People are talking about whether Woody Harrelson quit weed or not. Apparently, this a big deal as he said he would quit weed but appeared on Stephen Colbert’s show seemingly high.
My opinion?
The guy looks high, sure…
…but there are more clues in this interview that make the answer a no-brainer. It was obvious to me, and if you know why, it can help you control your own addictive habits…
6 minutes in, marijuana is mentioned…
Woody is curiously coy about the subject of weed. Makes sense. Someone that publicly committed to quitting smoking weed (& failed) will usually avoid the topic. Not wanting to admit you failed is common & being a public figure only adds to the pressure.
9:20 minutes in, Woody is distracted…
He is distracted by his own seat.
During the interview, the object he is sitting on (a chair) seems uncomfortable. But at this point, he is completely absorbed as to the location of the armrest. Stoner move? Probably…
But it also gave Stephen Colbert a chance to humorously repeat the question,
“So you’re not smoking weed anymore!?”
This backs Woody into a weird conversational corner.
He could shrug off the question as the joke that it was.
But there’s a problem…
…the joke was revealing the truth, so Woody feels compelled to answer the question. He clearly arrived unprepared for the whole weed discussion, so he just gives up & says,
“you don’t have to smoke a brownie… dude”
Case Closed
That brownie comment seems like something he had said to himself & possibly close friends before. It is also the 3rd stage of quitting: Bargaining. Bargaining with the whole “quitting weed” topic. Coming up with loopholes in your own quitting strategy to justify failing.
Lil’ Woody’s Loophole:
If I eat weed I can honestly say I don’t smoke it anymore.
Nice one, dude.
You wanted to quit weed but you failed & now you justify it to yourself, all your fans & even directly in interviews by saying “I don’t smoke weed anymore” – without actually lying.
Except to yourself. That’s the lesson. Nobody cares as much about you as you. Same goes for anyone reading this nugget that is currently quitting weed – or anything else:
If you really want to quit, do it for yourself, not for the rest of the world.
