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  • erasebegin@lemmy.fmhy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlStoner
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    1 year ago

    Straight out of the addicts playbook. Former stoner of 10 years, I see the excuses. Needing drugs to walk through life is like needing a crutch. You are not stronger with them, they are an inhibitor to your natural greatness.

    “I don’t need drugs, I want them”

    Desire, when the pattern holds, becomes need. I used to think “yeah stopping weed is easy,” then would spend all the time in-between thinking “this situation would be so much better with weed.” So much so that I did absolutely insane things to get hold of it while I was living in China. My desire was very much in the realm of need, but I always made excuses to myself and my loved ones.



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    1 year ago

    yes, I used to have the same experience. regular smoking and then stopping for a bit was fine. but it didn’t leave my mind. It’s not physically addictive, but neither is shopping or video games, or gambling, yet so many people are addicts


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    1 year ago

    Yeah, this is what I told myself for 10 years. But the fact is there were numerous situations where I would think “this would be so much better with weed”.

    If I can’t enjoy life’s basic experiences without drugs, there is a problem.

    Also pizza doesn’t cause mood swings, memory loss, lethargy, paranoia etc.