May 17, 2021

Limiting Consumption

The problem with these adorable Pure Beauty mini-pre-rolls, is that I am up to a pack a day habit already.

At least they are not cigarettes, right? They come ten to a pack, and since they are minis, that is really the equivalent of just five regular joints, right?

The dosist TM vape pens attempted to solve the complex and very subjective how-much-is-too- much question with their dosage-indicator, a distinct vibration you’d feel on your lips as you inhaled on their stylish vaping pens. I did have some success with my experimentation with their various pens, but when kids starting dying of some mysterious lung disease after using e-cigarettes or vaporizers both with and without THC in 2019, I regressed to exclusively medicating with traditional flower, ground-up to smoke in my familiar glass pipe, or rolled-up to smoke in paper.

One guy may guzzle his beer, while the next guy nurses it. It’s purely individual.
My buddy and former bartender, R. Dove

While there is no easy remedy, and I’ve learned weed is really not my cure-all, it still is my go-to. As my shrink says, do what works for you, until it doesn’t work for you anymore. I’m curious though, how do others deal with this, or if it is an issue only for those inclined to obsessive/extreme behaviors, maybe what we used to call “addictive personalities” back in the day?

Sure, I’ve been both the beer guzzler, asking for another; and I’ve been the one nursing that one and only drink for the evening- but with weed, for me, it’s different. I almost always want as much as I can get my hands on. So, I’ve tried being mindful, and limiting my consumption, but frankly, it’s a day to day dosing question I have to ask myself. Most days, especially in the 2020 COVID conditions causing me to work from my own home, I go for those convenient habits, puffing a quick mini between zoom meetings – and before I know it, a pack is puffed!

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About the author

Sista Smoke

Smoking weed is SistaSmoke's most well-developed hobby. Used to be, she would drive down the 280 freeway while grinding, packing and smoking a bowl - or roll her own from start to finish at 80mph. She’ll be the first to tell you, it's all in the knees. Sistasmoke is kind and generous with her weed but at the same time: discreet. You would only know she smokes if someone you had already smoked with had invited you to the party. Back in the day, SistaSmoke was shacked up with a dope grower, and medicinal weed had not yet been legalized, so she's used to being in the closet. SistaSmoke has a shrink who is encouraging her to feel less shame about her weed habit, because it is an important daily ritual and, well, she is in good company. After all, it's legal - to some degree either medically or recreationally, in all but South Dakota and Idaho. Many states are moving toward decriminalization, as well. Morning, noon and night, SistaSmoke is typically partaking. Before leaving the house, before getting in the shower, while waiting for the ferry, in preparation for a zoom call. SistaSmoke feels better when she is always toking, smoking, joking, higher spirits, invoking. Sistasmoke had a conversation with a coffee barista at the farmer's market a while back. Barista said that he'd been on a jury that dismissed the charges against a chronic weed smokin’ driver who'd been up for DUI. The jury felt that he'd proven his consumption habit was such that if his driving was erratic that day, it certainly wasn't because of his weed habit - er, that the weed did not adversely affect his driving. How To prove that one, Sistasmoke wondered aloud. Barista wasn't clear in his answer, or SistaSmoke couldn't retain it cause her short term memory is super short. SistaSmoke is working on changing the narrative of being an addict to staying open minded, staying in learning mode. Weed is a big enabler for SistaSmoke in that way, as in, oops! That was fun, oops, let's try again. Oops, this is gonna take practice, oops let's do it again. Laugh it off, don’t take it so seriously. Seriously. Lighten up. SistaSmoke wishes there weren’t such a stigma surrounding weed usage. Que the bong hits, Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure, Wayne’s world, half-baked, you name the Cheech and Chong mainstream reference. SistaSmoke is about to be fifty, years of age, that is. She is starting the second half of her life way too early but with a fire lit under her to make space in her brain for the new stuff by writing down all these other stories! Clear the way, empty it, dump it - get it on paper, or out in the ether, as it were. SistaSmoke likes talking about herself in the third person. SistaSmoke is tryna hone a voice, develop a style and a point of view, hence; this blog. Follow along and pipe in if you wanna. Lurk if that’s more your style, SistaSmoke doesn’t judge. Or, she tries not to at least. She’ll be the first to confess her shortcomings, so you don’t point them out. SistaSmoke collaborates with her brother, the multimedia-producer and holder of a Master of Arts in Interactive Journalism. He edits, inspires, promotes, maintains, and was the establisher of this blog to begin with. SistaSmoke is forever grateful for the tight bond between herself and her baby bro. SistaSmoke also writes another blog, (link) another another moniker. (link)