Stand Up For What You Do Or Quit

Just my 2 cents on the issue. I was kind of mad when my parents found out I started smoking, but it was kind of a relief after it died down. After everyone pretty much new I started opening up more to why I was smoking and could actually sit down and have an actual conversation with my parents on smoking and why I did it and who I hang out with and everything just became easier.

During mid January though is when I really started to realize I was just in it to be in it because it got me away from things and I didn't think anything of it. So I've taken off around 6 months now and during these 6 months I really looked back on why I did it and how it affected me, it turned out to be extremely positive compared to back in January when I quit because everyone pretty much told me it's bad I believed them and now I realize that my life just started going so much better because I had lost all anxiety to talk about it and now it's something and I'm completely comfortable telling people that I smoke and I'm not ashamed.

A while ago this kid I knew, never really liked, wanted me to "take" a drug test for him because his parents have a problem doing it and he smoked the day before his drug test. I said yes, but since my parents were home I really didn't want to explain that I'm gonna take a drug test for a kid that I didn't really like and know. After a while though it hit me that if you don't feel comfortable doing something and don't want people to know about it, you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. I really just want to tell people who hide it and don't want people to know that they're never going to be excepted if they feel it's something they should do but they feel that they should hide it.

So in my experience it's taken a good 6 months for my parents to realize that I'm not a drug addict, I have friends that don't drink or do drugs, I smoke usually at night to help me sleep and get rid of my anxiety for a day. And I feel great now since it's one of the biggest lies I've ever had to give my parents and now I'm completely open with them about it and they accept that I have free will to do things and I'm not doing drugs to rebel and I'm never going to drink or anything harder and if I do, which I wont since I have very high opinions on those things, that I can talk to them openly and know that they'll still except me. This whole experience over a year has shown me that keeping something to yourself you'll usually have a problem with it, but now when I know I start up again with the new school year I'll feel so much less stressed since I know I don't have to hide anything anymore. Another reason it's not socially excepted is because not a lot of people are comfortable with it so be open, have an open mind, voice your opinion and be able to stand up for what you do.

Yeah, sorry bout the quit part, I don't mean you should quit, but really think about why you don't want to tell people, never quit though =).

I want to be the first to say it
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it makes it so much easier to read.

Also yes opening up and being honest with people can help.

Sorry bout that =P, put it into 4 paragraphs now so should be a little easier to read =).

I have no problem telling people that I smoke...the thing is, I know my mom will look at me differently. My brother came out to my mom that he smokes when he was 16 or so...it just made things harder for him in the early stage...now she is fine, and could honestly care less...but for those first few years...no.

I am going to continue what I am doing. If she finds out (I am pretty sure she already knows), then it is all good...as long as I am working and not just sitting on my ass.

great that you can be so open about it.
but there's some people here, like me, who can not make it blatantly obvious that we smoke. i don't want to hide it but i don't have a choice. but that doesn't mean that i should stop doing it. i enjoy smoking my weed and can keep on doing so as long as my parents don't know. shiit, if they did know, i think i would quit just because they know and it's creepy.

i dont mind being open about it....but if im too open i cant get a job or get into a school,,,people look down on it as if im a "SUPER CRIMINAL",,,or maybe ill be lazy and undeserving of a place in the world,,,if i openly tell people , "hey, i smoke weed" they will look down on me,,,but only because im breaking a law,,,and even if its totally decriminalized,,,i think itll still be looked down on for some time too come (((may have too wait a couple generations))) until then i have too stay somewhat 'closeted'

its not so much that if you cant be open about it u shouldnt do it, its that if you feel guilty or something about it then you shouldnt be doing it

like someone else said, not everyone accepts smoking weed so openly, alot of people still think its a drug n therfor its just as bad as crack or heroin

to really understand that theres different levels of drugs you have to try em.. so if you've never done any drugs you tend to think all drugs fuck you up equally, which will make people look down on you

that was my problem back in highschool actually, i used to be so open to just about everyone about my drug use, and it ended up giving me a bad reputation as just a huge druggie.. and since i OD'd n shit a few times, people started to spread alot of rumors about me and what i did

so being open isnt always so good unless your open about socially acceptable things

so being open isnt always so good unless your open about socially acceptable things

that's very profound man!!

I'm very proud to be a stoner, but I pick the times and the ways that I bring up the subject.
If you do it wrong you loose people's respect and achieve nothing productive in return

I agree to an extent. I'm happy that I'm no longer keeping the fact that I smoke from my parents and my teammates (both of whom are very accepting of it), but that doesn't mean its a great idea to be 100% about it. I've always been wary of letting others know that I smoke just because it could have potentially negative effects. For example, I don't talk about my smoking with my co-workers, because maybe one day I will be working for one of them and they decide a drug user shouldn't work for them. Some people are too close-minded to be completely honest with.