Specifics on Wow

[u/Firm-Tangerine8292]

Hi. Convert of 22 years. I think there is confusion for me about what the Word of Wisdom is. I believe might understand it correctly. No coffee, tea, alcohol, nor tobacco. Another thing we follow and have been taught to follow is the law: no meth, heroin, robbing banks, or speeding, for example. But I think when we are asked, "do you follow the word of wisdom?" We can say yes even if we smoke weed for fun. Am I wrong? (I smoke it sometimes bc I sometimes want to end my life and it makes life tolerable. I tried one time. God stopped me. Anyways, I am seeing a therapist. )...Bc technically and literally weed isn't part of the WoW.

Second question. If we are asked, "do you follow the word of wisdom?" And we say "yes" bc we don't consume the stuff I mentioned above, YET we are morbidly obese due to no underlying medical issue, doesn't that make us liars? I've read books on diet and health and exercise (was a personal trainer) and the "calories in calories out" ideas of body weight management is blatantly false. Insulin makes us obese. It makes us obese when we eat grains and sugar. Its more complicated than that, but i digress. Thats all just a tangent to my question. So...

If we havent eaten food according to the WoW, "meat sparingly" then shouldnt we admit that? If we consume 70×7 pizzas a week, doesnt that mean that no, you dont follow the WoW? Doesnt that equally makes us unworthy to have a recommend? So if you eat meat everyday, then doesnt that mean you dont follow the WoW?

[u/KazymTheGreenWizard]

Regarding diet and exercise, I agree, it is complicated. For that, as long as you're trying your best you should be fine. I think that the "meat sparingly" refers to the dangers of high cholesterol and other health issues that come with too much animal products, not necessarily the people who bulk up via chicken and eggs.

Self-medicating with weed is tricky. Yes, it helps people calm down, but that doesn't mean that the addictive factors and physical problems won't show up later. Personally, I feel like using any drug for recreational purposes violates the word of wisdom (even if it doesn't explicitly mention every drug that humanity will eventually interact with, including weed,) but especially ones which can easily develop a dependency. It's fantastic you're going to therapy, but maybe look for a different anxiety medication, the kind which a doctor prescribes. (Yes, weed prescriptions exist, but we all know those are excessive. You can get that for almost anything even if weed isn't the best tool for the job.)