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Originally Posted by rico
From the age of 17 all the way until 3-4 years ago (age 31), I smoked pot probably 300 days of the year on average. And I don’t think there is anything ****ing wrong with it. I am not ashamed of it. Pot opened my mind, helped me find humor in things when things weren’t going well, instilled GOOD decision making...seriously, I would kick back and think things through thoroughly before making decisions unlike alcohol...which brings out the impulsive, 50 foot tall and nuke bomb proof version of me that I hate. I credit some of my worst decisions I’ve made in life to alcohol. I lose my inhibitions sometimes. Never with pot...ever.
And now I work at a place where I am subject to random piss tests. I just got off work and after a stressful night like tonight, there is nothing that I would rather do right now than just kick back and smoke a bowl and watch Always Sunny. But no. Random piss tests. And I make relatively decent money, so it would be catastrophic if I lost my job. It pisses me the **** off. I hate having to resort to the occasional beer-drinking after work because alcohol is, for sure, much worse for me than weed is. Seriously, **** this shit. I wish they would test you in a manner which they can tell when you had smoked and if you were stoned at work. All I want to do is smoke a ****ing bowl when I get off work in the morning and the kids are off to school...and there is nothing ****ing wrong with that. Hell, being 3rd shift, it’d ****ing help me sleep. And of course, alcohol keeps me up.
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You found weed helped you sleep? I felt the same way in terms of it helping me get to sleep but not for quality of sleep. I remember being stoned a lot before going to bed and barely dreaming. I think marijuana has an effect on the REM sleep cycle where disrupts the last stage of it and thus we don’t dream. Not dreaming at night sucks. It was no coincedence to me as to why I wasn’t remembering information.
I’ve quit now for about a month and Im dreaming like crazy and also remembering stuff way better than I did going to sleep at night stoned. I think marijuana plays a role in impairing our memory by disrupting the last stage of the REM sleep cycle. I feel that difference at least in my life.