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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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I confess I came late to trying it. It was maybe 5 years ago. I never bothered at university, just passed the joint past me without taking it.
When I tried it I liked the total feeling of liberated silliness, and the lack of hangover.
My son stopped regular use when he found his brain was getting fuddled. Sometimes he smokes it now, mostly he doesn't.
Others say it "clarifies their thinking".
I do know that I feel horny as hell when I smoke it!
I was wondering about thoughts and experiences here?
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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marc
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Needs to get a life! |
Registered: March 2003
Messages: 4729
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It is illegal here where I live.
I will not allow it in my house.
Horny, fuddled, or otherwise.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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I was a regular - pretty much daily - user from the ages of 15-21. I found that it helped release the more light-hearted side of me ... I've always had a problem with appearing a lot more serious than I actually am. I never found that it affected my libido.
I can't comment on the long-term effect on thinking, as I was taking acid (LSD) every two or three months as well from age 16 onwards, and *that* definitely did have a very profound effect on me: leading to a probably-very-overdue breakdown, and eventually to an effective resolution. No regrets, but definitely not recommended for everyone!
The last time I smoked dope was the summer of 1977, when I was in Afghanistan on the hippy trail - by that time it fell under the heading of "sampling the local delicacies while on holiday" rather than regular use! But several of my friends still have the odd joint, and have been doing so for over 30 years (and are welcome to do so in my house) ... it doesn't seem to have affected their ability to think when they are not stoned.
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night devoid of stars." Martin Luther King
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Dear Timmy,
I never have tried recreational drugs and don't want to.The only mind-affecting drug I've ever taken voluntarily is alcohol. I suppose I've been drunk five or six times in my life. I have a wine cellar and drink wine practically every day, but don't seem to notice the lack of it when I don't. For example when I went to a croquet tournament last month I went more than two days without and only realised it as I write this.
My reason for not trying drugs is that I don't want to mess about with my mind. My ability to think straight (oh Dear!) is what has made my life what it is and I wouldn't risk losing that. I guess I'm afraid of losing it (and I am losing it, gradually as a side effect of age).
And I'm already silly enough to giggle without having to take something to help me.
Nowadays we don't even let guests staying with us smoke tobacco indoors - never mind cannabis.
Love,
Anthony
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acam wrote:
> Dear Timmy,
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> I never have tried recreational drugs and don't want to.The only mind-affecting drug I've ever taken voluntarily is alcohol. I suppose I've been drunk five or six times in my life. (snip)
Interesting. I gave up alcohol at the age of 19, partly because I found it definitely clouded my thinking and judgement (and partly because I felt that I was becoming a bit dependent on it). Most other drugs I tried in my wilder years (ie almost anything available) I was very aware of how altered my judgement and thinking were ... with alcohol, at the time I felt I was acting "normally" even though in retrospect I was totally out of control.
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night devoid of stars." Martin Luther King
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I've never tried it. I've had three cigarettes in my life, and they were all horrible, so I've no urge to move on to cannabis. Plus I'm anxious about the 'brain getting fuddled' bit -- my memory's bad enough as it is!
David
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I had a couple of ciggies at school and disliked them one made me sick. that was that. I tried a puff of 'weed' at college and disliked that also so no further experiments were undertaken. I drink modestly and usually only socially or with a meal, never alone.
Paul.
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unsui
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Registered: September 2007
Messages: 338
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Yes, NW, I find that fascinating. I drink and don't feel much affected by it: You have been happy to take other drugs because they make you aware how affected you have been.
Neither of us wanted to be addicted. Now we both recognise that we don't want to be totally out of control. [BTW I think I was only thus when I say I was drunk.]
I do think that I would drop alcohol immediately if I thought I was getting dependent on it. What I would do with the cellar full of wine is another problem! 
Love,
Anthony
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Timmy wrote:
>Others say it "clarifies their thinking".>
Isn't that the same kind of 'clarity of thinking' you get when you're drunk?
Hugs
N
PS - this celebrates my 1000th post, making me a mere babe in arms compared with our more consummate contributors, but an achievemnet for me. But damn! If I'd kept my eye on the counter I'd have written something more momentous for the 1000th post. The cliché 'You really ought to get out more' comes to mind.
[Updated on: Sat, 04 October 2008 16:53]
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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