Has weed changed and is no longer enjoyable? please read this post then

ok I copy and pasted my response from this old thread i linked below but basically if weed is no longer enjoyable for you then you might find this post very interesting.


http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=287776

I used to think weed was the greatest. I had a great time smoking with friends and was super social and outgoing. I used to be so clear headed and calm and felt great.

Then after smoking every day for like 2 years a lot of things changed. My old friend group fell apart and a lot of drama started happening. Also this is when weed first started affecting me differently. Like it would zone me out and me my mind really clouded and I would just feel stupid and stoned instead of clear minded and happy feeling like I used to. like now I would get stoned instead of high.

Also I started noticing just like you said that I would be awkward and less social when I smoked. and yes just like you I started to find that I enjoyed smoking more when I was alone. So yeah I started smoking by myself more and doing it a lot.

I found that if I was around people I no longer enjoyed kicking it. I like would want to play cards, or play sports, or video games, like you know just having something to focus on otherwise I would just feel like my stoned mind would vegetate because I was not social.

Eventually after smoking it so long for another year or so everyday I started getting that weird feeling I got when stoned around people even when i was sober. It used to only happen when I was stoned and I would socialize and be clear headed and fine when sober. Now when sober I was all stoned too. It almost seemed like since I smoked to much my brain turned almost perma stoned somewhat.

So at this point I would smoke at random. I would go like 10 days without weed light up then go 17 days light up go 4 days light up go 7 days light up go 28 days light up then 20 then even once went 40.

Then eventually I was like you know what I just need to quit this crap. It is not the same as it used to be and it is affecting me negatively. So I quit for 5 months without taking a single hit.

Then I got a headache one night and could not sleep and just did not feel good. and I remembered at 5 months ago when I quit that I had weed in my room and I just put in my closet and said I will keep it around just in case I need it for medical use.

So like I badly was ready to smoke this weed and take away my headache. I remember every hit was so great as I felt the high slowly lift the pain away and put me into a wonderful relaxing euphoria. Also after that long tolerance break I got super high. I felt like I was floating in my chair in my room haha. I remember laying down to go to sleep and it felt so good and I was super happy and thinking all these positive thoughts. and it got me HIGH not stoned !!!!!!!! it gave me the good effect this time.

I still decided not to continue smoking as I consider something of my past. but I probaly will still do it every once in while at the right moments. I will allow it to keep it's full magical ability. I have found now that I must respect the plant. I can't just go and smoke at some house with people and get messed up and feel good. weed for me is not like other drugs. I cannot just smoke and feel good. I have a new understanding of how it works now. I have to smoke under the right circumstances. I don't know it is hard to explain. but when I first started I never had to do this.

so yeah weed can still be super enjoyable still for me I just got to smoke at the right times.

 

i had exactly the same thing. smoked from 16-18, first two years gettin high was awesome, really enjoyed it, good times with mates etc

round 18 it just became horrible, started gettin intensely paranoid every time i smoked, and just feeling really uncomfortable and awkward where i used to feel relaxed and happy. really bad social anxiety at parties and shit when i just wanted to hang out with new people, i was way too much in my own head. things came to a head when i was travelling, met up with some friends in a bar, drinking and gettin ready to go out to clubs and stuff, went into the loo, had a few tokes on a joint someone was passin around. pretty much instantly went from feeling awesome and revved up for the night to feeling uncomfortable, anxious and tired. it was like a mild MD comedown, had to make my excuses and go home. thats when i figured enough was enough, i was at best going through the motions with my stoner mates, but it was makin me feel shitty, so i hit it on the head after that.

really envious of people who can toke up and have a great time on it, wish i still could.

 

like any other psychoactive drug out there... it effects each individual differently.... i've been smoking for 15 years... been smoking heavy for at least the past 5 years or so.... meaning up to an oz a month.... and i still enjoy getting high and it helps me relax when im stressed.. love it.. and would probably off myself if i couldn't have it... it really helps me deal with other issues that i'd rather not go into

 

I've never had anything like whats been described in here, besides mild paranoia.. but that was only when me and my mate first started smoking, before we had a house to do it, so we were always in a park or somewhere in public..

I've now been smoking almost everyday for about a year and a half I'd say and if anything, it's improved my social life.. before I smoked I was like everyone else, a sheep among all the other sheep.. but when I smoked it freed my mind, I was no longer held back by what society expected of me.. and look at me now, bearded, longer hair, no shoes.. At parties I'm sociable, friendly, always the guy talking..

I love weed, and I don't think I'll stop anytime soon.. too bad about all that though man, hope it gets better

 

wow wait i would love to hear more im 17 now and im totally feeling the EXACT same way and thought i was completely insane

 

Yup, over time there is definitely a negative impact for some people who smoke a lot. I started smoking heavily when I was 15 (I will be 31 next month), and it wasn't long before I became introverted and withdrawn, as well as paranoid (hence the reason I became introverted and withdrawn). At the same time it definitely opened my mind and changed my perceptions about things. In fact, it made me realize that a lot of the things marijuana has been blamed on holding people back from is all just bullshit anyway. Weed has made me realize that life is made for living, and not all the other shit people gets ulcers over. What is seen as negative might not really be negative in the purest sense. Reality is harsh, and marijuana opens you up to the truth and the realization that the daily grind is a farce.