Aslo my anxiety levels have hit the roof since giving up.
Strange, thats what actually made me give up in the first place.
Yeah same. Started to get far too para on it.
Ah right. Was the same with me, all health related paranoia for about 3 months, genuinly thought I was going to die or have a stroke. Actually I remember writing something on the "(something to do with)...ailments" thread on here during that period.
Eventually went to the doctors after quitting for over a month, both fags and buds. Still had anxiety and paranoia about my physical symptoms did a few tests said everything was fine and all the anxiety or physical issues just stopped completely.
Needless to say I'm back blazing again and once again on the slippery slope...
Oh well
Similar thing to me with the Doctors thing, had a serious illness when i was younger and kept getting anxious it was coming back. After a few tests i was fine again.
Think i may just start smoking again to be honest.
Stopped smoking a year and a half ago, got back on it in the last week....nothing else to do though, and im not a fiend like i used to be which is good i guess.
Aslo my anxiety levels have hit the roof since giving up.
Strange, thats what actually made me give up in the first place.
Yeah same. Started to get far too para on it.
Ah right. Was the same with me, all health related paranoia for about 3 months, genuinly thought I was going to die or have a stroke. Actually I remember writing something on the "(something to do with)...ailments" thread on here during that period.
Eventually went to the doctors after quitting for over a month, both fags and buds. Still had anxiety and paranoia about my physical symptoms did a few tests said everything was fine and all the anxiety or physical issues just stopped completely.
Needless to say I'm back blazing again and once again on the slippery slope...
nah in all seriousness, i am an addict. i can give up for a set amount of time, if i know i am gonna come back to it. its a bit like prettyboy was saying about the day thing. i dont smoke during the day so my day is actually spent looking forward to a zoot in the evening, its sort of the carrot to get me through a day at work. if i dont have that there i get moody as fuck and become very short with people, i dont even have to actually smoke, just knowing its there for me later that evening is like a mood security blanket.
i need to stop, but its not really a problem, until i have a spliff and over analyse it.
Basically as long as your best friend isn't a bong and you have left the house to do something other than buy skins in the last 3 months you are fine.
When i was 16/17 my bong and i got real aquainted. King L's on my way to school. Always hash, always dirty. Coincidentally this is the same time i fell out of the education system. I used to have the iron lung and would rip ludicrously large hits. I recenly bought a bong for a trip down memory lane, after 2 hits and much spluttering i decided that those days were long gone.
I am now the quintessential discerning weed smoking young professional.
nah in all seriousness, i am an addict. i can give up for a set amount of time, if i know i am gonna come back to it. its a bit like prettyboy was saying about the day thing. i dont smoke during the day so my day is actually spent looking forward to a zoot in the evening, its sort of the carrot to get me through a day at work. if i dont have that there i get moody as fuck and become very short with people, i dont even have to actually smoke, just knowing its there for me later that evening is like a mood security blanket.
i need to stop, but its not really a problem, until i have a spliff and over analyse it.
this is a very emotional zinty post.
I'm the same. I can take it or leave it but i'd much, much rather take it. I've quit for periods, and it's only the fact that i know i will DEFINITELY have a joint on whatever day that gets me through. Once or twice a week i have a day off, just so i remember what it's like not to wake up retarded. I know i'd have more motivation and i'd toss it off less if i smoked less, but i also know i'd be less happy. I don't enjoy being some kind of super productive machine, i'd rather watch my life go up in smoke. When i get a lot of pressure from the lass not to smoke, i start wondering if i should. Then i have a joint and remember exactly why i should. Life aint about chasing the fucking corporate carrot and the paycheque, it's about the wind in the trees.
nah in all seriousness, i am an addict. i can give up for a set amount of time, if i know i am gonna come back to it. its a bit like prettyboy was saying about the day thing. i dont smoke during the day so my day is actually spent looking forward to a zoot in the evening, its sort of the carrot to get me through a day at work. if i dont have that there i get moody as fuck and become very short with people, i dont even have to actually smoke, just knowing its there for me later that evening is like a mood security blanket.
i need to stop, but its not really a problem, until i have a spliff and over analyse it.
this is a very emotional zinty post.
I'm the same. I can take it or leave it but i'd much, much rather take it. I've quit for periods, and it's only the fact that i know i will DEFINITELY have a joint on whatever day that gets me through. Once or twice a week i have a day off, just so i remember what it's like not to wake up retarded. I know i'd have more motivation and i'd toss it off less if i smoked less, but i also know i'd be less happy. I don't enjoy being some kind of super productive machine, i'd rather watch my life go up in smoke. When i get a lot of pressure from the lass not to smoke, i start wondering if i should. Then i have a joint and remember exactly why i should. Life aint about chasing the fucking corporate carrot and the paycheque, it's about the wind in the trees.
Soon realise that the only time you saw certain mates was when you were blazing.
yeah this is definitely true since i barely smoke...instead of bi-weekly blazes/pick-ups etc i now have to make a real effort to see a few of my so called best friends regularly, which is kinda sad when you think about it
I quit for a year around 2005. I now smoke every day again. I am thoroughly addicted even though most week days i just have 1 small rizla size joint at around 9pm. When my girlfriend asks me to take a day off i really, really struggle and eventually i'm acting so arsy she practically starts skinning up for me. The fact i'm not going to have a joint affects my whole day even though i don't smoke until night time.
Obviously i have to get my need for weed under control but i can't see myself giving up any time soon. I just enjoy it far too much. I barely drink and am otherwise very healthy. Would help my cardio if i could knock it on the head for a bit though.
In an ideal world i would just be a weekend smoker (plus a zoot during mid-week football).
thats real talk.
i get pissed off all day if i know im not gonna have my home time spliff.. the the phone calles start at about 11am to sort summin out for half five!!!!
nah in all seriousness, i am an addict. i can give up for a set amount of time, if i know i am gonna come back to it. its a bit like prettyboy was saying about the day thing. i dont smoke during the day so my day is actually spent looking forward to a zoot in the evening, its sort of the carrot to get me through a day at work. if i dont have that there i get moody as fuck and become very short with people, i dont even have to actually smoke, just knowing its there for me later that evening is like a mood security blanket.
i need to stop, but its not really a problem, until i have a spliff and over analyse it.
this is a very emotional zinty post.
I'm the same. I can take it or leave it but i'd much, much rather take it. I've quit for periods, and it's only the fact that i know i will DEFINITELY have a joint on whatever day that gets me through. Once or twice a week i have a day off, just so i remember what it's like not to wake up retarded. I know i'd have more motivation and i'd toss it off less if i smoked less, but i also know i'd be less happy. I don't enjoy being some kind of super productive machine, i'd rather watch my life go up in smoke. When i get a lot of pressure from the lass not to smoke, i start wondering if i should. Then i have a joint and remember exactly why i should. Life aint about chasing the fucking corporate carrot and the paycheque, it's about the wind in the trees.
lol you tell your self that you stinking hippy
to be honest i was very career driven when i was younger, knew what i wanted from life and thought that a career and the resulting income would make me happier. now i think going and living at the eco camp/village in Brentford and smoking my days away being as self sufficiant as possible would make me happier than any career and material wealth.
Yes it does. But i know that if i gave in to temptation, it wouldn't be too long until i was back to my old fruited-out self. Then back onto the marching powder and then waltz into oblivion.
I smoked for about 5 years and just got bored of it. Not tempted in the slightest to start again. I agree it smells nice, but so does shower gel and flowers.
IMO it made me a mong for what should have been the time when I was out doing stuff and chasing skirt.
but gave up smoking about 4 years ago.. it got boring doing the same old shit.. had no problem stopping because i was buying loads more vinyl when i fucked it off
to be honest i was very career driven when i was younger, knew what i wanted from life and thought that a career and the resulting income would make me happier. now i think going and living at the eco camp/village in Brentford and smoking my days away being as self sufficiant as possible would make me happier than any career and material wealth.
i just like washing too much.
That might has less to do with you being a stoner and just growing up.
I swear as you get older you realise that striving for material items and 'success' is just futile and you opt for acheiving more 'zen' like activities and goals
smoked constantly from the age of 16 onwards. Been gradually cutting down over the last year - buying a pipe was the best thing i ever did - went from smoking 8th - 1/4 a week to an 8th every 2 weeks like nosebag said. made me feel less retarded in mornings - but was still a pain. Got to the point now where i dont buy it reguarly anymore - wont buy it for a few weeks then pick up a tens or something.
Never made me that paranoid - just makes me fucking lazy. Only really gonna smoke it rarely or with/after class a's now.
definately one of the drugs that does fuck you up - but has a stigma around it like its fine as its 'just a plant' or whatever
to be honest i was very career driven when i was younger, knew what i wanted from life and thought that a career and the resulting income would make me happier. now i think going and living at the eco camp/village in Brentford and smoking my days away being as self sufficiant as possible would make me happier than any career and material wealth.
i just like washing too much.
That might has less to do with you being a stoner and just growing up.
I swear as you get older you realise that striving for material items and 'success' is just futile and you opt for acheiving more 'zen' like activities and goals
yeah i agree 100%, im not putting that down to me being a stoner and therefore wanting a hippy lifestyle etc. its just i have learnt over the years that life is short and you may as well enjoy every moment of it, in whatever way makes you happy. dont get me wrong im sure there are people out there who are happy striving to move up the coporate ladder etc but i cant help but think they have been conditioned, like i was from an early age, that good school, good uni, good job, nice family (then help them repeat the cycle) is what happiness is (the middleclass ideal i suppose). i cant help but feel now there is more to life than that and in fact the 'ideal' is far from ideal for emotional and personal well being.
to be honest i was very career driven when i was younger, knew what i wanted from life and thought that a career and the resulting income would make me happier. now i think going and living at the eco camp/village in Brentford and smoking my days away being as self sufficiant as possible would make me happier than any career and material wealth.
i just like washing too much.
That might has less to do with you being a stoner and just growing up.
I swear as you get older you realise that striving for material items and 'success' is just futile and you opt for acheiving more 'zen' like activities and goals
yeah i agree 100%, im not putting that down to me being a stoner and therefore wanting a hippy lifestyle etc. its just i have learnt over the years that life is short and you may as well enjoy every moment of it, in whatever way makes you happy. dont get me wrong im sure there are people out there who are happy striving to move up the coporate ladder etc but i cant help but think they have been conditioned, like i was from an early age, that good school, good uni, good job, nice family (then help them repeat the cycle) is what happiness is (the middleclass ideal i suppose). i cant help but feel now there is more to life than that and in fact the 'ideal' is far from ideal for emotional and personal well being.
agree with all of this - probably the only good thing to come out of me being a wreckhead for a good few years at an early age - avoided a midlife crisis nicely by getting my crisis out of the way at 18/20
after years of hoping that maybe i could just cut down instead of quitting completely it's clear i just don't have it in me :( haven't blazed since tuesday so fingers crossed it might actually work this time. worst is your nose seems to get a lot more sensitive to it once you've stopped. was in a club on wednesday and everyone seemed to have peng, had to go home early cos it was doing my head in too much lol.
Definitely. Just catchin a wiff of it as I walk down the street has me scanning every person in my field of vision to see if they are smokin a zoot, or I'm just imaginin it... Don't really know why, but just need to confirm it to myself that someone else really is enjoyin a smoke...
Have never managed to properly give it up, have tried to and it's lasted for a few weeks, never more than about a month though... Like Zint was sayin, used to fuckin love that post work smoke, and was an irretable little fuck if I didn't get at least a few tokes after work. Then there's the whole issue about not being able to get to sleep properly with out the good night spliff...
Nowdays just tend to enjoy a nice smoke on the weekends and if I'm doin class A's.... hmmmm nice...
to be honest i was very career driven when i was younger, knew what i wanted from life and thought that a career and the resulting income would make me happier. now i think going and living at the eco camp/village in Brentford and smoking my days away being as self sufficiant as possible would make me happier than any career and material wealth.
i just like washing too much.
That might has less to do with you being a stoner and just growing up.
I swear as you get older you realise that striving for material items and 'success' is just futile and you opt for acheiving more 'zen' like activities and goals
yeah i agree 100%, im not putting that down to me being a stoner and therefore wanting a hippy lifestyle etc. its just i have learnt over the years that life is short and you may as well enjoy every moment of it, in whatever way makes you happy. dont get me wrong im sure there are people out there who are happy striving to move up the coporate ladder etc but i cant help but think they have been conditioned, like i was from an early age, that good school, good uni, good job, nice family (then help them repeat the cycle) is what happiness is (the middleclass ideal i suppose). i cant help but feel now there is more to life than that and in fact the 'ideal' is far from ideal for emotional and personal well being.
Yeah man, I still reckon you need to get so far up the corporate ladder so you can live comfortably but you reach a point when you can't be arsed to get any higher and your happy with your lot. Having my boy has really changed my perspective on stuff like this. I'd much rather earn less comission each year and get home at a decent time and spend time with him, rather than staying in the office til 7pm/8pm chasing pricks in a futile race to earn more money which I don't really need when I can be having intelligent conversations with a 4 month old!!
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I quit for nearly 3 years, whenever someone else was smoking around me I'd get proper cravings to have some. Sometimes I'd give in and have a bit, others I was happy just smelling it in the air.
@ all those saying they don't have a problem with it. it's because i get better weed than u.
8th a day.. always waiting for next spliff.. arguments with mates over people never paying for weed. best thing i ever did was stop smoking that shit everyday. dont't want to cut it out completly because its too nice, just all about breaking the routines and habits.
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