{"id":48,"date":"2026-06-26T15:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/?p=48"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:28:16","slug":"pickleball-and-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/pickleball-and-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball and pot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So hear me out, ya\u2019ll know that I\u2019m sober. But ya\u2019ll also know that I radically support harm reduction in whatever shape that takes. I also understand that there is such a thing as California sober, meaning some people distance themselves from their vice of choice, but they still allow themselves a bit of grass on the side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, I don\u2019t judge people because that\u2019s the last thing I am interested in, but I do have some friends who are avid pickleball players and recreational smokers. Bogdan, a friend from the Ukraine uses pot to stop smoking cigarettes. He also loves pickleball and has invited me out on the court a few times.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Give me them snacks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

OMG, its so much fun. And zero chance of getting hit in the face. On that note, I got smoked in the chin last Tuesday. Damn near stopped me in my tracks, and I had to end that round early. It wasn\u2019t the hit that did it, but the stress of some interpersonal drama that started the tears. Oh well. But back to pickle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This shit\u2019s fun! And apparently pickleball is the best sport<\/a> for stoners. There is nothing better than getting together with some friends on a lazy Saturday afternoon and playing some pickle. Especially <\/em>when they all imbibe. Why? Because it\u2019s chill as fuck, and there\u2019s always some good snacks around. And personally, I don\u2019t mind the smoke because it was never my vice of choice. And while I still yearn for the void, I know that coming down off a high is something that I never want to experience again. So, I\u2019ll be the sober one keeping score but still having a good time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I got hit in the face, I\u2019m contemplating changing up my exercise routine. I know I said I wanted to be an amateur boxer, but like Muhammad Ali said, \u201cEveryone has a plan till they get hit in the face\u201d. Let me tell you, trying to work Wednesday morning was hard. I couldn\u2019t focus and there was a weird pressure in my skull. Thankfully I work from home, but that made things worse? Because I could just slide over to the office and pound out some work, but my brain wasn\u2019t having it. I even had to call my aunt, a retired nurse, because I was feeling a bit scared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I\u2019m taking this week and the next off from boxing. I need my brain to heal and lazy pickleball with stoners sound like a dream come true. There are courts near me that use pickleball court booking software<\/a>, so we can just organize online and reserve our courts without leaving the sofa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if you like to light up maybe try pickleball next time. I promise ya\u2019ll will have a good time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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