Why quit weed?

[Mannyb]

8 minutes ago, Peo said:

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

Does it deepen your life—or dull it?

[Yimpa]

49 minutes ago, Peo said:

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

Imagining pairing it with therapy or shadow work instead of partying and escaping your suffering. 

I was thinking in black and white. Again, it’s balance.

And eventually, it will break you, and you will quit, no questions asked.

Edited Saturday at 01:50 PM by Yimpa

[Yimpa]

[Carl-Richard]

2 hours ago, Peo said:

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

Not necessarily "doomed", but you will experience at least some of the effects I listed earlier at all times to some degree (cognitive narrowing, impaired learning, elevated cortisol and lowered stress tolerance, health damage and carcinogenic effects of smoking, numbing of emotions, disorganization of thought and behavior).

If it's something you do every weekend, there is of course also the tendency to cause a dependency on weed to "have fun", but it's not quite at the level of depending on it to "function" (which is more if you smoke every day and when you stop smoking, you can't sleep or eat very well and your mood is severely disrupted).

See what happens if you smoke every other weekend instead of every weekend. Maybe you will be forced to find out other ways to enjoy yourself and you will also feel an additional sense of freedom that you don't have to smoke every weekend in order to have fun.

Edited Saturday at 03:48 PM by Carl-Richard

[Peo]

@Carl-Richard I used to take weed edibles everyday. The high would last for almost 24-36 hours. I told myself edibles would be healthier then smoking, but i no longer believe it is the case anymore. I have large gaps in my memories, several weeks where my memories are really blury. I started to smoke instead 1-2 times a week, since the high last shorter time. I wake up sober, unlike edibles. I know smoking has its unhealthy side effects for the lungs, but mentally it is better in my experience. 

Also i have started to replace my weed habit with a better drug called working out (gym). Especially deadlifting, cardio, seated leg press and squats. The working out high is way better then weed and can last for hours. I don't crave weed after i am done working out.

I don't really want to quit weed, but i want to reduce my use to no more then 2 times per months. 

[Yimpa]

9 hours ago, Peo said:

Also i have started to replace my weed habit with a better drug called working out (gym). Especially deadlifting, cardio, seated leg press and squats. The working out high is way better then weed and can last for hours.

 

[Mixcoatl]

It’s not healthy at all.
It’s actually very psycho-addictive—contrary to what a lot of hippies like to say.
I quit weed for many reasons: it scatters your mind, turns you into a chronic procrastinator, and makes everything that should matter feel like it doesn’t. Your priorities just dissolve.

[Peo]

2 hours ago, Mixcoatl said:

psycho-addictive

Only slightly. More addctive then pshychedelics but less addictive then caffeiene and nicotine.

[Carl-Richard]

22 hours ago, Peo said:

Only slightly. More addctive then pshychedelics but less addictive then caffeiene and nicotine.

Weed addiction is much more sinister than addiction to caffeine or nicotine.