the weed thing is crazy I've been smoking hyper potent bc hybrid bud for so many years non stop, ounces a week as much as I can get. When I had money before my injury and a house, girl etc. I would volcano like 10 grams a day. At this point I literally cannot eat food without it. It is insane, and I need to be keeping healthy at the moment so it is infeasible for me to go through such extreme stress. And yes this is definitely an addiction with withdrawal symptoms, cravings and all. I crave weed way more than opiates in fact, I resent opiates though. I love chron and hitting the bong! I don't care that I'm addicted it's legal here anyway and I'm a medical patient so I can even grow if I get my shit together legally, and a large number of plants. I have too much social anxiety without pot I don't like getting hysteric like that it mellows me out. I can't see myself ever quitting. I can't sleep for weeks if I were to quit as well and would my anxiety would only get worse from the extreme stress of not having it. I quit for three years and it took at least a year to a year and a half before I was good. Now I'm a stoner again as I have been using it for opiate withdrawal symptoms. It is good that I am reducing my risk of relapse as the herb helps keep my head on my shoulders, I get manic without it.