Share with HN: Today I didn't use marijuana for the first time in 16 years
If you don't think marijuana is addictive, than you don't smoke like I do. For the last 16 years I have been completely stoned by this time of day. I used marijuana for the first time when I was 15. I am 30 now. In the meantime, I went to and graduated from a top college, was an honors student, an "entrepreneur scholar", won a ton of cannabis awards and have been mostly a complete pothead.
I am in the cannabis industry, which makes stopping getting high that much harder. Last year I won 4 High Times Cannibus Cups, the year before I won 2. I have finished in the top 3 a bunch of other times and top 10 with everything I have ever submitted to the cup. I have won other lesser known cups and finished second in the latest cup. In the high times issue out this month, the cannabis I grow is 7 out of the 20 "strongest strains on earth." And that includes the number 1 highest tested CBD strain. 20%cdb with minuscule amounts of THC. Yet seems to me these last 24 hours are a bigger accomplishment than anything I have ever done in my life. I didn't smoke weed today; and I know that for a lot of people thats pretty normal.
All in all I have to stop being a slave to cannabis. Once I realized that, I was done, because its too true. Everything I do is for that beautiful maryjane.
I post this to brag, I fucking did it, 1 whole day . But I hope its clear if I did it, you can too. HN is my community; I have learned so much about life here and this is where I come to share my life and knowledge and learn from other people with similar interests and possibly similar life experiences so while this might not be exactly on topic, its whats happening with members of our community and hopefully this can shed some light on that.