I never thought I'd say it, but.....

[Dopium]

FWIW I've known several recovery peeps who said that weed was the hardest drug to quit. Different strokes for different etc. etc.

I don't think that feeling cranky and losing a few hours of sleep because you stop smoking is comparable to any physical addiction. Stop smoking and with a little will-power you feel fine in a few days. Cold turkey a benzo addiction and potentially die from seizures? I don't get why people complain so much about the side effects of quitting pot.

Glad you are clean, OP...let this serve as a reminder to you, stay off the hard stuff.

Edit: Fohat, I know I quoted your post, but this is not targeted towards you. I'm speaking in regards to the physical aspect of quitting, which I would argue is not nearly as difficult with weed. Very true though that weed is a boon to many a social life, not to mention cheaaaaap. Still more of a habit than an addiction imo.

 

[MistaJeff]

To all the people who think conquering marijuana addiction is easy:

Who the hell are you do decide what a "real" addiction is!? I could never see myself getting addicted to opiates. I just don't enjoy them enough. After three days on pain pills I was bored. I would never tell someone who is addicted to opiates that they're a pussy and just aren't trying hard enough based of the fact that opiates don't seem even remotely addictive to me. I want to see some credentials that qualify you to tell people all you need to get over a marijuana addiction is "a little will-power". There is more to addiction than the physical manifestation of a withdrawal syndrome. Marijuana may not be highly addictive to you, or the people you know; but it can be for some, and you have no right to make light of their addiction or consider it anything but real (that is of course unless someone is making it up and I don't see why they would).

 

[Fohat]

I don't think that feeling cranky and losing a few hours of sleep because you stop smoking is comparable to any physical addiction. Stop smoking and with a little will-power you feel fine in a few days. Cold turkey a benzo addiction and potentially die from seizures? I don't get why people complain so much about the side effects of quitting pot.

Glad you are clean, OP...let this serve as a reminder to you, stay off the hard stuff.

Edit: Fohat, I know I quoted your post, but this is not targeted towards you. I'm speaking in regards to the physical aspect of quitting, which I would argue is not nearly as difficult with weed. Very true though that weed is a boon to many a social life, not to mention cheaaaaap. Still more of a habit than an addiction imo.

Yeah I understand and would agree. The "withdrawals" (such as they are) aren't what made it hard for those people though: more the fact that its negative effects aren't obvious and it's so damn cheap, like you said. Also some people really do become very very psychologically dependent on it to the point where they feel completely hopeless and wretched without it.

 

[Dankycodone]

^ That is bullshit weed is addictive not habit forming. I gave up opiates went through w/d and now I rarley take theam (used to abuse them heavily) but I can't stop smoking weed. When I quit I can't sleep and generally everything bothers me and I can't get comfortable anywhere.

 

[MistaJeff]

Marijuana addiction and opiate addictions happen completely differently. They are so different that I think its quite silly to compare the two. Opiate addiction can happen very quickly, marijuana addiction forms very slowly. It can sometimes take years to decades. I think that the length of time spent using cannabis attributes to the difficulty quitting. If your addicted to pot you can go 20 years smoking every day until you realize your hooked. How can you possibly just stop something that has been such a huge part of your life for so long? If your addicted to opiates it's easy to say "I'm addicted I can't help it" because your backed up by physical withdrawal symptoms. Addiction to pot is an internal struggle that others can't see. Your not going to puke your guts out and shit yourself from stopping smoking pot, but that doesn't mean its not hard.

 

[Dopium]

I don't think that feeling cranky and losing a few hours of sleep because you stop smoking is comparable to any physical addiction. Stop smoking and with a little will-power you feel fine in a few days. Cold turkey a benzo addiction and potentially die from seizures? I don't get why people complain so much about the side effects of quitting pot.

Glad you are clean, OP...let this serve as a reminder to you, stay off the hard stuff.

Edit: Fohat, I know I quoted your post, but this is not targeted towards you. I'm speaking in regards to the physical aspect of quitting, which I would argue is not nearly as difficult with weed. Very true though that weed is a boon to many a social life, not to mention cheaaaaap. Still more of a habit than an addiction imo.

I'm referencing the physical aspect of quitting, not much on psychological factors (which are involved, obviously). If you think that quitting weed takes more than will power alone I have no problem with that, though it hasn't been my experience. I realize there are other factors involved and I respect that as well. I don't see why you'd get so offended because of my opinion...if I wanted to prove something I would source, and I would probably leave off the imo tag. The point I was trying to make I suppose is that it may suck, but you won't die from it.

Sorry you took my post the wrong way. Perhaps I should have just left it at will-power, as I'm not intentionally belittling your own personal experience. Look at the bolded words and maybe next time relax a little.

 

[MistaJeff]

If you think that what makes a person addicted to a drug is the fact that he could die if he stops it than I don't think you understand what addiction is.

 

[Dopium]

If you think that what makes a person addicted to a drug is the fact that he could die if he stops it than I don't think you understand what addiction is.

I am sorry. I tried to be nice about it last time but I don't think you even read my post.

I am not saying that it's not addictive what I'm saying is that I don't think it's fair (as I have seen people do) to compare the PHYSICAL withdrawal effects from between pot and most other drugs as relatively similar. Psychologically, literally anything can be extremely addicting, depending on personality of the user. I used the term habit forming because it's less of a physical problem than many other substances.

 

[Ason Unique]

If you ask me its addictive as eating chocolate, you don't wanna give it up.

I'm addicted to cigarettes but I never really think about smoking one unless I'm near cigarettes. But I think about smoking weed more because its actually enjoyable, not because of the addiction