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How bad is weed?

I used to smoke every day before going to bed for the past 5 years (minus this year). Now I'm doing 2 weeks sober and 1 week smoking. What this has showed me is that the things I used to occupy myself with (video games, podcasts) don't hold my attention while sober. Sometimes I feel like I've wasted years numbing myself to escape the boredom I otherwise would have felt. I also wonder if weed makes you more dumb in the long run.

On the other hand I don't have many vices. When I end the 2 week sober period I do look forward to smoking and I don't notice a drop in alertness or sharpness in that period (other than while high of course). Should I allow myself this one vice if I can maintain it at one week a month? I've made steps in my life from getting a decent job to living on my own and getting a gf all while smoking daily. It wasn't a hurdle with achieving those things.

I'm split. I do feel very different while in the sober period and not in a bad way. I just do get bored more often and so far it has not steered me into doing more productive things.

Any advise or own experiences are appreciated.

>>17491847
All I can say is make sure you know what's bothering you before you attempt to fix it.
For me the future of sitting in an office like that for the next 40 years was unbearable so I made the switch and can say that it was a good one.
Buy a diary and write down where you want to be and what's needed for it. It's gay Jordan Peterson advise but it is helpful

I was the class clown, I did anything for a laugh, often disrupted classes.
Was on good terms with almost everybody but not a close friend to anyone.
Fast forward now and my social skills have gone worse imo, I've got 2 decent friends but everywhere else in my life I'm lacking (school/love life/ having a vague idea where I want to be in 5 years).
I'm not sure what I want to do with my life now, I wish I could give someone else control of it, I'm not doing a very good job.
I'm 22 now btw