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Expert: - 5/21/2005


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so it is dangerous or does it do anything to you( the flashback things)? or do you not know. and how long did yours last? and were they intense or just subtle










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so you dont know any reason why i should be getting really ripped when i only smoke like half a bowl, lol its crazy. and its just mersh too.. not even good stuff. im positive its not laced either cause no one else with this weed has mentioned anything similar. just my friend who smokes about as much as i do and who used the shrooms aswell. yeah quitting would be a good idea, i actualy think i will when i run out.

so you dont know if the shrooms would have affected weed smoking, cause when i smoke weed now it kind of, somehow reminds me of shrooms , like a sligh shroom like perception change.. nothing drastic tho.

and i had only half a bowl before i mailed you,lol :)



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hi, i have to give some background info first so the question makes sense..

i smoke pot about once a day or every other day. 3 weeks ago i took mushrooms, and for 2 weeks after that i didnt smoke pot ( exept for the weekends) so iv been smoking for 1 week now, and its the weirdest thing, i can smoke such a little amount of weed and get really high. i dont really think this has that much to do with the fact that i havnt been smoking as much latley, cause my friend who also took the shrooms and smokes about as much as i do, or more, is saying the same thing. that he can smoke just a little weed and get really high. i was just wondering if you knew anything like if this is normal? and if it will stop or...



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Dude- How much weed did you smoke before your wrote me?

All I can say is pot affects people diferently. However naturally a full on stoner has a much higher tolerance and will need to smoke more to get buzzed, so since you havn't smoked for too long, you don't need to much. Of course the quality of the weed matters as well.

By the way- I'm kinda here to help people that want to stop. One thing I can tell you is I wasted a lot of time in my life sitting around stoned. For me too it was a gateway drug. Be careful and good luck
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Oh I see, sorry I didn't understand your question the first time.

Yeah man there is something to that. I remember many moons ago I did some LSD and the same thing happened to me. I've heard of that happening to others as well too. People have these flashbacks that the weed somehow prompts. I'm sure there's a scientific reason, and I'm also sure it will go away. I wouldn't worry about it... but I am a little worried about you wasting time doing dope.. Write me back if you want tips on quiting.
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Daniel

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Hey-  I wouldn't worry about it as it totally went away. If you did more over time the residual effect would be a lot greater though. I have known burn outs that did a lot of shroomin.
My experiance was LSD which is not organic like shrooms so it would be even stronger. Mine would come up like every time I got stoned for like a month and then every now and then for a year.
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Any questions related to: drug abuse,recovery and opiate withdrawal. Friends and family questions are also welcomed- however there's very little I can suggest if the person has no willingness to change.I will only answer NON- PRIVATE questions as my objective is to help as many people as possible- use a fake name. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT QUESTIONS REGARDING DRUG TESTS OR HOW LONG YOUR DOPE WILL STAY IN YOUR SYSTEM! My energy is directed at those wishing to stop self destructing.

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Fourteen years active addiction;Eleven years to cocaine and heroin.
I've used every drug I've known about except PCP Any comments are from personal experiance, and do not necesarily reflect any programs.
SEE UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY! This was for an article in a teen magazine hence the youth perspective: I was a good kid. A diligent student with a 3.5 GPA through 9th grade. Now I was somewhat shy and didn't have a lot of friends. I discovered that by smoking weed I had instant friends. It was great at the time. All of a sudden I knew all these people, was getting invited to parties- hanging out after school getting high. Pretty soon getting high at lunch and even before school and then ditching school all together. In the beginning it was the social activity, not the "high" that was the major attraction. I just knew I would stop smoking it soon, perhaps after I got a cool girlfriend. Well then I started really enjoying the high- Having a bad day? Forget about in and get stoned. The parents getting on my case? Forget about it and get stoned. This girl I really like doesn't know I exist, better just get stoned. I found a way to great way to cope with all my problems. Well my grades started dropping, my hobbies such as all ocean activities and sports where only done high and then slowly not at all. Nothing was "cool" or important except getting high. With or without my friends. Then I was introduced to Meth or "crystal" Would I have considered it if not for my weed habit? Of course not. Plus I am just going to try it this one time. Wow! Now I could easily talk to girls. In fact I could talk and talk for hours to anyone about anything. And you know I'm one cool, smooth dude. Man I feel good. Then after it wore off I would struggle with depression and smoke a lot of weed until I got more meth. Now high school was over. I had no ambition for college but I did work in the family business. I still could hold a job with these habits. Now a friend tells me about this drug (heroin) that is just like pot except there’s no "burn out" He doesn't address it as heroin but a harmless sounding slang name. I observe him and his friends smoking this brown powder for months. They seem to be having a good time. They don't die. In fact there having more fun than I am. I wanted to try it. Just once, too see what it feels like. I would never try it again. Again it was the new friends at first and then the drug that became the major attraction. But it was o.k. because I'm going to never smoke it again after this next time. Oops, I did it again. O.K. but next week I'm going to quit for sure! Now the heroin made me feel nice, but the cocaine smoking was awesome. Plus no crash because I'll just smoke a little heroin. Before too long I was injecting a cocaine and heroin solution (speedball) into my veins as often as I could. Working did not accommodate my lifestyle. How could I work anyway in heroin withdrawal? I had to get some dope! Let’s see, my family has disowned me, I've sold everything I ever had. I've robbed every friend or family member than I had contact with. What am I going to do? Some how I got my fix every day. Not once but three or four times average. But it was still o.k. because I'm going to quit, maybe even tomorrow after I get high. I went for years thinking this way. I've been arrested many times. I even admitted myself many times to detox to get over the addiction but found myself planning my next high before I even left. I just couldn't cope with life. I didn't know how. But that won't matter, as soon as I get my fix everything will be alright. And it was..., for a little while. At this point I had long stopped kidding myself. I knew I was a hopeless addict. In fact three of my close friends overdosed and died. Another got sent to prison for years, and none of these guys did anything I didn't do. I knew I was on a dead end course to jails, institutions or death. I would put myself into one recovery home after another only to leave to get high. Why? I wasn't ready to admit I was completely powerless over my addiction and my life had become unmanageable. Only after I completely surrendered was I ready to listen to suggestions from the wonderful people in Narcotics Anonymous. (twelve step program) Today I enjoy many blessings of recovery. I have a wonderful family that loves and trusts me. I work every day, pay bills, support myself and even help others where I can. I love to travel and do as I can afford to. I still have problems but today I don't escape with artificial substances. I have learned coping skills, and realize that life isn't always wonderful but it could be a heck of a lot worse. I don't want to wake up one day an old man, and wonder what I could have been. I'm going to find out! You see, I'm one of the lucky ones and am extremely grateful for that. UPDATE 5/24/2005: Relapsed with painkillers about one year ago, and have been struggling since. I have about 30 days clean as of today 5/24. It's no big mystery/shocker. I stopped doing what I needed to do (program) and made a stupid decision. A couple vicodins woke up the dragon. I'll be ok if I do what I did to get the five yrs. Good luck to all of us! 2/14/06 Doing really well today (one day at a time). I also went through and am still very much going through the most difficult thing I ever have without using any drugs. Not hiding from emotional pain today by artificial means but rather accepting my emotions as natural and moving forward. I'm focusing today on not denying my emotions but acting constructively despite. I realize today that any artificial numbing may help in escaping short term pain but then complete facilitate suffering. Today I recognize my self destructive habits.

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