My boss is a weed junkie.

[Dan Steely]

In my 40 plus years in this world I have never met anyone as addicted to weed as my current supervisor.

I didn't even think it could be that bad. It's really a huge pain in the ass for everyone around him.

He makes pretty good money but is always behind and owing people because of it.

He is always nagging people to hook him up.

If god forbid he is out he is a total dick to everyone.

This is the kicker that just blows me away: He will actually call in sick for work if he is out! Like I said he is a supervisor. He is needed at work. We all depend on him to be there so we can do our jobs.

It really sucks for us because we need him there but like I said he is just an ahole when he cant hook up. He's even an ahole when he thinks he is gonna run out.

He seriously might lose his position because of it.

When he does have weed(usually) he's a good guy and a cool and competent boss and all in all I do think of him as a friend.

I've known some potheads in my day(most everyone I have ever hung out with) but I never knew it could be so bad.

[Dune]

Yeah, I've worked with and known some people like that. Just make sure you have an extra joint set aside for him when he is out and you will never have to worry about anything at work. You will be his hero. It amazes me that people can get so uptight and worried when they are out or close to being out. If they could just realize that a couple of days without it is not the end of the world. What would he do if he was into something that actually caused w/d's? He would never make it as an OP.

[Nate]

Before opaites came in my life (and then thus becoming the priority) I was VERY much pychologically (sp.) addicted to mj. Not for any particular reason, but I just liked it. In the addiction sense my behaviours were very much like those of my behaviours addicted to opaites, just not as sever. (Story of my life, either I don't like it, or im addicted to it...)

I have been smoking pot pretty much everday for 4 years (now opaites came in the last 2 years) but during those first 2 years I stayed pretty high. I look back and it really is a waste cause a couple buckets a day is way better then 50 buckets a day (heh). I very much remeber one time running out while at the cottage with no way to get more pot, after a year+ everyday non stop...it fuckin sucked...I compare it alot to PAWS (post acute w/d syndrome), boredom, depression, no sleep ext. Never would have called into work sick, but I definetly didn't feel good.

You can get pretty much mentally dependant on any substance if you like it enough, even pot. For some pot is their opaite, so cut em some slack.

[Dan Steely]

Yeah don't get me wrong the guy is a friend of mine. When he has weed he is a cool fun boss. Me and everybody else there do whatever we can to keep him well but his appetite is huge. I'd say near an ounce a week but he rarely has enough for an ounce even though he is single and makes around 50k which is good here, where a 100k will get you a pretty decent house still.

I'm not judging him. I'm just baffled. I've been around the kind my whole adult life. We got him a kw and everything so hopefully this will smooth out as he gets up to speed.

[jonny-5]

Yeah don't get me wrong the guy is a friend of mine. When he has weed he is a cool fun boss. Me and everybody else there do whatever we can to keep him well but his appetite is huge. I'd say near an ounce a week but he rarely has enough for an ounce even though he is single and makes around 50k which is good here, where a 100k will get you a pretty decent house still.

I'm not judging him. I'm just baffled. I've been around the kind my whole adult life. We got him a kw and everything so hopefully this will smooth out as he gets up to speed.


actually, one of the 2 friends i was talking about last nite is just like this guy, he smokes a lot and hates being out of weed. he gets all agitated when its not around. due to recent probation he had to quit for 3 years, which just started a few weeks ago. maybe it has something to do with why he doesnt want me around, but i quit with him. anyways, maybe theres a promotion in your future??

[Dan Steely]

I am moving up real quick but even so it would take me a minimum of 2 maybe three years to do his job and it's not really the job I want anyways. I am not a good multitasker. I like to be helpful but everybody asking me ?'s constantly would make me go insane.

[DreamSellerInc]

Like Nate said, before I started doing opiates, I was "addicted" to marijuana. I started smokin when I was 14 or so and smoked everyday for years and years. It came with the lifestyle, I was in a gang, I sold crack, I dropped out of school, and I smoked pot everyday. And when I didn't have it, I'd become anxious and irritated, bored and depressed, and I really learned a lot about myself. It was then I knew whatever I tried I'd become addicted to. And that's depressing.

Here I am, a thousand pounds of pot, couple kilos of blow and dope, and a truckload of pills later. None the worse for wear, but I've wasted a lot of time. A lot of time. And it started with POT.

And yeah, haha, I've seen a lot of people that were severely addicted to pot, and that was all they knew, and all they ever would do. Still smokin too.


I could go for a fuckin doobie right now.

[Papa Verine]

Like Nate said, before I started doing opiates, I was "addicted" to marijuana. I started smokin when I was 14 or so and smoked everyday for years and years. It came with the lifestyle, I was in a gang, I sold crack, I dropped out of school, and I smoked pot everyday. And when I didn't have it, I'd become anxious and irritated, bored and depressed, and I really learned a lot about myself. It was then I knew whatever I tried I'd become addicted to. And that's depressing.

Here I am, a thousand pounds of pot, couple kilos of blow and dope, and a truckload of pills later. None the worse for wear, but I've wasted a lot of time. A lot of time. And it started with POT.

And yeah, haha, I've seen a lot of people that were severely addicted to pot, and that was all they knew, and all they ever would do. Still smokin too.


I could go for a fuckin doobie right now.

That's my story.

and I could also go for a fuckin doobie right now.

[Nate]

That's my story.

and I could also go for a fuckin doobie right now.

SAME...grr all my pothead friends sleep till so late in the afternoon...PAWS is kicking my ass, I just want to toke :(.

But yeah I know plenty of people who are more or less physcologically addicted to pot, smoking every 30 min to an hour all day. Oh how I miss those simple pleasures, fuck if only pot were as good as opaites.

[SynthMorph]

Maybe "weed" is his code word for smack. Perhaps he thinks letting people know he's on weed is an excuse as to why he looks and acts fucked up at times. Weed is much more excepted than any opiate and maybe he's using the term as cover.

[Ludakris]

This caught me as rather funny...I used to be very similar to this guy. Up until recently, I was a daily smoker of the reefer for about 7 years. Of course, I hit a "high" point when I initially started, and all I wanted to do was get high with my friends. I was living in this house with 11 people and we just went through this weed phase where all we did was get high, go to Carl's Jr. and get food, and sleep...wake up, repeat. I was one of few that had a real job so I would get all butt hurt when I had to go to work and the rest of them would stay home and get high so I started calling in sick to stay home and get high...well, needless to say, about a month of this and I got fired.

A handful of us were so bad that we insisted we "needed" it to sleep, so we would stay up like dope fiends until we could find some...at times being up a couple days at a time.

[Dan Steely]

SAME...grr all my pothead friends sleep till so late in the afternoon...PAWS is kicking my ass, I just want to toke :(.

But yeah I know plenty of people who are more or less physcologically addicted to pot, smoking every 30 min to an hour all day. Oh how I miss those simple pleasures, fuck if only pot were as good as opaites.

I like to mix them but only one hit of weed. For me weed gives opi some muscle but it can also bury it and that would make me sad.

[antigonemuse]

your boss sounds like my pop...

but before opies, was weed for me. Instead of pulling my couches apart for a dropped pill or lost bag, i was lookinf for that possible dropped roach i may have forgotten about. from about my junior year of high school to about age 26 i smoked from wake to sleep and everywhere between. before work, during work, and after. i couldnt sleep or function without it. the shit can be as evil as opies. and just as difficult to quit. the only reason i stopped is cause heroin kinda took its place. ill pick it up every now and then. but at one time is was a serious addiction, that controlled me as much as dope does. i needed it,

i think it was about two years ago that i felt i just didnt need it anymore. especially in WD cause i felt worse when i smoked.


as far as your boss goes, if he is a friend, maybe you should tell him. when he is hi of corse. I know my dad was the same way. he finally stopped smoking last year (and he smoked a good 40 plus years). and to be honest, drugs shouldnt be a part of the work place, even if it something that sounds really cool. cause soner or later it effects our preformence. and from what you said he is very open about it. which is just beyond my idea of what a higher up expectations should be. good go him for getting there, but he isnt doing a whole lot to keep the position if he is abusing it by flaunting an addiction, harassing coworkers for drugs, and calling in sick cause he cant get high.

just a very odd situtation, what kind of work is it? now im really curious

[Dan Steely]

The worst possible kind to mix with drugs which is why I do not. Very expensive very big and potentially dangerous machinery. Though I must admit that he smokes so much weed that it's practicly like smokin cigs to him. Not me though. Weed makes me stupid and that is no place for stupid. The part I was working on last night was worth 6 grand, the machine half a million.

[Indy]

Story of my life, either I don't like it, or im addicted to it...)

Awesome quote, i can TOTALLY relate. I mean, if something makes you feel good, what reason is there to NOT repeat it ad nauseam? Or at least.....that's the hope. If only it really worked that way.

[Nate]

Awesome quote, i can TOTALLY relate. I mean, if something makes you feel good, what reason is there to NOT repeat it ad nauseam? Or at least.....that's the hope. If only it really worked that way.

So true.

[Somanax]

Just be happy,

I mean he could make your life suck

just 'cause he is low on his script's

I mean weed is replaceable

Not to mention a misdemeanor

in personal amount's :rolleyes:

[Nate]

Woohoo Nate scored..........some pot :cool:

Ahh much better, PAWS can fuck off for a bit.

[ouch]

I know someone like that. He honestly has withdrawl symptoms without his pot. Not anywhere near as bad as someone kicking heroin but it was still pretty bad. Obviously all mental. I smoked all day long every day for several years and stopped cold turkey and was fine.

[rockbottom]

weed and junky don't go together--pot head yeah --pot junky no

[resorcinol]

I was never like that with weed but I sure was with booze. That's probably not as surprising as weed addiction per se; I think people who don't buy the drug warrior party line recognize that booze is more addictive than weed for more people. I hesitate to say it's as addictive as opiates because it takes longer for physical dependence to set in, but it's close. It's not smell-less like most drugs either, thus impossible to hide.

[bigNasty]

This caught me as rather funny...I used to be very similar to this guy. Up until recently, I was a daily smoker of the reefer for about 7 years. Of course, I hit a "high" point when I initially started, and all I wanted to do was get high with my friends. I was living in this house with 11 people and we just went through this weed phase where all we did was get high, go to Carl's Jr. and get food, and sleep...wake up, repeat. I was one of few that had a real job so I would get all butt hurt when I had to go to work and the rest of them would stay home and get high so I started calling in sick to stay home and get high...well, needless to say, about a month of this and I got fired.

A handful of us were so bad that we insisted we "needed" it to sleep, so we would stay up like dope fiends until we could find some...at times being up a couple days at a time.

I've been in the same situation. When i run out of opies and start looking thru cars and my house, i think back to when i was like that with weed. callin everybody you know that smokes pot looking for some, driving 30 miles to go pick some up for everybody. Its weird how alot of us started out like that

[jdub]

My weed is a boss junkie. Wait what???