So I just turned 18. I already got drunk in my life after I threw a party while my parents were gone, I wanna try drugs too. Is it worth it?
Worth it in a controlled environment. Good story, memory, experience.
Also it’s important to differentiate the taste for the future in case you accidentally ingest it.
I have been smoking weed daily for 11 years now. If I knew what I’d become I never would have started. I am completely dependent on it, I have really low/bad moods if I’m sober and I’ve lost all motivation. I am just coasting through life, smoking weed and playing video games. It really sounds like an amazing time but it’s depressing. I haven’t done anything in my life and I’m coming up on 40. I have a career and that’s it. I can’t lose weight because I simply don’t care enough to stick to it. I never traveled anywhere, I have never ridden on a boat, I’ve never ridden a horse, hell… I haven’t even gone skiing and I live in an area where it’s very popular and I have access to the best spots.
I’m not saying weed is bad but you’re young and your brain is still developing. I started smoking when I was 26 and if this can happen to my supposedly developed brain it can be worse for yours. I used to have a drive, I used to be able to do anything. I was pulled out of school in 7th grade and I haven’t gone back to any school but somehow ended up being a software engineer. I was excited for my next steps up to management and then director. Now I don’t give a fuck. I just anxiously wait for each work day to end so I can start smoking until I go to sleep.
Don’t be me. Be smart.
Hello friend. I was also in your position not so long ago and really feel for you so much. But have hope. There is light at the end of the tunnel youre in, and you’ve taken the first and hardest step in admitting to yourself that it’s a problem. Seriously well done.
There are two things I would suggest you consider if you feel you have the energy to start to tackle this:
The first is that, I believe current methods of getting “clean” and “sober” are inconsistent in their outcomes for a reason.
Whilst total sobriety works for some people, it is my belief and experience, that going completely cold turkey and abstaining from a social and common drug like weed forever, is the hardest route forward long term. I have observed that for those that choose this path, they will always to some degree, feel the pull towards that drug regardless of the length of time they’ve abstained. It will be a constant battle for the rest of their life. To some degree this is sobriety on a knifes edge.
I saw this in the midst of my addiction and decided this wasn’t what I wanted. I wanted a new relationship with my drug of choice. One where I challenged every unhealthy behaviour I’d developed with it. One where I gained control back piece by piece. One where I rewired my brain so much that I could say yes or no depending on the context and reasoning occurring inside.
And so that’s what I did. I started by weaning myself off by working out how much I smoked and choosing to weigh that amount at the start of every day. I’d then decrease this little by little every day, getting used to the feeling and effects of taking that control and running out at the end of each day. This forced my front brain to take charge amdnstart to plan where I’d have this limited amount.
Over two months I eventually whittled it down to one joint a day. It wasn’t without slip ups, but it was important that I accepted these, and instead of criticising myself, got straight back on the horse.
Once I made the jump to zero, I felt it important to give myself a length of time entirely off of it. To deal with the effects of withdrawal, such as night sweats, nightmares, vivid dreams etc.
Then once that period of time, for me six months, had elapsed, I made a list of all the unhealthy behaviours that I had built up over the years with weed. And reintroduced the weed with those in mind, challenging them each individually. This ranged from being able to say no to it when being social, to stopping at a certain point of the evening (one and done etc), to preplanning when I’d order it so that I was free and available to waste that time, so it didn’t impact my life.
For you this will be unique to your addiction.
I can now happily say I’m at a point where 80% of my addictive behaviours are dealt with. Where I am in control and weed is no longer my mistress. The balance has swung in my favour. But I still have some work to do :).
Secondly, I would advise you examine the reasons why you may have been attracted to weed in the first place.
The route cause of your issues will vary depending on your own individual history. But for me things like childhood trauma, ADHD and health issues formed the core parts of my need to use weed as a means to hide from the adult world.
Tackling these greatly helped alleviate the gut feeling of needing weed as a means to cope. Now it forms a part of my social life, as a means to accentuate and elevate a night, or a day at home, rather than a means to close off and hide.
I hope you find this helpful and I wish you the best of luck moving forward friend. Should you choose to go down this path, know that regardless of the slip ups, you’ve got this. As long as you can be gentle with yourself, you can always come back to it.
Peace and love :)
I enjoy them. If you have a family history of psychosis though stay away. Acid is the same
Go for it. Make sure you are in a safe and comfortable place with something fun or entertaining in front of you. I wouldn’t personally go out or try to be social in anyway at first (unless you have close friends you trust). I didn’t try until my late twenties and it is fun and addictive for me. The people around me are affected differently and get too much paranoia so your mileage may vary! Edibles are a stinkless way to go about it but remember you need very little at first to feel it. I think it does so much less damage to your body than alcohol but I wouldn’t trust a strangers’ opinion on the internet that far.
Tried it once last year. It was interesting. It was funny and is a lasting memory but I have not done it since nor do I have the desire to.
Hi. I’ve done lots of drugs.
I don’t recommend at 18 simply because it’s a bit too early and I’ve seen lots of people get used to being high on weed and smoking stupid amounts.
Weed makes you chill and comfy but if you develop a psychological dependence you will lose things like your drive/motivation and it’s very easy for people to spiral into depression.
TL;DR weed is meh, I’d say wait 5-6 more years of personal development before smoking or eating gummies.
Just FYI please lookup what you’re planning to consume online before consuming it just so you at least understand its effects and don’t just trust your friends on it.
Won’t be the end of the world if you consume responsibly and don’t start a habit of being high the majority of your time awake.
Don’t. You are more unique and cool by NOT using drugs. It can only hurt you the only question is by how much it will negatively impact your life.
If my friend could go back he would had never don’t anything harder than chamomile tea. Do yourself a favor at your age work hard to actually earn a career that will make you money. You are arguably at the worst age possible to start experimenting with this crap.
When you are dying of cancer, sure pull out the weed brownies.
Don’t listen to this NERD!
I’d recommend avoiding any of the delta strains. I had a terrible experience with my fiancé once. We were both so out of it and were having time gaps, it was not a fun experience.
I think you mean delta-8 or delta-10.
Delta-9 THC is the chemical that occurs naturally in cannabis. So they’re all delta strains
TIL, thank you
No.
Nope.
Drink lots of water, be patient and don’t trust that it isn’t going to kick in and you should take more
You should wait a bit, it’s true about the studies. To be honest, I wouldn’t say a few times hurts much but it’s relatively easy to build a dependency though. Easy to go from every weekend, to every few days to always.
That being said, I second what people say about smoking and I also recommend using a good quality bong to make it easier on your throat. The smoothest hits I’ve ever taken have been with a home made gravity bong made out of a glass vodka bottle. Avoid plastic though, yuck. Don’t over do it if you use a bong. No need for like mega hits, you won’t need a lot anyways although some people don’t get high their first times.
some people don’t get high their first times.
Thank you for mentioning this. I didn’t try weed until my mid-20s and it took years of intermittent trying before I actually felt high. I’d never heard that this could happen, so I just got upset thinking I’d never be able to understand what the big appeal of weed was. Only in my late 20s, at a friend’s party where I’d already gotten pretty buzzed on alcohol, did a hit of a pipe make me finally feel something.
I don’t know if it finally clicked because of lowered inhibitions due to the alcohol, or if my brain had to build up to feeling an effect, or what, but weed’s worked as intended ever since. I will add that I’m the type of person that has been asked throughout my teenage years, “What are you smoking? And can I have a hit?” despite being 100% sober until my 20s. Maybe having an already-weird brain had something to do with it?
So yeah, OP, be prepared to discover that you might not feel anything from weed at all. It doesn’t seem to be terribly common, but it is definitely possible that nothing happens the first few tries. That doesn’t mean it will never happen, though.
And prepare what you’re gonna have ahead of time for if you get the munchies. The first time I ever smoked weed, I ate a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter (because it was the quickest food I could get my hands on) and spent the next hour thinking I was alternately gonna throw up or shit myself … while high.
Wait until you’re a little older
It is worth trying, I quite enjoy them and they are relatively harmless. I need to stress though, as someone who uses weed regularly, do your best to avoid regular use until you are at least 25. 25 is technically sorta arbitrary but it will absolutely reduce the long term effects on your brain.
