Alcohol vs Weed

If had to choose for a typical evening, weed or alcohol

  • Alcohol

    Votes: 230 63.5%
  • Weed

    Votes: 132 36.5%

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Gunnerclone

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This is the second comment I see related to stress/anxiety. I too fall into that camp. I've been recently diagnosed with ADHD and have always had pretty severe anxiety. Of all things, I was sitting in a meeting with a psychiatrist I was working with professionally who commented on my ADHD and how well I've learned to deal with it. I never thought it could be ADHD (my mother/brother are poster children of bad cases so my problems didn't even look like problems compared to them). That inspired me to actually seek medical help through therapy and medication.

I felt that adderall actually helped me control my anxiety a bit by helping "me" control my thoughts vs my brain just taking over. I don't like taking medication/drugs/alcohol due to the fear of losing control. I still drink in moderation but really don't like how it makes me feel and still fear getting drunk were "I'm" no longer in control. Its a vicious cycle. Having anxiety over taking medication that can help with anxiety. WTF lol.

I dabbled in CBD a few years ago when it was readily available before they cracked down on it and found it really helped. I've smoked weed a few times in my life and honestly preferred that vs alcohol. I'm VERY interested in edibles but again the anxiety of getting caught/fired/having my name in the paper is enough to stop me. Which is a shame because I feel like a microdose of THC/CBD could be one of the best treatments for me.

Good luck brother!
I too suffer from ADHD with both depression and anxiety. I also think that I have begun my journey with CTE after a play hard life filled with well over a dozen concussions. I have been struggling mightily with severe anxiety attacks for the last 8 months or so, which for someone known to be pretty go with the flow, has been a horrible experience.

There are days where I feel that my gummy usage (I keep it at a consistent dosage of 12.5mg of THC per usage) is the only thing keeping me from blowing my brains out and other days where it makes me feel like they make my bad cycles worse so I haven't seen it as the be all/end all answer for my situation. Sometimes it just makes me run through endless cycles of self loathing where I can't let up on myself and I just beat myself up over the things I should be doing differently. Other days it is the perfect tool to help me focus on an enjoyable task in more depth and range. Still trying to figure it out.

Like anything, there's good days and bad. Fingers crossed for more of the good ones. Good luck to you.
 

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I haven't smoked any weed in over 25 years. Ironic since I now live in a state where it's legal. The last couple times I did it I had really bad issues with paranoia. Maybe it was just bad stuff but I'd already decided I wasn't going to do it anymore anyway once I was married. I'm open to trying gummies or other edibles though, just haven't gotten around to it.
That normally happens with sativa strains. Indica's typically do not cause any anxiety or paranoia. If you take CBD in conjunction with the THC, it tends to relax people instead of make them anxious.
 
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I clicked the “disagree” button. It’s pretty easy.

I was disagreeing with your comment about generalizing THC users as unreliable. It’s simply untrue.

Did you not read the part about how these people just tended to be unreliable in general?

Good projection though.
 
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I too suffer from ADHD with both depression and anxiety. I also think that I have begun my journey with CTE after a play hard life filled with well over a dozen concussions. I have been struggling mightily with severe anxiety attacks for the last 8 months or so, which for someone known to be pretty go with the flow, has been a horrible experience.

There are days where I feel that my gummy usage (I keep it at a consistent dosage of 12.5mg of THC per usage) is the only thing keeping me from blowing my brains out and other days where it makes me feel like they make my bad cycles worse so I haven't seen it as the be all/end all answer for my situation. Sometimes it just makes me run through endless cycles of self loathing where I can't let up on myself and I just beat myself up over the things I should be doing differently. Other days it is the perfect tool to help me focus on an enjoyable task in more depth and range. Still trying to figure it out.

Like anything, there's good days and bad. Fingers crossed for more of the good ones. Good luck to you.

Have you experimented with different strains? Also have you experimented with vape pens?

With anxiety I find that the ramp up time for edibles can mess with me and they don’t label the product in depth enough for my liking. They just use “Indica, Sativa, or Hybrid”. If you switch to a vape pen or other concentrates you can get the exact strain you are using. That way you can really whittle down to what works for you.
 

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Have you experimented with different strains? Also have you experimented with vape pens?

With anxiety I find that the ramp up time for edibles can mess with me and they don’t label the product in depth enough for my liking. They just use “Indica, Sativa, or Hybrid”. If you switch to a vape pen or other concentrates you can get the exact strain you are using. That way you can really whittle down to what works for you.
I have tried the pens and I instantly developed a nasty cough so I won't try that again.

And yes, I know all about my strains. I buy containers that have 20 gummies, each of which are 50mg and I split them into quarters. I have some that are indica and some that are sativa and use them at specific times for specific purposes. My brain just doesn't always react to them the same way because I am not always at the same point mentally when I use them.
 
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Better high and instant high. I suppose better is subjective.

it is different, and I prefer smoking because I like the high better, but in my older age (53) my lungs do not like it. I will vape dry flower or use edibles. Carts are to hard on my lungs too.
 
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it is different, and I prefer smoking because I like the high better, but in my older age (53) my lungs do not like it. I will vape dry flower or use edibles. Carts on to hard on my lungs too.
Yeah I agree combustion isn't the most ideal but I don't really care for the high you get from pens or vaping. Edibles are great but you have to wait 2 hours for it to kick in depending on what you take and it makes your tolerance go through the roof.
 

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It’s not an “overdose”. This piece is stupid:

“I’ve heard when making brownies all of the THC migrates to the center creating one super potent brownie”. K dork.
I agree the use of the term overdose is dumb. Here's a different one:
https://www.healthline.com/health-n...ers-to-the-er#Understanding-potential-dangers

The point still remains that the delayed onset of the high leads to a lot of people overdoing it with edibles when they've never done it before and they don't have a good experience.
 
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I have tried the pens and I instantly developed a nasty cough so I won't try that again.

And yes, I know all about my strains. I buy containers that have 20 gummies, each of which are 50mg and I split them into quarters. I have some that are indica and some that are sativa and use them at specific times for specific purposes. My brain just doesn't always react to them the same way because I am not always at the same point mentally when I use them.

Underlying mental and physical state has a major effect on how any mind altering substance affects you, in my experience.
 

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Enjoy frying out your brains and lives with modern THC... I don't want to pay for your early onset of senile dementia alzheimers, paranoia, and lung disease. The medical literature is the there but you are too ignorant to research it out. There are tens of millions of us who oppose your immaturity and ignorance. What a clown show. Now go ahead and scream and cavech ..just like the losers you are.
 

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Enjoy frying out your brains and lives with modern THC... I don't want to pay for your early onset of senile dementia alzheimers, paranoia, and lung disease. The medical literature is the there but you are too ignorant to research it out. There are tens of millions of us who oppose your immaturity and ignorance. What a clown show. Now go ahead and scream and cavech ..just like the losers you are.

You seem like you could use some THC, brother.
 

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Enjoy frying out your brains and lives with modern THC... I don't want to pay for your early onset of senile dementia alzheimers, paranoia, and lung disease. The medical literature is the there but you are too ignorant to research it out. There are tens of millions of us who oppose your immaturity and ignorance. What a clown show. Now go ahead and scream and cavech ..just like the losers you are.

This is so funny on so many levels.

I don't smoke or ingest weed.

But would you say that if I were to ignore the warnings about smoking weed, and still smoked it, but ended up with those issues, that I shouldn't seek out medical assistance since it was my fault?
 
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Enjoy frying out your brains and lives with modern THC... I don't want to pay for your early onset of senile dementia alzheimers, paranoia, and lung disease. The medical literature is the there but you are too ignorant to research it out. There are tens of millions of us who oppose your immaturity and ignorance. What a clown show. Now go ahead and scream and cavech ..just like the losers you are.
This post works even better with the visuals turned on.

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Enjoy frying out your brains and lives with modern THC... I don't want to pay for your early onset of senile dementia alzheimers, paranoia, and lung disease. The medical literature is the there but you are too ignorant to research it out. There are tens of millions of us who oppose your immaturity and ignorance. What a clown show. Now go ahead and scream and cavech ..just like the losers you are.
Boy, imagine going through life with this level of intolerance and anger.
 
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not sure but my experience with alcohol users all across life has been miserable, i avoid alcohol users like the plague, weed users not sure u really dont know who is one or not besides the young people who get all religious about it
 

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