marijuana addiction

Marijuana addiction?!

LMFAO.

Are you serious? If you guys can't quit pot... you need fucking help. That shit is about as addictive as chewing gum. I'm on a break right now, and I am fucking ecstatic now that I am no longer smoking. I have weed still, I just decided one night that I wasn't gonna smoke it for a while... and I haven't since. Honestly, it isnt hard at all, you put down the pipe, focus your mind on doing something else, and by the next day you dont even miss pot at all. And not being burned out and tired/lazy constantly is a HUGE plus.

This is precisely why pot is illegal. Because some dumbass teenagers can't put down the fucking pipe for a while.

 

i think it is possible to get phychologicly addicted to pot but its is way easy to quit all you have to do is either run out of money or pick up a new habbit.

 

well, I smoke a lot and often when I have the chance, and if I have pot nearby, it's almost calling me, so it's like a pretty severe addiction, but I have no problems at all on stopping if I'm out of money/weed, or if I can't get any (although I have one or two dull days coming down after a daily use for a long time, but I guess that's normal).

 

mm.. i do love my smokes.. but i dont think im addicted because its insanely easy to stop, but when i dont smoke i find i cant eat as well (lol munchies mmm) and i dont sleep as well either, but seeing how ive had those problems for a while (before i started smoking da erb) i feel like weeds done me some good, mentally&physically i think

 

people make too big a stink about addiction these days without understanding what it is. caffeine, work, pot, booze, sex, driving, medicine, attention, gaming - all these things are addictive because they're about pleasure, about doing what you like, for a myriad of reasons. im firmly a believer that everyone's addicted to something, and if you're not you're not messed up enough to be entertaining.

 

I smoke multiple times a day, and would say i'm psychologically addicted. If I dont have any, I will think about it and call people until I find some. I like the word dependent though when it comes to weed. Ive been ADDICTED to drugs before and trust me this isnt it.

 

No way man, I can stop anytime I want to, I just have never wanted to, but who knows, I might be addicted, I smoke so often I don't think I would really know, but I do crave it.

 

I'll smoke every day, not much, I'll get nice and toasty after the kids are sleeping (one or two sessions on the vape during the evenings w/ my wife), but during the day abstaining is easy (unless were on vacation or something).

I do notice when my tolerance goes down, I'll try taking a few days off... Anyhow, I'm just really glad some of you mentioned the sleep thing.. I noticed the first night after not smoking... I just can't sleep... I'm restless, etc.... I’m glad to hear this is normal...

So, to answer the question... No, I'm not addicted. I can truly say that, as I have been addicted to harder substances than pot (mainly caffeine and tobacco)... I don't do tobacco anymore, I tried to quit coffee too, but 6 months later, I couldn't do it, and just got back into it. Anyhow, there was NO WAY IN HELL as a smoker I could have taken a week or two off easily (it would have been a hell of a lot worse than one night of insomnia. same goes with coffee.... Those are addictive substances... Pot, is just habit forming.... and dead easy to give up whenever the need arises.

Peace
Socratez

 

I agree with Deviant and Socrates on this one.

With alcohol, I got to the point where if I didn't drink I would start throwing up. That's just sick, not to mention fuckin' pathetic. That's addiction.

Nothing even close with weed. The most that happens when/if I run out of weed is I become a real bastard to deal with. But that's just me being a cranky fuckhead. I certainly have never been phsyically ill because I can't get my hands on a joint.

 

Speak for yourself. I know plenty of older people that can't put the pipe down either. I can smoke cigarettes at random and have never felt compelled to smoke, but I'm still not going to be naive enough to say that cigarettes aren't addictive. Same with alcohol, I have great moderation, but that doesn't mean alcoholism doesn't exist.

I strongly believe that marijuana is addictive...but it's not like people can really come out with their addiction in such a harsh society..the only ones you here about are the young kids forced into rehab and such.

I believe that I'm addicted to marijuana, but the quality of my life would be shit without it, so it's not worth overcoming. I'll let this one take me.

 

The only way it would be psycologically(sp) addictive, is if you are using it as an escape from reality. If you aren't capable of being happy when sober, and you smoke marijuana inorder to become happy, then of course you wont want to stop smoking, you dont want to stop being happy.

I am perfectly happy when im sober, and when i run out of ganj i dont mind waiting a nother before i get any more.
I believe if you think you are addicted (and you dont have to agree) that you should put down the pipe, and find other things that make you happy (friends, hobbies, etc.). Once you're satisfied with your life again, then start toking.

Dont use grass to make a bad day good, use it to make a good day better.

 

This is a stupid thread. BRS, you said a change of environment makes quitting ridiculously (your words) easy?? When an addict is taken from their addiction, they freak out. They have to have it. There is no real addiction that is "ridiculously easy" to get over. Otherwise it wouldn't be called addiction. Addicts have no restraint.

I have smoked almost every day for the past month and a half. I have none at the moment and I don't give a shit. Addiction ruins lives, pot doesn't. Because it is not addictive. It has never ever negatively affected my job, or any part of my life. If a person is making pot a bigger priority than school or work, than they are responsible for the repercussions, not pot. It's up the the individual to be a responsible smoker.

 

Look guys, it depends on the person.

I was physically addicted to marijuana for 7 years.

I could not eat, sleep, draw, or feel good
unless I had a toke.

It was fucking pathetic. I was a pathetic addict. I would do ANYTHING to smoke....

Marijuana was like heroin and coke for me. (which don't do anything for me at all)

I love ganja so much....
but I'm giving it a break.

 

I dont mean any disrespect by this, but i'm pretty sure that it was all in your head. And im pretty sure people saying things like this are the reason Weed is still illigal.

 

Fuck you, Kid.

I was a wreck for 2 weeks after I quit.

I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, I had night sweats, I hated everyone and everything.
I had no desire to do anything creative.

I can't believe you'd sit there on your computer and try and tell me otherwise.

It was like I was a junky, man.

I know it doesn't affect everyone like this,
but it's the only herb/drug/plant I've ever been addicted to, and it was bad.
I wasted so much of my money just to get "high"

For 7 years all I could think about (other than music) was how I was going to get high.
Total addict frame of mind.
Please don't fucking provoke me you seriously pissed me off.

 

no joke 10 or 9% of marijuana uses become physically addicted

 

i would say that if i want weed. i end up getting it. so if i think i want to smoke i end up smoking one way or another. So i guess im addicted mentally

 

The first words i said were "I don’t mean any disrespect", And although I am entitled to my own opinion, I do apologize if it pisses you off.


You shouldn't get so worked up over a post on some forum. There are bigger things in life brother.

 

I smoke like everyday for a year, and stopped for about 2 months while I was dating this chick. I felt fine. No withdrawal symptoms at all. Sure felt good hitting the bong after 2 months dry tho

 

First and foremost it is MY CHOICE whether or not i want to be addicted to cannabis. If i am causing no harm, then frankly it is no one else's business or concern. It is my personal preference. I am not addicted, i choose to smoke cannabis because i enjoy it and happiness is desirable in itself. I don't need cannabis to be happy, it increases my happiness and appreciation of the world. I can't be addicted because i am always in control of my mind and body, the cannabis is not. Unlike alcohol and tobacco where you need the poison.

edit: Cannabis is NOT physically addictive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!