I don't mess with over the counter stuff. That shit doesn't work. It's all in yer head. A headache will go away, I don't waste time hoping that a magic pill will make it disappear faster. I don't like to be dependent on anything, but myself.
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Everyone around me smokes.
My best friends, my brother, my co-workers, pretty much anyone I socialize with.
With that said, I have smoked marijuana before. Curiosity was what got to me. I was in college the first time I tried it. For a good 3 years I smoked with my friends. I will admit, I didn't waste any money on this sort of thing though, because I wouldn't buy any. I would just leech off my friend's supplies. When it came time for me to start chipping in, I "quit."
So, I almost lost my friends at one point because I didn't smoke. It was a pretty fucked up situation I thought. Childhood friends not calling me anymore when they all got together just because I wasn't going to smoke with them.
Eventually that all passed. They said they thought it would be weird for me if I was around them and not smoking. I assured them that that was not the reason I wanted to hang out and for a good year I didn't smoke, but hung out with a group of stoners.
I was like I was an anthropologist studying a group of natives in their secret habitat from the outside. I almost felt out of place, thank goodness I had booze! (insert corny joke)
In the end, my friends said they thought I was becoming distant, which was why they stopped calling to hang out with me. That, to them, they felt that my choice to stop smoking with them was like a punch in the face, like I was subliminally telling them I was better then them or something. I never thought it through that far. I just wanted to see how strong my willpower was.
To stay around them for a year and not smoke when I was able to. That told me a lot about myself.
I drink. I drink like a champ. I have never drank anything alcoholic alone, so you can rule out alcoholism or anything of the sort. I enjoy a safe environment, among friends for me to get stupid and cause a couple laughs. Yes, I have gone overboard, but eh....it's life. "You only live once," or so they say.
I have never tried anything worse then weed. It's not the "one" fun trip that leads up to a lifetime of dependence.
I have my fun, but I know my limits. I'll stick to booze most of the time nowadays, but even that has lessened as the years pass.
Huzzah!
