man, it's too bad i just came into this one. i've been smoking pot for 16 years, damn near every day. i take in the equivalent of half a j daily, usually through a pipe. there are benefits, and they are real. my weight is maintained, i cough deeper, and it quiets the "voices" much better than ritalin, lexapro, or zoloft; and in a much more easily controlled dose. it also helps me feel more normal because i don't feel like i have to say no just because i have a pulmoary illness.
and if there is a cure for cf, i will be in line, and it won't be in the back. i only hope that i'm in front of all the judgemental #!*!s who would hang me for my choices so they can all kiss my stoned arse. i am just as compliant as the average cf'er, and i choose to self medicate. i am no less deserving than any other idiot unfortunate enough to have been born with bad genes. i do the best that i can, and i guarantee that i am smarter, more productive, and as compliant as a lot of others with cf, and mary jane has played a major role in shaping who i am.
as for choices, not all of us are cursed with the same progression, so not all of our choices are going to have the same consequences. with all due respect to fellow cf'ers that have it worse than me, i feel no obligation to make my choices according to your plight, and i have zero expectation on you to live the way i do. morality can be discussed all day, and we can cite a number superficially related articles indefinately, but none of it will equate to a damn thing to those who have danced the dance and returned unscathed. like most people who have been there have stated, they quit because of a fear that it might be causing irreversible damage, not because they have actually experienced anything conclusive.
and it may be damaging. as denis leary once said, "it's f-ing smoke!!". but the question is whether the actual benefits out-weigh the actual harm. all we have to go on at this point is potentialities. many are not willing to take the risk, but those that do should not be chastised for their choice.
and lastly, i will never be convinced that the amount that i smoke is any more damaging, or contains any more toxins than the city air i breathe constantly. i have more dry coughing fits and inflamation sitting in five o'clock traffic than i ever did hotboxing my living room. i can't even frolick through an innocent meadow without regretting it for days, but the effects of a bong hit gone bad lasts hours at the most.
that's all. i'm off to celebrate <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">.
and if there is a cure for cf, i will be in line, and it won't be in the back. i only hope that i'm in front of all the judgemental #!*!s who would hang me for my choices so they can all kiss my stoned arse. i am just as compliant as the average cf'er, and i choose to self medicate. i am no less deserving than any other idiot unfortunate enough to have been born with bad genes. i do the best that i can, and i guarantee that i am smarter, more productive, and as compliant as a lot of others with cf, and mary jane has played a major role in shaping who i am.
as for choices, not all of us are cursed with the same progression, so not all of our choices are going to have the same consequences. with all due respect to fellow cf'ers that have it worse than me, i feel no obligation to make my choices according to your plight, and i have zero expectation on you to live the way i do. morality can be discussed all day, and we can cite a number superficially related articles indefinately, but none of it will equate to a damn thing to those who have danced the dance and returned unscathed. like most people who have been there have stated, they quit because of a fear that it might be causing irreversible damage, not because they have actually experienced anything conclusive.
and it may be damaging. as denis leary once said, "it's f-ing smoke!!". but the question is whether the actual benefits out-weigh the actual harm. all we have to go on at this point is potentialities. many are not willing to take the risk, but those that do should not be chastised for their choice.
and lastly, i will never be convinced that the amount that i smoke is any more damaging, or contains any more toxins than the city air i breathe constantly. i have more dry coughing fits and inflamation sitting in five o'clock traffic than i ever did hotboxing my living room. i can't even frolick through an innocent meadow without regretting it for days, but the effects of a bong hit gone bad lasts hours at the most.
that's all. i'm off to celebrate <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">.