Pot or Alcohol?

[mark414]

Poll question: Pot or Alcohol?

[BeTheChange]

1. I cant drink

My body doesnt properly break down alcohol so I just end up real sick and practically unable to get drunk.

So, yeah.

[kc.ink]

2. depends on the brand of weed. . . . . n/t

[Rowdyboy]

3. They're really quite lovely when used together inthe privacy of one's

home....Why not just choose both, used judiciously?

[bobtravis]

4. Pot or Alcohol

As a recovering addict with just over 7 months of clean time, I personally will say neither. But the thing is, that's my PERSONAL choice. The fact that there are thousands of people out there who can either/or drink or smoke socially and not have a problem with either substance should not be ignored. The fact that we can make criminals out of people for possessing small amounts of pot is ludicrius. There has to be more important things for our law enforcement agencies to do, don't you think?

[arcos]

14. welcome to DU!

:hi:

[sandnsea]

15. Hi Bob!

Welcome! And don't drink or use, even if your ass falls off!!

:hi:

[Phillycat]

29. And if it falls off, put it in a wheel barrow and take it to a meeting!

:hi:

[sleipnir]

5. Both!!!

Nothing like a good buzz with a good high! Shit, I'll have a couple beers and a joint and it's a happy time for a few hours!

I find I drink less when high, which is good to control my functional alcoholism. Hummm....probably not a good idea to fight one addiction with another...I might want to work on that one next week.

[mark414]

6. man i wish i could do both

no matter which order i do it in, if i do both i am knocked out for the night

[JohnKleeb]

7. I am traditional, I gotta go with booze

Sorry, it's part of my culture :), its big in my home countries of Ireland, Germany, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

[njdemocrat106]

8. Booze

I don't ever plan on smoking a joint in my life (unless for some medical reason, and only if it's legal, you know)

[njdemocrat106]

53. Besides...

I wouldn't even know where to get weed.

[jonnyblitz]

9. pot.

drunk people are (((obnoxious))))

[fujiyama]

10. I've gotta say

the one time where I really felt a high, the beer I had after, tasted GREAT!

So, I'd say, if you can control yourself, and if your body can handle it, smoke a little, drink a little, don't drive, and enjoy the effects of both.

[Nikia]

11. Pot

Alcohol is an evil drug that most people seem to think is no big deal. Pot, which is illegal and often tested for in employment, isn't as evil.
It can be bad for some people to become regular heavy pot users, but it usually doesn't do the physical damage that regular heavy alcohol use does.

[tavalon]

12. My answer was neither

but not because I'm a prude. I can't tolerate alcohol - I get a headache before I even finish a glass of wine and as a Celiac, I can't have beer and hard alcohol never did it for me. Pot always gave me a skin crawling feeling - creepy. No, I need a better drug.

These days I'm doing some life. What a trippy thing that is!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

50. I saw Gluten-Free beer in Whole Foods...

n/t

[Piperay]

13. Neither ...

I like to remain in control. I like a little alcohol in moderation never to excess and pot gave me panic attacks so I quit that 20 plus years ago.

[illbill]

18. Holy smokes...

That happened to me. I was into it for quite awhile and all of a sudden I would get major panic attacks and had to quit. I would still get them for a good year after I quit.

[sandnsea]

16. Neither

Seems like sort of a waste of time and money to me now. But then, I never managed to use socially, so what the hell do I know about it.

[Forkboy]

20. I feel the same way about shopping or going to the movies

:)

[sandnsea]

23. Don't do much of that either! n/t

[Endangered Specie]

17. Despite my Dutch genes...

I go with Alcohol.

Asthma prevents smoking of anything :(

[HEAVYHEART]

19. Pot

I stopped drinking a year ago. I like my weed though..

[scarlet_owl]

21. Pot. Alcohol makes me throw up.

[noshenanigans]

22. Pot

Since I'm currently stranded in a red state far away from my people I'm having to make do with copious amounts of wine, but I much prefer weed. I don't feel so logey the next morning, plus boy does it make that show "The Planet's Funniest Animals" really entertaining.

[StopTheMorans]

24. beer, pot is for hippies.

[cheezus]

27. evil, godless, communist hippies

Real(tm) patriotic americans smoke some bathtub meth, drink coors and watch nascar

[StopTheMorans]

41. amen!

:evilgrin:

[proud2BlibKansan]

34. And what's wrong with being a hippie?

n/t

[StopTheMorans]

40. everything n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

44. I peacefully disagree

[name not needed]

25. pot

:smoke:

[Left Is Write]

26. I can't stand pot.

But I do like good beers, wine, and the occasional cocktail. I usually stick to beers and wines, though, because hard liquor sometimes gives me a headache.

[fluffernutter]

28. just curious, is there a reason why you can't stand it?

[Left Is Write]

31. Yeah. It does nothing for me but make me feel slow and sluggish.

It gives me a headache. There is nothing even remotely pleasurable for me with pot.

Even if there were pleasure, I wouldn't smoke it anyway. I gave up cigarettes six and a half years ago. I don't smoke anything.

[fluffernutter]

33. good for you!

:hug:

[HEAVYHEART]

36. Slow and sluggish huh?

This is the reason why I smoke pot everyday, at the end of my day. I'm hyper as hell. Pot helps me slow down and relax. I don't smoke pot as a social thing. In fact I get paranoid being around others when I'm high, unless I'm around really really around close friends. I smoke pot in the privacy of my own home, by myself.

[Left Is Write]

38. I understand the need to relax and unwind after a frenzied day.

And I've been known to use a glass of red wine for that purpose.

But I don't like the thick-headed, fuzzy, underwater kind of sluggishness I get from pot. I never liked it. I smoked it many years back to be social, but decided one day it was stupid of me to indulge in a product I did not enjoy just to be sociable.

[Lavender Brown]

30. A pot of alcohol.

Please.

[fluffernutter]

32. i picked alcohol, but

a little pot can be fun now and then

[Joe Power]

35. Damn, I like beer!

[cheezus]

37. well, HOPS (what makes beer taste good) are closely related to cannnabis

so have a beer and smoke a bowl

[Red State Rebel]

39. Neither - I'm high on life :)

I guess it may sound sanctimonious, but if you need something to alter your state to escape the reality of your life, you need to fix that reality.

[mark414]

42. yeah...

plus the fact that your generalization doesn't apply to the great majority of recreational drug users

[Red State Rebel]

46. Calling it recreational doesn't change the fact

that you are altering your state of mind.

[mark414]

51. i'm just saying

you seem to be implying that drug users alter their states of mind only to escape some reality they don't wish to face...that couldn't be less true...that's all i'm saying

[Der Blaue Engel]

57. MAY sound? Lol...

Not everyone who enjoys pot or alcohol is trying to escape reality. That's the part that sounds sanctimonious. :)

There are all kinds of ways to "escape reality," including self-delusion.

Personally, I prefer chocolate and jasmine tea, but I enjoy the occasional toke or pint of Guinness.

Cheers!
:toast:

[Red State Rebel]

58. Chocolate and Jasmine Tea? Oh yes!

Two of my favorites....

[DinahMoeHum]

43. Man made booze, G*d made grass - Whom do YOU trust??

:evilgrin:

[Droopy]

45. Neither, but I won't pass judgement on y'all

I smoked grass on occasion when I was a teenager and in my early twenties. I was a heavy drinker as soon as I turned 21 and up until a month ago. I'm 32 now. I had to give up the booze partly because of some medication I have to take and partly because it was getting out of hand. Technically I can still have a few, but the words 'few' and 'beers' don't usually come out of my mouth in the same sentence, so I decided it was best just to give it up.

[UdoKier]

47. Depends.

On a regular basis, a couple of drinks are nicer. On rare occasion when you know you have a few days to really sober up, it's nice to fire up a joint. I haven't had one in three years. Way too busy to slow down that much for that long...

[Ladyhawk]

48. I can't drink because of the meds.

And I'd get in serious trouble if I got caught with weed...kicked out of my apartment.

[auntcookie]

49. You mean I have to pick just one?

You left off the option of BOTH! :hippie:

[stackhouse]

52. i can't so i...

so i i'v become an excessive user of smilies coffee anyone???

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[Fleshdancer]

54. red wine

pot just makes me sleepy.

[Kire]

55. I was a pot man myself, but now I'm on anti-psychotics.

celebrated seven years clean and sober last week

[starmaker]

56. why not both

to each his own