• CD Moderators: nepalnt21
  • Cannabis Discussion Welcome Guest
    Posting Rules Bluelight Rules

Do you or anyone you know seem heavily addicted to Marijuana?

Status
Not open for further replies.
Started smoking at 14 years old, 15-18 years of age easily 3 years without a day off, then tiny breaks here and there, now i take small breaks every few weeks like 2-3 days, then few times a year a good month break or something.

But yeah im nearly 22 now. So i'd say a good 6 years of heavy smoking. Definantly would call myself heavily addicted. It has taxed my motivation, social life, immediate short-term memory but not bad enough that i care lol..
 
I skimmed most of this...but yeah, i'm thinking I'll raise my hand for the title of this thread. First time I smoked I was 14, only did it a couple times until 15, then maybe weekly...16-18 probably 4-5x a week...18-23 daily, with at most a week break. It's financially hurt me, but I have very little desire to stop. I just think it makes everything better --- I can eat, sleep, even feel less anxious (less pot, more xanax necessary). But yep, I think I count as addicted to pot...it's mostly mental I'm sure, although there are some physical aspects, but the idea of needing to find a real job in the very near future and maybe needing to piss clean scares the shit out of me.

Pot is pretty much the only drug I (ab)use, other than cigs (tried to stop, ugh, this one I will accomplish sooner rather than later!) and alprazolam (I have issues with anxiety). I rarely drink, I'm not a fan of alcohol, and don't abuse opiates (although i have a back condition and often have some prescription around, but honestly I prefer being able to take a shit). The random coke here or there is fine, it's something I can turn down very easily, and I don't enjoy psychedelics almost at all. I even cut down to one caffeinated beverage a day, sometimes having zero. So yep...the only drug I think I have a serious problem with, that I'm willing to spend any and all free money on? Pot...I wish it was as harmless as I thought it was 9 years ago.
 
Interesting thread. Lot's of differing views. I guess the only conclusion is that it can be physically addictive for some, and it is psychologically addictive to some degree in most. So yeah, clear as mud.

I'm one of the long term users like oldhead, and I started toking 35 years ago. I've been a daily smoker for the last 30 years and I use recreationally and medicinally - for pain relief. I can say with confidence that if withdrawal symptoms are an indication of physical addiction, then for whatever reason I'm not physically addicted. The only time I've missed a day during these last 30 years have been during holidays. 2-4 weeks away with no spliffs throughout and yet with no negative symptoms at all. The only thing that's different are the vivid dreams I have. And that's it.

I have no idea what this means, but it's just another experience to throw into the mix.
 
Well, I'm another old timer...started my quest into cannabis in 1969 & have quit a few times with no problems [that I'm aware of]. It's all in how much will-power 1 has.
My wife had to do hypnosis to quit cigs after 35 yrs of smoking tobacco. She just couldn't do it on her own.
But I don't think that's a big deal...I say, whatever works best for an individual is the correct way to go about it. I quit cigs after 40 yrs of smoking on my 1st try...solo...& have absolutely NO craving for that crap. I quit booze after being a hardcore drinker for 25+ yrs...but that was easy, as I was sick & tired of hangovers & the older I got, the worse the hangovers got.
There's no 1 way to quit anything...it's whatever works best for YOU!!:\
 
CharlesTheHammer said:
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?
Click to expand...

Ganja = Slightly physically addictive

And anything that takes away pain, or your mind off problems, or gives you a buzz can be psychologically addictive - it all depends on YOU and where you're at in your emotional and psychological development.
 
squidhead said:
Well, I'm another old timer...started my quest into cannabis in 1969 & have quit a few times with no problems [that I'm aware of]. It's all in how much will-power 1 has.
My wife had to do hypnosis to quit cigs after 35 yrs of smoking tobacco. She just couldn't do it on her own.
But I don't think that's a big deal...I say, whatever works best for an individual is the correct way to go about it. I quit cigs after 40 yrs of smoking on my 1st try...solo...& have absolutely NO craving for that crap. I quit booze after being a hardcore drinker for 25+ yrs...but that was easy, as I was sick & tired of hangovers & the older I got, the worse the hangovers got.
There's no 1 way to quit anything...it's whatever works best for YOU!!:\
Click to expand...

All your posts in this thread have been spot on. Especially the one about women knowingg what/who the guy is and trying to change and mould him. So many women do this and i've already lost 3 friends due to this. My best mate's last girl actually did it the opposite way around and after 8 months, she left him penniless with a new addiction to tobacco, drinking more and taking stimulants conastantly (which he never did before). The point being: Women, dont try and change a man!

But back on topic, at the tender age of 20, I am more fascinated by what the "old timers" have to say on this topic than anyone else, regardless of neurological science. Anecdotal evidence speaks volumes for me. Personal, real experience. And I am of the science/fact-based persuasion usually, with an interest in cognitive function, neuropharmacodynamics and suchlikes but in this instant, I prefer to hear stories like yours.

I smoked daily from 13/14 until 19. The days I would have off it were fucking unreal, but its hard to tell if i coped so badly because i was young and immature. But really, it was only boredom that got me, but that isn't to say it's a minor quality to w/d's, because it leaves ytou thinking that nothing is worth it unless you take x substance.

I have recently swapped an opiate/kratom addiction with cannabis after a year long break off puff. I can safely say I am happier being 'addicted' to cannabis and as long as I can remain busy when I run out (not hard) then everything is hunkey dorey. It's subjective, really. Personal experience. Some may suffer acute w/d's, but me personally, its just about otherwise occupying yourself and making yourself believe that life isn't better whilst high.
 
Fuck I just blew through an ounce harder than ever. I keep telling myself that I will quit after this stash, then I smoke it like mad, get extremely frustrated and irritable when sober, and have dope again in no time. Later this week I'll have more spending money than I'm used to having so I'm pretty much royally fucked, but hopefully I can get a few days of clarity in before that happens.
Whenever I have pot I feel like my life is on hold, hard to explain because I'm still accomplishing shit and getting through the days, but my mind is so clouded it's like I'm not really alive. I think part of the problem is the high quality Canadian dope I'm smoking; I believe dense, dried out, thoroughly trimmed, dank smelling beautiful crystally nugs of pure goodness are more addictive than the schwag of past generations.
The only way I am able to stop for any time at all is by spending my money on cocaine instead. So once in a while I will stay off the pot for a week (except for mooching at night off friends I smoke in regularly) and have a sweet party night out on the weekend, getting drunk and doing yeyo. I find this allows me to function so much better socially, because when I smoke less I get my social skills and happiness back, and when I go out already in that happy state of mind, and enhance my night out with coke, I always have a hell of a time. Or even if I'm stoned the blow will cure any mental fog. Going out normally (having been stoned all day) is pretty much pointless because I will be burnt out, and black out from drinking easily, and be too retarded to talk to any girls, which often leads me to blackout mode out of sheer frustration because I'm nice, smart, very good looking, shouldn't have confidence issues like that when I'm not burnt out (and I really don't). Obviously this is not the answer- I am short on funds, but writing my last engineering exam ever in a week. I will hopefully have a good job soon as most of my graduated college friends have done so, and then I will be able to afford both weed and coke, which scares the hell outta me. Normal street coke I know is nasty, but I've been getting quite potent stuff that I'm positive is still very cut, doesn't even shine, but it's a clean high that is pretty much an adrenaline rush and intense confidence boost, not shitty physical stimulation, and I like it a lot. Have been having a hell of a time lately haha.
In this sense marijuana has undoubtedly been a 'gateway drug' for me. When I tried MDMA I LOVED it SO much because it completely cured me of this bullshit closed-mindedness to others that marijuana addiction has imposed upon my existence, but luckily I consider it so beautiful that I can use it in moderation, well after that little honeymoon period hehehe.
I know every bag I buy = wasted time, and eventually I am going to realize that I have wasted my entire youth. I'm 22 so there is still time, especially since the long term effects of this drug on the brain are so minimal and disappear very quickly. If only I could stop.
 
attempt4 said:
All your posts in this thread have been spot on. Especially the one about women knowingg what/who the guy is and trying to change and mould him. So many women do this and i've already lost 3 friends due to this. My best mate's last girl actually did it the opposite way around and after 8 months, she left him penniless with a new addiction to tobacco, drinking more and taking stimulants conastantly (which he never did before). The point being: Women, dont try and change a man!

But back on topic, at the tender age of 20, I am more fascinated by what the "old timers" have to say on this topic than anyone else, regardless of neurological science. Anecdotal evidence speaks volumes for me. Personal, real experience. And I am of the science/fact-based persuasion usually, with an interest in cognitive function, neuropharmacodynamics and suchlikes but in this instant, I prefer to hear stories like yours.

I smoked daily from 13/14 until 19. The days I would have off it were fucking unreal, but its hard to tell if i coped so badly because i was young and immature. But really, it was only boredom that got me, but that isn't to say it's a minor quality to w/d's, because it leaves ytou thinking that nothing is worth it unless you take x substance.

I have recently swapped an opiate/kratom addiction with cannabis after a year long break off puff. I can safely say I am happier being 'addicted' to cannabis and as long as I can remain busy when I run out (not hard) then everything is hunkey dorey. It's subjective, really. Personal experience. Some may suffer acute w/d's, but me personally, its just about otherwise occupying yourself and making yourself believe that life isn't better whilst high.
Click to expand...

Just wanted to thank you for the nice compliment. You sound wise & mature WAY beyond your 20 years. I think you'll be quite successful in whatever endeavor you pursue. You've already got an edge-up about the ways of life & I commend you for being as knowledgable as you are at age 20.:\
 
im very dependent on it , when i get board i smoke , wen im sad or madd i smoke, wen my tummy hurts i smoke, dont hardly drink ever but wen i do i dont smoke so as not to waste the effect
 
im just skipping to the end to post my apinion..
I gew for years and smoked from morning till night ,and being that i smoked so much its like you dont even realy get ripped anymore as much as you just feel normal,though you do get buzzed and i grew great bud,,,but ya you dont get addicted to it ,,when i got busted i quit no problem even though i still wanted to smoke i just figured im not paying for shit i used to have around all the time,,,i used to have a cereal bowl on my table to smoke from and anyone that came to my place was welcome to smoke all they wanted to,,,there definatly are moochers that smoke way more than they needed to but i just figured whatever i have tonnes...
but i stopped a few times cold turkey with no WDs or effects from it ,,just the first few days ya miss it but after that its fuck all,,,and then ya get a craving every now and then but nuthin to bad....
 
So addicted, I'm now on to RC cannabinoids to continue my quest to "stay high"... since I am subject to state drug tests :/.
 
Once upon a time I was heavily addicted to weed and Ive seen others worse off than me. I am very sure this stems from self-medicating with most people although IME it was using weed to regulate my emotions (almost the same thing but not) that caused heavy addiction.
 
my physical addiction to pot

So I've skimmed over this thread... this is a continuing debate I have with many people who tell me "pot isn't physically addictive its purely psychological"

This is completely untrue. Cannabis affects different people in totally different ways, and while some people might "climb up the wall" or "not sleep" for a few days withdrawals are a very different story for other people.

My body simply doesn't like pot. When I'm high I lose all energy and motivation, don't enjoy anything, eat too much, drink too much, smoke too much. It fucks with every aspect of my life but I keep doing it. Because I have a psychological dependency that i just want to get high all the time? No I'm seriously physically addicted to pot and its a near impossible addiction to overcome.

As soon as I start to feel weed wearing off I need to smoke again. I've been able to manage smoking in moderation sometimes: only smoking 2 or 3 cones at nighttime, but I always fall into the same habit of smoking in the morning and wasting my life.

So I'm going to try and take a 6 month break from today. I've done a lot of mental preparation over the last few weeks so hope this goes well. I have some pretty good sleeping pills, can't detox without these as it is usually a week with NO sleep otherwise. and when I say no sleep I mean no sleep. Laying in bed writhing in discomfort all night until sunrise as I can't maintain my body temperature, feel like my eyes are burning through the back of my skull, am incessantly itchy.

Withdrawals from pot are absolute hell. Oh yeah and I get erectile dysfunction for at least the next few weeks after I detox. Try and tell me its a psychological addiction when I literally can't get it up for weeks on end after stopping.

When I stop smoking weed every part of my body is in absolute agony. For weeks.

And then there's the mood swings! I'm bipolar so smoking pot is really the most stupid thing I can do but hey I've been trying to quit pretty solidly for over a year now. I'll have EXTREME mixed episodes where I'll be off my chops one minute, in a ball crying the next, an hour later talking a million miles an hour being a fuckwit again.

So lets imagine in 2 weeks time. I'm curled up on the couch shaking, balling my eyes out, in intense physical and emotional PAIN. My housemates have both gone off it as well, but my dealer just lives round the corner so its really not that hard to toke up and forget about the pain just for the day. Only trouble is I'll smoke again the day after, and the day after that.

So yeah people say "its all about willpower" ... if you seriously think that cannabis cannot be physically addictive you are SERIOUSLY underestimating/misunderstanding the drug. In my opinion it is one of the most dangerous drugs out there, it won't kill you but it will sure as hell fuck up your life if your not careful, and even if you are can still bring you undone. I'm 22 and I NEVER thought I would be a heavily addicted stoner 2 years ago. Always had it under control. Until one day it was controlling me. "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken"
 
day_trippa said:
My body simply doesn't like pot. When I'm high I lose all energy and motivation, don't enjoy anything, eat too much, drink too much, smoke too
Withdrawals from pot are absolute hell. Oh yeah and I get erectile dysfunction for at least the next few weeks after I detox. Try and tell me its a
So yeah people say "its all about willpower" ... if you seriously think that cannabis cannot be physically addictive you are SERIOUSLY underestimating/misunderstanding the drug.In my opinion it is one of the most dangerous drugs out there, it won't kill you but it will sure as hell fuck up your life if your not careful, and even if you are can still bring you undone. I'm 22 and I NEVER thought I would be a heavily addicted stoner 2 years ago. Always had it under control. Until one day it was controlling me. "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken"
Click to expand...

This is probably 1 of the saddest posts I've read. I really do feel sorry for you, but I feel this is an extremely misleading post. "The most dangerous drug out there"? Try telling that to an alcoholic going thru DTs.
I'm sympathetic for what you're going thru, but your symptoms are not the norm, imho. I've been around a lotta weed smokers in my 41 yrs of dabbling in doobage & have had a ton of friends who've had to quit for 1 reason or another, but you are the 1st 1 that I've heard have it this bad.
I quit booze after 25+ yrs of hard-drinking. I quit cigs after 40 yrs smoking a pack-a-day. Quitting booze was tough & quitting cigs even tougher...but weed is 1 thing I'll toke 'til I croak. I gotta have at least 1 vice in my life or I'd have nothing to relax with in the evenings. Weed is 1 of the best medicines for relieving stress & there's not a chance I'll ever give it up.
I hope you'll be OK & get to the place you want to be, but to label weed as "the most dangerous drug out there" is more than extreme. It's downright false!!
 

Attachments

  • 379-4340.JPG
    379-4340.JPG
    12.6 KB · Views: 34
Second weed free day. I'm just waiting around to go to sleep, except last night's 'sleep' was so miserable and restless I don't even want to try. Just existing here not knowing what to do with myself, there is no point being alive except to get through this shit. I'm still too amotivated to use my brain for anything good. To make shit worse I can't even hang out with anyone because every single friend of mine is a stoner. I will have to sacrifice my social life as I know it, and forget alcohol. I would be running to my dealer with a grin on my face if I have any of that shit, but whatevs it's poison garbage that I personally despise but get sucked into getting drunk on a regular basis by society because I've been weak and because society is fucked to glamorize that vile, extremely damaging and disgusting crap, it's absolutely everywhere and if you don't do it most of my generation would call you 'weird'. Holy fuck, I'm normally not miserable like this! Hopefully this shit isn't permanent and I will get out of this cursed state of mind soon, in any case I will be abstaining from all drugs for a while.
I am beginning to realize the evil of drugs and the horrible mistakes I have made. But it is a part of life that I always knew I would experience at some point, I just never thought it would be weed! I mean, I loved weed for so long and never would have expected this dependancy. Little Mary Jane slipped under my radar and is now destroying me. Anyways if I can get through this shit and be sober I will have a much greater appreciation for my life. Psychedelics and mdma on special occasions, fuck everything else, it all leads to this same disease.
 
i've smoked pot for about 3 years now, about 2 of those years have been spent high every day.....over the summer i could kill 7-8 blunts a day by myself : / shit hasn't got much better, i still smoke every day, but i just got poor, and had to ration as necessary, and that also meant improvisation....but i have a job now, get paid in a week, time to start picking up zips :D
 
squidhead said:
This is probably 1 of the saddest posts I've read. I really do feel sorry for you, but I feel this is an extremely misleading post. "The most dangerous drug out there"? Try telling that to an alcoholic going thru DTs.
I'm sympathetic for what you're going thru, but your symptoms are not the norm, imho. I've been around a lotta weed smokers in my 41 yrs of dabbling in doobage & have had a ton of friends who've had to quit for 1 reason or another, but you are the 1st 1 that I've heard have it this bad.
I quit booze after 25+ yrs of hard-drinking. I quit cigs after 40 yrs smoking a pack-a-day. Quitting booze was tough & quitting cigs even tougher...but weed is 1 thing I'll toke 'til I croak. I gotta have at least 1 vice in my life or I'd have nothing to relax with in the evenings. Weed is 1 of the best medicines for relieving stress & there's not a chance I'll ever give it up.
I hope you'll be OK & get to the place you want to be, but to label weed as "the most dangerous drug out there" is more than extreme. It's downright false!!
Click to expand...

Now you've misquoted me. ONE OF the most dangerous drugs. Alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, heroin, ice are all of course are more dangerous than pot, I'm merely stressing the damage it causes to so many peoples lives. Don't see how this is misleading at all.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top