@Pat McDonald 486075 wrote:
let’s see who has an easier time migrating to a drug and party free lifestyle
(to share views, not to take sides or make a personal attack, but this seems a good starting point…)
in my experience of habit forming drugs, weed seems to be one of the strongest, who knows why, but there’s something about it that just makes the user want to do it all the time. it becomes an integrated part of the person and they will smoke it consistently, uphold various ideologies about how its the pinnacle of drug use, but yet not have an understanding or even a memory of what sort of person they’d be if they weren’t smoking it. people i know claimed that when they dont smoke they are the same person and it doesn’t affect them, they say they just like to smoke… but i know that for me when i come out of a smoky phase i have much more life in me; i have more energy, more love, more time for other people and myself and when i look backwards, the stoner lifestyle is (for me) a life sapping fug. imo weed is something that commonly has a strong grip on the user. it is like lucifer in that the user convinces him/herself that they are calling the shots and allows it to take over their life, warping their personality and their life choices. they take their weed to bed and roll around with it naked, it becomes part of their soul, their ears stop working and no-one can help them but themselves… and they can’t help themselves because they think that this lifestyle is a decision that they made. this isn’t black and white it seems; there are plenty of people who live it up and are highly productive stoners; aphex twin for example, and there are plenty of stoners who just like getting stoned without worship.. but i feel that for many people it is a burden that if they could just step outside themselves or just have a good break from weed they would realise what it does.
imo habit is the key to the relative damage of the user. many drugs would be far more damaging than weed if taken consistently, but if they are used recreationally do not have such a grip on the user. i find weed has a strange thing that its quite buzzy and irritating when used occasionally, its only once you get into it that you really get the chilled vibe and thats where fun becomes habit.
@Pat McDonald 486075 wrote:
me with the ongoing ganja love affair, or you with the ongoing chemical mix.
this has been a topic of debate with my friends (some time ago now): recreational use of synthetic chems/class a’s vs habitual use of mary jane. weed smokers often seem to take the stance that natural=safer/healthier/wiser and look down on clubbers/trippers whereas clubbers/trippers may look down at stoners for seeming to be permanently stoned and in denial about their lifestyle choices. i would point out (i don’t want to encourage him :p but…) as p0ly did that THC is a chem just like any other. so ok, it is naturally occurring, and ok, it was given to us personally by god, but its still a chemical and like any other chem will have negative effects if used all the time (especially if its skunk)
btw if you havent guessed, i used to be a big stoner, the type person i was describing was me for some time… but i started to fuck up and knew change was required… now i just have my ‘moments,’ but only due to my past. im slowly but steadily weeding it out of my life. there are things i like about weed, but overall its not a ‘drug’ for me. i do take relatively unknown substances sometimes so i’ll probably be laughing on the other side of my face one day, but i feel like its better cos im one of those that i can’t recreationally toke, weed is my nemesis and i know that to-day i feel better not being stoned.
edit: wonders if chem comedown is affecting my post :p
