There's a first time for everything I guess

[trix]

Basically I've always said to my parents and friends that I wouldn't try weed and then lo and behold I got very drunk at a party on Friday night and shared a spliff with one of my best friends.

I'm a little annoyed at her because I've told her in the past that I am quite anti-drugs and don't want to get into them, no matter how 'safe' marijuana is. I thought she would respect that and not share her weed with me but then again she too was rather drunk so I know she's not really to blame. I am.

Now I don't really know how to feel. I suppose I should feel ashamed but I don't, not really. I feel lost, like I'm not who I was. Haha that sounds melodramatic but I've had arguments with people because they get high before.

Urgh. I don't know.

Advice/opinions on weed?

[Slasher]

Have you told your parents and other friends that you tryed it? Yours to choose if not.
Just wait and assume. Nothing really to do. It's not as if you totally decided to take some.

[ASAP]

If you didn't inhale correctly, you probably were not effected enough to be "high".

I personally think weed is safer than consuming alcohol.

[zxzero]

trix
Well,weed is not as addictive as people claim, and you will certainly not get addicted from one joint. If you were drunk then there is even less of a chance of getting addicted, because you were unable to feel the feeling that weed gives you while you are drunk, simply for the fact that your brain was already being affected by a drug called alcohol.

I hate when I see people saying things like they are anti-drug while they are holding a smoke in their hand or a bottle of beer, simply put a drug is something that alters your mind state so therefore smokes and alcohol are both drugs!

Weed is a very good drug for using to get more in touch with your creative side, just as alcohol is, many of the songs you hear (the good ones) were done because of people being high of alcohol and various other drugs. Do not put yourself down because the media tells you weed is bad, because most of the anti-drug commercials are sponsored by companies that are sponsored by alcohol companies.

I am not trying to say that you should start smoking weed as it is not for everyone, just like alcohol is not for everyone. Like ASAP said, weed is much safer than alcohol.. You have never seen someone try to stab someone else with a weed baggy, get into a fight for no reason what so ever just because they are high, or have an accident because they are high (maybe if they smoked it for the very first time and got behind the wheel then yes, because your body is not used to it and some people get very sleepy on it). The only way I can explain the feeling you get from weed is that you feel like you are in touch with something beyond yourself, kinda like god, although I am not a big believer in god or anything like that, it is the only way I can explain it.

[Sci_Girl]

Depends on how strong your feelings are about the situation. If you are unhappy that you did it because you always said you would not then simply treat it as a learning event and do not do it again because of the way you feel. Others in the same situation may not care about breaking a personal promise that they would not do it and instead begin to divulge into the word of smoking weed. It all about how you feel.

[trix]

Well thank you all for your responses. ASAP hmm well I think I did inhale correctly, breathed it in, held it in my lungs, then exhaled. But both my parents are smokers (cigarettes not weed) so I've practically grown up knowing how to smoke haha.

Personally I prefer to drink rather than smoke because from mine, and my friend's, experiences more serious and scary things happen while people are high than when they are drunk.

Also I do not think alcohol is as addictive as drugs. I like to drink at parties but I would never think about drinking during the week or on my own and I don't know any of my friends that do. However there are people in my year who started off smoking weed socially at parties (like I did) and progressed to doing it nearly every night, and to dealing it, and to doing harder drugs.

Now I know it's all about your personality type and such but honestly I think you have to base your opinions on your experiences and this is why I am a bit upset.

zxzero thank you for your response especially, it was very interesting.

[Cara]

My mom hates it, my dad supports it lol.
I never told my parents when I smoked, they didnt need to know.
It's nothing great in my opinion.

[John]

Also I do not think alcohol is as addictive as drugs. I like to drink at parties but I would never think about drinking during the week or on my own and I don't know any of my friends that do. However there are people in my year who started off smoking weed socially at parties (like I did) and progressed to doing it nearly every night, and to dealing it, and to doing harder drugs.


alcohol is INCREDIBLY addictive you need to know that. also weed has no addictive properties, the only "addicts" are those who enjoy it so much they do it more and more however if they were suddenly unable to have it, they would not go through withdrawal or any of the other symptoms of addiction. also, weed is known as a gateway drug because people who use it sometimes try harder things, that is a choice and completely avoidable. most people who are weed smokers, remain that way without going onto anything harder.

[Meagan]

I personally felt better smoking than drinking, I have always felt in control smoking and relaxed. I haven't heard of someone having an overdose on weed resulting in death. While there are many people who have had alcohol poisoning, liver damage, etc. You know the risks of both, if you partake with either be safe about it, blah blah. I don't think it's a big deal, those days are over for me.

I wouldn't beat myself up over it.

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You are highly mistaken about alcohol not being addictive. May be you haven't seen it first hand or your peers doing a lot of both, but statistics are fairly accurate.

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[I_royalty_I]

Yeah I agree with John here. Alcohol can in fact cause people to do some very stupid things.
I can't really comment too much on the weed aspect, because I have never done it, and never plan to.

My reasoning behind it is that I eventually wanna try and intern at the NSA or CIA, so they do very thorough drug tests that I don't really wanna fail. I just don't really feel like I need to smoke weed to have a good time either..dunno.

I'd much rather just drink if I feel like it and go that route, drugs aren't really my scene.

But it's really up to you what you wanna do from here.
Like you said, you weren't really aware what was going on, so you can just choose to ignore it, or just say that you have tried it and don't really wanna do it again. I don't think you should let it get to you that much, if that is why you are concerned. Shit happens, just accept it and move on and I think you will be ok :)

[Danny]

Weed sucks IMO.
Not worth it, doesn't deserve all the hype it gets.
I find alcohol quite fun though when used occasionally. ;D

[J_L_K_64]

from a former pothead and semi-alcoholic, i can say this, if i didn't have seizures from smoking weed, i'd still be smoking it, for 2 reasons, #1 it's a relaxant #2 it's a pain reliever, you see, if you had lived my life, you too would be in pain 24/7, and i like to not take meds every single day, i try letting nature take it's course, however, unlaced weed did help with the pain, when i wasn't seizing every time i smoked it


and my RL is very stressful, always has been, but living on my own, working over 60 hours a week doesn't help either, and turning to drinking doesn't sound very fun to me, especially when i don't have time to drink when i wanna with people i wanna, since we all have RL to take care of


i guess what i'm trying to say is this, smoking weed is better than drinking alcohol, mainly because alcohol is a depressant, and if you're drinking alone, you feel worse, and on the other hand, smoking weed, no matter if you're alone or not will make you feel better emotionally, and as they say, laughter is the best medicine



as for how you feel about yourself, you're confused, dunno if you're a hypocrite or not..................



well, you are, you sound like you spent your whole life denouncing weed as the devil, etc etc, and you try it, and you find out that you're not "hooked" on it or anything and that it wasn't as bad as you always said it was, but ya know what? fuck it, everyone is a hypocrite, always saying one thing, doing another, that's how life goes, gotta learn to deal with it at some point, better now than later


my final thoughts though cause i am rambling, a lot, weed is not addictive, it's only illegal cause of the early 1900's and the paper mill barons of the day, afraid hemp would take over the forest industry (papers/pencils/anything made with trees) started a smear campaign against it, saying it was the devil's plant, etc etc, however, it has been proven that alcohol is addictive, even to people with no addictive personalities whatsoever

[I_royalty_I]

Yeah I agree with Danny ;D


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[Danny]

Yeah I agree with Danny ;D


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Where's the Skyy D;

[trix]

Hmm I don't think weed is the devil I just never wanted to get hooked on it because my friends that are total potheads are terrible adverts for weed being less destructive than alcohol. Also with there being some mental health problems in my family, I think it is more risky for me.

So I guess I am a hypocrite but I've been thinking and it doesn't really matter. People change, things happen that you can't predict and life's way too short to regret a silly mistake.

But it's been really interesting reading all your responses, J_L_K_64 in particular and I_royalty_I props to you and that basement. Looks like fun :D

[zxzero]

from a former pothead and semi-alcoholic, i can say this, if i didn't have seizures from smoking weed, i'd still be smoking it, for 2 reasons, #1 it's a relaxant #2 it's a pain reliever, you see, if you had lived my life, you too would be in pain 24/7, and i like to not take meds every single day, i try letting nature take it's course, however, unlaced weed did help with the pain, when i wasn't seizing every time i smoked it


and my RL is very stressful, always has been, but living on my own, working over 60 hours a week doesn't help either, and turning to drinking doesn't sound very fun to me, especially when i don't have time to drink when i wanna with people i wanna, since we all have RL to take care of


i guess what i'm trying to say is this, smoking weed is better than drinking alcohol, mainly because alcohol is a depressant, and if you're drinking alone, you feel worse, and on the other hand, smoking weed, no matter if you're alone or not will make you feel better emotionally, and as they say, laughter is the best medicine



as for how you feel about yourself, you're confused, dunno if you're a hypocrite or not..................



well, you are, you sound like you spent your whole life denouncing weed as the devil, etc etc, and you try it, and you find out that you're not "hooked" on it or anything and that it wasn't as bad as you always said it was, but ya know what? fuck it, everyone is a hypocrite, always saying one thing, doing another, that's how life goes, gotta learn to deal with it at some point, better now than later


my final thoughts though cause i am rambling, a lot, weed is not addictive, it's only illegal cause of the early 1900's and the paper mill barons of the day, afraid hemp would take over the forest industry (papers/pencils/anything made with trees) started a smear campaign against it, saying it was the devil's plant, etc etc, however, it has been proven that alcohol is addictive, even to people with no addictive personalities whatsoever

Very nice response. It was mainly barred becasue it was going to cost paper industries millions of dollars to convert their machines over to hemp processors, marijuana was the name of some other plant also I believe, not even the real name for what is now known as marijuana. Cannibus is the real name for it. It has MANY uses also, but you know how people are, the more money they can make the more they will try to make something else out to look bad. xD

[Chookity]

Going through high school I was already super anti-drug, then I got to university and started drinking/smoking pot. Not that I do a whole lot of either (alcohol more than weed), but now I kinda feel stupid for being so anti-everything in high school. I thought it was a big deal and that there was a big difference between me and people who did that kinda stuff, but really I wasn't any different, my morals were the same and I was no better or worse of a person for having experimented. I think probably it's a good thing that you did it once, because now instead of making a blind decision on what you want to do with regards to pot, you can make an informed one from having known both sides. And just because you tried it once, doesn't mean you have to keep doing it if you didn't like it.

[Ryan~]

I don't do drugs because I witnessed second hand multiple times how they affected my family. Weed isn't bad IMO but I still won't do it.

But since you at least tried it, you have "walked in the others shoes" so you can actually judge people that do it now ;) hahaha

[J_L_K_64]

Hmm I don't think weed is the devil I just never wanted to get hooked on it because my friends that are total potheads are terrible adverts for weed being less destructive than alcohol. Also with there being some mental health problems in my family, I think it is more risky for me.

So I guess I am a hypocrite but I've been thinking and it doesn't really matter. People change, things happen that you can't predict and life's way too short to regret a silly mistake.

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i can tell you this, if you don't want to get hooked on something, you won't, doesn't matter what that thing is that you don't want to get hooked on, mind over matter is not just a saying, it is truth, and being a hypocrite is nothing more than being on par with average nowadays, so no harm on that, and FYI, there's a history in my family as well with mental illnesses but when i was about 18- about 20, there wasn't a day when you couldn't find me stoned, drunk, and/or high on meth, i'm not advocating the uses of those things, nor am i praising them, but that's how i lived my life and i think that i turned out alright for now and the past 8? 9? years



Very nice response. It was mainly barred becasue it was going to cost paper industries millions of dollars to convert their machines over to hemp processors, marijuana was the name of some other plant also I believe, not even the real name for what is now known as marijuana. Cannibus is the real name for it. It has MANY uses also, but you know how people are, the more money they can make the more they will try to make something else out to look bad. xD

^that is what i was trying to get at, lol