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Date Posted: 02:24:13 04/23/02 Tue
Author: Perry
Author Host/IP: netcache-1112.public.svc.webtv.net / 209.240.222.32
Subject: Well, here i am - Ms. Controversial......
In reply to: toosh 's message, "Rx's.....physician's....addiction......and thinking aloud!" on 13:35:41 04/22/02 Mon

As many of you know, pot has always been my drug of choice all my life. I gave it up for a long time - tried every anti-depressant my shrink had in his arsenal and nothing worked. Last year when i was on tx i needed some help with the depression, anxiety, and loss of appetite so what works better than pot? For me - nothing. I smoked a little every day on tx and it helped me a LOT. A few months ago i decided it was time to quit - i was off tx and had no excuse to keep smoking so my doc prescribed Zanax - BAD MOVE! After a very short time i found myself eating them like candy - and NOW i'm trying VERY hard to wean myself off them with the help of Neurontin (a drug that makes me more fuzzy-headed than the pot). Go figure...........Draw your own conclusions, folks. I'll go one step further - if it were not for pot i would probably be dead now because i only drank when i was out of pot. I have a bottle of Percoset sitting here that i have not touched since i filled the presription (i DO love opiates too) but i'd give my eye teeth for a joint right now. Here's the problem - i'm stage 4 so is it safer for my liver to smoke a joint or be popping all these pills prescribed by my doctor? I asked my hepatologist that exact queston just a few weeks ago - he kind of raised one eyebrow (like Mr. Spock) and told me to use my own best judgement.......in other words, he really couldn't come right out and say it BUT he thought the pot was safer than Zanax addiction. I know it's better for my well-being. I can quit pot at the drop of a hat but this Zanax is kicking my butt. Sorry to go on so long here - i think every person is so individual and i'm in big trouble now trying to follow doctors orders. We'll have to see how this all works out. If i had a joint i'd be sleeping right now.........

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[> [> Ms. Controversial...... -- teegz, 16:17:59 04/23/02 Tue (px119.sunh.com/12.96.202.119)

Hi Perry

My sister has tried so many anti-depresants it makes my head spin (her too!). The only thing that 'snaps' her out of it is pot. I don't see it myself, never really even liked it. Give me a quarter bag of chiva and I'm fine, but don't blow smoke up my ....

I don't really have any advice for you, but maybe you could meditate on it, try some tai chi classes or some other means of achieving serenity.

Susan


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[> [> [> Thanks (((Teegs))) -- Perry, 09:30:07 04/24/02 Wed (netcache-1112.public.svc.webtv.net/209.240.222.32)

I know i don't have to tell you anything about this struggle. I'm determined to win - by any means necessary. I studied TaiChi many years ago but the forms are difficult for me now (bad knees) so i'm trying yoga. If THAT doesn't help there is always chocolate ;-)


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[> [> In a perfect world. . . -- Poppie, 16:39:22 04/23/02 Tue (adsl.186.154.willamette.net/207.189.186.154)

you would just waltz through life happy and productive and content without any. . .enhancement at all. We all think that if we could just get it right, then that's the way it would be. Life's tough and sad and joyous all at once and nerve wracking - don't forget THAT, lol. IMHO, if a toke a day keeps the monsters at bay, where's the harm? I hear what others are saying, that it could/would trip them up, but it doesn't sound like that is your story, Bonnie. QOL, hell, sleep is kinda important. It is about balance and maybe THAT is the ultimate question - can you keep it balanced.
I smoked pot for years, too (who didn't, eh). Haven't smoked it in years now. Stopped the first chance I got (sounds funny, but I never liked the way it made me feel - except sex - but I did it cause all my buds did it - which says it all about ME) and haven't revisited it since, save once a few years back at a party - was curious to see if it still affected me the same and it did. One forms opinions around life experiences and pot has always seemed pretty benign to me. Its non-addictive characteristic is nice. Everyone has to figure this life out for themself - including what to and what not to ingest, what works and what doesn't. And to let go of the concept of perfection or at least someone else's idea of what perfection is.

Comfort to you sweetie.


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[> [> (((Poppela)))) - i have MISSED you SOOOO much!!!! -- Perry, 09:37:44 04/24/02 Wed (netcache-1112.public.svc.webtv.net/209.240.222.32)

Like i said - we're all different. For me pot is NOT a trigger. If i have pot i have no need for anything else. Only 2 things worry me about pot - #1 - It's ILLEGAL and i don't wanna end up in the pokey.......#2 - It would keep me off the transplant list (IF G-d forbid i should ever need to be there).........so i'm just gonna have to suck it up and deal with it - and i will. But enough about me - HOW ARE YOU?????????


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