My time on pot
I first smoked pot when I was around 15 or 16. The first few times it did nothing for me. Then one time a friend and I smoked 4 joints each and completely lost it. I felt like I couldn't control anything I was doing and had no clue what was going on. This was the first time I actually got the 'high' feeling. It scared me so much that I didn't touch it again until I was 18.
I was going to university in September. So I thought I'd try smoking again before I went back to school, to pass the time. I smoked a bit of a joint with some friends at a party, and got the best feeling ever. From that point on, all I wanted to do was smoke up. I started smoking almost every day. Instead of finding things to do, I could just get up in the morning, smoke up, eat, smoke up, eat some more, and sleep. I noticed all my motivation was gone. I didn't even want to go to university anymore. I had major mood swings and fought every day with my mom (who was my best friend). I was losing friends, and the only people I talked to were stoners. I was 19 by this point, and went to university with Honours. I was not interested at all in anything school-related. I dropped out two months into school.
A few months passed of me doing nothing but being stoned. I couldn't even tell if I was stoned anymore. When I'd smoke, it made me feel comfortable. It was a crutch. I knew I needed help. I always thought someone would save me and help me. I didn't know how I lost myself, but I did. I didn't even recognise myself in old pictures.
I've been almost 50 days sober from pot. It's a lifestyle change. It's possible, and the best thing is you get all of your motivation back. I was depressed all the time and didn't know why. I was miserable and depended on everyone else but myself. Some people can do it in moderation, but some of us can't. Until you accept that you have a problem, you will be smoking yourself to severe health problems and chronic depression. In the long run, it's worth doing the hard work to get back to being sober then taking the easy way out and smoking away the rest of your life.
I was going to university in September. So I thought I'd try smoking again before I went back to school, to pass the time. I smoked a bit of a joint with some friends at a party, and got the best feeling ever. From that point on, all I wanted to do was smoke up. I started smoking almost every day. Instead of finding things to do, I could just get up in the morning, smoke up, eat, smoke up, eat some more, and sleep. I noticed all my motivation was gone. I didn't even want to go to university anymore. I had major mood swings and fought every day with my mom (who was my best friend). I was losing friends, and the only people I talked to were stoners. I was 19 by this point, and went to university with Honours. I was not interested at all in anything school-related. I dropped out two months into school.
A few months passed of me doing nothing but being stoned. I couldn't even tell if I was stoned anymore. When I'd smoke, it made me feel comfortable. It was a crutch. I knew I needed help. I always thought someone would save me and help me. I didn't know how I lost myself, but I did. I didn't even recognise myself in old pictures.
I've been almost 50 days sober from pot. It's a lifestyle change. It's possible, and the best thing is you get all of your motivation back. I was depressed all the time and didn't know why. I was miserable and depended on everyone else but myself. Some people can do it in moderation, but some of us can't. Until you accept that you have a problem, you will be smoking yourself to severe health problems and chronic depression. In the long run, it's worth doing the hard work to get back to being sober then taking the easy way out and smoking away the rest of your life.
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well done for showing others that it is possible to overcome marijuana addiction as it's a common fallacy that its hard to give up and it can't be done. however stories like this offer hope to marijuana users who think there's no hope for them.
i like to get high but im not addicted yo!!
That is awesome you got your motivation back. A lot of people think pot is not addictive. It isn't for some, but when it is it creates so many problems. Congrats on staying away from it. Hope things keep getting better and better. Staying away is such an easier lifestyle.
Love getting high, but you should never allow it to control you to such an extreme point.
its great that you shared it with everyone and learnt that it does take over in the long run but its great that you gave up
that's sad
WELL DONE !!!!!!!!!
Easy for someone who's only smoked for a couple of months, some of us have smoked like that for years
I hate this. These are all points to consider but they're all just as arguable with the other big 2, alcohol & tobacco. Yes tobacco is addictive too, actually WAY more. Alcohol is proven to be WAY more addictive also. We can all say drug use it wrong but it's always going to be part of our life. Make weed legal and manage it like the other 2.
Do you really think we are succesfully managing alcohol and tobacco use? more people die from these 2 drugs than any of the other causes of death combined. Making weed legal will not do anything to help it be 'managed'. It's not a competition, this site is purely letting people know there are some possible negative effects of smoking pot. Like all drugs, its about moderation, but some people are not able to use in moderation, we are all wired differently. Chronic pot use has numerous negative effects from psychosis at one end of the spectrum to apathy, paranoia and avoiding real life at the other.
this drug IS highly addictive and causes so much turmoil to people, so much to those closely around the person using!!
What about the flip-side...make tobacco and alcohol illegal? but ohh thats right there is a vested interest there right? So you can talk all you want about weed being addictive and harmful but if you go out and get drunk and smoke a pack of cigarettes thats okay by the law right?
I am a 23 year old woman who has succesfully completed courses in business management and accounting and graduated with honours at the same time. i have also been addicted to weed since i was 15 and have to say its the individual who holds the power over state off mind. wheres their life going to take them if someone isnt going anywhere in life. weed is a good excuse for all of those people. their families blame the person not the drug.
i smoked weed every day for a long time, it nearly destroyed me. didnt see it coming for a while, but then eventually it hit. was not fun anymore...made me take a good hard look at myself. i have been sober now for only 2 months. the first month was out of control...the depression was crazy. at times i wondered if my mind would ever stop. the last couple of weeks i have improved immensely, and look back now and laugh. i do believe i am gonna have long term effects. my mind does go into some weird tangents every now and then but just thinking of how close i was to destruction. i am glad i am off it and the smell of it makes me sick. My friends still lounge around stoned and think its cool. fuck its pathetic. weed is a time process...once you live through a bit of it, you eventually grow up and realise what a disgusting thing it is.
I am the sister of someone who smoked this stuff and have seen what it has done. My brother is highly intelligent, and smoking this stuff throughout high school meant he had no motivation and bombed out in year 12. The first year of his uni course he also was mediocre. He then developed paranoia and believed that he was losing the plot. It took several months for him to get back on track. Once good he experimented again and ended up back to square one. Give up this crap to all who are reading if you want a life and not a place where you think you are losing it. It takes over your life and your mind like nothing else. I will never touch the stuff.
IDK what you guys are smoking in America or wherever you are, whether it's laced with a hint of coke, I've NEVER known this to happen to anyone. I'm friends with like 30 stoners and they're all fine. some of them do it every day, some do it every 3 days. none of them just want to be high every second of every year so to speak -.-
Well done for giving it up. I don't think I'd start in the first place though.