Is marijuana addictive? Personal experience

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.

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???

^^ good point and agreed

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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