Help, I'm a Pot - Head.... (1554 hits)
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Submitted by Kylos (View user info) at 2007-09-07 03:44:03 EDT
I am going to be honest with you all in the hope to find some good solid advise to help me in my current situation.
Since I joined this site I have been a little gobshite, who cannot keep his petulant opinions where they are safe... With himself. For this I apologise.
For the past three years, everyday without fail I have got in from work, and smoked weed. I found comfort in the substance, thought I 'wanted' to do it, when it turned out I 'needed' to. That is what I would do. Sit in, or round a mates, and just continue to smoke the night away. That was my life. I thought I liked my life.
I hate this.
A possible job oppertunity has come into light at work, which would see a fruitful career that would see me very well off in life. However you cannot do this kind of job without being your sharpest, on the ball and ready to go at all times. Smoking everday, I would get eaten alive within an industry like this.
My brain is lazy. I passed the Mensa test nearly four years ago, and I assure you if I tried it now, one of Barney the Dinosaurs lil pig-tailed compadre's would do better than me. You simply cannot concentrate, unless it is rolling a joint.
I want my brain back.
Now it may sound like a minor achievement to the vast Uber-majority, but for the past 5 days I have gone completely without, and feel better and sharper for it. I know it is only 5 days, but you must understand, I was smoking 3-5 joints an evening for the past 3 years, and to just go cold turkey like that, I feel is some kind of achievement I should be slightly content with.
Here is the problem, I have never really been much of a drinker, one or two nights a week unless client entertainment is the reason, and then it may be more. However, these past 5 weedless days, I have been down the pub getting drunk every night in a feeble attempt to keep my mind off it. Am I helping myself? Or exchanging one demon for another just as bad?
I use to laugh off the idea of drepression, but I have started to think perhaps you can have it without knowing? for example, I am not happy with my life socially, I get home, and comfort myself with that joint, and then beat myself up for smoking it. An hour later I have smoked another. Needing a joint to go to sleep, regular trips to Amsterdam as you feel home there, and being unhappy because of it, because you are a "druggie", because you are hooked... Is that depression? I think it could pass off.
All I want is some help, has anyone else ever been as heavily into it as I am/was? I have gone longer without before, only to eventually fall into the trap again, and it's worrying. I have tried many things to occupy myself, like running, gym work, writing and playing computer games, but it does not help. Obviously I want to be able to go a night/week/month/year without a joint, wiithout just replacing it with alcohol.
I have never been that active, and probably this is why I have fallen short with gym work and running. I am quite a creative person and use to be really good at art, but the green cloud that has shrouded my brain leads to a low attention span, and easily get bored. I have many unfinished paintings and songs.
It has only been 5 days, but I already feel sharper, but how long will it last? Does anyone know when I will be back to my old self? I have had a few councelling sessions and also hypno-theropy, both to no prevail.
Frank was a useless cunt too.
Anyone who has been in this situation, how long will it take me to feel normal? Does anyone have some undiscovered gem to keep my mind active? As you tend to turn to weed through boredom...
I don't want that life anymore, and fear that I will never be able to sort this out. I am moving to East London soon, hoping that the lack of people I know in the area will help cut my options of supply. I want to start taking myself seriously again, I have not been myself for a long time.....
And I have only just opened up my ears to the people that have been telling me this for so long.
I do not expect sympathy, more likely to be abuse for being a "fucked up druggie", but I am hoping somebody in Uber-land has an answer for me. I appreciate anyones time who has read this far, and apologise for what most people may see as a shit post, but I feel better getting it out there, as for a long time I have been stricken with denial and self pity.
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Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-11 11:26:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2007-09-11 10:54:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Kaelic (user info) at 2007-09-10 22:18:39 EDT (#)
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Retard in denial below.
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I bet you look exactly like my dick.
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EXACTLY? My, walking and talking would be someething to witness....
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2007-09-11 10:54:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Kaelic (user info) at 2007-09-10 22:18:39 EDT (#)
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Retard in denial below.
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I bet you look exactly like my dick.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2007-09-10 22:38:40 EDT (#)
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Here's some "advise" - start smoking crack instead. It's way better.
Submitted by Kaelic (user info) at 2007-09-10 22:18:39 EDT (#)
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Retard in denial below.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2007-09-10 20:29:12 EDT (#)
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I don't know what all you retards are talking about. I smoke pretty often. I'll smoke every hour for about two or three weeks and then go a month without smoking because I just don't feel like finding it. Then I'll go six months smoking, then go another couple months without. It's nothing. It's like drinking pepsi for me. Sure, I like a pepsi but it just doesn't plague my thoughts at any time, while I'm doing it or while I'm not.
And I do have an addictive personality. Pot just doesn't really fuck with my addiction in any way shape or form.
Submitted by big_spliff_smoker (user info) at 2007-09-10 10:03:15 EDT (#)
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The easiest way to quit is to simply not want to do it anymore. I quit for like a year between the ages of 19-20 simply because i didn't enjoy being stoned anymore. I got back into the swing of it earlier this year and enjoyed it, so have been smoking heavily since, but i can feel that time coming where my brain jst says enough is enough.
Long story short, you can't quit if you're forcing yourself to quit. You have to not want to smoke.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-10 05:18:19 EDT (#)
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Oh right that clears everything up.... Well I can easily say that you have a bizarre yet credible perception of things Berty....
Most of your reviews could be extended to posts themselves, I enjoy reading them.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-10 05:03:17 EDT (#)
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Kylie, you struggle to comprehend the dark attributes of a man built from selfish mortar and bricks of unempathic indifference who's very existence serves to extend the reach of the greedy and blight the lives of the foolish.
Like a soldier returning from a chaotic land of brigands and regugees; you shall look upon the achievements of others as just reward for just work and see the exploitation of the vulnerable as a natural, indeed appropriate, punsihment for failiure. Sickness, age, the cries of starving children and the wickering of the broken stir nothing but nausea and contempt behind your thousand yard stare.
Such is the path of the high achiever. Well, unless you become one of those people who're good at everything and also really nice. That's proper dangerous though because you always hear about those people coming to a bad end in the papers.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-10 04:41:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-10 04:34:34 EDT (#)
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Wicked. You've become one of 'Them'.
Next you'll be working for big business or the government and threatening some poor cunt's pregnant wife's bulge with a handgun whilst he blubbs all over your expensive shoes that you paid someone else to polish.
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I struggle to understand you Berty... but i love your reviews. Make me giggle to ones self. I am going to pretend it means "well done, keep going, happy for you."
the thought of being one of "them" scares me.... who are they? What do they want with me?!?!
Submitted by DancingOtter (user info) at 2007-09-10 04:36:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:59:24 EDT (#)
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pot is so easy to quit.
the addiction is largely psychologic.
read about the "jogger's high" and replace urges to smoke with running for 5-10 minutes.
it will be over within a couple of weeks.
just kick your ass and do it.
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Caulaincourt's right... Just become an endorphin junkie instead!
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-10 04:34:34 EDT (#)
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Wicked. You've become one of 'Them'.
Next you'll be working for big business or the government and threatening some poor cunt's pregnant wife's bulge with a handgun whilst he blubbs all over your expensive shoes that you paid someone else to polish.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-10 04:18:21 EDT (#)
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To everyone below,
I would just like to take the time to thank you all, reading what strangers have to say about your habit/lifestyle, really really helps. I have only ever had people trying to stamp authority on me, or suggest i quit in a very stern way, i.e my parents, collegues.
It helps hearing of the activities that occupy others, and past experiences of users alike. I have been about 8 days now and feel great, and have just hired the services of a personal trainer.
Thanks again Uber-users,
Kylos.
Submitted by ramirez60 (user info) at 2007-09-10 04:07:50 EDT (#)
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You passed a Mensa test but now can't concentrate for more than a very marginal amount of time? That seems very very drastic to me.
Pick up a sport of some kind. Physical activity helps keeps your mind of other desires and will exhaust your body so you can go to sleep without craving it. Not to mention its good for you. Then again, I don't really have any addictions and work hard to keep it that way so maybe I don't know. But maybe in working so hard to keep away from any kind-of addiction, alcohol, caffeine, porn, video games, etc. Though video-games is another good hobby, something simple and mindless like teamfortress or any other first person shooter (Yes counterstrike would work I just hate it). Lets you get absorbed and lost in that habit. When you get better at this reading is good too, but its harder to engage your mind, maybe try comics or graphic novels. Just my two cents, didn't read all the posts, sorry if I was being repetitive
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-10 01:19:55 EDT (#)
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PerkMan,
"I don't know about you, but for me its not the fact of smoking pot that bothers me. Its the way people that know me would view me if they knew that I got high that stops me"
I started off like that, but the more you smoke, i found i got an arrogance about it, a kinda "give a shit if you don't like it".
Now i have gone a week + without, other peoples views come into light.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-10 01:17:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-09-08 21:41:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-08 15:25:06 PDT (#)
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Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-09-07 14:07:06 PDT (#)
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yeah, a woman will kick that habit for you in about 2 days. you won't even have a choice.
But really, you can get an even better high working out. Self satisfaction > any mind altering substance. Set goals in the gym, achieve them, pat yourself on the back. Can you think of anything better?
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Shrooms.
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Now there is another story.... Anyone heard if a little substance called salvia???
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I liked salvia. I hear it's fun to combine with weed, but I haven't tried it yet.
In due time.
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Never tried it with weed, to be honest it's mental enough on it's own.... God i think i'm on like, day 8 or 9?!?! I feel goooooood dananananana! I knew that i would now!
Submitted by Snare (user info) at 2007-09-09 23:48:24 EDT (#)
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Just make it a rule to drop acid every time you smoke. Within a year or so the only effect getting stoned will have on you is to give you creeping, shreiking paranoia.
After that, quitting's easy.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-09-09 17:59:57 EDT (#)
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I like smoking weed, i like sitting down and listening to Ben Harper and sharing a doob with a mate. I like ordering pizza and eating it like it's the best thing ever when I'm baked. I like giggling to random informercials like 'The Bowflex' when i'm stoned.
Submitted by PerkMan (user info) at 2007-09-08 22:37:01 EDT (#)
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Well, I don't really smoke pot like that.
I smoke once every about 5-6 months. Because I'm bored then while I'm high I make a pact to never do it again. I beat myself up for it and then I quit cold turkey for about another 5-6 months.
I don't know about you, but for me its not the fact of smoking pot that bothers me. Its the way people that know me would view me if they knew that I got high that stops me.
Maybe it's because in my town if you smoked pot you were seen as a loser, druggy, and a fuck up. The fuck up part is where I don't want to be. I used to be seen as a semi "fuck up" for a bit. But I figure when I go to UCLA, U MAMI, CAL or some good school I won't feel so bad about smoking a blunt because I will be working towards something.
Oh yeah I can't smoke pot unless everything in my life is going well. If it's not I dwell on the shit that is going bad when I'm high then I get crazy pyscho depressed and then I beat myself up again and vow to get my shit together. It's bullshit because the things I bitch about to others are basically nothing. But to me they are mountains. Basically mountains made out of mole hills.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-09-08 21:41:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-08 15:25:06 PDT (#)
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Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-09-07 14:07:06 PDT (#)
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yeah, a woman will kick that habit for you in about 2 days. you won't even have a choice.
But really, you can get an even better high working out. Self satisfaction > any mind altering substance. Set goals in the gym, achieve them, pat yourself on the back. Can you think of anything better?
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Shrooms.
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Now there is another story.... Anyone heard if a little substance called salvia???
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I liked salvia. I hear it's fun to combine with weed, but I haven't tried it yet.
In due time.
Submitted by sir_cowman (user info) at 2007-09-08 20:48:13 EDT (#)
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Weed gives a psychological addiction, not a physical one.
Tard.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2007-09-08 20:38:49 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:34:38 EDT (#)
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Good luck with that dude.
It's all in moderation. Mind you, I am stoned right now so my opinion might be impaired.
Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2007-09-08 18:54:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by beeltea (user info) at 2007-09-08 18:45:38 EDT (#)
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I used to suck dick for coke.
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I SEEN HIM!!!!
Submitted by beeltea (user info) at 2007-09-08 18:45:38 EDT (#)
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I used to suck dick for coke.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-08 18:25:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-09-08 15:07:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-09-07 14:07:06 PDT (#)
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yeah, a woman will kick that habit for you in about 2 days. you won't even have a choice.
But really, you can get an even better high working out. Self satisfaction > any mind altering substance. Set goals in the gym, achieve them, pat yourself on the back. Can you think of anything better?
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Shrooms.
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Now there is another story.... Anyone heard if a little substance called salvia???
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-09-08 16:18:17 EDT (#)
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this reminds me of me three years ago.
Except less talented of course.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-09-08 15:07:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-09-07 14:07:06 PDT (#)
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yeah, a woman will kick that habit for you in about 2 days. you won't even have a choice.
But really, you can get an even better high working out. Self satisfaction > any mind altering substance. Set goals in the gym, achieve them, pat yourself on the back. Can you think of anything better?
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Shrooms.
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-09-07 17:07:06 EDT (#)
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yeah, a woman will kick that habit for you in about 2 days. you won't even have a choice.
But really, you can get an even better high working out. Self satisfaction > any mind altering substance. Set goals in the gym, achieve them, pat yourself on the back. Can you think of anything better?
Submitted by livEvil (user info) at 2007-09-07 17:06:10 EDT (#)
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Well written. It might help to know that what you're going through is completely normal. At least half the people that I went to school with had the same problem. You have already taken the first step by admitting to yourself and to others that you have a problem.
It looks to me like you're just growing up. As far as the depression thing goes, that's also a lot more common than you might think. I suggest doing some reading online and talking to a doctor if these problems persist.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-09-07 17:01:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by shitfuck (user info) at 2007-09-07 12:16:32 EDT (#)
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Hahahha pussy.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-09-07 16:19:45 EDT (#)
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I think you're ready and qualified to up-grade your drug of choice to either heroin or meth.
The drama you seek will increase geometrically with each passing day.
Good Luck
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-09-07 13:07:45 EDT (#)
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Have you ever sucked dick for weed?
No? Then you don't have a problem.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 12:19:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by shitfuck (user info) at 2007-09-07 12:16:32 EDT (#)
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Hahahha pussy.
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There was always going to be one... thanks...
Submitted by shitfuck (user info) at 2007-09-07 12:16:32 EDT (#)
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Hahahha pussy.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 12:05:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:42:19 EDT (#)
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You're looking at things the wrong way - instead of trying to find things to do instead of smoking, learn how to do things when you're stoned - that way you can be baked all the time and it won't matter.
And don't give me this "I can't do my job when I'm stoned" bollocks because to me, that just sounds like lack of commitment.
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Danm right! I don't want to hear any of this defeatist "Berty, I'm too stoned to drive to Burger King!" talk! Remember: With the power of positive thought you CAN haz a cheezeburger!
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-09-07 12:04:18 EDT (#)
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try to write on how you feel about it too (you jsut did)
it doesn't have to be well written or concise.
when i feel really bad, i just type whatever goes through my mind in a note pad.
i'll even chat with myself if i have too.
drinking also helps making a transition to stop smoking.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:59:24 EDT (#)
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pot is so easy to quit.
the addiction is largely psychologic.
read about the "jogger's high" and replace urges to smoke with running for 5-10 minutes.
it will be over within a couple of weeks.
just kick your ass and do it.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:42:19 EDT (#)
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You're looking at things the wrong way - instead of trying to find things to do instead of smoking, learn how to do things when you're stoned - that way you can be baked all the time and it won't matter.
And don't give me this "I can't do my job when I'm stoned" bollocks because to me, that just sounds like lack of commitment.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:19:59 EDT (#)
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I need to get me a wall to bust through like that Kool Aid guy.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:58:26 EDT (#)
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Blah, blah, sympathy, blah, blah, been there dude, blah, blah, no advice, good luck getting those brain cells back, I never did, etc, etc.
Now on to a more salient point: Berty, ubersite's best reviewer, is back!
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:46:03 EDT (#)
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Sorry fella..... wowza....
Perhaps the book then.... To warn people from making the same errors....
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:45:23 EDT (#)
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I don't think I can add anything that hasn't already been said...
...listen to Berty. He knows what he's talking about.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:42:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:38:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:33:37 EDT (#)
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I am still not convinced. I think you should repeat the experience under documented and photographed laboratory conditions, and then post your evidence on Ubersite.
Seriously. It'd be a good post. There'd be lots of kudos in it for you.
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i think that would be quite an interesting read. but yes, must be reconstructed with the visuals to go with it, smashing.
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No. Just no.
I still have stomach problems from those times.
I've already planned on writing a story about that timeframe, including my arrest and whatnot, and if I think about it, I'll try to find some of the few pictures that remain of me, looking like an albino Somalian crackhead.
Why don't you guys give it a try though? I'll give you all the kudos instead.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:38:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:33:37 EDT (#)
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I am still not convinced. I think you should repeat the experience under documented and photographed laboratory conditions, and then post your evidence on Ubersite.
Seriously. It'd be a good post. There'd be lots of kudos in it for you.
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i think that would be quite an interesting read. but yes, must be reconstructed with the visuals to go with it, smashing.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:33:37 EDT (#)
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I am still not convinced. I think you should repeat the experience under documented and photographed laboratory conditions, and then post your evidence on Ubersite.
Seriously. It'd be a good post. There'd be lots of kudos in it for you.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:29:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:20:44 EDT (#)
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I do not believe your vomit was black. I think it is more likely that you are either lying or you were too hungover to open your eyes.
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It wasn't entirely black, no, but there were quite large black chunks in it. I had spent the past 3 months basically subsisting off of Steel Reserve malt liquor and week old free bread and potted meat from the catholic church next door.
Come to think of it, it was probably a result of the combination.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:20:44 EDT (#)
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I do not believe your vomit was black. I think it is more likely that you are either lying or you were too hungover to open your eyes.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:11:10 EDT (#)
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It's not that hard, certainly less difficult than quitting nicotine. I just quit cigarettes for the final time, and had to use one of the new pills that are like methadone for cigarette smokers. I've also quit weed in the past for years at a time, though I'm smoking again currently.
If you have the tiniest amount of willpower, you can quit with no real problems, but you should make certain you don't hang around your smoking friends for awhile, and find something productive to do. In fact, now would probably be a good time to take up that new job, in order to stay busy.
What's the quote? "Idle hands are the devils playthings"?
As for the alcohol, the first time I quit was state sponsered because the DEA was friendly enough to kick in my door and hold a gun to my head.(For reasons not relating to drugs, although that was going on as well)
I quit for 2 years that stint, while I stayed on prohbation, getting drug tested monthly, and started to drink much more to compensate for my previous stress relief. After the 1st year, I woke up one morning, and as usual for those times, went to the bathroom for my morning vomit.
It was BLACK.
I guess the point of all this was, it's not that hard, but don't just replace it with alcohol, replace it with something positive.
Congrats.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 09:50:27 EDT (#)
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You know there are a very, very, very, very large number of people who regularly smoke marijuana and maintain good jobs, family lives, etc...
Hurt by the Sun is quite correct in saying that claiming to have a marijuana 'addiction' or 'problem' is absurd. You can leave a clean, healthy lifestyle and still be a worthless bum. Just look at people who run youth organisations.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-09-07 09:42:04 EDT (#)
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Keep trying to find other good activities that will take up your time (not drinking). Reserve drinking for special social events or holidays and never do it instead of solving a problem. Remember, pot is the enemy because it's making you stupid and killing your chances of doing well in your job. Hate it.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 09:18:04 EDT (#)
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FUCK EMO
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-07 09:08:20 EDT (#)
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Boo hooo hooo cry emo tears
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 08:59:52 EDT (#)
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cheers jamp, thats good stuff.... i was wondering about the development thing, it feels like it is so hard to retain relevant information, and my long term memory is really good, as oppose to my short term being shite. but maybe my long term is average and my shite short term makes me feel like its good, i don't know.....
I think it's going to be a few months before i return t normality.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 08:56:46 EDT (#)
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Berty,
No, i am not an aussie. i work as a money broker for a large company, and i should be hopefully moving onto the elite sales team, where i have to go to various banks (the real banks, not the branches) and sell this £800,000,000 electronic broking product. The more banks that put there prices on our system and sign up, the more we make as a whole.
For the already existing clients we have we must take them out, entertain, so they do not fall in with the competition.
Alot of travelling involved, should be good.
Submitted by jamowilly40 (user info) at 2007-09-07 08:31:03 EDT (#)
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I'm going to take the pragmatic approach here because it's what helped me. Here's a synopsis of my story:
During college there were really only three things that appealed to me.
1. Smoking pot
2. Riding mountain bikes
3. Philosophy
I couldn't get a degree in smoking pot or mountain biking, so I opted for Philosophy. But whatever.
After I left school, I got into the workforce and took my pot habit with me. I'd say I was smoking, on average, 2 thick joints a day. One just after work and one about an hour before bed.
I was fortunate enough to come across jobs that didn't require a drug test AND that were a good fit for my generally hazy state of mind (B2B sales is a cookie cutter PERFECT profession for said state of mind).
Eventually I got sick of the social, psychological and physical side effects of smoking so much. I had no friends because I was embarrassed of my weed habit and couldn't let anyone get close to me. I was also suffering from serious depression as a result of my habit (this I know after having come clean and returned to some semblance of emotional normalcy).
Now, I don't smoke at all. Period. I haven't for probably 3 and a half months. It feels great and to be honest, I don't even think about it anymore.
But here's the real piece of advice that you need to heed:
YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT QUITTING POT IS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP.
I'm sorry, but anyone who tells you that a human can learn/grow/develop/adapt while smoking pot every day is blowing smoke, no pun intended.
Marijuana impedes personal development, period. So, to sidestep this, quit your habit and do so by KNOWING that it's REQUIRED to get on with your life and to grow into someone worth a shit.
That'll be $90.
Submitted by orph (user info) at 2007-09-07 08:05:02 EDT (#)
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I used to also be slave to the wack, but stopped.
It only takes one thing - your will, to do it.
Don't bother with distraction, replacement etc. Just remember, pot makes you content with boredom.
Do something with yourself.
I haven't had a puff for quite a while, but I don't rule it out as never again - everything in moderation, except man-sex and meth.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 07:27:28 EDT (#)
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Why will you buy me a house? Are you or are you not Australian? What is this job oppurtunity you're so excited about anyway?
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 07:15:57 EDT (#)
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I'll buy you a house one day. : )
i will fucking be something, just wait and see....
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 07:05:56 EDT (#)
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Alright Kylie, lets cut the bull. You're blatently not going to join anything, you're just going to not buy weed. You'll expound rather empty virtues to your mates like "I'm saving lots of money" and "I feel like a real person in the mornings now" but really you'll be trying to stave off boredom because your mates will still get together to smoke loads of wacky backy and you'll be on your own working on your etchings or whatever trying not to think about how nothing has changed other than the amount of time on your hands.
Quite frankly I don't think you're the kind of person who is capable of having a proper career.
Go on, turn your life around. I fucking DARE you.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 07:00:04 EDT (#)
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In all honesty the 5 a side football thing is somthing i have mulled over, but i need to et some of my old energy back, let the weed drain out, start jogging, the get involved... thats the ideal.
Great thought.
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:56:06 EDT (#)
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Tend to use dial-a-whore.
0800-meelie-690169
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Yeah im in the TA and that great for meeting people and taking your mind off things. Also another reason to go clean
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:54:22 EDT (#)
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Not that you should listen to me Kyle. You should totally join a five a side leauge with your friends. You can play in midfield and have discussions in the pub about "refining your attacking game".
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:54:04 EDT (#)
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hahah, excellent analysis of things that could be berty, and rooster... i do go out ffs!! And have had a fuckin bird before....
Tend to use dial-a-whore.
0800-slut-690169
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:52:57 EDT (#)
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Outside is rubbish Rabid. I know, I've been there. Trying new things achieves nothing more than expanding the list of things I dislike.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:51:33 EDT (#)
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It would be hell Kylie. You'd be out there, reading the menu and thinking "Jesus God, all I want is the Hunters Chicken, like I always get but then she'll bitch about how I don't try new things and THEN we'll have that whole 'it's getting stale' discussion. Fuck'n hell she's ordering a salad. Why the fuck's she having a salad? She hates salad. What the fuck?"
and SHE'LL be thinking "I bet he's going to have hunters chicken. Again. God my job is pointless. I don't think I'm ever going to get anywhere at this place. I just want things to change for the better. Why doesn't he feel the same way? He doesn't feel the same way as I do about anything! It's probably my fault. I should really just bitch at him constantly to drive him away, that'd be the best for both of us. I'm such a failiure. A Fat, horrid failure."
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:47:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:44:42 BST (#)
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CBA, with a view to CCA.
I have no girlfriend, although that weekend sounds nice : )
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Lol yeah all you have to do is LEAVE THE HOUSE
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:44:42 EDT (#)
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CBA, with a view to CCA.
I have no girlfriend, although that weekend sounds nice : )
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:43:17 EDT (#)
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I should totally get a job defining people. I'd be one of those guys that draws chalk outlines around dead people but I can't do straight lines for toffee.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:42:09 EDT (#)
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Good luck. With the right attitude and enough will, you'll find it surprisingly easy.
Everyone gets bored some weekday evenings - the dating suggestion is easily the most entertaining and potentially rewarding option. I recommend eastern Europeans if you're in London.
Submitted by Surgeon (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:42:08 EDT (#)
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aperature..
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:39:04 EDT (#)
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Meh a fair assesment
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:38:05 EDT (#)
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Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:24:27 EDT (#)
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I got C B A
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Chances are then that you are a LIAR
Liars go to hell where they are punished by watching videos of their soulmates living happily ever after with other, more honest, people.
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:24:27 EDT (#)
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I got C B A
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:21:28 EDT (#)
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Ah dun pressed de wrung butt'n
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:20:49 EDT (#)
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Oh well then! Perhaps you're like me. We can identify this via a simple quiz:
1) After returning home from a day in the workplace I like to:
A) change out of my work attire, open all the curtains and bustle through the place doing what needs to be done whilst singing to the radio.
B) Listen to loud electronic techno music, turning it down only to talk to my friends about our plans at the local youth bar.
C) Mount a throne of my own filth upon which I shall pass the time in a stationary posture of escapism.
2) My ideal weekend consists of:
A) Meeting my girlfriend in town where, after enduring an appaling shopping experience, we shall go to a movie, eat a nice meal out and then retire home to rub our toes together and kisses.
B) Loud electronic techno music blaring, sit in my garden/local beergarden with friends talking about match of the day/cricket/work related issues before heading off to an indie nightclub with 'John' to stand in the corner with my other friends sneering at how lame everything is.
C) Invite other people round to mount thrones of filth watching sky television and reminiscing about ritually humiliating one another as children.
3) My career plans are:
A) An unobtrusive but constructive career that enables me to make maximum use of my core skills whilst enabling me to maximise my domestic oppurtunities.
B) Own a record store selling loud electronic techno music.
C) Get a job where I work on my own in darkness with nobody around to make me feel ashamed of the creases in my shirt whilst enabling me to devote maximum time to my hobby of reading comics off the internet.
RESULTS
If you answered A to 2 or more of these questions then you're an achiever with a strong emphasis on family and personal growth! Pat yourself on the back, or better yet, have a loved one do it!
If you answered B to 2 or more of these questions then you are a fucking dreamer and potentially an artist. In either case people probably talk about how disgustingly up your own arse and fake you are. They like your taste in techno music, but they couldn't handle it for a whole week, you know?
If you answered C to 2 or more of these questions then you are a slob, a layabout and generally that lady from The Pogz was singing to you. Maybe try to have adventures if you're interested in being a writer. BEWARE HOMELESNESS.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:02:51 EDT (#)
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Berty,
I have two dogs, a cat, and a venus flytrap called Michaelangelo, whom i tend to on a regular basis.
I have alot of stupid crap to take my mind off stuff.
I run like a spasticated chicken on e's, and have the attention spam for doing such activities as the animal previously stated. I love football, but am too lazy to play, i am hoping this gets recitfied as the drug slowly leaves my system.
I do shit. It doesn't always help, i still have that mental dependancy which i must eliminate fully, only then will i be the person i once was.
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:01:58 EDT (#)
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Here's the thing im giving up smoking to stop my habit of weed, this website is really great http://www.stayquit.co.uk for it. They give a lot of support. Also when it's when i get home from work that im bored so instead of going straight back home im going swimming instead to break the routine i have set for myself. As for the alcohol well one step at a time laddy
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 06:01:44 EDT (#)
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Doing things is rubbish. It means you have to do stuff like polish your shoes and iron your shirts so you can afford shoe polish and ironing boards. It's a vicious cycle.
Um, I mean, go shoe polish! Woo! Ziggurauts, lickity split, etc...
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 05:58:32 EDT (#)
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Yes Rooster, sorry i didnt reply before, it would not let me log in. but that is the case, if you are not doing something, you are bored, even if you stick a film on or something, you would rather sit there with a joint or a beer.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 05:57:52 EDT (#)
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What? No! It's terrible advice!
I'm a defeatist Kylyie! Listen to me an you'll end up slumped over a filthy public toilet, a nose full of cocaine and an arse full of Roy!
You should stop smoking weed and, fuck I don't know, go running or something. Be nice but talk to people when you're waiting at the bus stop about current events and stuff and er, shit, get a dog or something. Be responsible and shit.
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-07 05:55:36 EDT (#)
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I think you and i are addicted to stimuli. Do you get the feeling that when you at home and not drunk/stoned that you are bored. I do.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 05:46:39 EDT (#)
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Berty,
As much as your use of language leaves me in a bedazzled state, and with sore thumbs after raping the pages in my thesaurus, it's good advice. Like to stress though I do not want to quit just because of this job, i just see it as a smack in the face from reality that there is alot with my life i am not happy with, and it all circulates around weed.
Thanks again to all.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 05:28:28 EDT (#)
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I guess it all comes down to the difference between stability and stimulus.
According to people far more clever than I am, and with much better memories, humans crave stability in their surroundings. An environment that is dynamic and requires the inhabitant to change puts the inhabitant under stress. Stress, according to wossname with the cigard, creates anxiety and anxiety ruins EVERYTHING.
At the same time, however, humans require stimulus in order to change and generally be dynamic themselves.
The obvious solution to this riddle is to exist in two seperate environments, the unchanging stability of home and the dynamic environment of society. Unfortunatly, much like the plan prior to WW1 of having two super aliances so powerful that they would destroy each other to ensure peace, it is bollocks.
Very few people are capable of 'switching' in that way, those that can are some of the most fucked up and terrifying people you will ever meet. I believe that one must look at the problem in a less frantic way.
One must seek a form produced from an environment that creates contentment. To become an unchanging statue of tranquility in an appropriate garden of mellow hues. The danger is that we are never truly safe from change and disaster, but what can you do eh? Shit happens.
In such times one can take up the mantle of the stoic, blithley continuing against the hailstorm of filth and horror that flails at our lives as it all comes crashing down. A sense of duty and pragmatic bloody mindedness forcing our tired limbs ever onwards through the tunnel of never-ending darkness. Perhaps there will be sunshine after the rain, but who cares!? Life is toil and hardship and we must milk what satisfaction we can from our ability to withstand poverty and failiure in the face of others seemingly effortless sucess. Such is the stock of Englishmen in the face of disaster and entropy. God save the Queen.
But yeah, for the most part try to be chilled and at peace. If you want a better job so you can buy a Prius or whatever then go for it but don't be too worried about it all going wrong.
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2007-09-07 05:24:07 EDT (#)
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+2 i'm buying a house today
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-07 05:11:52 EDT (#)
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wow, this really was not the response i expected. 99% of you guys have given great advice, i really need to see this through.
and thanks Emissions, your joke will be used tonight...
But not in the pub.... as i should not replace smoke with drink.
Means alot thanks guys/girls.
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-09-07 05:00:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:59:13 EDT (#)
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I think we're all overlooking two important facts:
Being stoned is awesome. Taking lots of anonymous pills in a nightclub and dancing like it's 1999 is awesome. In fact, dare I say it, it is what youth is all about.
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Yep that and meaningless fumblings.
Oh and never forget to masturbate, talking of which.
Submitted by shandythedog (user info) at 2007-09-07 05:00:32 EDT (#)
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nice title
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:59:13 EDT (#)
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I think we're all overlooking two important facts:
Being stoned is awesome. Taking lots of anonymous pills in a nightclub and dancing like it's 1999 is awesome. In fact, dare I say it, it is what youth is all about.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:59:01 EDT (#)
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Actually I did what LM just said, that was teh perso who suported me, trouble is you have to tell them.
I would imagine he's doing well with the masturbating LM, us men can battle through troubled times with penis in hand.
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:54:57 EDT (#)
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With the money your saving, take a pretty girl/guy out to dinner. Date a bit. No emotional relationship yet, I think your in the wrong place to not become depedant on them. The point would be meeting new people, in situations that have nothing to do with your previous lifestyle.
My advise. Date. Laugh a bit and have some fun. More importantly, start doing things that dissasociate yourself with your former habits 'post work'.
If all else fails. Masturbate.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:45:15 EDT (#)
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It must be Uber....
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:43:47 EDT (#)
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You sound so much like me we could be the same person. Seriously i have the exact same thing where i have to be on something in the evening. If im not stoned then i will drink and vice versa. It's a really difficult thing to get out of. I know why im like it and it's because im so utterly bored in the evening. Sometimes i think im depressed too but i don't know man, i feel your pain at wanting to just get away from it all and be free form the dependancy of all the substances. If u want to email and try to figure it out then just say the word
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:39:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:37:27 EDT (#)
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I try to use The Sims as a simple model for improving one's general feeling in oneself. Feeling low? Take a dump and wash your hands, your mood will improve 20%!
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+2 Quality review.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:37:27 EDT (#)
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Well obviously we're all experts on life seeing as how we're all so infinitaly awesome, so you've definatly come to the right place for advice.
I try to use The Sims as a simple model for improving one's general feeling in oneself. Feeling low? Take a dump and wash your hands, your mood will improve 20%!
Sersiously though, the hobby thing seems like a good idea but man it sure sounds like a lot of effort. Rather you than me.
I thought you said you were in Sydney? I thought you were one of those dusty convict types from down under.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:34:38 EDT (#)
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Good luck with that dude.
It's all in moderation. Mind you, I am stoned right now so my opinion might be impaired.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:33:28 EDT (#)
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My wife went to the doctors recently as she is trying to quit smoking. The doctor asked her
"Do you smoke after sex?" She responded, "I don't know. I never looked."
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:32:20 EDT (#)
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Good luck with the whole giving up the weed thing. No advice really as never been into weed all that much, but I do smoke normals.
Just be sure about wanting to pack it in and make sure its for the right reasons and you will do it. Its all about believing in yourself.
Actually this is all a bit too deep for me this morning. Good luck anyway.
Submitted by Cracked_out_cali (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:28:02 EDT (#)
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I tired to quit smoking by taking up smokeless tobacco. But now I'm just a duel user.
Not really in a place to give any advice, but I do wish you luck
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:26:50 EDT (#)
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People will be rattling that joke off down the pub tonight. Guaren damn teed.
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:24:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-07 03:55:17 EDT (#)
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last night my brother-in-law rang me for some advice
A bloke came up to him in a pub and offered him 8 legs of venison for £50!!
I told him it was two deer.
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Em you have issues, and none of them all that healthy.
But thats why we love Ya Buddy!
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:12:47 EDT (#)
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Don't particularly care, but getting 'addicted' to pot is fucking pathetic.
It's like watching porn. Par for the course.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-07 04:00:05 EDT (#)
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But seriously.....and if your fucking around that is silly. I stopped smoking weed hmm 3 months ago, after smoking it, like you, every evening after work for say two years. In the last 3 months I have smoked twice, both times with my mate and both times on a friday night. As far as im concerned I have quit.
The hobby thing is important , I have swum even more than before and its amazing how much better my lungs feel. Tell 'real' people too. One person in my life has helped me more than I could ever of imagined, I trust her.
Read more, get inspiration, no one can do this for you.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-07 03:55:17 EDT (#)
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last night my brother-in-law rang me for some advice
A bloke came up to him in a pub and offered him 8 legs of venison for £50!!
I told him it was two deer.
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2007-09-07 03:55:07 EDT (#)
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Dude. You sound so fucking similar to how I used to be it's untrue.
There are some seriously key elements to sharpening up your mind quicker. Take up a simple hobby. I took up Juggling when I gave up gear/ drugs/ ciggie, and I could not have done it without juggling.
You are trading a socially unaccepted method of relaxation (weed) for a socially acceptable form of relaxation (drink). My honest advice is to go ultra cold turkey (it's really not too hard compared to how much better I feel).
Also I'd advise treating yourself 3-5 joints a day would be a teenth to an eight a day? That's like 100 quid a week so take £50 and go and buy yourself some art supplies and take that shit back up.
I have started to see a councillor because it makes me hear my own problems. I never thought I was depressed until I figured it out for myself.
You're not a fucked up druggie. You're just a kid more than likely, so sort yourself out before someone else has to, it makes you feel a lot better.
Is it a job that getting smashed/ wasted is worth losing over?
Finally just stay positive and try and find someone you can talk to. Fuck Frank. Just find who ever is right for you. Preferably not someone you associate with your vices.
Good luck dude, you might be a gobby little cunt, but I respect the fact you're trying.
Submitted by CarterPFly (user info) at 2007-09-07 03:54:08 EDT (#)
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Im 31 now and was a stoner since I was 16. I only gave it up recently because I was building a rally car to do the mongol rally and you cant do that when you're stoned. Cos when you're stoned you're a useless cunt. I cant remember my twenties, years just melt into one cloud of smoke. I did nothing career wise in all that time.
Now I havent smoked in a year and I'm catching up on life, leaving this shitty job to do something thats challanging.
Smoking is a great way to kill lots and lots of time but it makes you stupid and lazy and from time to time itll piss you off and make you depressed that you're such a retard. But you'll get over it.