I dont have any horror stories to share. Been smoking pot for almost 20 years now. Made me more patient and a good listener. Helped me relax from stresses and to think deeply and laterally about difficult subjects. Less agitated and aggressive than I used to be. I've mostly stayed away from alcohol while preferring a joint, and that has been great for my health.

I started in fourth year. At that time it was once a month or so, mostly when friends insisted on some special occasions. By fifth year, it was 2-3 times a week. Overall, it made me calmer, happier and frankly helped me deal with some stuff better.

Did not smoke up for a year after graduation. Frankly, that was a stupid decision - coping with all the stress and the completely changed life (and lifestyle) would had been easier if I could relax with a joint once a week.

Now, I smoke up once in 2-3 weeks, mostly with friends or occasionally alone/with my SO after a dense week. It hasn't affected my work in any manner. It hadn't affected my grades or social circle in college in any manner. Overall, I find it a decent recreational activity to chill with - the key is that you have to balance your normal life along with it, like with any other recreational activity (say, gaming, partying, or whatever helps you cope with this profession).

This was me through college. Went to only smoke when an out of town friend came over after that. Dramatically spaced out intervals of being doped out. Allows me to still enjoy the occasional trip without feeling obligated to smoke up on the usual night out as my friends from the town know that I won’t be smoking up.

To be very honest, i am addicted to weed but i dont want to accept it myself.

I started with 2-3 joints a week to now 4-5 joints a day.
I tried quitting but, even though i never faced any physical symptoms, i felt like i am missing that spark in my life that i used to have before i became an addict.
I am usually more depressed and sad as compared to my pre addiction mental state.

My friends tried to make me quit but i always shrugged them off saying that its not bad for my health, and I'm not an addict, i can quit smoking anytime, you dont have to tell me what to do.
To be honest,
I sometimes feel slight pain in my lungs while coughing (might be inflammation from all the vaping and smoking up). My sports performance has reached it's lowest point now. I am ashamed of myself, I'm depressed and need help but can't ask for it as I myself keep denying every help my frends offer me.

I wasted two years of my college life in smoking and now I'm mentally retarded, weak, full of regrets and sadness and to deal with it, i have to smoke more which is not a viable solution for health in the long term.

Sorry to share my story, but if you take away anything from my story,
It'll be this -

Do not ever get into smoking, nd if you do, make sure that you have a self checking mechanism in place, or else, you'll become a a looser, and an unhealthy living corpse who is lifeless without weed.

P.S. - if you think or believe smoking weed is not harmful , then you are either too ignorant, too dumb(livin in a rainbow world), too brainwashed (by weed smokers' logic), or you are lying to yourself too much.
Read some real research based studies, educate and be honest to yourself.

I was the victim of the whole weed culture. Went from 'let's see what the hype is about' to 'I swear i'm not addicted, i can quit anytime i want!' while smoking 3-4 joints everyday and 7-8 on parties. Missed classes, grades tanked (obviously), social circle kept decreasing and my goals took a backseat. Killed the passion inside me to achieve anything, only dreaming about it was enough. Even the feel good after effects of post smoke sessions were gone, happiness and euphoria were replaced with depression and anxiety. lso resulted in -short term memory loss, sleep deprivation and complete loss of confidence. Hit rock bottom the first time i experienced blackout+stroke in a washroom and almost lost my eye from the fall. This was after a continous use of 2 years (of really shitty local weed + occasional hash scores from kasol), from 2nd to 4th year of college. Decided to call it quits right then. Obviously went through a couple of relapses but it has been 3 years since i've smoked like i used to. Now that i know what it may lead to and how it should be enjoyed, i strictly control my intake. Last time i smoked was 4 and 7 months ago, both on birthday parties. I really wish people would also talk about the negative effects of prolonged smoking and not just about 'that one time they laughed a lot'.

Sometimes I feel on account of weed I smoked on Sunday, I'll go forward and quit my job on Monday and move towards my private practice!!
Being in a law firm for a long term doesn't make sense to me. That's why I started investigating since I was A0. I'm A4 now and have accumulated corpus of around around 35/40 lakhs. Will switch to Tier 1 and grind my ass off for two years. To ensure that I'm happy during those 2 years, I'll rely on weed, friends and s**.

Post that I will only use these things to relish life