I don’t do any pharmaceutics, don’t drink alcohol, don’t smoke nicotine, don’t gamble, don’t watch porn, don’t have any legacy social media. I’ve been fortunate that I never caught the bug for any one of those given examples.

But god damn man, weed is my vice. Smoke ~3.5g a week. Not awful, but not great. Tough to be healthcentric while smoking anything combustible. A habit of about 10 years. Slowly recognizing my dependence on it. Gotta start working towards cutting that back. Not sure I’ll ever quit, but a reduction seems necessary.

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Weed is pretty cool

I love weed. Unfortunately loving a substance is a bad deal mmkay

Maybe šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

"Spirituality" and "meditation" have led me to break free. But also the thing I'm breaking free from inspired me to spirituality and meditation šŸ˜†

I just quit again after 30 years.

Its been about a month.

Its really not addictive.

But it is very habit forming.

Good for you! Reduce little bit at a time. See the world through a new fresh lens. :)

Switching to a dry herb vape might help you get started...

This is the one I got but they have other good ones too. Great quality.

https://arizer.ca/solo2/

I love vaporizing flower. I barely ever combust.

Don’t let perfect be the barrier of the good. Try to switch to edibles if you can handle those and then limit the consumption. I never get high alone.

nostr:npub100rse6q23xxvfvlp05ye97shyexlrz8peqrtvrk4gsjw3dql26rqxu63y7 nostr:npub16jknkmh2luflurx2epkj99qyj7v2ut3ew7t2mfd7xxt9jtjku2nsj2gqp0 for years I was on solventless rosin. Figured there’s no excess nonsense remaining post extraction. Vaporization rather than combustion. But I wonder how much better that waxy concentrate is on your alveoli. I feel like if I’m weighing which one is the lesser of two evils, I’m in the wrong fight to begin with.

I stayed away from that and felt safer with the dry herb vape all natural but who knows. I did grow my own and now have to give away about 20 ounces šŸ˜†šŸ»

I rarely consume concentrates. A solid flower vape is my favorite. My newest one is the best I’ve ever had and I consider myself a vape connoisseur. It can be used with any type of bong as well. Wood and metal, no plastic, made in Finland. Mix bubble hash into the flower for an extra kick. They aren’t sponsoring me, but they should! Haha.

https://tinymightvape.com/index.php?route=common/home

the one i posted in this thread is called the Airizer, made in Canada. Glass and metal. I was very happy with it when I was using it and quitting smoking. Just looked at this one, wow very compact! definitely comparable with everything else but very pricey!

I found myself over time transitioning to 50/50 THC/CBD mixes, and only smoking on weekends. I found high THC plants were affecting me too much days after smoking.

While eating it might be healthier, I just enjoy the experience of smoking better. A shaman once told me that smoking is all about the intention.

Lots of people who smoke tobacco, do it while stressed out. They inhale and exhale with the sole intention of getting their nicotine quick. With cannabis, some people do it the same way, simply trying to get high quickly. That's when the negative health effects kick in.

It may sound like voodoo bs, but I totally get what he means. I think there's lots of truth to it.

I buy into that completely. Thousands of years of meditative practice is predicated on breathing. Which…honestly…is sortve what’s been bothering me. I don’t have any trouble with my lungs, but…idk. There’s something to it. Respiration is the pre-requisite for our lives.

I think a good tell is when people cough a lot from smoking. They just haven't learned to how enjoy their blunt, by taking their time. We've all been there at some point. Some just never learn.

I haven't smoked in two months, but in general, I usually do it twice a week. It's been the case for probably a decade now. Yet, I've had zero issues with my lungs.

I think that’s my aim as of now. Just…get it under control a bit. Intention is the right word. I think often I get bored or I’m not moving with intention, so it’s easy to take a rip and sortve ā€œrun awayā€.

Makes me super introspective and I would be an *even more* arrogant prick without it. Which also may be a problem. Love the perspective it gives me when I need it. I just don’t know if I need it 6 times a day anymore lol

Yeah, I get what you mean. I felt at one point that I needed it to reflect and think through things. I realised I was just using it as an excuse to smoke more than I needed.

Now, it's more of a relaxing weekend thing, and I enjoy it so much more than I did before because it feels special. I actually look forward to it.

It's the same as coffee. I go to work in the esrly morning, walk my dog when I get back, workout, then have my coffee around 1030-11am when I'm chilling by the window. It's such a chill feeling, that I look forward to it each day.

The fine line between use and abuse! If I had a dollar for every time my father told me that ā€œeverything requires moderationā€ā€¦

Love the idea of not feeling like I ā€œneedā€ anything exogenous. Entertainment, drugs, any instant dopaminergic stimulus.

Isn’t that what we all did as kids? Just raw-dogged life with nothing but a full sack of balls

Once you stop for a few months you'll never go back. For a while it felt like weed was a shitty Bitcoin L2, like I was smoking my sats away. I believe in you anon.

I used to smoke a quarter on the weekends and a quarter on the weekdays now just once every two weeks not by choice though

Roll Tide baby! What you mean ā€œnot by choiceā€ though?

I don't openly smoke in front of family and it's much harder in our new place plus I'm about to start looking for a job

Roll tide

Gotta get on that Extract Labs vape.