I Smoke Pot! I Am Ganja Gaga! I Like Big Buds!

I am BONA-FIDE! Meaning I have my legal papers in order, a card carrying, TAX PAYING, legitimate toker of HERB! I am so sick of the people that sit back on their pious asses and hold "court" over MY PAIN!  Pain and the relief thereof is subjective!  In this case the subject is ME!  I am the subject, MY pain!  Even if YOU are not CONVINCED that it helps MY PAIN, as long as I am, who are YOU to say it doesn't?
I can walk into any doctor anywhere in any town and get a HANDFUL of NARCOTICS in just a few minutes!  Enough to kill me 6x over, they do help with Some of my problems, but the side effects are devastating and leave me unable to function in any NORMAL capacity.  The MJ helps take enough of the edge off that I can function and still get on with life!  So, even if YOU believe it not viable for medical purposes, if it helps me (I do not care if you think it is a PLACEBO) then that should be MY decision!  BTW, I suffered a devastating spinal cord injury that has left me with lifelong, debilitating nerve damage with spasms, pain and partial loss of function on one side of my body!

I even had someone say to me that this beneficial effect was all in "my mind", that it didn't really relieve anything.  Okay, so then, if I have traded in my handful of "goodies" for a few hits of pot, and it works for me, why does it bother you?  Seriously do you think it would be better to continue taking my prescription Norco, Valium, Neurontin, Zoloft, Ambien and Flexeril in doses guaranteed to stop me from even crawling out of bed? Besides the physilogical ramifications, they also leave me unable to talk straight, drive, cook, shop or any other task requiring a brain or motor skills!

Maybe your right, maybe it won't "take away" my ailments...but I don't seem to care nearly as much!  I rarely use any of the above mentioned drugs even though I have full bottles in my cabinet.  I would rather take a couple of tokes, drink some tea or whatever form of Cannabis "relieves" my symptoms, oh, and I can still get out of bed, hold a conversation above a second grade level and do a little living too!

Ever see "Shallow Hal"?

Shopaholic VS Spendaholic!

So seriously, this has become a real issue lately! I can't stand it! I do not understand why my family has such a hard time just dealing with my HABIT! I am not a SPENDAHOLIC! I am not out there spending the family fortune here! Nay, the OPPOSITE is true... I shop to save money!

Here is my typical shopping pattern when left to my own accords. First of all if it is groceries, I like to go to "Discount" first to see what they have that is new, interesting and a BARGAIN! This would more than likely take about 1 1/2 hours on average and I would spend around $50 - $100. This would usually include many Health & Beauty items, Deli foods, Condiments, canned goods, Beverages ( both Alchoholic and Non) and House Care products too! Then i would head straight away to FoodCo where I lay down another 1 1/2 hours and $75 - $100. My family assures me I am just wasting my time, but I know better, I save money AND I have FUN doing it! Yes!

Okay, so I said it! Yes, shopping is FUN! I like it! Beat me, whip me, show me a good old dark overstuffed Thrift Store and you'll lead me to FantasyLand! My Kit says she cannot shop without money! I say she is spoiled to the ends of earth! I shop often without buying a thing, this is merely a scouting expedition!

How are you to recognize a bargain in the flesh if you have no idea what it looks like with your own eyes in it's "Natural" habitat! How can you know the feel of REAL irish linen until you hold the heft in your hand? The smell of genuine silk without smelling it first? Can you understand a handcrafted piece until you watch it crafted? What does a original painting really look like? What does QUALITY feel like? If you do not have an example in your minds eye... you have nothing to compare or judge it by!

THAT is Shopping! Not just "Spending" for the thrill of buying something regardless of it's value or need!