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0 pointsaurareturn2y ago0 comments

It's easier to get addicted to weed than alcohol in my opinion.

Alcohol addiction is very noticeable. People around you also notice. Alcohol will destroy both your mind and body. You're much more likely to be aware that you're addicted to alcohol than weed.

Weed addiction is slower. It starts out as only beneficial - until it isn't. Weed will only affect your mind. Unlike alcohol, it won't directly do physical harm to your body. The negative effects to your body from weed is indirect - such as getting lazy, munchies, etc.

>I not sure if it hurts peoples ability to learn, even if some people have some memory impairment.

This has to be a joke right?

Do you have family members who are below 18? If you truly believe what you said, you'd allow them to smoke weed and go to class.

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candiddevmike2y ago

You're painting with a pretty broad brush there. What's so bad about being lazy? What's wrong with eating certain kinds of food?

What are your thoughts on coffee/caffeine addiction?

aurareturnOP2y ago

When I quit smoking weed, I reflected on the reasons why I decided to quit.

Since HN is mostly pro-weed use, I will most likely get downvoted. But it doesn't matter. I was staunchly on the pro-weed side just a few weeks ago as well until I started reading the downsides and realized that most applied to me and I was an addict. I was a "responsible" user early on as well.

Perhaps this post will help someone else here realize the same.

Here they are:

1. Having a higher IQ

2. Actually getting REM sleep and feeling rested

3. Being able to remember stuff instead of forgetting everything. Even simple things like where I left the keys.

4. Not eating junk food and getting fat

5. Not looking extremely unattractive because I'm fat

6. Actually care about how I look

7. Being able to spend time with people who don't smoke weed. I lost touch with so many successful people because I only wanted to hang out with other stoners.

8. Having motivation and ambition again

9. Not revolving my life around getting high

10. Being a responsible son, friend, boyfriend, employee

11. Being able to work towards the life I actually want

12. Having better lung health

13. Not making my brain smaller

14. Saving money

15. Having dreams again. Both dreams when I'm asleep and dreams when I'm awake.

16. Not dealing with shady dealers (still illegal where I'm)

17. Not trying to convince sober friends to smoke with me and then having them politely decline my invitation

18. Not feeling like life is passing by while I'm high

19. Not having to hide the fact that I smoke weed from my parents, siblings

20. Not spending a huge amount of time on video games, pointless Youtube videos, and doom scrolling while I'm high

21. Not being antisocial

22. Not staying home by myself from 6pm - 2am getting high every evening

23. Not having to put "420 friendly" in my dating profile

24. Not putting off responsibilities

25. Not procrastinate to the max

26. Not having random paranoia while high

27. Not thinking about how I can get weed when I'm planning a trip

28. Not ignoring messages from old friends and family members because I'm more interested in getting high

29. Having a body that isn't built on junk food

30. Not spending an enormous amount of time researching strains and ways to smoke

>What are your thoughts on coffee/caffeine addiction?

I don't know. I don't have enough experience/thoughts on this.

eep_social2y ago

I wish you success in developing your three week old belief into a resilient source of intrinsic motivation. I hope for you that it is a sustainable and healthy belief.

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