problem: sober life's a bit dull

[Dr Jammin]

like many you guys, im a senior in high school, and my two week holiday break just ended. i am a casual smoker, usually i smoke a couple times a week, but over the break i smoked pretty much every day, often multiple times. now im back to school, and therefore i am back to generally not smoking on weekdays. im a little bummed out.

now i realize the main problem that comes with considerable marijuana use: sober life starts to seem a little bit dull.

i don't know how to deal with this. im gonna have to be sober a lot of the time, i can't simply smoke all the time, but now that i'm used to being high pretty often, being sober and doing the stuff i always do is noticable less fun than it used to be.

im kind of at a crossroads. im on the verge of becoming an "everyday smoker." it would be so easy to go down that path now, but it is not something i really want to be, at least not now, what with school and work. i could quit smoking weed for a while, but i don't want to do that either, because i really do love marijuana. what i'll probably end up doing is just go back to being an "occasional" smoker, and maybe sober life will stop being dull, once i get used to it again.

anybody else ever have to deal with this? what do you guys think?

[Zuax]

Just smoke on the weekends. During the week you won't be so bummed out because you will have something great to look forward to. Thats what I tell myself. I work all week and then friday maybe even saturday i get to sit back, relax and party!

[From311Chaos]

Had the same dilemma as you, more or less. Use to only smoke on the weekends, but now I'm closer to smoking every day. For the most part, I just live with this. Getting together with people I know to smoke, even if just for an hour or less, is a good time. If that can't be arranged, i always get in a quick bowl pretty much every day. So I guess I succumbed to the temptation of smoking every day. What can I say. I'm weak.

[rose]

dude, you can smoke every day!! just don't do it until you get off work and your homework is done...so like a couple hours before you go to sleep you can toke it up and watch some t.v. and eat and all that good stuff!!

[billy dempsey]

i smoke every day pretty much, of course there are exceptions. dont worry you will get used to it, your just so used to being high your feel differant without it, but theres nothing wrong wit being sober. try to think of weed as a hobby, not a habbit... works for me

[danibal]

yeah see im home from college for the holiday...and while i smoke at school, i wouldnt do it in my parents (or drive 500 miles with weed in the car) so for the past 3 weeks ive been sober...except when i get drunk...but i think thats the best thing for me, cause i was smokin and drinkin every day at school, so im taking this as a kinda detox period...its been good for me...i mean dont get me wrong i still love weed and i cant wait to smoke again...maybe you just need to take a break...even just a week may help clear your head

[Pot Geek]

Eugh, yeah. I understand. I crossed the line to "everyday smoker" without even realizing or thinking about it. Hrm.. could it have been that first quarter I bought that drove me over the edge? Who knows!

Anyway. I've recently run into some financial difficulties. Bah! And have such come to a point where I just simply can't justify buying weed. I've also noticed that life is INSANELY more boring, and slow paced when sober.

It's certainly easy to become used to being stoned all the time, so much so that it becomes your normal state. It's a mental addiction, actually.

There's also something to be said for the habit of smoking pot. It's so much fun to sit down at the computer, log onto The City and burn down a bowl. Do that every day, or twice, three times, or all day, and it becomes a habit. Now, whenever you sit down and log into The City, your brain goes "oh boy! Weed time!" and you crave it. It's a learning process called (by the Psycho-ologists) Classical Conditioning. Ring a bell, then give a dog a treat. Do that 15 times and the dog will start salavating when you simply ring the bell.

Until I was forced into sobriety, I didn't realize just how much weed I was smoking, and how often. I'm not saying that a daily toke is bad, but weed is certainly more of a special treat when you don't burn down daily.

[danibal]

i agree...i never wanna get to the point where i need to smoke a bowl to feel normal...thats whay i decided to take this time while im home off, to kinda chill out clean myself and head out

[cowofsteel]

I crossed that line about 4 years ago, and although I don't really regret it, I really wish I had waited on it until I was older, even if by only 2 years.

[adamBC]

ill put in my 2 cents






weed is cool.

[lambofgodbc]

i just smoke occasionaly or whenever i can find it,i just try not to think about it when i'm not smokin

[whos_gotherb311]

Dont start smoking everyday. You can if you want, but expect to get less and less stoned as the weeks go by until you hardly notice your not really getting high. Take advantage of your tolerance and smoke on the weekends.

[DeadChimp]

The only bad part about smoking everyday is running out of pot (or money).

[TooFuckingHigh]

Shit, exact same story DrJammin, weekend smoker adn then smoked every damn day over winter break. The transition back hasnt been so bad so far, i've just been kind of angry and not myslef, i really hope not to become an every day toker until college, or end of this senior year at least.

[Shogun2002]

Same here.

Over the christmas break i was smoking multiple times a day and now that we are back to school i can't smoke as much, i still do most evenings, have a bowl or 6, all depends on if i've got much to do.

Of course being sober is more boring than being high, thats what the weed is there for, to get high and change the way things are, a difference from sober life but it's the mental addicition of taking your pipe out..loading up a bowl and another and another and another.
I only really buy hash at the weekend and smoke most of the weekend, literally and if i've some left for during the week i do and if i dont, i don't, i just wait till the weekend and get some more.

As with school and smoking daily..it can be done, all you have to do is sit down and do your work first and then get high