the price you pay

[foolintherain]

i've noticed recently i have started not telling the whole truth about my joint smoking habit to my best friend recently because i get the feeling he doesn't approve.

from now on i'm going to be straight with him about it, but it made me contemplate the price to pay for smoking weed.

some of us are hermits because of it, why does everyone pay such a high price? marijuana is not very addictive.

i guess i'm just trying to say, what is the price YOU pay for smoking weed? is it worth it? if you could go back and change anything would you?

 

[DirtDevil]

Id say I was pretty unhappy before I started smoking weed and overall I am feeling better now. Granted I was pretty young then.....Over all Im glad I smoke weed...If mother fuckers got a problem with it, they can blow it out their ass

 

[farmerbill9]

i had anger problems before smoking, herb has mellowed me out. im definably better off smoking than drinking.but the price i pay is paranoia. im always afraid of the cops busting down the door at any moment, and taking EVERYTHING i have in the world. but i wouldn't change a thing.

 

[marx2k]

It is your responsibility as a marijuana smoker and (I hope) as a marijuana protagonist to dispel any social stigma people close to you may hold about those, like yourself, who smoke marijuana.

The only reason some people may not approve of things you do in your private life that hurt no one (even yourself) is because of the negative image played ON marijuana.

People who drink a lot are considered funny, social and cool party animals. People who smoke a lot of pot are considered losers who do nothing with their lives.

Now, if smoking marijuana is also keeping you from doing jack shit with yourself in other parts of your life, I'd be a little concerned too, but from my experience... smoking marijuana has only made me look at parts of my life that were lacking (job, education, smoking cigarettes, weight issues) and turn them around to where I am a MUCH better person today and am always looking to continue self-betterment (thats not really a term, I bet).

So unless you're wasting your life away, just spending time on the couch, smoking weed... I'd say your best friends needs a little education and it's not you that has the problem!

 

[Guest]

i with farmer i smoke because of anger manajement issues and the fact that any doctor meds would tear me up
i am sucessful have a good job take care of my shit
have seen most of europe and the states from my job
i am stoned all day and am one of the best in the feild i work in
the question is what would my life be like if i didnt smoke weed id probobly be an ass hole who didnt have shit because i get rather pissy some times and people find it hard to be around me when im not stoned
especially bosses copping an attitude
i am a sixth generation irish american we get pissy and are better off on weed than alcohol

 

[Guest]

this guy sounds like he doesnt like marijuana for adults. He has a right to post here but probobly needs to go back to Rush limbaugh or bill oreilley.

 

[o.gkushowns]

The price? nothing at all, i haven't made a single sacrifice cuz of it.
peace

 

[Speeding Mullet]

The only thing I have sacrificed is the peanut butter and jam to the bread god.

On a serious note I have an overactive mind and I find it really difficult to shut down when I want to. Medicine from any doctors either turns me insomniac or turns me into a bed. Weed balances this equation out pretty much perfectly: a joint every now and then I can concentrate, and not feel like my head is about to explode.

I have paid no price for smoking.
SM

 

[marx2k]

Do you expect someone that drinks to tell you how many beers or shots they did?

You know, that sort of thing usually doesn't even take any sort of prodding. People who drink (especially younger people) LOVE to tell you how much they drank, especially if they passed out or vomited.

 

[diggle]

So true....part of the popularity of drinking is the masculine image that people attach to it, "I can drink you under the table" and so forth.

 

[OneWingedImp]

i've noticed recently i have started not telling the whole truth about my joint smoking habit to my best friend recently because i get the feeling he doesn't approve.

from now on i'm going to be straight with him about it, but it made me contemplate the price to pay for smoking weed.

some of us are hermits because of it, why does everyone pay such a high price? marijuana is not very addictive.

i guess i'm just trying to say, what is the price YOU pay for smoking weed? is it worth it? if you could go back and change anything would you?

I've had a friend who went away to college who changed alot while there. He turned into a Fratboy, and it made me a bit sorry for him. Well he comes home and is sorry for me cus i go to community college and smoke herb. He goes to private college and drinks 15 beers a night. Big diff.....lol. He said that he thinks Marijuana is negativly affecting me, and i told him that the only bullshit thats been affecting me is his shitty attitude of "Wow there are no girls here....wheres the party" when we are just fucking kickin back. Its been over a year since we talked and agreed that our differences were huge now, and i sincerily feel he thinks its because of MaryJ. I've known this guy since 7th grade, he used to smoke all the time his first year of college, like as much as me. Just like you, i felt like i shouldnt hide what i like to do in front of him, and thats when all this shit hit the fan. Ah well, im glad i have friends now who respect WHO I AM and WHAT I LIKE TO DO. Because that is the most important thing.

 

[marx2k]

I've had a friend who went away to college who changed alot while there. He turned into a Fratboy, and it made me a bit sorry for him. Well he comes home and is sorry for me cus i go to community college and smoke herb. He goes to private college and drinks 15 beers a night. Big diff.....lol. He said that he thinks Marijuana is negativly affecting me, and i told him that the only bullshit thats been affecting me is his shitty attitude of "Wow there are no girls here....wheres the party" when we are just fucking kickin back. Its been over a year since we talked and agreed that our differences were huge now, and i sincerily feel he thinks its because of MaryJ. I've known this guy since 7th grade, he used to smoke all the time his first year of college, like as much as me. Just like you, i felt like i shouldnt hide what i like to do in front of him, and thats when all this shit hit the fan. Ah well, im glad i have friends now who respect WHO I AM and WHAT I LIKE TO DO. Because that is the most important thing.

It sounds to me like someone is not being true to themselves, and it doesn't sound to me like that's you.

A lot of people go through trying to find themselves in college and it sounds like your friend is still going through that. It sounds like you know who you are and more props to you because of that. As you will see growing up (haha I sound like Im 60), some people never do find themselves and get stuck in the period of their lives that they found the most social acceptance, regardless of wether that sort of acceptance is good (true friends like you probably end up havign) or just lame frat boy acceptance (as your friend will end up havnig). That's why you end up seeing people at age 30, 40, + that still act like frat boys. They're stuck in an endless loop of trying to reclaim a feeling they once had of social acceptance by like-minded peers.

Frat boys/sorority girls seem pretty ridiculous at 18, but that ridiculousness gets magnified when they're out of college and still actnig that way. (Look at tailgate parties and suburban dads still wearing the high school jacket/ring)

More props to you for knowing who YOU are.

 

[MMJFarmer]

The only thing i've given up because of Mary is a job that drug tests. I could go get the fake piss (which i have sitting in my closet just incase), but fuck it. If the job feels they need to infringe on your privacy that much, they aren't get my knowledge.

It has almost come down to the fact that I just don't hang out, or talk to people who don't smoke... for the most part they're usually untrustworthy.

 

[NserUame]

^^^

I don't see that it's any of their business. I've seen countless employee's or managers getting drunk on the clock. On the other hand, God forbid they find THC metabolites in your piss, everyone knows stoners are career thieves and mass murderes.

 

[NiteTiger]

I recently celebrated my 30th birthday, as I chronicled in a thread here. I invited all of mine and my wife's friend's over for a steak dinner with all the fixings, on me.

The issue came up that I would, indeed, be smoking pot, on MY birthday, in MY house, and the guests expressed that they would prefer that I did not do that, or that if I did I should be secretive about it.

I laughed, and told them to just stay at home. I may have even expressed that I felt it was the very pinnacle of arrogance for them to even entertain the thought that they could tell me when and how to do something in my own house.

I enjoyed an intimate dinner for two with my wife for my birthday, and had a blast.

One of my wife's friends mentioned to her how rude I had been, assuming she would be sympathetic since she doesn't smoke. My wife calmly pointed out that my pot smoking had never led to me dancing on a table naked, unlike her friend's enjoyment of red wine.

The point was made, and now noone says a peep when I break out my pipe and step over to stand next to the door.


God, I really need to find someone to smoke with my age

So, no, it hasn't cost me any friends, but it has certainly more clearly defined the meaning of the word.

 

[Guest]

One of my wife's friends mentioned to her how rude I had been, assuming she would be sympathetic since she doesn't smoke. My wife calmly pointed out that my pot smoking had never led to me dancing on a table naked, unlike her friend's enjoyment of red wine.

The point was made...

WOW! that is awesome man...i kind of hate people that hate on pot...shouldn't hate anyone but fuck them, they really don't know shit its like being racist or something...i agree with the guy who said its better for irish people to be smoking pot than drinking all the time, amen to that brother...

 

[Guest]

I don't make friends too easily, but usually once I do, we're friends for life. Seems like I meet people, hang out with them for a while, and after "the dance" of talking around smoking plays out, we find out we both smoke. I guess something in their personality/bearing makes them seem more likely as friends. I don't drink at all anymore- I don't begrudge anyone who does, but I don't like what alcohol does to my mind or body.

I have also noticed a greatly decreased level of hostility on my part, from raging psychotic asshole, to just a plain ol' normal asshole. I don't even take aspirin, so I don't think I'd ever take any medication for my mood/behavior. Cannabis fills in the scratches and grooves that live leaves on us.

I really just pity the ignorant, whether it's about cannabis or anything else. Sad to have to go through life with a one-dimensional view of things. Cannabis has allowed me to step back and think through issues in different ways. I have solved more problems and personal dilemmas by kicking back with a good friend, having a smoke, and taking the problem apart from a relaxed, serene perspective. That or a kick-ass game of frisbee!

I have only received benefits from my use/love of cannabis. No price paid at all.

 

[asa42]

i agree w/ the majority in that over all pot has been a benifit. i search out like minded friends, not always succesfully. the only drawback for me has been a strain on my relationship w/ my family. all our discusions end the same, the only thing they dont like is the idiotic fact it is illegal in most states.

 

[The End Is Near]

Sacrifices? I fall asleep a lot

But seriously, as someone said in this thread, some people tend to look down on me for my habit, but they're not really ones to judge since they're usually ignorant, hypocritical jackasses that binge drink, completely ignorant to the known fact that marijuana is mostly physically harmless(lungs and throats do get sore after all) and it's legalization, along with hemp, would bring about a new age of efficiency, saving rainforests and replacing industries meant to gouge people of their money(painkillers, anyone?).

As far as losing friends, that has happenned, but not solely because of weed. Just that weed made me realize they weren't worth hanging out with. People I'd ask if they wanted to do something, they agree, then ditch me at the literal last minute, or say no to a concert then I see them there, etc.

Unfortunetely, weed DOES bring into your life a lot of shady, fake friends. I've had many of these, the ones that always want to hang when they know you have weed, then you never hear from them when they owe you something.

So yes, I've made sacrifices for weed and I seriously question those who say they haven't sacrificed a thing. But despite all the bullshit, I wouldn't change a thing. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got weed that needs smoking...

 

[FlyvAgaric]

Im glad you didn't let those bastages bring you down. If they had the nerve to tell you how to celebrate your birthday, then who needs them.
I don't know what to say about finding a buddy your age to smoke with. Talk to more people at the park ? haha I don't know man.