Second Day Off Weed

[atpeace]

Sure I'll be back using but it feels so good at the moment.  Anybody feel this way when taking a break? 

 

It got to be too routine and wasn't really providing any pleasure so I stopped.  It became nearly impossible to spend quality time in the evenings with my sober partner because I was in a veg state after 8pm.  Also doing more and my to do list is actually shrinking.  Filed my 2022 taxes!  Probably 2023 this week and might add a new exercise room to the home. I wonder why booze has no impact on my motivation while weed really slows me down.

[RSD1]

Bad idea. You just killed your sex life. Don't stay off it long. 

[stoner]

9 hours ago, atpeace said:

I wonder why booze has no impact on my motivation while weed really slows me down.

 

probably down to your own personality and habits then. i have no problem getting motivated and i smoke daily. 

 

but good for you and congrats on quitting. treat it like smoking cigs. comes in 3's

 

3 hours

3 days

3 weeks

 

 

[2baht]

Can you give us a follow up report, say once a year? 🤔

[gargamon]

20 minutes ago, 2baht said:

Can you give us a follow up report, say once a year? 🤔

Oh. So you're not the guy who jumped out of his 12th story condo as someone posted in another thread.  

[atpeace]

49 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Oh. So you're not the guy who jumped out of his 12th story condo as someone posted in another thread.  

No, just a healthy person asking a question. Seems like the you and the posters above enjoy tearing down people.  I feel much better now and as I stated , will be back to using but the break is pleasant. Have a nice day.

[atpeace]

1 hour ago, stoner said:

 

probably down to your own personality and habits then. i have no problem getting motivated and i smoke daily. 

 

but good for you and congrats on quitting. treat it like smoking cigs. comes in 3's

 

3 hours

3 days

3 weeks

 

 

It is odd how different people react.  I know people that run races after smoking which I would find nearly impossible.  And as the other poster mentioned, having sex stoned is not ideal in my case but to each his own. 

 

Odd, some posters seem to be upset with my experience.  Strange...  AseanNow is more a contest of how to be the most insulting( not you) which is sad a reflection on those getting a rush from it.  

[atpeace]

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

Can you give us a follow up report, say once a year? 🤔

Why? Just asking a question and wondering if other got the same clarity when they stopped for a few days.  Are you thinking about taking a break?  Is it a bad thing to take a break?  Do you have issues with others that are bored with the high?  

[gargamon]

13 minutes ago, atpeace said:

No, just a healthy person asking a question. Seems like the you and the posters above enjoy tearing down people.  I feel much better now and as I stated , will be back to using but the break is pleasant. Have a nice day.

Actually it was a comment to @2baht. Congrats on giving up the weed. I did it some months back. After a week or so you'll be thinking much more clearly. 

[atpeace]

5 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Actually it was a comment to @2baht. Congrats on giving up the weed. I did it some months back. After a week or so you'll be thinking much more clearly. 

Thanks for the input.

 

My situation is mor extreme than most.  I live in a beautiful part of the country with a great partner but it on the edge of nowhere Thailand.  It has been an interesting experience the last 4 years but easy to slip into an unhealthy mental state if I don't stay active physically and mentally.  I only used at night but I was motivationally challenged well into the next day.  My 5:30am runs are now at 11am in the heat which is stupid. A pleasant experience evolved into a punishment 🙂 

[ChaiyaTH]

11 hours ago, atpeace said:

Sure I'll be back using but it feels so good at the moment.  Anybody feel this way when taking a break? 

 

It got to be too routine and wasn't really providing any pleasure so I stopped.  It became nearly impossible to spend quality time in the evenings with my sober partner because I was in a veg state after 8pm.  Also doing more and my to do list is actually shrinking.  Filed my 2022 taxes!  Probably 2023 this week and might add a new exercise room to the home. I wonder why booze has no impact on my motivation while weed really slows me down.

Feels good on your second day? How much did you smoke in the first place, because you would feel anything but good at day 2, maybe at day 5-7. Then as a consequence; you feel brighter, more social, sharp, get a <deleted> load of stuff done for X weeks, then realize, it is super boring to be that alert all the time and smoke again. 

[ChaiyaTH]

12 minutes ago, atpeace said:

Thanks for the input.

 

My situation is mor extreme than most.  I live in a beautiful part of the country with a great partner but it on the edge of nowhere Thailand.  It has been an interesting experience the last 4 years but easy to slip into an unhealthy mental state if I don't stay active physically and mentally.  I only used at night but I was motivationally challenged well into the next day.  My 5:30am runs are now at 11am in the heat which is stupid. A pleasant experience evolved into a punishment 🙂 

Interesting, I disagree to blame the weed on this though. I smoke daily from morning to evening a few since over 15 years. I always wake up early, I always do my work. Perhaps you were smoking too little, and then a heavy one before sleeping, causing you to sleep very deep and that would cause you to become sluggish and late.

 

To then not even start digging into what you actually smoke, indica or sativa etc etc. I always say weed highlights your weaknesses and strenghts, so work on them instead of blaming weed for highlighting what is already within you.

[stoner]

3 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

get a <deleted> load of stuff done for X weeks, then realize, it is super boring to be that alert all the time and smoke again. 

 

i have 5 posts to go on rebuilding my dads fence. all while zoo loo. i walk every morning and smoke right at the start of it. :)

 

[ChaiyaTH]

2 minutes ago, stoner said:

i have 5 posts to go on rebuilding my dads fence. all while zoo loo. i walk every morning and smoke right at the start of it. 🙂

Hehe I always start with a joint and coffees with 4 hours work, then I do a work out with dumbells, then a shave and shower + breakfast lunch at once. After 2-4 hours more and done for the day, all this wil smoking, just not super strong.

 

To me it is really like a medicine and mainly for the taste, i'd say i'm pretty much always at the same level of high 24/7. Id love building and painting some fences for money with a joint as long its not too hot yet in the early mornings.

[atpeace]

1 minute ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Feels good on your second day? How much did you smoke in the first place, because you would feel anything but good at day 2, maybe at day 5-7. Then as a consequence; you feel brighter, more social, sharp, get a <deleted> load of stuff done for X weeks, then realize, it is super boring to be that alert all the time and smoke again. 

Funny, probably right and as I stated it is a break. 

 

I don't use much and don't smoke anymore because my lungs were starting to cause problems. Constant hacking which evolved into having a hard time breathing.  I exercise often and have a mild case of exercised induced asthma.  I measure everything (strange I know) and I measure exactly .1 gram of about 20-25 THC which for me equates to about a gram if smoked.  This dose literally floored me initially but not now.  Edibles are my preferred method and it isn't even close.

[ChaiyaTH]

2 minutes ago, atpeace said:

Funny, probably right and as I stated it is a break. 

 

I don't use much and don't smoke anymore because my lungs were starting to cause problems. Constant hacking which evolved into having a hard time breathing.  I exercise often and have a mild case of exercised induced asthma.  I measure everything (strange I know) and I measure exactly .1 gram of about 20-25 THC which for me equates to about a gram if smoked.  This dose literally floored me initially but not now.  Edibles are my preferred method and it isn't even close.

I am totally not into edibles, even I know I should, as you say smoking is not exactly good, that is also the only argument against weed IMHO. To take regular breaks as a daily smoker is important in my opinion, I didn't mention that part but I usually have a week break with just 1-2 small pure ones when visiting Vietnam every 3-4 months.

 

Since I use Purize filters in my joints, I cough much less though, and the taste is better. I do mix with tobacco, love the taste.

[stoner]

6 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Hehe I always start with a joint and coffees

 

i've never had a single coffee in my life...... i know. i do have a protein shake though they are so yummy. how can i not. 

 

my work is cannabis too so that involved a lot of testing and more testing. 

[ChaiyaTH]

1 minute ago, stoner said:

i've never had a single coffee in my life...... i know. i do have a protein shake though they are so yummy. how can i not. my work is cannabis too so that involved a lot of testing and more testing. 

You are missing out on the good life then, try it with a coffee and a mixed hybrid joint.

[stoner]

2 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Since I use Purize filters in my joints, I cough much less though, and the taste is better. I do mix with tobacco, love the taste.

 

nooooooo. 

 

for taste you want glass tips. then you can put a cotton 5 or 6 ml filter in to block out chunks and some of the tar etc. 

 

glass tip joints are a whole new level of yummy.

[ChaiyaTH]

1 minute ago, stoner said:

 

nooooooo. 

 

for taste you want glass tips. then you can put a cotton 5 or 6 ml filter in to block out chunks and some of the tar etc. 

 

glass tip joints are a whole new level of yummy.

Just try purize activated charcoal filters with ceramic ends, they have glass too but that is not comparable at all, and you would not use that in a paper joint either. Me thinks you might do smoke too much in the early mornings lol.

[stoner]

2 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Me thinks you might do smoke too much in the early mornings lol.

 

like that's even a thing. 

[ChaiyaTH]

Just now, stoner said:

 

like that's even a thing. 

Just buy some of the xtra small ones with their papers, if you didn't like it i pay you back.

[atpeace]

17 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Interesting, I disagree to blame the weed on this though. I smoke daily from morning to evening a few since over 15 years. I always wake up early, I always do my work. Perhaps you were smoking too little, and then a heavy one before sleeping, causing you to sleep very deep and that would cause you to become sluggish and late.

 

To then not even start digging into what you actually smoke, indica or sativa etc etc. I always say weed highlights your weaknesses and strenghts, so work on them instead of blaming weed for highlighting what is already within you.

I get your perspective but we are very different which is fine.  I can't smoke all day and even if I could, wouldn't.  My lungs would be a mess which isn't the case for many more fortunate individuals.  I could take edibles all day but I enjoy most days and love my life the way it is without edibles.  Not saying it is perfect but I'm blessed to be in my place in life.  Not for all but it works for me.

 

You possess more weed knowledge than I ever will.  It sounds like you have had a great journey - congrats!

[ChaiyaTH]

2 minutes ago, atpeace said:

I get your perspective but we are very different which is fine.  I can't smoke all day and even if I could, wouldn't.  My lungs would be a mess which isn't the case for many more fortunate individuals.  I could take edibles all day but I enjoy most days and love my life the way it is without edibles.  Not saying it is perfect but I'm blessed to be in my place in life.  Not for all but it works for me.

 

You possess more weed knowledge than I ever will.  It sounds like you have had a great journey - congrats!

Nothing wrong with being sober, I just always feel sad if someone leaves weed behind forever, while it might not been the cause. In your cause, I understood already its just a break, i have no opinion otherwise on how people smoke, not my life. have a good one.

[ChaiyaTH]

7 hours ago, RSD1 said:

Bad idea. You just killed your sex life. Don't stay off it long. 

It's more likely the other way around to be honest. Most people get an increased desire for actual sex with a partner, when not smoking after smoking a lot.

[atpeace]

14 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

I am totally not into edibles, even I know I should, as you say smoking is not exactly good, that is also the only argument against weed IMHO. To take regular breaks as a daily smoker is important in my opinion, I didn't mention that part but I usually have a week break with just 1-2 small pure ones when visiting Vietnam every 3-4 months.

 

Since I use Purize filters in my joints, I cough much less though, and the taste is better. I do mix with tobacco, love the taste.

I don't think this is long term break but it might be.  I don't get addicted to things easily so quitting is easy and as you stated a week off probably has benefits.  Even having sex with a beautiful women can become routine and I enjoy sex much more than being high.  My point - all activities become boring if you don't get your mind in the right place which luckily I have always been able to do even if it takes me time to get there. 

[ChaiyaTH]

2 minutes ago, atpeace said:

I don't think this is long term break but it might be.  I don't get addicted to things easily so quitting is easy and as you stated a week off probably has benefits.  Even having sex with a beautiful women can become routine and I enjoy sex much more than being high.  My point - all activities become boring if you don't get your mind in the right place which luckily I have always been able to do even if it takes me time to get there. 

Yes it is like a sand clock: the bottom is smoking and the top is not smoking. Currently the top fills the bottom, but when the bottom is full, smoking is now dull, turning it around by not being a smoker would be fulfilling again. 

 

I seem to have some version where it takes less time when filling it up to the other side of it again though hehehe.

[atpeace]

6 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

It's more likely the other way around to be honest. Most people get an increased desire for actual sex with a partner, when not smoking after smoking a lot.

That's how it is for me. My partner doesn't indulge so she is ready at night and I'm pulling out my Kindle and ready to read a book.  

[bobbin]

I've stumbled across a Canadian woman on YouTube with the handle "cannabanista"..
 

She brings that female "style" element.. lots of pretty stash boxes etc..

 

The one I watched yesterday was about "tolerance" breaks. She's a fan, saying for her it's a good approach.

 

In my opinion the OP  seems to be working hard to justify his break. Probably due to some of the pushback from some early responders.

 

I wouldn't bother with a tolerance break but I do control when I smoke. Mid-afternoon at the earliest, just before a nap. Then later in the evening to enjoy the buzz before sleep.. 😌

[Denim]

It often turns out that less is more .

 

You will probably enjoy something more if it is not habitual and taken for granted.