little lifting side blog

So I’ve been smoking a long time and during the amount of time I’ve been smoking I’ve learned a few things! For first time smokers, don’t smoke too much!! SO many people smoke too much their first time and freak out and are scared to try it again. I usually recommend to first time smokers to take one small hit, wait ten minutes, then see if you wanna hit again! It’s the best way to keep yourself from getting too high the first time!

You have to breathe the smoke in!! (Don’t worry if you didn’t know that, a lot of first time smokers don’t actually inhale, and as a result the first time they smoked they didn’t get stoned.) Pull it into your mouth, then breathe in through mouth to pull the smoke in. Also HAVE WATER!!! Water, water, water. Stay hydrated anyways, but when you smoke for the first time you WILL cough. It’ll burn your throat because it’s smoke you know? Cold water will definitely cool the burn.

Have snacks nearby too! Snacks are always good when you’re high, especially for those first time munchies.

Please don’t smoke out of a plastic bottle where you’re applying the flame near the plastic!!!! If you can drop the 5-7 bucks on a glass pipe (I don’t recommend joints or blunts for first time smokers as you’re more likely to smoke too much but those are a cheaper alternative.)

Don’t smoke out of a bong!!! Don’t let your friend hand you a bong with a fully packed bowl and then you rip the whole thing. You will get too high and probably have a bad time.

Don’t smoke outside if you can avoid it for your first time. (I used to smoke in my bathroom with the fan on, and a towel stuffed under the door when I first started smoking.) Being outside the first time you smoke can cause you to get super paranoid that people know you’re high, and honestly being outside is sometimes just too intense for first time smokers.

Okay so now you’ve taken a hit, waited, you’re not sure if you actually feel anything. Stand up, take a few steps around, if you feel a bit sluggish, maybe a bit floaty, you’re high. If you feel the affects aren’t intense enough for you take another hit. You’ll definitely want to keep track of time with a timer in between your hits, because as you get stoned you’ll start to have a less accurate grasp on time.

Maybe you’ve smoked a bit too much? You’re feeling anxious, maybe you feel the weed was laced or something. Most people, the first time they smoke, are smoking in a group. The best way to keep those thoughts at bay is to take a moment to ask yourself a couple questions. “Do I seem to be the only person feeling this way? Is anyone else (perhaps someone who is a more frequent smoker than yourself for example) seemingly distressed, unhappy, or otherwise complaining of an abnormal feeling from the weed?” I would take that time to show myself nothing is wrong, I simply had smoked too much and was having anxiety over it.

Also mention how you’re feeling to your friends! It can be as simple as “hey does anyone else feel weird?” Your friends might laugh, thinking you’re joking around (don’t let that cause you more anxiety) just reiterate you aren’t joking, you’re having anxiety from smoking if they aren’t feeling weird, and maybe ask someone to help you calm down!

If you can, figure out what strain you’re smoking! I personally love indica strains, they calm me down and mellow me out. It is definitely a strain you recommend to a first time smoker. I also advice against sativas for first timers because it has the opposite affect (awakening, uplifting, energizing) which for first time smokers can usually trigger anxiety!

My biggest recommendation for feeling too high is to eat something! Eat a sandwich, make a hot pocket, some pizza rolls, anything. It can help bring down the high plus it’ll taste super fucking good!

Most first time smokers are underage (I would say I don’t recommend underage use but I started smoking at 15 so that’s a bit hypocritical) and most first time smokers are usually not going to have parents that are cool with it (I can’t relate I stole a bit of my moms weed to smoke the first time I ever did lmao) so you’ll want to hide the fact that you smoked! I have a few key things to recommend for that!

1.Shower after you sesh! (stoned showers are great and it’ll get rid of the smell sticking to your hair.) 2.Change clothes and put the clothes you smoked in at the bottom of the laundry basket. (You’ll already be changing clothes if you shower after smoking so two birds one stone) 3.If you are smoking inside (I.E. in the bathroom I recommend buying or lifting a container of ozium spray. It’s a car spray so anyone can buy it. It removes smoke and freshens the air. Spray that in the room you smoked in and shut the door. 4.Don’t just try to cover it up with perfume! You’ll smell like weed and perfume. 5. Eyedrops!!! You absolutely will get red eyes when you first start smoking. Cleareyes is the brand I recommend before all others, visine extra strength red eye removal also works wonders!! 6.Brush your teeth, chew some strong mint gum, or eat an orange! It’ll get rid of the weed smell on your breath. 7.Keep your weed in a scent proof container! A mason jar, one of the stash jars they sell at Spencer’s, a smelly proof bag, and altoids style containers all seal in the smell entirely! 8.Sesh when you know you have at least 45 mins to an hour to descent a room you smoked in if you smoke inside.

Overall I recommend going into smoking with a positive mindset! And don’t let anyone make you feel like you have to smoke, only do it if YOU want to! If your friends are trying to force you to try smoking pot and you really don’t want to, those aren’t your friends. And also remember! Smoking weed is not for everyone! Some people it doesn’t matter what they smoke, how little, etc. they just have a bad experience on it! And that’s okay too, it’s completely fine to not want to smoke cannabis!