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GL today

I started smoking in the beginning of 2009. For the entire year, I've smoked pretty much every single day, most days smoking at least 4+ bowls. The longest I have gone without smoking during 2009 is about 7 days. Aside from a few days here or there (and that week I took off), I have smoked every day and a lot.

It's difficult to assess your own tolerance, especially when you don't have any clue what tolerance even means in relation to THC. I have been feeling like my tolerance is too high since the summer and have been thinking about ways to lower it. So finally I decided to just stop smoking for some amount of time.

Today I started reading about THC tolerance, tolerance breaks, and other fun scientific articles relating to the topics. The sum of what I took from all this information is:
-If you stop smoking for a week or so, 60-70% of the THC previously in your system clears out. However, the remaining THC remains in your body fat.
-To effectively clear out the THC that has accumulated in your body fat, it takes 4-6 weeks of not smoking.

I am posting all of this here because I know a lot of friends and other poker players smoke a lot, will maybe read this and add something, and are smart people.

Do any of you guys have experience taking a tolerance break? How long have you gone? Basically, discuss!

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anas are nice for days like today when i watch the 5200 and think about my 3 figure br

I take breaks from smoking between XX:00 and XX:55. Don't really smoke if I'm not playing cards besides the occasional morning, lunch, dinner hits.

I peeled daily from age 15-24 with a one year break, reduced to semester breaks now. I've never had any problems with 'em in general or quitting or sth.

But thank god it's semester break right now.

did it once and it was pretty scary

i think i might quit soon

I've pretty much quit, though I'm still a failure at everything.

Variance

i take occasional 1-2 week breaks, with an occasional month off, i think they're pretty necessary. It's way too easy to let your tolerance get absurd and turn a pretty inexpensive habit into a very expensive one. Though I'd imagine there are some people that can just keep it in moderation and not build up that tolerance.

No plans to quit here, but i've certainly cut way back from my peak, which was just silly amounts. Still pretty much a failure at everything like Thayer too though.

pretty much the same for me, i use to smoke copious amounts from 18-24 daily, now not so much, i can go several weeks or months without smoking, but still like to do it on occasion to chill out sit back and reflect

never had any problems cutting back, pretty easy really

decided to trial grow this year and got me 1 lil nice female bout 5/6 ft'r so that might change here in a month or so,

ya same... wtf its terrible

used to smoke a few times every day and now I get nervous even thinking about being high.. no idea what happened

I quit smoking while playing live (and most of online play too) and have cashed 2 in a row, 5k venetian main and legends main. I think there's a direct correlation.

take a month off and samson gets u lifted

bout tree fitty for me

quittings for quitters

it's also for people who are charged with importing 500 kilograms by the us department of justice.

I fail to see the distinction

You what I love? Blueberry bananas.

I'm a bit late on the thread, but smoking and drinking mint tea+sugar is really really nice.

i saw this thread had 420 posts

had to ruin it to point it out though

i didnt read this whole thread, but.......


i used to be a bit of a banana head and the times i played poker during were fun but im not sure how + EV it was.

i kept thinking i could soul read every1 and see thru their whole cards. i was REALLY interested in every hand and what every1 had/was doing. got a bit spewy/stationy, (altho i guess thats not much of a difference from my real play) calling only to confirm reads. not sure how much bananas helped but i did enjoy playing on them.


not a big fan of bananas anymore. not sure why but i have strange reactions to them now. i get panicky and think way too hard. oh well.


oranges ftw imo.

to clear up any confusion

tolerance break =/ quitting

basically I just want to quit for the shortest time possible to lower my tolerance

i enjoy talking to 2p2ers in live poker and mentioning goin outside for bananas and them not knowing wtf im talking about

i get the "why the **** do u have to go outside to eat a banana" once in awhile

Read the first page of this thread for awhile and thought all you guys were talking about Xanax, I'm thinking to myself..wtf all these kids are popping xannys and dominating poker that doesnt make any sense.

then I realized how much of a banana head I was and caught onto what it meant.

and holy ****.

I finally just realized what WEEN WAS TALKING ABOUT

And for anyone wondering about the Volcano it's definally a +EV and worthy investment.

Say you roll an L with 4 friends, you are grinding up about ~5-6 Bananas. Not only with the blunt you waste a crapload due to burning unless you get the Bob Marley papers.

With the volcano, all you need is about 2-3 Banana nugs, grind it up in the ol Volcano, and you have yourself about 4-5 milky bags and your effin LIFTED.
fwiw, it takes about 1 bag to yourself and your baked every time. 2 FT bag.

$500.. if your eating bananas everyday it about pays for itself in less than a month.