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Quit drinking a year ago. I still drink one beer max if social setting requires it and I limit it to like once a week tops, ideally once a month. Best decision

Quit drinking a year ago. I still drink one beer max if social setting requires it and I limit it to like once a week tops, ideally once a month. Best decision I made in my life. If I want to get tipsy to enjoy some movie or music, I just take an edible. Weed is orders of magnitudes more practical than alcohol. Alcohol hangover is the worst. Edibles (especially sugar/calory free edibles they make now) are a lot healthier than alcohol and my mental health doesn't take a toll.

k__ 5y ago
Weed always pushes my heartrate to the max.
- throwaway73851 5y ago
  I found that I had a bad reaction to indica strains. One time, I started shivering uncontrollably, though I didn't feel cold. Hit me super hard, super quickly (though it was with someone else's vape - not sure how well I can compare versus edibles, my vape, or smoking flower). I've never had a problem with sativa, though. Maybe whatever you've used is due to a particular strain?
  - l33tbro 5y ago
    You likely vaped something with poor genetics and/or was grown with too many synthetic nutrients. Also, the majority of strains are hybrids - so it's unlikely you have a bad reaction to indica (unless you only ever vape landrace sativas - which is highly unlikely).
- herbst 5y ago
  Try getting a weed with lower thc and rather high CBD. Or mix it with CBD high cannabis. I too hate that THC heavy strains everyone is into these days
  - gnulinux 5y ago
    I spent about 2 years using 1:1 THC:CBD weed. I do this by mixing THC and CBD strains/edibles since it's cheaper that way (because CBD is federally legal so it's cheaper to get online from Oregon etc). After quitting alcohol and started getting high regularly with my friends, I got used to THC. Now THC doesn't give me anxiety/heart palpitation/paranoi etc. I think it's so worth it! The way I see it, getting used to THC is a life skill. I spent way too much health drinking alcohol in parties and getting wasted. Just take an edible before the party and you're all set; fuck hangovers. I'm so happy I'm not wasting my 20s on alcohol.
    - herbst 5y ago
      To be fair i think a lot of the anxiety and heart racing issues come from the way the weed was grown (and not washed properly after fertilizing). CBD seems to lessen this issues. As far as I can tell well grown THC heavy cannabis also never gave me negative effects by itself.

k__ 5y ago

Weed always pushes my heartrate to the max.

throwaway73851 5y ago
I found that I had a bad reaction to indica strains. One time, I started shivering uncontrollably, though I didn't feel cold. Hit me super hard, super quickly (though it was with someone else's vape - not sure how well I can compare versus edibles, my vape, or smoking flower). I've never had a problem with sativa, though. Maybe whatever you've used is due to a particular strain?
- l33tbro 5y ago
  You likely vaped something with poor genetics and/or was grown with too many synthetic nutrients. Also, the majority of strains are hybrids - so it's unlikely you have a bad reaction to indica (unless you only ever vape landrace sativas - which is highly unlikely).
herbst 5y ago
Try getting a weed with lower thc and rather high CBD. Or mix it with CBD high cannabis. I too hate that THC heavy strains everyone is into these days
- gnulinux 5y ago
  I spent about 2 years using 1:1 THC:CBD weed. I do this by mixing THC and CBD strains/edibles since it's cheaper that way (because CBD is federally legal so it's cheaper to get online from Oregon etc). After quitting alcohol and started getting high regularly with my friends, I got used to THC. Now THC doesn't give me anxiety/heart palpitation/paranoi etc. I think it's so worth it! The way I see it, getting used to THC is a life skill. I spent way too much health drinking alcohol in parties and getting wasted. Just take an edible before the party and you're all set; fuck hangovers. I'm so happy I'm not wasting my 20s on alcohol.
  - herbst 5y ago
    To be fair i think a lot of the anxiety and heart racing issues come from the way the weed was grown (and not washed properly after fertilizing). CBD seems to lessen this issues. As far as I can tell well grown THC heavy cannabis also never gave me negative effects by itself.