As someone who was legit addicted to hash/weed for over a decade, and experienced very real withdrawal symptoms for the best part of a month after quitting, I’m genuinely surprised by some of the responses to this post.
There are studies that show that (iirc, I got the number from the drug councelor I went to but it’s been like 15 years) ~8% of users do actually get addicted to this stuff, regardless of what the agenda of the posted article may be it’s a real thing that does happen to real people.
It really sucks reading articles like these and holding the belief that addiction is serious and anyone can become addicted to anything. Cause like come on man, does it.make your brain try to break out of your skull prison like mine when I get no nicotine? Idk. Strange world. Absolutely abstract.
It sucks cuz it helps me focus and enjoy things but I worry it makes my depression worse long term. Tiring.
I am legitimately having some trouble breaking the habit of smoking every day.
IDK if it’s because I’ve formed a dependency or because I feel incredibly stuck in life and it’s good escapism.
Either way it’s probably a good idea to stop for a little bit and then see how I’m feeling later.
This addiction is real, and incredibly difficult to kick. I lost a decade of my life convincing myself it wasn’t that bad, basically being high whenever I was conscious and not working.
Today I’m 110 days sober and the cravings are still there, but my mental capacity has also improved dramatically.
my mental capacity has also improved dramatically.
Could you elaborate? I wonder because I got 92% on my trade exam that included math and things and have been smoking concentrates daily for years.
Could i become the most smarterest insulator ever?
Absolutely, I feel like I was still smart, inquisitive, mindful and all that… but it felt like my ability to access that information and effectively communicate it out loud wasn’t very easy. I would always forget the names of things in the middle of a sentence, I’d take longer to respond to questions at work… stuff like that.
I appreciate you taking the time to respond. Thank you
ITT drug addicts deny their reality
Edit: yall are proving my point with your defensive responses lol. There’s a lot of distance between “we should criminalise and imprison anyone caught with pot” and “nah it’s actually totally fine and healthy to numb myself every single day with a psychoactive chemical, I am not addicted at all” lol. I didn’t make a moral judgement, it’s just a statement of fact. And don’t come at me with “medicinal” either. Of course some people find weed medicinally beneficial. Like 10% of the population are estimated to have ADHD and the vast majority of them find amphetamines amazingly helpful in symptom reduction, that doesn’t make daily amphetamine use something we should recommend to the general population lol.
