Is marijuana addictive? Personal experience

[wordddddd]

We all know they SAY with habitual use marijuana can become mentally addictive. what do you think? how easy is it to drop the habit? when you find yourself bored stupid but know you cant smoke cause you 'quit' what then?

speak up killaz

[mrdevious]

I think "addicted" is a word thrown around far too easily. Simply craving something, wanting to do it, does not make you "addicted". Otherwise, by the same criteria chocolate, food, candy, Television, and endless other things fall under the category of "addictive". LOL, actually now that I think about it, more people are "addicted" to television, and often more strongly, than marijuana.

[acrca]

Im mentally addicted now, cuz i cant stand spending a day without weed.

One reason is cuz i have not gone a day without weed for like 6 months.

I can stop, temporarely, but i will freak the fuck out if i spend a whole week without it. that would be way too hard for me. I suppose i could do it if i had a motivation, like 500 dollars of weed, but no less.

[RIH]

It's mentally addicting, yes.

I have friends who are on probation, and get drug testing every 21 days. They don't quit smoking. They smoke weed up until like ten days before there test, and most of the time, they end up smoking after that and just buying ready-clean.

And I'll tell myself that I don't want to throw any money on weed for a few days, and if I don't smoke, then I don't smoke....but then I'll be out and end up buying weed or throwing down on a blunt, then afterward I'll be like "Damn, I shouldn't have done that."

It's mentally addicting in that sense.

[orangeman]

Yeah, it's addictive already. It feels like once the THC entered my body it took over. I love to have it and I love the plant and have respect for it and wanna grow it and create a marijuana family xD.

[graph]

Physically addicting? No. I've never gotten the shakes. Maybe one or two restless nights, but that's because I've grown used to the indica sleepyness.

Psychologically addicting? Maybe. In the same way sex and oreos are addicting. Especially, all three, at the same time. Man, that's like a fungasm.

Habit-forming? Hell yeah. I don't think anyone's here to deny that.

Is it just me, or do you always talk about quitting or cutting back right after you've finished smoking. Then a few hours later, you're calling your dealer.

[Krogith]

hella true :smokin:
I think "addicted" is a word thrown around far too easily. Simply craving something, wanting to do it, does not make you "addicted". Otherwise, by the same criteria chocolate, food, candy, Television, and endless other things fall under the category of "addictive". LOL, actually now that I think about it, more people are "addicted" to television, and often more strongly, than marijuana. your only considered an addict if you Quit haha:smokin:

[Big Calhoun]

It is what *you* let it become...

[beachguy in thongs]

Well, I smoked a joint with my girlfriend when I was 16, but only smoked pot twice more for the next two years.

[brains]

i personally dont find it addictive mentally or physically... i get ripped out of my mind once a week.. this may also be because i limit myself to once a week. but no.. i can go months without it. its just something i do for fun, not because i need to :)

[robert42]

it is if u let it,

[Rarrr]

Weed is very easy to smoke and obtain a satisfying high. I find it better than sitting and doing nothing as boredom can be quite frustrating.

[zip]

yea i agree with all..im in the same way...but havent been able to stay off for more than 24 hours in the last like 7-8months..eek..yea..when i have my stash i feel great..when im down to a bowl or 2..with no money..i start gettin all paranoid and need to find a new sack..but on MAY 1 im stopping for a month and i might be on a lil adderall to help..(heard it did help iuno) lolzz anyways..yea...addiction in the mind is hard espesially if u grew a habit of smoking..but yea..

[tadaa]

Looks like I was right. Funny how everyone was saying it's impossible to be mentally addicted to pot in the old thread.

[beachguy in thongs]

Because it is, tadaa. But, it isn't impossible for people to be plain dumb and moronic, and get addicted to the challenge of tying their own shoelaces.

Duh???

There's a difference between being an addict and an imbecile.

[tadaa]

There's a difference between being an addict and an imbecile.

How many people do you know that are addicted to tying their shoes? I see about 3 or 4 in this thread that claim to be addicted to pot.

[Its a Plant]

lol, you love stirring shit up huh tadaa?

20$ on beachguy... :OD

[Lightitup44]

addictive: yes....this depends HEAVILY on the person and use
For me, i was and i say was addicted to weed, pot marijuana, chron, bc, kb, skunk, cease, bud, tree,, whatever u call it for a while. I got in some truoble and quit for a while....i still smoke occasionally(a few times a month) and since i know all the ways it can control my life i dont find the urge to be high 24/7.
The highs now only seem to make me tired whether it be indica or sativa(sativa i get tired after the high). I was mentally addicted for the reason of not being able to cope with reality without being high. Now i jsut find better things to do and dont worry about being high all the time.

My point to this thread basically is that life can be really fun if all ur days arent spent being high and that when they arent then the addiction isnt going to be there. Some of yall wont know though unless u give it a try and NO im not knocking on the peeps who are high 24/7 im jsut saying it grows tiresome when ur life revolves around a plant for a long time....keep it a part of your lives but dont use it too much.

-peace

[Rarrr]

Mental addiction depends on the person. You can't say someone isn't mentally addicted, it's not like you're in that persons head. I could wake up tomorrow and decide I'm going to be mentally addicted to headbutting elvis lookalikes and keep drumming it in my head until that is the case.

[Bubbleman]

Im mentally addicted now, cuz i cant stand spending a day without weed.

One reason is cuz i have not gone a day without weed for like 6 months.

I can stop, temporarely, but i will freak the fuck out if i spend a whole week without it. that would be way too hard for me. I suppose i could do it if i had a motivation, like 500 dollars of weed, but no less.

I feel the same way, I try to stop smoking and a few days will go by.
After those few days, I start feeling weird and I have to smoke.
I smoke daily, I have to have my morning smoke when I wake up and I MUSThave my night smoke, so I can drift off to sleep while im high.

Without marijuana, I dont know what I would do, I would probably have more money, but I dont mind spending money on marijuana, she is so good to me.
As I write this, Im smoking a bowl....:rasta:

[are you kind]

when i quit at the beginning of last summer, i didn't have any trouble for a few days, but i didn't smoke the entire summer and the cravings didn't go away ever. but then again, i would smoke everywhere i went so everywhere i went i thought about something i had done there involving getting high.

but i could still control it. i had weed stashed away that was leftover from when i quit, but i never got into it to smoke it until the end of the summer when i started again.

my tolerance built up wicked fast again after that too, and i've only taken one weeklong break since september, and that week off didn't bring my tolerance down much

[beachguy in thongs]

addictive: yes....and i say was addicted to weed, pot marijuana, chron, bc, kb, skunk, cease, bud, tree,, whatever u call it for a while. Now i jsut find better things to do and dont worry about being high all the time.



This is the point I'm trying to make.

You can't be addicted to heroin and, just, find something else to do.

[beachguy in thongs]

"Heroin is an addictive drug, and its use is a serious problem in America. Recent studies suggest a shift from injecting heroin to snorting or smoking because of increased purity and the misconception that these forms are safer."

You can substitute Cannabis for Heroin, in that paragraph. In fact, that's what you are all doing.

But, you can't substitute it in this one:

"Heroin abuse is associated with serious health conditions, including fatal overdose, spontaneous abortion, collapsed veins, and, particularly in users who inject the drug, infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis."

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/heroin.html

Just keep on saying that Pot's addictive, you have as much knowledge as the "outlawers" of Pot did in the 1930's.

[are you kind]

You can't be addicted to heroin and, just, find something else to do.

unless that something else is xanax or methadone or GASP! weed :dance:

[beachguy in thongs]

That's a tough one. Heroin became a problem in my hometown. One of my better friends was in and out of rehabs for years. As people evolved through their problem, they knew that they wanted to substitute Pot for Heroin. They'd have no problem, until, they started itching.

[LIP]

I smoke everyday, havnt been sober for 3 years, so im guessing i AM addicted, although i have stopped for one day and not felt like smoking at all, because i know i dont NEED it, (Thats the thing NEEDING, its when you need it to function you know your addicted)

[wordddddd]

truth.... i just feel like, now that ive HAD to quit life is fucking boring. cause like me and my bro would always be like "were bored" and well just smoke a bowl and then suddenly the pointless shit we do isnt boring....cause were stoned. now we cant do that and life is just boring. yeah ill admit im addicted, but that will pass with the longer time between tokes..thank god its not physically addicting, id be fucked hahaha

[beachguy in thongs]

Well, that's the beauty of discovering drugs.

More importantly, Herb.

[willystylle]

Addictive ppl will get addicted - to anything.

Whenever I feel I might be getting addicted I stop. And when I'm satisfied I start again. Simple truth is that weed CAN be as addicting as heroin - if you have that personality. On the other end of the joint ppl who have very strong wills have actually found heroin to be non-addictive, despite that it is addictive chemically.

All I say is if u gonna be addicted to something, rather let it be weed than heroin.

[Big Calhoun]

Like I mentioned earlier, I always felt that it is what you let it become. For me, I think it's more of a mental addiction than physical. Even then, it's not something that can't be handled.

Like now, I smoked my last bowl last night cause I have some stuff coming up. So when I get home tonight, I'll be jonesin and won't be able to go to sleep. Typically, I'll just play video games all night and can usually fall asleep around 2 or 3am. After that first night, I'm usually good. Even once when I took a break after smoking for 4 years straight, it only took about 2 days for me to 'normalize' and get back into a routine. Mind of matter....

[BigBlack81]

I guess for me, I've no issue going without for time on and time off because I limit how many times I smoke a day. Like an evening pipe with slippers and smoking jacket. More and more I prefer to be toasted during points of increased stress but I'm also learning how to emulate those moods whilst sober, making work so much easier. My job also makes me keep and stay sober and keep to a discipline regimen that surprises me. I love weed and will probably use for a long time but I prefer to keep it small each day and just stop from time to time. I think when you do that you remember that this is, like almost anything, something you CAN let go of.

Something to think about: anything can be addictive when the issue isn't the substance but the issues you're running away from WITH the substances. Deal with your problems first and then smoke but if smoking is your issue, just stop. It's not that big a deal.

[CBsDankNugs]

it can be if you have nothing else to fill your time. but its just in your head. if you had to you could go a week with out it . could you go a week with out a cigarette???

[miraz]

^^ good point and agreed

[1234abcd]

I think its totally addicting for the right personality types like mine. Other than that, not really, because I know a shit load of people who have tried it, but prefer to just go out and get fucked up with alcohol, rather than do the whole pothead thing.

[BestTonicIsChronic]

Ya I might be addicted LMAO. I can still function but after a while I start feindin for just a high of some kind when Im sober for like a week.

[pixel]

addiction is a very strong word. addiction requires a certain concept that pot doesn't give to people, and that is NEED. sure people will say "damn, i need a blunt about now" but what they're really saying is "i would like a blunt at the moment." now when you hear a heroin fiend saying "i need a shootup right now" he isn't lying, heroin causes a physical dependence on the body so that it can't fully function without heroin circulating in it.

pot certainly makes you want it when you don't have it, but you won't shake violently and get furiously angry and smash things until you pass out if you don't have it. there are things in the world that can push a person to that level though, and in my opinion, pot isn't one of them.

i really think there should kinda be a level UNDER addiction where you would like to do it again and again and have it all the time, but it isn't necessary, it's just something you'd like. i'd say pot falls under that category, but i can't put a finger on a word to describe that.

anyways, think about it this way: if you were forced to go a month without weed, for the first 2 weeks you'd have cravings for it but after that you'd be A ok. now tell someone who depends on line after line of coke to get them through their day that they can't have any more for a month, no matter what, and see what happens. i assure you, the two reactions will be much, much different...

[horror business]

I have a really obsessive/addicting personality. Before I started smoking pot on a regular basis, I hated it. that was because of the severe panic attacks I got, but once I tried it a 3rd time (and this was a year or so after my first two experiences) I enjoyed it, and kept enjoying it. For the past three months, I've been high at least 5 out of the 7 days in the week. When I'm out of pot, and out of money, being sober is so fucking boring. It's not that I need THC, it's just that I'd rather be high than sober. For instance, right now, I'm not high anymore, I smoked my last joint with a friend about 3 hours ago. For instance, I'm extremely bored right now. Sure, I have a shit load of music to listen to, books to read, homework I could do, etc... and internet access, and still am bored as shit. If I was high, I could sit in my chair for hours and not get bored at all, because the music would sound better, I'd think of good ideas, and my mind would wander. When I'm at school, or around a shit load of people, or have something to do, sure it would be better high, but it doesn't bother me being sober. Now, when I get home from school, or if it's the weekend, etc... and I have no pot, I get extremely bored. Like I said, it's not that I need it, it just gets rid of my boredom completely and lets me focus and think and just enjoy life.

If it's the weekend, and I don't have enough money for pot, or money, but no dealers, I will usually settle for alcohol. I hate the taste of vodka, and being drunk isn't near as fun or interesting as being high, but at least it will impair me, and let me have fun. I've only been drunk about 7 times though, because I only drink whenever alcohols all that I can get. That's how I'm giong to keep it too, because I gaurantee that if I started getting drunk everynight, I would be addicted after a few weeks. That's just how I am, I get obsessed with things, and that's ALL I can think about/focus on. For instance, before I started smoking pot in February, I was obsessed with aquarium fish, and I got an aquarium, and would research it 24/7 and read aquarium magazines, and buy all this shit for my aquarium, etc... See, if you would have asked me in January, if I would become addicted to pot in a month, I would have called you a liar, I was heavily against pot for me, because of the extremely bad experiences I had (smoking way too much all at once). Now that I've given it a chance, like someone else said, it's like THC has taken over my body. All day at school, I think about going home and getting money to buy an 8th, or waiting for the weekend, or (literally) envisioning my plants, and how I can't wait until I can smoke them.

[horror business]

Also, since February 15th, 2005, not 24 hours has gone by where I haven't had a good dose of nicotine. I think it would be actually easier for me to quit smoking cigarettes, now that I smoke pot, because before I started smoking pot, I'd HAVE to have at least 2 packs of cigarettes at a time, or I'd freak out, especially if I was running out. Now, if I have weed, I'd LIKE a cigarette, but can wait until a friend comes over with some. Even if I don't have a pack, but I have pot, I don't really care. I'm also on Paxil for depression, anxiety, OCD, etc... and maybe that's why I don't get panic attacks from weed, but it's probably just because i'm used to weed now. I've been on paxil for 3 years, and my OCD pretty much went away, but I'm still really obsessive about things.

[thcbongman]

I'm addicted more to the act of smoking something. But yea, it's sorta addicting at the end of the day, I want my pot.

[The Grim Reefer]

Horror - I'm the exact same way bro. In fact, I was starting to let it get in the way of my friends and music so I had to really sit down and analyze how I let it affect me and my life.

Now I have a column in my head of priorities that I check with before making decisions.

-- Music/Band --
-- Family/Friends --
-- Marijuana --

I think it's fine as long as you don't center your attention around it completely. Fuck, get as blazed as you want! Just have something planned to do for afterwards so you don't sit around and base your enjoyment on the high.

As Dr. Drew and countless others have said, an addiction is an obsession that interferes with your responsibilities and relationships.

<3

[BestTonicIsChronic]

Ya Horror I hear you on that, its not like I need it, is just that sober life is SO fucking boreing, ecpesically when your alone, like with friends you can still have fun sober but pot would make it 10x more fun. And when I said I start like feindin for something its just that I want a lift of some kind out of sobriety.

[needbudnj]

I think it's fine as long as you don't center your attention around it completely. Fuck, get as blazed as you want! Just have something planned to do for afterwards so you don't sit around and base your enjoyment on the high.

As Dr. Drew and countless others have said, an addiction is an obsession that interferes with your responsibilities and relationships.



That's totaly true. People say pot isn't addictive because it isn't physically adictive, which is bullshit. If you've ever known a compulsive gambler you know that even things that don't involve physical substances at all can be very addictive.

But pot isn't physicaly addictive, which in my mind is more dangerous than mental addiction. If you try to quit or cut down on the pot smoking, you won't have undergo physical pain. You'll just have to reorient your life so you don't need the pot any more.

For me, if pot starts keeping you from doing things you want to or should be doing, or if you can't have fun without pot anymore, you may be mentaly addicted. That's when I take a month off.

[heyman]

It is what *you* let it become...

Exactly... good answer.

One Love

[Eshelmen]

well i say your addicted if you only have fun doing the things you do while high
and you only have fun when your high

[gjpop2000]

Weed isn't physically addictive. Psychological dependence is expected though (You'll feel as though normal life is dull, like weed is your escape from problems and boredom), but that's all in the mind. It sucks not being stoned after awhile of constant use. I haven't had weed in two days after smoking every day for nearly a week straight, so I'm a bit down, but no life-threating withdrawal effects can occur.

[BDubz26062]

i havn't gone a day in 2 years without getting high atleast once..i think i am addicted a little bit...

[Chr0n1c 420]

It is not addicting for me at all

The only times I'm ever like "OMG I need some weed RIGHT now" is when I am absolutely bored outta my mind at night time when there is nothing to do, because being high and bored beats being bored!

[zip]

im a habitual personality..so ive been smokin daily ALL DAY for almost a year now.......and when i try to stop..it wont feel normal cuz MY normal is smoking everyday lol