This is the truth. I won’t go into my long story, but my ex was always blaming a shit relationship on my smoking, but ultimately I was smoking as I was in a shit relationship, as well as other stresses and not knowing myself well enough to do things any differently.
I’m 52 now, have always loved weed, and the culture around it, I thought it was helping me with my music making, especially when jamming and the initial creation phase., I think it did to a point, but maybe not the editing and production phase.
After a spell living at a Buddhist temple and then contracting Covid quite badly, I actually cannot smoke any more, as it gives me severe palpitations, anxiety attacks and more brain fog than I normally have.
I must say, that day after not smoking for 3 months or so (I have toked consistently for over 30 years) was a revelation. So light and clear headed, that I don’t want to feel any different now.
My cousin has smoked about 10 Js a day for as long as I can remember, and is older than me, and I cannot help but think how much valuable life and joyful experience is being missed in a cloud of smoke.
That’s a lot to deal with. Wishing you well. Meditation and breathing exercises might help you as well, if you haven’t already tried.
I fire up the Volcano whenever I get some studio time - hardly ever otherwise, except when writing novels. For me it’s a major part of the synth noodling experience and, yes, it’s led me down some blind alleys but it’s also given me some of my more interesting recordings. I sure wouldn’t advocate it to anyone else but I have to say it works for me and has for over 45 years.
I’m wondering what kind of rabbit hole someone has to go down to actually find and dig up this thread? Like, what is the search criteria that leads you here lol.
Maybe they had it open on their browser for the last 3 years and only just got around to finishing their reply 
Criteria: being extremely stoned for years.
Just kidding obviously
Some great stories of encouragement here to help me got out of the rut of habitual vaping, don’t think I really get anything from it anymore - it’s just a form of escapism for me. Going to take a break from it for November and December and hopefully onwards!
They joined elektronauts 20 hours ago so I think they had it open and been meaning to sign up for 3 years but smoked a blunt and forgot, I’ve done that before too 
I sure used to smoke a bunch back in the US. I even started getting into making my own edibles and I thought it was fantastic. My brother is a drummer and at the time I was a guitarist and we would use cannabis nearly daily and jam, play video games or go on adventures around town.
Now I’ve been living in Japan for the past decade and it’s unfortunately a very controlled substance here.
Instead I drank too much for too long, but finally gave that up in the past year or two after some family troubles.
In recent years CBD products are more prevalent in Japan and I take them pretty regularly for body aches and sleep.
I also feel like I sink right into my creative zone when I’m on a CBD blend pretty easily. Or it may just be some kind of endocannabinoid muscle memory going on.
Japan is slowly easing up restrictions for at least medical use bit by bit, but I’ll be surprised if it’s ever recreational in my life.
Been a heavy cannabis user for 30 years. My life is amazing. Really.
Just came to see if there are still folk who call it marijuana in 2023 
Used to enjoy it years n years ago, now the mere aroma makes me queasy …
That’s rum and vodka for me nowadays. 
Cannabis wasn’t readibly available for me in my youth, so I only tried it a few times briefly in my early twenties or so. But I was always attracted to it, I just didn’t have any source and where I grew up, there was only alcohol and all other drugs were not socially acceptable. So I ended up drinking loads of alcohol every weekend. I got kind of used to the horrible hangovers and never noticed how much this influenced my life because everyone was drinking (more or less). Anyway, I started smoking cannabis regularly a few years later - one or two times per week, always the same amount, more or less. Later without tobacco in a vaporizer (which was a godsend: much nicer highs, more mellow and not the wasted feeling of tobacco). And then I quit drinking altogether because my hangovers got so bad that I was riddled with anxiety and depressive feelings for a few days after drinking. Just couldn’t manage to stop after three beers or so. But not drinking at all worked just fine. Anyway, I needed that to realize that cannabis also fucked me up on the next day (or sometimes days): Anxiety, very low mood, executive functioning more or less disabled and I was very irritable.
So, after trial and much error, I came to the realization that no drugs work best for me. And then enough sleep, proper food and all that stuff. But I always craved “something” pretty much all the time. Just a little kick from whatever. By now, I know that it’s the ADHD which triggers that feeling. Just something to get my dopamine levels up. I started taking meds a few weeks ago and that craving almost instantly disappeared. Sure, I’m taking a new drug but this one has no disadvantages in daily life for me and it stabilizes my mood as well as my need for constant stimulation. Of course, I also tried vaping a bit of cannabis since then 
But yeah, the next day wasn’t great so I think I may smoke a bit on a party or something like that here and there. But I don’t see myself needing it anymore to unwind after a stressful day.
PS: Smoking weed on the comedown of a psychedelic trip still remains one of the best experiences
PPS: To the question of this thread: Yes, cannabis does affect my music making! It can be really nice to explore stuff, I’ve made some interesting things while being high but it’s the same for being sober, so it doesn’t really matter in the end for me. I can see why one would need to be high to record music. Many people, like myself, do struggle with getting clear thoughts in their head and everything which will increase the focus und decrease the noise can be very helpful.
Drugs won’t make you more creative: it’s a myth. It would be too easy to be an artist in this way.
It’s so interesting how cannabis effects everyone differently. I’ve been a regular smoker for 15 years. I’ve taken 5+ 1 to 2 week breaks. They’re never that good lol. Maybe more clear headed but also less motivation to do things i enjoy. I spend more time laying in bed when I’m sober. I am at the point where the effects of ganja are kinda minimal, unless i dab, but the light effect is still nice. Cannabis gives me more energy for
music and movement. It can make the arrangement part of making songs harder sometimes, I can get a bit lost in the sauce.
How about grass?
Maybe this comes with practice/experience/the right strain, but the one time I ever smoked, my attention span was so gone I can’t imagine writing music high.
Fun time though
Assume for one moment that smoking weed is like riding a bike and it’s rare that anyone will win the Tour de France on their first little pedal around the block, realistically most people fall off the bike. I know what you’re saying, but it’s just the nature of the yeast. Sometimes people don’t even get high until the third time they smoke. Some people throw up, I’ve seen that happen.
