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Not 100% convinced about it, but I wanted to say: that I stopped smoking pot. Told myself well in advance that I'd quit 11 months in to my girlfriend's pregnan
by stef25 9y ago
Not 100% convinced about it, but I wanted to say: that I stopped smoking pot.
Told myself well in advance that I'd quit 11 months in to my girlfriend's pregnancy (EDIT - obviously the residual effects are still there. I quit 8 months in to her pregnancy. This is what drugs do, kids.)
Since then (now almost a year later) my ability to comprehend and concentrate on technical things has improved a lot. I've learn things in web development that I just couldn't back then. Probably due to the fact I was a daily smoker for almost 20 years.
- audiolion 9y ago11 months into the pregnancy you quit? isnt 9 months the usual gestation period?
- mrfusion 9y agoReminds me of this: https://xkcd.com/1530/ https://xkcd.com/1530/ (But maybe with a seal or llama)
- knur 9y agoIt's actually 10 months (40 weeks). I don't know where the 9 months myth came from since I also believed on it. I just learned recently with my first baby.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoOnly February contains exactly four weeks (28 days), and only in non-leap years. The average month 4.345 weeks: 365 / 7 = 52.142 / 12 = 4.345 Therefore: 10 months * 4.345 = 43.45 weeks 9 months * 4.345 = 39.105 week Neither is 40 weeks. And anyway, 40 weeks is only an approximation as it is common for births to occur from 37 to 42 weeks from the first day of the woman's last menstrual period.
- danesparza 9y agoFirst: props for stopping smoking pot. Next ... 11 months in to your girlfriends pregnancy? How does that work exactly (since full term is usually 9 months)?
- Fabled 9y agoGive him a break, he's still recovering ;)
- jugg1es 9y agoI gotta disagree with you here. I smoke a little bit every day and I've gone through periods of a month or two without smoking and the only difference I found was that it was easier to get up in the morning if I didn't smoke the day before. My cognitive abilities don't seem to be impaired at all. It's possible that smoking pot for you was associated with other lifestyle affects (like sleep quality/duration) that were negatively affecting your cognitive efficiency.
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- sigstoat 9y ago> My cognitive abilities don't seem to be impaired at all. do you use some sort of external metrics to verify that? using the same brain for smoking pot and determining that smoking pot causes no impairment isn't exactly a well-designed experiment.
- jugg1es 9y agoI never claimed to be conducting an experiment. This whole thread is opinion-based, so I'm not sure why you are holding me to any kind of scientific standard. I was simply asserting that I could perceive no difference in my abilities between times that I smoked and the periods of time where I didn't. At least not enough where I could make a statement similar to the OP where he detected a significant improvement in cognitive functioning after quitting.
- DoreenMichele 9y agoNo, but you did essentially shoot down someone else's statement about what led to their growth. You can't have it both ways. You can't shoot them down and assert they are wrong because your experience disagrees with it, then say it is all just opinion, man. Either respect their opinion about their own life experience or defend your assertion that they are wrong with something stronger than personal opinion.
- cdl 9y agoCurious - did you stop 100% or do you still smoke occasionally?
- stef25 9y agoVery very occasionally, like when the wife & kids are out of town and I have the place to myself. I've smoked maybe 5 joints since I quit. Unfortunately I still indulge in other substances more than I'd like to.
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