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Cannabis being legalized...
Heidi:
Having read this post from pillar to post, I would like to ask one thing and that is, "can you stop smoking cannabis or drink alcohol even for a day, a week, a month without withdrawal symptoms? And if not, has it not become an idol of the heart? Lust of the flesh and pride of life?
Heidi
lareli:
--- Quote from: Heidi on February 23, 2019, 08:02:11 PM ---Having read this post from pillar to post, I would like to ask one thing and that is, "can you stop smoking cannabis or drink alcohol even for a day, a week, a month without withdrawal symptoms? And if not, has it not become an idol of the heart? Lust of the flesh and pride of life?
Heidi
--- End quote ---
I only drink one cup of coffee a day on my way to work. Not much by anyone’s standards, but if I give up coffee then by day two I will have a nasty headache, poor energy and irritable attitude and it can last for days.. yet every Christian I know is addicted to it. I jokingly refer to coffee as “Christian Crack” sometimes, because caffeine is a drug and these are very real drug withdrawals. But Christians don’t think of themselves as drug addicts. But they are drug addicts if they can’t quit coffee without getting a headache.
Cannabis. At least twice a month I’ll go a couple of days without it just because I get busy with work or family. I get so busy that I don’t even realize that I have gone two days without it until I look back. Never experienced any physical withdrawal or psychological craving. That doesn’t mean it can’t become an idol though.
Physical addiction is a sign that we’re humans and subject to the laws of our biology.. it’s not a sure fire sign of something being an idol though. In my opinion.
Musterseed:
I live in the province that has the most smokers of pot in all of Canada. It’s also the poorest
province. Make no wonder they are all so laid back.😂😂🤪
indianabob:
Hi Pamela,
I used to smoke cigarettes. :o
I had a routine of smacking the pack on my hand and then flipping up to take a cigarette out of the pack with my lips and then pulling out my Zippo lighter and flipping up the lid with one hand and striking the flint wheel with a snap of my fingers to show my manual dexterity etc. etc. Even did it that way when no one was around to see.
Quit in 1965 because I was so sick with chest cold that I couldn't work.
It felt so much better that I never went back...and I suspect that God had a hand in that.
Today I think that I can understand that some folks want or need relief from pain or tensions etc.
Still cannot however understand why inhaling smoking leaves into your lungs with all the coughing and hacking in the morning when you rise to start a new day. That seems like more of a habit than an addiction, especially when one can take the drug in an oil or pill form to get relief.
What am I missing or misunderstanding?
Musterseed:
Hi Ibob
I smoked a pack of cigs a day until three years ago. I prayed for help, it was so gross.
I don’t know why I smoked . I started stealing them from my mother when I was
13. I guess I wanted to be cool like my friends and besides , the TV people said it was ok.
Everyone I knew smoked. I quit once for three years. I quit lots of times. I was a professional quitter. After so much of it , it becomes a habit , coffee and smoke for breakfast, plus women were told it helps to lose weight. There were all kinds of excuses . I will quit on Monday.😂😂😂
I used to like the smell of Zippos.😆😂😂
As for weed, well,mostly all my friends were stoners, i smoked it but it always made me
paranoid , but even that didn’t make me quit smoking it. I gradually stopped though.
Our only reason to smoke pot back in those days , to be honest, was to get stoned. It affects
everyone differently I think. People smoke it instead of pill form because it hits the brain faster🤪
so I was told the very first time I tried it. Yep, right to the brain.
Goodnight my friend , sleep peacefully in Christ. ❤️ Pamela
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