artificialbox: weed sucks man

RVAHC13 08.29.26	I’ve never smoked myself but I think it’s funny all my friends who are regularly ripping bongs/dabs/vapes are among some of the most high strung people I know. They tell me it’s the only thing that calms them down but they don’t realize that going too long without smoking is what is making them irritable now. Best of luck trying to quit again, hope it sticks this time. Remember, your mind works for you, not the other way around.
JayEnder 08.29.26	I can relate to this so hard man. Been trying to quit for this exact reason, but much like yourself I fall back into it as soon as I feel bored like the weed is somehow going to "enhance" my music listening experience or my investment in a TV show/movie. And something about this modern weed is way too strong, I can't be the only one who thinks so. Weed used to give me the giggles and munchies now I'm on the verge of a full fledged panic attack after one or two hits. I find it makes me content with doing absolutely nothing and that's just about the worst thing for someone's growth as a person, both creatively and professionally. Hope you can find the strength to quit for good, its hard but ultimately I think its for the best to get your life back on track.
combustion07 08.29.26	I used to smoke an obnoxious amount of weed. I got lucky though and took too much acid and after that day every time I smoke I have a nightmarish time so I was cured via momentarily breaking my brain lol. Hope it sticks man. I think with smoking you eventually get to a point where it isn’t really helping with much of anything you originally thought it was. It’s the same with hard drugs. At a certain point it just becomes your baseline and rather than doing it to get some benefit you’re just blowing your money to feel “normal”
Intothepit 08.29.26	I gave it up for nearly 10 years, and life was fantastic. Unfortunately insomnia in the last 2 has come rip roaring back, and I'm not taking a gummy just to go to sleep. It is what it is, and I haven't felt the need to really take it outside of that, but I get it, man. 100%
jrlikestodance 08.29.26	Man this is so real as someone who has smoked regularly from ages 15-34 and my longest break being like 3 months. I'm also in the boat that going cold turkey is prob not an option. It's too ingrained in my life and I find I personally get more benefit from it than not. Of course some will call that addiction, but I feel I have more "control" than I did when I was younger. I'm at the point where I only smoke after I've completed my tasks such as work/homework/chores. It's not perfect and sometimes I slip up but I'm happy with my relationship w the plant and I'm where I want to be in life right now. Always here if you wanna talk about this stuff at length cuz I have a lot of complicated thoughts on this subject.
budgie 08.29.26	good luck quitting again homie i think one of the more motivating i've across is "imagine yourself in 10 years w & w/o sobriety" kinda scares you into action
Brabiz 08.29.26	I started for the first time recently, and man… yeah. It’s fucking debilitating. Best of luck, I hope you stay off it.
AlkemestRedux 08.29.26	Rooting for you buddy, I know you can do it. Addiction sucks ass. I have an addictive personality and finally was able to kick nicotine last October after a decade smoking and almost another decade on nicotine pouches. Sending good thoughts your way man.
pyroflare77 08.29.26	Hey, you did it once, you can do it again.
arthropod 08.29.26	Good l- you know what, fuck the luck. I wish you strong will instead. Glad you're at the point in your life when you can identify the addiction, people be blind on the first try (regardless of the fix) [including myself] {no, I don't take substances} and some never snap out of it. You did it once, you can do it again [2].
Kusangii 08.29.26	Weed ruined my life so yea it fucking stinks
Brabiz 08.29.26	I was hooked on cocaine last year, and I think that was preferable to being brain dead and shackled to this shit. It’s just a means to throw time in the garbage. 100% addictive and negative, regardless of what everyone says. I hate it. Fuuuuuck weed.
AlkemestRedux 08.29.26	Yee I used to smoke weed a lot at various times but my body has never really liked it. My first time I had a pretty embarrassing freak out at a crowded house party and ever since it's just given me mad anxiety unless I already have a tolerance. But even then I think it still gives me anxiety I'm just used to it lol Glad I don't smoke much anymore honestly. It can indeed be life derailing. The thing that almost wrecked my life though when I was younger was opiates. That shit also sucks.
combustion07 08.29.26	Agreed on opiates being the devil. Also agree on weed being stupid strong. I actually slowed down a ton on smoking before I quit because I felt like the high from smoking was strong enough that I wasn’t actually feeling the high from the heroin I was on lol
artificialbox 08.29.26	Appreciate the comments, I knew you guys would get it. Honestly what encouraged me to try to quit again was a conversation I had with an employee at my local dispensary. He told me he was sober and that the catalyst for him quitting was getting really stoned while his wife and child were asleep and just sitting in the dark alone feeling really paranoid and anxious and wondering why the fuck he kept smoking when all it did was make him feel like a piece of shit. I told him I could relate and had asked myself the same question so many times. Why do we keep going back to the things that hurt us? The question applies to drugs, relationships, and more. I know I can do this again, but the difficult part is being caught between wanting to quit and feeling like I "deserve" to smoke because of how hard I work or whatever other excuse I come up with. Honestly the first week or two is easy, but then your brain starts telling you that you "won" and now you "deserve" a treat. That's when it gets really hard for me. Having these types of conversations with people who understand really helps though.
AlkemestRedux 08.29.26	I feel that one. Even though I haven't smoked cigarettes in like eight years I'll still get the urge when I smell second hand smoke. It's kind of crazy actually but I just remind myself of all the awful stuff that comes along with it and tough it out. Exercise helps too. Kinda generic advice but it does wonders.
combustion07 08.29.26	Sometimes it’s easy to get comfortable with something that hurts you especially when it’s a routine/big part of your life. Deviating from that is difficult. Try to reward yourself with things that you actually get something out of. Sometimes you can hit a rut where nothing feels rewarding too and you’ve just got to power through those times. Also the whole idea of “playing the tape through” helps. Picture what everything is going to look like a year or 5 down the line. That’s helped me because I’ve been down the route enough that I know inevitably where it leads. Since you’ve quit before too you also do
budgie 08.30.26	"Even though I haven't smoked cigarettes in like eight years I'll still get the urge when I smell second hand smoke. dood i stopped smoking last year after like 15 years and i have absolutely zero cravings, how fucking weird is that. also have zero booze cravings after around a year as well after drinking pretty heavily for nearly the same amt of time. wonder if its like an epigenetic thing. but man whenever i smell rubbing alcohol i get a huge craving for you know what lmao
BAT 08.30.26	I smoked half my life starting at 13 and being daily at 15, I kinda lost the routine around the pandemic when my dad died and eventually it got legalized where I'm at annnnd all of it just makes me too paranoid to be able to relax and chill out. I honestly miss it but when reassessing my mental health: it made me predisposed for a lot of issues I'd have in my twenties, than you add alcoholism/depression/taking whatever I could find annnd yeah I was a miserable zombie for most of my twenties and I shoulda treated myself better. I'll smoke again but feel like most stoners I grew up with have an arc similar to either mine or yours. I don't think it's for everyone though and think people who hype it up as a miracle cure all are deluding themselves into escapism. But yeah I'm a lot less miserable, haven't had an anxiety attack in like 7 years. That said quitting drinking straightened out a lot of my issues, quitting weed was more like a "oh I didn't really care or need this to make me enjoy things."
WatchItExplode 08.30.26	That's why I walk in the shop and ask if they have Dad weed
WatchItExplode 08.30.26	I used to smoke daily through most of high school and college than somewhere in my late twenties. Asked myself what the hell I was doing. Made myself stop for a full month and it has never had the same control over me since. I love this list though. There is real risk and consequence to pot that people love to gloss over
BAT 08.30.26	I used to pick up for my brother cause his car was fucked and I'd get the cheapest, lowest THC weed I could. I have a stash from like 2 years of that for when I do get in the mood, but a random bonghit will have me feeling like im wasting my life. Oddly enough vapes and gummies don't effect me like that so I dabble in those on occasion. Cigs I've had like 4 this year, but I never got into the habit of chain-smoking packs I mostly just used them as filler for spliffs
smaugman 08.30.26	to me, it seems like the people who post these kind of things, are also the people who have addictive personalities. of course, if you smoke during the day, you are much more likely to get problems from it. I exclusively smoke a couple of hours before bed, when i would be chilling anyway.
WatchItExplode 08.30.26	It feels like the prevailing thought is that marijuana addiction is not a real addiction though. And yes, this pot is too strong. And yes, it's availability is affecting young unformed brains
WatchItExplode 08.30.26	I can only imagine how being able to rip a vape at school all day would have impacted me
BAT 08.30.26	@smaug most of my dads side was beatniks into smack/meth/etc and most of the men eventually drunk themselves to death. my moms side was more pill heavy, drug use wasn't really taboo in my youth because my parents had done exponentially worse lol. than add in my family being dysfunctional as fuck, their families likewise, several gens of generational trauma, list kinda goes on and on. by most diagnosis criteria i'm at a high risk for addiction among other things. just kinda try my best tbh, at the moment i'm mostly sober/stable buuut all the body neglect of my 20s is catching up to me in my 30s.
Futures 08.30.26	definitely depends on how you're using it. if you are doing it everyday and especially waking up and getting high you have an obvious problem. and i do think a lot of issues people have with weed is that it's often being used as some form of escapism from life and depression. of course you are going to develop some negative connections between the two. but i also agree that it's far from a harmless drug. it does zap your feeling to move forward or do anything. i just take a 5mg gummy every night as a sleep aid and to wind down. that does the trick for me. all it does is make me tired and space out. never felt the need to do more or do it during the day. guess i'm lucky in that respect.
Emim 08.30.26	"It feels like the prevailing thought is that marijuana addiction is not a real addiction though." The pendulum definitely swung too far back the other way once it got legalized. Absolutely crazy hearing like 10-12 year olds talking about how they need to quit vaping
Eakflanderyof 08.30.26	I used to smoke a pretty large amount of weed but whenever ive quit ive never had any noticeable physical withdrawal. But it's very obviously addicting even if it's not like getting off something like heroin. But while i smoke now i never feel like i need it. I go days without having it quite often. Alcohol is the demon for me really
Pooter9000 08.30.26	Having heavy smokers as friends was the best anti-weed ad
Eakflanderyof 08.30.26	But for me personally the addiction to weed has never gone beyond just wanting to be high. But i guess i could say the same for alcohol. Ive never felt physically addicted. I just like numbing my neuroticism i think
NudeTayne 08.30.26	Let's all blame our problems on our self-induced substance dependency that we aren't equipped to control and not seek therapy woo wow wow wow 🎉🎉🎉
Storm In A Teacup 08.30.26	I stopped smoking weed in april and still havent, but i did get my medical marijuana business license and have a career now at a production factory and smell like weed all the time.