Hello AFN,
I've been lurking for several months reading up as much as I can before I braved my first grow. A little background about me. I quit smoking pot on July 4,1989 and relapsed three times over the next 14 months. Since then I haven't touched it. I gave it up because I didn't want to support criminal organizations anymore (among other reasons).
I think prohibition is wrong and its exciting to see the changes. Too much money spent to deny people their freedom and ruin their lives with criminal records for not hurting anyone. But I'm preaching to the choir. I, however, made a choice to quit. It took me several attempts over the course of a few years but I finally got my independence day on independence day 1989. The day I quit I was a lonely single part time waiter. A year later I was married and the manager of the restaurant.
I was fine until Jan 1, 2014 when I saw news reports of the lines outside of dispensaries in Colorado. It was legal, at least in that state. That made me curious. I started reading on the internet. That darn internet. The more I read and saw pictures of mason jars filled with buds and videos of growing plants, the more my mouth watered. The more I learned of the history of prohibition the angrier I got. I felt shame for my years of pot smoking and breaking laws. But that shame was only because politicians like to stir up fear and blame; law enforcement see it as job security; and selected corporations who didn't want competition from cannabis.
I live in California and was happy that Prop 215 passed in 1996. When I voted for it I thought it was only for glaucoma and chemotherapy patients. Long story short I just got a doctors recommendation so now it's legal for me. The reason I gave it up is no longer valid. But I'm still a little nervous. I still have to pay off a mortgage and get my kid through one of the most expensive universities in the country. My wife's against me growing. She's against prohibition, just not for me. So for months I was sitting on 10 auto-flower seeds hidden in the refrigerator.
When I saw Washington DC and Alaska kick into gear last month I decided to take a couple of seeds out. It's 10 days since they broke ground. She doesn't know about it and I am not looking forward to her finding out. I should man up and tell her but that's for another post.
Is 10 days too soon to start a journal and post baby pictures?
Peace Out,
Dugan
I've been lurking for several months reading up as much as I can before I braved my first grow. A little background about me. I quit smoking pot on July 4,1989 and relapsed three times over the next 14 months. Since then I haven't touched it. I gave it up because I didn't want to support criminal organizations anymore (among other reasons).
I think prohibition is wrong and its exciting to see the changes. Too much money spent to deny people their freedom and ruin their lives with criminal records for not hurting anyone. But I'm preaching to the choir. I, however, made a choice to quit. It took me several attempts over the course of a few years but I finally got my independence day on independence day 1989. The day I quit I was a lonely single part time waiter. A year later I was married and the manager of the restaurant.
I was fine until Jan 1, 2014 when I saw news reports of the lines outside of dispensaries in Colorado. It was legal, at least in that state. That made me curious. I started reading on the internet. That darn internet. The more I read and saw pictures of mason jars filled with buds and videos of growing plants, the more my mouth watered. The more I learned of the history of prohibition the angrier I got. I felt shame for my years of pot smoking and breaking laws. But that shame was only because politicians like to stir up fear and blame; law enforcement see it as job security; and selected corporations who didn't want competition from cannabis.
I live in California and was happy that Prop 215 passed in 1996. When I voted for it I thought it was only for glaucoma and chemotherapy patients. Long story short I just got a doctors recommendation so now it's legal for me. The reason I gave it up is no longer valid. But I'm still a little nervous. I still have to pay off a mortgage and get my kid through one of the most expensive universities in the country. My wife's against me growing. She's against prohibition, just not for me. So for months I was sitting on 10 auto-flower seeds hidden in the refrigerator.
When I saw Washington DC and Alaska kick into gear last month I decided to take a couple of seeds out. It's 10 days since they broke ground. She doesn't know about it and I am not looking forward to her finding out. I should man up and tell her but that's for another post.
Is 10 days too soon to start a journal and post baby pictures?
Peace Out,
Dugan
Glad to hear of your grow in progess. We here at AFN will take a journal, and pics, from shot glass to cured jar! lolol
