what is normal?

[Otherwise normal]

I started smoking pot when I was 17, off and on until I was 25, when I started smoking every day for the last 6 years.
I smoked my first joint when I got out of bed, then on the walk to the train, then if I could sneak off during the working day.Weekends I would smoke sometimes 3 joints before lunchtime.
I had all sorts of excuses why I wasn't actually a pothead, like all the other people that we total stoners and therefore losers, like smoking a j was not as bad as a cone, but cones were ok too (sometimes through lack of bong have used things like a potato, carrot, or apple!)Sometimes didn't have any for a week or so, but only cause couldn't afford it or just couldn't get it.
I have been stoned almost the whole time I have known my husband, who does not smoke it but still gets it for me and is around when I do.The only friends I have made since my life changed (another story) and I started smoking full time have been other pot smokers.Now I have just simply lost the desire for it, but after reading everyone elses stories about their coming down and all the bad side effects I am starting to think maybe I do want it, after 3 weeks clean and only some insomnia and stomach pains, is it therefore only going to get worse for the next six months?

[Cannabis Rehab Admin]

Hi Otherwise normal welcome to the forum.

What is normal? It’s a good question and to a certain extent a bit of a subjective thing, but if you base it on comparing your behaviour to most other people, generally most people don’t take mind altering drugs immediately after getting out of bed. When everybody you know is a stoner it can seem like it’s the norm, but the reality is that for most people it is not.

It’s hard to say what effects you will experience and for how long they will last as it can differ significantly from person to person, but most people find they are over the worst of it after about a month, some however can find that they experience certain psychological effects for a few months after, but everyone is different.

Take care and I hope you continue to share your experience with us.

[needabreak]

as normal as th nxt dude

normal? ur u and i'm me- and we each hav our own perspective on life- each is valid so long as we dont force our views on others-

i smokd pot 4 20 years- for the last 8 years or so i been smokn it everyday-its been a problem 4 a wile-til march 30th this year it was smokn a quarter a day-it'd last 2 days wen i wasnt overdoin it!

example of a diary entry-fri feb20 09 "its 9.43 am and i'm on my 4th joint-wen's this ever gona end?"

i'v decided that i'v had enuff of bein stoned all the time-my dreams hav started again-th sweats hav been minimal-my body aint realised it aint gattn any more weed-everyone's different-u said ur doin well-happy days-this time for me has been good apart fro th uncontrollable black moods i get into-but even now in my third week they r hapnin less-

ther's more to life than gettn stoned dude-i feel much better, but i aint free yet-but i will b-

[compsober]

if you really pay attention you can tell that the drug is doing no good for you in life

[You just gotta open up your eyes and see that smoking the drug fuks your life up in many different ways and that definenetly happened to me