> i know several people who smoke pot for relaxation and
> > nervousness rather than take anti-anxiety drugs like
> > prozac or zanex. pot has the same effect, is less
> > toxic, has fewer side effects (except for randy's
> > aforementioned paranoia, and the munchies) and works
> > extrememly well.
>
Oh God, it has the opposite effect on me -- I've never understood how
people get all relaxed and calm from pot. For me, when it was good, I
would absolutely laugh my ass off until I was coughing up a lung (I'd
honestly be in pain because I couldn't stop), but it never calmed me. I
remember once sitting in someone's bug-infested basement with a couple
of Spinal Tap rejects, listening to Wish You Were Here and staring at
this light covered with a pink tea towel. Of course, they were all
mellowing out while I sat there muttering to myself "This is so fucking
boring, and why didn't I ever notice before that Curtis has the
freakiest ears I've ever seen?". I ended up putting a sock on my hand,
trying to freak them out with a sock puppet because I just wasn't having
the mellowness. Anyway, I finally quit completely when I started to get
paranoid whenever I would smoke -- I mean seriously freaked out. It was
panic attack city, let me tell ya. I still get the willies just
thinking about it, 10 years later. Of course, I have a bunch of friends
who still smoke, and they all think of me as some narc or something. A
couple years ago, I popped into a friend's house before they were going
out on the town. I stayed for a beer and left. However, I decided to
go back about 20 mins later as I had some time to kill, and I waved to
them as I walked up the walk, but couldn't figure out why it took so
long for them to get the door. Well, I walk in, and the place stunk
like a Glade factory, and nobody could look at me, and I swear, I felt
like Fred MacMurray trying to hang out with Chip and Robbie. Sigh, it's
a pain when you turn square....
Evian
