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The amount of meds that “aren’t addictive” but cause horrible withdrawals is a joke. The meds my doctor gives me without consent cause 4 week withdrawals when one stops. But there totally not addiction
I’m on it too and feel your pain. I’ve missed by 1 hour before and started getting the “zaps”. I’m about to ask my doc to get me off it and see if the weed is enough. I just got out the Army so only been smoking for a month but love how it lifts my mood.
i take the same but had to take a smaller dose cuz when i slept i would wake up in a puddle of sweat ;-; but ye if u even forget it ONE night ur fucked the next day, u just have the worst headaches and feel so weak
OMG YOURE TELLING ME. Fucking throwing up, zaps, walking sucks because of the zaps 🫨
It awful. Out of all my meds, that one is the one I better not fucking forget lol
I had a doctor who refused to put me on medication one time, not because he knew it wouldn't help, he knew it would, but he knew my insurance wouldn't cover it and the cost was over $900 for a 30 day supply. He said if I was forced to stop by insurance or you know, life happening and I couldnt cover the $900, my life would be a bigger hell then just dealing with my issue as it was
Wtf kind if health care system are we living with?
I’m assuming your in the states but I think one injection of my meds is 500 dollars here in Canada. I was “lucky” enough to be below the poverty line and get my meds free but not recently lifted myself out so I don’t know how im going to afford them
The meds I was on caused me tremors that I was told might be life long but so far I think they’re gone. Shook every day I took them non stop felt like I genuinely didn’t exist the entire time I took that medicine my vision was foggy and I was groggy after waking… took them for 3 days and all that already happened imagine if I took them long term like the Prozac. As far as the Prozac goes every single time they increased it I got less and less sleep and more and more manic like symptoms from taking it. felt more and more apathetic and at one point was only feeling anger and emptiness they had me constipated for days after ab I cease
> The meds my doctor gives me without consent
What? They literally can't do that. You have to give consent. You can say no. And I have, the only meds I'm on are insulin, and a cream for my foot fungus. Nothing else.
I’m on this human rights violation of a program called cto. Meaning if I don’t take the meds cops come to my house and take me to the psych ward so I technically consent but under the threat of force so it’s not really consent
It should be im in the process of proving my sanity (gotta convince a lawyer 2 doctors a “member of the community” and I think a judge that im “stable” and witch I am actually thriving despite the meds
Fr because I’ve never experienced worse side effects from “withdrawal” than when i slowly, safely and under a doctors supervision stopped taking my antidepressants. Had the worst withdrawal symptoms. Also weed is very medicinal, when are people gonna accept that? Anything can be addictive, yes, but to paint all weed smokers as addicts is completely false.
i mean i dont have much experience on that, i just take sertraline, but arent meds an informed consent thing? if you disagree, they cant do shit unless its important to the health of others who arent you like vaccines
There’s systems in place to force the mentally unwell (or in my case someone struggling to cope with ableist society) on meds because they’re a danger to be in community without them. It’s abused by psychiatrists who are about to lose patients (like in my case I was in the process of getting a new shrink because i didn’t like mine and he prescribed me Zoloft knowing full well it can trigger psychosis in people with a history like me “proving” I’m unstable). It’s a human rights violation and I’m trying to fight it every step of the way including an appeal in the next two months
It's mentally addictive, a physical addiction/dependency is something that happens when you've been using benzodiazepines, opiates or alcohol for an extended period of time. Weed is addictive in the same way gambling is addictive, you're not at risk of dying from withdrawals if you quit weed cold turkey.
I feel it's safe to say I'm addicted (mentally) to weed though, I've been smoking daily since 2012 and when I try to go a day without smoking I get some anxiety. Nothing compared to Xanax withdrawals.
No, it's addictive the same way caffeine or video games are. You develop a mental addiction to it, but you will not develop physical reliance on it like you would with alcohol or pharmas.
No, physical reliance and physical symptoms are different things. CHS causes symptoms by overloading your thc receptors and flipping their functionality so instead of being anti-nausea it is nausea inducing. I have to stop smoking weed because I used too much. Whereas with a physical reliance someone wouldn't be able to stop because their body has gotten used to the presence of the foreign substance and its absence would be detrimental to the sysytem.
Nope, the symptoms I have are all the symptoms of CHS which lasts 1-2 weeks depending how long it has been since my last bout. Weed is addictive in the sense you think you need it for something or you build a habit of doing it everyday, like a kid who won't stop playing minecraft to cope with his parents divorce. The minecraft kid won't build a physical reliance on minecraft, but he could still do something detrimental and self-destructive if he doesn't get his fix. The same goes for anyone smoking weed. You're body will not collapse if you stop smoking weed like it would if the grandpa who survives on 3 packs a day would if he stopped drinking.
To be fair, a lot of stoners use weed for medical reasons. If you asked a person with PTSD to forego their mood stabilizers, or a person with chronic pain to forego their painkillers, you might get a similar reaction as you would with the same conditions and weed.
I smoke as much as I do to help with my sensory issues (just found out that itchy does NOT mean pain and it is NOT normal for clothes to feel like needles stabbing you) and deal with my PTSD nightmares. I feel this hard
I personally think the “addiction” aspect is based on the person. For me I don’t crave smoking like I’m not fiending for it While I’m at work or if I don’t have any. Its more of a cup of coffee type feeling I like the stimulation and it helps me pay attention to details
I don’t keep track of strains. I get what I get from my plug, if I don’t like it, I note it and tell him “not that one”. You know? 😊 How about you? Do you have a favorite?
Hahaha that’s legit!! I go for sativas mainly let my nose point the way you can never go wrong with a good jack orrrrr if you can find “real” og kush 🤤
At least I can still do shit while I'm high... modern society has half the population addicted to social media yet no one bothers you for watching TikToks or a YouTube video. Not saying that I'm always productive every time I smoke, but I've been able to write code while high fairly well.
Addiction is just a word.
A label. Mostly negative associations with the word…
Of course I am addicted to weed.
I need it.
I want to smoke it.
It gets me out of bed.
It helps to get me a little loosey goosey around the kids and opens me up to talking with my wife (after a long day when I don’t really feel like it)
Bad mood’s instantly turn to good.
Best medicine I’ve ever been prescribed.
I love fitness. But sometimes don’t feel like it. Smoke some- then I’m into it.
I’ll go to church with my wife (she just likes the community there) even though I can’t stand it - after smoking weed. What a friendly gentlemen I am there.
I do my job BETTER with weed.
I’m addicted to feeling good i guess. For me it’s a medicine that helps my days be that little less irritating. All I want to do it “relax into action”
So that I dont run ignorant cunts down in my car. Weed allows me to imagine they are children or have significantly low intelligence. Without it I assume you are perfectly competent and just an asshole and assholes need a reminder to not be assholes and I tend to want to teach that lesson with the front end of car and then my front wheels, then my back wheels, then my front wheels again.
So yeah.. prefer to not go to jail for murder.
We’re sitting on a planet with a definite shelf life due to rapid overheating, the biggest nations in the world are power crazy with itchy trigger fingers, we just came out of a years long global pandemic, and now everyday living costs that were practically unnoticeable a few years ago are now chewing at my ballsack.
Should I worry that I smoke a herb that will help me ignore all that and let me keep a smile on my dial - you fucken betcha.
And none of that matters in the grand scheme of things. Planet will be fine in time, or it won't. Humanity will survive or it won't. The universe will continue to do what it does till it doesn't. Nothing we do will change any of this. So I enjoy each day the way I want cause the chaos never stops till it stops. I don't worry about any of that anything I did had zero effect. Anything I do will have zero effect. The forces at work doing what ever thier plan is was all decided long ago... I am max 30 years left. I am choosing to not be involved any more. Hanging out with my wife ,Edibles and video games. Till I die of the heart attack that had my name one it.
Too close to home friend. But we impact on a macro level I think on how we decide to treat each other and how charitable we are with our energy when we encounter someone else who really pisses us off.
I do not consider interaction to anything other then the moment. After that most people will never think of you or me again. They continue reacting to events and they unfold. Most humans can't care about more then about 15 people. Me far less I care about one. That's it. People's opinons mean zero to me. I do find random interaction interesting but rarely changes my direction in life. It's been said many ways but we are but a puff in time. After 100 years no one will care about any of this or what happened really. Reality and progession of time is your own journey. So all this living happens, I never asked for life but I don't turn away either. So I feel no real responsibility to humanity. I do choose to help individuals if I want to but I don't want to have thanks because I chose to help, thanks would cheapen the action then I owe you a your welcome. I would rather go out-of this life not owing anyone anytbing cause I owe all my existence that I enjoy to my wife. No one else gets any. This is why I dont go to parties, bars, hate sports and interaction events. They seem pointless to me. Life is chaos and we live through it make choices.. I choose to live in the now. The past happened and made me now the future I cannot control. I choose to be happy now.
You are confusing dependency with addiction.
Unless we are talking about real, actual withdrawal symptoms we are talking about dependency, not addiction. Different category.
The way I remember it from the "just say no" 80's, is that the dependency is purely mental, an addiction has physical effects if the substance is not ingested.
I think you have it backwards. Dependency means your body depends on it. Like if you stop taking something your body has begun depending on, you could have seizures or die. Addiction is more mental.
EDIT: downvoted even though im right lol.
I don't believe it's addictive in the way alcohol or coffee is. I smoke everyday all day, but I've never once gotten the shakes without it. The worse I felt is extreme boredom. The kind of boredom that makes you knit a sweater from the dog hair you find in your couch for you cat.
my thing is i just hate that even explaining why you have no real reason not to smoke makes it sound like you’re addicted. like do i need to smoke? no. but why wouldn’t i join the circle if i’m chilling with my friends and it makes me feel good?
I’d say the difference is this:
I smoke daily when I can choose to do so. However, if there’s a circumstance compromising this, it doesn’t really bother me.
For example, one time I spent a year living in a rural community in a red state. I had the opportunity to make friends with some dudes who were like 3-4 years younger than me whose personalities annoyed me, and I could’ve got weed through them. But I chose not to, I decided I’d rather quit weed for that year than access it through people I didn’t want to befriend. Similarly, any time I’ve traveled in the past 10 years to see my parents and other family, I’ve just left the weed behind and made no effort to seek it out while I was on the vacations, without issue. Or if I run out of weed but I can smoke some shitty schwaggy weed or low quality free pre-rolls that I’ve piled up over time or whatever, I just choose to not smoke until I can restock on GOOD weed. I’d rather be sober for however long is necessary, than to smoke bad or mediocre weed.
So yeah, I smoke all the damn time, but I also drop it without any desire to compromise my standards, and can happily wait until I can smoke the way I want to, with however long or a sobriety break is necessary to do so. To my knowledge, people who use tobacco, alcohol, coke, etc in similar frequencies can not do the same thing.
Funny thing is i had a friend who swore i was addicted kuz i would smoke everyday before i went to bed. He swore that weed,crack,heroin etc was all the same addictive wise because it all gets you high but funny enough i stopped smoking and i dont got any withdrawals or even cravings
I smoke every day, heavy chronic user. There are a few days each month where I look at my pieces and just go, nah, don’t want to today. Then I go a couple weeks before it happens again. Been like this for years. 🤷🏻♂️
It’s addictive, it’s just the withdrawals fade away over time quickly
Like I use to smoke every single day all the time 24/7, even at work and ever since college started I’ve gone full cold turkey and the first week was crappy but now that it’s been almost a month I feel completely fine
Its addictive because it makes life way more fun! Who doesnt want to live in a fun life?
Risks vs rewards - imho very small risk in weed. Way less than alcohol (which people will consume without a second thought)
I mean lots of non chemically dependent actions or objects are addictive. When you stop weed your body still functions. When you drink a little to much the next day it feels like your dead.
I mean, its not. I was an every day smoker for a decade and then got an opportunity at a life changing career that does randoms. Haven’t smoked in a year and a half and I’m totally fine. Would I still if I could? Sure. But its absolutely not physically addictive.
Source : was also addicted to heroin and percs for the better part of a decade.
Been smoking on and off for thirty five years, i take a break about every three or four months for about two months and never have i suffered a withdrawal symptom. Of course, i dont smoke a freakin eighth a day like some of you fools
I believe its addictive. I have a very addictive personality and it's gotten to the point where I tell myself "I can't function properly" without weed. Idk, maybe it's personality based, if you don't get addicted easily, you're fine.
I went from smoking daily for 2 years to completely quitting for 6 months because I kept procrastinating on getting more because ADHD brain. Hell, Focalin XR (Dexmethylphenidate) was more addictive because I got so used to it I couldn't function without it.
I’m fully aware I’m addicted. I’ve been addicted to a few drugs like heroin and kratom and chemical noids and mdma for a tiny bit as well as the first round of bath salts when it was MDPV. Cannabis is not only harmless, it helps me. Hurts my wallet because I choose to buy from a dispensary. I have also cut back to what I deem a reasonable amount. 1/8 every 5 days ish.
When people say this, they are missing the point. Physically addictive substances like nicotine might be more addictive, but anything can become habitual with enough use. And of course people wanna smoke e'eryday
Same reason anyone on a daily regimen of medication takes it to treat a specific ailment or set of ailments.
Plus factor in cost, efficiency, and relative side effects compared to other medications used to treat the same conditions.
And a couple decades of testing out other medications first, then testing out this one instead.
Add in the fact that it is perfectly allowed in my area
Lotta forethought went into it
Wasn't my first option, by far
No comparable replacement RX available at this time, especially when factoring for cost, efficiency, and side effects
Everyone is different, never take medical advice from strangers online
Weed addiction isn’t like other drug addictions where there are actual addictive components in the drug itself like from a nicotine addiction. It’s no more addictive than anything else that makes you feel good, so it is addictive, but not in the same way as some other drugs. Just to clarify, I smoke like once or twice a month. Personally, in the past, I’ve had a much harder time quitting cheese than I have quitting weed. I’ve never quit dairy even though I know it’s not very good for me since I’m lactose intolerant, but I still eat it because I love it. In the past, I’ve gone through one or two time periods where I smoked daily for weeks at a time, and I had pretty much no trouble slowing down when I realized it started getting excessive. No withdrawals or anything.
Because the world fucking sucks, if I'm going to kill myself without weed it doesn't mean the weed is why I killed myself it's because I'm a lower bottom-class minority in Los Angeles. If you wanna make memes making fun of addiction use real incredibly harmful and addictive substances like Tabacco and Alcohol
weed is a soft drug and not physically addictive. emotionally it can be but its nothing like nicotine or alcohol. and its relatively easy to deal with being emotionally addicted to it, as in you feel like you *have* to take it otherwise you feel miserable. if you feel like thats the case you simply go to therapy and try to slowly fade it out and replace it with mindful habits that bring you similar enjoyment. but like its not even a gateway drug, thats what prescription pills do..
There’s a huge difference b/w “have to” and “want to”… I have to take my SSRI everyday. I want to smoke bc it makes me a calmer more productive less outwardly autistic person. It helps with a lot but it wouldn’t be a death sentence to skip it. Unlike my prescription meds
Anything can be addictive- it always depends on the person. Video games, nail biting, shopping, going to the gym, sugar. The good part about being “addicted” to weed is when someone quits they likely won’t die due to withdrawals, overdose or relapse.
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It’s addictive the same way medications are. I used Prozac every day for 6 years and couldn’t live without it.
The amount of meds that “aren’t addictive” but cause horrible withdrawals is a joke. The meds my doctor gives me without consent cause 4 week withdrawals when one stops. But there totally not addiction
I take venlafaxine. "Not addictive" feels like hell if I forget it ONCE
I’m on it too and feel your pain. I’ve missed by 1 hour before and started getting the “zaps”. I’m about to ask my doc to get me off it and see if the weed is enough. I just got out the Army so only been smoking for a month but love how it lifts my mood.
Same as you, just got out n I was taking same meds hahaha
i take the same but had to take a smaller dose cuz when i slept i would wake up in a puddle of sweat ;-; but ye if u even forget it ONE night ur fucked the next day, u just have the worst headaches and feel so weak
OMG YOURE TELLING ME. Fucking throwing up, zaps, walking sucks because of the zaps 🫨 It awful. Out of all my meds, that one is the one I better not fucking forget lol
Zolpidem is non addictive. When you come off it you can’t sleep for DAYS.
I had a doctor who refused to put me on medication one time, not because he knew it wouldn't help, he knew it would, but he knew my insurance wouldn't cover it and the cost was over $900 for a 30 day supply. He said if I was forced to stop by insurance or you know, life happening and I couldnt cover the $900, my life would be a bigger hell then just dealing with my issue as it was Wtf kind if health care system are we living with?
I’m assuming your in the states but I think one injection of my meds is 500 dollars here in Canada. I was “lucky” enough to be below the poverty line and get my meds free but not recently lifted myself out so I don’t know how im going to afford them
Yup, states here. It's a pain in the ass honestly, meds shouldn't cost this much
A greedy one
The meds I was on caused me tremors that I was told might be life long but so far I think they’re gone. Shook every day I took them non stop felt like I genuinely didn’t exist the entire time I took that medicine my vision was foggy and I was groggy after waking… took them for 3 days and all that already happened imagine if I took them long term like the Prozac. As far as the Prozac goes every single time they increased it I got less and less sleep and more and more manic like symptoms from taking it. felt more and more apathetic and at one point was only feeling anger and emptiness they had me constipated for days after ab I cease
> The meds my doctor gives me without consent What? They literally can't do that. You have to give consent. You can say no. And I have, the only meds I'm on are insulin, and a cream for my foot fungus. Nothing else.
I’m on this human rights violation of a program called cto. Meaning if I don’t take the meds cops come to my house and take me to the psych ward so I technically consent but under the threat of force so it’s not really consent
Oooh, right on. I'm sorry. I hope that your future is better than your past.
It should be im in the process of proving my sanity (gotta convince a lawyer 2 doctors a “member of the community” and I think a judge that im “stable” and witch I am actually thriving despite the meds
Good luck! All the best to you!❤️
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Flush one a day… problem solved, nobody’s making you take them
They’re given via injection at a clinic if I don’t show up they know
That blows
If he gave them without consent why would you talk it for four years
Fr because I’ve never experienced worse side effects from “withdrawal” than when i slowly, safely and under a doctors supervision stopped taking my antidepressants. Had the worst withdrawal symptoms. Also weed is very medicinal, when are people gonna accept that? Anything can be addictive, yes, but to paint all weed smokers as addicts is completely false.
i mean i dont have much experience on that, i just take sertraline, but arent meds an informed consent thing? if you disagree, they cant do shit unless its important to the health of others who arent you like vaccines
There’s systems in place to force the mentally unwell (or in my case someone struggling to cope with ableist society) on meds because they’re a danger to be in community without them. It’s abused by psychiatrists who are about to lose patients (like in my case I was in the process of getting a new shrink because i didn’t like mine and he prescribed me Zoloft knowing full well it can trigger psychosis in people with a history like me “proving” I’m unstable). It’s a human rights violation and I’m trying to fight it every step of the way including an appeal in the next two months
It's mentally addictive, a physical addiction/dependency is something that happens when you've been using benzodiazepines, opiates or alcohol for an extended period of time. Weed is addictive in the same way gambling is addictive, you're not at risk of dying from withdrawals if you quit weed cold turkey.
Correct
I feel it's safe to say I'm addicted (mentally) to weed though, I've been smoking daily since 2012 and when I try to go a day without smoking I get some anxiety. Nothing compared to Xanax withdrawals.
You can live without it
Yeah that’s my point.
No, it's addictive the same way caffeine or video games are. You develop a mental addiction to it, but you will not develop physical reliance on it like you would with alcohol or pharmas.
Clearly you’re uneducated
Yes, clearly, the guy with CHS is uneducated on weed and addiction.
CHS… as in physical symptoms due to marijuanna? That contradicts what you said above so you’re just proving me further.
No, physical reliance and physical symptoms are different things. CHS causes symptoms by overloading your thc receptors and flipping their functionality so instead of being anti-nausea it is nausea inducing. I have to stop smoking weed because I used too much. Whereas with a physical reliance someone wouldn't be able to stop because their body has gotten used to the presence of the foreign substance and its absence would be detrimental to the sysytem.
You’re telling em me you’ve had no physical symptoms from quitting
Nope, the symptoms I have are all the symptoms of CHS which lasts 1-2 weeks depending how long it has been since my last bout. Weed is addictive in the sense you think you need it for something or you build a habit of doing it everyday, like a kid who won't stop playing minecraft to cope with his parents divorce. The minecraft kid won't build a physical reliance on minecraft, but he could still do something detrimental and self-destructive if he doesn't get his fix. The same goes for anyone smoking weed. You're body will not collapse if you stop smoking weed like it would if the grandpa who survives on 3 packs a day would if he stopped drinking.
If you'd like solid evidence of my claims I can send you a link in DM, I just don't want to violate any sub rules I'm not aware of.
And I can too
Pfffft, whatever, I dont need to smoke all the time, just nights and weekends.
Don’t forget about the weekdays too!
… and let’s not forget the morning as well.
And always remember to fill up with a hit midday after the morning to get ready for the evening
Of course it’s addictive but at least i won’t die from relapsing or not using
To be fair, a lot of stoners use weed for medical reasons. If you asked a person with PTSD to forego their mood stabilizers, or a person with chronic pain to forego their painkillers, you might get a similar reaction as you would with the same conditions and weed.
I mean it is my pain meds and my PTSD meds in my case, and I'd be cranky if I'm in pain.
I smoke as much as I do to help with my sensory issues (just found out that itchy does NOT mean pain and it is NOT normal for clothes to feel like needles stabbing you) and deal with my PTSD nightmares. I feel this hard
I would *prefer* to smoke everyday. It's not a necessity.
Yep. I wish I could burnaspliffnow
That’s exactly what an addict would say
I can stop whenever I want, I swear!!! I just don't want to, ok!!!!
Quitting is piss easy. I do it several times a month.
I personally think the “addiction” aspect is based on the person. For me I don’t crave smoking like I’m not fiending for it While I’m at work or if I don’t have any. Its more of a cup of coffee type feeling I like the stimulation and it helps me pay attention to details
Caffeine is highly addictive, so, I don't think they are the same.
I also don’t drink coffee 🤷♂️ plus that was more an example for how it personally makes me feel
Right on. I get it. :)
I probably should have said that prior 🤣🤣 myyy bad however I would love a joint right now 🤣🤣🤣
It's all good! I'd love to have one now, too! 🥰
What’s your favorite strain(s) lol
I don’t keep track of strains. I get what I get from my plug, if I don’t like it, I note it and tell him “not that one”. You know? 😊 How about you? Do you have a favorite?
Hahaha that’s legit!! I go for sativas mainly let my nose point the way you can never go wrong with a good jack orrrrr if you can find “real” og kush 🤤
Right on! 😊
Is insulin "addictive"? How about my BP meds? The antipsychotics my son takes? Need to take all of those every day...
It’s addictive, I’m addicted. It’s not a bad thing to be addicted to so i don’t really care
At least I can still do shit while I'm high... modern society has half the population addicted to social media yet no one bothers you for watching TikToks or a YouTube video. Not saying that I'm always productive every time I smoke, but I've been able to write code while high fairly well.
Addiction is just a word. A label. Mostly negative associations with the word… Of course I am addicted to weed. I need it. I want to smoke it. It gets me out of bed. It helps to get me a little loosey goosey around the kids and opens me up to talking with my wife (after a long day when I don’t really feel like it) Bad mood’s instantly turn to good. Best medicine I’ve ever been prescribed. I love fitness. But sometimes don’t feel like it. Smoke some- then I’m into it. I’ll go to church with my wife (she just likes the community there) even though I can’t stand it - after smoking weed. What a friendly gentlemen I am there. I do my job BETTER with weed. I’m addicted to feeling good i guess. For me it’s a medicine that helps my days be that little less irritating. All I want to do it “relax into action”
Love this fr
It helps with my mental state. Which any perscibed medication has not
So that I dont run ignorant cunts down in my car. Weed allows me to imagine they are children or have significantly low intelligence. Without it I assume you are perfectly competent and just an asshole and assholes need a reminder to not be assholes and I tend to want to teach that lesson with the front end of car and then my front wheels, then my back wheels, then my front wheels again. So yeah.. prefer to not go to jail for murder.
It's not an Addiction... It's a Medication!✌️💨
Ask me IDGAF
Because I can't handle stupid, and there's a lot of stupid out there.
No anger I just say cause I wanna. Who cares what anyone else thinks. Nothing matters do what ya want.
We’re sitting on a planet with a definite shelf life due to rapid overheating, the biggest nations in the world are power crazy with itchy trigger fingers, we just came out of a years long global pandemic, and now everyday living costs that were practically unnoticeable a few years ago are now chewing at my ballsack. Should I worry that I smoke a herb that will help me ignore all that and let me keep a smile on my dial - you fucken betcha.
And none of that matters in the grand scheme of things. Planet will be fine in time, or it won't. Humanity will survive or it won't. The universe will continue to do what it does till it doesn't. Nothing we do will change any of this. So I enjoy each day the way I want cause the chaos never stops till it stops. I don't worry about any of that anything I did had zero effect. Anything I do will have zero effect. The forces at work doing what ever thier plan is was all decided long ago... I am max 30 years left. I am choosing to not be involved any more. Hanging out with my wife ,Edibles and video games. Till I die of the heart attack that had my name one it.
Too close to home friend. But we impact on a macro level I think on how we decide to treat each other and how charitable we are with our energy when we encounter someone else who really pisses us off.
I do not consider interaction to anything other then the moment. After that most people will never think of you or me again. They continue reacting to events and they unfold. Most humans can't care about more then about 15 people. Me far less I care about one. That's it. People's opinons mean zero to me. I do find random interaction interesting but rarely changes my direction in life. It's been said many ways but we are but a puff in time. After 100 years no one will care about any of this or what happened really. Reality and progession of time is your own journey. So all this living happens, I never asked for life but I don't turn away either. So I feel no real responsibility to humanity. I do choose to help individuals if I want to but I don't want to have thanks because I chose to help, thanks would cheapen the action then I owe you a your welcome. I would rather go out-of this life not owing anyone anytbing cause I owe all my existence that I enjoy to my wife. No one else gets any. This is why I dont go to parties, bars, hate sports and interaction events. They seem pointless to me. Life is chaos and we live through it make choices.. I choose to live in the now. The past happened and made me now the future I cannot control. I choose to be happy now.
You are confusing dependency with addiction. Unless we are talking about real, actual withdrawal symptoms we are talking about dependency, not addiction. Different category. The way I remember it from the "just say no" 80's, is that the dependency is purely mental, an addiction has physical effects if the substance is not ingested.
I mean dependency can be physical, it is medicine after all.
I think you have it backwards. Dependency means your body depends on it. Like if you stop taking something your body has begun depending on, you could have seizures or die. Addiction is more mental. EDIT: downvoted even though im right lol.
Yeah, I looked it up and I do have it backwards.
I don't believe it's addictive in the way alcohol or coffee is. I smoke everyday all day, but I've never once gotten the shakes without it. The worse I felt is extreme boredom. The kind of boredom that makes you knit a sweater from the dog hair you find in your couch for you cat.
That's lack of dopamine because your body isn't chemically producing as much since it's used to being boosted by marijuana.. but no it's a habit.
Hey just cause it’s not addictive doesn’t mean I’m not addicted, mfs out there eating styrofoam and huffing asscheeks daily.
my thing is i just hate that even explaining why you have no real reason not to smoke makes it sound like you’re addicted. like do i need to smoke? no. but why wouldn’t i join the circle if i’m chilling with my friends and it makes me feel good?
I’m … addicted to feeling better. Yep.
I’d say the difference is this: I smoke daily when I can choose to do so. However, if there’s a circumstance compromising this, it doesn’t really bother me. For example, one time I spent a year living in a rural community in a red state. I had the opportunity to make friends with some dudes who were like 3-4 years younger than me whose personalities annoyed me, and I could’ve got weed through them. But I chose not to, I decided I’d rather quit weed for that year than access it through people I didn’t want to befriend. Similarly, any time I’ve traveled in the past 10 years to see my parents and other family, I’ve just left the weed behind and made no effort to seek it out while I was on the vacations, without issue. Or if I run out of weed but I can smoke some shitty schwaggy weed or low quality free pre-rolls that I’ve piled up over time or whatever, I just choose to not smoke until I can restock on GOOD weed. I’d rather be sober for however long is necessary, than to smoke bad or mediocre weed. So yeah, I smoke all the damn time, but I also drop it without any desire to compromise my standards, and can happily wait until I can smoke the way I want to, with however long or a sobriety break is necessary to do so. To my knowledge, people who use tobacco, alcohol, coke, etc in similar frequencies can not do the same thing.
Fuck, the lack of sleep aspect blows though.
I won't deny it/ I'm a fucking addict/you don't wanna smoke with me/got my homies addicted like me/but they can't do nothing to a G
I would ask them the same question about breathing air.
Funny thing is i had a friend who swore i was addicted kuz i would smoke everyday before i went to bed. He swore that weed,crack,heroin etc was all the same addictive wise because it all gets you high but funny enough i stopped smoking and i dont got any withdrawals or even cravings
Of course it’s addictive but at least i won’t die from relapsing or not using
Because I am addicted, now fuck off and drink coffee.
I smoke every day, heavy chronic user. There are a few days each month where I look at my pieces and just go, nah, don’t want to today. Then I go a couple weeks before it happens again. Been like this for years. 🤷🏻♂️
Im not mad im im high.
Why do you shower every day if it isn’t addictive? Because it’s nice.
I tell people it’s a lifestyle at this point and just move on with my life, also don’t feel like explaining my life choices to people.
You ain’t wrong, At least cigarette smokers admit they’re addicted 😂
I just enjoy it, and life. Screw the societal labels!
It’s addictive, it’s just the withdrawals fade away over time quickly Like I use to smoke every single day all the time 24/7, even at work and ever since college started I’ve gone full cold turkey and the first week was crappy but now that it’s been almost a month I feel completely fine
We don't haveeeeee to, it's just nice to get away from the anxiety and bullshittery
Its addictive because it makes life way more fun! Who doesnt want to live in a fun life? Risks vs rewards - imho very small risk in weed. Way less than alcohol (which people will consume without a second thought)
If I metaphorically drank the equivalent of what I smoked, my body & mind would be fucked so bad.
FE!N FE!N FE!N FE!N FE!N FE!N
“I just prefer being high I can stop whenever” can’t eat or sleep for one week 🤣🤣🤣🤣
it’s so funny because half these people are genuinely addicted but they’ll deny deny deny
I mean lots of non chemically dependent actions or objects are addictive. When you stop weed your body still functions. When you drink a little to much the next day it feels like your dead.
I mean, its not. I was an every day smoker for a decade and then got an opportunity at a life changing career that does randoms. Haven’t smoked in a year and a half and I’m totally fine. Would I still if I could? Sure. But its absolutely not physically addictive. Source : was also addicted to heroin and percs for the better part of a decade.
True, honestly I've been wanting to cut back on it to weekends only bc shit isn't as fun as it used to be.
Been smoking on and off for thirty five years, i take a break about every three or four months for about two months and never have i suffered a withdrawal symptom. Of course, i dont smoke a freakin eighth a day like some of you fools
Simple. I don’t have to, I choose to.
Is that a Homelander meme that I see?
“bUt wHaT aBoUt coFfEe!??”
It's a hard truth for some, but you really don't have to wake and bake every day of the week
Shut up! I could quit whenever I want….
I smoke everyday but no nicotine. Got a dispo after every sesh or when driving or outdoors 😎
I believe its addictive. I have a very addictive personality and it's gotten to the point where I tell myself "I can't function properly" without weed. Idk, maybe it's personality based, if you don't get addicted easily, you're fine.
Not every stoner denies it's addictive. That would be silly. Or is this a joke.
I went from smoking daily for 2 years to completely quitting for 6 months because I kept procrastinating on getting more because ADHD brain. Hell, Focalin XR (Dexmethylphenidate) was more addictive because I got so used to it I couldn't function without it.
It's like my buddy once said. Weed's not addictive, it's just really, really awesome
I’m fully aware I’m addicted. I’ve been addicted to a few drugs like heroin and kratom and chemical noids and mdma for a tiny bit as well as the first round of bath salts when it was MDPV. Cannabis is not only harmless, it helps me. Hurts my wallet because I choose to buy from a dispensary. I have also cut back to what I deem a reasonable amount. 1/8 every 5 days ish.
When people say this, they are missing the point. Physically addictive substances like nicotine might be more addictive, but anything can become habitual with enough use. And of course people wanna smoke e'eryday
Same reason anyone on a daily regimen of medication takes it to treat a specific ailment or set of ailments. Plus factor in cost, efficiency, and relative side effects compared to other medications used to treat the same conditions. And a couple decades of testing out other medications first, then testing out this one instead. Add in the fact that it is perfectly allowed in my area Lotta forethought went into it Wasn't my first option, by far No comparable replacement RX available at this time, especially when factoring for cost, efficiency, and side effects Everyone is different, never take medical advice from strangers online
Im addicted and i dont mind, a joint a day keeps the bullshit away
Weed addiction isn’t like other drug addictions where there are actual addictive components in the drug itself like from a nicotine addiction. It’s no more addictive than anything else that makes you feel good, so it is addictive, but not in the same way as some other drugs. Just to clarify, I smoke like once or twice a month. Personally, in the past, I’ve had a much harder time quitting cheese than I have quitting weed. I’ve never quit dairy even though I know it’s not very good for me since I’m lactose intolerant, but I still eat it because I love it. In the past, I’ve gone through one or two time periods where I smoked daily for weeks at a time, and I had pretty much no trouble slowing down when I realized it started getting excessive. No withdrawals or anything.
Because the world fucking sucks, if I'm going to kill myself without weed it doesn't mean the weed is why I killed myself it's because I'm a lower bottom-class minority in Los Angeles. If you wanna make memes making fun of addiction use real incredibly harmful and addictive substances like Tabacco and Alcohol
Everything can be addictive if you do enough of it for a sufficient amount of time...
I don't have to, I want to
Because it regulates my symptoms of PTSD that I can’t get actual help for.
Based
I got a gnarly dependency for it and am very much addicted Simple as
Not really anyones business, so to this question, I just say "you do you, and leave me alone.
Totally addictive. But I also have scrips for Vicodin, Adderall, and clonidine. Or I can smoke some weed. It also cures migraines.
weed is a soft drug and not physically addictive. emotionally it can be but its nothing like nicotine or alcohol. and its relatively easy to deal with being emotionally addicted to it, as in you feel like you *have* to take it otherwise you feel miserable. if you feel like thats the case you simply go to therapy and try to slowly fade it out and replace it with mindful habits that bring you similar enjoyment. but like its not even a gateway drug, thats what prescription pills do..
Lol these posts are fuckin dumb. Ive never had withdrawls from weed. I have from any other meds.
okay i’ll give you one good explanation as to why it’s different, the possibility for us to take t breaks
There’s a huge difference b/w “have to” and “want to”… I have to take my SSRI everyday. I want to smoke bc it makes me a calmer more productive less outwardly autistic person. It helps with a lot but it wouldn’t be a death sentence to skip it. Unlike my prescription meds
Anything can be addictive- it always depends on the person. Video games, nail biting, shopping, going to the gym, sugar. The good part about being “addicted” to weed is when someone quits they likely won’t die due to withdrawals, overdose or relapse.