safe... I dunno if that helps at all but I do know how you feel

 

Thanks for the good post. I will wait a little longer but you're taking it too far six months

This also makes a lot of sense. Like Bob Marley once said, when you smoke the herb it reveals you to yourself.

Apparently being revealed to yourself isn't always the strongest person you will be revealed to.

 

Not everything is for everyone.

 

it reveals you to yourself. apparently the op was a lazy, unsocial, and unmotivated and the weed opened his/her eyes to it. problem solved. lol.

 

Agreed:2thumbsup:

 

Smoke weed e'ry day

 

or stay clean the rest of your life

 

or smoke it eryday some of the time but not all of the time

 

Poster seriously needs to ask them self why they smoke mj in the first place and from there to find another buzz in life away from the mj and drug circle if they wanna stop completely.
As for the original question no if your still thinking about it after only a month then having a joint is a bad idea cos it will lead to another one.