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Answer by caught/desperate
Submitted on 3/7/2004
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Hey guys whats goin on..... if you havent got caught your lucky...enjoy it while you can..... umm ya heres my story read it if ya wanna At the beginning of september in 2003 i smoked pot for my first time......my friends were into it so i thought id try it....we smoked 3 or 4 bowls of some really aweful shwag a soda can and i didnt even get high....the next time about 2 weeks later i got baked of my a$$.I remember having sort of a bad trip in the beginning my heart beating really fast and being in a panic. All my frineds were just sitting there saying lauren enjoy it hun .....just relax. A few minutes later i was flyen high. All i cared about was when was the next time that i could feel like this....i saw thing and thought things i didnt even know existed while high! I truly loved it. For the next 7 months i was a pretty heavy user about 5 or six times a week. My parents had no clue since i never smoked or was high in my own home..... Actually they were oblivous to anything i was doing...smoking pot and ciggaretes and drinking......if it werent for school i would have never got caught i would be out tonight wiht my friends getting so hihg i couldnt tell you what day it was if i wanted to. Whatta an awesome feeling. Its really depressing to know that for the rest of my teen life i will never take another hit. Truly devastating...Well anyway how i got caught.... MARCH 3RD 2003 i walked into school and my friend kelly was like hey lauren you got 10 bucks....i said no but i wanted tosee the merchandise anyway.....a very tiny dime size nug...10 bucks ...only an idiot would pay that much even if it was good chron. Anyway in 1st period i made the biggest mistake of my life ..writing a note to another friend about how kelly had tried to rip me. Then before i realized what was happening Henderson (teacher) was ripping the note off my desk with a triumphant smile plastered on her face. I saw satan. 3 periods later i found my self being interrogated by the resourse officer and the vice pricipal....There was no way to get out....i had to confess. well ya now i find myself here telling my pathetic story of how I was dumb enough to get caught. Im kinda glad i had to stop because i had to lie so much to cover it up. My biggest loss yet is not being able to smoke cigarettes.... that was the best. i woulda took a smoke over a bowl anyday....i boldly asked my mom to let me smoke....i had little hope..i figured if she just let me then i wouldnt have to hide it....She herself smokes a ton so she knows the magnitde of what shes taking away. It was my addiction.Ididnt and never will care what smoking does to my body..... I have no way to set myself free anymore ....she has taken my last outlet....smoking...it would be hard but i could probly live with no pot ever again but cigarettes....why even try....it is an addiction i dont want to give up and as i feel my body taking to nicotine deficincy better each day i want to cry because that old feeling of wanting a smoke always made me happy ......pathetic i know but when your grounded from everything you know have ever enjoyed you go a little crazy...lol......tell me what ya think i should do......o ya im 13 and in the 8th grade....also does anybody have any ways they have convinced there parents to let them smoke....?????

Answer by Mike Kiely
Submitted on 5/26/2004
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Man I started smoking pot in July of 2003. Me and a couple of friends got our hands on a few bowls and smoked it all none of us were high but we all pretended we were we did all the dumb stuff a normal group of stoned kids would went to the minute mart and bought quite a bit of munchies and ran around having an adventure. Well anyway it took a couple days for us all to really get high. we smoked out of a friends glass bong and we really were baked.This was the best thing we had ever felt as we rode our bikes towards the park we just drifted away from reality. Me and my friends became heavy users now its may 26, 2004 we just got caught for the second time at school yesterday it's hard to quit I've stopped smoking for a month though and you do not feel like you must have it you just need to stop and that's it. I'm 14 years old and I'm in 8th grade.

Answer by Good Question
Submitted on 6/20/2004
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i smoked weed nearly every day (and most times 2-3 times a day) for 11 years before i quit. how did i quit? i decided i had to. heres my story. 1st time, nothing. 2nd time, life opened up. things smelled better. colors were more vibrant. food, well that tasted great. i wanted more! I was at law school, which i dropped out of three and a half years later. i hated study though, it wasn't the weed. i lost a few friends cos i didnt like going out stoned, and i'd rather sit at home havin a sesh. it was cos my friends were boring, it wasn't the weed. i had some dreams and goals when i was younger. they had slipped away from me. but that is because they were just silly goals. it wasn't the weed. being top of my school, real brainy, the world was my oyster. i could have done anything. but instead, i ended up workin a retail job. thats cos i like working with people. it wasn't the weed. I had a fairly good income, but never had any money, and even though weed is expensive, it was because i was bad with money. it wasn't the weed. there were many people i meant to go see, people who cared for me. but i never did. it was because i was lazy, it wasn't the weed. funny thing is, once i recognised i was a no hoper drop out going nowhere fast, i decided i would try and give up and see what life was like unstoned. once i decided i should have a break, strange things happened. i suddenly found time to visit family and friends. i seemed to have laods of cash left over from each pay packet and even started saving some. i started wanting more out of life, and started working on some old goals i once had. i started exercising - that was possibly the hardest part. maybe i was lazy afterall! so, i look back at 11 years of a weed filled life, with many wonderful excuses and reasons why weed was fine, and then i compare it to where i am at today. and the only conclusion i can make from that comparison is this: WEED ROBS YOU OF LIFE. slowly, eventually, it takes all your motivation and ambition. had you asked me before i gave up, i would have argued why weed was harmless and dissed anyone saying otherwise. so now the choice is yours. a wise person learns from their own mistakes, a wiser person still learns from other peoples mistakes.

Answer by Bildo
Submitted on 6/20/2004
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Great question, I am about to try again. I found this website looking for something to motivate me on Father's day to finally quit. I have said I was going to when he was born almost 2 years ago. I have been smoking dope for about 10 years. I would think I have been high more than sober for most of it. I take a pipe to work and smoke at lunch. It's not that my life is bad, I have a job most people would dream to have, I make good money, and I work about 20 hours a week. I smoke pot to stay content and get past the fact the goals I set for myself 14 years ago haven't happened yet. When we are kids, we all dream of what can be and what we can accomplish. Drugs and alcohol prolong or kill dreams. Weed helps you forget the fact that you wasted the last 10 years. I have seen friends smoke pot and function normally, I have not seen any friend smoke pot and continue to work towards achieving anything beside finding the next bag. I have a feeling I am going to stop this time. If I can't handle my current situation without pot then I will find a situation I can. If you are not happy, smoking pot only delays the invevitable. My solution is to find something to do everyday that makes me so happy I don't need pot to help me get through the day. Always remember: You may still achieve anything you want to and smoke pot. It will just take you quite a bit more time to get it done.

Answer by smokey mcpot
Submitted on 7/8/2004
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everyone thinks that pot is bad in many ways but its not people say that it takes away your motivation and makes you feel like thats all you have but it's not people can stay high all day everyday for the rest of there life and still achieve there goals in life. I know this because i started smoking pot when i was 15 and have been doing it ever since then. At first i had no control over it but when my grades in school started to drop i decided to take control and it was just like that i was back on top of things and still staying high everyday. So if anyone tries to tell you that it's a gateway drug then there lieing because the only way that a person can start into harder drugs is by there own choice and pot doesn't make you want to experiment with other drugs. It's all in your head so what i'mtrying to say is rebel against all of the average joes who are all about sobre and do what you want all you gotta do is have a little bit of self control. And remember sobre sucks......

Answer by Drew
Submitted on 8/11/2004
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I've been smoking pot for about a year now. I've been doing ti quite heavily, sometimes 4-5 times a day. I've been caught about 2 times, both of them recently. The third time was a few days ago. My mom found my stash. Though it didn't have any weed cause I had smoked it all the day before. But they found my bong, my massive pipe, my 2 knives and a roller and papers. They then banned me from hanging out with my group of friends that I had known since grade 1 cause they were a bad influence. Yes, if I had not known them, I probably wouldn't have started smoking, but they were the greatest friends I know, and it's gonna be a long time till I can see them again. But unless your parents are cool with you smoking, then your going to be constantly hiding, sneaking and lying to your parents. But I'm a bit happy my parents found my stash, because it helped me quit. I'd rather have money spilling out of my pockets from a healthy career then scrounging behind the couch for my next fix of weed because I ran low on motivation from smoking so much. hope this helps you out.

Answer by Mitch
Submitted on 9/26/2004
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I first tried cigarettes is grade 5...but stopped...then i first tried weed in grade 6 and smoked it until end of grade 8 when i found this girl i really liked and she hated me people who smoked pot...so i gave it up for her...she did go out with me when i quit and we r still going out now...i gave it up so easy but the only reason i could do that is because i found something that made me happier than the chron...thats the easiest way to quit People who tend to smoke marijuana regularly and a lot will eventually become dependent on the drug and become an addict. The user�s level of sex hormones may decrease. The user�s ability to learn will also be affected. Findings so far show that the regular use of marijuana or THC may play a role in cancer and problems in the respiratory and immune systems.

Answer by everhigh
Submitted on 10/4/2004
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Hi, I'm 26 years old and I'm trying for the fifth time to stop smoking weed and to tell you the truth, I'm scared Shtless of my own addiction. I've been smoking daily for about 7 years...The last time I quit, I had hope, I was sober for a month and even though it was the hardest month of my life it was* getting easier...so why did I go back? Well the sad part about weed for me is that I always think I can control it. At first I think to myself, "I'll only do it when I'm stressed" but then the next thing I know I'm smoking in the bathroom at work two-five times a day and sometimes when I'm at home stoned and watching TV (I used to hate TV) I can't even remember what channel I was just watching...I used to love to read, I used to be smart and I once had a terrific vocabulary and a talent for writing...now I can hardly communicate in simple clear sentences...I just want my life back and the sadness and suffocating self pity it causes me makes me want to reach for the pipe and forget for a while...It's a viscious and ridiculous cycle! The horribly ironic thing is that I grew up in a town of heavy drug use and I vowed never to touch drugs or alchohol...well I still don't drink. Peace & Love,

Answer by sober4life
Submitted on 11/21/2004
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Hi, I want to say to 'smokey mc pot' that sobre does not suck. Congratulations for being able to live a normal life and continue your drug addiction. Before you get all up in arms I smoked weed for the last 7 years of my life - and yes I could still achieve high grades. But I think that if 'smokey mc pot' is honest with himself or herself then he/she may realise it isn't all it's cracked up to be. Since I have become sober I have had to face a lot of hard truths. Oh, and to 'igethigh' - there are physical symptoms of withdrawal... I couldn't sleep for a week, felt nauseous 24/7 and tripped out a couple times. Despite all this I kept to quitting because i want to be in control of my life and not let my addiction lead it. I have been much more focused since quitting and have felt a lot better being clear headed. I was getting the fear near the end which is specific to me as I am naturally a paranoid person, I have also had moments of depression but that is also something specific to me as I used marijuana to "cure" my depression. I have cut down before and it always went back to daily use. If I could have an odd spliff here and there (like I use alcohol) then I would, but the truth is that I can't because i am addicted to marijuana. My friends tried to tell me I wasn't a drug addict - so what do u call a person who cant go through a day without using a drug? A lot of people like to think there's nothing wrong with smoking pot because it is "cool" and "everyone does it". Why is it so cool to be an escapist who can't live in the real world? Also, before I quit I wasn't even enjoying smoking - i was doing it out of habit. If you can honestly smoke a bit and not get hooked (my boyfriend can take it or leave it) then go for it - in moderation. Try to stay away from the chronic tho please - i have had too many people taken away by the men in white coats. The hydro that is produced today is dangerous and has the same effects as ecstasy. If you think u have any depression or mental issues in your family genes please, PLEASE do not smoke weed as it is a known trigger. At the end of the day you rule your life, don't let drugs rule them - marijuana is a drug. Also just so u know it does increase the risk of cancer (and not because of the tobacco). Since quitting i have had to realise that a lot of my friends weren't as true as they were, I suppose this is because what we had in common was dope smoking. And dope heads don't make great friends cause they always forget, never have any money and are just plain lazy. I'm actually going out and doing stuff now, things which always seemed like such an effort are much more enjoyable.

Answer by y a
Submitted on 11/28/2004
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my boyfriend has smoked pot since he was in 7th grade, before that, he was very different. he started smoking because his life suddenly took a dangerously drastic turn, and all he wanted to do was get away from it all. we've been going out for almost a year now, and he still hasn't been able to stop. we are incredibly in love and been through so much together. i tried everything, i made wrong decisions, i drifted away from my friends, i tried to show him how badly it affected me by doing things to myself i know i shouldn't have. i even ended up in the hospital once. i put our relationship on the line so many times, but he just couldn't stop. sometimes he'll try and get high off of anything around him, nyquill nutmeg etc.i know for some people its easy, but other people have more addicting personalities, just like some people can go on diets for as long as they want, and other people cant for more than a day. people are different. people also have very different lives. his life at home was mostly why he was doing it, and he cant do anything about his life and neither can i. i don't know what to do anymore, it kills me when he does it, sometimes he ends up lying to me about it and breaking promises. if I'mtoo lenient about it, he'll be stoned constantly, but when i take drastic actions, he'll end up doing it eventually but i know he needs me more than anyone with the life he has, as i need him.I'vedone everything i can, and it has almost ruined our relationship so many times. its not worth doing it, and unless you've had a bad experience with it, you really wouldn't know.

Answer by SoCal_isthebest
Submitted on 12/20/2004
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Of course if you smoke every day it's going to screw you up! It's common sense. The thing that all the wal-mart stoners on this board have in common is this: they all did it multiple times a day. I'm a 10th grader who goes to SDA in sunny Encinitas, CA. I smoke about once a week. I don't do it during school days, only on Saturdays. What classes am I taking? Let's see: Biology which I have an A, Principals of Law another A, English Honors, B+ and Spanish III, which I have a C+. Other than Spanish, I'm doing pretty good. My overall GPA is a 3.73. No motivation? Ha. I ride horses 3X a week, play on a Soccer team 3X a week, go to Karate 3X a week. Everyone smokes in Socal, even my next door neighbor who is a doctor! I don't drink at all, either. Weed is like drinking. All parents have a glass of wine with dinner or a beer at a cookout. But if you do too much, you become addicted to the bottle and your life goes to hell. Whoever said it was all about moderation was right. When used in a decent manner, it will not screw up you life and you won't become a walmart stoner. As for it being addicting, another lie. If you do it a gazillion times a day, of course its going to be addicting, but for me it's not. I went to CT for thanksgiving, and I went 3, yes 3 weeks with out doing it. Was I on the floor wanting more weed? No, I was too busy doing other things like eating and playing soccer with my dad. When used in moderation, weed isn't that bad. When not used responsibly however, you will end up like all the walmart stoners on this page, and nobody wants that.

Answer by cindy
Submitted on 1/3/2005
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I smoked for 2 years and thought it was the best thing in the world and i always told myself it wasnt bad . Then i met my boyfriend and hes a really big pot head and after being with him for a year i realized that theres so many other things in life that are better than smoking. i really hope that all u kids that are 13 and 14 think about it and think that ur only doing this to be cool to have friends but after a while do u reall think that weed is gonna give u something in life do u really think that is gonna make u happy.. think about it and ur to young and u could stop like i did and when u see that person that u love hurting themselves then u'll know wats important to u.. Think About It

Answer by JD LAMB
Submitted on 1/14/2005
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Well, after reading all of the posts here, I can tell that about 95% of you are nieve teenagers (ya know, think you know it all when you don't know squat). I can tell you that marijuana will ruin your life. I am a professional keyboard player and have been smoking herb for a long, long, long time. Smoking pot has affected my musical engine, I cant play keyboards like I used to and i'monly 31. I started touring with BB King's daughter 5 years ago and my pot addiction ruined that too. Marijuana will rob you of your ambitions and will effect your physical and mental abilities. I still smoke herb everyday and all I think about is how am I going to quit. Unfortunately my little brother smokes herb as well, all because I pressured him into it in the beginning.

Answer by suberbboy
Submitted on 1/19/2005
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i live in fairfield county Connecticut and it is probably the most boring county ever, in my town all any kid does is smoke weed and drink. I guess fairfield country is number one in underage drinking so i don't know wat to do, i smoke and drink when i can, it is way easier to smoke in my town than drink. I started in the summer of 8th grade to 9th which was pretty late for the town i live in and havn'tstopped since. I play football basketball and lacrosse and i still smoke weed. I guess they kinda cancel themselves out, cuz i run sooo much in those sports and im not out of shape. I still want to stop though cuz there is always that thing in the back of everyones mind that says it isn't right, but when you start thinking of those things you just smoke so you forget about them. i will smoke for the rest of hs, and college, and i hope i take breaks inbetween so i don[t end up a burnout. w/e i don't knwo what im trying to say, just needed to get some shiot off my chest i guess

Answer by why smoke
Submitted on 1/24/2005
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I think what people need to realize is that any excuse you are telling yourself and others is just a lie to make yourself believe that what you are doing is ok. I have been with my boyfriend for 4 years and I have never liked him smoking pot. I used to always fight with him and he would tell me that he's not addicted to it and that he could quit anytime he wanted to. 4 years later we are in the same boat and he is still smoking. He gets up in the morning and smokes before he goes to work. He gets home from work and smokes again. Then at night all of his high school buddies come over and they smoke and play darts. Hello, they have all been graduated for 3 years and are still doing the same things they did back then. When is it time to grow up? Wait till you are ready to commit to someone and then quit. No because then you postpone it till when you have a kid. No then you say you quit but you still smoke secretly so you think that no one knows. Then you get caught and you get one more chance. It is time to grow up and get over yourself. You either be a man or you choose to destroy your marriage. You end loosing the best thing you ever had and now are are completely alone. A loser with no one but your dirt head friends who never left the small town that they always made fun of and blamed all there problems on. There was nothing else to do but smoke weed and you always promised yourself you were going to be the first one out of there but there you sit with your pipe and smoke your life away because you have nothing left. There are ways to quit smoking but you are the only one who is going to make sure that it happens.

Answer by Jen
Submitted on 3/14/2005
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I just read all the comments here about smoking pot. Some were right on, and some were painfully ignorant. I am 32 yrs. old, and smoked pot in my mid-teens and early twenties a lot. Now that I'm an adult, I live in an adult world, where smoking pot is simply immature, irresponsible, and harmful behavior. For those of you children out there who think it's okay, you will learn in time how wrong you are. I had no life until I stopped smoking. Most people are able to live in society and follow the laws of the this land. If you can't do that; you've got real problems. I think a lot of you have some growing up to do, and when you finally do become adults, you'll see how stupid you once were for thinking that pot is okay. It is a drug, whether you want to believe that or not. Anything that alters your brain cells is a drug. When was the last time you knew that altering and killing your brain cells was a good thing? I feel sorry for some of you, because you don't seem like you'll ever stop. You are the ones who will have bad relationships, health problems, careers that go nowhere, and will never mentally grow up. For those of you who want to quit; you are on the right track. How did I do it? Easy. I got sick of feeling tired all the time, forgetting where I put things, and not being able to complete a well thought out, intelligent sentence. I also got tired of being a loser. So, if you decide to become an adult someday, just quit.

Answer by DIANA PACKWOOD
Submitted on 4/2/2005
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i DECIDED ALONG TIME AGO I WOULD NOT SMOKE POT, ONE REASON WAS I WANTED TO HAVE A CLEAR HEAD.THE FRIENDS I HAVE WHO DO SMOKE POT HAVE LOST THEIR AMBITION FOR LIFE ITS SELF. THEY ACT LIKE A BUNCH OF SILLY ASSES, THEY ARE GETTING LOWER AND LOWER WITH EACH PASSING YEAR. THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF WHATS GOING ON AROUND THEM THEY NO LONGER KNOW WRONG FROM RIGHT. THEY MOW HANG OUT WITH THE LOWEST OF LOWEST SCUM. THEY DONT KEEP THEIR HOMES OR THEM SELVES CLEAN ANY MORE THEY MAKE UNWISE UNHEALTHY CHIOCES. AND THE WORST PART ABOUT MY FRIENDS AND RELETIVES WHO SMOKE THEIR POT IS THAT THEY HAVE BECOME STUPID AS IF THEY HAVE A BRAIN INJURY NOW, THEY CANT REMEMBER THINGS ANYMORE.NOTHING MATTERS TO THEM ANYMORE, NO NOONE CAN TELL ME THIS STUFF IS GOOD FOR ONES LIFE. I WNT TO BEABLE TO HAVE A CLEAR HEAD SO I KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS COMEING DOWN. INSTEAD OF DOING STUPID THINGS IVE SEEN MY VERY SMART SMART FRIENDS TURN INTO ALMOST RETARTED PEOPLE. I CANT STAND TO BE AROUND THEM THEY HAVE BECOME SO STUPID AND THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THIS. POT SMOKERS ARE A SAD LOT MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM AND THE LOVED ONES WHO HAVE LOST THEM TO MIND CONTROLING POT. NO THIS STUFF IS TRULY FROM THE FLAMES OF HELL POT SMOKERS ARE LOSERS GOING NO WHERE AS FAST AS THEY CAN AND ARE UNAWAREDONTCHOICESRELATIVESNO ONEWANTBEABLECOMINGRETARDEDCONTROLLING

Answer by minusone
Submitted on 4/6/2005
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My ex husband, when we met, smoked pot. He said he would quit, and then did for a spell once I got pregnant with his son. He and I both agreed we only wanted to raise a decent family in a drug free Christian home we made for ourselves. After 4 yrs of divorce he finally admitted that he started to smoke again about 6 mos after he'd quit. Which means about a year or so of hiding it. I made him choose between getting high and living with his family when he had become lazy and started coming home high or smoking in or around the house with his buddies. Guess what??? Didn't I say 'divorce' earlier?? What a loser to chose dope over his flesh and blood. But, no, he's not addicted. No, there's no problem with weed. There is. It's still illegal. Whether it should be or not is questionable, debatable, but lo and behold, the law says it is illegal and nothing is worth jeapardizing your own children. All of you who say it's not a problem, you are losers. You use drugs to escape reality. Because you are wimps and can't face life. Life sucks. Get a freaking helmet and quit being a chicken hiding in a cloud of ignorance. WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALL IT DOPE???? What a bunch of losers you are and/or will be.

Answer by katiecat05
Submitted on 4/9/2005
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heres what i have to say: i am against smoking marijuana. it does screw you up. a lot of kids in my grade have recently started .. and they've changed a lot. they swear a lot .. they dress differently .. they look disgusting (it looks as though they never wash their hair..EW!) you can tell they are not doing as well in school (their binders are falling apart.. and they use to be straight A students).. they break into schools while under the influence.. they drink alcohol .. and yeah they're like totally different people .. before they used to all be straight A students.. they .. they used to play sports .. go to church .. religion .. they all come from good families .. but now .. yeah they've completley changed.. and really that's what marijuana does to you.. it changes you ... and yeahhhhhh how do you control yourself from smoking marijuana ? .. like just DON'T startt .. really ..its pointless ... you dont need drugs in your life .. they ruin you .... your personality changes.....and yeah..just say NO...

Answer by WhoKnowsYourFuture
Submitted on 5/5/2005
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If you are wondering whether you should smoke pot or not I would say that you should give it a try, its a lot of fun. If you are wondering if you should stop smoking or not I would say you should FOR SURE. I have been smoking pot for 3 years now and my frequency has gone from once a week to 3-4 times a day back down to every night. Smoking a joint isn't going to hurt you. Smoking a few times a year isn't going to hurt you. However, habitually smoking WILL hurt you it is just a matter of time. This is a realization that every pothead will have, you must believe me. Everyone burns out at a different rate but we all burn out. That is why your grandpa can't problem solve like he used to. I can only conclude that pot must speed up your burnout rate. I feel it slowing me down and I see it slowing my friends down. We are all laughing ourselves retarded and it feels great! If you really want to know the truth about smoking pot read "Good Question"s answer. Every pothead will feel this way once he or she finally stops smoking. The worst part is that when you finally start to stop and slow down you really realize what you have lost and it ISN'T coming back. So keep on smoking and have a nice, slow downfall.

Answer by FoReal
Submitted on 6/15/2005
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Find something or somebody that makes you happy. Weed won't kill you, and if you only party like once a week, you probably won't suffer many negative consequences. However, if you become a daily toker (as I was) you can find yourself unmotivated, dull, and stuck in a hole only you can dig yourself out of. If you really have trouble yet truly want to quit consider rehab. But you have to truly want to. Honestly, the best thing is to find something you love and put yourself into it fiercely. Remember, it ain't your fault you were dealt this hell of a hand, but now you gotta play your cards right. PS: If you toke daily and enjoy the life your living, then no worries. However, I'd be weary of lung cancer and other respritory diseases. Peace All. Hope it helps.

Answer by utinker
Submitted on 7/1/2005
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I wonder if anyone knows about self medication and how that is making it more difficult for some people to give up. I hate smoking, and although some might say it is a matter of choice for me and to some extent I agree. But there is the problems of un-diagnose ADHD, Bipolar and other disorders which smoking helps the symptoms, but there is the negative side as it does cloud ALL decisions and a sense of normality is distorted. I feel my ADHD/Bipolar is a positive thing and the only stress that I feel is in the communication breakdown with people who either have no idea of the different way of thinking, on our part or other people who are in denial of the fact that there is something else in there own physical makeup that would suggest to us they are less than perfect. My point is that choice is a little different to self medication and the way to approach it is different. If you can do the had bit and stop for the fist day then I feel this is the ideal time for self medicators to speak to their pre-organised mentor so they can telephone or meet out of the house so to distract or talk through the symptoms or cravings born out of giving up. Because of my ADHD I need someone who can understand even just a little about ADHD. And I do not want to go onto prescription drugs to deal with the problem. Diet is a big issue with ADHD, low/no sugar, organic food, fish, fish oil tablets, magnesium for women, multivitamins and possibly St.Johns Wort if you can take it, (it works for me by taking the edge off depression) would help to feel better in your self. Become stronger and able to tackle the smoking and/or life . There is not much on the internet about giving up if self medicating as apposed smoking through choice. Its not fare to group us all together and not look at the reasons people smoke. The majority of people in prisons have either ADHD or the more proven one which is Dyslexia (TV documentary). If people think little of themselves they are not going to care if smoking is doing them harm, or it is the only thing they know that calms them down. Why are the so called specialists not looking a the disorder side of the coin? I know that People with these disorders are not stupid. You should do a search on the internet for famous people with ADHD or other disorders and you will get a good idea of how successful we can be, we are not one sandwich short of a picnic. I even hate the word disorder as it implies that there is deficiency, when the opposite is true, we just think differently and have had to train ourselves to do so and the doctors pretend to know about ADHD and the truth is they know less than the person who actually has it.. We have to deal with people who are so far removed from there own feelings and then have to try to stop them transferring their own weaknesses onto us, the blame word. We are able to read body language like no other, because we have worked out that what comes out of peoples mouth is usually, but not always, the a derivative of the truth (their feelings orshyness is masked by the portrayal that they know best. They do not want to be seen as wrong yet it is their ego that will not allow them to tell the truth to themselves. I have tried to explain that self medication has something to do with not being able to cope with millions of misinterpretations made by others as too many people who want to believe they are right and you or I are wrong. After years of this, something has to give so the ADHD person is likely to turn to self medication. I am not stating a case for smoking but I am saying there should be different approaches in place to help those who 100% want to give up but have this disorder to cope with. I do feel it is mostly in the mind, but again there is confusion as to whether, in ADHD etc respects, could the self medicating be physical? I have given up for months at a time Longest 6 months) but so far I seem to go back to it each time and that is what I want to stop doing because it is difficult to gather the momentum when you think in the back of your mind 'I am just going to start again so why bother' but it is worth it as taste, smell, enjoyment of life etc does come back andf istead of thinking abouty doing something, you just get up and do it without thinking about it. it's just dealing with the pangs when they come. Hence the mentor might come in handy at this point. Anyway enough ramballing. And I want to take this chance to condemn the nasty emails above, they know who they are, they should not dictate to people of whom they no nothing about. Afinity, aknowledgement and admiration are three words that will get you through your spitefulness. It is really offensive to slander someone who is actually reaching out for help. You are an invalidater, look at your self in the mirror and do you like the person looking back at you. I am not talking about the cover but the substance inside.

Answer by thefoot2112
Submitted on 7/27/2005
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having used weed for approx 20 years in an ever increasing amount (1.5 - 2 oz per week), i'mnow trying to stop again and that's how i came across this page. after reading all comments and seeing it was mostly younger users i thought i would say the following: weed is great when using but it will erode any plans, ideas or get up n go that you have and YOU WILL sit around 24x7 and get wrecked. using on a smaller scale, like at weekends will allow you to get on with life but the hard part is keeping it til the weekend, i know, i'vetried all stopping ideas several times. smoking weed is a personal thing and only you can set the limits of your smoking, no one can tell you. wish you all well with your efforts.

Answer by x1134x
Submitted on 8/3/2005
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Smoking pot is not smart, but using THC is not it is a wonder drug: you should extract it using a vaporizer or a butane extractor and vaporize the THC, not smoke the plant wax, chloroplasts etc that make up the plant, that is what will give you cancer. Smoking marijuana is what is keeping it from being legalized if people knew about vaporization and its MEDICAL administration, you could get a prescription for it for your anxiety, and not die of lung cancer. . . Support medical marijuana movements, ITS NOT ABOUT SMOKING DOPE, it is about THC which is a MEDICINE, for pain, nausea, and anxiety , also if you vaporize instead of smoking you are much less addicted to it, the act of smoking and the other Inert chemicals are what you are addicted to not the THC. . ..

Answer by george
Submitted on 8/12/2005
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i have been smoking weed for 10 solid years. after reading most of the answers above, i can say i agree with most of them. i will be graduating from an intense technical school in 2 months. I have a 4.0 GPA, carrying a 98% thru the 18 month program. It is jet engine repair and overhaul. I have been high everyday since the first day of class. i walk out to my car in the middle of class to go get blunted. now it is time to quit because i am getting a government license to work on these engines and i am gonna get drug tested at random for as long as i am in aviation. weed has been a big part of my life ever since i was a sophomore in highschool. I get all ambitious sometimes and convince myself that i am not addicted and this will be an easy wall to get over. then i pack another bowl. i have 14 weeks to completely rid my body of THC and it really freaks me out. I have recently tried to take a week off here and there and the weed wins every time. I know i have not done all this hard work in school for nothing and i am not gonna throw away this niche i have finally found for myself. I wish there was some magic pill i could pop that would quickly eliminate this hardcore mental addiction i have with this wonderful herb. I am very healthy. I eat right every day, run a 5k every other day, hit the gym hard every night and i always get plenty of sleep...i just smoke hella bowls all day long. WTF? IF there is anyone out there that can understand my problem here, please respond to this

Answer by Janey333
Submitted on 8/14/2005
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I don't have a problem with the idea of people having a puff on a joint every now and then (for a brief holiday from reality) but POT IS ADDICTIVE AND DOES RUIN LIVES AND RELATIONSHIPS. I have five children. I have always had to be responsible for budgeting the household income. I used to give an allowance to the father of my oldest child. He would spend the whole lot on pot, smoke it in a day or 2 and then spend the rest of the week at friends houses getting stoned. If I had havelet him handle the finances, we wouldn't have eaten or had anywhere to live. The father of my other 4 kids wasn't a heavy pot smoker but he used to do it most days. He never worked and eventually, I went to uni to get an education so I could earn income for our family. I could see how he was so unmotivated. He used to kid himself that he could look after the kids stoned and they wouldn't notice, despite me telling him that they asked me if he smoked. My oldest son ended up taking up smoking pot at 12-13 years of age. He was top of the school in maths and science and then he didn't even finish his school certificate. I then had a relationship with a guy who smokes more pot than I thought possible. He'd have 50 cones a day if he could afford it. He's a fantastic drummer but is always in debt, lives with his head in the clouds, has had to move back in with his mum and has shocking coping skills. A couple of years ago, he tried to give up (for both our sakes) but he just can't stick with it. Pot is his God. He can't relax without it. It's like he has some kind of hyperactive disorder if he isn't stoned. He would sooner choose to hang out at his Mum's or a mates place and get stoned than be here with me and my beautiful children. He's going nowhere in his career and he's in so much debt. Pot is his girlfriend now. I reckon I must live in the Pot capital in Australia and I'm wondering if there are any decent men out there who don't smoke and aren't alcoholics. I just focus on my work, my children and a few good friendships now.

Answer by Nick
Submitted on 8/21/2005
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Look i am a 13 year old been smoking for 2 years thats right started around at 11 now you all think that is all good its not maby more bad for me then eny of you because alot of my brain cells have not been compleatly grown or somthing like that saw somthing about it on tv where i spened most of my time. i have distant my self form my family and even my frineds all my good friends i had hate me because i did not listen to them when they told me to stop and all my smoking buddys i choose not to hang out with. i decide to try and find a way to quit thats why i went on google and serched for "stop smoking marijiwana" and this site popped up nothing but lots of lovers of the magical plant on this site makes me want to do it even more. but i can show that it dose damige your brain look at a blank wall make shure there are no desines or enything and stare at it. Do you see alot of brightly covered dots? as far as i can remember thoughs dots werent there when i was ten. and have you ever been talking to some one and lost your train of thought totaly forgat what the hell you were talking about well i have there many othere things it can do to you and i cant waste my time telling them plues its very difficault to thing of them all. i want to continue trying to stop and i hope i do i hope all of you do to. one more thing i have to say. a while ago i tryed to quite 3 months i did I WAS SO IMPRESSED so were my parents but then i looked at a wall and saw the dots and it just showed me no matter how long u stop you can repair brain sells you have already lost thats what made me start agin i just dident care but now i do thoughs dots from since then just got more vived and more of them ar appering. good day to all of you i wish you all the very best maby when im 24 or so but not now have fun.

Answer by Dealer
Submitted on 8/30/2005
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The only thing stopping you/people from achieving your goals is YOURSELF/THEMSELVES!! Weed DOES NOT make you want to give up your life. You people need to get real! I first started smoking when I was 13 and am 19 now. I have a excellent job and make good money. I'm going to college and paying all my bills on time AND getting high while I do it. The only thin that stops you from achieving your goals is you NOT weed. If you would smoke and then go out and do your own thing instead of sitting around the house doing nothing but smoking and eating then you would see a big difference. YOU are the only thing to blame for you wasting your life. Everyone always looks for something else or someone else to blame but what you people really need to do is start blaming yourself because it's noones fault but your own. If you let someone control you then it can. Hell, twinkies can control you if you let them. Get real people and wake up in the real world. Weed is no more harmless then that soda your sucking down or that bean buritto you've been eating everyday for lunch now is it? I'm ashamed of all you past smokers who are now trying to blame all your problems on weed. Come on, take some responsiblity for your own actions and quit trying to blame a plant for the problems your having!! GET A LIFE and go hit a bong, you'll feel better about it soon!!

Answer by LJ
Submitted on 9/11/2005
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I've smoked pot a few times, but that was a few years ago. My boyfriend got me into it. I've been with him for almost 5 years now, and he's been lying to me about smoking it basically this whole time. He's gone a few times and not smoked, and that really made me happy. But all the time I was just waiting for him to start it up again.... and he always does. It's dissapointing for our relationship. I really shouldn't have just stood by this whole time and let him lie to me, because I'm not that stupid. But I keep on allowing it to go on because I don't know what to do about it. He still denies it everytime I ask him if he's stoned or if he smoked. All of his friends do it, so he's around it constantly. It hurts me to know he lies to me. And he really is such an amazing person.... without weed in his life, I wish he could just stay away from the stuff!! It's hard for me to tell anymore if he's stoned, maybe he's getting better at hiding it, or maybe he really doesn't do it as often as I think?! Anyways, guys if someone wants you to quit and you truely care about them, then do it!! It's possible I think!!!!!

Answer by I Want and need to be freed from the POT!
Submitted on 9/17/2005
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As you can see my screen name is> I want and need to be freed from the POT! Why such a name you ask? Well I am 21 and I have a very professional job with one of the major wireless phone company�s and I can't afford to lose it over some stupid POT. This is what I would like to do for others and myself. I would like to start a PA (Pot Anon) group of addicts in which we would help each other pull out and away from the grip that this drug has on us. We would get the joy of helping others near or far with there POT or other drug addictions. Please if someone or if a group of people would like to stop using drugs then please feel confident in yourself and contact me at:JHolliday1@carolina.rr.com STOP USING NOW!!!! Before it�s too late and you miss your chance�.

Answer by Bills
Submitted on 9/17/2005
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I am 15 years old, and have been busted quite a few times with marijuana by my parents, school officials, and the police. As each day went by i saw no harm in a rolling a blunt or two or three, or even four after school or even just smoking a bowl or two before school out of my piece, but when i begin to look back at the past few years of high school i realize i don't remember anything. I am currently a junior and have little memory of my freshman or sophomore years and the summers in between. I have begun to realize that this was due to a constant state of being stoned. Even though i want to be high, even right now, i have begun to realize it is becoming a waste. I find myself with no money, and going through withdraw multiple times during the week. This is a problem, and it is one i wish to control. I am not saying marijuana is totally bad or not a lot of fun at times, but it IS a CHOICE, if anything, and that choice is up to you, as well as it is up to me. I have come to the realization that my choice is sobriety, over having each day and dollar of the rest of my life go up in smoke. Maybe you will too.

Answer by gettinbyokay
Submitted on 9/18/2005
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I have been smoking for about 12 years, I am 25 years old mother of three. I like getting high and playing with my kids, I feel like getting down on all fours and chasings them around, or sitting around watching the crazy cartoons they have now! eating ice cream, and tearing up dinner! I am a house mommy, a damn good one too! Weed helps to make me laugh over spilled milk, and when you have kids it's better to laugh then yell. My kids don't know that I smoke, but they know that I will be ready to play when I come in(we don't smoke in the house!) But anyways, I don't see myself smoking at 40, even though I have been high with all kinds of people over 40. It does kinda make you stupid, but as long as you use it you won't lose it!!!!!!Stay HI!

Answer by Zassou Kitsuensha
Submitted on 10/5/2005
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On Green Day's Dookie album, there is a lyric. "I found out what it takes to be a man, well mom and dad will never understand, whats happening to me." Now that I've grown up I understand. To be a man you have to fight for your rights, to fight for what you believe in. Marijuana is a wonderful plant corrupted by other drugs being laced on it. Cannabis was used in the Bible also! If I ever get caught I will stand up for my rights and fight, because I understand everything now. Marijuana creates thought and thought creates freedom. The Government doesn't want us to have our freedom! So the make Cannabis illegal! I look down on drug abusers, because they give people like me who enjoy Marijuana, a bad name. You know, the people who get wasted and get in a car crash and die. This plant is not something to abuse, but to respect! Plus Marijuana is not a gateway drug. Beer and Cigs are the true gateway drug. I'm sure you can remember you're first drink of beer, or first puff of a cigarette before trying Marijuana. I'm glad that my friend introduced me to this Plant! My eyes have opened and I see the truth! I'll never quit loving this plant, even when I grow up. When I have kids I'll teach them about Ganja and its spiritual healings. So peace out and remember. Stay Cool, Skate Hard, and Stay Stoned! -Zassou Kitsuensha

Answer by wicky wax
Submitted on 10/10/2005
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yeah, i'm 32 and have been smoking weed for 16 years now, i did once stop for a year to see if i could, and it was quite easy, but you have to really want to stop within yourself then you will do it. i now have a wonderful girlfriend who delivered an ultimatum to me yesterday that's it's her or weed, i wish people wouldn't get so stuck up about it, i really think alcohol is much worse than smoking weed, but anyway i will try to stop now again. the easiest thing is to keep yourself busy for the 1st month after stopping, do physical activities, read, surf, whatever to take your mind off it, once you get used to not smoking it gets easier and easier. also stay away from people who do smoke if you want to give up, because they can make it much harder for you to stop. Thanks, and i will let you know how it goes with the no smoking

Answer by random
Submitted on 10/20/2005
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Yes it is addicting, esp. when over used. You can go from a toker to a junkie rather quick, I know fist hand. Im 25 now, I had my first J when I was 12, by 15 I was a regular toker, and outsmoked just about anyone I came in contact with. I quit the year I was 19, and that lasted a little over 14 months. By 22 I had my first child, and while not smoking during pregnancy, I found myself once again smoking shortly after he was born with the lovely lack of sleep, working a 10hr night shift and coming up to be awake most of the day (no support from sons father) and no extra help to tend to my son. I am now 25, and since this past June (05) I have smoked twice, short time. Lost all my contacts for smoking friends, and not just randomly called someone up and went 'go get me a sack'. I went from getting a 20sack in HS to spilt with afew friends, then in oz' and then back down to 20 sacks. For some, it is a social thing, for some its abit harder to deal with, you dont realy notice til its past the point when you go from toker to junkie. Take if from someone that knows. Good luck. And no, before I hear some asshole tell me to STFU, take if from someone older and abit more educated. In moderation alot of things are fine, but when you cross that line, your in a completly differant ballpark.

Answer by pixiewitch
Submitted on 10/26/2005
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Firstly I have to say that some of the ignorance displayed on this page astounds me! However,I do think its all very interesting. There are many different attitudes concerning the use of marijuana....obviously! but there seems to be some common things among those with the same attitudes. It is apparent to me that there are 4 MAIN attitudes.(yes there are others, exceptions and variations). One attitude sounding something like..."Weed is cool, I smoke it, so do my friends and we have fun." Common thing here is age, I think its clear most of you guys are still in school or should be, sorry guys but save your response and read it in a few years!!! Another attitude is; "I have smoked it every day for a while now and it hasn't disturbed my life." This seems to be those a little older and smoking regularly for under 5 years or so. Depending on how much u smoke of course and other circumstances etc, some of u may be in for a rude awakening if u ever decide they want a hell of a lot more from their life than as it exists now. The third attitude loosely summarized, "I smoke once in a while, on the odd occasion - its not addictive, perhaps mentally." You people are the true masters, balance is the key to life and you guys have it in this respect! What disappoints me though, are a few people who hold this view (or one that stems from it), who attack others who are finding it difficult to quit or who have good justifications for no longer smoking. This is behavior one would expect from the young people I referred to initially. Please be as open minded as others and see that what some people find difficult others do not...for many many reasons. Like I said if you can smoke it occasionally and it is genuinely not a cause of problems in your life then tell us the secret!!! and don't debilitate yourselves, we don't need reminded of our weaknesses if they are being acknowledged. Lastly of course, the wanna quits and quitters for whatever reason these people (yes that includes myself) want to quit it seems to me we are the more heavier users and people who have habitually smoked the drug for around a decade or so, not just socially, not just on weekends and probably more than a few times a day even! My question at this point is; Can you be heavy user and realize you are abusing the substance and its affecting your life and one day eventually be able to use it in moderation like everything else in life??? Is to quit the only way for us???

Answer by SM BAMBAM
Submitted on 11/1/2005
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I must say, I love smoking weed. Really more then anything in the world. I'm addicted to it socially if anything. I love being with my friends, up in smoke, listening to music. Most relaxing feeling in the world! Its something to do, but I want and need to stop. The only problem is what do I do with my friends instead? I'm in a town that really has nothing and every time i get together with my friends we end up smoking because its a social and enjoyable activity.I guess its not the same to get in the car with a group of friends and just talk...all pot heads out there understand what I'm saying. So the problem isn't stopping, but finding alternative activities. Any ideas? yeah, video games, sports, tv,but lets be realistic, what are some things a ex pot head can do every day with his friends? I need some good ideas and help.

Answer by broken dome
Submitted on 11/4/2005
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i smoke weed and have been trying to stop for a number of years now, i don't smoke every day but often. i think smoking weed is harmful to the body, mind and soul. it messes up your conversational motor, concentration, ambition and the way you relate to your family and friends. i had a friend who used to smoke weed, it fuct his head up big time he got admitted to a mental hospital, he was there for about 5 months, pumped with all kinds of drugs, which is fuct up when you see them in that way i felt like crying. he went through so much, the thing is because i smoke and know that weed fuct him up i don't check for him as much i used to not b'cos he doesnt smoke any more but b'cos i think i would be a bad influence. The good thing is he is 100% well and doesn't smoke nor drink and is a stronger person now than b4 he smoked weed. i hope i can be as strong person as he is WE NEED TO CHOOSE LIFE

Answer by momar
Submitted on 11/6/2005
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I smoked pot for about 4 years now and i just got suspended for it for the second time. i think pot effects you greatly i remember when i used to be quite funny but now my mind is blank most of the time I'm not that much of a heavy user at most i smoke about 3 bowls a day (except for special occasions like 420,birthday,party ect...) and as for it being addictive... i don't find that at all. i can stop for weeks with no difference to my body or mind.I also think that you shouldn't smoke pot unless you know its not good for you you shouldn't use to escape your life or say its the greatest either. it might be the first time but after i started using regularly the high i was getting changed it stopped from being hilarious and went to a way to escape from reality. I'm going to test for a month I'm going to try to stop smoking the green menace to see if i change to the way i was. to see if my mind becomes filled with thoughts or to see if thats just the kind of person i have become. I'm not going to preach to you and tell you to stop its your choice and quite frankly i think i will fail this test i am about to take I'm 14 and in the 9th grade

Answer by matty p
Submitted on 11/13/2005
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pot is the best choice i ever made i love it!!! it all started in summer of gr. 6 first my couzin is a real pothead and he was staying at my house for about a week. i was kinda curious about smoking pot becuz everybody said that it was so good anf fun so one day when my couzin was gone somwhere i went down into his room and he had a little boxwith a lock on it i always wondered wat it was when i found the key for it behind his tv so opened up up the box and there it was a nice big bag of weed probly about 8 g's and i didnt even mean to i just grabbed it and ran to my friendz house and so we went down to a spot where he knew of becuz of his bro a real pot head and we just toked up a joint and didnt relly get high so i was just lik to myself ahh it doesnt work. so then i didnt do it for a while but then my friend pursaided me into doing it again so i did and it the BEST!!! if ur ever stressed out go smoke some pot. ever since then ive been toking up every day i am now in gr.7 and still smokin POT!!!! i highly recomend u to try it too!! peace out my homies!!

Answer by live life till you realize the truth. then soar
Submitted on 11/14/2005
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I have been smoking pot since I was a freshman in high school. I am now a sophomore in college and I have finally realized that even though I love the feeling when I smoke a fat blunt and get chills when I feel the smoke fill up my lungs and I love drifting away into eternity, and not to mention the rebellious attitude and free spirit outlook on life that comes with pot and all the paraphernalia and the culture like reggae and rastafari, it really is just another vice that we have to overcome. It is better not to even start. I am now trying to quit for the 20th time. What is making me quit is my goal in life. If anything is going to prevent me from reaching it I don't want to have anything to do with it. As for the question, try to surround yourself with people that don't smoke. Human beings are easily influenced by their companions. Show me your friends and I shall show you who you are. If you want to make your life easier don't get trapped by mary jane, she will suck your blood ( and your money) and leave you crying for help. If this does not work, I have found moderation to be an excellent tool. Peace and Love to All. Jaaaa Rastafari.

Answer by kasperN
Submitted on 11/26/2005
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I dont smoke but i have friends that do, and i always ask why smoke? Because it makes you feel good, its the best thing in the world ok, you have alot of fun ok sure, but then what happens when it wears off? For you to abuse any drug in the first place means youre in a position where its needed so all you will do is continue to use it. It substitutes life, when all the fun you can have is with your friends when youre stoned 2-5 times a day, when your next thought is always man i would really enjoy this party if i had some weed. There has to be something more, something deeper in meaning than just it. If you dont find what that is you're a slave to yourself and your usage.

Answer by Dr.Gonzo
Submitted on 12/1/2005
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I think it is common practice for a pot smoker to have a sesh, a feed, maybe a wank, and lie in bed and convince himself that smoking pot is his saviour. It makes u think, it makes u happy. u enjoy music more, sex is better, tv is better. Your life is better. then it is 3am in the morning and the high has worn off. You cannot get to sleep. U decide u want to have another quick session. U go through the whole process again, u smoke, hav a feed, perhaps another wank. The more you try to convince yourself though, that marijuana is good, the more you try to fit marijuana into the cosmic scheme. The more you say it's God's gift, its rastafarianism. Bob Marley did it. It's ok. The more and more you convince yourself that your doing the best, most wonderfully spiritual, relaxing and enjoyable thing in the world, then the more you think that you need marijuana to get these feelings. You plan your week- buy an ounce on monday, another on friday to last the weekend. You plan the next day- get up, smoke two joints, eat, smoke two joints, go to work, smoke two more joints. The more desperate you become to fit marijuana into your life. i think we need to realise that THC must be the best publicist, advertiser and product available to man. It gives you what you want, tells you what u need to do and sucks you in for a lifelong dependence. I think we need to realise that weed is just a weed with a good publisist- even the dandelion is jealous. We dont need the drug to get what THC promises. It's called life. THC isnt promising anything new, and you dont need it to be happy.

Answer by DaChronic
Submitted on 12/5/2005
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smoking pot can be very beneficial to many people, like me. I myself am 16 and been smoking pot about everyday in the past couple months. I'd come home from a retarted day at school, got a big ass essay due the next day, got a headache....all I do is load up a bowl of some fine green and there...all my stress and headaching goes away just like that and i'm feeling great and all I feel like doing is chill back in my chair and listen to music and have a fun time with life. Also, just cause I smoke weed doesnt mean that all my life consists of is smoking, I also hang out with my non-pot smoking friends and go to school and stuff, I just smoke weed on my free time or with my stoner buddies. So you can have the fun of smoking weed and still control your life, you just gotta have a mature enough mind...

Answer by Kelly
Submitted on 12/7/2005
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I'm speaking from experience thats happening right now. I am 26 am have smoked heavily every single day since at least 13, my first smoke was at 12. Now I have made the decision to stop and have been totally smoke free for just over 72hrs. I am not seeking any help because I believe I can do it on my own but.......... to comment that it is not addictive or " mind over matter" please explain to me why for the past 3 nights I have had about 6hrs sleep total, woken up covered in sweat, had itchy skin, crying at the drop of a hat, had no appetite and lost weight and thats just so far. Thinking of "something else" as some have suggested works for a while but believe me I am not thinking of it in my sleep so please explain where the symptoms come from. I felt fine 3 days ago!

Answer by Murdz
Submitted on 12/10/2005
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Heres my story. I started smoking marijuana my 10th grade summer. I had always said that i would never smoke pot , or do drugs and all that stuff that gets drilled into our brains while we were growning up. So my friends started pressuring me just like all the teachers and our parents said they would, but i had this one friend that never pressured me with it but he was a regular smoker. So one night my friend was sitting beside me smoking a joint that he had rolled out of a piece of paper that he got out of his car manual, and out of no where without saying anything he just passed it to me. I looked at it for a second and grabed it, then proceeded to hitting it. Well i didnt get high, but now that i think back on it that might have been the worst thing that could have happend because it just made me want to smoke pot even more. So it took me a few times to get high like maybe 3 or 4 times. So skip forward 4 years and now im living proof that MARIJUANA IS ADDICTIVE. It has no physical aspects of addiction but mentally it is very addictive. It feels like that I cant have fun unless im high, and i try to think back to what i used to do before i smoked weed and now i just cant remember...weed is all i know now. i guess in some ways its like a culture, and Becuase this culture of people on earth that use pot have to feel like there not a heroin or coke addict, they come up with these magazines like "Grow" and "High Times" so they can feel like they are apart of something. Which all stems from mental addiction. Anyone that used drugs doesnt like the title "Addict" I mean where are Magazines like "Heroin Times" and "Blow" ya know. Its denial. I would give anything not to have smoked weed. Because weed has led to experiments with other drugs(various pills, cocain, acid, opium, speed, extacy ect.) and i guess thats why they call it the "gate way drug" And now because of the rediculous amount of weed that ive smoked in the last 4 years ( damn, it really doesnt seem like four years) im depressed and i know its becasue of weed but i cant stop. I mean the one thing that i think about the most when im high is how much i need to quit. Its almost like my biggest moments of clearity are when im high. but hit i come down im thinking about smoking again. And thats my story. Criticize it all you want people and say all you want about how cool smoking weed is. But in my opinion i was a much cooler person before i kissed mary jane for the first time. So now if you will excuse me i have to figure up a way to get 10 buck to get a dime of some bud...L8er

Answer by imtryingtoquit
Submitted on 12/16/2005
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I have been smoking pot for about 5 yrs everyday, several times a day.I LOVE to get high, but i got in some trouble with the law and now i am going to get drug tested. I have tried to quit in the past but was not successful. This time, i have to stick to my word and be a strong person about it. I have researched that marijuana is not addictive. But it is psychologically addictive. In the past whenever i had free time in my day, i would smoke pot. I thought about smoking when i woke up, before and after work (sometimes during) and pretty much before i did anything. I always thought about being high, and how it made everything better like movies , and food. But i am now relalizing i am growing up and its time to grow up. Marijuana definatley slows me down, makes me non-productive, and not do things i planned on doing. I just got a new job, bought a gym membership, and i am a fulltime student. I am having a difficult time sleeping at night, and have had a loss for appetite. I have been praying to god to help me be a strong person and not fall for the temptation. Its hard but it is all in your head. If you keep your self away from it, and keep your self busy you can do it. I have been doing well so far, hopefully i can continue. I just learned from my experience, pot is bad for your health and it is illegal. Its not worth it. I have only been sober for about a week and that may not sound long to you but for you pot heads out there you know how it is. I have noticed improvements already though. I think that marijuana had me thinking a different way than how I think when i am sober. I would always argue with anyone who said it was bad or talked bad about it b/c i seen nothing wrong with it. But now that i am clear minded i feel like a totally different person and i do not want to go back to my bad habit. Be strong and you can do it through Jesus Christ

Answer by pyewacket
Submitted on 1/2/2006
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high, I'm Daniel in Australia.Ive been smoking for nearly 20 years.Most days.Ive had breaks but not for long.Ive done amazing things in my life and been a smoker. often it has inhibited activity's and relationships.I can honestly say smoking has helped in much of my creative work but has not been helpfull in other areas of my life.One time i stopped for 3 weeks and was "higher" than id ever been.everything was clear.Theres no good or bad. I cut down sometimes which is allways good...being straight for a while.But i love it too especially while being creative (with paint).Now I'm an actor/performer so HAVE to not be stoned,more often. IT opened my world to be stoned,it opened my world being straight(er)!

Answer by RealityVerbatim
Submitted on 1/2/2006
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I've been trying to quit for about 6 months now. I know the arguments from both sides... that it's not physically addictive, better than cigarettes for your health... and illegal, dangerous, lowers IQ... I still maintain that each person should decide for their own... but I know that I am not the same person that I was before I started smoking weed. I've become apathetic to my government, I've started failing classes, and I can't concentrate long enough to even write this answer. But I thought I was in control of it for the longest time. Until the first time I tried to quit and I had a panic attack that almost had me hospitalized. As a recreational drug.. I don't think there's any better... but if you do it for the wrong reasons... it takes over your life.

Answer by sammy
Submitted on 1/2/2006
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I have smoked for couple years.. stopped.. then started again..and now have been smoking for the last 8 years.I only smoke in the evenings(except maybe a few during day on weekends) and i wake up feeling tired and grumpy,coughing up chunks of crap thats built up on my lungs overnite.I have become a little lazy and put things(eg.housework)off til has to be done.I used to love cooking and still do but cant be bothered as much now so cook simple and dont eat as good meals as once did.I dont do things with the kids like i want to.I want to go to the gym and be fit and healthy.I have no motivation when i smoke and i find myself craving mull by early evening.My new years resolution for 2006 is to stop smoking mull and be the wife and mother that my family deserves.Last nite i smoked the last of what i had left so wish me the best,because unlike most of u who think its not addictive...i believe it is.I have given up once before and its hard..had all day dull headaches,coughed up lots of crap from my lungs,was tired and just wanted to sleep all the time,very moody...snappy 1minute sooky the next.So im not looking forward to all that but i know i can get past it and once i do my body and my family will be better for it.Good luck to anyone trying to quit and to those of you who just wanna run people into the ground because thy choose to try to make their life better...BACK OFF!! Just because they are trying to better themselves does not mean they are going to start telling u how u should live your life.Many of our friends smoke and i will not be pushing my non smoking habits onto them...its their life their body and their mind they can do what they like with it.

Answer by working 4 4:20
Submitted on 1/7/2006
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I love smoking solo, adn with my bros. I know Ill never really quit smoking,because i can always find areason to smoke at some time or another, I can only control the time between sessions. I think Everyone smokes in patterns beleve it or not. If your stoned and reading this then youll understand what im saying. for example, the pattern im in right now is smoke everyday, but only get megastoned every couple days. find your pattern, then avoid your friends the days you want to go all out adn smoke mad bowls, do it alone, adn make sure you kill all your stash. Hope this works for you people, its worked for me quite a few times, mostly sobering me up for a couple weeks

Answer by BelfastBoy
Submitted on 1/9/2006
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Hello, i turned 21, ive been smokin hash and weed from the age of about 15. I loved the stuff, still do, but i gave it up, and it is hard. I wish id never started the stuff, i was in school doin very well, i was going to go to university, then i just gave up cuz all i wanted to do was sit in my room and get stoned, listenin to music or watchin some movie about dope smokers. It turns into a vicious cycle and wen u cant get any dope and cant get stoned ur personality just disapears. its like the dope robs you of your wittiness, and it lead me onto taking e's, speed, coke. Ive also been drinkin every nite for over 6 months now, along with dope and prescription drugs like diazepam. But enough is enough, i have a girlfriend who loves me, a job that gets me money and friends, who i avoid becuase of my problem. But its all changing now, ive taken up weight lifting, i bought weights last year and never used them cuz i was always stoned. try and replace your dope habit with something that gives the opposite affect, doin the weights is hard, but everyday i feel fitter and fresher, and people are tellin me that im like a new person. my advice, just dont start it, and if you do, youll learn how bad it is in the end.

Answer by SmartRob
Submitted on 1/23/2006
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First and foremost, and what not many have already stated... GOOD FOR YOU FOR EVEN ASKING!!! That is the first step towards quitting. My story is much like the other GOOD posts about quitting: me and the girl fighting, general lack of motivation, goal slippage, etc. But, nothing is permanent. Success and failure are not something that is guaranteed. If you feel you have wasted too much time, and can't get it back, then you have a loser mentality, and will end up a loser... If you believe you can or can't - you are right! Think about that for a sec bud. If you believe you can quit, and put your life back together, you will. If not, then you won't. There is nothing fair in life, and if you are going to stack the odds against your success, well then don't be surprised when success passes you over. Smoking is addicting - MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY! I don't care what people say, because when you smoke quit, you sweat the hell out of your bed in the middle of the night, you have vivid nightmares, and lose your appetite completely - to name a few. That sounds like physical withdrawal to me.. I smoked for a little over 10 years. What worked for me? Exercise! That is the magic cure... If you can run a mile starting today, you will feel like a god when you are done, and you will naturally get tired, and fall asleep at a NORMAL HOUR. Waking up is easier too! Chances are, since you started smoking you haven't run for anything.. I know; I was there. After exercise you feel great, and it helps the rebuilding process your body NEEDS to go through.. Coughing up tar/scabs in your lungs (yes, that black is tar and scabs from bleeding lungs - remember how it USED to burn when you smoked... When it stops burning, you are screwed, and MUST quit right away). Take vitamins too! You need all the help you can get, but don't expect vitamins to help right away, as it takes 3-4 months to start to get the benefit of vitamins. Screw your friends that smoke! Once you empower yourself by quitting, you will see how you become Barry-Buzzkill to them.. You WILL LOSE YOUR POTHEAD FRIENDS, and when they are gone, you won�t miss them. Simply tell them, �I respect the fact that you want to smoke, and you must respect the fact that I don�t anymore. So please don�t offer me, and if you do, I will be forced not to hang out with you.� I know it sounds like a nerd move, but it is saving your life, and you may even motivate a friend to quit too. Don�t partner up; do it by yourself. If they want to follow your lead, then good for them. You started smoking because you are, or became, a follower. Quit following and being a loser ;) Ok? Now, for the good part. Since I have stopped, not only has life just become better, and my brain sharper, but I have achieved many goals I dreamt of as a kid. Basically, now I am mad f_cking cool! Have a sick car � no ashes or burn marks. My clothes are nice and don�t smell. My girl and I love to kiss (cotton-mouth will stop that in its tracks). I quit my job, and started a very successful company. Now I AM THE BOSS! Not only over pot, but also over everything else in life (almost). You need to take life by the horns, and whip it into submission!! Remember, you never get what you deserve in life, only what you negotiate. If you are content being a loser pot-head, then you have lost motivation to negotiate with the people you see daily, and miss out on opportunities to really taste the finer things in life.. Please, for yourself, and those you love, quit being a baby, and stop smoking pot already. Personally, I think you have made that choice just by asking for help. Good for you� That is something to be proud of, and something nobody can take away from you.. The fact that you have begun negotiating for your life back, means you are already on the road to quitting, and have almost answered your own question. To quit smoking pot, simply means you have to WANT TO QUIT. It is really that simple. Mentally accept the challenge that lies ahead of you, and start now. Good luck. I will say a small prayer for you.

Answer by SJDub
Submitted on 1/28/2006
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I honestly believe each persons reaction to smoking herb varies, and as a result so does their ability to control their use. When we look at it, it boils down to one thing: willpower. If anybody had enough willpower to quite smoking marijuana (it's not physically addicting after all), then they could. I myself have never found it to be difficult to control. I have been smoking for the majority of the last seven years, and I quit cold turkey for five months so I could date (more like even have a little chance) the girl that I'm still with today. That was a year and a half ago. To make a long story short, she burns now too. Neither of us have a problem controlling it. There are time when we run out and it doesn't bother us. This is long enough, you all get the picture.

Answer by WasHigh
Submitted on 2/1/2006
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I smoked weed since the begining of high school which was... 5 years ago, so 2000 (or around that time) Got stoned every day pretty much all day long.. I must have had a decent mind going into it all becuase I managed to pass highschool without too much of a problem. I moved out on my own and tried University... dropped out in 3 months becuase as soon as I moved out of my parents house I became totally infatuated with drugs (mosty pot.) I got a decent job when I quit school and tried to make some money.... soon after I decided I would try out a college and learn a trade of somekind... I dropped out of that too, this time in 2 months. When the new year turned over this year it was my new years resolution to quit smoking weed and cigz.. Well, its been a month and I havn'tlight up anything, also.. you wouldn't believe how fast you get your mental quickness back, I feel really clear headed now too.. But yah, smoking weed in moderation is okay if you can control it but watch out becuase it sneaks up on you. It is not a gateway drug. Life is a gateway drug. I strongly recommend everyone tries weed at least once.

Answer by cutiepie
Submitted on 2/2/2006
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Dis is in reply to idbeyourmemory'ssituation.....Girl i understand how u feel...i have da same issue....my boyfriend tries to stop but he always does it when hes wid his asshole friends...when hes normal...hes sooo sweet n everythin..I have helped me cut down....stoppin is very hard....juss help em cut down...eventually one day they will quit...LOTS of Patience is required......if u love sumone you cant give up on them so easily...juss think of it as they have a problem....and they love u...with love u can help em stop...i guess it makes sense....Giving up is very hard when u love sumbody soo deeply so i guess u juss have to deal with it and have patience...I know its really hard but dats the only solution

Answer by jman420
Submitted on 2/2/2006
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Listen, I started smoking pot in the summer of 7th grade. I thought it was cool and i got to hang out with the older crowd and party. I got all 7 of my friends in my grade to try it in the summer of 8th grade. I used to smoke twice a week but as time progressed i got worse. I started smoking before school during school and afterwards til my night ended around 11:30 on school nights. As a junior i didn't even know if i was high or not because i was always high. My grades sucked along with my relationship with family and friends because all i wanted to do was get stoned. I found myself dealing and in DC with people you'd never want to meet. I had a gun and a knife to my throat once just for two grams and the rest of my stash over about 300 dollars. I became a criminal and met all the wrong people...I was always high though and nothing mattered to me except getting messed up. Soon i went into harder drugs and became depressed, I completely lost my sanity. Now im a senior and I finally wanted to change. I now see a therapist and priest. I'm getting somewhat better. At first it was hard to not be high i felt like i was losing my mind. It's been 3 months since i'vequit and now people are starting to talk to me again. Drugs are cool and fun but i recommend you think about your future cause when you become something great you can smoke all the pot you want. Thanks for taking the time to read this. If anyone needs help i have some pointers...

Answer by front row frankie
Submitted on 2/6/2006
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I've been smoking weed for 30 years. I was 13 when I smoked my first joint. I have the big house, nice cars, all the toys and even a house cleaner. I tried to quit on many occasions but always drifted back. I'm currently married to a wonderful women who never smoked and can't stand it. I told her time and time again that I would quit or lied and said I did. Now with three beautiful young daughters I'm faced with loosing it all because there is no trust left in the relationship and the love is gone. I'm devistated and could loose everything over needing to take the edge off. Let me help mcpfunk. You can't control it because it controls you. It will get inside of you life and become apart of it like it or not. Stop if you can before it's too late.

Answer by cloud5
Submitted on 2/27/2006
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how i quit?...well shall i tell u?..wil anyways son, see im the type who loves to run and sometimes ill blaze up with my friends, my 40yd dash time is 4.8 and im a junior and also im the running back and quarter back and corner and wide out and kick return man, all purpose i guess, and i blazed that kind bud every day with my boys, and it was hurtin me by my fam, and homies, my girl and my studys...anyways i smoked a whole oz with my homie who is the linebacker and defensive captain, we smoked like 32 blunts it was on sunday i guessu can say we went out blazin... ...anywho then the monday i put my cash in a jar and saved mad money, and now i run a 4.7 and i went to state and i have high grades and in football im unstoppable like reggie bush,n shyt..,.everyones hear is normaly spoed to be the same size but u cant measure wats in the heart that drives a person to be succesful son...impossible is nothin if u love smokin blaze a whood for me n everyone peace..

Answer by mouth
Submitted on 3/10/2006
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ok. well i am not one of those ppl i did try to do stuff like that i am only 14 n i have tryed everything sometimes i wish that i cud go back to doing some of it i wish that i was able to just sit back n not worry about anything well when ur high u dont care about nuthing u just care about how it makes u feel, smokeing pot n stuff dose not make u fell good bc after u r done getting high or w.e ppl say u dont remmeber anything well i remember getting caught by my mom when i was getting high well i was grounded for a really long time but u wont to knwo something i am really happy that my mom caught me bc when i got high i mean i got really high some of my friends thought that i was going to od my self well i am not happy with that but what can i do i liked it at the time it made me happy but till i got caught n thats about it all

Answer by stilltrying
Submitted on 3/13/2006
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The problem with pot is that there are usually no immediate consequences (like alcohol or harder drugs), so it's hard to see the need to quit. But if you continue you'll realize who knows how many years later that all you've done is smoke your life away. I'm 27 and have been smoking for over ten years. I have been able to quit for short periods of time, but always go back to what has comforted me in the past: chronic. I started college and never finished. I've passed up good jobs because they require a drug test. I've stopped visiting family and friends because I don't want to hear about how I should quit or wonder the whole time if they know I'm high. I've stopped leaving the house except for work and to pick up weed because I'm too impaired to drive and too paranoid to be in public. I've stopped wearing make-up, and really doing anything for myself to make myself feel better (except blazing). It's really the only thing I look forward to from day to day. I used to look forward to doing things, like hiking, skiing, vacationing, anything! Now I watch tv and eat junk food as my entertainment. I used to smoke with people, but now I smoke alone. There do seem to be people who are able to do it in moderation, but I'm not one of them apparently. If it is affecting your day to day life (if you're able to even determine that), then you should probably check in to a re-hab. I've tried to quit on my own and it hasn't worked. You need to find out why you needed pot in the first place and work on those issues and find healthy replacements or distractions to help you cope with losing something you've used as a friend and crutch for so long.

Answer by Stephanselinger
Submitted on 3/13/2006
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Pot, anyone reading this i believe is only reading this because they want to quit why else would the search how to quit smoking weed on google? i have a heart condition a bad one but am addicted to smoking pot, i lost an amazing girlfriend to it she absolutly hated it but i was so addicted i hid it from her because it felt like i needed it, anyways back to my heart condition i take pills everyday to lower my blood pressure because of weed i forget and sometimes go for a week straight of not taking them, weed has really messed up my life, sure i have fun when im high but i hate it, theres a part of me that has to have it and i cant controll my urges, if i dont stop soon im affraid i will die by the time im 20, i need help i do it 4 times a day everyday and sometimes skip school and sneak out just to do it then go to bed, who ever is reading this out there and knows the feeling of needing it but not wanting to do it i totaly understand but i tihnk its time to just let it go its just a phase people go through and somepeople abuse the phase and it turns into a habbit, i have ben smoking weed for 2 years now everyday. if i can make my self stop anyone can i hope this helps and if it doesnt i dont know what will

Answer by the R man
Submitted on 3/21/2006
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hey guys. i'vebeen a heavy chronic smoker for over two years. the first time i toked down was in 2004 and its now 2006. honestly, i love the bud. im not that much of a one hit wonder like my dad is with the bong, im more of a blunt guy. i just like to sit there and chill the whole time and think about stuff. at first i smoked with a guy in a car all the time.....every day and we would bust missions and end up laughing at some fat chick at a gas station. but after a while, i started to control it and its like i know i get high, but i can control my thoughts etc. last year, i accidentally left an OZ in my pocket and my mom went to wash my pants and found my stash. she asked me how long ive been doing it and i told her over a year and then she was like "well, wanna blaze it up?" i was like "holy crap." well, we got toasty all-right and been smokin with the folks ever since. before i cut down on my smoking, i used to buy ounces at a time and finish the bag by myself (my mom would help occasionally) within a couple days. smoked when i woke up, on my way to work in my truck, at work when i got a chance, on my way back from work, when i got home or at a friends house and i ALWAYS had to spark one up before i hit the hay. i cut down a lot because of my girlfriend and because im trying to make it to the Olympics. i know its not addictive, more of a mental battle. honestly, ive conquered everything with weed without a problem except the exercising part. actually, i still can probably run faster, longer, and harder than the average joe, but i can feel that its keeping me from my full potential like how i was before i started smoking. it sucks. cuz i just like to sit down and chill and think about life and that sorta thing. ive been trying to quit for about 6 months now and with the exception of a few times, ive always said, "ok, im gonna quit after this ounce is gone." then boom, the urge hits me and realize that i NEED my weed cuz i made it into a habit. like when i get bored the first thing i think of is weed. its a mental thing, but i dont really wanna quit, but damn, i wanna do both, lol. smoke and be in shape. im still in hella awesome athletic shape, but ive reduced to once everynight b4 i go to bed just to help me sleep. for those of u who have a smoking problem and wanna stop, lemme fill u in on something. u can control weed when ur on it. it's possible, cuz ive done it, but dont get me wrong, it affects ur life in other ways....especially in the pocket. btw, i dropped out of college and kept saying "ill go back" but i spent my school money on the greeny green. but i got my life back together now. but when it comes down to it, besides God, family and my future bride, weed is the most awesome thing ever. but if u can manage to steer away from it thats great because u wont have to worry about cancer, cuz it can definitely steer u away from life. i first started smoking after i graduated high school.

Answer by Pequena_Chulita
Submitted on 3/23/2006
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I started smoking when I met this guy in May of 1996. I was 19 years old, and my son was 15 months. We smoked everyday, about 4 blunts a day. He had 2 kids that lived with us. That lasted for 3 years. I moved out got my own place. I was always a responsible mother, my son went to school/daycare and I always worked. My bills were always paid and I was never broke without a penny. I've been in and out of relationships and apartments. I got married in Feb of 2005. I still smoke, but I am going to stop before May 1, 2006. That will make one full DECADE of my life that was spent puffin' on a "L". I'll be 30 in Oct 2006. I feel that at some point in your life one should stop smoking. I feel that I'm reaching that point. My husband is not happy with me smoking. He's being very patient, and I know he loves me. My son is now 11yrs and I what to send the right message. So yeah, I'm growing up and want to stop.

Answer by dg20
Submitted on 3/23/2006
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what a weird thread..if you want to stop..even if you feel completely addicted (which is hard unless you're on the west coast and smoking nothing but the best purple, lol), take about a week away from your weed friends. Go get like a bunch of healthy food, fruit veg, etc. Wake up on monday morning, and dedicate the monring to just eating a healthy brerakfast, going to work/ school. if you have no school or work, just busy yourself with cleaning, errands, etc. come nightfall, you'll feel a bit crap, so distract yourself with a movie, then try a herbal supplement called valerian to help you fall asleep (like camomile but stronger). Once you feel healthier, you will be encouraged to keep it up, and sht, next time yu balxe youll get soooooo high. i think if you are encouraged by repalcing weed with something else for a few days, your achivement alone will enable you to say no when your with your weed friends again. go out and get a girl too!

Answer by austin
Submitted on 3/30/2006
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I am trying to quit right now, it's pretty difficult, I have a lot of other things going on too that make it hard to tell what is going on with me and weed. the love of my life lives in a different state then me, she is the most beautiful precious thing I have ever seen, and when she told me she didn't want me to smoke anymore I told her what I usually do "anything for you babe" she's out here visiting me right now, and she leaves tomarrow, so as you can imagine I'm really sad and I want to go smoke a bowl,lol I just can't tell if my withdrawal from weed is causing me to be more sad... after reading all of these, I've decided to not smoke pot until I'm out of college. I'm 16 years old, and am normaly a straight A student, I started smoking last semester and this semester I got two F's I never thought that I would get so far off track from my goals. I'm just thankful to have such a wonderful girl in my life. I"m glad she's helping me it's become very apparent to me that the best way to quit smoking weed is to find someone you really like, or in an ideal situation love, and put your extra time into them, instead of pot. you'll be surprised how much you'll get done and how much your relationship with them will improve. I spent all my time that I would usualy be smoking pot making the best present I could for my girl, and what do you know, she loves me more, and I still haven't smoked : )

Answer by random
Submitted on 4/3/2006
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For everyone who says that says u can smoke weed everyday and still live a good life , You people are probably baked right now and lovin the high so your going to support it. You could also know nothing about pot and think your a stoner because you smoke on the weekends and you will probably support it aswell. For the people who smoke it everyday I want you to try go for 5 days without it and then tell me if its really that sweet. For the people who smoke it on the weekends I want you to smoke it everyday for a year and than tell me how your life is going and what has changed. Pot is awesome there is no doubt, but to an extent. My brother just got out of rehab for crystal meth and the day he came back he smoked a joint. It is now 2 weeks since he has been back and he has smoked it everyday. He tells me that when he was in rehab he craved pot more than he did the meth.

Answer by NO MO BloJO
Submitted on 4/3/2006
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Take HEED everyone who reads this, It has taken me a long time to realize what weed has done to me and my family. I used to be a sweet and caring person. I used to be respectful to people and that has seemed to be replaced with a bad attitude, and selfishness and no self love. i thought smoking weed would make me feel good about myself and not lead me to thinking about death all the time . But its the exact opposite. I began smoking weed jan 1st 2000. I tried it and liked it. I used it to let my exscape from the things that were going wrong on my life never knowing that i was making them worse. I used to be a christian. I used to be a poet and song writer. Now i cant remember things and people. its sad when u want that job and u cant get it because u failed the test. How many times will i put myself through this, i want to stop but the only reason i ever started was to find myself. Well now i find myself confused most of the time, oh im the life of the party because im getting laughed at or talked about. people only want to help u if u want to help yourself. but im quitting today. and ill log back on in a week for an update =((=

Answer by trev
Submitted on 4/4/2006
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ive been smoking pot for about a year now, smoking 2 bowls a day for about 3 weeks, then have a week off, then the next 3 weeks do it again, and so on and so on. anyway, when my parents came home, they found my conversation on my computer about how im gonna get some more weed and rolling paper in a week. damned AIM Triton got me caught because it brings the whole convo back up after you X out when the other person replies, the only way to get rid of the history is to log out. im trying to get the balls to ask my parents if they will at least let me roll my own ciggs with rolling paper and hand rolling tobacco, but my grandpa died of lung cancer from smoking. any suggestions on how i should ask?

Answer by Sinister
Submitted on 4/6/2006
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More often than not, I'd simply tell you to just stop, because it's that damn easy for me, but if you're thoroughly convinced that you have a recalcitrant addiction, here's a great way to quit smoking.....spend 70-90% of your money on books to read, and leave the rest for food and expenses. Not only will you benefit from health and intelligence, but you'll have a library of books at your disposal. Oh and make new friends, i'm not telling you to ditch your stoner friends but to make friends who don't have to toke up all the time. Practice this for 6 months (or longer if you must) and you'll be fine. You simply do not need it. It's not the end of the world if you can't grab a jay or to smoka' bo! Hahaha, i miss pot terminology but at the same time....i really don't.

Answer by snakecharmer
Submitted on 4/13/2006
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Im not going to preach and tell you what you should and shouldn't do thats for you to deciede, these are just my theorys based on my experiences so take it how you want it. If you really want to quit...keep busy and away from home as long as possible since (for me at least) this is where I feel the need to smoke most frequently. Also try stepping down on how frequent you buy sacks and set dates for how long you will make each sack last and lengthen it every week. This helps ur self control in the long run and lessens psychological withdrawl. I am currently trying this Idea I had and so far ive improved from a dub a day to a dub every 5 days only after 1st sack. Ive been smoking for 3 years now at first I started with about a dub every other week, then it was every week, then everyday...when you start smoking or have started, my best advice I can give you is don't smoke when your bored which happens fequently to people. Only smoke for special occasions or with a good group of friends and smoke all the weed you bought that way there is none left over to keep smoking constantly throughout the day. I am a believer in experiencing things in moderation but abuse of course can result so you have to accept that before trying anything. When I first started smoking pot I got hooked because I didn't moderate myself, as any alcohol commercial would say...please drink responsibly or in this case smoke.

Answer by Medic81
Submitted on 4/14/2006
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I smoked weed for the first time when I was 15, my best friends brother introduced it to me. We had a great time, everything was hillarious...But the next day I always felt like I took a couple steps back and wasnt running on all 8 cylinders. I smoked it very infrequently from then on because of that until a year out of High School. I moved in with the same best friend down in San Diego and I began to smoke almost every day, I would take breaks here and there but I was pretty consistent until just recently. So today I went surfing with a friend, before we went out he offered me some bomb. I thought what the hell it would be nice to take a rip before heading out to get barreled. That was this morning and since then I went over to my other buddys place and smoked a joint. I am ripped right now. I "quit" a few times and just recently for over three months, and had been tapering off before that. I forget how it effects me, my motivation, concentration,articulation etc...and why I quit in the first place. It did feel good to be ripped out there in the ocean, until the high wore off then All I wanted to do was paddle to the light house then get out and go get a burrito. I think being sober, alive, is much better. I feel like even though its been three months I am back at square one. wtf? We have too much to lose, some of us just dont realize it and think our little habit isnt hurting anybody. Its hurting us, the relationships we could be having, our family members, career/school aspirations, dreams, etc...Lets get out of our comfort zones and quit for good and for life. peace,wish me luck Brian

Answer by Dan_thebristol_man
Submitted on 4/16/2006
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i come from bristol in the UK, Ive been a heavy user of pot for the last 5 years (since i was 12) and yes i started on ciggarettes...lived in hong kong until i was 14, then moved to bristol and now I'm17. Bristol is the capital for grade in the uk...i say this because over here smoking grade is more of a lifestyle u could say. Ive met parents that have been smoking grade for a very long time and they see no reason to stop. Police (if caught) will say something in the area of "ok well i don't want to catch you with this again or ill arrest you". they then would go smoke it themselves. Another example, my friend who was pulled over when on his mo-ped was caught with a half (14 grams),�70-80 , then brought down to the station and given a warning...he also lost the half. Its a class C drug here and no1 seems to care at all... there are side effects of grade...and try smoking a 1.6 �10 draw of skunk (kush, cali-high, whiterhino etc.) everyday for the next 6 months and then tell me there are no side effects...side effects are all what you think grade does to you...its all mental, and depends on what your high is specifically like. if your grown up enough your parents wont tell you to not smoke because they know your old enough to make your own mind up...so don't smoke till your old enough basically if your worried about being caught with draw ...then it wont be worth it for u to smoke in the 1st place. however, big fan of grade myself. cutting down now for health but it was defiantly a good few years. grade can f*** you up ;) ha ha peace

Answer by avb
Submitted on 4/19/2006
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Thank you all for your words and experiences. I too, have decided, with the help of God, to stop. People say it's not addictive, but what is not being factored in are the many different types of personalities and people who smoke . Some smokers simply have a predisposition to becoming easily addicted, and not just to pot -to anything they might enjoy. I believe I am one of those people. 'Good Question' wrote a great response...although he or she will probably never read this thread again, thank you for that. I've been smoking since I was 15 years old, and I just turned 27 and I still battle with pot. Although I've been fairly successful in my endeavors, I can't help but think about what else I could have done with the time and money that went into marijuana over these past 12 years. This last time, I began again during the winter of 2005, stopped until April of that year, and this April marks an entire year that I've been smoking everyday...and I'm a college professor!! Having to depend on, or do any substance, everyday, is a form of bondage, and that is whether you love it and have no problem with it, or hate it, but are still doing it. This is my first day, in a long time, that I haven't smoked, and I have to say that I feel great, alert, and on-point again. Power to you all who are attempting to quit. I've decided (again,. with the help of God), that I want to have a productive fulfilling life, and not be a numbed-out empty shell of myself. Peace.

Answer by perfectly_pampered_pixie_01
Submitted on 4/26/2006
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Ive been smoking pot now for about 3 to 4 years.Im 13 years old and my dad just passed away April.19,2006 and was cremated on his birthday April.24,2006.But anyways this is my story.About 3 to 4 years ago I stayed the night with my friend Amber and she had a blunt she wanted to smoke with me.At first I didnt want to but then she blew it in my face and I desided to give it a try witch I should have not done.I liked the feeling it gave me,and I couldnt stop.I tryed so hard to stop but no matter how hard I tryed I couldnt.Soon down the road I was allowed to get high.Any teenager would love to be aloud to get high with there sister,and or family members.I got hooked and couldnt stop.But when you lose your dad and you think that might be why you lost them,then you deside to stop regardless.I for 1 have not smoked weed since the night befor my dad died.And ussaly by now I would be craveing so bad,but I havent even had the erdge to smoke pot and iam so very very happy and I hope I never smoke it again.And to all the teenagers out there that smoke pot and want to quit but dont think they can....you can stop I did.You just have to fight the feeling away,no its not easy but if you want to quit then you have to fight that feeling away.If you dont do it for your self then do it for a loved one or a best friend.I did it for my dad and myself. SO FIGHT THAT FEELING AWAY TELL IT NO I HAVE CONTROL OF MY CRAVEINGS.Thats what you have to do !

Answer by kaila
Submitted on 5/1/2006
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My boyfriend smoked weed when we first met and it wasn't all too bad because I had fun with him. Well after about two months he was starting to see that things he would do while high were breaking my heart.. He would verbally abuse me.. ditch me to go smoke. Call me to drive 20 minutes across town to take him and his friends on drug runs.. He's not the typical guy I tend to date. I've always been into the good, Christian boys.. But for some reason there's something about him that just amazes me nearly everyday. I love him dearly and with all of my heart. He quit for me. Not because I asked him too, but because he saw the pain he was causing me. That's love. Here recently he started back. Not only weed this time, though, he is also doing coke and getting drunk nearly every night. Before I met him, he hadn't attended a full day of school yet and then for the five months he quit, he went everyday and now he's back to not going at all. I'm seriously worried about him. I've tried to talk to him about it.. Tried to make sense.. Tried to help him cut back a little but it all goes back to the way it was.. He calls me "stupid" and "ignorant" and says that because I'm trying to get him to cut back I'm "disrespecting" him and trying to make his life hell. I'm not trying to do anything other than help him do everything in life he's told me that he wants to do. Every time I'm around him, I won't say a word about weed and he'll explode on me out of nowhere and threaten to end our relationship. Also, he's back to stealing things... Robbing cars and houses. All my friends are telling me to break up with him but I honestly cannot do it because I know that once I do I'll regret it for the rest of my life. He was an amazing boyfriend when he quit. The absolute best. I honestly don't know what to do or where to turn or how to make him happy anymore. He is trying to influence me to smoke with him and his new friends (who also try nearly every day to get him to cheat on me and he hasn't yet)but I don't want to and he makes me feel like crap for not doing it. And then gives me the guilt trip because it's not the same. I don't know what to do. Is there honestly anything other than breaking up with him that will help me out on this? Please- I'm getting desperate.

Answer by cdee
Submitted on 5/3/2006
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I have been smoking weed since I was in middle school. I am now going to get my masters degree. I don't believe that smoking has ruined my life or stoped me from having or working towards my dreams. I am married and my husband used to smoke occasionally in college. When I smoke I am less attentive to him. I zone out and watch way to much trashy t.v. I see that many of the responders on this website our very young and I remember experimenting at that time. It's hard for me to believe that smoking weed is harmful because I smoke a blunt a day and I hold a job, take care of my home and have gotten a 4.0 in college the last 4 semesters. I believe that it can slow people down. I have several friends who smoke who have lost their motivation. I want to smoke in moderation but that is really hard for me. I have decided to stop smoking because if I can do this well while I'm high every evening than I can achieve a great deal more if I can stay sober.

Answer by smokey the bear
Submitted on 5/7/2006
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lots of people smoke weed and alot of people do it because their friends do it. i dont know why, some say peerpressure and that is a major part of it but why do people care that much what other think of u? i started because i was curious and like most it didnt work the first time so what made me do it the 2nd? i really dont remember but i guess i really needed to know the feeling of being high. now that i know the feeling and i said i would only do it once (again like most people) ofcourse it kept increasing and increasing and now its over 4 times a week. Some day its not bad because some do it 4 times a day but they dont realize what it is doing to their brain. the feeling of talking to someone who gets stoned everyday is hilarious. i love having conversations to them but then i think, what if i get to that point. i havnt been high for 8 days now and not planning to. Why? because its a mental addiction and i dont need to waste money on weed to make my time go by. for some odd reason alot of people work at walmart and havnt realized whats been happening in their life. if you smoke once a day then its time to cut it down. do it on occasions and make it not a habbit. dont think about doing it everyday and dont have it being your main part of your weekend.ive been sober 8 days and i feel fine, i might miss the feeling but its worth it. i dont know why im writing this and i think this website is retarded but its 1:34 and im at a friends...i was sleeping but i was waken up by my friends who noticed we were TPed when we went outside it was a mess...ok back to the point weed is bad i could of made this whole thing 1 sentence saying "dont smoke everyday" but like most others i felt like telling a story...thank you. (over and out)

Answer by joe joe
Submitted on 5/12/2006
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guys um ive been smokin weed out of my dads sack and i cant quit i live with my dad and everyday i get up i smoke except today im tryin to quit ive tried to quit before but i always find myself going back my dad doesnt know i take hes weed and he dont know i that i know he smokes so im in a jam i think if i wasnt here where the weed is i could quit but since its here and its FREE!! i can just get it anytime i wont so i dont know what to do i dont wanna be high no more cuz ive seen my dad high and he gets really mad and i dont wanna be like my dad when i get older cuz im 19 now yeah im still home im trying to move out but anywho if u know anything that could help me just tell me ight later...

Answer by CyntaxEra
Submitted on 5/13/2006
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I've had several partners who have been smoking weed for a long time. Current partner is trying to quit now after smoking every day for the last 12 years. Thank you "Good Question" and "Bildo" for your feedback - it makes me feel better about where this relationship is heading and it's nice to see it come from someone else who's lived it and come (or coming) out the other side. I have friends who smoke weed on a regular basis (I used to for a couple of years on a recreational basis) and are "fine" and others who just can't handle life unless they're high. Personally, I believe there are so many dependencies which determine whether you can function without it, or not. Things ranging from mental illness, financial situations, family/work/personal relationships, life satisfaction, etc. It's too easy to say something like "weed isn't addictive" or vice versa. It's a lot more complicated - so many dependencies determine the effect it has on a person. For those who think they may have a problem, get out now. Get your life back and realize the potential we all have in this lifetime. Do something positive and you'll see just how good a person you can actually be. Don't believe anyone who puts you down - they just don't understand you. Stay strong. Be someone.

Answer by Anonymous : )
Submitted on 5/16/2006
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The interesting thing is that there's no possible way to have an unbiased perspective here. If you haven't smoked weed, you probably have a personal reason not to, so you think it's bad (probably for everyone, though maybe just for you). If you have smoked weed, then you either continue to smoke weed, which means that you haven't experienced anything bad from it (or enough bad to actually want to quit), which means you'll think it's fairly harmless and you'll probably scoff at people's warnings because you haven't found them to be true. The third possibility is that you HAVE experienced enough negative stuff happening, so you've quit. My story: I have just about the most addictive personality imaginable, and I started smoking bud when I was 14. I'd been a bright but underachieving kid before that, but in the surprisingly short time it took me to go from my first-time "I THINK I'm high!" session to my it's-time-to-do-anything-need-to-get-high-first session, I lost the brightness I'd had (or been told that I'd had). I've been clean for most of the 7 years since then, but when I haven't, I've been getting as f*ed up as possible for as long as possible. All I can do is speak from my own experience. The truth is, pot isn't massively physically addictive. People report headaches, inability to concentrate, inability to sleep, sometimes nausea, and other relatively minor withdrawals when they quit. I sometimes get insomnia when I first quit, and can't usually concentrate anyway so I don't notice too drastic of a change. But I can never seem to STAY quit. That's true of almost everyone who talks about how easy it is to quit smoking weed; they usually smoke. So yeah, it was easy to not go buy a bag after your last one ran dry. But can you say no, when your friends break out the bong and it's been a long week? Probably not. Bottom line is, there's something called human nature. This involves feeling pain, and most people don't like to feel that. Most drugs, including that lovable ganja, will do a decent job of numbing that pain, although most of the time smoking weed really just puts the point at which you have to feel pain somewhere into the foggy future. If you're one of the massive number of people who will choose to feel a false relief or a synthetic joy over true sadness, fear or pain, mary-J could definitely f* you, your life, and (to some extent) the people who are close to you, right in the keister. And you won't know it until all the evidence is staring you in the face. If you think you're different, keep smoking. That's the only way you'll learn.

Answer by James
Submitted on 5/24/2006
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Many substances affect different people differently. For instance, some people take penicillin and die due to an allergic reaction while the life of another may be saved. Marijuana is a drug. Like other drugs, it affects different people in different ways. While some people who smoke pot lose control of their lives, other people with chronic medical conditions, such as bipolar disorder, other mood disorders, and chronic pain, are given the ability to function normally. Just because one person has a bad experience doesn't mean everyone should just stay away from it. Some people, such as myself, should probably stay away from it as it tends to make depression worse. However, many of my friends have the equivalent of ADD and have to deal with so many ideas running through their heads that they can't calm down and focus. Smoking marijuana calms that wild beast, and they then can sit down and work. They benefit immensely from the use of this wonder drug. I'm not talking about cashiers here either. These individuals are highly successful business people, computer programmers, artists, and engineers. My advice is for parents to talk to their kids about drugs. If they've had experiences then they should share them as education is the secret to life. Chances are if the parents had bad experiences then so will the kids and vice versa. For some people, marijuana has given them their life back. There is much research that supports the medical use of marijuana, and I have seen my friends become successful as a result while it has hindered my own development. It all depends on our individual genetic and biological makeup.

Answer by BabyJane420
Submitted on 5/25/2006
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To Ya'll(especially Caught/desperate) Pot is not somthing you smoke to be cool and it is not always the greatest feeling when you smoke it. I have been smoking pot for god 6 year (i'm16) and all it does is calms me down, burns me out, mushes your brain, and keeps you in one spot for awhile. Caught/desperate if you want to smoke smoke you'll have much more freedom in high school . i shouldn't really be saying this but at 13 you should be still going to sleep overs, partys were all you drink is pop and the movies with your boyfriend. life has so much to offer don't waste it ... my story... In 6th grade was when i tried pot for the first time i hated it it stunk and it hurt my throught all the way down. i didn't do it again till 7th grade that is when i got right into it i smoked pot heavily(4-5times a day including at school and at my own home) then in 10th grade my mom threatened me with a drug test so i stopped smoking for 6 months but i never got a drug test (just say no its not that hard) so i started smoking again. but not as much i no longer live at mom and the place i live allows me to smoke pot but now that i'mallowed i really don't smoke much i mean i have a few after school but most of the time i stay sober... BABYJANE420

Answer by Rodolfo NUEL
Submitted on 6/5/2006
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HEY POT LOVERS, MY NAME IS ANONYMOUS not just playing, i will tell you who i am. ha, before i smoked weed, they told met not to. I should have listen. In Chicago is crazy because if you get caught with a dime they don't take you to jail, so we always buy ounces to keep in the refrigerator. Weed made me fail 8th grade, repeat freshman year and fail sophomore. I still smoke a little weed. Weed is also a gateway to hardcore drugs, like cocaine, heroine and crack. Drugs don't take us anywhere. Marijuana is an addiction, and if you don't believe me, then why are you still smoking? Any way, i love marijuana, and i don't have any thing against it. Weed will just not take my family and it will not break my dreams. Every time we smoke weed we are less ourselves, plus we spend less time with our parents, and if your one of those that hate to stick around with your pops, you will want to love being with them, but they will be death by then. so see ya and keep smoking

Answer by Bezg
Submitted on 6/8/2006
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I have been smoking weed since i was in 4th grade. I live in colorado and belive me, theres no shortage of weed here.(ive seen a 55 gallon trash bag filled with BOMB ass hydro) Im now 20 years old and pretty much everybody in my family knows i smoke pot. I got caught for the first time in Jr. High smoking weed in my room thru a home-made bong. The ass beating came shortly afterwards. A year or so later, BOOM, door swings open with no knock, i have the piece up to my mouth 1/2 way thru a brain melting rip. After people figured out i was high if i was awake, and they saw that it didnt affect me like they thought it would, they really left it on the back burner. Do what you want to do, life is too short to listen to the man. Keep smoking if you want to, just know that if you get in trouble, it is illegal and that it was your choice. I dont see any stopping comming for me anytime soon, even though i have court in July for a posession ticket i got while i was in my car.(also dont smoke in your car is a good tip, i almost got a DUID and got my license revoked for a year because my car reaked of bud from earlier that morning.)

Answer by losin my mind
Submitted on 6/10/2006
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well it seems most of u dont think that weed is addictive, READ THIS i live in vancouver bc (beautiful but a curse)i grew up in a good home and i was really quick and smart before me and my friend started smoking weed in gr.9 and it started off inoccent enougf but it led to my friend stealing his moms bank card to take out cash every 3rd nite or so.. in gr.10 id skip a bunch of classes everyday to smoke up and wen i came home after school id meet up w/diff ppl to smoke up, by end of gr.10 i was saving a bowl or two b4 bed it was a ritual for me, my gf hated it wen i was high and i admit that i was high MANY times we were together. by gr.11 i was spending all my money on weed, didnt have money to do stuff w/my gf and i didnt care. end of grade 12 i was addicted to it b4 bed. and i can HONESTLY SAY that iv smoked weed (dime or twenty) to my head before i go to sleep every night for the past 4 years. i am VERY VERY addicted. and full dependant on it. at work all i can think of is "i hope i get weed later" it haunts me all day. i feel pretty sad about it i really wanna quit iv driven to rehab before but when i parked infront of the building i couldnt go in and drove home.. i probally cant count how many times iv driven on E b/c i spent the 20 bux on weed insted of gas. but i think now for my own health this will be my last weekend smoking weed for a long time. i dont even know wat it feels like to be sober ne more. like i said living in vancouver is great its beautiful but i wouldnt know because im cursed to stay inside all day smoking pot in my bedroom by myself and going on the computer. but im sick of it so like i said this is it for me. i hope this post helps someone in some way to not be like me.. ill post bak in a week and let u guys know how i did.

Answer by ThisIsHowYouGiveItUp
Submitted on 6/14/2006
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PREP I STOP ON 14/6/06 CHUCK OUT ALL ME WEED GEAR. THROW OUT THE ASHTRAYS READY. note i truly intentend to do this. i have been smoking weed for 13 years.Time im thinking to see the world with straight eyes. (im thinking it might be a bit siht)I, like evryone has a reason for the weed...... i liked to get high but im getting to used to it. 13 years worth.I have a good temprement but have a temper that will fire up when im very angry, which aint to often.this will change as i have tryed to give up the weed before. didnt go to plan... cost me alot of fixing money after my temper had calmed down. then i got stonned.lol. i suggest to all who come to this page dont waste your time over planning. just go for it. you all know your problem areas as i know mine. ie FRIENDS, THE HOUSE, INFRONT OF THE TV. next time im on this i will be straight.

Answer by glassedinheart
Submitted on 6/21/2006
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I've started smoking weed when I was 14 but didn't like it, then I tried it again at 16 and didn't like it and then I tried it again at 17 and smoked my brains out until I was 20. Which is what I am now. But the only reason why I slowed down is because my boyfriend gets upset when I do it. I wish I could be like him and not think about it at all, but he seems to think all I care about is my self, because I want to smoke sometimes. I just don't know if he's right. I know he's right by I need to stop, because it does ruin your life, because you don't want to do anything about your life. But I wish I knew that it was ok to smoke sometimes. I wish I knew that it really fries your brain and gives you lung cancer. I wish I knew that I was addicted even though I don't smoke as much as other people, but maybe once a few days or a week. I wish I knew that I really do love my boyfriend even though I won't stop smoking even for him. He won't let me say "I love you", until I can prove that I am done with it. I know that he has to be more right than I am, because he's the one who hasn't even done half the drugs that I have. All he's done is beer, liquor and weed. Me on the other hand pills, shrooms, dxm, (which is my favorite), and other kinds of pills. I just wish I could stop for him, but he keeps making want to stop, even though I really don't want to yet, he needs to let me make my own decision, he shouldn't get upset, because he knows I like to do it. I really don't know what to tell you guys, because I don't know what to tell myself yet.

Answer by javalite
Submitted on 7/29/2006
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yes im 21 years old , im from Australia i smoked cause yea it was fun it was exciting , it was cool and yea my father smoked , i started to steal dope off im when i was 10 years old heheh , i had a great stoned time , now im 21 im 10 thousand dollars in debt and still climbing skimming and skamming our goverment to pay for my drugs, yes great im stoned now , but yea now my ways have met the end of life , with illegal cheqes being cashed and being a bum , ohwell life is great while ya having fun but it soon catches up with you , in the end , breaking up with my love of my life somone that i wouldnt be able to be with all my life , and yea clarity , you get nun , but a empty wage , when you get payed what a exciting life , the root of all evil ,Marijuana time to quit , only young and plenty of life to live , is it so simple , yes it is willpower stops wars and willpower loses you weight , an equal balance gives you a equal life , STOP the drugs , be cool and stay staright me friends

Answer by AustraGold
Submitted on 7/31/2006
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I am going into my freshman year of college and I've been smoking weed since I was a freshman in Highschool. I don't really have an exact amount I smoke every week or day. It just depends on what I'm doing, if my friend's want to smoke I'll go with them, if no one asks me to smoke I ussually don't or I'll try to find weed If im really feneing. i ussually don't smoke more that 3 times in one day and I try not to smoke every single day. I can go weeks without smoking when I don't even try, it just happens that way. I love to smoke and most people would consider me a stoner. I was probably the biggest stoner girl in my grade in highschool along with my best friend(who i'm rooming with in college) I got caught shoplifting just recently and I've been on probation for it. They told me they can randomly drug test me and that scared me, but I didn't quit smoking. It was too hard for me to ever turn down an offer to smoke at a party or ever. I just feel like everythings better when I'm high and I guess I'd just rather be high than sober or drunk or anything for that matter. They hadn't been drug testing me at my probation meetings and I was verry lucky about that. Now all of the sudden they spring on me that they are going to drug test me at the end of the month and I better be clean. My heart about stopped. I'm going to lollapalooza in a few days which is a concert with a tonnn of bands and people and I planned to smoke ALOT at that and its summer and I never planned on quitting before college. Now i have to quit for my last month of summer so I'm clean for my drug test. It really upsetting me and it's a huge change of plans for my lazy, boring summer days ahead. I don't do anything else to keep me away from it and most of my friends smoke. I'm going to have to be around it every day and not be able to do it. I HAVE to quit because i'm screwed if i fail this drug test and I know i'm going to do it, but it seems almost impossible. It's stressing me out and I can't stop thinking about how much it sucks. HELP ME PLEASE how do i stop. It's only a month but ahh, i wanted to smoke my last god damn month of summer.

Answer by outmezbann
Submitted on 7/31/2006
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i started smoking budd when i was 14. i am now 20 and i'm trying to quit for maybe the 5th time. i read some of ur posts on how ur heavy users doing it 5-6 times a week. i've been smoking 2-10 spliffs a day for about 5 years straight. all my friends still smoke and thats the hardest part. i used to mack on several girls at a time. before this past week, i hadnt hooked up with a girl in like 2 years. weed just made me so anxious around girls that i'd rather just avoid them entirely while stoned. and i stoned pretty much all day everyday so that didnt work out too well for me. as soon as i stopped, i got all my long lost confidence back and i could finally pimp again. i dont care what anybody says but a weed dependency is extremely hard to get over, especially when all your boys do it constantly and some of ur girl friends as well. dont get me wrong i still love the chronic, and i jonze everytime my friends spark one... but when it comes down to it, i'm happy being sober as well. even if its only been a week. i know weed makes me happy, but what makes me happier is that i dont need to depend on a plant to get me to that point.

Answer by Avg Joe
Submitted on 8/2/2006
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I think some people can handle smoking daily for extensive ammounts of time. Some people however, cannot. They cannot organize and prioritize themselves enough to lead normal a normal life. I find myself in a situation after about a year of smoking pot daily, where I'm not happy. I don't talk to old friends, I'm greedy over money, and have motivation to do merely nothing. I am a different person then I was a year ago. I think back to when I first started smoking pot and how great it was. Now my tolerance is so ridiculously high, I don't have enough money to support my bulky pot needs. I am only a 15 year old kid, with no job. I think my solution will be to take a long break from smoking pot. I'm sure I will not quit for good because it means too much to me but, I a break will do me a lot of good. Im going to try to get my life back in order and get motivated again. Maybe I won't even want to go back to pot after its all done with. I will go with it from here. Hopefully I've helped and given someone else good advice as well.

Answer by b-free
Submitted on 8/8/2006
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I have trouble with weed and always have. Since I was a ten I could not drink so I smoked instead.. It was not an issue really until this past few years when I started to smoke daily. In bad relationships you will do almost anything not to feel the emotional and psychological pain. It works for awhile but then it would build up in my system and drag me down for a few very unproductive days. It is a false sense of self worth that lasts only an hour or two so swats the point? I like it. I really do. I want to stop since I hate thinking about it all the time and I wish I could be as motivated and creative all the time as I am while high. the withdrawl is not fun.. Headaches tummy aches and messed up appitite and bad bad dreams. I want to grow up and be an adult.. To be able to function without it. I hope I can.

Answer by Wasa Slow Walker
Submitted on 8/8/2006
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I was a smoker for 12 years.never had the guts to give up,if i did...I was doing it for others but I'd still hide and smoke.Thats being a hypocrite to yourself.Its not worth it.The thoughts that you get after smoking it is jus great.Its makes you feel the top of the world.It makes you feel the president of your own life.Its makes you feel your flawless giving you amazing concentration,But thats all it gives.Just one stupid slow insecure focus in your head.Anyways I decided that I stop one day while being high and smoking a joint.I told myself it was the last...I wasn forced by anyone ...I just felt so..the next two days were horrible...but its ok if you really want to do it...I cant advise you..If it has to happen ...it has to happen from inside of you...and not just to show the others that you can while you hide and smoke.Now I dont smoke nicotine and weed...I crave for it still cause that was my most loved..but I'm not worth it if i can't tell myself to do something...All the best guys...If u can...u really can

Answer by tdizlfoshizl
Submitted on 8/11/2006
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STARTED SMOKING AT 13 IM OVER 30 I MAKE GREAT MONEY I SMOKE WEED AND IT GETS ME MOTIVATED TO WORK, HOWEVER I CANT FUNCTION PROPERLY ANYMORE. I NEED TO QUIT BUT AM HAVING A HARD TIME. PEOPLE WHO START SMOKING AT AN EARLY AGE ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE THAN NON SMOKERS. I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT ITS NOT ADDICTIVE BUT THATS A BIG LIE. WHEN I TRY TO QUIT I GET SO ILL I WILL GO OFF ON ANYBODY FOR THE SMALLEST THING. SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH STILL SMOKE AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, EVERYONE OF THEM WHO HAS TRIED TO QUITE CANNOT DUE TO THEM BEING SO ILL. MY ADVISE IS QUITE NOW BEFORE YOU END UP COMPLETELY HOOKED LIKE A CRACK HEAD. IM NOT JUDGING ANYBODY AND IF YOU THINK ITS GREAT FOR YOU I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU THINK THAT. I WISH I WOULDNT HAVE STARTED STEALING IT FROM MY DAD AND HIS FRIENDS AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE BUT IT HAPPENS. THE LORD HAS BLESSED ME WITH THE ABILITY TO DO NEARLY EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE EVER TRIED TO DO BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP SMOKING. PEACE TO ALL PEOPLE

Answer by phat
Submitted on 8/21/2006
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I literally had to type the following question into google: How do I stop being a pothead? I'm not a Type A kind of person, but I started to do really well in school around grade 11. By grade 13, though, I started to smoke a bit of pot. You can get addicted to pot. I think I'd say my breaking point was my second year of undergraduate university, when I started to smoke by myself. If you smoke by yourself, I think you could be addicted. For 5 years now I have basically been smoking a ton of pot. I think the longest I've gone without blazing has been 3 weeks max. How sad is that? I've finally decided to quit for good because no matter what people who smoke tell me, I feel way smarter, active and intelligent when I'm not high. That said, I find I am constantly jonesing right now, as I'm trying to quit. Anyone have suggestions on how to not want to get stoned? I will have a much easier time when I am working (soon) but until then I find it hard to go even a day without smoking a joint, since I'm always at home. Sigh.

Answer by Chronic smoker....
Submitted on 8/27/2006
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Hey all, I'm 19 years and have been smoking since I was 13. I used to smoke because everyone said it was the wrong thing to do and I felt like I was cool. But looking back on my life now, still smoking weed. I don't think it was the right decision. I used to be one of the most popular guys in my grade, honor student, great at sports. Then I lost it all. I was looking at 2 - 10 in prison for possession of marijuana. It's hard to quit when you've lost everything else. My advice to any one that's looking to smoke weed as an occasional thing it doesn't work like that. I've been through 4 re habs and still havent quit. No matter what the odds are I don't care about much other than getting high and getting paid. Not everyone is going to end up like me, but some of you will and it isn't a fun road to go down. I've lost a lot of friends, had my house robbed over 6 times in a year. Sound like fun? please use this advice and make the best decision for yourself. Smoking weed doesn't make you cool. You lose your memory, you smell like weed all the time, your eyes are red "w/o visine that is", you get cotton mouth, the munchies, etc. Is smoking weed to get high worth sitting in prison? Spending 1,000s of dollars on court costs, detox drinks to pass U/A's, and not to mention the paraphenalia and weed its self?

Answer by sdmike
Submitted on 9/5/2006
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ok, i smoked my first time back in 88, my parents left a burning joint around, and we tried to smoke it, im not too sure if we got high or not, i tried a few times after that, one time we wrapped some of my dads stash in a post it, all i remember was caughing a lot... so ok i started smoking everyday when i was 12, in 92, and i smoked every single day (multiple times) except when i was in jail. so in 2004 my wife was pregnant with my son, and i made a sale to an undercover (well actually my dawg did) and my wife and i both got busted. So i spent some time in the state pen, and she went to a program. I missed about the first year of my sons life. I havent smoked since that day, I have learned that there is a little more to life than just getting blazed, good luck to you all in quitting. I now own a business, and am in the process of becoming sucessful :)

Answer by Coconut
Submitted on 9/11/2006
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Weed affects everybody in different ways. Some people can be stoned 24/7 and still be fully functional, for others it can be a serious affliction. You can argue until you're blue in the face that pot's not addictive, but I AM addicted, and that's undebatable, so just because YOU didn't get addicted doesn't mean it's not addictive, it just means you don't have an addictive personality. It's ironic because I actually started smoking pot regularily to help me quit smoking cigarettes. It made me not crave the smokes, and since "It's not addictive" I figured I'd just stop after a month or so and be good to go. Three years later... Every time I try to quit, it never lasts. I experience physical withdrawl symptoms; cravings, irritability, insomnia, just like cigarettes, only much more severe... but this time I think I've made it work. I haven't smoked in a month, which may not sound like a lot, but it's the longest I've gone without smoking since I started so it's a lot for me. I just took up a load of extra activities to keep myself distracted. That's really all you can do. It's really important to not be around it cause one whiff of that smoke and you're done. Even after a month I still get cravings and can't sleep, that's why I found this board. It takes a lot of will power. Best of luck to you, I know what it's like and I hope it works out.

Answer by tvsmokinguy
Submitted on 9/19/2006
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I've been smoking weed for over 10 years, and while I don't believe it leads to harder drugs and most of the lies the ad council and similar groups feed us, it's not a good habit. At this point I have trouble falling asleep or sitting through long car rides without getting high. I hardly get an enjoyable high anymore, it's more of a fix. I used to be a writer and very creative. Now I don't have the patients to develop my talents. I'd rather work at my job, then go home, get high, go to sleep, and go back to work. I'm not making any great strides into my future. If you're in high school or college, by all means, experiment and enjoy yourself, it can be fun. But when it becomes habitual, it's just another necessity in your life and it doesn't bring you friends or the giggly, spacey you enjoyed when you were younger.

Answer by livereal
Submitted on 9/20/2006
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I know that alot of you will reply back and be horribly mean. But mpcfunk, was just asking a simple question.She was looking for support, but all she got was a bunch of immature idiots who actually think that being a pot head is a good thing. I myself smoke weed alot, and I want to stop. I know the first step is to stop hanging around the friends that I get high with. I'm ready to grow up and be the adult that I was raised to be. I come from a family of druggies, every adult that I have ever known, except for my mother, either is or has been a junkie. I don't want to live that way. I don't want to get my children taken away, or end up all alone simply because I cant make myself stop. I know that who ever reads this will roll their eyes and reply with some mean comment. But thats okay, I feel better for have saying what I felt.

Answer by Mr. Anonymous
Submitted on 9/22/2006
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Smoked dope when I was younger, around 14, a couple of times. I found that I couldn't control it mentally so I gave up... I didn't like the fact that I couldn't think straight so it kind of scared me. After turning 18 years or so I started smoking pot again and been doing it ever since. Now I'm 22 and can barely go without it. Marijuana ruins your self-esteem and your life, after awhile you rely on it mentally, which is 10 times greater than physically. I feel like I've really dumbed down over the years of smoking and all I think about when getting home from work is to have a "puff". When I date girls, I lose interest in them after awhile because I'm either high or thinking about getting high. The plant can get a strong grasp on you. So next time someone offers you some "stuff"- think ahead and make the right decision. Don't even bother.

Answer by blazedUP
Submitted on 9/22/2006
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This has all been very interesting, and it started when i did a search on how to quit. Ive smoked for the last 7 years straight and yes there has been times when i took a break, but generally been smoking. Thing is, for me to get to where i need to be in life i need to quit. but for sum reason i carry on about my day as im on the path to achieving it, yet at the end of the night come back and smoke meself to sleep. Such a big incentive yet lacking motivation to quit. Its not easy. Theres a lot gettn high makes u feel that other things wouldnt. So that makes it even harder. Look, i really think every1s right when they said its a mental thing. And for all u guys out there trying to get out the dope game- I wish u the best of luck. I hope we can all stop procrastinating on what we all know wes should do. Peace

Answer by Dead
Submitted on 9/25/2006
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Hmm... well, I've smoked herb for many years. I'm 29 years old, have a family, and a highly demanding job. Weed is not physically addictive, but rather mentally addictive. The addiction is the people you associate with. I realized that all the people I hang out with smoke herb, and it is constantly around me. If those people were to go hang out somewhere else, and the herb wasn't so available, I could quit pretty easy. Not to mention that you start to smoke more and more just to get the same high. After smoking for several years, it no longer has that glorious feeling like you are on top of the world. I am now at that stage where I would like to start experiencing other drugs out there. When you quit smoking, the people you used to hang out with stop coming over, and you start to feel alone. Some of us will start to drink more heavily, or smoke cigarettes like a freight train. Depression becomes more obvious, perhaps even thoughts of suicide. Quitting is a lot harder than it appears. I gotta admit, I love the cheeba! And to this day, I still can't quit. So remember, just because it isn't physically addictive like cigarettes or alcohol, it is just as bad if not worse to quit bud.

Answer by mr Cosmotone
Submitted on 9/28/2006
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I'm lonely and my life is standing still, it took me 10 years to achieve what I could have done in two. I must admit I come from a heavy alcohol addiction.However, my attitude towards people and life hasn't changed a lot since I quit drinking (believing that smoking pot would ease the pain).The final excuse will allways be "you allways need something to get off sometimes" But there is no gap between "sometimes" and "all the time".I'm allways thinking: a good lover would solve my problem. But the more I smoke, the more love becomes a distant dream in which I develop the wrong phantasies, which makes me unattractive to the opposite sex. You start to accept the situation, and life slips away. It's your vicious circle, you know it, but still you keep on smoking. You're jailed in a web of second thoughts and excuses to keep on doing it. I want to break free, but I'm effraid to jump.This is another typical second thought which occurs when you're a weed-addict. I'm sorry, folks, but I had to write it down for myself. Wish me luck or burn a candle for me, because I'm 36, and I still believe I can do something with my life.

Answer by Pittsburgh
Submitted on 9/28/2006
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First, I'll address the initial q...how do you control yourself from smoking marijuana? For the past 13 months, I've controlled my marijuana by not smoking any. You can't get high if you don't get high. Immediately start by getting friends that don't get high...phone numbers, new activities to do, etc. Fill your time with constructive activities that you do anyway. Read, work, school, spend time with your girl if you have one, get one if you don't, la t da That is if that's what you want to do. On the other hand I see a lot of fairy tales from members with mickey mouse backgrounds posted. I'm on supervision for 6 years (although I haven't reported in more than 13 months, lol) and I've been sampling some sobriety in the mean time while I do some soul searching and get back in school. Good reasons to quit smoking weed: you want to quit because you want to quit you need to quit for a job (not part time at mcdonalds either...i mean your lively hood depends on it...like kids need dippers and rent/mortgage is due) legal problems and regular testing Don't be afraid of other people's opinion. Think things through. Do what you feel is right with the information at hand. No matter what happens, you will be all right.

Answer by Chris
Submitted on 10/1/2006
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If you're not old enough to be mature about it, don't do it, and if you're still in school and living with your parents who disapprove of it, just wait until you have a place of your own and can be sensible about it. Pot is not addictive, but like a lot of things in life (example: biting your nails)it can be habit-forming, which is completely mental. It's less harmful to the body and mind than alcohol, and when smoked responsibly (not driving, nowhere you can get busted, when you've performed your daily responsibilities like a job, chores, or homework) it's a pleasant thing. Overdoing it can be bad for your lungs, so if you really want to quit just remind yourself about why you want to quit and find another activity to take its place (sports, painting, playing guitar, etc.) hope this helped.

Answer by Sicarius
Submitted on 10/5/2006
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I have smoked dope pretty regularly since I was 13. I was "caught" by my parents when I stupidly bought a bong thinking they wouldn't notice. The key to not worrying about this kinda stuff is to be honest with it. I told my 'rents that I enjoyed smoking, and love getting high, but never EVER want to be an addict. Weed is habit forming but not addictive, the main problem is the tobacco that you put in a joint, and that's generally where most of the addiction comes from. Most 'serious' cannabis users will tell you that all you need is self control, sometimes it's great to get totally annihilated, and other times it's probably wiser to stay sober. Prove to yourself that you are in control of your habit, and you'll never have any problems. I've been smoking for 7 years, and I'm now 20. I get through about half an ounce each month, and that'll cost me about �70-�80. I can afford to smoke, so I do. And when I can't afford it, I don't. As you can probably tell, after 7 years of smoking, I remain fully coherent and eloquent. And I'm not some bum living on the street. I have a stable job, a loving girlfriend, a full (clean) driving license, and am renting a house. I get on perfectly with both my parents. The moral of my little rant is this: Pot doesn't turn you into a mindless vegetable, and if you exercise a little self control, it's a thoroughly enjoyable and harmless pastime. Chill - Sicarius

Answer by smokey
Submitted on 10/12/2006
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i started smoking weed in end of 7th grade my nana had no idea until halfway thru the 8th grade year i went to a bathroom stall at school and smoked a roach of chronic someone snitched me out and they called me to the office i didnt have nething on me so i couldve gotten away with it but i was stoned out of my mind. i got epelled from the district and got 3 months of prohbation. i told my nana it waz only my second time and she believed me and i told her i wasnt going to do it again but sure enough after i got off of probation i started smoking even more then i waz before and im a fresshman in highschool and i havent got cuaght yet and im more carefull about where i smoke my weed

Answer by KILLA KILL FROM THE VILLE
Submitted on 10/12/2006
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I HAVE BEEN SMOKING WEED FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS OF MY LIFE AND EVERY YEAR I TRY TO STOP BUT TO OR THREE MONTHS INTO IT I JUST GIVE UP.THE THING I DON'T GET IS WHY IS IT SUCH A BAD THING, YOU CAN BE A FALL DOWN DRUNK AND KEEP YOUR JOB A COCAINE HEAD CAN STAY JEEKED UP EVERY THREE DAYS AND IT IS O.K. BUT I SMOKE SO IT TAKES 30 DAYS FOR ME TO CYCLE OUT. SO IF I GET IN A CAR WRECK AND THEY TEST ME FOR DRUGS OR DRANK AND I SMOKED 28 DAYS BEFORE I CAN GO TO JAIL BUT A DRUNK CAN HAVE A HANG OVER AND THAT CAN AND WILL BE THE CAUSE OF THE WRECK BUT HE CAN GET AWAY BECAUSE HE IS SICK TODAY BUT WAS DRUNK LAST NIGHT??????????? THE WORLD IS NOT COOL. I MEAN HAVE YOU SEEN A JEEK MONSTER IN NEED THEY ARE ANIMALS AND CAN AND WILL HURT ANYONE BUT THE DEALER BUT THE TESTING LIMIT FOR THAT IS ONLY 3 DAYS FOR COCAINE THE MAIN MIX FOR CRACK!!!!! WHY CAN THEY ONLY GO BACK 3 DAYS FOR THIS BUT 30 FOR WEED SOME THING MUST BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST WEED. IN SOME STATE THE CHARGES FOR WEED ARE AS BAD AND THE ONES FOR MAN SLAUGHTER OR KID NAPPING OR ARMED ROBBERY OR RAPE WHY. I, ME PERSONALLY I LOVE WEED I NEED WEED IT IS A WAY OF LIFE FOR ME I GROW UP IN A WEED SMOKING CULTURE AND HOPE TO CARRY IT ON I AM KILLA KILL FROM THE VILLE AND THIS IS MY SWAN SONG GOD BLESS

Answer by aloud
Submitted on 10/14/2006
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smoke smoke smoke, that's all i can think about as i pass the day at school. without that joint waiting for me in my car as i get out of class every day i'm at the university, i woudlnt' have anything to look forward to. i started smoking weed when my friend told me it was the best thing ever. i didn't want to at first like everyone becuase of all the DON'T DO DRUGS bullcrap everyone tells you. I smoked skunk, i got high and i felt like a million bux. it was the first time in my life i felt like i was somebody. i recently went to visit family overseas and i went 2wks w/ out smoking anything. no cigars, no pot, not even my fav hookah parties (i hope ppl know what kind of party that is). those 2wks i coughed the first 4 days getting all the tar outta me. after that i felt amazing. like my brain was giving me a natural high every day, and i smelt the air better, i was able to run longer and walk longer w/ out getting out of breath. it was simply amazing. as soon as my plane landed i drove home and lit up my ROOR bong and i was higher than i have ever been. i know some of you know that when you quit for a couple weeks and start again, your high is amazing. yes it was, and i now wish i never lit up again. yes it's amazing, but it's also making me get 50's on my exams in class, instead of my usual 85's or so. i can't ever study at home, becuase my books are right next to my bongs, and i always reach for the other. so now i only smoke 3 days a week when i don't have any class, and the dyas i do have class i don't smoke. it's not that bad, and it makes me feel pretty good about myself. just don't ever start if your thinking about it. it's worth it and not worth it at the same time. i made a lot of friends ,and i lost a lot of friends. it's a fun experience but it's also a hard experience. its' not addictive if you dont' make it addictive, but can be if you make it. if you do want to try it, juts do it once a month, that way you can quit for a drug test =)

Answer by Phantas
Submitted on 10/23/2006
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Weed is the best! I smoke around a 20 bag a day, I go to school and everything is fine. Now I admitt my grades are high or anything but I get thro its not like my grades where any better befor I started smoking. Anyone who says weed makes you retarded is a retard it only makes you stupid if you high at the moment, lol. If you're having problems with smoking to much get your friends to hide small amounts of weed around your room its soo nice when you find it and good thing is, is that you won't smoke it all at once... Altho if you're a chronic don't do it you'll probly wnd up freaking out at your friends over the phone asking where it is. XD Oh and DON'T SELL YOU STUFF. I sold almost everything I owned for weed not good.

Answer by Diamond
Submitted on 10/30/2006
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Smoking weed,chronic,has whatever you would like to call it is not addictive. It is all mind set and mentality. I do not smoke pot personally, I have a group of friends who do. Which is perfectly fine, this is because its their personal choice they understand the risks they are taking if not well let me explain them. Well weed contains THC..its all from the can ibis as well all know already, it effects the brain, lungs and heart if you did not already know. Getting high is a feeling that many say is enjoyable and you can never feel this way without being high. I believe it is personal desire, no one really gets addicted unless they are using it for medical purposes which is totally different. Smoking weed can harm you, it contains long term effects, those who don't understand that yet..well you should soon!I don't have to tell anyone to stop because its your decision and choice in the end! so make the right one!

Answer by 420money
Submitted on 11/2/2006
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hmmm. I'm 16 years old and I have screwed my life all up I,v been smoking for a while maybe 5-6 years I started way to young and I don't really how to explain my addiction all I now is I want it all the time and if I don't have it, all I think about is how I am going to get some more.When I was a sophomore I fell into the never ending hole when I got caught "suppling" some dope to one of my best buddies, and my "best buddy ratted me out. went to the office searched me got me for having multiple dime biggies and 45mg of oxy wicked long story but I NOT a dealer and pretty much from there I just keep screwing up more and more getting in more and more trouble court date here and there and everywhere, now I sit home every day expelled from school unemployed waiting to go to all of my Court dates clueless to how many thousands of Dallas fines me a 16 year old kid am going to have. I had to move from my town course everyone has looked at me as a doper, now I sit here ether hi of oxy or sick as a dog wandering how I did this to my life and family and if i don't fix it soon I wont have a life yep it was fun at first.

Answer by MadMan
Submitted on 11/17/2006
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Well... I know I'm coming way out of left field but "Talk to God". You didn't just happen. Life didn't just happen. Today is the first day I haven't smoked in a long time. I have a tray of it lying on my bathroom counter waiting all broken up but when I went in there to smoke... I was caught up in my thoughts. I had promised God a couple times before that I wasn't going to smoke any more and it didn't work until today. I'm not sure why but I couldn't reason threw it to the point of saying "F**k it, I'm getting high". I then went to (http://www.theantidrug.com/drug_info/marijuana_mental_health.asp) and did some research and it answered alot of questions. Addiction is real, in what ever form you encounter it. The decision has to come from within. I'm beginning a life of soberness and it looks like it's going to suck but it looks better than yesterday.

Answer by ChipMonk
Submitted on 11/28/2006
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Hi all. Ive been smoking weed since I was 15 and now Im 27. Over the years I have drastically increase the amounts I was smoking.I can now smoke round about 10 grams daily which i am very very proud of...I really wish i wouldn't start because its ridiculously difficult to quit or even reduce it.I remember how bloody amazing it was to smoke when i first started but now its all a big destructive addiction.Smoking and getting nothing but still doing it constantly.Getting more stupid every day, getting poorer every day, missing what real life is all about. I once managed to quit for around 3 months and i was the happiest man on earth until I smoked weed again. I felt so slow, such an idiot, a proper retard. I couldn't think fast, I couldn't speak fast and i was thinking so much rubbish that i almost insulted my girlfriend and her friends.Since then i didn't stop smoking again.Its been just over 2 years now and i am destroying my relationship, my brain, my pocket and my future together. After "Good Question"'s answer (a few rows up) I was shocked and now I'm trying to quit again. Thank you all for your support

Answer by ice334455
Submitted on 11/28/2006
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If you could give me some good advice with this problem of mine, it would make my day. I'm a 17 year old male. I'm also a heavy smoker of marijuana, about 7 to 10 grams a day. Once I took my first hit, three years ago, I was hooked and haven�t slowed down since. I drink alcohol from time to time but I'm pretty sure I can manage to quit that. I�ve done other drugs like cocaine, mushrooms and prescription drugs. But I�ve only done those a few times and have no urges to do them again. I've smoked marijuana everyday of my life since I was 14. I remember, a few seconds after I took that first hit my brother said to me, "Now you'll know why I love it so much". And he was right. Boy was he right. I need to quit ASAP. I believed all these rumors that marijuana isn�t additive. But a few weeks ago I tried to quit. I got ride of all my paraphernalia, 3 years of smoking I had more stuff then I had thought. I just straight up gave all of it to one of my friends (who has no thought to stop smoking.) I smoked the rest of my supply and set back and waited. The next day at school was bad. I couldn�t stand anyone. I didn�t want to talk to anyone. I was very depressed (and that just got worse until I relapsed.) The second night of soberness*, I got like 2 hours of sleep. I rolled around in bed until dawn. I was real tied but I couldn�t fall asleep. And once I did fall asleep I had the craziest dream of my life. I kept on remembering this dream I had all the next day. It was tripping me out. I thought it was trying to tell me something. It was like some crack, it really was. Who ever says that this drug isn�t addictive has never smoked before. The 3rd day at school I flipped out on my English teacher, just for her asking me to read a poem. I�ve never flipped out on anyone in years. (I think the weed has helped the anger problems of my past.) I�m a calm person that isn�t out to hate on everyone. I thought I was losing it. Within 20 minutes of getting out of school I was rolling a blunt. I think why my love for this drug is so strong is because before I started using I had nothing. I didn�t have any friends and nothing to occupy my time. Marijuana has filled my life with something. This might be hard to understand. But it�s crazy. It gave me something to wake up in the morning for. Something to do. I had a since of direction. But I really wasn�t thinking about my future. In the last few weeks, I�ve notice some things. I realize I need to stop smoking. I want to live to see 70 (even though stop smoking won�t guarantee that for me, it would help.) My biggest problem is that I have no other alternatives. If I stop smoking I�ll be in the same position I was in 3 years ago. I need something to live for. I don�t know how that sounds to you, but that�s how it came out of my thoughts. I quit (again) about 48 hours ago, and I�m feeling the depression set in along with all the other things that go along with the lack of THC. That�s all I�ve got. If you could give any comments or advice it would help. I hope to quit this time. And start getting all the good things out of life that I�ve missed out on. Thank you.

Answer by deelightful
Submitted on 12/2/2006
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IF YOU ALL THINK SMOKING POT IS GREAT... YOU ARE MISTAKEN ! yes a first its great until it gets hold of you and you cant stop smoking it because it becomes part of daily life. I have been a smoker for 17 years and believe me when smoking 15/20 spliffs a day(on a good day)it changes your life, the smoke has become my friend ! Whilst sat here stoned at 10am in the morning ( well if i can call it feeling stoned at this stage of smoking !) i dont feel great about it, id rather have my old life back, seeing my friends, being more active and not smoking POT. Im at a point in my life i am determined to give the drug up, i did for 2 months this year but relapsed... see its not easy and it might make you feel great now smoking it but wait..... UNTIL IT REALLY GETS HOLD OF YOU...MY ADVICE TO ANYONE IS TO NOT SMOKE IT... i promise its hard to stop.... I WILL BE THAT NON SMOKER SOON....believe me when i say after 17 years of abuse I CANT WAIT FOR THE DAY I SAY THATS IT !

Answer by WiseMan
Submitted on 12/6/2006
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This is for all of you teenagers. I began smoking pot in the middle of 11th grade. It was revolutionary for me, since I was a timid, shy person. It made me not care about social awkwardness and timidity. It messed me up a lot though. Somehow, I still managed to get great grades and got into an excellent university. I believe that pot affects everyone differently and differently at different time in their lives. I took a 3 year break from pot, never tried it once during that time. Then I tried it again. It somehow has a much more mild effect on me now than it did before, and I'm not sure why. It could be because I am older and more mature, or perhaps by body-chemistry has changed somewhat. In any event, over the past 2 months I have been smoking pot nearly every day about twice per day on average. The amount has been increasing, depending on the amount of free time I have. The best way to explain why I do pot is because it takes the edge off of things. It allows me to be mellow and relaxed. It's sort of like drinking green tea, or having a beer at night. It is a very mild effect, and I don't understand why it's illegal. It's still a dilemma because society condemns it, but it's really an unfortunate misunderstanding. For some people weed may mess them up, it's true, but if it were a regulated substance (like alcohol which kills 1000's each year) it would be ok. Just for all of you weed haters (you're ignorant and buying into what the media sells you) and just to let you know Weed causes 0 deaths per year! Wow, it's so harmful to us isn't it!

Answer by big_bird
Submitted on 12/6/2006
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hey slut faces.... when people used to say marijuana was a gateway drug; i didn't believe them - now i know better. i am 17 years old and will be 18 in a couple months. i have smoked bud everyday of grade 12 and have never been to my last period religion class sober. a point of pride i guess. however weed is a gateway drug no matter which way you look at it. i went from knowing nothing about drugs - including weed - in grade 9 and now i have become the druggie that the young ones come to tah hear my stories. it started with weed, and now i have done ecstasy, hash, cocaine, mush, and probably about another dozen or so i cant recall. ha. i now deal ecstasy and it seems i have just fallen in a whole i cannot get out of. trust me, if you have the brains to stay away from marijuana - you are a stronger person than me.

Answer by Jo
Submitted on 12/7/2006
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Well I don't know the answer and I came on here looking for it!. I have smoked everyday (give or take) for the past 4 years and don't know how to quit. I went cold turkey for a few days but turned into a horribly paranoid, insecure, emotionally unstable person and I also got pretty ill (swollen glands, headache, "fuzziness", hot and cold sweats, bad cold, coughing up phlegm). I can't sleep if I don't have a joint before bed and I think about it while I am at work. I find it really tough to sit at home and not smoke knowing I have it in the house but I also hate myself for doing it. If I am out with friends in a situation where it is not possible (indoors at a pub/cinema/meal out et cetera) I will make sure I have one before I go and sometimes make excuses to leave early so I can go home for more. I really want to quit but panic if I don't have any in the house and will panic call my mates to see who's dealing. I need to stop and desperately want to stop but do not know how to deal with that killer comedown. i am out of control and don't know what to do.

Answer by wherewouldibe
Submitted on 12/7/2006
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been smoking for 15 years, and told myself back then i would never smoke for more than 10 years. now i smoke constantly and find it hard to do anything without smoking a bowl. i smoke 10-15 or more times a day, including bong hits before work at 6:30 am, blunt or two in between whatever comes up, joints with co workers, neighbors, and whoever else comes over. its not always mine, its just always around. i am 29 and wonder where i would be or what my body might look like had i never smoked that first hit of weed. and now i am online trying to find some sort of motivation, like this will work. (as i pack a bowl....) if you really want to quit, just be strong and do it. thats what i need to do. =)

Answer by Captain Anonymous
Submitted on 12/12/2006
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I'm 18, and have been smoking for 3 years almost daily. When i was 14 my neighborhood and childhood friend who was 4 years older than me made me sit in a van with him while he got high. I didn't take a hit, but I loved the way it smelled and the next time a week later I took my first hit. It was okay. I smoked maybe 3 times that year, once every couple months on a special occasion, but nothing too exciting happened. I graduated from high school when I was 15 and I attended college for about a year. At this time my mom (Who is now a recovering alcoholic, 80 days clean :) had been a lifelong smoker, going back to my grandparents who were California hippies in the 60s. I asked her if she'd smoke with me one day, shocking both of us, and she agreed. Soon i was rolling up mean joints every day, and pretty good ones too. The problem was her drinking was getting worse and soon I went out on my own and took my new habit with me. I moved in with three roommate high school buddies who were all older than me, and soon I was 16 working 5 days a week, not going to school and smoking pot every day. I have always been an insomniac, I never get into bed before 2A.M. no matter what. I found during this time that whenever I smoked pot at night I would pass out early and often couldn't help it. I even missed a friends 18th birthday party because I passed out at it :(. and before long I was 17, smoking pot every day, unemployed living off of a friends couch for $50 a month, playing world of warcraft. (I made High Warlord if that means anything to anyone. Took me 4 months of no life.) A week later I get pulled over after picking up a sack and the cop smells it, and I get my license suspended. Soon at only 17 I was living a state away from either one of my parents, isolated from most of my friends and family, with calls from distant relatives asking how school going (they all knew I graduated they though I has been attending college.) I was still unemployed and had not attended school, for almost a year at this point. Well one night I made the mistake of (against my better judgment), going to a party and of course I get high, I meet someone who asks for a ride and on my way home I say I'll drop him off, only I get pulled over, and he ditches weed in my car. Needless to I get the blame since he put it on the drivers seat, and I was obviously stoned. I get put in the back of the car. At that point I prayed to God to get me out of this mess. I don't think of myself as a moron but if you've read this far it might seem like I am. I spilled the previously mentioned story to him, and told him of how bad things were getting for me lately, and I expected him to laugh at me and take me downtown to be locked up for a week or two. Instead he told me he understood and told me to keep "it" at home, and in so many words. Then he opened the back door took the cuffs off and told me that if I was ever caught driving until my license was back up I'd be in jail for a long time. I bet he was bluffing but I didn't take the chance. Not long after I was living with my grandma, gave up video games, and social smoking, got a job and awaited my court date. Then after 3 long tedious months of courtroom bureaucracy bullsh*t (which alone is worth never DUI'ingagain) moved back in with my mom who was just finishing alcohol treatment, and I entered school, and got a job down here. It's finals week and one of the main reasons I'm typing this long thing is because A. I'm dealing with this issue right now, I want more than ever to take a toke and just go to bed, but I won't. and B. Because I'm procrastinating on this paper :P there I said it. After I finish writing this paper thats due tomorrow I'll most likely take a hit and go to bed. I'm taking 12 credits this semester, haven't dropped a single class and I am getting straight A's. Not because I'm super intelligent, but I managed my time efficiently so far, kept my mind relatively clear of drugs and alcohol during study and work, and I personally believe God had a bit to do with it, if you choose to agree. Alright sorry for the long drawn out response to the initial question: how do you control yourself from smoking marijuana? from my experience my long answer is: If you need to do it, if you are absolutely addicted, you should probably seek help. If it's nothing too serious smoking it at night to help cloud your mind from "ADD thoughts". Then only smoke it at night. Try to get new friends who don't sit around on the couch and smoke joints all day, although I admit that can be fun it is completely unproductive unless that is what you are aiming for then more power to you. Smoking socially isn't a bad thing, but you need to learn self control, and if that is through a snowball effect of living hell so be it, but I hope you read this and try to take someone Else's experience. I'm still really young, but I believe that I got a break, I was being tested. I took it and ran with it. No more driving under the influence, no more smoking at school, no more heavy house partying, no more couchpotatoness, and rare social smoking instances. my short answer is: try only smoking before bed, save money and trouble.

Answer by stop-smokin
Submitted on 12/13/2006
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THE FIRST TIME I SMOKED WAS WHEN I WAS LIKE 7YRS OLD.BUT I ONLY DID IT THAT TIME, BECAUSE WHERE COULD A SEVEN YEAR OLD GET WEED. THEN I STARTED AT 13YRS OLD.WITH MY CUZIN AND MY FRIEND, IT WAS THERE FIRST TIME, AND I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT DAY. AFTER THAT WE SMOKED CONSTANTLY EVERYDAY,FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS,WE ONLY WENT TO SCHOOL 1 OR TWICE A WEEK. NO ONE NOTICED. I WAS DOING BAD AND THEM TOO. THEN I DECIDED TO QUIT, BECAUSE IT IS JUST STUPID. MY BRAIN IS TO GOOD, TO JUST WASTE LIKE THAT, AND ITS JUST NOT ME. AND QUITING WAS THE EASIEST THING IVE EVER DID. AND MY FRIEND STOP WITH ME AND WERE NOW DOING GOOD AND HAVEN'T SMOKED FOR 13 MONTHS AND NOT GONNA DO IT ANY TIME SOON... BUT MY CUZIN IS STILL DOING IT. AND I WANT HIM TO QUIT, BUT HE JUST DOEST UNDERSTAND. I TRY TALKING TO HIM. AND YEA HE QUITS FOR LIKE A WEEK THEN HE'S BACK ON IT. HE DOESNT KNOW THAT HE HURTS PEOPLE. ARE RELATIONSHIP WAS GOOD. BUT NOW WE BARELY EVEN TALK RITE. AND I WANT ARE RELATIONSHIP BACK.

Answer by 4design
Submitted on 12/16/2006
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When you're young it's hard to know how you will feel later in life about the decissions you make now. That's why soooo many people say "I wish I NEVER started smoking" and have many regrets. It's not easy coping with health problems related to smoking, whether it's pot or anything else for that matter. Lungs are for oxygenating our blood to keep us healthy and alive. Life is a pressious gift. There are many healthy ways to feel good without smoking. If you strugle with the ability to feel happy or lack joy and ways to have fun without smoking or drinking for that matter, then you need to deal with that. You are only young once. Life passes you by. You want to enjoy your entire life not just your youth. That's hard to do when you have regrets and health problems. What you chose for yourself now will makae a big impact on the rest of your life. If there's something going on in your life or family that's getting in the way of your happiness, don't escape it, find a way to deal with it. Sometimes it feels safer to push promlems aways but it doesn't solve anything. You need to find a way to deal with things in your life. Don't give up on yourself. You have no idea what your life potential is. YOU must decide for youself that you are going to set up your life in a way that will ensure your happiness not just now but forever!

Answer by andy
Submitted on 12/19/2006
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i started smoking pot the first time in 7th grade in the woods, with my friends. it was all of our first time and we got ripped off of an eigth for 70 bucks of some beasters. we smoked and i didnt even get high. they told me the more u smoke eventually u'lljust get high. well i did and i got really high the first time when i actually inhaled all of the weed smoke... and i was feelin like a million bucks. now im 17 years old almost turning 18 going to some community college. in jr. high i did amazing smoked a lot still but got really into it in highschool. my grades have dropped severly cuz im just lazy now.. all i think about is just getting high... im trying to quit smoking pot so i can start fresh in college. i dont know how to stop the temptations cuz they're all around me. my best friend dropped out of school due to pot and all he does is smoke weed all day.

Answer by Andy
Submitted on 1/1/2007
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I dont care what anyone says, Marijuana is an addiction. Im 20 years old and have smoked weed since 9th grade. It has come to the point where my daily routine revolves around obtaining and intaking pot. Pot has caused me to destroy myself. All the money i had worked so hard for and for so long is gone because of my will to sacrifice my time for a few hours to feel good. If i have pot, i tend to think about it constantly, scheduling the time and place i will smoke it. For many years, i have convinced myself that smoking pot is whats important, blinding my life behind a smokescreen. I smoke pot like most would drink a cup of coffee, and for the same affects. Pot has separated me from my friends and family over a slow and painful process over the many critical years of my teen development. I currently have no access to friends, and relativley noone to talk to. I blame the choices ive made to smoke pot because the consequences are an endless downward spiral of self destruction.

Answer by Jimmy Page
Submitted on 1/6/2007
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After reading a few of these answers, i came across a very typical remark from a stoner. "Sobre sucks." I've always been all for that, believe that i was the type of person who liked to experiment with things, and bend reality. It's great untill you realize that the people and things you value, don't always agree with that. Why should you make life harder on yourself by not wanting to be in a natural state of mind? I definetly discovered things that i couldn't without marijuana, but after quitting i've discovered things that i couldn't;t while being high. It opens up your ability to connect with people, not just others your chilling with. By quitting, you'll learn that there are other ways to relate with people than marijuana, so why lessen your options of meeting someone that you could learn from.

Answer by dj_dash
Submitted on 1/9/2007
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iv smoked pot for about 3 years now. i smoke pot everyday in the summer of 06 and when school started i slowed down to about 2-3 times a WEEK and i had no problems cutting down like that, but one tihng changed in the summer when i was going hard. it was my attitude my parents noticed, my friends noticed, even I noticed. but i tihnk it is very unlikely you will ever get addiceted to pot. i have a friend who smokes pot all day pretty much everyday and hes fine. on buddy smokes pot allday everyday and he is probably the smartest kid in my highschool. smoke pot doesnt effect you unless you let it. try your best at everything, dont stop somthing just to get high. smoke pot on your spare time and you will have no problems in life.

Answer by jusletmelive
Submitted on 1/14/2007
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This NEEDS to Stop!.....I've been smoking weed on a daily basis since i was 14...im now 20 and still going strong...I've always frowned upon ppl who try to use smoking weed as the main reason for life's misery , but only now am i realizing the complete lack of motivation from smoking has caused me to drop out of high school several times, lose many close friends, and has had a severe impact on my intellegence....Looking back to the first time i smoked if i knew what i now know i would of never hit that home-made coke bottle pipe and probably would of ended up in university working towards a great carreer.......I enjoy smoking pot so much but i want more out of life then a smoke-filled apartment and milk-crate furniture.....To any kids out there my advice would be to quit now while you are young and have your whole life ahead of you...if quitting isn't something your going to do ...MODERATION IS KEY!don't go chasing that ultimate high because it all comes back to YOU in the end.....Thanks for your time..And remember...MODERATION.....peace

Answer by wesintexas4ever
Submitted on 1/16/2007
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I've been smokin' now for 10 years and i'vegot something for ya'. Everything you read and everything you hear is "weed is ok!" Let me tell ya' if you believe that, when you start coughing up all that resin and all that crap in your lungs, take a look at it under a microscope!!! cigarretts have filters, and look how dirty those filters are and think about how the "good" weed will leave resin on your LIPS from a joint much less your lungs. Just think about your health, boys & girls! they talk about how tobacco causes lung cancer, just wait 'till we get that old. I hope, for all of us, that the past is no window to our future! please stop now! listen to your heart, WE can ALL feel the effects, even if we dont want to.

Answer by Soulfood
Submitted on 1/17/2007
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I have smoked pot just about every day for the last seven years. I�m 22 years old now and will soon be graduating from a four year college with a B.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Management. I plan on making my living in the restaurant industry. I love people and I love to cook. In the spring and summer I go hiking every chance I get. In the winter I snowboard almost every weekend. I love parties and I love pot. I have made many friends through smoking pot. Pot tends to bring people together. While studying in college I had the chance to travel through Europe for a month. I spent twelve days in Amsterdam. People smoked pot openly and �Coffee shops� sold it. Smoking pot in a city that will tolerate its use takes this unneeded negative pressure away from the act. I feel like smoking pot in a place where it is illegal is constantly giving a person the feeling like he or she is doing something wrong. Thus we smoke every chance we can get, but we have to sneak it. Something about the fact that it�s illegal makes me want to do it more. But if we are given the option of buying and smoking weed all day in a safe environment we would become more discipline with the act. Certain people are capable of doing certain things while high. It is up to you to decide what kinds of things you can and can�t handle while high. If you let smoking pot take away from your professionally or social life in anyway your are not disciplining yourself enough. Do things that you no you can�t do high and reward yourself buy getting high and doing other things that you can handle while high. I made a lot of money painting houses in high school and college. I enjoyed painting while I was high. I was really good at it too. Marijuana can be a great thing if you treat it right. Everything in moderation; don�t ruin getting high for yourself by being unproductive in life. Set limits and goals and reach them and scream out �YES I Did it and I smoke Maaaad weed!� Smoke weed before a college lecture and sit in the back. Concentrate as hard as you can. This is a great brain exercise. Take lots of notes. When the girl next to you tells you that you smell like weed tell her it�s because you just smoked a joint. Then get a better grade than her on the next test. You don�t have to tell her, you can just laugh to yourself. Can you handle the pot challenge?

Answer by Johnny
Submitted on 1/27/2007
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I've smoked pot every day for the last 5 years. I'm 23, moved out of home at 18 and been a chronic since. I decided at Christmas 2006 I would stop. So its been over a month now. I thought this would be harder then it really is. Pot isn't addicting, its purely a mental addiction. I smoked like an 1/8th a day. I wanted to quit for good reasons, though it took me 2 yrs of knowing I wanted to quit before I tried. Let me tell you, over the last 5 yrs I've become more and more anti-social. I meet new friends and if they didn't like to get high I wouldn't want to socalize with them. Furthermore, I lied so much. I felt as if I was constantly I was in hiding. I wouldn't even answer the phone. I was scared that my family or work would be on the line and I would be high as a kite. It seemed the only time I wanted to socalize was when I wasn't stoned. It feels good not to have to feel like I'm on the run or in hiding anymore. Since, I've quit there have been no withdrawls. Getting to sleep at night has been different, but your body adjusts and knows what you need. I wish I never took my first hit, its been a burdon on my life and I hope I don't go back. Be real and true to yourself, be high on life itself.

Answer by Rizlapimp
Submitted on 2/1/2007
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Personally, I dont feel that cannabis is addictive in the same way that nicotine or even harder stuff is. However, it does encourage a pattern of compulsive behavior in the same way as gambling or pornography. In other terms, it wont have you shaking and seeing babies crawling on the ceiling if you quit, however since its more fun to be stoned that sober you have to resist the temptation to spend your life passing a couple of hours away having a session. Basically, it comes down to self control. You have to set out the parameters in your relationship with cannabis and stick to them. I have set occasions when I will smoke, yet I avoid smoking just for the hell of it because I know that next time it will be harder to resist the temptation to spark up a bowl when I'm bored. it is possible to have fun with cannabis as long as you don't let it become the main aim of your life to skin one up. Pursue other interests, keep in touch with friends and regularly asses your cannabis use for signs of abuse and cut down it needs be and it should be okay. But be honest with yourself otherwise you'll be working dead end jobs in zombie state in no time.

Answer by potsy
Submitted on 2/6/2007
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Smokey mcpot... are you too stoned to LEARN how to spell!? How do you expect to be taken seriously? I'm not against the occasional toke when partying but I know from more than 10 years chronic experience that pot does rob you of a part of yourself if you become dependent upon it. On the other hand, I think pot is something that can help some people open their minds and chill out, it can be a good experience to try it. I know now how good pot can make you feel (almost angelic), but you can find something else that can make you happy and get you by just being yourself and being sober. Sober is awesome when you are doing something that makes you feel great and when you feel good about what you are doing with your life, when you are able to pinpoint the things that make you happy and do them. When you are young you Smokey mcpot... are you too stoned to LEARN how to spell!? How do you expect to be taken seriously? I'm not against the occasional toke when partying but I know from more than 10 years chronic experience that pot does rob you of a part of yourself if you become dependent upon it. On the other hand, I think pot is something that can help some people open their minds and chill out, it can be a good experience to try it. I know now how good pot can make you feel (almost angelic), but you can find something else that can make you happy and get you by just being yourself and being sober. Sober is awesome when you are doing something that makes you feel great and when you feel good about what you are doing with your life, when you are able to pinpoint the things that make you happy and do them. When you are young don�t necessarily know yet what you want out of life and pot can ruin your chances at figuring it out, this is what happened to me. When you have hobbies you don't need pot. Pot can make you feel good or make things feel a little more fun but in the end you will pay for it. The high you are getting is superficial and pot is a drug that people do become dependent on, simply because it is an escape from reality. In the end I feel out of emotional balance after smoking everyday. I find it harder to feel happy or at peace when sober after smoking. It causes depression when you try to get sober... and that's when it gets addictive because you feel you need to get high again to feel good. Maybe it�s different for some people, but I doubt it. If I were to give any advice to kids getting into pot I'd say; If your going to smoke try and make it a special treat not a part of your daily routine then you won�t turn into a burnout and you�ll enjoy it more because it won�t take over your life and most importantly make sure to try other new experiences to open your mind, even those that don't even involve drugs.

Answer by potsy
Submitted on 2/6/2007
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Smokey mcpot... are you too stoned to LEARN how to spell!? How do you expect to be taken seriously? I'm not against the occasional toke when partying but I know from more than 10 years chronic experience that pot does rob you of a part of yourself if you become dependent upon it. On the other hand, I think pot is something that can help some people open their minds and chill out, it can be a good experience to try it. I know now how good pot can make you feel (almost angelic), but you can find something else that can make you happy and get you by just being yourself and being sober. Sober is awesome when you are doing something that makes you feel great and when you feel good about what you are doing with your life, when you are able to pinpoint the things that make you happy and do them. When you are young don�t necessarily know yet what you want out of life and pot can ruin your chances at figuring it out, this is what happened to me. When you have hobbies you don't need pot. Pot can make you feel good or make things feel a little more fun but in the end you will pay for it. The high you are getting is superficial and pot is a drug that people do become dependent on, simply because it is an escape from reality. In the end I feel out of emotional balance after smoking everyday. I find it harder to feel happy or at peace when sober after smoking. It causes depression when you try to get sober... and that's when it gets addictive because you feel you need to get high again to feel good. Maybe it�s different for some people, but I doubt it. If I were to give any advice to kids getting into pot I'd say; If your going to smoke try and make it a special treat not a part of your daily routine then you won�t turn into a burnout and you�ll enjoy it more because it won�t take over your life and most importantly make sure to try other new experiences to open your mind, even those that don't even involve drugs.

Answer by Man In Amsterdam
Submitted on 2/7/2007
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I live in Amsterdam now, just moved here 1 month ago cause i was stigmatized in my own country as a criminal, for using cannabis. I love hash and green buds, and now I feel liberated from all negativity that was bottled up inside me, caused by the was this herb is viewed by society. I had depressions, angst, paranoia, and so much more growing over the past 6 years. I thought a long time it was due to smoking "drugs, but when i moved to Amsterdam and got a job, I realized it was my environment that had been destructive. Pot is not bad for you. People and their ideas are. Mushrooms are the keys to doors to different worlds. Use whatever at your own discretion, and remember, its all up to you, every choice in the universe. PS: yeah, Thats another thing i like about these substances, philosophy becomes childsplay. -Lord Seperatista

Answer by corinne
Submitted on 2/7/2007
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i like pot because it alters my consciosness, stimulates my senses and feels to me anyhow, like life is more interesting. I've been smoking for 25 years, stopped whilst pregnant and having my 3 kids, stopped at other times as well, usually after I have blamed it for some problem or other, that I still to this day have no idea whether my life would really have been better without it or with it. if my kids ever want to experiment with alterered states of consciousness through any substance in my experience i would much rather them use pot than anything else. i truly believe pot should be decriminalized and i will probably never give it up whilst ignorant people, who wouldn't have a clue what they are demonizing, continue to tell me what I can and cannot do. i did not start smoking it untill I was 21, so I can't blame dropping out of highschool when I was 15 and getting a crappy supermarket job on marijuana. I would blame the conditions of our dysfunctional society on that one if anything. my eldest son who has just turned 17, skipped a year in high school is heading off to uni next week to do civil engieering, he has won numerous awards in national science, mathematics and physics competitions and has always ranked in the top 3 percent out of the whole of australia. i have never lied to him about anything, i don't smoke a bong in front of him but he knows, so will he judge his parents as potheads? and think we are worth less than other parents and other human beings who don't smoke pot? all you people that judge others, why don't you have a pipe or two you may just see something of the bigger picture in that stuff you are judging, that will help you become less judgmental in many other areas of your life as well. my brother who started smoking pot at 13 in highschool and 23 years later still smokes daily, still managed to fullfill his dreams and is now a multi millionaire from the building company he created, i have come to the conclusion in my life that smoking pot is only going to enhance what is already there. i think we blame pot and other substances too easily on our shortcomings.

Answer by the antidrug
Submitted on 2/10/2007
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i have been smoking since i was 11 years old. i am now 21 and in college. i won athlete of my class in 2004 and am currently playing baseball in college. i am a math major, and plan to graduate and be successful. however, to be successful you have to be somewhat socially inclined. marijuana depletes your social skills over time. weather or not you realize it, weed makes you stupid. quiting is definetely a positive idea, and if u'venever done it, ur one up on someone who has. Face it, those of u who have been smoking for longer than a year, it becomes more difficult to socialize and hold a convorsation the longer you smoke. "Marijuana effects the memory" THE SHORT TERM MEMORY! that means in 5 minutes you wont remember something someone is telling you right now. It also shortens attention span. you get sidetracked very easily and multitasking becomes more and more difficult. Now, like i said i am a math major and math is jus something that comes naturally to me. But it involves practice, which seems to stick with long term memory. But to teach these methods you must have good social (communication) skills, confidence, charisma, and many other traits that marijuana will deplete. Now, i dont know any full proof ways of quiting. I've prolly tried more times than anyone who has posted in this thread. the longest i have ever gone is 2 continuous months...in 10 years. thats embarrassing. But, i can say that those were the best 2 months of my life so far. and when ur clean u take it for granted, so you dont always recognize that feeling after its been a while since you blazed. then you smoke, and you enjoy it. one thing is for sure, weed is not a negative thing for those who smoke regularly. UNLESS YOU SMOKE EVERYDAY like me. smoking in moderation is your best bet. I know this post is a bit random but i am high and i was typing as fast i could think. and since i am high it was hard to keep focus on a more organized argument.

Answer by jonnathan:O
Submitted on 2/10/2007
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alright alright people who are saying yes to weed fine if and even if it doesn't harm you fine but think about what comes with weed.... you always want it every time you do it it will be harder to get high when you are high you escape reality it may feel good to you but your out of reality i mean your not you. people who say it makes you feel great about yourself well then you have self esteem issues then. You have to pay money for it so your buying happiness. you can't grasp a lot of the things you learn while your high. it can cause problems with your parents, grades, friends and if all this is worth ten bucks and an hour or two being out of touch with reality you have problems

Answer by joe
Submitted on 2/22/2007
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i started smoking when i was 15, and after this first hit i smoked about 4 joints a week, all the way up to twice a day till this year. I know that its mentally addicting. but in no way is it physical. Ive been clean since January 1st, because on Christmas i smoked about 12 joints, 2 by myself, came in to work the next day and got drug tested. obviously i failed. I know now that smoking really isn't worth it unless you really don't have anything else in your life. i have a girlfriend that depends on me, and mother and father who smoked as teens who really hate it now, and a brother who watched me do it, and now does so himself. I took a look back at my life and saw that over the past 4 years (I'm 19 now) i have really done absolutely nothing with my life. i realize now that i was severely addicted. all i do is dream and think about pot. My friends do it, my brother does it, and i cant get away from it but i know that if i start again i wont accomplish anything the rest of my life. it kills your ambition and thats about it. it wont give you cancer, it wont give you emphysema, and it helped my back pain tremendously. But i reccomend to everyone that if you want to do something with your life stop smoking, or at least slow down. try to go a week without it, and see what it has done. If i had known now what i had known then i would have waited till i retired to ever start. and thats my plan now. but as soon as i retire, thats all my money down the drain.

Answer by Johny Zebra
Submitted on 2/23/2007
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Hey you guys nice answers. I read them all. Anyways i just want to say that smoking weed has truly helped me in life. I come from a family that is quite strict (Drawn together'sprincess charctor). I had been quite a dork in my first two years of high school. Always saying/shouting stupid funny things that i would hope to make class mates laugh. I was a joke. My parents eventualy made up thier minds to send me to milliatary academy for jr. year. It would build charector they said. I was a good working kid, my parents are just a little strict. While milliatary school i made lots of money for services and selling cigerites. Short sum up of the place is that i was able to convence my mom that this placed wasn't for me and it sucked. Well only a semester and i was back in public school. I had troubles in my studys due to the low education level milliatary school. My mom thought i might have ADHD, which i could myself have seen some effects in me. Well after 3 mounths of taking Aderal, I did not inprove. I went in a collapsing show depresion. Then i took my first hit. This hit made me think outside my problem and realise the simplicity of my life. I also realised that i was a big nerd that had really no life. I learned that the people i hung arround with only played video games and watched movies. I've started hanging arround other people who smoked. It wasn't as if i hung around stoners but just people who smoked on weekends. These kids helped me feel normal and enjoy more active and social events. I was able to pry myself away from video games and concentrate life of 17" screen. I eventually moved out of the house when school finished. I moved in a friend that i allowed to join my online business (I'm quite smart at making money). I've learned what the real world is and found it harsh. Realised that school is really important (while smoking on some endow). Moved back to my parrents and attended my last year of school. Not doing the best in school but try real hard. I'm beter at projects instead of tests. Today i have realised that i have to move out of my parrents house but thats not a problem i was able to have a place to grow now. I love MJ and take full responsiblity in consuming it.

Answer by lifecynic
Submitted on 2/23/2007
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people could forever debate the issue of whether or not weed is good for you. it really comes down to the person. there are some people that shouldn't be using drugs at all because they are mentally unstable. there are others who achieve better on weed. i personally smoke it, i'm still in high school and i get above 3.40's. whenever i stop smoking it for awhile, for some reason i start doing worse. i just can't seem to juggle my AP and honors classes as well without smoking it. so could that be a sort of dependency? yes. is it really all that bad? i wouldn't think so. people freak out and say weed is terrible stop smoking it, but they don't realize the magnitude of people actually dying from tobacco and alcohol.

Answer by boodah
Submitted on 2/26/2007
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ive smoked bud 4 ages now. ive smoked it everyday 4 the last 5 to 6 years or so. when i was younger i had adhd and took ritalin from the age of 9 to 11 and hated what it did to me. the doctor finaly took me off it and then a year later i started smoking weed. cannabis had a positive effect as it calmed me down and gave me a different out look on life, however after a year or so my useage increased greatly when my dad nearly died in a car accident and i was smoking 2 medicate my depression. after to or three months of roll one, smoke one, roll another (i was unemployed and this happened from when i woke up to when i went to bed) i realized it started to have a negative effect on me and knew i had to cut my use down. it was hard but i knew i had to cut down for mental and financial reasons. i still smoke it eveyday but hardly any at all just a couple of bongs or so, but only at night when i have nothing left to do. i know i can stop and often decide to stop for a week to give me a break. i decided to not give it up completely because it does have positive attributes in my life however i dont smoke tobacco and never ever spoil my weed by mixing it with tobacco and i dont drink or take any other drug as it dosent appeal to me. if anyone is trying to quit the best advice i can give is if u smoke with tobacco quit that first then weed is easier to stop on its own (alot of people are addicted to ciggarettes not cannabis and dont realize) and everytime u crave a smoke just tell yourself u dont smoke it anymore. u will never stop because someone else wants you to, you have to stop for yourself!

Answer by vwdubber
Submitted on 3/1/2007
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Most of what i have read is all true in one way or another. I have found that everyone looks at weed for a diff reason. When i first started about 3.5 years ago i did it cause it was fun, and still do for the fun factor. Many of my friends look at it to run from lifes problems and that is a whole other story. But for me it just became the daily routine and it is what i looked forward to at the end of each day. Then it would become a few times a day etc etc. About a year ago i stopped for 6 months and it was great, i wasnt always running out of my house to smoke with friends and life wasnt surrounded by weed. As of recently i started to smoke again and it has become a daily practice. I like how someone stated above how it "robs you of life" and in a sense it is soo true. I think i am still young enough and in college to stay on track but the weed has to go sometime or another. I am going to leave my passion for weed for special occasions. Another thought from above was moderation. This word can almost make any drug or addiction and make it ok. If you can get high every now and then on special times then i see no problem with weed itself. Its when it becomes a daily routine and you have to get high then it becomes a true addiction. I dont want to ramble and sound like i know it all cause i dont. These are my personal thoughts on weed, take it how you want but just remeber life is short and live it how you want.

Answer by K-Paxian
Submitted on 3/7/2007
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When I got a place at uni I I was older than a lot of the students there - I went in as a mature student, mainly because the previous 10 years I had screwed around with enough drugs in my brain to send most people to a psycho ward. The fact is that two years before that I quit smoking pot as I had noticed that after a couple of years smoking it I had started to get paranoid every time - Not major paranoia but just couldn't keep track of what people were saying so I thought they were making fun of me - but whatever - I just didn't like it anymore - plus other paranoia's - class A drugs - no problem but pot was detremental and very much less fun than being straight or on a class A Anyhow I gave up drugs and went to university - I met some guys there 10 years younger than me - trying pot for the first time - I told em my experiences but they all said "nah - thats just you " then about 3 days after our exams finished - this is three years later I saw those same guys (usually we hardly ever talked) but after those exams two of em said they remembered what I'd said and they were experiencing the same now Anyway So what I know is - that you mess with dope and you go nowhere for a few years - end up psychologically screwed up a bit and then give it up and get somewhere - I now run a successful internet company

Answer by Renok
Submitted on 3/25/2007
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i'vebeen smoking pot for about 1 year now and im 15 turning 16 in a couple months i'vefound out that smoking pot can be good and bad the bad sides for me was i had a loss of being motivated but the good sides there just 2 many i would atleast try to smoke 3-4 times a day always in the morning and going to bed it always helped :) but then i'venoticed these past months where is it taking me? what have i done with my life where's my life going? and i can truley say i havn'tspent more than 10$ on something BESIDES POT for the past 1 year. i don't think it's bad nor do i think it's good. but i do know that i'vebeen caught for it and i'vetryed other drugs such as mushrooms,xanax,viking. but i never EVER could amagin myself doing these drugs a year ago.

Answer by surreyboy
Submitted on 3/27/2007
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been smoking pot daily since 2004 and it has slowly robbed me of everything that was great in my life. Family, work, school, Friends, body. It hurts to think of the price i have paid for a 'high.' Alot of it stems from personal issues with who i am as a person...but as some have mentioned it also is a way of entertaining the many dreams we once had and perhaps continue to hold on to. Those dreams and goals we hold so dear to our hearts that we don't dare speak them for fear of complete embarrassment. I want to be an actor and a singer and a changer of lives...and when I'mhigh i pretend to be all these things...it all seems possible...and i swim in these possibilities. Yes marijuana is addictive and yes i am addicted. This is the truest thing i know and starting tonight it's going to change. I've spent enough time asleep dreaming. Tomorrow morning i will wake up and make my dreams become reality.

Answer by JG
Submitted on 4/5/2007
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I smoked pot for the first time when I was 7 years old. by the time i was in 7th grade i was getting high everyday. by 9th grade i smoking over 10 blunts a day, plus bowls and bongs inbetween. Pot can make you lazy and make you forget things. it can make your lungs hurt and make you cough up black and brown stuff. at times it will even cause you to make bad decisions. It's not for everyone, and can be harmful if used in access, But weed is not the evil that these dummies above have made it out to be. it can be hard to quit smoking weed, just like it can be hard to stop doing anything. it is a habit, not an addiction! cigarettes are the real killers!!!!!!!! don't believe the lies and propaganda, make decisions for yourself. you and only you can decide if something is good or bad, or right or wrong. every experience can be useful in moderation. After all, weed is natural! it isn't processed out of natural things, like heroin, cocaine, or alcohol, which all can have devastating effects!!!! we comes from the earth, and made by god. Cigarettes contain thousands of harmful, synthetic chemicals. weed does not!! Think about it!!!

Answer by LittleBrit
Submitted on 4/18/2007
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It is too difficult to say if weed is addictive; like everything in our world it does depend upon the individual. There are people who can smoke the odd splif and never think anything of it; there are people who can stop smoking as easily as they started. However, too many people have been too quick to claimed that pot is completely safe, it kind of makes me think you don�t know or understand the drug you are dealing with. Cannabis may not be an addictive plant/drug, but getting stoned is clearly addictive. Some people get hooked on the feeling of been �high� or having no cares and worries; this is how it can become addictive. If you get used to having a splif or a hit on the bong to send you to sleep, there is a good chance you body will come to rely on been high to relax and to get sleep. The cannabis plant may not cause the addiction, but the habit of smoking weed can cause an addiction. Word to the wise, getting stoned should be done in a group (once your smoking on your own your on the way for an addiction), would you wake up and have a beer? (I�m hoping not, so why would you wake up and smoke a splif?) If you�re worried about getting an addiction, stop buying it and only smoke your mates at parties. I do fully understand the effect of weed and trust me its not all laughing and munchies; wait until you�re not laughing, and you�re pacing the room calling everyone you know just to get another bag of weed, or traveling into rough areas just trying to get a hit�then try and tell me weeds not addictive.

Answer by vinmeister
Submitted on 4/20/2007
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I have been smoking since 1968..that's 39 years. And I have NOT had any problems at all. I have worked continually over these years at jobs that require detail and I play guitar and write music. I guess it all depends on the individual. And I am talking about smoking every day. I find that it increases my want of knowledge. When I have detailed reports to do, I find motivation after smoking. When I write music I find motivation after smoking. My memory is fine as I always watch and do very well on Jeopardy or any other question and answer show or game. If you are dumb as a rock BEFORE doing it.....then that is the reason why people get vegged out after doing it. It is an individual reaction and good or bad, reactions cannot be lumped together.

Answer by Limey
Submitted on 4/22/2007
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I'm from England and ive been doing the good stuff for five years and as far as i'm concerned its becoming a real problem (not least because im a student dentist and it is highly frowned upon by my peers)but i just love doing it because it feels like youre doing something with your day, its relaxing and it does make you happy. I want to stop coz my girlfriend hates it and she has no idea to what extent im doing it (every night if i can)and it does affect your social life outside your fellow stoners plus the exams on my course are very demanding and i need to be functioning at 100%. im one of those people who at the end of every spliff will tell myself its my last one ever before skinning another asap. To be honest the main problem is that my mum knows how much i smoke and she doesnt care, as far as she can tell its not affecting my peformance at uni and thats all she is bothered about if she were more strict i would smoke less. I agree that you cnt get addicted to the weed but its the tabacco thats the problem, ive never touched a cig in my life but when i do stop weed for exams its not the weed i crave its a ciggy. i just googled the words 'stop smoking weed' to see if there were any tips and this site came up and its persuaded me to go and get another 1/4 so thanks for nothing......

Answer by CHICAGOKISS
Submitted on 4/23/2007
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I been addicted for 15 years had many great times ,but now I truly hated I lost my wife and kids over this. Lost many good jobs and spent alot of money like you would not belive.But yet smoke it everyday.Im a good person work ,pay taxes,pay child support,and love my kids whit all my heart.Hit many hard times and always God has helped me over and over again to recover.But yet smoke every day.Who ever said mirijuana is'not addicting has'not lived in my shoes.Its like I love it and hate it at the same time.The reason I found this page is because I was looking for how to stop smoking weed over the internet books,stories,recovery groups and so on.One thing is for sure I finally tired of the whole sound and dance.And I want to get free.Please pray for me .

Answer by HMMM
Submitted on 4/24/2007
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Alright, i would like to say something. I have gone down this board reading everyones opinions to somehow add to my thoughts and change my opinion i have on weed. First off everyones opinions are gonna be different but this is what i'd like to say. Its not if its bad or good or if it will hep you or benefit you, its simply a choice. you can take a bad choice and then a good choice, life is full of them trust me. And another thing i would like to add about smoking. Personally i have smoked because it puts me in a totaly different state of mind than im used to being in. It is so different when i'm on weed. you can escape reality and get caught in it at the same time, but overall if your so insecure to come on here and look and read other people opinions, your not being yourself and making your OWN decisions, and i read peoples opinions too, BUT I JUST NOTICED THIS! The only way to find out what to do is to close this browser, and make yourown decision. think it over. this choice wil determine the outcome of your life. good or bad. think positive too.

Answer by kat
Submitted on 4/28/2007
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most of you aren't answering the original question of how to quit smoking pot. (and neither am I so don't bother to point that out). you are too busy debating whether or not pot is good or OK. everyone has a different experience when they get high, and that experience can change as a person grows older or has major life changes. my own experience has changed completely in the last eight years. In high school it would make me feel all fuzzy and happy and now that I'm out of college i just get completely debilitated and stay hope wasting my life. the problem is when I want to smoke i only think of the way it made me feel in high school. can't seem to let that feeling go. so if anyone has any suggestions please respond. insults won't be neccessary, and anyone with a mind to do so should gain some compassion. you may be in these shoes some day too. thank you

Answer by pop
Submitted on 5/5/2007
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i been smoking pot everyday for probably about 6 years. I'm 22 now, and I've wanted and tried to quit many many times. I've been in a commited relationship for 6 years as well, but my partner does not smoke pot. It's basically caused a lot of problems between us. It's hard to defend yourself in an argument when you're stoned all the time. I would have to come home from work everyday to have a few bowls, before I could do ANYTHING else. People are right, it's a mental addiction, but it doesn't make it any easier to quit. It becomes so routine, you don't know how to deal without it. You become so far away from who you are that you don't know who you are anymore. I moved out of the country 2 months ago, mainly to get off of weed and help repair our relationship. I'm living in Asia now and it's nearly impossible to get. But a few days ago I met some dudes who had some hash, and boy, it was good. I miss smoking weed, even though I know how bad it is for me. I've always held down a job, but it kept me from truly enjoying my life. I don't know how willing I am to change.. I just home when I come home I don't go back to my old ways..

Answer by dosadi refugee
Submitted on 5/6/2007
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thank you guys for all these answers. today I'm scouring the net looking for ways that other ppl quit smoking weed. honestly, from the outside, no one would know i'm crazy addicted to weed. i hold a master's degree, work full time, play in a band which is successful. but there are some many things i haven't done because i'd rather stay home and get high. i lost my girlfriend of 5 years because of weed. i would have married her, but my emotions were so blunted and my motivation so scarce, i let her go. I'm an idiot. Just like Good Answer (above), I keep making all these excuses as to why I'm not happy in my life. In the back of my head I know its because i smoke weed so much, but the little devil on my shoulder just keeps lulling back to sleep with another bowl. I'm so sick of it. I feel like I'm banging my head against the wall.

Answer by hottynurse
Submitted on 5/17/2007
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There is no denying that being high feels good, BUT it does lower your inhibitions and it can help you make poor choices. No one smoked their first joint thinking they will be a pot head. Pot can lead you to other drugs because you think, "well, pot wasn't as bad as everyone said." So you try coke, or whatever and no one snorted their first line thinking they would end up a crack head. I had to go to rehab and I never thought I'd be there. I was supposed to be someone awesome...so much potential and so pretty and what happend was I let drugs control me and it almost took my life. So just remember the next time you go to smoke that you have no idea where addiction will take you and if you were smart you would just NOT do it. You deserve better and you deserve to be the best you can be and no matter what ANYONE says, you are not your best when you are on any mind altering substance. Love yourself because nobody else will do that for you.

Answer by holliewood
Submitted on 5/17/2007
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Hello everyone, I have been smoking bud pretty much on a daily basis for 5 or 6 yrs now. I began in highschool when I was around 16, and hung around nothing but potheads whom were not even my real friends. I made alot of trouble for myself which I strongly beleive was the result of the drugs affects. Yes, being high feels great, and I love it but you can't live your life high all the time or you will become someone else. Time will pass you by and you will become lazy, less ambitious, and maybe even less confident in yourself. Eventually all you will think about is getting high again and when you get to that point you have let it control you. If you are someone that can do it in moderation then it's not so bad. You have to be with the right people and when you have no other agendas for the day. I do beleive it's a mental addiction but once your hooked it's extremly difficult to let go of the habit. There will be a time when you know it's time to give it up. The sooner the better, you can be very happy without it. I suggest quitting cold turkey, seclude yourself from those who smoke for a while, and keep yourself busy so your mind is off it. If I can do it than you can. I was really hooked for a while. I am now 21 and it's my time to let it go. I might do it occasionally but not near as much as before. Good luck to those who are trying you can do it! Just think, you didn't need it when you were a baby, so why do you need it now?

Answer by J.J.
Submitted on 5/20/2007
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I've heard a lot of Idiot's on this board, but the smartest thing I heard was weed robs you of your life. I've been smoking weed for 20 years on and of. didn't graduate because I got high before school and at lunch. I managed to ace the GED test and join the Air-force as an attemt to change my dead end life. I was drinking a lot in the air force and married a pscho and was kicked out after 2 1/2 years. When my cousin picked me up at the greyhound bus station on my way back from the military she had a joint waiting for me. I hadn't smoked while I was in the Air-force, but after that first joint I didn't quit for another eight years, when I finally realized that my lack of being able to hold a job and keep a girlfried or have much of a social life beyond the drinking was destrying me. I had a dual addiction (Alcohol). I also would experiment with other drugs as well. I saught out help through N.A. and made it 9 months twice and 6 months a couple of times and 3 months here 30 days there but have always relapsed. I recently wrecked my car while I was high and broke my femur. I was on Vicotin for 3 months and also abused that. while I was trying to get over the whithdrawl symtoms of that stuff I decided I would be less miserable if I just smoked weed to help me eat and sleep. through all of the drug usage during my injury I failed to make theropy appointments look for other employment that I could do outside of construction or work on my other dreams since I had plenty of time while I was home Injured. Now I don't drink anymore because I just hatye the taste of it and got sick of throwing up and being hung over. Now I realize that I hate the weed and am tired of being sick and tired. I tired of losing girlfriends. tired of being ashamed to walk out in public stoned. tired of losing jobs and many other aspects of life. I HATE THE WEED!!!! Hopefully I get it through my thick head. I know this going to NA mettings really help. I never worked the steps all the way through so I didn't have much success but It does work if you work it. now am on 5 days off of weed and 3 days off of cigerettes. I think smoking cigs and weed go hand in hand for me so am am gonna try to quit both. I did go 5 years once without a cig after smoking 9 years only to lose that over a cigar. I also think that if I can do it (Quit Cigs) then it will give me confidence to quit weed. Evcery time I do quit weed I have side effects or maybe withdrawl symtoms where I wont eat or sleep for days. It is especially hard to stay of it in the first fews days because of this sickness that you know you could cure with weed. the sickness could be depression or actual whithdrawl symtoms, I don't know, but when I smoke weed it is all day long every day, light users won't have this probably unless they are depressed. Anyway the moral of the story is weed destroys your life.

Answer by Bill
Submitted on 5/24/2007
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I've been smoking pot since senior year of high school. I've now finished my sophomore year in college, and here's my honest appraisal of the good green herb. Many know that most things, probably including eating not-so-healthy food and breathing in car exhaust are not very good for you. Well, smoking is TECHNICALLY bad for you. However, like most things, your health is unlikely to be severely affected by smoking marijuana if you enjoy it in moderation. Smoking once a week, for example, should have virtually no long-term consequences on your health. I have not smoked in moderation these past two years, and yes, my respiratory tract has become more irritated as a result. However, I maintain straight A's at Wesleyan University, where the pot flows freely. I'm also in a pretty good a cappella group, and haven't really had all that much trouble with my voice as a result of smoking. Contrary to many of the testimonies above, I have NOT found that pot negatively affects my social life, though the reason for this may be Wesleyan'sstatus on the Reefer Madness list. If everyone smokes, you sort of get drawn into it and it becomes a part of your social life. I have taken to doing schoolwork, watching documentaries and (gasp) sometimes even reading while I am high. I sincerely believe that one may stay on top of his or her life if they merely keep their minds toned as they smoke. Don't just stare at the posters on your wall or shoot high-volume music into your ears: FOCUS! You'll find that your grades and social lives won't suffer, because you will start to remember that there's more to life than getting high. My goal is to quit being a heavy smoker of marijuana by my 21st birthday, which brings me to my last point. While I have no objections to marijuana use, I do believe that there is a time in everyone's life when they must grow up. Smoking marijuana is largely childish, irresponsible, and unproductive. I believe that if you are raising children, you absolutely owe it to them to quit smoking, both for their health because of second hand smoke, as well as for the good of their mental development. Sharp parents make sharp kids, and pot smoking parents probably have a hard time staying sharp and keeping a vigilant watch over their children. Bottom line: Smoking pot is nice for a little while, but the novelty wears off after a while. It just stops being fun at a point because you get used to it. I truly believe that college students, having endured the hellhole that high school can be, have the right to smoke weed. However, it probably shouldn't continue on into later life and adulthood. I don't have the citation for this, but I read that if you quit smoking by your mid twenties, it's statistically like you've never smoked at all. Young lungs rejuvenate quickly, old lungs don't.

Answer by Steve
Submitted on 6/3/2007
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Ive been smoking pot for 2 and 1/2 years now. One thing that i'veIrealized is that I have lost a lot of motivation in the things that I do, I have a lot less concentration and attention span when it comes to school, which my grades have reflected upon. I have noticed that I just smoke pot to get away from my everyday miserable life. Its almost like an escape, or as someone said earlier "If you are not happy, its only delaying the inevetible" Now I am just surfing the web looking for motivation to quit smoking; I am going to try starting tomorrow. I know that if I keep smoking everyday, I will eventually get arrested, which would destroy my graduate school goals. I am just going to see if I can make it for three days, then set it to a week, and hopefully get the idea of smoking pot out of my head.

Answer by devilish
Submitted on 6/9/2007
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to be honest i hate all this smoking weed crap, i didnt mind people smoking it untill i moved in with my partner of 3years, a year ago. everything was ok with him smoking it, but now it discusses me. when we frist got together her had a goal in life to get a great paid quilifed job. which would give him a good start in life, he went to college for 3years and he qulified at what he wanted 2 do he was so motivated and i was so proved of him. now all he wants to do is sit on his ass, with out an income other then allowance, and all he wants 2 do is was his money on weed. now i am so disappointed in him, hurt and feel like i dont know him no more, i have tried to help him, but it always just blows back in my face, and now all i want to do is leave him and bring are baby up alone. which i think will be best for us all right now, but then i look at what if's and i stick around, but it wont be 4 much longer. if he dont buck his ideas up. he had everything, and soon he will have nothing, becouse thats how drugs have made his life. from a loving care boyfriend too an ass! and he is the only one that choosen that road to go done. i just hope that everyone that gots to this is sensilable 2 turn it around be4 its to late

Answer by Bon-vivant
Submitted on 6/13/2007
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I'm a female in my 20's I've been smoking weed every day for about six years. I mostly smoke bongs which makes it even stronger. I started smoking straight after I finished school, so I've never known a life after school without weed. When I look at my friends I feel like I'm 6 years behind. I don't put effort into anything except buying and smoking weed. When I run out it feels like I'm in hell. I never phone or visit my family and friends. I've only made a couple of new friends in the past 6 years, whereas other people seem to make new friends all the time. I have been in a bad relationship and I know that it is almost impossible to sustain a healthy relationship with someone if you are addicted, and therefore devoted to smoking pot. I've been to psychologists and learned a lot about negative thinking patterns and the power of our mind. It really is all in your mind but it can be very hard to understand without professional help. Anyway, all this being said, I still smoke.

Answer by Lotsaloven77
Submitted on 6/18/2007
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well, I have been searching the net looking for some resources to assist me to quit smoking marijuana. I have had a huge giggle reading the posts on this list...so ket me strat by telling you a bit about my situation. I am 30 years old, have smoked pot since I was 17 years old and have gradually lifted my dosage over the years so it actually still has an impact on me and can give me that stoned rush. I spend about $600 Australian dollars a month on it (thankfully I have a good job)but have decided that its time to move on. I really laughed when I read some of the messages on this bourd saying things like, marijuana is not addictive, its a "mental thing". Marijuana effects the synopses in the brain, it limits your motivation, it causes severe respiratory issues, it causes psychological issues (drug induced psychosis, depression, bipolar disease) etc. there are a number of ways that marijuana can impact on a person in a negative manner. Some of the withdrawal signs are similar to the withdrawal signs of heavy drugs, as I am starting to find out. They include loss of concentration, inability to sleep at night, stomach cramps and vomiting, aggressive behaviours and emotional outbursts, anxiety and depression...and the list goes on. Like some others on the site, as a choofer, I became really unsociable, paranoid about certain things, preferred to sit around smoking pot rather than meet up with friends.I ended up completing my uni degree in the required four years but I cant say that I actually remembered alot of what I read while I was at uni because my memory was/is so badly affected by pot. These days I work 5 days a week but still seem to fit in about 6-7 sessions a night where I will smoke about 6 pipes each session. That works out to about 36 pipes a night plus I have extra on the weekends. I have tried to quit before but only lasted about a month so I'm hoping that from today, I can stop cold turkey. This is going to be a very rocky road for a few months but fingers crossed all will go well. So guys, next time someone tells you that marijuana is not addictive and that there are no issues in quitting whenever you want, well anything that creates reliance is an addiction and I guess for some people the only way to learn is by personal experience. I wish those of you who don't feel that weed is addictive a smooth ride when you decide to stop smoking the stuff.

Answer by DaKid
Submitted on 6/28/2007
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Wats good guys... I have been smokin pot for at least 5 years (3 years have been hardcore at least 20-30 BLUNTS a week). I'll tell you my story as it unfolded. LoL funny thing, my younger bro got me to smoke, and the first time i did it, nothing happened. The 2nd time, nothing happened, the 3rd time.... fried out of my mind. It was a crazy rush guys let me tell you. Anyway, college hit me and it was all good for a while. Even though my grades started to slip, I managed to stay in a frat, and have grades good enough to stay in school. Stuff hit the fan this summer though, I got hit with a note saying that I lost my aid to go to school. Thank God, Although it was a mistake, I took that one to heart hardbody. I haven't quit yet, but I am planning to before I go back to school (Maybe earlier so i can lose some pounds). Its almost destroyed my relationship, my phone stopped ringing as much because I neglected all my friends to smoke bud ( I was a popular dude, trust me), My verbal skills have decreased a little bit, and my awareness has DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. I still hold a pretty content life, i got a good internship, I am still in school, i got my family, and i still got my girl... but I lost a lot of friends in the process and I have lost the motivation to do certain things. So without me blabbing on forever, Ladies and Gents., STOP NOW...IF YOU DON'T STOP NOW AT LEAST CUT YOUR INTAKE TO AT LEAST 2-3 BLUNTS A WEEK. What im telling you won't hit u in the beginning, but eventualyl it will catch up to you.

Answer by euphoria
Submitted on 7/3/2007
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yeah...heres my story.the first time i was introduced to marijuana was last year...sooon after i joined colege..bfore that i used to take hashoil shots on foil ,,n that was three years back...newways i took a one year break in between..so wen i started out again weed was sumthin i thot i had control over but now it seems like getin stoned like i do is makin me so anti social less motivated to do daily tasks....i use to be so outgoin...me n ma roomie spend hours in the same room without talkin or even lookin at eachother,or just drown into music..its cool but imaginations n illusions doesnt complete our life.,,n this is how this is effectin my sociial life and my studies.i failed last semester,,im suppose to graduate next year but now its not goiin to happen....i havent told my parents yett about the failed subject but i guess sooner or later theyd find out..i seriously wane quit this ,,its makin me unhealthy,iresponsible,and its a hell waste of money...so im in...watvere it takes to quit smokin pott....there r better party drugs out there but still as weed had killed my passion to go out into people...i used to be such a peoples person..n even for me i find myself hard to manage,,emotionally mentally n physically....long term use n usin iit in big quantity makes it no different that opium heroine or cocaine....its cool...but it has its limits..its not good wen u loose ur self into it....wen u no longer knows who u r...n wen u no lonegr remembers wat u did yesterdae...its not good at all....this is an adiction too....a big one indeed....but m gone take wat it takes to get ma feet bak on the trackk....n thats the end of itt...all i need is my will power.

Answer by weedhead
Submitted on 7/14/2007
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Weed is bad for you. It can "sidetrack" you, and give you a "false escape" from problems you should really face head on. It's a time waster. Once you're older, it can really give you "amotivational syndrome", in that you're not really tired, but you really don't want to do anything. It doesn't make you dumb. Weedheads, I think are freer thinkers, and have more control over their minds than most anti-weed people. Hate to say it, but on the whole, they're smarter. Staunch anti-weed people are usually "lunkheaded", the type who'd put people in prison for private weed use, "for their own good," even as they themselves have a drink, then go for a drive as they puff on a cigarrette. Weed is about as dangerous and addictive as alcohol, cigarettes, food, prostitutes, etc... Lots of things, legal and illegal, can be bad for you and addictive, weed included. There's no such thing as a "psychological addiction" -- an addiction is an addiction, just ask any 650 pound man or woman. You can become addicted to weed. Weed also has its positive effects. Helps you concentrate. Can help you gain access to insights more often than when you're sober. Enhances the effects of positive experiences, such as good food or good sex. All in all, weed should be LEGAL--that way its good and bad effects can be easily known. It's ILLEGALITY is one of it's biggest dangers -- illegal means unregulated, possibly adulterated with god-knows- what, and means that otherwise law-abiding people can end up with criminal records: serious criminal records in some states. ILLEGALITY keeps up the 100 years of mystery and debate about its true effects, good and bad, as opposed to bringing them to light. All told, I would tell my own children to leave it alone. I've smoked it for most of my adult life, but I'm trying to quit. Quitting means replacing it with something more positive -- such as a good girlfriend, or a really busy (but enjoyable) life, involving hobbies, social contacts, etc. Exercising also helps, because you can't really exercise much and be a full time weed-head, so exercise gives you perspective and motivation. But the key is to replace it what you deem is missing... I'm one of those who's trying to quit but always wants to have a little around... I would probably be quite happy, well adjusted, and ironically, more able to quit, if I met a nice girl who smoked weed... Good luck.

Answer by Steve-O
Submitted on 7/14/2007
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I have been smoking bud for about 6 years of my 22. In the begining I loved it and even now I love it. The thing is society labels it as a bad thing. You can't get a job if you can't pass a drug test. I got to a school where they can drop you if you look high, and if you drop dirty you get kicked out. I didn't ever think it was a bad thing but after watching people I care about get into trouble doing it, it just doesn't seem worth it. And good question and bildo are right, it takes away your ambition. sure I went to work and to school but through out the day I'm just waiting for it to be over so I can smoke. It's a bad thing if you have to avoid people you like just because your high.To many negative things in pot smoking for me to keep doing it but after such a long time of smoking its hard to stop. So far I haven't smoked for a week. I have to find things to take up my time and I've had to avoid all my friends that do it. If you want something in life and weeds gonna stop you then see if you can put it down til you accomplish those goals you have for yourself. Find a girl that doesn't smoke and kick it with her guys and girls who smoke find a guy who doesn't. I used to think non weed heads were just lames or afraid to try it but I see that after a while you must out grow some things to get where you wanna be. wish me luck!

Answer by heyyoulady
Submitted on 7/17/2007
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i'm old enough to be your mom and i've smoked pretty much most of my life. oh...i quit here and there; amazing how a pee test can motivate a person, but in all honesty i think (and it is my experience personally) that there is just too much hoo haw over the whole evil weed thing. the money that is spent by the government fighting a nonsense battle COULD close up the hole in the ozone layer!!!! would i want my kid doing it? not until they truly were old enough to NOT let apathy take over because along with a pee test being a great motivator, mind over matter is a very powerful energy and you DO have to live a successful life. we can have our fun but life is serious biz and you might skate by for a bit but i promise you, it's no free ride and one day "cute" and "funny" and all that crap won't getcha a cuppa coffee at a all night diner.

Answer by James
Submitted on 7/17/2007
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hey my name is james and i have been smoking chronic for the better part of 5 years. there have been times when i thought it was ruining my life and there have been times when i have thought it saved it. but like someother people have said its all about moderation and balance in your life.dont smoke pot all day and expect to not burn out. . .you will. Exercise, read, cook have friends. if u make your life all about smoking pot than thats all it will ever be. personally i keep a journal and write down all my goals hopes and dreams and this helps me stay focused on my life. and if u need to slow down just keep it to the weekends take up a hobby during the week. i am hoping to take kickboxing soon : ). neways keep your life in harmony and always look at the bright side!

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Question by mcpfunk
Submitted on 8/19/2003
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how do you control yourself from smoking marijuana

Answer by punkdprincess69
Submitted on 11/22/2003
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All i do is think about what would happen if i got caught by the cops or my parents and then i decide that i would like to live and not be grounded for the rest of my life

Answer by lexicon drivel
Submitted on 12/6/2003
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punkdprincess69: move out of your parents house then, loser. and what do you mean, control yourself? i don't, because i like smoking it. if you're really addicted, which is nearly impossible, go to rehab. otherwise, stfu and stop wasting space on my internet.

Answer by ben
Submitted on 1/30/2004
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smoking pot is fantastic

Answer by igethigh
Submitted on 2/5/2004
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There are no physical withdraws when you stop (unlike tobacco which is highly addictive) it is all mental.

Answer by whyme420
Submitted on 3/22/2004
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really "how do you control yourself"really you don't smoke its really not hard I'vesmoke for 11 years if you need to "control" it you should maybe not smoke until you are able to act like an adult

Answer by Ben Cockrill
Submitted on 3/22/2004
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Well living in GreenVegas (Greenville, SC) it is truly difficult to stay away from the green dank. I just hang out with some of my mexican friends and go to church a lot. I live right near by Bob Jone University its a great establishement. They are willing to take you in and serve you arby's chicken sandwhiches if you get a craving for weed. So I have gained like 15 lbs. But hey, I am staying away from the weed and not craving the fix anymore. Green Vegas is a tough little city to grow up in. Raise your kid somewhere else. Hail Arby chicken biscuigts!!

Answer by sam
Submitted on 3/24/2004
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I was an avid smoker in high school (3 or 4 times a day), but have since stopped smoking all together. The easiest way to stop is to get a girlfriend that gives good head and doesn't like you smoking pot. Worked for me.

Answer by diamondprincess
Submitted on 3/28/2004
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yeah boy smoking weed is the best thing in the world, it makes you feel good about yourself and it makes you feel good what so ever.if you have never tried it you need to i do it almost every day with mt boyfriend holla~one~

Answer by mainkis
Submitted on 4/1/2004
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smoking is the most unatractive and harmful thing you can do to yourself besides suicide. I would like to stress strongely that you try your hardest not to smoke it is dangerous and harmful toy uo and others around you

Answer by repton
Submitted on 4/3/2004
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Let people make their own minds up

Answer by Squeaks
Submitted on 4/9/2004
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hey yall... i live in alil town in tx and theres nothing to do here but drink and do drugs... ive been smokin for years and i smoke all day long... at least an oz a day... so im a pretty big pot head... and i have to quit smoking... i know its all a mental addiction.. but if yall have any tips to help me stay away then let me know... thanx luv yall

Answer by me
Submitted on 4/19/2004
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I really really want to quit smoking pot because its stopping me from doing my normal social activities and stuff.I need to be motivated again!!

Answer by johnnyblaze
Submitted on 4/20/2004
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yea man i smoked about every day for 8 years strait....i dropped outta college, spent months in jail, lost my license, my girlfriend, and now have the IQ of a damn near retard, oh and yea its NOT just a mental addiction trust me, the worst part is i used to be so smart and witty, funny, now im basically a vegetable working at walmart....if this isn't motivating enough well then i don't know what is

Answer by Bob
Submitted on 5/3/2004
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Personaly I don't think smoking pot is that bad. But you can overdo it. I read get good marks in school and generaly try to keep myself sharp becuase i realize the danger of pot, you can slip into a hole and never climb out. Then again its all interpersonal and depends on how you handle it and yes, I do enjoy the dank but in moderation. Life's balance can be controled by moderation and everytime I go by walmart I think of that.

Answer by wgperson
Submitted on 5/5/2004
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ya, i got my mom to let me smoke marijauna at and in the house and it was cool but i got my little brother in to it also. i knew it was wrong for me to let him smoke but it was fun. dont get any better then smoking with your bro. but one day my brother went in to the hospital because he got real sick he's lungs closed and i didnt know what to do. thank god my mom was there. and i havent learned that it can really hurt you. i want to stop and i always say after this bag. how many times have you said that? let me know how you'll stoped. thank you...

Answer by ert
Submitted on 5/7/2004
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Tish's grate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pot guys

Answer by miss muffet
Submitted on 5/12/2004
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pot is not addictive and it's not hard to stop smoking, its all mental. Ive been smoking pot for about 15 years and when i had enough or when i was ready to have a kid it was nothing to stop smoking it. Sure its nice to sit and smoke one and just relax its just a shame you can get in trouble for doing it. If my child was going to do one or the other I would hope they would choose pot over alcohol .

Answer by sptrzsweeti69
Submitted on 5/12/2004
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okay... guys.. all ya'll who smoke need to wake up and smell the roses... do you know how much shyt that can do to your body?... my friend smokes pot.. yeah i hate it... but like he is stupid like that... he tries to quit but cant... he only started a month ago too.. i mean its highly addictive... dont start no matter what... yeah it might be satisfying to get high... but think of the people around you... your friends wouldnt want to be around a pot head... would they? think about that ya'll!

Answer by mani lee
Submitted on 5/13/2004
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ok. well first of all all of you ppl who are dissing this kid for asking questions on the internet about smoking pot need to shut up. and that about being addicted to it is bullcrap. my parents are completely fuked up b-cuz of marijuana use and abuse so SHUT UP> unless you have a good opinion keep your mouth closed.

Answer by Sean M.
Submitted on 7/2/2004
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i have been smoking for about 2 years now, and i smoke about 3-4 bowls a day and i have had to stop sometimes before because of my parents and i went to juvi once, i had no problem stopping, you just have to keep your mind on something else and if you do that for awhile its really not that hard to keep it up... hope this is useful to some people

Answer by idbeyourmemory
Submitted on 7/13/2004
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my boyfriend smokes weed. he says its hard for him to stop. i believe him. but its difficult to be with sum1 that does it. it screws up our relationship because he rarely calls when he does it and he always forgets things hes about to tell me and he gets emotional and breaks up with me over nothing and then the next day its all ok. i love him so much but sometimes i think givin up on him would be easier but i dont. its your choice to smoke pot. i understand it makes you feel like your on top of the world but if you find someone that loves you and would do anything for you, quit.

Answer by stoner mike
Submitted on 8/5/2004
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i just wanted to help the kid out whos parents wont let him smoke, first of all who cares what the hell your mom says. but if you really must listen to her just dont let her know. it isnt that hard you litttle fool.

Answer by TEEN TOO
Submitted on 8/13/2004
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I AM 28 YRS OLD, HAVE BEEN SMOKING FOR 12 YEARS. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT IF YOUR NOT AN ADDICT. ADDICTS CANT HANDLE TO MUCH OF ANYTHING SO WATCH OUT ALL YOU ADDICTS. EVERYONE ELS,,, ENJOY...

Answer by sandman
Submitted on 8/16/2004
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what ever you dont listen to that dumbass punkedprincess shes an idiot and has no idea what shes talking about.

Answer by wakeupidiots
Submitted on 9/16/2004
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also did you guys ever stop to think who might be writing these absurd and false horror stories?this is an .org ,obviously there will be bias when there is a vested interest

Answer by snoopy
Submitted on 9/22/2004
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if you smoke marijuana then you are messed up.it has allot of symptoms.you could die from smoking.if you ever here from your friends do you want any chronic,Mary Jane,or pot... make sure you don't get none of what they are talking bout.do you want to live a normal life or not?

Answer by $mokePot@lot
Submitted on 10/5/2004
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32 yrs old, 17 yrs smoking pot. Goin nowhere due to bad choices in life, one being that i smoke TOO much pot. But it aint all the dope, it's more about self-motivation, and self-satisfaction.... how much do u want it?

Answer by Bear
Submitted on 10/12/2004
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Trust me on this one peeps-leave weed alone! I've been at it since the age of 14(about 20 yrs) and it can screw you up. I've been told by a counselor at a young age it will keep you from developing the ability to handle stress 'cause every time you get stressed out, you lite one up. The best way to stay away from it is don't associate with people who do it and try to stay busy and keep your mind occupied on the good things in life.Good luck!

Answer by doug
Submitted on 10/13/2004
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hey ive gotten cought about 5 times. And no matter what they say to me i will always smoke it. I smoke it with my friends, by my self, w/e. Pot is great. Long live MARY JANE!!!!!

Answer by cracker face
Submitted on 10/16/2004
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Maybe ill just start hitting myself in the face with a real pot, the effects cant be much diffrent..........

Answer by eddie
Submitted on 10/17/2004
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Pot is my favorite thing to do. And that became a problem, going to college and getting high isn't what life is all about. I got high to forget my problems away. Guess what, they are still there! I have been smoking pot for about 6 years, I'm 21 and finally decided to quit. Its been hard but every pot head has his last day. Mine was when I felt like doing nothing but smoke pot. Us young kids need to remember that one day were going to have to make a living for ourselves, the more we know, the more we gt paid...pot was making my memory go to crap.....and I don't know about you kids, but I want to get paid...Good luck...!

Answer by Good answer
Submitted on 10/18/2004
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I say the best answer is with the good question in the list.(it's twenty third box in the list!).because after 12 years smoking it,I have exactly the same idea. Think once in your life!!

Answer by Rickeh
Submitted on 11/24/2004
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Uh, pot doesn't kill brain cells. That's a myth. The best way to control yourself from smoking weed, would be to eat it :D You bypass the harmful effects of smoking it, but you have to consume more to get high. And, you're high for a lot longer as well. :/

Answer by Lils
Submitted on 1/15/2005
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Hi. One of my best friends confided in me that she smokes pot. There is nothing I can do about it, but I continue to search for websites for some subtle way to help. How can I help?! There is no way posted on any website I've been to. Whenever I bring it up my friend becomes angrier with me... I don't like it at all. She has told me before I make her smoke. It is really stressing me out, I don't want her to do something stupid... I'm scared for her. I don't know what to do! If you have any suggestions please, AIM me at XGoddessofGreenX or email me at lilshopekelly@gmail.com.