The Addicts' Lounge IV - fast times at Ridgemont, high - General

Waiting patiently for the edibles to kick in.

[QUOTE=Archimedes;53081984]Waiting patiently for the edibles to kick in.[/QUOTE] Have fun for whatever reason i just can't feel edibles anymore, tolerance or no tolerance. Smoking works just fine however. I remember eating 3 10mg cookies and not feeling shit, and even eating a (supposedly) 250mg edible, and barely felt anything. The whole time it felt like it was coming up to something big, but it never got stronger. The 250mg one could have been underdosed too, but one day i want to wait until my tolerance is 0 and try an actual accurate dose of 50mg just to see if i can even get an effect out of them

[QUOTE=Archimedes;53081984]Waiting patiently for the edibles to kick in.[/QUOTE] Now go eat another one

cashier told me to watch out when taking the cough syrup that i bought, said if I drank too much of it i might start hallucinating. if only she knew

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;53082788]cashier told me to watch out when taking the cough syrup that i bought, said if I drank too much of it i might start hallucinating. if only she knew[/QUOTE] drugs are bad kid dont u know that [sp] ;) [/sp]

[QUOTE=sourcegamer101;53082312]Have fun for whatever reason i just can't feel edibles anymore, tolerance or no tolerance. Smoking works just fine however. I remember eating 3 10mg cookies and not feeling shit, and even eating a (supposedly) 250mg edible, and barely felt anything. The whole time it felt like it was coming up to something big, but it never got stronger. The 250mg one could have been underdosed too, but one day i want to wait until my tolerance is 0 and try an actual accurate dose of 50mg just to see if i can even get an effect out of them[/QUOTE] I was picking up one time and watched this big Polynesian guy eat some super strong cookies and an hour later he was like dying. I got 3 and ate them all since they were tasty and I didn't feel hardly anything more than what I had smoked before. Now the pens with the oil, that is like getting knocked out stupid if you really try and get a lot in one go.

Took the drug test. Used that guide by stayblayzed someone posted so hopefully it worked. Will update you fine fellows whenever I get fired or not.

[QUOTE=Jrose14;53083615]Took the drug test. Used that guide by stayblayzed someone posted so hopefully it worked. Will update you fine fellows whenever I get fired or not.[/QUOTE] wishing you luck brodie

[QUOTE=phygon;53079908]Please post a github gist of this immaculate code that can only be produced while under the influence, I'm curious[/QUOTE] [URL]https://puu.sh/zarN7/2126132ae4.cs[/URL] here's a physics script i did in c# for a 2d platformer in Unity for ludum dare, the original code i'd refactored from way back ended up causing loads of bugs so i had to rewrite it in the space of a couple hours and managed to get somethin that worked ideal, i'd assume you're more experienced than me so it might look like a bowl of spaghetti without the sauce to you, but to me it fits together like clockwork and the bug-free compiles were worth it imo [editline]27th January 2018[/editline] [QUOTE=cis.joshb;53076848]maybe you're held back by anxiety and limiting beliefs in your sober programming, and you're just more ambitious and worry less about the feasibility of what you're doing when you're xanned out. Kinda like how when I'm blitzed I take bigger hills on my longboard. Maybe it's a sign if you treated your anxiety with something like CBT? Mindfulness shit? I'm sure you've tried weed but if you haven't maybe smoke some indica? Have some green tea or some l-theanine supplements (supposed to help both anxiety and productivity)? Some kind of prescription? Though I hella don't recommend taking benzos everyday. I've been looking into gabapentin myself though having it prescribed for anxiety would be an off-label use. There's also SSRIs but your mileage may vary. They didn't work for me, and I don't even want benzos, so I wonder if it would be reasonable to ask for gabapentin. It's not even scheduled (yet). But yeah, maybe working on your anxiety would help you perform better, from what you've experienced with xanax?[/QUOTE] i have PTSD, social anxiety and dissociation, have been to a course of CBT a few months back which helped me greatly and i'm a lot more comfortable than i was this time last year, i spent the last couple years tryna self-medicate with anything i could to take the edge off until i realised i was taking myself down a one-way path. as it stands now, i've been taking 50mg sertraline daily for the last six months and still blaze on a nightly basis which suits me nicely; i'm tryna teach myself game development which has pretty much been my dream since i was a kid and loved playin' games that told stories or were open for exploring; and it's going better than i ever could have hoped so far. i want to actually release something one day but commercially speaking game development is about as treacherous as it gets and your success is deemed entirely by the general public's reaction and at times it's like gotdamn, is this even worth the effort, am i just settin myself up for a waste of time or even outright embarassment? with these thoughts always floating around somewhere in my mind i can't really ever summon the energy and focus to properly get into it and it's frustrating because whether or not i want to work is based almost entirely on whether or not i think i won't end up something worse than what i could make which is kinda a downer when you wanna try and build your dreams. tldr; you're probably right

thinking about quitting weed for now. ever since I started vaping every evening my life has really fallen apart. I always feel so 'dull' the day after. nothing severe, just noticeable. I think it's screwing with my willpower and discipline in general. dunno if its the weeds fault really, all I know is that I gradually quit all of my healthy habits shortly after I picked up daily vaping. I clearly remember that I never used to vape weed the day before anything important, like exercising, work, whatever, because of the 'dullness'. don't really enjoy it anymore anyway. at this point I'm only doing it because that's what I always do in the evening, despite knowing that it'll fill me up with anxiety and general discomfort. any of you experienced the same thing and any advice on quitting the habit? I don't want to throw it away either, I want to start using it like I used it before. something to do when coming off other drugs.

[QUOTE=PredGD;53085942]thinking about quitting weed for now. ever since I started vaping every evening my life has really fallen apart. I always feel so 'dull' the day after. nothing severe, just noticeable. I think it's screwing with my willpower and discipline in general. dunno if its the weeds fault really, all I know is that I gradually quit all of my healthy habits shortly after I picked up daily vaping. I clearly remember that I never used to vape weed the day before anything important, like exercising, work, whatever, because of the 'dullness'. don't really enjoy it anymore anyway. at this point I'm only doing it because that's what I always do in the evening, despite knowing that it'll fill me up with anxiety and general discomfort. any of you experienced the same thing and any advice on quitting the habit? I don't want to throw it away either, I want to start using it like I used it before. something to do when coming off other drugs.[/QUOTE] I honestly was prepping myself for the difficulty of transitioning off of smoking every day when I took a break a while back and, well... There wasn't any withdrawal or negative side effects. At all. I had really vivd dreams for a couple of days, but they weren't bad dreams. I also had trouble falling asleep for one or two nights, but that might just have been because I have insomnia.

[QUOTE=phygon;53085949]I honestly was prepping myself for the difficulty of transitioning off of smoking every day when I took a break a while back and, well... There wasn't any withdrawal or negative side effects. At all. I had really vivd dreams for a couple of days, but they weren't bad dreams. I also had trouble falling asleep for one or two nights, but that might just have been because I have insomnia.[/QUOTE] I've had a similar experience with breaks in the past as well. all I really notice is how hard it is to sleep without it once you've used it every day before bed for a while. that in itself isn't too bad, the big challenge for me is making the conscious effort to not vape in the first place. I've tried breaks before and pulled it off until, well, I start justifying using again.

[QUOTE=PredGD;53085973]I've had a similar experience with breaks in the past as well. all I really notice is how hard it is to sleep without it once you've used it every day before bed for a while. that in itself isn't too bad, the big challenge for me is making the conscious effort to not vape in the first place. I've tried breaks before and pulled it off until, well, I start justifying using again.[/QUOTE] Why not just block out times that you can use it that don't affect your ability to do stuff (like nights on the weekend?). There is no reason to go cold turkey on something unless it's affecting you in more profound ways.

[QUOTE=phygon;53086034]There is no reason to go cold turkey on something unless it's affecting you in more profound ways.[/QUOTE] This is true. I stopped enjoying it for a while but still smoked out of habit, I managed to cut down quite a bit and take breaks but still had the urge despite wanting to quit. To go cold turkey and leave it for good I had my first and only full-fledged panic attack. Felt like my brain was telling me to let go, so I did. Not exactly the solution you'd want but worked for me. I haven't smoked marijuana in nearly two years now.

[QUOTE=phygon;53086034]Why not just block out times that you can use it that don't affect your ability to do stuff (like nights on the weekend?). There is no reason to go cold turkey on something unless it's affecting you in more profound ways.[/QUOTE] I thought of this too but I'm not sure. the thing that is bothering me the most these days is my lack of willpower to pull through with things. I used to be pretty good with that until I wasn't. it might not be the weeds fault at all but it does match up with when things started getting worse. I've been trying to find scientific information about this but it's hard to find in a world where people are so black and white about weed. what I want to know specifically is if weed can impair executive functioning in the long term if done habitually. all I can find on the topic is anecdotal evidence and those who speak about it say you won't see much benefit until a few months have passed which leads me to think they imply that yes, habitual weed use will impair you and you have to abstain for a long duration before you'll return to "normal". I don't know what to believe really. I think I'd rather cut down than completely abstain to see how that works out for me. though I'd like to know how weed affects your brain long term so I at least can make a more educated decision about this. [editline]27th January 2018[/editline] unrelated to the above, are there any theories for why the magic of MDMA eventually disappears? I don't have any sources to cite but from what I've gathered, the magic of MDMA will inevitably fade if you continue using. faster with frequent use of course but it seems like it still disappears even if you were to wait long enough between each roll. why is that? the way I understand it, every time you roll you cause damage to the brain. I'm assuming that this damage is also permanent? it'd explain why the magic disappears even with infrequent usage. question is tho, what exactly is getting damaged up there? judging by what I've read from other random people on the internet, even if the magic fades they still function normally when sober which sounds weird to me. doesn't MDMA abuse for example cause stuff like anhedonia due to the damage caused to the serotonin receptors? what's the difference in terms of damage between abuse and regular use?

[QUOTE=PredGD;53086187]I thought of this too but I'm not sure. the thing that is bothering me the most these days is my lack of willpower to pull through with things. I used to be pretty good with that until I wasn't. it might not be the weeds fault at all but it does match up with when things started getting worse. I've been trying to find scientific information about this but it's hard to find in a world where people are so black and white about weed. what I want to know specifically is if weed can impair executive functioning in the long term if done habitually. all I can find on the topic is anecdotal evidence and those who speak about it say you won't see much benefit until a few months have passed which leads me to think they imply that yes, habitual weed use will impair you and you have to abstain for a long duration before you'll return to "normal". I don't know what to believe really. I think I'd rather cut down than completely abstain to see how that works out for me. though I'd like to know how weed affects your brain long term so I at least can make a more educated decision about this. [editline]27th January 2018[/editline] unrelated to the above, are there any theories for why the magic of MDMA eventually disappears? I don't have any sources to cite but from what I've gathered, the magic of MDMA will inevitably fade if you continue using. faster with frequent use of course but it seems like it still disappears even if you were to wait long enough between each roll. why is that? the way I understand it, every time you roll you cause damage to the brain. I'm assuming that this damage is also permanent? it'd explain why the magic disappears even with infrequent usage. question is tho, what exactly is getting damaged up there? judging by what I've read from other random people on the internet, even if the magic fades they still function normally when sober which sounds weird to me. doesn't MDMA abuse for example cause stuff like anhedonia due to the damage caused to the serotonin receptors? what's the difference in terms of damage between abuse and regular use?[/QUOTE] The dullness you get from regular weed usage is normal. I get it too, which is why I stopped recently. I learned the hard way that I can't be a daily smoker, it just fucks with me too much. Just keep it as a rare treat, don't buy any of it yourself unless you have the willpower to save it for special occasions, just smoke with friends every once in a while when they offer it.

[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;53086415]The dullness you get from regular weed usage is normal. I get it too, which is why I stopped recently. I learned the hard way that I can't be a daily smoker, it just fucks with me too much. Just keep it as a rare treat, don't buy any of it yourself unless you have the willpower to save it for special occasions, just smoke with friends every once in a while when they offer it.[/QUOTE] I think I'll make an attempt to do it like this. just limit, not abstain, then see how that works for me drew [URL="https://pred.me/pics/weavesilkdraw.png"]this just now[/URL] in weavesilk. so easy and fun when high

[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;53086415]The dullness you get from regular weed usage is normal. I get it too, which is why I stopped recently. I learned the hard way that I can't be a daily smoker, it just fucks with me too much. Just keep it as a rare treat, don't buy any of it yourself unless you have the willpower to save it for special occasions, just smoke with friends every once in a while when they offer it.[/QUOTE] Weed is a weird drug man. I get sleep paralysis pretty frequently, and its a fucking nightmare. Imagine closing your eyes for all of [B]5 seconds[/B] and before you know it youre suddenly being locked in place, unable to move anything but just your eyeballs, all while having an impending feeling of doom creep up on you (sometimes gets very bad). It feels like youre getting smothered by something. After i started smoking daily tho, the sleep paralysis stopped completely and i didnt wake up all sweaty and panicked anymore. Im going on a tolerance break though, and you guessed it, the sleep paralysis came back stronger than ever. I literally just woke up from having 4 episodes of sleep paralysis in a row. Smoking weed daily shouldn't be done too often though as it could wreck your tolerance.

[QUOTE=PredGD;53086924] drew [URL="https://pred.me/pics/weavesilkdraw.png"]this just now[/URL] in weavesilk. so easy and fun when high[/QUOTE] oh fuck bud i think i just discovered how i'm gonna create the album art for my next EP

I hit the right amount of drink and smoking, and now I'm a fuzzy ball of good vibes.

[QUOTE=sourcegamer101;53087007]Weed is a weird drug man. I get sleep paralysis pretty frequently, and its a fucking nightmare. Imagine closing your eyes for all of [B]5 seconds[/B] and before you know it youre suddenly being locked in place, unable to move anything but just your eyeballs, all while having an impending feeling of doom creep up on you (sometimes gets very bad). It feels like youre getting smothered by something. After i started smoking daily tho, the sleep paralysis stopped completely and i didnt wake up all sweaty and panicked anymore. Im going on a tolerance break though, and you guessed it, the sleep paralysis came back stronger than ever. I literally just woke up from having 4 episodes of sleep paralysis in a row. Smoking weed daily shouldn't be done too often though as it could wreck your tolerance.[/QUOTE] "Associated with the EEG-observed waves during REM sleep, muscle atonia is present called REM atonia. In narcolepsy, the order and length of NREM and REM sleep periods are disturbed, with REM sleep occurring at sleep onset instead of after a period of NREM sleep. Also, some aspects of REM sleep that normally occur only during sleep, like lack of muscular control, sleep paralysis, and vivid dreams, occur at other times in people with narcolepsy." [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcolepsy[/url] muscle atonia = complete paralysis Maybe you've got narcolepsy m8? There's a genetic test, maybe ask your doctor [editline]28th January 2018[/editline] oh forgot to mention that weed makes it so you don't really go into REM sleep, especially if you smoke near bedtime. So that's why you don't get sleep paralysis.

[QUOTE=cis.joshb;53088279]"Associated with the EEG-observed waves during REM sleep, muscle atonia is present called REM atonia. In narcolepsy, the order and length of NREM and REM sleep periods are disturbed, with REM sleep occurring at sleep onset instead of after a period of NREM sleep. Also, some aspects of REM sleep that normally occur only during sleep, like lack of muscular control, sleep paralysis, and vivid dreams, occur at other times in people with narcolepsy." [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcolepsy[/url] muscle atonia = complete paralysis Maybe you've got narcolepsy m8? There's a genetic test, maybe ask your doctor [editline]28th January 2018[/editline] oh forgot to mention that weed makes it so you don't really go into REM sleep, especially if you smoke near bedtime. So that's why you don't get sleep paralysis.[/QUOTE] Thats very interesting. im not gonna deny it, but ill definitely look into it more. This was by far the weirdest and most intense one ive had. If it helps i can go into detail. like any saturday i love to sleep in, so i was surprised to have woken up earlier than expected. so in my groggy state i decided to fall back asleep, closing my eyes for a very short period, (like 10-15 seconds) only to get trapped in sleep paralysis. After i thrashed myself out of it like usual, i tried to fall back asleep again, closing my eyes, only to be transported back into a sleep paralysis state again. This cycle went on 2 more times before i gave up and was too frightened to fall back asleep. It felt like i was stuck in some type of 'in between' where my body doesnt exactly know how to push me into a full sleep state. weed definitely helped me out and stopped me from getting the sleep paralysis, at the cost of no dreams.

Just me, but while beeing stressed out and smarked and shut my eyes, proportions seems to fuck of totaly and shit starts to feel either long and extended or really short and fat and jumps between those for up to five minutes. The fuck?

[QUOTE=DickCoco;53088960]Just me, but while beeing stressed out and smarked and shut my eyes, proportions seems to fuck of totaly and shit starts to feel either long and extended or really short and fat and jumps between those for up to five minutes. The fuck?[/QUOTE] micropsia and macropsia? I get these when I'm mentally tired or stressed out

Took 45mg DCK last night, never again lmao, still feeling shitty as fuck

[QUOTE=ZenX2;53089149]Took 45mg DCK last night, never again lmao, still feeling shitty as fuck[/QUOTE] what happened? never tried DCK myself but if it's anything like ketamine then I imagine it'd be smooth sailing. holing is absolutely awesome though confusing glad to see you're alive as well, been a long time since I saw a post from you [QUOTE=Booker K;53089167]last nights' session was great, most highest ive ever been so far, all i wanted to do was get out of my chair and run around like an idiot in my house while listening to high tempo music for hours what i especially love about getting high is how completely attentive my mind is when listening to music, never before had i payed so much attention to every little detail being composed at once, simultaneously building this structure of what makes a song fully comprehensive to it's listener, i feel more spiritually connected to music this way[/QUOTE] hell yeah. had a pretty awesome experience with something like this myself while coming off MDMA and vaping weed. as I was listening to my music with my eyes closed, I got these vivid CEVs that had the cast from it's always sunny in philly in them doing their usual shenanigans along with the music I was listening to. it was like watching a never before released mute episode of IASIP with music dictating what would happen

[QUOTE=sourcegamer101;53087007]Weed is a weird drug man. I get sleep paralysis pretty frequently, and its a fucking nightmare. Imagine closing your eyes for all of [B]5 seconds[/B] and before you know it youre suddenly being locked in place, unable to move anything but just your eyeballs, all while having an impending feeling of doom creep up on you (sometimes gets very bad). It feels like youre getting smothered by something. After i started smoking daily tho, the sleep paralysis stopped completely and i didnt wake up all sweaty and panicked anymore. Im going on a tolerance break though, and you guessed it, the sleep paralysis came back stronger than ever. I literally just woke up from having 4 episodes of sleep paralysis in a row. Smoking weed daily shouldn't be done too often though as it could wreck your tolerance.[/QUOTE] oh hey, someone with almost the exact same problem as me. Though after ~5 minutes I can actually "move" through the power of... hallucination, it usually makes it worse; I'd really like to know what the hell is up with that.

Yeah I’ve kinda migrated over to the /r/replications discord bc I befriended the founder of psychonaut wiki over our shared goal of creating a psychedelic simulator I’ve not tried ketamine itself but I was expecting DCK to be v similar but apparently I was a dummie and was mistaken, DCK is a lot less euphoric, a lot harder to hole, and lasts fucking forever instead of having a short duration of action [editline]28th January 2018[/editline] But I wanna come back here more regularly

[QUOTE=DickCoco;53088960]Just me, but while beeing stressed out and smarked and shut my eyes, proportions seems to fuck of totaly and shit starts to feel either long and extended or really short and fat and jumps between those for up to five minutes. The fuck?[/QUOTE] Yep, I've had that since I was a child. I normally only get it when I'm trying to fall asleep and close my eyes. Then my sense of proportion gets really fucky and things feel uncomfortably large or too small, it's weird. Unrelated, [url="https://soundcloud.com/mkeenan/caramelpeanuts-888/s-Nlda2?in=mkeenan/sets/carameltimesig/s-6tmnn"]I recorded this demo the other night.[/url] Pretty stoned but couldn't sleep cus of an evening coffee, decided to record this idea I've been working on. Used the first take of each part so it's rough, and it's not finished, but I'm digging it. I've been trying to smoke less weed recently- cutting it from a twice every day habit to a one a week thing with friends. I find my focus and motivation to do things has greatly increased, but I love the music I create when I'm stoned. I can't win :v:

[QUOTE=Zillamatic;53089339] Unrelated, [url="https://soundcloud.com/mkeenan/caramelpeanuts-888/s-Nlda2?in=mkeenan/sets/carameltimesig/s-6tmnn"]I recorded this demo the other night.[/url] Pretty stoned but couldn't sleep cus of an evening coffee, decided to record this idea I've been working on. Used the first take of each part so it's rough, and it's not finished, but I'm digging it. I've been trying to smoke less weed recently- cutting it from a twice every day habit to a one a week thing with friends. I find my focus and motivation to do things has greatly increased, but I love the music I create when I'm stoned. I can't win :v:[/QUOTE] When the bass kicks in.. Tasty.