How old are you? I've met a lot of people who thought like you (I was one) and ultimately they all became addicts.
Opiates, even kratom, are not in the same league as alcohol, they can't be compared.
You don't even understand what addiction is yet if you can make a statement like 'battling compulsion is within everyone's capability.' Addiction is the breaking down of that ability. Keep going the way you are, you'll eventually give in on the two day a week thing and take it three, rationalize that it's not that big of a deal.
Actually physical dependence isn't the big problem. It's a minor problem compared to the psychological battle of addiction, at least with opioids and most other drugs, GABAergics like the benzos and barbs have a serious physical dependence associated with them, but it takes a long time to get to that point.
I've kicked the physical dependence a number of times- from kratom, bupe, methadone, oxy/dope, and I've never found it to horrible. It's the psychological aspect of withdrawal that is the problem. Anyone can handle some headaches, the flu and a little insomnia.
I'm 35 but I've never been into addictive drugs.
I've done the usual, smoke weed, Oxy, shrooms, LSD, drink, dex, coke, etc.
I'm finding it pretty unsettling though that you consider it a forgone conclusion that no one can EVER do some Kratom twice a week and then simply go a few months without, then start up again, then stop, whatever, without ever becoming a complete slave to it, unless they draw a line in the sand that they will NEVER EVER do it again beyond X--point.
I only experimented with Kratom for the first time a year ago, and before doing so I was VERY afraid that I'd "fall prey to the devil of addiction but various nice posters on here made me believe that that was probably not going to happen so long as I didn't go nuts with it and take it more than a couple days a week.
So I took MONTHS to talk to people before I tried it first, hemming and hawing and wondering if I DARE attempt to take some Kratom...and in the end, I found that I was making a big deal over nothing.
I don't feel that Kratom is the INSANELY ADDICTIVE demonic opioid that I had made it out to be.
After experimenting for the past year I have found that taking it a couple times a week without forming physical dependence is not only entirely possible, but not even that difficult and I have already taken a 5 month break from it when I was low on cash.
I can totally see where you are coming from IF it was something REALLY REALLY good like Oxy...which I have also experimented with, but I don't see a couple tea spoons of plain leaf Kratom as being like that because the high pales in comparison making it less alluring.
I can say with all honesty that
I don't really even think that Kratom is THAT good which, along with how easy it is to take a couple times a week, is what makes me not so worried about it, and also which makes me second guess ever trying Extracts because though it's tempting to try something as good as oxy...the greater the pleasure the greater the risk...
But I don't see plain leaf Kratom as being all that threatening really.
Keep in mind that it seems to me from what I've read that most people on here are using Kratom to get off harder opiates, while the only time I've ever taken any harder opiates like Oxy is when prescribed it by a doctor and I plan on never touching it again unless prescribed it again...nor would I EVER touch Heroin, Fentanyl, Suboxone, or anything like that with a 10 foot pole...just Kratom, and I just don't see myself ending up in a ditch selling my body for Heroin in 10 years because I experimented with it a bit.
And for the sake of argument...what if I DID once do a little too much and had to go through some minor flu like symptoms...it wouldn't kill me and I'd be fine and either make the choice not to do it again, or else continue.
I was both mentally and physically dependent on Klonopin for 11 Years, which is more threatening a habit than Kratom...and always thought it would be impossible to get off of...but here I am off of it for 6 months now.
So ultimately, my fear of having to deal with withdrawal (which is pretty strong now from the stories I read), and also the fact that I don't even think Kratom is this INCREDIBLE high like Oxy...just a nice one that I enjoy...are what will keep me from physical dependence and I don't actually believe that I like it enough to become as psychologically addicted as you suggest I could become.
I'm also sure I'll eventually get to the point where I'll quit permanently and never touch it again but I just don't think I'm at the point right now that I am ready to set a date for it...nor do I think there's a need.