I’ve never started.
I have smoked pot for a while, had my fun, then decided I’d had enough and never smoked again, even though I am kinda tempted by my friends from time to time.
Ok you just sounded a little like a reformed smoker (no flame). I agree however that there is no middle ground. Give up or don’t but cutting down isn’t really helping.
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Addictions are wonderful things. If you’ve having a bad day, you just satisfying that addiction and everything is better again.
Without addictions, you just have to have a bad day. I can’t even imagine.
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No offense taken haha.
I always wanted to steer clear of that shit. I only trieda single blow (is that how you say it? 
) of a cigarette out of curiosity once and didn’t like it, but I am 100% sure I wouldn’t have started smoking regardless. It’s asking for disease and an utter waste of money. And it seriously hurts people around you too.
I just wanted to say this because I realized pretty much everyone around me smokes, and being in high school that means even 14yo’s. For example, there’s this 16yo girl in my circle who never smoked before and she recently took the decision to start. Like that, she literally said, “I want to start smoking” and bought a pack. I minded my business cuz I don’t give a fuck and it wouldn’t help anyway, but inside myself I was saying, “WHAT THA FUCK?” like man, she was celebrating it like it was a cool thing.
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In the words of Dean Martin
“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day“
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I can relate to some degree. When I was smoking pot I wasn’t addicted, as I could consciously make the decision to abstain whenever I wanted, but after smoking everything was fun and shit. I had a helluva time lots of times, eating shit and acting stupid with my friends. But then I weighted the cons and realized it was gonna hurt me long term.
Sometimes I wish I could just light a joint up and I’d feel good, but I choose not to.
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I’m a caffeine many myself.
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I’m envious. Caffeine has no effect on me.
Me too. That’s why I’m addicted to it. It keeps me at normal.
My resting heart rate was last measured at 44, so I claim that caffeine is medicinal.
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Hah, interesting.
On a different note, I’ve never got my heart rate tested, but sometimes I get sudden spikes and it starts pumping and racing out of nowhere. I believe this might have to do with anxiety. Sometimes it happens when I can’t sleep, but once in a while it just happens randomly during the day.
I would believe the same.
However, my background is political science, so I could also believe that the cause may be fascism.
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Okay I hate it when I need jokes to be explained to me but… Could you please?
Fascism is a scary thing. I was playing on your Italian residency with that one as well.
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Haha, I kinda imagined that but wasn’t completely sure
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I smoked 20-30 a day for several years and quit cold turkey. It was super easy. You just stop buying and smoking cigarettes and it’s done. I don’t know what people whine about.
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I have shared it with her before. She’s discussed those same kinds of feelings with me before, too. It’s not like I came out of left field with it. @flappinit, this is not new territory for us. We both struggle with our own mental health issues. She’s just pissed off at me 24/7. I should really stop posting my innermost thoughts on a (public) online forum.
Nobody is going to link these thoughts back to you in real life, and I think it’s healthy that you can get some of these thoughts out in the open. Neither of you are in a good place to be in a relationship, it seems. People considering suicide rarely are thinking of anybody but themselves.
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Eh, I dunno. I’ve posted some pretty deep personal thoughts and experiences and gotten some pretty good unfiltered feedback.
Not necessarily some things I wanted to hear, but more often than not some things I’ve needed to hear and consider.
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@flappinit thank you.
@SkyzykS Yeah, unfiltered feedback is always beneficial.
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I wouldn’t say always, but I’ve gotten some good feedback from some very smart and thoughtful people on here. Some I’ve even met up with IRL.
Of course there are the trolls and people taking advantage of anonymity too, but they don’t warrant much regard.
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