How much is too much? If you spend the majority of your waking hours stoned, this question needs to be addressed. Listen, there’s nothing wrong with puffing herb on a consistent basis, but don’t confuse a habit with a crutch. Believe it or not, there is such a thing as smoking too much, and many people are in denial over their weed consumption. Need to figure out if you’re guilty, or not? Here are ten telltale signs you might be rolling up too often:
1. You wake-and-bake on a consistent basis.
If, every Saturday and Sunday, you are smoking within 15 minutes of waking up, you might have a problem. I understand that working five days a week gets in the way of your smoking schedule, but compensating by blazing immediately upon entering your Saturday can have an adverse effect.
The only day you have to actually get shit done, and you waste it by smoking a blunt at 10:30 in the morning. Now, instead of going to the gym or hitting Home Depot to get that A/C unit, you end up ordering a pizza and watching the third season of The Wire – very productive.
2. You have more than three smoking devices.
A pack of papers, a blunt, maybe a bong and a one-hitter, but that’s it. If your room has three bongs, a couple pipes and then there’s a volcano in the living room and a reverse gravity under the sink, you’ve gone overboard. Calm down bro. All of these things will succeed in getting that bud in your system. All you’ve done is make your entire apartment smell like the inside of an ashtray.
Having pieces everywhere starts a slippery slope that ends with half-eaten chip bags stuck between couch cushions and old Chinese food in the bathroom trashcan. Now no one wants to come over.
3.You have to smoke before you run errands.
I used to live with a guy that suffered from this syndrome. He just had to smoke before he left the crib. He would take a hit as he walked out the door, just to ensure he would be as high as physically possible when he got in his car. If this is you, be careful. Running to the bank and getting your oil changed are things that can get done without smoking yourself stupid prior to.
And forget about going to the grocery high. Trust me, it can be a sensory overload. Suddenly, you realize you’ve been in the cereal aisle for 30 minutes trying to decide between two new flavors of Honey Bunches of Oats. You went in for milk and bread, but left with a two-liter bottle of Fanta and some lunchmeat.
4. You need to smoke before you go to bed.
Much like the wake-and-bake guy’s schedule, smoking before you turn the lights out is a part of your pre-bed routine. You brush your teeth, take out your contacts and smoke a bowl before getting under the covers. You’re not fooling anybody by grabbing that book off your bedside table. The same paragraph will be reread a couple times before you fall asleep with the lights still on. If the last time you tried to sleep completely sober resulted in you tossing and turning for a few hours, a detox might be in your near future.
5.You dip into your food budget to cope.
With the current state of the job market, more and more kids are coming out of college and ending up with jobs that don’t pay sh*t. Instead of making $40,000 a year, you’re making $400 a week, and after rent, money is tight. If you’re consciously making the decision to eat Ramen for a week just so you can cope, you might want to re-evaluate your current situation. You see an old friend and they comment on how skinny you look. New diet? No, I’ve just been working part-time and smoking 100 dollars worth of weed a week.
