“Smoking Weed Alone” from Tegan & Sara’s new album is really hitting home

I think many people misuse weed. I think thinking you have a problem with addiction cuz of weed is kinda unfair to yourself. I absolutely think weed is addicting I do. But so is coffee and caffeine. You drink coffee to wake you up n give you a boost. Well weed isn’t much different when used correctly. 10/29/22 will be 5 years no alcohol Red Bull or antidepressants. Sadly no mushrooms either. I picked up cigarettes again soon as I got arrested and had to quit weed. I quit weed for 1.5 years. I went almost a year smoking weed without telling anyone to see if they would judge Me differently when I did tell them. Now it’s been almost 2 years since I let it out. When I told my wife I was smoking she wasn’t happy but when I told it’s been a year she was like well ok. I told her I was going to quit smoking cigarettes to cover my weed costs. The whole 1.5 years I was sober all I could think about was weed. So I guess you could call it addiction or I really was missing a part of my life that made me enjoy life. For 2 years I didn’t listen to music i enjoyed (rap hip hop reggae jam music etc) I listened to country and boozers and I don’t drink. I stopped anything that was fun and triggered me. my dopamine levels were down to nothing so that a butterfly would excite me. I currently smoke weed as a dopamine release to motivate me to do other things. I have suffered from many ailments in my life. I have been able to kick nicotine (4x) alcohol (5years). I currently have a torn rotator cuff tendon or a torn bicep tendon either my shoulder is a fuck ton of pain and for the first time I proudly told the doctor I don’t need a script for pain meds. This a big step for me Fo real. But I’m proud to only use weed today. I know it’s not for every one I just hate seeing people beat them selves up over smoking weed when literally there is so much more going on in your head and life that weed is to blame.

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