I've been smoking marijuana for 14 years. As a crutch, perhaps for the boredom, or the fear, of life itself. I started at age 14, there not being much to do where I live for teens of that age (or anywhere really). Marijuana is quite seductive, it makes me content to do nothing. And as I was doing nothing much for many years, this seemed to work out perfectly.
Myself and my friends always defended our marijuana use to critics. These critics being parents, teachers, other friends, people you'd meet in the pub, or wherever. We researched the benefits of marijuana extensively and believed that our use was justified due to the help it brings to those who are ill with serious diseases like cancer, MS, cataracts, etc. Surely this marijuana use would prevent us from getting these diseases!
But I realized, only last week, after a few years of resenting how tired it would make me, that this is a medicine for a disease I don't have. And by using medicine I don't need, I'm creating a new disease in me. A mental disease, where I am tired, drained, and I don't participate in life to the full extent that I could and should. I don't take aspirin when I don't have a headache. I don't take antibiotics when I'm not sick. So why do I smoke marijuana when I don't have a disease for which it can treat? Marijuana is an anesthesia - and I don't need it. It has anesthetized my mind and body, and the attachment is so deep, that I am now numb to life itself. To smoke when I don't need this medicine, is a symptom of a fear to look inside myself, a symptom of a fear of life itself. So, dear steemit users of marijuana, I ask you this: if you smoke marijuana but have no disease, please ask yourself why you do it. Think long and hard, and consider taking a break.
This may be controversial to many users of marijuana, but I don't care. I just wished to share this, I quit smoking 5 days ago, and already I feel better, more free in my mind, happier and lighter. I may use it again, but only if I need it as a medicine.
*edited because my marijuana mind forgot that I've actually been smoking for 14 years and not 10.
hahahahaha that was funny :) i smoke since 26 years... it is true is not like the first time but, of course it is not because we also change. My interests and personality are different now, if i remember when i was 16 years old and of course, the weed was used with other intentions, more in the "discovering the world" direction :D now no so much :P omg! im getting old :D ... also about the strains you should try more the Sativa kind. For me it is very energetic and motivating even now, years after my 1st time ;) But of course if u think u have to stop for a while and use it only in case u need it is great! Everybody should know when and how to stop, means u know ur body and yourself well :)
Sorry for my bad English. Bye!
Not all drugs effect everyone the same way, but it seems you aren't using weed correctly. Also there are different strains, some really knock you down while others can be more motivating.
This was the point of my post: if not sick, you aren't using weed correctly. I've tried and grown many many strains. But ultimately I've found that I do not NEED it. Hence my post. Many marijuana users I've met felt, like myself, that they needed weed to exist in this world. I hope only to reach out to those people with my post. Some people need it for various reasons, illnesses or whatever. I am not speaking to those people with this post.
thanks!