Quitting weed for a while

Like seriously, i need to stop smoking weed for like at least 4 or 5 months. This shit is crazy. I need to go back to school and kinda get my life back on track. I feel like I'm going way down the wrong path. I know i don't use the drug responsibly. Plus its the people you hang with.

And also, its not the weed itself. I've been exposed to a lot more than weed. There's a lot of problems that come with irresponsible weed usage also, JUST because it is illegal. I've seen cocaine, heroin, i've seen people doing it, etc. etc. that ties in with weed because its illegal. SWIM even started to sell it, but then stopped.

I also need to stop so i can get my dream recall back up, so i can lucid dream again.

It's like when your high, and someone is telling you like "yea i've been to jail, etc. and done this and that" Its like subconsciously you want to be at that level too. My other stoner friend was telling me that, he claimed i always try to act "too hard". But i think its because mainly its illegal, doing something illegal.

I remember i smoked a blunt with my younger cousin, he's about 16. And after we smoke or whatever, i notice he didn't talk a lot, and just listened. I also notice he started saying some things that i had said, certain words in the exact same way i said it. Like he was looking up to me or something.

Yea, don't get me wrong, weed is a great drug. But being that its illegal, and my irresponsible usage, I'm gonna end up getting caught up. Or in fucking jail or something. I graduated high school with an advanced studies diploma. I was smart as shit, but 12th grade was when i really started SMOKING SMOKING and ended up being lazy as shit.

I remember in that 12th grade, i was telling myself. I want to at least do this and that, before i go off to the army or college or something, like just to say i did it. Now i think i realize that shit was childish and irresponsible as hell.

Most of the people i grew up with in my neighborhood, are doing drugs now, going to jail, shooting people. And its crazy cause its not even them its the drugs, i've seen people strung out on ecstasy pills, and robbed someone and shot them but didn't kill them. ANd i know the guy, he isn't built for that. Its those drugs that change your whole mind state. Even alcohol, i get drunk as hell and want to fight all the time.

For some reason, i think if ALL drugs were legal, but controlled, with prescriptions, it would cut down a lot on crime, etc. shit like that.

Because a lot of the time, the people i know that use coke, heroin, pills, just started off with weed and probably got bored of it.

They say weed isn't a gateway drug, Its not. Its just that people abuse the shit out of it, get bored of it and start experimenting with other things. Maybe just for the thrill of it being illegal, or whatever, who knows.

Sorry for ranting, i just needed to get some shit off my chest.

 

Yeah, if your not using responsibly, its a good idea to stop, its really good that you can look at it and say that it is a mistake.

 

Atleast you know when to stop, I lost 5 friends to meth that used to smoke weed literally all day and stay high all the time. It got to be to where they just wouldn't show up to stuff and just smoke weed, then it was coke, then they tried meth. 2 are dead and 3 are on their way. Just saying, don't abuse it, be happy.

 

you should quit for good. fuck a few months. your smart as hell apparently... dont fuck your life up

 

dude im on a break right now too. it actually hasnt been that hard for me. the reason is i got arrested two weeks ago for possession. i havent smoked since. ive got court on monday, and im gonna see what happens there to decide when to start up again. other than the legal consequences i have absolutely no reason to stop. it sucks that it has to be illegal.

 

I am on a break too, you have to what's right for you I think a few months will do you good give you time to clear your lungs and head

 

Dude sorry you can't handle drugs.

But don't think for a minute its the drugs for your problem friends. itskids robbing and shooting not the X.

Yes there is an argument that the illegality increases the criminal behavior simply because they are a criminals already. however, the X is not causing this, its your friends.

BLame the players not the game

 

It is the drugs that causes the behavior, they don't do that shit while their sober, only when their high on that shit, trying to rob to get more money for drugs.

Like i said, the guy was strung out on extacy, he popped them so much he was addicted to them. He abused it.

But if he wouldn't have started using it, he never would have done that. I know the guy i knew him for a long time. And thats some shit, he wouldn't have done while sober.

In a sense its still his own fault, I'm not blaming it entirely on drugs. Shit, i've seen people moderate heroin, and still hold down a job. But if you do those hard drugs, if you don't keep it under control, that shit will bite you in the ass.

I was 2 seconds from trying cocaine one time. I'm also saying, yea if drugs were legal and controlled, that would cut crime down. But it would also shut the drug market down completely, if you could just walk in a store a buy a gram of cocaine.

If you can sell guns out of a store, why not drugs?


Also, i can handle drugs, i can moderate pain pills, i've done it for a while. I'm just going to stop smoking weed for a minute, then start back up but only smoke by myself, on certain days. Like i smoke too much weed, my memory is shot to hell, and i am literally LAZY as shit.

 

Err, well. I think you should probably quit, because thats not a normal reaction people get from smoking weed. I guarantee there are millions of people who smoke more than you and for longer, and they don't get into trouble. If you responsible, the only way you can get in trouble with weed is if your driving it home, and even then, in allot of places the cops will just take it, and fine you. Also before I started smoking pot, I got horrible grades. I remember my 8th grade year I failed nearly every class, and in 9th I failed a few and had to retake them online. In tenth grade I started smoking pot, and I started getting As and Bs for the rest of high school, actually 12th grade I got straight As. Now I'm in college majoring in psychology, and I have had straight As for the first two quarters. And with alcohol, you say it makes people fight, is true sometimes (actually with me, all it does is make me friendly....really friendly) but TONS of people drink, even get wasted, and still don't fight.

 

I don't want to get into an argument about this or anything, but uh... To me that is the definition of a gateway drug.

I'm not saying that if you smoke weed you will for sure go on to "harder" drugs, but MOST of the time when people end up trying drugs, they have tried weed. I don't think I would have ever done E or shrooms if I hadn't tried pot, that's a 100% guarantee for me. I know there's going to be tons of people that say, "Oh, well my friend did shrooms first; my friend tried crack first." Well, no shit, there's always exceptions; but I still stand by the fact that there are gateway drugs, and weed and alcohol are prime examples.

 

Its not the getting in trouble. Its the people that come with smoking weed, like the socializing. I think i should just smoke by myself every now and then.

Like i've been hanging out with the wrong people with smoking weed if you know what i mean.

Its ok though, a few days sober and im getting my mind right right now

 

Weed makes you see past the curtains. If you see truth follow it. If you see that drugs are not best for you then respect your mind. Respect yourself.

 

I haven't smoked in over two weeks now, only because I got arrested two weeks ago and I have to pass drug tests. It wasn't until after I was arrested that I realized how irresponsible I was being with it, and how much it impaired my ability to make decisions. It wasn't anything I could help on my own; I saw nothing wrong with it until after the fact. In a way, I'm glad I got arrested because now I am actually turning my life around and not going down the wrong path. Already my mind is so much clearer just from laying off the pot. I'm not going to say that I'm never going to smoke again because I don't believe it's bad to do it every now and then responsibly. I'm just not going to let it take over my life like it did.

 

Although I agree with you. I would never say it was a bad idea to take a break once in a while. All things in moderation. Good Luck.

 

well said. i got the same kind of thinking after my first acid dose.

 

EXACTLY, thats exactly how i feel.

 

the reason weed has been grouped in as a gateway drug is because it IS the first thing people usually try. But the reason its used first is cuz its the easiest drug to get. Most people that do go on to harder drugs do so because they have the background for it, or a predisposition. D'ya c my point?

 

I see what you're saying but also, like I said I wouldn't have ever tried harder drugs if I had never smoked pot; for example, you start smoking weed and as time goes on you smoke stronger types and more of it. This then leads you to thinking that you can try lower amounts of harder drugs because you can handle higher amounts of less intense drugs. This circle continues as you move on from there.

But who the fuck knows. For me, drugs are all opinion and you have to experience them and the culture for yourself. Teaching and experiencing it is the best way to form ideas about such things.