Our (my group of friends) parents have known we piff for years and my very close friends parents came to the conclusion recently that it would be safer to have a place to smoke indoors. As all of us currently still reside in our parents homes, this is a pretty big thing. Anyways, his dad is a very chill person, on some philosophical shit. I was eating dinner with their family drinking some wine and having a discussion with his dad about how weed changes your perception of things such as movies etc. We are done with dinner and my friend tells them that we are going to go down to the basement. We roll a blunt and start smoking. His dad walks down and starts talking to us while were passing the blunt around. He was curious as to why we smoke, not in a bad way, but just to understand. I had a very hard time answering that question for some reason. If you asked me that question a couple of years ago i wouldn't have this dilemma. But that was when smoking would be a thing to look forward to, once every 2 weeks or so. As we smoke multiple times a day now, its part of my lifestyle. Anyways, he ended it off with: "The reason i dont smoke anymore is because i always pondered one question that would never leave my mind when i was high..." After the discussions we just had i was waiting for some kind of epiphany now, and then he goes on: "..what came first, the chicken or the egg?" Being ripped and hearing my friends dad say this, i was on the floor crying. Anyways, why do you smoke? The real reason. I would say because i enjoy it, but i feel that it stems much deeper than that. Medication, meditation, escape, relief, etc.
Man you're friends parents are really chill. My friend's mom is sorta like that, but the other way around with alchy. I'd say my reasons for smoking have changed since i've started. When i first started; it was fun & just a new way to see everything. Now that i have a couple years under my belt; i guess you can say i use it for more of a calming thing. I never get super duper high anymore either, or not as much Long day, tired, stressed, feeling kinda down, relaxing, just to think, chill, get work done, those can all fall into the category of why i myself smoke. but i don't do it often or daily as i used to. somtimes.
I consider it as a drug as well. Many dont though, and considering you are on GC i thought you were being sarcastic You dont smoke anymore?
I first started smoking because, as cliche as it sounds.. all my friends were doing it and it was the 'cool' thing to do. Teenage ignorance. My sentiments on marijuana changed after the first few times of smoking it. I noticed there was a different pattern in my thinking. It led me onto a 'philosophical' journey, if you will. In other words; I began questioning almost everything. Currently, I smoke marijuana to alleviate stress and aid in my guitar playing. I find that I am much more.. prone to playing guitar if I'm stoned. So yeah, that's it.
Nowadays mostly as an escape from the harsh reality of my life, and as a sedative and appetite stimulant. When im not working my mind is still in work mode, I cant shut it off. 2 Days off sober feels like 2 days worked for me because I end up sitting around thinking about how I have to go to work in x amount of hours. When im stoned I can relax and not think about that stuff for a while.
It lets me relax and act the way I would sober if I wasn't so worried what people thought about me. Beyond that, it's great fun.
Because it's fun, because it helps my anxiety issues, it helps me get school work done idk why but it helps me focus? kinda like ADD i guess, its sociable, a good way to meet people, i love collecting glass so on n so forth
There's nothing else to do in the boring ass town that I live in But also because it's fun to do socially and music sounds better
Because suddenly, as if by magic, all the stupid horseshit that doesn't matter which was annoying me.....goes away, and I can focus on the things that make me happy. I think differently about things. Also, I've noticed theres just something about a person that smokes that sets them apart from non-smokers, and I like whatever it is. So, I smoke in hopes to meet more like-minded individuals.