Smoking for the wrong reasons?

[Guest]

Do you ever find your self toking to releave a stressful day, or to try to forget somthing that happend in the past ... I wonder how healthy it is for us to do this, as even though this may help us get by in our day to day lives does it not make us confront issues in our lives? I'm just stonned and i know i do not have this problem as i always try to confront problems or emotions as they are even if it bothers me at least to think about it through.

Well that what smoking this makes you think of lol

 

[Guest]

good topic man, i think of this a little more than i'd like to sometimes...

 

[geezeressa]

I wonder what the right reasons are?

 

[Guest]

For health reasons, or to maybe just inrich your all ready satisfying life?

 

[Guest]

not being able to get a break because you have constant pains in your jaw,neck,shoulders and lower back area. And the pain is there for the rest of your life thats a good reason to smoke.

Being worn the fuck out after busting a 12hour shift is a good reason to smoke.


now using it to induce munchies and gain enough weight to go on disability, not too good of a reason.

 

[Gangabiss]

A huge percentage of the population takes medication in the form of pills so why not smoke a little herb if it helps ease your stress and cope with everyday shit a little better? Much better than taking some mind numbing prescription meds.

I don't think there is ever really a wrong reason to smoke

 

[Guest]

I wonder what the right reasons are?

this is why marijuana is still illegal.

 

[Murphle]

I think it is a personal choice of not only if it is right or wrong, but when or when not to smoke. That is my biggest problem w/ the "majority" or the government or who ever telling me that it is wrong, or where and when I can smoke herb. It is a choice that neeeds to be left up to me. And the reason is always different. Maybe I am having a shitty day, or just want to celebrate, or maybe I just wanna puff for no other reason than I just wanna puff. By the way(Slips) those buds are looking mighty fine in that pic. My tastes would prolly require a little better trim though.

 

[Stone Skunk]

I think it is a personal choice of not only if it is right or wrong, but when or when not to smoke. That is my biggest problem w/ the "majority" or the government or who ever telling me that it is wrong, or where and when I can smoke herb. It is a choice that neeeds to be left up to me. And the reason is always different. Maybe I am having a shitty day, or just want to celebrate, or maybe I just wanna puff for no other reason than I just wanna puff. By the way(Slips) those buds are looking mighty fine in that pic. My tastes would prolly require a little better trim though.

I agree with all of that, it is a personal choice for sure. If you feel guilty about toking, then it is probably a wrong time to smoke. A few years back I used to skip school just because I didnt want to go, and if I would smoke when I skipped i felt like a lazy piece of shit stoner waste, so I didn't smoke when I skipped.(this was back when I was just getting into it so I still had some negitive ideas about it) but thats just sort of an example. smoke when you want to and think its not immoral or whatever, after all, we're not the moral-less drug addicts that they make us out to be, its ok to say "I shouldn't do this right now."

I thought those nuggs were a little leafy too, but still beautiful.

 

[naga_sadu]

Do you ever find your self toking to releave a stressful day, or to try to forget somthing that happend in the past ... I wonder how healthy it is for us to do this

When dealing w/ stress, it's best to kill it. What's the point of denying urself a way to kill stress, knowing that it's mankinds #1 killer, which has killed more people this century than all of the militant organisations in the world combined?

...as even though this may help us get by in our day to day lives does it not make us confront issues in our lives?

I don't know why people take such a confrontationist approach towards stress and life- as in "you have to face it" kinda approach. I don't think anyone of us on ICMAG has a scenario where a batallion of nude utgart barbarians from the northern steppes, armed with battle axes are camped outside our homes, shouting for our entrials....

If an issue is bothering you (whatever it may be) and you smoke mmj, your nerves will get calmed. Instead of forgetting about what the problem is, a better approach would be to utilise the "calm" given to us when we're high to sit down a minute and think of what's the issue in our lifes causing such stress / hard issues...and simply find a formula which will throw that stress or rectify the issue at hand. It's hard to do this stressed and sober (HARD but NOT impossible) than doing it stoned because it's hard to think rationally when u're confronted w/ stress and/or other issues.

I'm just stonned and i know i do not have this problem as i always try to confront problems or emotions as they are even if it bothers me at least to think about it through. For me...when I was living in LA, eventhough I had some of the most awesome friends and a SWEET career going, my mind was raping me. Whenever Ismoked, I would get chilled and then after sobriety strikes, back to square 1...mind rape.

After a while, I gave it some thought as to what's wrong and I guess...the whole ultra modern fast forward cosmopolitan gulag isin't for me. So...one fine day, I just booked a 1 way ticket back to my home state here in S. Asia. And now, my mind feels alot clearer and brighter. Shit like that...

REMEMBER: MMJ is a magnifier of sorts (the pre-vedic texts describe it as such) which magnifies ur disgusts as well as ur pleasures. If it magnifies ur disgust thru some urges (u get after smoking / or coming down), it's in your best interest to think about what's wrong and rectify it rather than subdue your own feelings and resign with that "this is life" attitude.

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

"The trial and error, the ranks, and belts
The spiritual growth, the science of breath
The tests, the techniques
The forms, the stances
The flow, the rhythm, the internal answers
The herbs, the healing, the quiet meditation
The truths reveal through daily dedication
The love for the art, the sweat on your shirt
The mind, the body, and the spirit that work
The feelings of failure, the hope to succeed
The battles of questions like "Should I smoke weed?" " .- deadprez

 

[Guest]

Pretty much every major event in my life over the last 25 years, I've had a pot buzz on.

I can't think of any wrong reasons to smoke - it is just a "life seasoning".

ws

 

[Guest]

Life. High or low?

Life. High or low?

Its like sprinkling hot sauce on your fish, it gives it flavor!

I would only not be high, when entering into a contract>

Willie!

 

[Sativa_Fan]

Wrong reasons? There aren't too many, but it is my personal opinion that using something solely for the purpose of inebriation is irresponsible. Alot of people view it as just another buzz to catch, and just smoke it to 'get fucked up'.

 

[Guest]

Yeah that kali just gives a nice floating feeling so my joints don't hurt as much, and makes me allitle happier ,
I was just thinking about things in the past and how i wasn't guna let it get to me and made me think i should still call good friends to see how they are doing even if the last few times we saw each other we where not on the best terms i still care about them and wouldn't want anything bad to happen to them.

 

[Guest]

Once you get made... always a wiseguy

Once you get made... always a wiseguy

Reasons Schmeesons Mon



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyC_rzin8I

Ode to the Bond Girls

 

[geezeressa]

this is why marijuana is still illegal.

Think you misunderstood me ReeferMadness. I was responding to Slip's idea that there were "right" and "wrong" reasons to smoke, and I was just wondering how you could catagorize those reasons, or even if one needed to justify toking. But I am sensing that some people still internalize the cultural idea that it's a bad thing to do. Try to see if you can seperate (sp??) the cultural conditioning (just say no) from what your spirit wants (just say yes!)

I don't need no stinkin' reasons, personally. But the plant will tell you if you need to lay off for awhile.:smile:

 

[geezeressa]

the whole ultra modern fast forward cosmopolitan gulag isin't for me.

Ya I'm with you. Especially this time of year, when everything is exhorting us to buy stuff.

 

[Guest]

Yeah I think I have some of those internalized thoughts of not smoking. But i'm also a health freak kinda so I realize smoking isn't healthy... I usually think I should be eating or vaporizing...

I don't know... I think alot of people are on some form of substance. Many people are caffeinated all day long, but I suppose thats not quiet as psychoactive as THC...

 

[Duppy]

I don't think anyone of us on ICMAG has a scenario where a batallion of nude utgart barbarians from the northern steppes, armed with battle axes are camped outside our homes, shouting for our entrials....

Around here, we call that "Monday."