I've smoked exactly one joint in my life. I don't think I got high at all and didn't enjoy the experience. But I'm curious to know what folks find enjoyable about it. Does it just chill you out? Does it make you feel like you don't have a care in the world? I don't think I'd ever try smoking one again but idk I'd maybe try edibles in a vegan brownie or something.
one of the better descriptions I've heard is that it dramatically increases the sense of novelty in the user's immediate experience.
things I like doing I enjoy as if I am doing them for the first time again, making me more engaged. so like eating a favorite food/snack, watching an anticipated or favorite movie/tv show, playing a video game, painting/drawing, listening to music, etc. those are all things that I like normally, but would have a truly great time doing if I was high.
the shift in awareness and perspective, however subtle, also can pull a user out of a pattern of thinking and encourage them to be more focused on immediate surroundings, which I think is part of the general appeal of so-called intoxication that humans (and other animals) have driving them to seek out or revisit psychoactives.
I used to smoke weed multiple times a day and much preferred it to alcohol, because alcohol was far more impairing, would induce dumber decisions, and often resulted in hangovers.
This is spot-on. Whenever I smoke, not only do I get more into whatever I'm doing, I feel like I'm seeing it from a new and fun perspective. Being stoned makes everything more interesting.