Replies to '04/16 Drug Troubles'
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April 16, 2008, 2:34 pm PDT
 Quote From: sarabear Yes my mom has been smoking pot for forty years my father about the same. She thinks she is totally normal because pot is natural blah blah blah. The house my parents live in should be condemned, neither one of them lived up to their potential. My brother is now a functioning alcoholic working beneath potential as well. They all live in denial, much like you do, but they have never done anything crazy or violent or been arrested. In fact they would actually be living life more if they did. I believe my mom has brain damage from all the years of pot smoking, people literally pity her when she speaks. They didnt die, nothing horrible happened but like I said in an earlier post that isnt how it goes. People smoke pot to cope with things they dont want to deal with and so it never gets dealt with and before they know it their life is over. It like existing between dead and alive. Its like living nowhere. I am a child who watched her parents stay the same, they never grew up. Addiction is addiction it doesnt matter if it is legal or not and it doesnt really much matter what it is. The stronger drugs just bring you to your knees faster, the milder ones are like sticking a frog in water and slowly increasing the heat, which to me makes them insidious and worse.
With all do respect you are full of crap. How do I know that, because I used to sound like you and because I have seen what is at the end of your pot doesnt hurt anybody denial/rationalization rainbow.
Living in denial? That's what's full of crap. Look. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH. I'll keep living and being in "denial" and whatever but that doesn't change the fact that I know happy, HEALTHY, good, honest people who are some of the least violent and crazy people I know and yes, they smoke pot. And no, they're not addicted because most of them go for long periods of time without it (I hear about it later) and their behavior doesn't change. I bet that almost everyone on here has a friend that does it and they don't know. I know of a nurse that doesn't care if her son does it because she KNOWS it doesn't affect him in a bad way. (She grew up in the era BEFORE the war on drugs, so she's not programmed to hate it. Her husband smoked all his life and she was fine with it.) In fact, MANY people that I know that do smoke have excellent jobs AND family. If your mom got brain damage from ONLY pot then I wonder why I can have intelligent conversations with older adults (like, 40s and 50s) who admit to doing lots of weed and even other drugs and drinking and they still speak fine. I HAVE EVEN SEEN SOME PEOPLE LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I have seen some potheads who are lazy and who do stupid stuff. Again, usually it's not even the pot, but I won't deny that pot has the possibilty (not guarantee) of someone reacting bad to it. I think it sucks, but again, not everyone can handle it. I think that people start being violent and crazy when they use pot to COPE with stuff but amazingly, not everyone uses it for that! Sometimes, they only smoke occasionally when they're hanging out with friends! I know people who ONLY do it when they're hanging out with friends and they're not using it to "cope with problems" and they're fine. It's kind of like alcohol. If you use it to cope with things, it will mess you up. If you use it moderately and only to have just a little bit of fun, then that's fine. Dr Phil even said he doesn't mind if someone has a glass of wine every day. That's basically saying if you don't abuse alcohol, it's ok to have an occasional drink. So why is it that no one can have an occasional joint? Because again, I see way less trouble with people who only smoke compared to the ones who drink. Some of the drinkers get insane. But I will never be convinced that someone is crazy and violent when they're not just because you've seen people like that. Please, do not tell me that it's impossible for someone to be perfectly normal while also being an occasional pothead, because it is true. There is also the chance that they will abuse it, though, like alcohol. I will NEVER be convinced that the well educated, well spoken, friendly, honest, hard working people that I know will occasionly smoke pot at ANYTHING but what I SEE WITH MY OWN EYES. I can be convinced that some people can't handle it (it's true! some people can't!) but you won't convince me to see what's not there in someone just because you think you're a expert on weed and how it affect everyone because you know some people who use it. If I'm in denial, then whatever. It won't change my life, or any of my friend's lives. I'll just have to suffer the agony of knowing potheads and not getting violence or insanity from them. |
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