CharlesTheHammer
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I always used to hear and read that it was impossible to become addicted to pot. I must admit that most of that info came from High Times and from pot smokers though, but I also remember hearing a few 'experts' make the same claim way back in the 80's and early 90's.
Now as I've pointed out on other posts here, I have never been a big pot smoker. I would occasionally smoke it, but certainly not every day.
However, I had several friends who were major pot heads. This meant that they would usually smoke pot early in the morning, throughout the day, and in the evening. Sometimes, when they had the day off, which was most of the time, because a few of them rarely ever worked from the time they were teens til their 30's, they would just sit and smoke pot all day until they were out of it....
When they ran out, it was very important for them to find more as quickly as possible. Either they would buy more, or as in the case of my friend Rob, who was a bit of a "Moocher", they would just ride around and find someone to get them high.
I can only remember one time where they went without pot for any length of time. It was back in like '86 or so, and there was a bad pot dry spell across the tri-state area for like 2-3 months. They were ALWAYS jones-ing for something to smoke during this dry spell. They had repeatedly scraped the resin out of all their bowls and bongs and smoked it! It was always the first thing on their minds at this time to find some pot. Then, my friend Mike finally got hold of some commercial bud, and he was ecstatic! He hid it from everyone except me, because he knew I wouldnt smoke more than a hit or 2 anyway!
Then there was Steve, who also smoked pot from dusk til dawn. He worked steadily from like 18 on, and he would get high on his construction job every day. He got married in '94, and the next year, his wife finally got tired of him being high all the time, so she gave him an ultimatum......Quit pot or she'd divorce him! Well, he didnt quit pot, he just tried to hide it, even finding a hidden smoking spot above his garage in the attic where the wife would never go. But of course she found out, and she left him! Then he had to sell the house for a loss, and move on!
Then, there were 2 guys who I worked with for 6.5 years(Tim and Andy), and they both smoked lots of pot as well. Andy was the type who always looked stoned, even when he wasnt, but he really looked stoned when he was! Yet the bosses didnt seem to notice(or care maybe). They both had to deal with customers on a daily basis too while stoned.
I havn't even mentioned Mark and Bart, who had pot smoking 'parties' in their parents home every day! They had all the best bongs you could buy! Then there was Dave, who smoked tons of pot, and even sold a pound of pot per week while we shared an apartment! He then ripped off the bikers who fronted him the weed, and he owed them for 2 Lbs, and just blew all the $$! He also got like 3 DUI's in a couple months, which would've violated his parole(for vehicular homicide), but he skipped the state and headed to Cape Hatteras......
Anyway, I rarely see any of these people anymore.... Mike committed suicide in '05, Rob lives in Co, "mooching' off his sister, and I hear he hasnt changed a bit! Still has hair halfway down his back and smokes pot all the time! Steve still smokes pot, Dave, from what Steve tells me, still smokes pot, among other drugs, and now looks like an aids patient, and looks like he weighs 100lbs, and has had a very rough life over the last 15 years since I saw him last. He was a healthy, good looking guy 15 years ago, now I hear he looks like he's 65, even though he's only 45! Tim and Andy still smoke lots of pot from what I hear too.![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
So, it seems to me that some people CAN become addicted to pot, and I am now hearing from some 'experts' that you can become addicted to pot. I never smoked it on a regular basis, and when I quit smoking it 12 years ago, I didnt have any problems with quitting.
But I dont know if it is just psychologically addicting, or if it is actually physically addictive in some way?
Now as I've pointed out on other posts here, I have never been a big pot smoker. I would occasionally smoke it, but certainly not every day.
However, I had several friends who were major pot heads. This meant that they would usually smoke pot early in the morning, throughout the day, and in the evening. Sometimes, when they had the day off, which was most of the time, because a few of them rarely ever worked from the time they were teens til their 30's, they would just sit and smoke pot all day until they were out of it....
When they ran out, it was very important for them to find more as quickly as possible. Either they would buy more, or as in the case of my friend Rob, who was a bit of a "Moocher", they would just ride around and find someone to get them high.
I can only remember one time where they went without pot for any length of time. It was back in like '86 or so, and there was a bad pot dry spell across the tri-state area for like 2-3 months. They were ALWAYS jones-ing for something to smoke during this dry spell. They had repeatedly scraped the resin out of all their bowls and bongs and smoked it! It was always the first thing on their minds at this time to find some pot. Then, my friend Mike finally got hold of some commercial bud, and he was ecstatic! He hid it from everyone except me, because he knew I wouldnt smoke more than a hit or 2 anyway!
Then there was Steve, who also smoked pot from dusk til dawn. He worked steadily from like 18 on, and he would get high on his construction job every day. He got married in '94, and the next year, his wife finally got tired of him being high all the time, so she gave him an ultimatum......Quit pot or she'd divorce him! Well, he didnt quit pot, he just tried to hide it, even finding a hidden smoking spot above his garage in the attic where the wife would never go. But of course she found out, and she left him! Then he had to sell the house for a loss, and move on!
Then, there were 2 guys who I worked with for 6.5 years(Tim and Andy), and they both smoked lots of pot as well. Andy was the type who always looked stoned, even when he wasnt, but he really looked stoned when he was! Yet the bosses didnt seem to notice(or care maybe). They both had to deal with customers on a daily basis too while stoned.
I havn't even mentioned Mark and Bart, who had pot smoking 'parties' in their parents home every day! They had all the best bongs you could buy! Then there was Dave, who smoked tons of pot, and even sold a pound of pot per week while we shared an apartment! He then ripped off the bikers who fronted him the weed, and he owed them for 2 Lbs, and just blew all the $$! He also got like 3 DUI's in a couple months, which would've violated his parole(for vehicular homicide), but he skipped the state and headed to Cape Hatteras......
Anyway, I rarely see any of these people anymore.... Mike committed suicide in '05, Rob lives in Co, "mooching' off his sister, and I hear he hasnt changed a bit! Still has hair halfway down his back and smokes pot all the time! Steve still smokes pot, Dave, from what Steve tells me, still smokes pot, among other drugs, and now looks like an aids patient, and looks like he weighs 100lbs, and has had a very rough life over the last 15 years since I saw him last. He was a healthy, good looking guy 15 years ago, now I hear he looks like he's 65, even though he's only 45! Tim and Andy still smoke lots of pot from what I hear too.
So, it seems to me that some people CAN become addicted to pot, and I am now hearing from some 'experts' that you can become addicted to pot. I never smoked it on a regular basis, and when I quit smoking it 12 years ago, I didnt have any problems with quitting.
But I dont know if it is just psychologically addicting, or if it is actually physically addictive in some way?
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