Thanks TM,
Great topic..
I stopped drinking..but smoked weed. A lot.."marijuana maintenance"..not clean.
Relapsed with alcohol on and off, my drug of choice. Not sober.
I stopped drinking..and abused diet pills (speed) for 8 years...not clean.
Total unequivocal relapse with alcohol in 2005...last drink..2/17/06.
Last speed pill 6/8/06.
Alcohol is my DOC..speed would be my 2nd..weed #3.
But when I stopped weed..I literally picked seeds from the rug and window
sills. Chewed them wherever I could find them. Until there were none.
That is how I tapered off..
And to pick up joint little speed pill would be a relapse for me...and I know,
a definite "gateway" drug back to my DOC. Booze.
And yes.
I am bipolar..I take medication for this. My mother is diabetic, and takes
her meds faithfully. So do I.
But my BP meds don't cause the perception changes...and cigarrettes don't.
Weed can make a city block half as long as it seems..and a car closer, or
further away...I remember well. So..it can destroy someone.
Just don't drive..
That's my opinion..
From one who knows.
This is my truth...
Hope it helps someone.
Blessings