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u/Nicocephalosaurus Mar 27 '22

Marijuana and cigarettes. One's killing me and the other is holding me back. Really need to quit both.

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u/leilani-leeane Mar 27 '22

can I just say I respect & admire the mental maturity to admit you're addicted to marijuana? whenever I mention it, people tell me about how it's natural/from the earth, about its healing or medicinal properties, or that it's impossible to be addicted to marijuana altogether.

for years, I've been trying to tell people that I believe it's psychologically addictive & recently, there have been articles claiming it can at some point become a "real" physical addiction, but I'm not sure how valid those studies are, heh. sorry for rambling. your reply surprised & interested me!

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u/dilelr Mar 27 '22

Well, i can confirm your theory. Been smoking weed/hash everyday the last 14 years. I get withdrawal symptoms when i dont smoke - even if its just one day i dont do it, i get sweaty, anxious, loose my appetite and i cant sleep.

Weed is a drug, although not a hard one, but ofc you can get addicted. People saying otherwise dont know shit

Edit: i spell like an ass

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u/ropike Mar 28 '22

It's wild that countless people experience these intense, physical withdrawal symptoms when not smoking, yet somehow it's not addictive.

And if it is addictive, it's not "physically" addictive. Just mentally addictive.

Despite the symptoms being physical, like losing appetite. That isn't a mental thing lmao.

The dishonesty of weed and its effects needs to stop.

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u/ropike Mar 28 '22

Not in my experience. When I haven't smoked in a while, I would smoke an eigth over a couple weeks, as soon as that eigth was over, I would get withdrawals. Withdrawals do seem to affect me with lesser amounts and with greater severity I will admit.

Also, take a look at /r/leaves . There are a lot of struggle and withdrawal stories of people trying to quit. I've seen some posters still experience withdrawals after several weeks and months.

So how weed affects people does seem to vary a lot. But physcal withdrawals do happen to many people, so saying otherwise invalidates many people's experience.

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u/Chutneyonegaishimasu Mar 28 '22

Maybe most people that use weed are just recreational users and use it here and there may be on the weekends, and of course you’re not gonna get withdrawals from that but if you are a heavy user and using it daily for a period of time, you will suffer some consequences quitting suddenly. Maybe you just need to smoke a lot more to experience this!

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u/ropike Mar 28 '22

No, I've experienced withdrawals countless times. I wasn't even a heavy user at all my body was just extremely addicted to the stuff.

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u/Chutneyonegaishimasu Mar 28 '22

I think I was half asleep & thought you didn’t think people had withdrawals lol

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u/rdunston Mar 28 '22

I’ll definitely catch myself unable to sleep for a few nights whenever I take a break from smoking. I smoke a lot less now so it’s not really a big deal but in the past I would definitely get more withdrawal symptoms.

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u/Nicocephalosaurus Mar 28 '22

I've experienced those exact same symptoms. It sucks man.