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Old 2008-12-15, 03:15
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Valhalla
Default How can I be a functional pothead?

I love weed and can't see myself quitting for anything, that includes school. How can I make sure that I maintain a productive habit even if I'm baked to all hell?

Someone explain this shit to me, please, because I know many potheads who can get shit done, including people with kids, full-time jobs, and bigger responsibilities than just school.

So far the only answer I have is "smoke more weed". It sounds legit. Is there anything else I can do to keep up productivity?
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Old 2008-12-15, 03:18
twotimintim twotimintim is offline
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

"smoke more weed"

this advice was given, so you will get increased tolerance, and not become uselessly stoned.

I smoke every day, quite a bit, I don't really get any crazy psychadelic effects anymore it just sorta perks me up a bit.

I smoked pot through university so far (engineering//chem) And I am keeping up fine in classes etc.

Pro Tip- Don't let your ass be lazy and sit on the couch.
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Old 2008-12-15, 03:25
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Lyon France
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As above. As long as you're active, cannabis will add to any experience.
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Old 2008-12-15, 03:35
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Connecticut
Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

get off the couch and do shit...


learn yer limits.
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Old 2008-12-15, 03:39
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

It's not impossible to do things, quite the opposite, it's more fun.

It's just harder. If I smoke up at home I better have a plan beforehand or I'm not going to formulate one.
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Old 2008-12-15, 03:40
twotimintim twotimintim is offline
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

Exactly. Smoking pot sorta exchanges your ambition for an ambition for ambition, if you catch my drift heh.
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Old 2008-12-15, 03:47
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Valhalla
Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

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Originally Posted by twotimintim
Exactly. Smoking pot sorta exchanges your ambition for an ambition for ambition, if you catch my drift heh.


More than you know.

My biggest problem is guitar. I love playing it, love listening to it, and can practice hours per day. But not high. High, I can't bring myself to bring it out of the case, let alone practice for hours.
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Old 2008-12-15, 03:51
twotimintim twotimintim is offline
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

More than you know.

My biggest problem is guitar. I love playing it, love listening to it, and can practice hours per day. But not high. High, I can't bring myself to bring it out of the case, let alone practice for hours.


duuuude I know how that goes. When I first started smoking pot, I could play for hours, but I was also stoned for hours. I have the same problem. I want to practice. But I want to sleep first... Just a little then Ill practice...right? heh
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Old 2008-12-15, 04:03
556 556 is offline
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

if you cant incorporate smoking weed into your life than you don't deserve to smoke. i got good grades in college, worked 50 hours a week as a warehouse manager and shot up 3 times a day in the bathroom..
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Old 2008-12-15, 04:05
twotimintim twotimintim is offline
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if you cant incorporate smoking weed into your life than you don't deserve to smoke. i got good grades in college, worked 50 hours a week as a warehouse manager and shot up 3 times a day in the bathroom..


mad props ^^

need more folks like this to give drug users a better image lol.

called willpower folks :)
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Old 2008-12-15, 04:06
Irregular Irregular is offline
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lol i'm taking 4 ap classes right now and i work 30 hours a week, but i still blaze everyday
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Old 2008-12-15, 04:06
jator jator is offline
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

More than you know.

My biggest problem is guitar. I love playing it, love listening to it, and can practice hours per day. But not high. High, I can't bring myself to bring it out of the case, let alone practice for hours.

Just make yourself do it, I love getting baked and playing guitar. Some things that wouldn't normally seem worth it while high you just have to make yourself do and realize how much more fun they are when high (that was poorly worded but fuck it).

Even though you feel like sitting there, it's really not that hard to get off your ass and do something.
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Old 2008-12-15, 04:08
556 556 is offline
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mad props ^^

need more folks like this to give drug users a better image lol.

called willpower folks :)

its got nothing to do with your drug use, it's how you lead your life. drugs just so happen to be a part of it. people put too much damn emphasis on that part of their life and it skews their priorities.
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Old 2008-12-15, 04:08
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KING SHYSTER
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Lower your standards to "what ever you can get"

Stop wearing make up

And your wardrobe consists of shit from walmart/ zellers?
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Old 2008-12-15, 04:10
twotimintim twotimintim is offline
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its got nothing to do with your drug use, it's how you lead your life. drugs just so happen to be a part of it. people put too much damn emphasis on that part of their life and it skews their priorities.


Not saying its the drugs you did that made you like that, just congratulating you on your ability to realize that drugs are only a part of life and not the central focus ^^

potheads get a really bad name just because so many people loose ambition when they get high.... sucks
 #16 
Old 2008-12-15, 04:15
Kbasa Kbasa is offline
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

smoke once or twice daily...no more
finish homework and real work before smoking (unless said job sucks)
take tolerance breaks every 2 weeks...

people will say otherwise but I got a good GPA using this method in college along with doing other drugs.
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Old 2008-12-15, 04:19
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

take more amps, smoke more weed.

sit back and watch the progression
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Old 2008-12-15, 04:26
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Not saying its the drugs you did that made you like that, just congratulating you on your ability to realize that drugs are only a part of life and not the central focus ^^

potheads get a really bad name just because so many people loose ambition when they get high.... sucks

On the contrary everybody specializes their life in some way, our most important function is intelligence and that is simply making discrimination between different experiences.

There HAS to be a center focus because we discriminate unless we are unintelligent ; why cant it be drugs or just one drug? There are examples of those who have done this and failed, aswell as succeeded, and when i say that i mean achieved a sense of spiritual awareness or self-realization.

To the OP: I smoke frequently and almost every time i do i keep it too a low dose; after a joint or a small bowl i am generally satisfied because im not doing it for that brief sense of being "high" im doing it so that i am more zealous about my everyday activities.

So basically if you want to be functional just do low doses.
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Old 2008-12-15, 04:32
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mah compound
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Don't smoke pot? Either you can do it or you can't.
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Old 2008-12-15, 22:51
Elsasser Elsasser is offline
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

When i get high i lose all desire to do anything and have a constant sense of deja vu.
Is this normal?
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Old 2008-12-15, 23:21
949884573 949884573 is offline
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

You could try smoking a more functional strain of weed, one which doesn't cloud your mind or make you lazy. Sooner or later though you have to take a fucking break from smoking and let your tolerance go down.

Seeing as Michigan has medical cannabis laws now, perhaps you can obtain such a functional strain soon. Grow it or buy it... Dunno what the laws are in michigan about growing though.
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Old 2008-12-15, 23:36
DiamondX DiamondX is offline
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Try smoking while you do whatever it is you need to do, or at least smoke and start working ASAP. If you have homework, smoke while you're doing it. If I'm just sitting around feeling lazy and I decided to smoke, I get lazy as fuck, but if I smoke while I'm working on something, I'll finish and it ends up being less of a chore than if I were sober.
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Old 2008-12-16, 00:24
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Valhalla
Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Elsasser
When i get high i lose all desire to do anything and have a constant sense of deja vu.
Is this normal?


I get the deja vu too. I kinda like it.
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Old 2008-12-16, 00:47
Tick Tock Tick Tock is offline
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

I'm surprised nobody has said smoke less. You're going to be a lot more functional smoking once a day as opposed to four times a day.

I know a lot of you guys say it makes work more fun, but I think that varies from person to person. I can get things done when I'm high, but it's not as fun. I've always used weed for relaxation, so I might have some psychological disposition, but I really think it's a drug best suited for chilling out, laughing, and being creative, not working. I'll smoke a cigarette or have an energy drink if I really want to get something done. (Or better yet, some meth right?)

OP, this doesn't mean I think you shouldn't smoke. As long as you keep your priorities straight and smoke the amount you know you can function on, you'll be fine. Don't expect to be world-record baked and still accomplish much though.
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Old 2008-12-16, 03:04
hydroponichronic hydroponichronic is offline
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Default Re: How can I be a functional pothead?

pot makes you lazy/ unmotivated, It's called A-motivational syndrome. If you can't fight the laziness that comes with pot cut back. I got good grades at school while being high all day but when I pretty much quit smoking at school it made school way easier, it takes much less effort to get the same grades. Its called smoking yourself retarded, take a day off of smoking here and there even a couple if you can but I swear it works great.
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Old 2008-12-16, 03:33
Get a Job Get a Job is offline
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I'm a fish in college. I just got my grades back and I'm getting a 3.75 and am on the dean's list. I also work 20 hours a week. I smoke weed every day. Sometimes even before class. Its all about the person, smoking weed shouldn't be an excuse for being a piece of shit. kthx
 
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