Some would say it's an excuse;
to not face a reality we must all acknowledge exists...
So Be It.
I would say it's a reason,
I can face this reality that we must all acknowledge.
Consequences of using marijuana can include:
Mood swings …
OK well I think it's not really a big deal.
I mean can one person honestly put their hand up and claim they've never had an unexplained mood swing
{I'd like to see that}
Memory impairment …
oh really?
Why is it then that even when I'm stoned I can never forget the bad.
I was abandoned as a child and raised in a foster home.
I was abused, sexually, physically and emotionally.
That's not an excuse I'm using to ask for forgiveness for anything.
I don't need forgiveness, everything from then made my now.
{marijuana helps me deal somehow}
Increased risk of cancer of the lung, mouth, throat and tongue …
I've never had any of them.
I had leukemia when I was twelve.
I survived.
{I didn't smoke then}
Paranoid thinking, Panic attacks and other mental health problems...
actually smoking helps me control my panic attacks and my thoughts
without it my mind moves too fast and I can't keep up so I feel like I'm going insane
{controls my brain}
Some would say it's an excuse;
to not face a reality we must all acknowledge exists...
So Be It.
{it's my reality...i acknowledge it}
Author notes
[marijuana is my vice]
sorry it's bad
I've been so sick ~ have just gotten out of hospital.
Enjoy the Read.
Have to wait until next week to get the gold account back
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do you understand why i do it?
Comments
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Hi there...
I loved that you wrote about a 'taboo' subject, something most people wouldn't...
I liked the way you styled this write... alittle different to your other stuff, (I was liking that style,) but as you mentioned later- no gold back yet....
I liked that you started with a common perception, and then put your own view on it.
An excuse, but you say you can face it.
Then you throw some consequences at me, Mood swings, for example... And you're right, of course. I don't smoke ANYthing. But I have mood swings all the time.
Memory loss, That was a clever twist. I believe this poem is the one where you've let me see you the most.
And then these very strong lines...
everything from then made my now.
{marijuana helps me deal somehow}
Excellent writing there, dear friend...
WOW! To the next stanza....!
Panic attacks? With everything you've been through, I'm not surprised.
It amuses me that you've called your vice your 'reality'.
Something to take you away.
I have to say, it's not something I agree with...(or rather, use myself...)
But, you've helped me see very clearly what it is you do, and why...and that's exactly what I asked for.
You're one hell of a writer...
I acknowledge You.
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This was interesting, I am trying to write something now about drug use and it isn’t working well lol!
I like this, it put a spin on when is normally thought. Thank you for sharing
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wicked wacky weed...
I know what you mean marijuana saved me too from a childhood of emotional abuse and an alcoholic dad. It saved my sisa too, but she went too far and heroine was her medicinal tonic..... I like the way you structured this as a list of myths/facts and your personal experience/refutation of these.
good write. hope you are fully recovered now - from the hospital stuff, not the mj.
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