All those reasons to not smoke marijuana given in yesterday's post are pretty good. But the next reason David Brooks gives as to why they eventually quit is really interesting.
Other things in their lives, "higher pleasures," took its place: "a state of going somewhere, becoming better at something, learning more about something, overcoming difficulty and experiencing a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment."
"One close friend devoted himself to track. Others fell deeply in love and got thrills from the enlargements of the heart. A few developed passions for science or literature."
He says that, like most of us, they were "trying to become more integrated, coherent and responsible people. This process usually involves using the powers of reason, temperance and self-control — not qualities one associates with being high."
Elevate your life; choose the higher pleasures.
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