{"id":99,"date":"2017-02-03T00:02:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T00:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hippy.com\/hip\/uncategorized\/too-stoned-for-friend\/"},"modified":"2017-02-03T00:02:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T00:02:38","slug":"too-stoned-for-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/ask-the-old-hippie\/too-stoned-for-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Stoned For Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tI am probably one of the last people on earth who you would want to
\nanswer to, because I am very adamant about my views on drugs. I don’t
\nlike drugs! It’s as plain as that. I understand that people are going
\nto continue doing drugs and I cannot change that. I am 21 years old,
\nand I have done my share, but I have found life to be much less a burden
\nwithout getting wasted!<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is my problem, I hope that you can find
\nit in your heart to find a solution for me. I had a friend (best
\nfriend) who seems to be ditching me out for weed. She knows that I
\ndon’t want to hang out with her if she is high, but she breaks plans
\nwith me, and never wants to hang out with me because she’d rather smoke
\nweed. Does she actually think that a plant is more important than a
\nfriend?<\/p>\n

Why do stoners tend to ditch their friends to smoke weed? If
\nweed isn’t additive, then why do stoners become so depressed when they
\ncan’t find weed? Why would anyone want to forsake who they actually are
\nfor a phony personality which is brought on by a substance?
\n-L.H.<\/p>\n


\nGood question! The problem is one of attitude and respect. Yes, many
\nstoners abuse the sacred herb and try to stay high most of the time. Yes,
\nthey often get depressed for about two days after they stop (but it’s no
\nworse than caffeine users going without!). Perhaps this friend considers
\nyou something of a downer when she’s high. If you dis her because she’s
\nhigh, that will certainly make her not want to spend time with you. If you
\ncan’t accept what she does, and not make an issue of it, then perhaps you
\nshouldn’t see her anymore. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you can accept her and her ways, then the best thing to do is drop by
\nand get her to go out with you into the real world. Gently remind her there
\nis more to do than getting stoned not by telling her, but by showing her
\nyourself. You see it’s fun to do many things high or straight, but the
\nproblem with weed is that it makes you lethargic (lazy). I myself am guilty
\nof avoiding people and events when high. And I often regret missing out on
\nmuch of what’s happening just cause I couldn’t motivate myself to move! So
\nif you’re a true friend, help her to get out and enjoy life then perhaps she
\nwon’t be a stay-at-home-stoner, and will indulge less when you’re around.
\nIt would be a great favor for her if you did!<\/p>\n

Let me know what happens!<\/p>\n

Peace,
\nThe Old Hippy<\/p>\n

Posted by: skip
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I am probably one of the last people on earth who you would want to answer to, because I am very adamant about my views on drugs. I don’t like drugs! It’s as plain as that. I understand that people are going to continue doing drugs and I cannot change that. I am 21 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,32,41,78,120],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-the-old-hippie","tag-addiction","tag-cannabis","tag-drugs","tag-marijuana","tag-stoners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}