I have been smoking weed daily for 11 years now. If I knew what I’d become I never would have started. I am completely dependent on it, I have really low/bad moods if I’m sober and I’ve lost all motivation. I am just coasting through life, smoking weed and playing video games. It really sounds like an amazing time but it’s depressing. I haven’t done anything in my life and I’m coming up on 40. I have a career and that’s it. I can’t lose weight because I simply don’t care enough to stick to it. I never traveled anywhere, I have never ridden on a boat, I’ve never ridden a horse, hell… I haven’t even gone skiing and I live in an area where it’s very popular and I have access to the best spots.

I’m not saying weed is bad but you’re young and your brain is still developing. I started smoking when I was 26 and if this can happen to my supposedly developed brain it can be worse for yours. I used to have a drive, I used to be able to do anything. I was pulled out of school in 7th grade and I haven’t gone back to any school but somehow ended up being a software engineer. I was excited for my next steps up to management and then director. Now I don’t give a fuck. I just anxiously wait for each work day to end so I can start smoking until I go to sleep.

Don’t be me. Be smart.

Edit: also, avoid alcohol if you can. My partner nearly died from alcohol withdrawals. He had only been drinking for 2 years and spiraled straight into a TERRIBLE addiction. He hit his head after drunkenly falling down the stairs and was unable to function, I took him to the ER and they said he’s just drunk and to to home and sober up. I took him home and he lost his ability to walk the next morning because he had a brain bleed from the fall. So he stopped drinking because he couldn’t get his drink and went into the bad withdrawals called delirium tremens. He was hospitalized for a full month. He spent the first 2 weeks intubated in the ICU and had to learn how to walk again.

Please, don’t drink.

Gaming, programming, nail painting, 3d printing, and any random bs crafting idea that crosses my field of vision.

I hope this dark time passes relatively quickly for you, friend.

This seems to be the exact scenario that MAGA is screaming over. Lol every accusation is an admission.