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Should I Smoke Again?
I'm really not sure whether I should try smoking pot again. I will absolutely, never, ever become a "pot head" but I'm not completely against doing it once in a while. I'm just a bit torn because my first experience with pot wasn't the best
My first experience with alcohol was fine. I was nervous at first being the sort of uptight, kind of anxious person I am, but it did nothing to me but made me giddy and kind of hyper. No crazy, unexpected feelings. Now, I probably drink, like once a week with friends. I went up to visit my older brother in college one weekend and he told me he wanted me to try smoking pot. I was very, very excited because I'd always wanted to feel what it's like to be high. My brother and his friends who have kind of become potheads showed me the bag of weed and told what "great stuff" it was and how high we would get. Anxiously, I went with my brother into the woods so we could smoke. I took 3 or 4 pretty big hits, we went back inside, and I felt a little lightheaded but nothing else.
Afterwards we went to a party at my brother's friends house and a lot of people were there, all of whom I didn't know. I had a few sips of alcohol but that was it. I was getting really anxious to smoke again. I was GOING to get high that night. We finally went to the back and smoked again. I had 3 HUGE hits. One was so big I almost threw up coughing.
A couple minutes later we went back in and I felt kind of sick, dizzy, and really out of it. Literally as I was telling my brother that I didn't feel good, I was hit with this crazy feeling of not being conscious for a second and not being inside my own body, and everything looked distorted for a second. I started crying hysterically and I was shaking and just felt so uncomfortable. I felt like I was going unconscious every other second.
We left immediately and I cooled down a little. We got back and it was just my brother and me in his room and we ate and listened to music and I laughed hysterically at everything and felt a lot better. I still felt like I was in outer space though, especially in the few minutes my brother's friend came into the room, in which I started feeling very uncomfortable again. So, the second half of my experience being stoned was quite pleasant but still a little freaky.
A few questions: Do you think I smoked too much and was overly high for my first time? Did the fact that this weed was such "good stuff" partly cause my little episode? Did my anxiety attack come from being in a foreign place with strangers? If I smoke again will I feel more comfortable since I know what to expect? Next time should I just try to ingest the smoke with out smoking a joint? or weed brownies? What are ways of preventing freaking out? Are there levels of high or are you just high? Is it normal to feel as out of it as I did just being moderately high?
I NEED closure with this. I will probably smoke again just because of that but I'd love to hear your thoughts. THANK YOU
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No i used to and i ended up in rehab! No it does alot mOre damage than you think it does!
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If you want my honest opinion... don't smoke weed. don't smoke.. period. not even cigarettes. I'm a teenage girl and let me tell you this.. Its SO UNATTRACTIVE!!! i'm sorry if this isn't what you want to hear, but I find it extremely disgusting.. :/
But if you want to do it, fine go ahead. When I think about it.. It won't get you anywhere in life.. it doesn't benefit you.. so why do it then???
Your description pretty much says you felt uncomfortable and had anxiety attacks.. why would you want to feel like that again?? If I was in your shoes, I'd seriously wouldn't even think about doing it again. If it was that bad of an experience, I wouldn't want to experience that again. Dude, it doesn't get you anywhere in life. It doesn't help you at all.. its illegal.. did you ever think about that? what happens if you get caught? do you really want to risk that? what will all of your friends think about you? what about your family? won't you be ashamed..?
Think twice about this.. no 3 times. I wouldn't risk my health just for something so stupid like this.. I'm into sober fun. I feel better about myself that way. Instead of "getting high" and "drunk" in order to have fun..
Have you seen those commercials that say "above the influence?" yeah.. take a look at those commercials.. when someone takes hits or gets drunk, you're not yourself. You're changing your attitude and the way you perceive things differently. So in reality, you're not having any fun because its not the real you. When you're sober and not high, thats the real you. Wouldn't you want to go out and have fun and KNOW that YOU'RE having fun.. not some high dude inside of you. You won't even remember what you were doing. Do you really want to have fun that way??
Oh and 1 more thing.. put yourself in someone elses shoes.. like your family or a close friend. What do you think they would say about this? what do you think they would say about YOU? I'm pretty sure they would be disappointed in you. They raised you better than that. But of course, I don't know your family very well. But my family grew me up to be a smart girl. And I KNOW that getting drunk and high is not smart. Its not who I am, Its not who I want to be. Think about this.. seriously..
You will get much more respect and appreciation from people if you don't get involved with the wrong things like getting drunk for fun or getting high for fun.
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There is a lot more that can be said, and I think the others have coverd it, but put simply:
Panic attacks can be fatal.
Do you wish to take a chance on death?
If not, then let your dope smoking days be behind you. If you should ever have another PA that isn't pot related, then it is a good idea to seek professional help.
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Why would you try again? What is driving you to NEED closure?
Would you need closure if you'd had a bad response to Red Bull?
If eating salmon gave you an allergic reaction that landed you in hospital?
If you had a bad experience with speed?
Seriously. Why the hell is this so damn important?
Most people, when they ingest something that doesn't agree with, stop ingesting it. They don't say "I need closure, so I better eat some salmon again and see what happens!"
It's not good enough to just say "It's important to me!" That's a copout. That's refusing to explore your own beliefs and opinions. That’s not a reason. That’s an excuse.
No one here can tell you why your first experience happened the way it did. So many factors could be at play, not just the ones you listed, but how tired you are, what you had to eat and just the person you are! You, your body chemistry might not deal well with pot. We don’t know. You don’t know. You might not EVER know.
Accept it.
Smoke pot or don’t smoke pot, but choose freely and acknowledge there is always a risk of a negative reaction: Even if you smoke pot for years, you might one day have another bad experience. Stop looking for answers and explanations that don’t exist. Our bodies are not identical machines. Different people experience things differently. You don’t necessarily need to know why - more importantly, you might never know. You just need accept that it is the truth and that some things are not controllable. The kind of trip you get off of psychotropic drug is definitely not a thing you can control with any confidence.
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I used to be a 'stoner', so this comes from experience. I used to smoke alot, and then randomly one day I got a panic attack. It was roughly around what you're describing. I quit for two weeks, then I decided I'd like to try it one more time, and guess what? It happened again. And since then I haven't had any. I mean, sure there's fun moments, but do you really want to risk that feeling again? I would say not to do it. Just remember the fun parts, and live your life without smoking it because really, is it worth it? Hope this helped you in some way. :)
~RF
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