Psychedelic Obsession/Addiction/Over Emphasis in Life

Meh, not such a bad thing IMO, as a matter of fact, if you look at it from a commercial standpoint, because you're a PhD knowledgable in the arena of sikes in such the way that you are, you could likely one day soon get a promising career researching legitimately somewhere like Rice or Purdue, consult for film in Hollywood all while signing some book deal for Penguin or Simon & Schuster in NYC. You could quite literally make bank off of your obsession, your obsession I'd consider an exception to the rule because it's working in your favor.

I mean, a guy who knows all there is to know about yeast under the sun is really a hop, skip, and jump away from knowing all about molds and fungi. Even if you chose a clandestine route in life, you could take your knowledge, hone it in on ergot, and you know the rest from there

 

Oh no its not a matter of ignorance. I know its terrible for me, but that is a risk I am willing to take. The level plain it brings me to is well worth it, in my personal opinion. But that's just it.

Taking it away once you feel it negatively effecting you is a responsibility of any drug user. I know my limits, and I know my bodily tolerance. Both physical and mental. Once it starts to negatively effect my lungs, I'll move on to eating it. Like I said in the previous post.

Completely worth it.

 

I didn't say you were ignorant i mean a lot of people if someone says something negative about Weed they will completely deny it to be truth.

 

I agree, it seems like there's two extreme opinions out there on weed, the mainstream "It's a horrible drug!" opinion and the stoner "its medicine from god maaaaaaaan" opinion. The truth is that it's incredibly useful for medicine and industry but it also carries significant psychological risks with it. And there are LOTS of people who are addicted to marijuana. I consider myself one of them. But I love it and continue doing it, because right now the pros outweigh the cons, I think.

I'm obsessed with psychedelics too I hope I can work in that direction.

 

The only two negative things about weed are.. Its a carcinogenic (which puts tar in your lungs) and its mentally dependable. People just crave an escape. Some people cant afford vacations so they do the next best thing. Buy a bag of pot, stink up the room and get over whatever it is that troubles them.

If smoking pot is the cure for jealousy, everyone should just smoke a joint and calm down. It would do people good.

 

Actually there's some indication that the anti-cancer properties of cannabis override the damage caused by smoking it.

And it's long been known in the medical community, but sadly not in the stoner community, that smoking pot through a water filter (like a bong or bubbler) removes *over 90% of the carcinogens* found in the smoke. Vaporizing it removes even more.

 

Always figured bongs were worse, spose depends how many times you completely fill your body with smoke like that.

When i left the police station I asked the first person who wasn't an officer for a cigarette. These chavvy types outside were like, NAW FUCK OFF, then their mum looked am me n gave me it. Just staggered home with a superkind straight hangin out my gob, was kinda funny lol.

 

I find weed has unlocked some nasty nasty paranoia in many of my friends. Even i've felt horrible anxiety related to it, i can't smoke the stuff anymore as it sends me into a horrible paranoia high!

 

Since this thread went on about weed I'll throw in my nickle...

I've mentioned before around here that I swore off all drugs including alcohol for 20+ yrs, all except caffeine and nicotine. The biggest reason was because of my addiction to weed. My first time smoking was at 13, by the time I was 17 or so I was smoking daily, all day. Until I was in my mid 20's smoking weed was like breathing for me. I usually smoked before I even got out of bed or while taking a morning leak, and went till I crashed, often with lots of alcohol if I wasn't working. What wound up happening was that I got a slow motion epiphany. I was wasting away my years, never finishing anything I started, still working jobs I mostly didn't like just to fund my weed, deriving less and less enjoyment out of anything in life. And I was stuck in a rut.
Don't anyone take this the wrong way, this was my experience and isn't a lecture. I've never been anti-weed, quite the opposite I find it much more desirable to have weed circulating in society than alcohol for example.
When I quit all that stuff, it took months to get out from under it's grasp but when I did I finally had the motivation to learn a better skill ( I had been in printing on and off which I grew to dislike) and went back to school and earned some credentials.
It was mostly a combination of my youthful age, and the sheer quantity of weed I smoked on a daily basis, but it held me back bigtime from accomplishing things and having something like the kind of life I wanted. The best thing I ever did for myself was take a very long break from altered states. Once again, this is only me.
That said, it would be nice if the silly prohibition of weed was lifted entirely, and treated somewhat like tobacco in that I don't think younger people who's brains aren't finished with adolescent development should have access (but they always will) and people can be free to use it recreationally as well as the few cases where it helps medically. Not to mention all the really great industrial uses.

 

I always have good feelings about you, SB. I read a post like this one and it's ...
Ring - there's the truth
Ring - there's the truth
Ring - there's the truth

"Majorly disappointed, yes, but ..." Hard to say it any better than that.

 

OP, all I see is a whole lotta doubt.

 

Just chill out. Enjoy it while you have it, have a break for a while and come back when you've had a bit of a 'non chemical trip' (life lol)... I admit I have become very interested in the subject of psychedelics, and like a lot of people on here, am a habitual weed smoker. Its all about balance IMHO, and if you can't balance your life - the things that pay the rent, put food on the table etc, then the first thing that needs to go is... You guessed it! the drugs. Real life is more important. YOU are in control, not the other way around. Its important to have varied interests, things that don't revolve around drugs, and then the things that do are more meaningful.

 

As for the PhDs, MDs, and others involved in learning about and using psychedelic drugs - I've met and talked (at length in some cases) with some. They tend to be sincere in their work, which you'll have to agree, is work that's led to relieving psychological, spiritual, and physical pain. And the potentials!