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st1llnox
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If I could master weed moderation
#19248810 - 12/09/13 05:12 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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The world could be my empire. Or at least closer to that than where I've been. I'm going to take a week off everything each month, but being blasted for 3-3.5 weeks straight a month isn't moderation, period.
What're your tips to keep moderated?
How often do you smoke?
How high do you tend to get when you do smoke?
I need to figure out two fronts and want to know what worked for you!
#1: Enough is plenty: Sometimes I overdo it. I'm one of those people that often drinks till he blacks out, so this isn't unique to weed.
#2: Rarer is better: This is the frequency--not the magnitude--of future seshes. I can smoke every day, including up to maybe 2x a day, and still function but let's be honest: that's expensive and might actually be less enjoyable overall.
The main thing here is just that there's not much else going on in my life, so the good news is it will only get easier as stuff gets rolling more 
Am I thinking too much about this? I tend to get too theoretical--maybe this is just one of those " <JUST DO IT, smoke less often, tell yourself no, you'll feel better" kind of things.
I also thought about seeing if I could use it as a force to help perpetuate improving things in my life (i.e. I get one sesh for every 2 miles I run--who could argue that THAT's not healthy? haha)
God, actually that last sentence might be the best idea I've ever had.
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DoomSquirrel
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: st1llnox]
#19248847 - 12/09/13 05:41 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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If you asking if rewarding yourself after/during workout is good idea, then from my experience I can tell you that it works, but you can easily start abusing it the same way you are doing it right now. When I don't feel in mood to exercise I toke and take it off, but it's not difficult to take more and more, which makes training not enjoyable. Also if you run, best high to get is after cardio, when I smoke before or during I feel overstretched like rubber. Nevertheless many athletes and guys at gym smoke to calm yourself down and numb down soreness, weed is also strong anti inflammatory agent.
What's up with sticker on you cap though?
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st1llnox
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: DoomSquirrel]
#19248866 - 12/09/13 06:00 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks for the useful reply! I actually threw that hat away but I have my black on black one I still wear (that merely *implies* Roor as a friend put it). I am/used to be a bit of a bro is why it was there I guess. If you'd have replied earlier I might've thought to put the douchebag sticker on my avvy's Santa hat but there's something fundamentally wrong about making Pickles a fratbro type lol.
I don't get what you mean though... what makes training not enjoyable? Like cheating on your toking/doing it before?
I was thinking it'd be more of a credits thing with like a limit of 3 in the bank, or maybe I should do like every 3 or 4 miles I get 1 day where I can toke.
It was very useful to hear this can be a tenable approach!
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ModestMouse
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: st1llnox]
#19248969 - 12/09/13 06:58 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Do it on weekends only
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Into The Woods
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: st1llnox]
#19248991 - 12/09/13 07:08 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nice new Christmas avatar. 
What're your tips to keep moderated?
As cliché as this advice may be, it remains true! Just find things you're interested in to keep yourself and your mind busy. Exercise was a really good suggestion. Anything that helps relieve the often crushing boredom of sobriety when you're used to being high or inebriated. Something I found particularly helpful when I gave up smoking pot was stretching my intellectual muscles which for me was something I'd long needed to do. Find subjects that appeal to you that you know nothing about/wish you did and read up! Hell, take short courses if you're up for it. There's plenty of mental stimulation to be had by in that manner. Something else to do could be to find a second job and save up some cash, that would keep you busier. Save up/ work towards something you've always wanted to do but never got around to doing. Gives you something to look forward to, as well. You could also find some new hobbies. I could type out a million of them, but here's a giant list of potential interests if you want to skim through it - List of hobbies. Whether you're trying to quit or simply smoke less, it's all worth thinking about.
How often do you smoke?
I smoked every day for about five years.
How high do you tend to get when you do smoke?
Not very. I had such a tolerance that it was more of a hazy buzz that subtly but surely allowed me to continue to not give a fuck or assess myself and recognize how generally unmotivated I was in life. I'm glad I finally gave it up. The other day however, I ate a magic cookie someone gave me and it just fucking wrecked me. I was straight up put me on a bakery shelf next to the pies, out of my mind high as fuck.
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FrozenHappiness
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What're your tips to keep moderated?
Having an ultimate plan for my money is probably the largest contributing factor in keeping my weed use moderated. Neither my wife or I earn alot, we have food to buy, rent and bills to pay, and we don't beleive in going in to debt, so what ever moeny is left over after the main expendetures goes into savings for a new car/car repairs, we're slowly saving up for property, and we're saving for a trip to Austrailia after we graduate college. Basically every dollar has a name and very few of them are named marijuana
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How often do you smoke?
Usually one to three times a month. Some times more, but not much more. An 8th of good weed can last me 2-3 months
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How high do you tend to get when you do smoke?
I like to get high, not baked out of my skull. I take one or two hits tops and I am comfortably stoned. Any more and I get unpleasantly high, and I end up not enjoying myself.
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I took 1 month off from weed and found it easy.
Now I'm doing it twice a week max, sometimes once.
It works out, it gets easier, I don't even yearn for it when it's in the house, which I thought would be an issue.
I've not changed my life though, in fact there's no fucking difference, the only thing it taught me is that sober sleep is better, and that marijuana causes very little physical, or mental harm.
Having said that, I don't think I'd want to go back to daily use. I'd feel tied down to it, felt like I needed it for any type of fun. When you don't rely on it, you feel like you can just enjoy things as they are.
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: st1llnox]
#19249342 - 12/09/13 09:57 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Break your weed up into very small pieces. Just smoke that don't pack a full pipe and smoke the whole thing.
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st1llnox
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: Eggtimer]
#19249428 - 12/09/13 10:27 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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ModestMouse said: Do it on weekends only
Oh dude that'd be hella easy if I were FUCKING ACTUALLY AT SCHOOL (lol but really). Just like with fapping when you're on a tight schedule, I'd be so busy some days that I'd forget to do drugs I've got another 6 months with the rents. I'm not sure how I'm going to keep my sanity but I think if I get shit going and keep weed as a bonus I'll be alright. Thanks for your input ModestMan! Like your new avvy BTW... I'm always impressed when people custom make gifs, especially out of a video like your last one.
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I don't even yearn for it when it's in the house, which I thought would be an issue.
Light at the end of the tunnel Thanks for sharing your experience... I'll be keeping that in mind to remind myself it's not like I'm fighting H or something lol.
Egg, thanks too for the very practical tip. I'll have to start doing that... maybe rationing them out too or something. Make me an advent calendar where there's weed behind certain random doors.
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: st1llnox]
#19249451 - 12/09/13 10:34 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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One thing that works for me when I'm moderating is to try to only take one hit where I might otherwise take several. That and try to save it for only after work.
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st1llnox
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: nicechrisman]
#19249471 - 12/09/13 10:40 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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That's good chrismandawg Come to think of it, honestly there've been times where I'm at the end of a bag and there's only a hit or two when I'd take 4-8 normally and by the time the high settles in, I'm totally content after that little bit.
I just have that "more the better, most the best" attitude leftover while I'm trying to switch to a nicer "enough is plenty" one 
Appreciate the tip!
-------------------- Back, bitches. st1lln0x: so i'm on weed, temazepam, adderall, dexedrine, dxm, dph, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, tryptophan, GABA, and kratom Cavemen_savemen: st1lln0x, do you feel like a robot yet? st1lln0x: I feel like a fucking Gundam Click to friend me on Steam for Counter-Strike
IS LIFE SKULLFUCKING YOU!? HAVE SOME FREE MORALE! Click if you want to feel you alone can do it! Click if you want to feel confident and beastly! Click if you want courage to let go and move on! And click the message if you need someone to talk to -- I'll understand, even if we "hate" each other on here
  
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: st1llnox]
#19249849 - 12/09/13 12:17 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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What're your tips to keep moderated?
Don't buy that much weed. When I need to cut down I'll smoke myself dry then only buy an eighth to last the week. I usually smoke an Ounce every 2 weeks so...
How often do you smoke?
Every day. On a good day it'll just be before bed, or a couple times in the evening. On an average day I'll pull out a one hitter while I run from work to the store for a bottle of water just to deal with working in a mall.
How high do you tend to get when you do smoke?
If I haven't smoked all day and I pull out the bong, I kiss the earth good bye and go eat everything in my path. But usually I'm so perma-baked I just think more. I smoke way too much though.
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: shroomy stan]
#19249956 - 12/09/13 12:41 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Pretend youre on probation.
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: st1llnox]
#19250022 - 12/09/13 12:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I really like to use substances as a reward. I've tried my very hardest to avoid any substance use from becoming part of my daily routine. I've got friends who smoke daily and yes, they enjoy it, but its not rewarding, its expected and routine.
90% of the time, the only days I will smoke are a Friday night and a Saturday night. There are other occasions like concerts, festivals, or big parties, where I will binge and smoke a large amount in 2 or 3 days, but that really only occurs 4 or 5 times a year at max.
It can be tough for me not smoking everyday, sometimes I wish I could just sit back and smoke a J on a wednesday, but I don't let myself, and it makes that friday night sesh that much more enjoyable.
I stand by the belief that moderation takes discipline but it truly does make the experience fresher and more worthwhile. You also may begin to appreciate sobriety a bit more (not saying you don't, just in general for anybody)
If you have any more questions let me know! I remember you mentioning that you were gonna start running, tha'ts a fantastic substitute for smoking, go for a run and when you come back just sitting on your couch will be real rewarding
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: OliverJames]
#19250079 - 12/09/13 01:12 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I smoke 3 hits a day usually. Little tiny hits. One at lunch time, one at dinner time and one at bed time. My wife does the same and an ounce of weed can last a good 6 months or longer between us. I learned over the course of 34 years since I started, that I don't need to get ripped each time. All I need is mild change of brain. When you do less, you notice small amounts more.
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Into The Woods
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Re: If I could master weed moderation [Re: Agentchewy]
#19251672 - 12/09/13 06:20 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Agentchewy said: Pretend youre on probation.
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