Weed at Work

[FunkyMonk]

Hello my fellow tokers. I felt like I had to let this out, i need the advice of seasoned professionals. Thanks in advance for hearing (reading) me out.

I’ve been smoking a lot of weed lately. I’ve been high for like 2 or 3 months. And within those 2 or 3 months, I've been smoking exponentially more and more. Lately, I’ve been able to take down two dimebags of chronic a day.

This past Sunday, I rolled up a blunt with a cherry dutchmaster. It was delicious. But what scared me was, I smoked the whole shit myself! And to top it off, I wasn’t as high as I thought I would be. I was mildly high. Is it my tolerance? Or bad weed? I don’t know, but either way, it’s too expensive! 10 bucks a day is too expensive (for me at least). And lately I was smoking 20 bucks worth, a day!!!
I remember when I used to take two hits and I was gone! Now, two puffs are virtually nothing. Two puffs at this point are equivalent to one cigarette when I started smoking cigarettes. All it does is it relaxes me for a couple of minutes.

For the past two weeks if I'm not mistaken, I’ve been smoking weed before work and during by lunch break.So far, I’ve function pretty well while I'm high. As a matter of fact, I’m not that anxious to leave work, therefore, I concentrate on the task at hand without daydreaming or being irritated at the petty everyday stresses that come with having to deal with co-workers, bosses, deadlines, phone calls, meetings.

I sit on that computer and work my ass off. CAD drafting is not boring when I’m high! Haha, who would have ever thought?

After work, I'd stay high. I would always be rolling up a "hybrid", as I call it. I gut out about half a cigarette, and stuff some weed on the end of it. That way, it’s an incognito joint. It looks like a cigarette, and after the weed is done, the cigarette smoke covers up the weed smell successfully. I would always smoke a cigarette after a hybrid when I was going anywhere where I might have to come in direct contact with co-workers and family members, just as a precaution to make sure I don’t have any remnant smell of that funky stuff.
I've recently thought about toking weekends only. Today is Wednesday, so it’s my 3rd day in 2 or 3 months without my daily weed consumption. Life is pretty boring and mundane without being high. And that is precisely the reason why it’s beginning to worry. I don’t want it to become a serious problem. So I have to control myself and buy it only Fridays when I get off work.

I find myself wondering how I ever got along without weed. I have to remind myself that I have lived 25 years without weed. I have certainly done well without it. I’m grateful for that.

I think I’m doing this because I’m down about the multi-year relationship that ended abruptly. I’m filling the void in my heart with weed.

I might be contradicting myself. But, as much as I love the stuff, I really don’t need another addiction (psychological in this case). Cigarettes and sleeping pills have me by the balls. And both of these are pretty expensive as it is. I've never believed in popping pills to help me go to sleep, or to relieve my anxiety. But eventually, I gave in. I have now been taking meds and sleeping pills for two years.

They worked for like a year. I was riding high on my artificial happiness. I’m not sure they work anymore, maybe I need to up my dosages? Fucking psychiatrist! What’s the difference between a psychiatrist giving you pills vs. self medication of weed? They are both an artificial state of mind!

Difference is, weed fells a lot better, and it opens up different levels of consciousness. It relieves my anxiety, amongst other wonderful things. Maybe I’m saying this because I’m still at my honeymoon stages with weed. If I keep smoking (for example) for two or three years, maybe I’ll regret it down the line, not to mention the difficulty of quitting after smoking for so long. There are some people out there who smoke everyday for years. I have nothing against that, its way better than alcohol! Less dangerous too! But still, I cant afford yet another addiction. Even though weed doesn’t make you physically addicted like cigarettes, its more of a psychological thing.

At this very moment, I have a really strong craving for the shit. And I was kinda hoping writing out these feelings would make me feel better. I guess to some extent it does.

Some people go to the store and buy beer or liquor after a hard day of work, why is it so bad if I want to wind down with a fat joint? Whats the fucking difference? As apposed to beer, I get no hangover, or headache the next day! It magical! I think my fellow weed smokers would agree! I wish I could just walk into the local gas station and purchase a couple of pre-rolled blunts legally without any judgment or persecution. What a utopia this would be when that day arrives. Alcohol was illegal at some point, remember prohibition? I wasn’t there, but it happened. At least that’s what the bullshit history books say. Right?

Anyway,I’m rambling. Sorry for the dissertation!! And thank you for reading.

[Snazzers]

Okay, I read most of the beginning and scanned the rest.

The reason you aren't getting as high as you thought with the blunt is because blunts and joints waste a lot of weed, and you rolled your first so it probably wasn't that good of a rolling job.

The rest, well, maybe if I read it all I would understand what your question is but weed at work is alright if you aren't in medicine, or saving peoples lives and that kind of stuff, or if you work with a lot of numbers.

[falcon10911]

Quality post man, really.

I would say go on a tolerance break, about a month of non smoking brings the magic back for a while. And during the tolerance break, start working out, or something else time consuming.

And I agree completely on the whole weed after a long day thing, I love winding down just relaxing doing whatever I have to do, but enjoying it oh so much more.

Don't let the herb be a major part of your life, let it make the rest of it even better.

[tokr8989]

+rep i am in prettr much the EXACT same positions and views

[FunkyMonk]

you guys are awsome, thanks for the quik response!! Please post your Weed at Work stories, Ide love to read em!

[justtogetby]

I like smoking before work. Makes it less boring

[Oh, Hello.]

I try to make small t-breaks once a month, usually 2 days to 1 week in length. And I try to skip a day once a week. Keeps my tolerance at bay pretty well.

And if medical marijuana works better than all those pills that are shitty for your body, then keep smoking. For your health's sake, and your mind's.

[mapaccio]

I'm a janitor of an apartment building in the SF. I love toking up and listening to music while i vacuum. Although I pretty much always forget what floor I am on and sometimes which side of the floor I had just cleaned haha

[FunkyMonk]

i wish i had a prescription, but that's reserved exclusively for people with terminal illnesses. I think I saw an interview of a Doctor in California a while ago, he gives prescription marijuana to patients suffering from Anxiety and depression. I heard Medical Marijuana is less potent though. I get my shit the ole fashion way. I wonder if and when weed becomes legal, will there still be different strains with varying amounts of THC?I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Me to Gas station clerk: "gimmi $10 on pump #3 and a pack of Ganga lights"

[TheKushMasta]

damn dude i read tht whole story.u know i used to be like tht.felt shitty after my llife pimp slapped me in the balls.hurt like hell so i turned to weed.now i just smoke it cuz it relieves my bipolar disorder for a short while.i would say just stop smoking weed and taking the sleeping pills.after a few weesks slowly go back to weed.like maybe llike a joint a day and gradually work ur way up so u wont have to buy like a half o and be done in like 3 days.then with the sleeping pills.just dont do them simply put.in order to stop u have to want to stop.i know itll be hard but jst be like ya know FUCK U SLEEPING PILLS suck on my cock.and just stop em.prolly didnt help just my 2 cents mayne.

[ZarTheDragon]

sounds like weeds for you.
make sure youre buying dank weed only.
and seriously take like maybe a two day break or something...and youll be fucked up.
also if you want to save money id say instead of buying little dime shits buy a half ounce or at least an eighth.
you can use weed to save you from sleeping pills and cigs.
mental training is all it takes.

[mrjinx]

Hey dude, I know this story well. I go through similar cycles where no matter how nice the bud is, you build up a tolerance and it takes more and more to feel a nice buzz. I agree with the other posters that you should just take a break. I find that a couple of weeks gives me a chance to get my shit in order and catch up on the to do list, well at least the list that requires some concentration. When I don't smoke, the lawn grows a little too long, the dog doesn't get walked quite as much and the garage gets a little cluttered but as soon as I toke up, the "mundane" list gets wiped out and the cycle begins again. At forty, I will always choose the bud to a beer, I get so much more accomplished.

[Godmichou]

I think I’m doing this because I’m down about the four-year relationship that ended abruptly. I’m filling the void in my heart with weed. I also have no friends. I’m not anti social or anything, in fact, I make friends without effort. But I didn’t keep up with the friends I had, I never called, I never answered a call. In other words, I was a lousy friend. I was always busy with my girl. Now I don’t have either. Lesson learned!!!!

Not a good idea to smoke to forget things....but if you think weed is taking too much place in yo life, it probably is so toke up only on weekend or after a good day at work, inorder to relax... use weed as a reward for working all day with those boss, co-worker, and fucking autocad u talked about!

[FunkyMonk]

I appreciate your feedback guys.


i dont know why i feel more productive while I'm high. Sometimes, I clean the fuck out of my house, and then organize my file cabinet. take more hits, play guitar, take more hits and look up conspiracy theories, take another hit, drive to the beach, take a hit..etc
I'm not apathetic or lazy while im high. I guess the weed i get has some type of cleaning detergent. A sucka like me would be cleaning shit that doesnt need to be clean. Blast music, and clean. I love this about weed.

My mind feels organized...maybe it's the weed. either way, I produce the same amont of work that i produce when im sober, except, with weed, Im happy doing this work.

If this society wants happy obidient workers, give us a raise, and a pound of quality shit on the 1st and 15th. Everything will be alright!

Just dreaming.....

[iRasta]

I feel you to some extent. My personal opnion after reading this would have to be to remove everthing drug or alcohol related out of site and out of mind. Take a month break or so and live life sober for a bit, then, after that month see how you feel. Did anything change? If you want a fat blunt after then go load one up. Don't live your life around weed though, instead, let weed live around you. Best of luck and + rep.