Is boredom a good reason to smoke weed?

jkrane · 10-09-2007, 06:58 PM

Let's face it...

I'm bored...lol.

I have work, I have school, and I have my friends and family, and I'm very thankful for that.

The thing is, that I can't find pleasure in anything when I'm sober.

So I get stoned, and I'm like...dude! whoah!

Is boredom a good enough reason to smoke weed?

ok...I guess the stress of work and school combined, but still...

I'm bored at work and I'm bored at school and boredom leads to agitation.

Shaggy_420 · 10-09-2007, 09:38 PM

we have the same problem
im bored a lot too so i just smoke a lot more than i used to
now i find that even when im high as hell im still moderatly bored

DalandeMD · 10-09-2007, 09:52 PM

In a word, yes.

OldMan&TheWeed · 10-09-2007, 10:09 PM

To me "being board" means having free time with nothing to do and not being responsible for, or to, anyone else. This is rarely my situation, and so I rarely smoke.

What you decide – that’s your business – or at least it should be. bongsmilie

Xil · 10-09-2007, 10:42 PM

eh, using pot as 'one of' the ways you relieve boredom doesn't seem like a problem to me..more of a solution.

jkrane · 10-10-2007, 11:19 AM

bongsmilie

lol wow...thanx guys.

that's some very good input.

bongsmilie

DeafTones · 10-10-2007, 12:16 PM

IMO, smoking when one is bored will, in itself, not cure boredom, but it can, and usually will in my case, enlighten me to start thinking creatively. THC stimulates my brain to, in most cases, make me think much more so than if I hadn't smoked any bud.

I usually do the activities I feel I am more attracted to doing after smoking, simply because it's what I'd rather do; which mainly involves me playing drums/guitar or xbox

reverie · 10-10-2007, 12:19 PM

Dude, since when do stoners need a reason?

kamikazi89 · 10-10-2007, 12:27 PM

we dont: it's when others need a toke and refuse to acknowldge

**30_Units** · 10-10-2007, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reverie

Dude, since when do stoners need a reason?

You and I may not always look eye to eye, but this would be a hella concurrance, miss rev.

I think using any drug as a reason to cure boredom is a bad reason to use a drug, but I have to admit cannabis lends itself to sedentary living, at least when I smoke this fucking indica that miss k grew me, goddamn. Stuck.

But i digress. As someone above stated, I don't find myself compulsively smoking dank, it is something I find wonderfully enhances the life i happen to be living. I really love canna.

kamikazi89 · 10-10-2007, 12:35 PM

there are many cures for boredom..cannabis is among the finest, ptential works land mind and body: if it were universally leagl to grow and possess(after lunch digestion* many sorries

DalandeMD · 10-10-2007, 01:26 PM

I have a book of herbs and other plants used for medicinal purposes, and under the ailments index, is Boredom, and underneath it, Cannabis, Peyote, Datura, Nutmeg and Scotch Broom. It was written in the seventies, and it's got some outdated info, even for that decade...

btw, I wouldn't recommend any of those except Cannabis, and maybe Peyote if you're really up to it and ready for it.

kamikazi89 · 10-10-2007, 01:32 PM

peyote, and datura twice more before the final cut

...cannabis for everyday sanity, and what harm is a little distraction

time is limited in our earthly forms after all

Mercury · 10-10-2007, 03:12 PM

i told my drug counselor that being bored was my main reason for use. he blamed it on my generation having a shorter attention span because of weed and video games which he claims is a bad thing. It never stopped me from smoking but he was right.

verklingen · 10-10-2007, 03:23 PM

Weed and video games don't give us a shorter attention span, commercials do.

StonerBrian420 · 11-07-2007, 12:12 PM

Yes I smoke when im bored.

Jake_Armstrong · 11-07-2007, 12:36 PM

< needs no reason.

Jimmy Coonan · 11-07-2007, 02:28 PM

As long as you're not smoking when you have other things that need to get done, smoke away.

Shaggy_420 · 11-07-2007, 03:33 PM

you could also beat off like jake armstrong
but that only supplies a couple minutes of less bordem

highanddry · 11-09-2007, 05:50 PM

That isn't boredom in my estimation, but i think you may be closer to depressed. I've heard that there is no excuse for boredom, which seems right.

10-09-2007, 06:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
jkrane ??? Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: right under your nose Posts: 991 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Is boredom a good reason to smoke weed? Let's face it... I'm bored...lol. I have work, I have school, and I have my friends and family, and I'm very thankful for that. The thing is, that I can't find pleasure in anything when I'm sober. So I get stoned, and I'm like...dude! whoah! Is boredom a good enough reason to smoke weed? ok...I guess the stress of work and school combined, but still... I'm bored at work and I'm bored at school and boredom leads to agitation. __________________ Maximize efficiency, maximize your high. There'll be swingin' and swayin', reefers blazin', smoking in the street. Way down in L.A., everyday, smoking in the street.

10-09-2007, 09:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Shaggy_420 Marijuana Consumer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NV Posts: 876 Thanks: 203 Thanked 69 Times in 37 Posts	we have the same problem im bored a lot too so i just smoke a lot more than i used to now i find that even when im high as hell im still moderatly bored __________________ "Penalties against the possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself... Nowhere is this more clear to me than in the laws against possession of marijuana... Therefore, I support legislation amending federal law to eliminate all federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to 1 oz. of marijuana." - Jimmy Carter, Former President & Nobel Peace Prize Winner

10-09-2007, 10:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
OldMan&TheWeed The Old Man and the Weed Join Date: May 2006 Location: The West Posts: 1,481 Thanks: 21 Thanked 173 Times in 94 Posts	To me "being board" means having free time with nothing to do and not being responsible for, or to, anyone else. This is rarely my situation, and so I rarely smoke. What you decide – that’s your business – or at least it should be. bongsmilie __________________ The above story is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

10-09-2007, 10:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Xil OD'ing on sobriety Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: STL, MO Posts: 1,105 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 46 Thanked 68 Times in 48 Posts	eh, using pot as 'one of' the ways you relieve boredom doesn't seem like a problem to me..more of a solution. __________________ ᚘ SMOKE ᚘ ൈ MORE ൈ ం FATTY ం దౡ NUGS ౡ Your wise men don;t know how it feels... The godless shall genuflect as the holy men fall from grace.

10-10-2007, 11:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
jkrane ??? Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: right under your nose Posts: 991 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	bongsmilie lol wow...thanx guys. that's some very good input. bongsmilie __________________ Maximize efficiency, maximize your high. There'll be swingin' and swayin', reefers blazin', smoking in the street. Way down in L.A., everyday, smoking in the street.

10-10-2007, 12:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
DeafTones Live Join Date: May 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 808 Thanks: 18 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	IMO, smoking when one is bored will, in itself, not cure boredom, but it can, and usually will in my case, enlighten me to start thinking creatively. THC stimulates my brain to, in most cases, make me think much more so than if I hadn't smoked any bud. I usually do the activities I feel I am more attracted to doing after smoking, simply because it's what I'd rather do; which mainly involves me playing drums/guitar or xbox __________________ Never stop puffin'!

10-10-2007, 12:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
reverie alis aquilae Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,724 Thanks: 8 Thanked 18 Times in 16 Posts	Dude, since when do stoners need a reason? __________________ "For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly." -Gibran "There is a vital difference in identifying and questioning." -ziplock dissolve popular detachment

10-10-2007, 12:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
kamikazi89 devils advocate Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,663 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 145 Thanked 137 Times in 113 Posts	we dont: it's when others need a toke and refuse to acknowldge Last edited by kamikazi89; 10-10-2007 at 12:29 PM.

10-10-2007, 12:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
kamikazi89 devils advocate Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,663 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 145 Thanked 137 Times in 113 Posts	there are many cures for boredom..cannabis is among the finest, ptential works land mind and body: if it were universally leagl to grow and possess(after lunch digestion* many sorries

10-10-2007, 01:32 PM	#13 (permalink)
kamikazi89 devils advocate Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,663 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 145 Thanked 137 Times in 113 Posts	peyote, and datura twice more before the final cut ...cannabis for everyday sanity, and what harm is a little distraction time is limited in our earthly forms after all Last edited by kamikazi89; 10-10-2007 at 01:53 PM. Reason: DEAth

10-10-2007, 03:12 PM	#14 (permalink)
Mercury Going Green Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: First planet from the sun Posts: 5,382 Thanks: 11 Thanked 126 Times in 55 Posts	i told my drug counselor that being bored was my main reason for use. he blamed it on my generation having a shorter attention span because of weed and video games which he claims is a bad thing. It never stopped me from smoking but he was right.

10-10-2007, 03:23 PM	#15 (permalink)
verklingen what is Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in the sun Posts: 5,767 Thanks: 212 Thanked 522 Times in 306 Posts	Weed and video games don't give us a shorter attention span, commercials do. __________________ you can't explain the rules of tennis to a dog, but he runs after it and plays with it...like the dog playing with the ball, we don't have the necessary tools needed to interpret the afterlife..until we get there, then a whole new universe is given to us. Perhaps 200 billion light years away, there's the next phase of our existance..Remember you cannot destroy energy, which is all we are... -matthew munari rip matt

11-07-2007, 12:36 PM	#17 (permalink)
Jake_Armstrong YaHookan Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: elsewhere Posts: 1,184 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	< needs no reason.

11-07-2007, 03:33 PM	#19 (permalink)
Shaggy_420 Marijuana Consumer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NV Posts: 876 Thanks: 203 Thanked 69 Times in 37 Posts	you could also beat off like jake armstrong but that only supplies a couple minutes of less bordem __________________ "Penalties against the possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself... Nowhere is this more clear to me than in the laws against possession of marijuana... Therefore, I support legislation amending federal law to eliminate all federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to 1 oz. of marijuana." - Jimmy Carter, Former President & Nobel Peace Prize Winner

11-09-2007, 05:50 PM	#20 (permalink)
highanddry YaHookan Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 706 Thanks: 63 Thanked 54 Times in 37 Posts	That isn't boredom in my estimation, but i think you may be closer to depressed. I've heard that there is no excuse for boredom, which seems right.