food for thought...alcohol vs. weed

I quit smoking pot in college, and began my drinking career that spanned literally decades. At 45, alcohol had such a hold on me that my life was in a downward spiral, and even tho I knew this, I kept telling myself that I still had time to quit. I had been thru 3 rehab centers, spend untold hours in AA rooms, enough so that my ears are still bleeding! I COULD NOT QUIT DRINKING by myself. As circumstances would have it, I got custody of my then 16 year old son, and had been married for about 4 years at that point. Both my wife and my son looked at me at times with pity and disgust. I saw that. So, determined to give it one more go, I decided to try quitting again. I started taking a hit or 2 off my wifes pipe to keep the HeeBeeJeeBees away in the evening. I started to smoke a bit more regularly, and haven't touched a drop since 2003. I started growing again, as I hated what we were smoking, and discovered a whole new world and purpose in life. I'm 55 now, and I firmly believe that if it weren't for Marijuana, I'd never have seen my last birthday. MJ saved my life, and all my doctors and alcohol counselors know this.

i am tempted to do drugs or smoke cigarettes when drunk.and only a alcoholic would choose beer over weed.

I like drinking and smoking.

rock on man, congratulations on your sobriety. I started drinking my first year of college during classes to get rid of anxiety, and I was drinking a pint a day within a year. Then I got benzos from my doctor...and eventually in my final year of college I was drinking like a liter of hard liquor a day plus 3 or so klonopin. It was BAD man. I got clean form the booze and have been sober for over a year and I take 1-2 klonopin a day now

Props jack. I am glad to hear tht your life had bbetter. I could nnot compare to your experiance except for the fact of the aa meetingss. For some reason tthey weren alwaysbgiving out alot of hugs. Weed needs to be legalized asap

Alchol tears ppl apart. I dnt see weed doing tht.

I feel like when your high you relax. But when drunk u become another person

Not everyone who drinks alcohol needs to pound a case every time they drink a couple beers.

I love beer. I love weed.

Demonizing alcohol makes you as bad as people who are keeping MJ schedule 1.

jonblaze420 said:

Not everyone who drinks alcohol needs to pound a case every time they drink a couple beers.

I love beer. I love weed.

Demonizing alcohol makes you as bad as people who are keeping MJ schedule 1.

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I don't think he's demonizing it. Some people have problems with alcohol addiction, and I'm glad to see the OP got a handle on it. Many of us can drink a few beers or drinks and be done with it, others just can't stop

Im protraying the easy addiction alcohol may haave over some. I enjoy a beer or glass of wine with dinner. But before smoking one was never enooug, its helpd many gain control and relax. Where id the deomonizing there?

Weed made me stop binge drinking. I have never been an alcoholic but I partied a lot in college.

Now I just don't enjoy that out of control feeling...when I smoke I feel at peace and I can actually be productive

Most of ya'll on this thread probably don't eat meat or smoke cigarettes either. Fucking pussies.

This a hostile thread buddy. Of course i eat meat. I quit smooking after watchiingnmy grandfather die off them. No need to be mr E-tough guy

Is not a hostile... mu bad on a nook colo

I was being mostly facetious, if that makes you feel better.

You wouldnt kknow though. You are ignorant and niave to the affects of alcoholism

People are opening up i dnt think they need to be put down. Think before you speak and be open minded and observe

waffles696 said:

You wouldnt kknow though. You are ignorant and niave to the affects of alcoholism

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No, you're ignorant on how to spell naive. Assuming you know anything about me or my knowledge is ignorant.

I agree marijuana is a great way for previous hard drug users to abstain.

waffles696 said:

People are opening up i dnt think they need to be put down. Think before you speak and be open minded and observe

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You're right, that was not my intention at all however. You're silly.

I'll leave your thread.

JonBlaze, I like my steaks rare, I smoke like a chimney, and I do not demonize alcohol. For ME it was a demon, but I let it get out of control (Before I actually realized it) If you can enjoy alcohol, as I did for MANY years without problems, then god bless ya!! However statistically more people who drink also abuse their wives and kids, get into bar fights and are generally more aggressive than those who do not drink alcohol. Not to say that everyone does, just more than any other legal intoxicant. Fortunately, I was never a mean drunk, but I did become another person entirely. And I did not like that person.
I had gotten to the point that all my friends drank, so I drank all the time. Intoxicated became my reality, and I had trouble functioning sober. "Alcoholic gene" be damned, you can take ANY man (or woman) off the street and dump as much alcohol into them for the long period of time I did, and I can assure you that you'll end up with a totally addicted alcoholic. If one is not careful a very real physical dependence can develop, and the withdrawal is as severe or worse than that of heroin. There is NO physical addiction to MJ.
BTW, I took no offense to your post.!! It's all good.