a question to the older people..

[GiantEthiopian]

dude, you can do it too, it's not that hard..... you just have to know what you want, and go for it. every time I heard that said to me when I was younger, i always laughed and said "ha, you mean I just go get it, just go get my dream, like it's that easy." but man, it really is. start small, find something that is very acheivable, and do it, that will build confidence, then do something a little harder, and so on and so forth. you can do it just like anyone else can. you just have to conciously make that decision.

Dude, thx for the kind words.

I wonder what it feels like to be making good money (legit) and finishing school w/out making any excuses....... *sigh

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!! Now that i think about it, i am fucking disgusted at the way I let my life get......

My Road to failure....

1) Drop out of high school (grade 12)
2) Experiment with drugs (other then weed)
3) Catch a case
4) etc......

My list can go on......

I am thinking about getting some professional help.. But then again... growing up, i was told that only cowards need help with their "Mental" issues..

I am far from crazy... more like a lazy, procrastinating, underachieving, selfish son of a bitch!!!!!!!!!

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ORECAL]

if you think you would benefit from prfessional help, go get it, don't wait, the longer you wait the less likely you are to do it. go today...... fuck it, CALL ONE RIGHT NOW. that's what it takes..... be proactive

 

[High4Life]

Dude, thx for the kind words.

I wonder what it feels like to be making good money (legit) and finishing school w/out making any excuses....... *sigh

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!! Now that i think about it, i am fucking disgusted at the way I let my life get......

My Road to failure....

1) Drop out of high school (grade 12)
2) Experiment with drugs (other then weed)
3) Catch a case
4) etc......

My list can go on......

I am thinking about getting some professional help.. But then again... growing up, i was told that only cowards need help with their "Mental" issues..

I am far from crazy... more like a lazy, procrastinating, underachieving, selfish son of a bitch!!!!!!!!!

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man is this wrong or is it society telling you that its wrong ? They Tell you that ya must go to school half your life then work the other half then die. if your lucky ........

As for laws .. who makes half them up . My gradma is a criminal coz she missed her tv licence or my friends mum that did not pay her parking meter they just make laws up that criminalizes people just to get your money . unless your a true nutjob .. Otherwise i wouldent worry 2 much

 

[Gryphonn]

32 years smoking here (since I was 13). It actually helps keep my mind clear. If I don't smoke, I get fogged up, can't function properly, can't sleep, can't fuck (s'cuse the language).

I've also been using it to treat the symptoms of depression. No, the weed didn't cause the depression, but it helps me function normally and feel 'normal'.
In the last month or so, I/we have been away from our home town with no weed. I've had to go to a doctor for treatment because it's got too much for me...the depression, not the lack of weed. So at present, I'm taking anti-depressants that really don't seem to be working (yet). Funny thing is, the Psych and the GP I'm seeing are both 'anti-pot', but the GP has had the hide to prescribe Temazapam to me to help me sleep. Being the type of person that studies what I put in my body drug-wise, I read up on Temazapam and have decided not to take it. It's dangerous shit. I'd rather get by on minimal sleep than put that poison in my body. It's highly addictive and short term use (7-14 days) tends to get you addicted, and you have to be weened off the stuff or risk physical withdrawals. The side effects of the stuff are pretty bad too. I have stopped smoking at times through my life and have had no issues with psychological withdrawal, and obviously no physical withdrawals from weed.

Give me my cones through the day and I'll be fine, but with the draconian laws we have in Oz, that won't happen for me or other pro-pot people here for a long time. I'm seriously considering doing a thousand km round trip back to our old town, just so I can get on to a supply of my chosen medicine again.

Having said that, I would not recommend people who have a history of schizophrenia in their family to take up smoking, nor would I recommend younger people smoke too much if they choose to start smoking.
I grew up smoking weed that is not as strong as your average buds are nowadays. I guess we older smokers were lucky in a way. We grew up as the strains got stronger, probably giving us a tolerance I guess. I've seen people having 'episodes' after smoking for a bit and suddenly smoking some wicked strain, causing some pretty bad experiences for them.

My advice would be use it, don't abuse it. When I smoke, it is usually have only a gram or two a day, spread out through the day. But it's good weed, not low THC bud.

 

[GiantEthiopian]

if you think you would benefit from prfessional help, go get it, don't wait, the longer you wait the less likely you are to do it. go today...... fuck it, CALL ONE RIGHT NOW. that's what it takes..... be proactive

hahahahh That is funny...... I think i might just be going through a though time..... With some hard work, i think i can get back to my old self..... I have to.


I just want to add that, cosiderinng the story of my life, i am glad to be alive..... and through the years... that was my main excuse to live a simple life... and not achieve much, when it is suppose to mean the exact apposite.

congrats on the achievement(s) dude!!

 

[ORECAL]

thank you..... and i truely hope you are able to get yourself back on track.... I'm rootin for ya man. I'd say I'm prayin for ya, but I don't do that, I'm not religious

 

[GiantEthiopian]

32 years smoking here (since I was 13). It actually helps keep my mind clear. If I don't smoke, I get fogged up, can't function properly, can't sleep, can't fuck (s'cuse the language).

I've also been using it to treat the symptoms of depression. No, the weed didn't cause the depression, but it helps me function normally and feel 'normal'.
In the last month or so, I/we have been away from our home town with no weed. I've had to go to a doctor for treatment because it's got too much for me...the depression, not the lack of weed. So at present, I'm taking anti-depressants that really don't seem to be working (yet). Funny thing is, the Psych and the GP I'm seeing are both 'anti-pot', but the GP has had the hide to prescribe Temazapam to me to help me sleep. Being the type of person that studies what I put in my body drug-wise, I read up on Temazapam and have decided not to take it. It's dangerous shit. I'd rather get by on minimal sleep than put that poison in my body. It's highly addictive and short term use (7-14 days) tends to get you addicted, and you have to be weened off the stuff or risk physical withdrawals. The side effects of the stuff are pretty bad too. I have stopped smoking at times through my life and have had no issues with psychological withdrawal, and obviously no physical withdrawals from weed.

Give me my cones through the day and I'll be fine, but with the draconian laws we have in Oz, that won't happen for me or other pro-pot people here for a long time. I'm seriously considering doing a thousand km round trip back to our old town, just so I can get on to a supply of my chosen medicine again.

Having said that, I would not recommend people who have a history of schizophrenia in their family to take up smoking, nor would I recommend younger people smoke too much if they choose to start smoking.
I grew up smoking weed that is not as strong as your average buds are nowadays. I guess we older smokers were lucky in a way. We grew up as the strains got stronger, probably giving us a tolerance I guess. I've seen people having 'episodes' after smoking for a bit and suddenly smoking some wicked strain, causing some pretty bad experiences for them.

My advice would be use it, don't abuse it. When I smoke, it is usually have only a gram or two a day, spread out through the day. But it's good weed, not low THC bud.

Why don't you ask to be put on an anti-depressant?

eg. zoloft, prosac, etc..

Cause i know those drugs trigger the "happy" feeling your brain is not producing from lack weed you were talking about.

That is weird that your not feeling a difference...

I took one X pill and i was the happyest i have been for 48hrs.

And the pills that i mentioned work almost the same way that X works.. (i think)

 

[Twistyman]

I understand Gryphonn.. My friend tried for pot for severe depression and his anti-pot Dr. gave him a script for rivitrol... That shit is dangerous. I took it once and when I woke up my kettle was melted on the stove. my shower curtain was torn. I spent all my money and didn't pay shit important. My friend is in jail now ( I think he's out today ) for attacking a bus driver on that shit.... and remembering shit......give me a joint anyday.

 

[Theeassassin]

well thanks i guess the worst that will happen to me is tht i will forget where i put my keys

 

[ORECAL]

well thanks i guess the worst that will happen to me is tht i will forget where i put my keys

as long as you make it that way..... stay on top of your shit.

 

[Seamaiden]

I can TOTALLY dig what Gryphonn is saying, especially about those fucking meds that some doctors hand out like candy. When I was first injured one doc who was supposed to specialize n pain management put me on this stuff that made me sicker than a dog. Of course, it didn't do what I needed it to do, you know, make the days bearable, make it so I could function again.

I also have used weed to help me chill out, I can get kind of stressed out at times. When my boys were young that was a very, very bad thing, I'd get spun literally over spilled milk. Weed helped me calm down and give things their proper perspective.

I am not sure when I first started smoking, I think I was 12. So, that's 32 years, but off and on, not straight. I didn't smoke when I was pregnant or nursing, and there have been some very dry times, dry times indeed. Then, moving around, lose connections and all that. Now, I have to keep it on the down low until I find employment again, then I can get back into the swing of things.

I've always had memory issues, so smoking doesn't really affect that. What does happen is I'm even more distractible than normal (and that's pretty distracted).

Wait.. what were we talking about again?

 

[GiantEthiopian]

thank you..... and i truely hope you are able to get yourself back on track.... I'm rootin for ya man. I'd say I'm prayin for ya, but I don't do that, I'm not religious

Sweet! looks like your still around

btw.. i am not religious either.. now THAT would be a mental illness LOL

One last thing.

What was your motivation to getting up and handling your business and shit... going to work, school, etc...

Now that i think about it... there is a syndrome that some heavy marijuana users develop.. its called "Anti-Motavationl syndrome" (sp?)

And it describes ALL of my symptoms to a tee

Looks like your right dude... some people dont need to smoke weed... not 3-4 grams a day atleast.

Thanks dude.

 

[40acres]

I have been smoking for about 8yrs (not long at all) and i can say without a doubt that it REALLY effected my life...

It just made me so fucking lazy..... it made me forget all of my goals in life.

But when i hit rock bottlom, i will see the light again

haahah that is sort of funny..... a stoner telling another stoner not to blaze LMAO


Trust me dude, its a freaking fact... if you DIDNT smoke weed (not saying its bad) you would *probably be doing better then you are doing right now...

Or at the very least, you would have better memory.

I smoke to be succesful.

 

[GiantEthiopian]

I smoke to be succesful.

nice one ......... but its not that funny!

 

[ORECAL]

Sweet! looks like your still around

btw.. i am not religious either.. now THAT would be a mental illness LOL

One last thing.

What was your motivation to getting up and handling your business and shit... going to work, school, etc...

Now that i think about it... there is a syndrome that some heavy marijuana users develop.. its called "Anti-Motavationl syndrome" (sp?)

And it describes ALL of my symptoms to a tee

Looks like your right dude... some people dont need to smoke weed... not 3-4 grams a day atleast.

Thanks dude.

I've never heard of "anti-motivational" syndrome. it sounds like another government propaganda bullshit story to me. but hey, whatever works man.

 

[Theeassassin]

as long as you make it that way..... stay on top of your shit.

yeah i will, thanks

 

[40acres]

nice one ......... but its not that funny!

I'm not joking. I don't talk unless I smoke. I am not really friendly unless i smoke. It is quite the other way. I am the devil when i do not imbibe, and am aware of myself enough to accept and deal with that.

 

[WhatDoYouWantFromLife]

Been smoking for 30+ years so I guess that makes me an older person. Only issue I've noticed is my immediate short term memory if I get really baked. I've never been with out but I imagine if I ever was my body and mind would kinda be freaking as it's been an itricate part of my life for so long.

 

[stickyicky77]

I have been smoking since i was in seventh grade and have had no ill side affects, except for the one and only time i got busted with a joint and was expelled from school. I have a college degree and i am self employed. I only smoke in the evenings and on weekends. It helps lower my blood pressure and relieve stress after a long day. It also helps me get a good nights sleep.

 

[Seamaiden]

That degree was not in English, was it?