I always thought maybe I was one of those people who shouldn't drive stoned

I was right. :< I went to pick up some weed the other day and drove home slightly buzzed and was fine, so when I went to pick up some more after work yesterday I smoked 3 bowls with my dealer and his girlfriend (so much fun). There were three of us and the bowls were cashed pretty quickly, I didn't get a whole lot of hits out of each, so I didn't think 3 would be too many. When I got up to leave I could tell I was stoned, but not so much that I was swaying, or tingly or heady. I felt like I had clarity, so I thought I was fine. I get in my car and start to drive, still feeling fine and I thought, this is great, I'm alright. So I take a left onto Decatur, which is a divided highway and I stay in what I think was the far left lane to take another left to get on Walker's Chapel so I can get on the interstate. I see one set of lights, and it's green but as I get closer they turn yellow so I slow down to stop. Well then the road in front of me looked really strange, like a massive bump. Only when I was right on top of it did I realize it was the fucking median. I'm still confused about this, I don't know how I ended up directly facing the median and driving right up on it. So I quickly get into the turn lane and then it hits me that I'm on the wrong side of the road, the lane I'm in is for the opposite flow of traffic, so I just cross the street and stop in a Hardee's parking lot. (This was at 11:30 so thankfully there wasn't a single other car on the road.) I freak out. I had just gotten pulled over for accidentally running a red light just a few days before, so every time I've driven since then I keep thinking I'm going to get pulled over again. I look around, hoping to God no cop had seen what I just did, because if he had he'd have pulled me over for reckless driving, asked if I was intoxicated, and perhaps felt just cause to search my car and find the weed in my purse. I had stupidly put it in the same compartment as my driver's license so I would've exposed it getting my license out. But there was no cop. I couldn't believe no one had seen. So I pull out of the parking lot onto Walker's Chapel. I'm supposed to already be home mind you, so I was going to take the interstate home even though I never do at night. I always go to work interstate, and take either Decatur or Main street home because I like back roads, but I was in a hurry. I was also still very nervous so when I approach the on ramp I think, I should head towards Birmingham, which is the second ramp. So I take the second ramp and then I realize I was wrong. I've never taken the wrong ramp before, but here I am going towards Birmingham on a part of the interstate I've never driven on at night, stoned. But I calm down and follow the signs and get back off at Walker's Chapel again. As I'm coming off the interstate I take a left to go back towards where I'd just come from, and after I took the turn I see the wrong way sign. Again, thankfully no cars. I immediately turn completely around in the road and take the only other route I see and hope it's the right one. It is, and thankfully again there was no cop. So I get on the right ramp to come home, relieved to finally be on familiar ground, only it wasn't all that familiar. I was still nervous, but I kept calm and told myself I was going the right way and I got home. Maria wanted to go to Walmart when I got in and I was like, no. I'm not going out again.

I feel like such an irresponsible fuck. This is the worst I've ever driven and the stupidest, most dangerous thing I've ever done. I could've gone to jail for possession had I gotten pulled over. I don't think I could've bullshitted my way out of that. I could've gotten in a wreck too.
So yeah, I feel like shit today.

 

sounds like some really good weed

marijuana affects everyone differnetly, it is stronger for some people than others. It seems to affect me quite strongly, i can't drive stoned either, while my cousin has no problems with it.

 

i didn't read the whole thing...but that sounds pretty fucked upfrom what i read lol

but don't feel like shit just be glad nothing happened and don't do it again

 

yeah... its possible to drive stoned, many can do it safley, but its still a bad idea.

many people become slower and more cautious, but impaired is impaired.

btw, i know how you feel right now. This summer i took my car off the road cuz i tried doing a frontwheel powerslide around a corner (flick style). The car got a nice drift and spinout, but refused to line up with the road and swerved back a forth 2-3 times before sideswiping about 6 trees and getting stuck the the edge of a 45 degree, 4 foot embankment.

there were 2 others in the car, and we were all sober. after cracking a beer open, we met another friend who was driving by and we went to get a 4th friend to tow us out.

luckily it was a VERY rural road, so thered probly be no cop involvement for anothewr 12 hours easily. after about an hour, we finally pushed it down the embankment (onto another trail) using my friends car (bumper to bumper)

now i can look at my car, with the dented side panels, heavily cracked driver mirror, and the brass plates holding said mirror to the car (the trees broke it off)

looking back, had the trees not been there we likely wouldve rolled the embankment and been upside down 20 feet to the side. I have since realised not to play around in cars unless on a private course or an empty parkinglot. (i enjoy doing handbrake 180s)

morale of the story: you fucked up. you know you fucked up. realise that you taught yourself something through it. Look back and laugh at yourself

i cannot stress the forth step enough. you can feel shitty all your life because of it, or you can laugh at how shit-faced you must have been. (thats why we broke out the beer and started drinking after my crash-why not? )

 

I agree with you. laughing at yourself relieves stress and guilt. and it is pretty funny, you have to admit. you drove on the median and didn't even realize it, haha

 

I pulled into the wrong lane once because there were people crossing the road and they were taking way too long. I was high and mowin down on a pita with one hand, other hand on the wheel. I realised what I had done as soon as I saw an arrow pointing the opposite way i was travelling. I quickly got back onto the proper side of the road....was late at night so no one but those people saw it but i stll scared myself.

 

Next time put spaces and make paragraphs.. its hard to read it like that i had to paste it into word and make the font bigger lol

 

Aha, that's fucked..

This summer there was a shitload of construction going on around my house and there was this one road that was temporary and when you went on it you saw the arrows pointing the opposite way.. ah the first few times really had me worried

 

aww! that's so scary.
yeah some people shouldn't drive when they're high.. like my best friend
she runs redlights, drives slow, drives fast, and just drives insane haha

 

Don't feel too bad, half the people on the road can't drive sober.

 

that right there is the truth and nothing else

 

My friends did this, we were in traffic on one side of the intersection and I was in the back of the truck's bed smoking a joint and I hear my friend say, "Fuck this." and he accelerates. Three sidewalks, eight lanes of traffic, two medians, one lawn and a curb later we came to a stop at the gas station, with me hanging on still smoking the joint, I just passed it through his back window to him. Looking back, we got really really lucky. The girls that were with us were tramatized... He's done stupid shit like this before so I was used to it but the girls inside weren't.

 

My girlfriend always drives drunk.

 

in that situation, and if you had been spotted by the oinkers, what i would have done was : get out of the car and start wretching, you got dizzy, strange lights started flickering, you're feeling tired, need to sit down... people are having heart attacks and seizures behind the wheel all the time!

 

i got woke up out of bed in the middle of winter at 3AM cuz of an idiot nieghbor that did the same thing.just got his licinse,drinking,and smoking.

he nailed a couple trees and a telephone pole.told me and hid mother he was doin 20MPH.the pole was CRACKED.the trees had huge chunks of bark missing and the front right wheel almost tore off.back end of the car pushed over to the passengers side a good 6 inches.he hit the pole and spun into a tree,spun off that tree into a couple more trees.im good at what i do with my truck but it still took me an hour and a half to get this car out of the woods and up the embankment.this thing was stuck in there so good that the was pulling my truck backwards to it.i had to chain my truck to a tree to finally get it out.the whole time im hopeing the cops dont show up.