I have not read all the responses but I can add my two cents in.
I have been a smoker also, and social anxiety is a problem not just for you and I but nearly all smokers. If you had any form of shyness or insecurity before you started smoking, the weed will exaggerate that - simply because weed introduces a lot of paranoia into your thinking.
The other thing which you may find is happening (because it happens to me) is that you will feel people are talking about you, trying to hinder you from progress (keeping you down) and other things revolving around you. On this note it can go both ways, people are unknowingly trying to stop others from progressing, it's natures way, the fittest survive, perhaps being high and paying attention to things around you has caused people like you and I to take notice of this human nature, where normal people don't even pick up on it.
The best thing to do is to ignore it.
Also, I feel you are not really that addicted to marijuana, because if you don't see the difference between some alternative herb and marijuana then it seems you are just starting out and smoking marijuana is something you use for social standing. Perhaps it makes you feel cool enough to hang out with people if you know you are a pot head.
In my opinion go cold turkey ... why bother smoking ciggarettes or other alternative herbs and wrecking your lungs when you don't get the 'high' off it? Just not worth it.
Anyway, peace.
Blazer1 from Sydney.  |