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i don't get high with a little help from my friends

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Jan 15, 2026
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By now you’re coming to me for uncomfortable, confrontational truths— and here’s another: sometimes I want to hang out with a friend because I know they have weed. And that we could smoke.

And yet another still: when I’m trying not to smoke, I’m apprehensive to hang out with those friends, because I know I will smoke. And I do.

What can I say? I just can…

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