Why quit weed?

[AION]

Two things I would like to comment on

1. not all weed is created equal
2. weed is a medicine, it shouldn’t be used recreationally but medically

Weed helped me a lot to get loose and just chill. But when overused one get’s all the bad effects everybody is talking about. 

I do use it from time to time and it is amazing for depression and emotional regulation. It just gets fucked when you depend on it. 

I had this friend who told me to never take MDMA and when I questioned him he told me he was taking 3 tablets every week. Dude I never took 3 tablets. Only half is enough for me. 

The whole thing is to have responsibility and know when to take and stop taking it. 

[Mannyb]

 

@AION This is a thoughtful and balanced take.
You’re highlighting something many miss: the difference between conscious, intentional use and escapism or dependency.
Your comment touches on several key insights:

 

Not all weed is created equal – Absolutely. Strain, THC/CBD ratio, method of consumption, and even individual biochemistry make a massive difference in the effect.
A pure indica with high THC isn’t the same as a balanced hybrid or high-CBD flower.

Weed as medicine vs. recreation – Framing it as a tool for healing or regulation (like for depression or loosening tension) makes a huge difference in how it’s used. But the moment it becomes a crutch, the medicine turns on you.

Overuse leads to the very symptoms it’s supposed to help – Many find that chronic use can create more anxiety, numbness, or detachment than it relieves.
That’s the paradox of misuse.

Responsibility and self-awareness – Your example with MDMA hits home: it’s not the substance itself, it’s how it’s used. One person’s trauma-driven escape is another person’s occasional tool for insight or healing.

 

[Yimpa]

14 minutes ago, Mannyb said:

A pure indica with high THC isn’t the same as a balanced hybrid or high-CBD flower.

I integrated the high-CBD and now am exploring the high-THC realm.

Mastering balance is how I am able to not abuse the substance of reality

Like balancing illness with wellness.

Edited Friday at 08:48 PM by Yimpa

[Mannyb]

@Yimpa

The key?

Balance.

Just like we balance illness with wellness, or effort with surrender, I’m learning to balance presence with the altered states of consciousness.

 

Reality itself is a substance.

It can be abused too—when we get addicted to control, to stories, to struggle.

Mastery is knowing when to inhale, and when to exhale.

When to engage, and when to simply be.

 

[Carl-Richard]

@AION @Mannyb How often do you smoke?

[Mannyb]

@Carl-Richard

Less and less.
I used to reach for it to feel good—now I reach within.

The more I tap into my own natural high, the less I need anything external.
I still respect the plant, but these days, I’m more into activating what’s already inside me.

 

[Carl-Richard]

3 minutes ago, Mannyb said:

@Carl-Richard

Less and less.

Actual numbers.

[Yimpa]

1 minute ago, Carl-Richard said:

Actual numbers.

1 minute ago, ivankiss said:

I stopped counting the breakthroughs, level ups, upgrades and updates. Awakenings and transformations. At this point, the expansion is pretty much continuous, uninterrupted.

 

[Mannyb]

@Carl-Richard Whenever it happens. 

It can be every few months or years or days

[AION]

1 hour ago, Mannyb said:

 

@AION This is a thoughtful and balanced take.
You’re highlighting something many miss: the difference between conscious, intentional use and escapism or dependency.
Your comment touches on several key insights:

 

Not all weed is created equal – Absolutely. Strain, THC/CBD ratio, method of consumption, and even individual biochemistry make a massive difference in the effect.
A pure indica with high THC isn’t the same as a balanced hybrid or high-CBD flower.

Weed as medicine vs. recreation – Framing it as a tool for healing or regulation (like for depression or loosening tension) makes a huge difference in how it’s used. But the moment it becomes a crutch, the medicine turns on you.

Overuse leads to the very symptoms it’s supposed to help – Many find that chronic use can create more anxiety, numbness, or detachment than it relieves.
That’s the paradox of misuse.

Responsibility and self-awareness – Your example with MDMA hits home: it’s not the substance itself, it’s how it’s used. One person’s trauma-driven escape is another person’s occasional tool for insight or healing.

[AION]

Everything we consume has a soul. When we use it we integrate with it. That is the whole point of medicine. One needs to respect it and honor it. Especially things that are given by nature. Cannabis is something wonderful. Respecting Mother Nature. If you don’t respect it, it won’t respect you. Respecting another is respecting yourself. 

Edited Friday at 10:22 PM by AION

[Mannyb]

@AION yes a gift @AION

[Carl-Richard]

1 hour ago, Mannyb said:

@Carl-Richard Whenever it happens. 

It can be every few months or years or days

How many times the last week?

[Carl-Richard]

52 minutes ago, AION said:

Everything we consume has a soul. When we use it we integrate with it. That is the whole point of medicine. One needs to respect it and honor it. Especially things that are given by nature. Cannabis is something wonderful. Respecting Mother Nature. If you don’t respect it, it won’t respect you. Respecting another is respecting yourself. 

So every day?

[Mannyb]

30 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

How many times the last week?

What’s the point? What do you want to know?

[AION]

1 hour ago, Carl-Richard said:

So every day?

 

[Carl-Richard]

7 hours ago, Mannyb said:

What’s the point? What do you want to know?

I just think it's useful for people to know what thoughts and ideas people have about weed that smoke a little more than they are willing to admit.

It's a seeming trend for weed users to paint this idealistic picture of weed that they aspire to inhabit but which remains mostly that; an aspiration, a dream, and a way to keep smoking while aiming at something higher and promising yourself that one day, you will be there. But as a stoner, your promises aren't often kept. It tends to remain an ideal, a dream, and the rubber never quite meets the road. The eternal curse of the stoner is the potential that could have been but never became.

You know who talked about how the best way to use weed is to take long and good breaks and then smoke as much as you can in one sitting and treat it as a shamanic/psychedelic ritual? Terrence McKenna. He smoked weed every day.

Edited 20 hours ago by Carl-Richard

[Yimpa]

11 hours ago, Carl-Richard said:

He smoked weed every day.

That is the irony of all this whole conversation, how could you trust a single word he said if she was high out of his mind?

Edited 9 hours ago by Yimpa

[Mannyb]

@Carl-Richard You’re right.

Many use weed with visions of creativity, introspection, or spiritual depth, but often it becomes an excuse, even a veil.

The ideal stays just out of reach.

The potential, postponed.

 

I rely on the body—affirmations, imagination, and breath.

Bliss, begins within.
If life calls for it, anything will come naturally.

If you truly seek bliss, go straight to the mind.

It’s harder, yes—but far more rewarding.

You get the clarity without the cost.

That’s why I’d rather wait years than use it poorly.

Honestly, I can’t even recall the last time I got “high”.

I used to use it more than ideally.

And I prefer to know to use sparingly.

Edited 15 hours ago by Mannyb

[Peo]

I smoke weed only 1-2 times per week. Am i doomed?