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I'm amazed at all the snap judgements in here. Everybody out there has something they do to unwind at the end of a long day. some of these things are more healthy than others. some are chemical, and some are just time spent. i'd put watching tv, excersizing, drinking, meditating, and toking all in the same therapeutic basket.
if we rated just how bad for you each thing was, i'd have to say toking comes in way down the list from things like drinking or cigarettes or watching tv.
compare it to drinking.... you just don't hear about someone toking on a joint and beating up their wife or wrapping their car around a tree.
to tv... even if you're the laziest of tokers and just sit on the couch and listen to music, at least your activating your imagination. it's been shown that your brainwaves are more active sleeping than watching tv.
i just think that people should take responsibility on who they are and if they're going through some tough times to not let that splash off on people around them. chemicals might magnify traits in ourselves, but its up to us to be consistent in our relationships and keep our attentiveness and support levels where we set the bar from the get go. i think it's just as unfair to expect someone to quit something if they started that way with you as it is for them to lose control of their lives to the point where you're missing out or mistreated, and a balance should be struck accordingly without using absolutes.
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-my phobia drowned while i was gettin down.
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