Marijuana Addiction - Addiction & Recovery Message Board

12-18-2000, 01:03 PM

Hi All,

I've been reading the latest posts you all have been writing. Yes, "Damned", it is a very addictive drug. Whoever posted that you don't think you are addicted only if you are stuck in the rut with it is so, so on the mark.

I was addicted for over 20 years. I "quit" a few months ago, only to relapse last month. Once again, I'm on the wagon, and feeling good about it.

There's one point that I want to make, and I'm repeating something somone had posted on the "old" board. Marijuana addicts stay the mental age they were when they started using. Do you all feel that way? I started when I was 18, and didn't feel like the 40ish age I am until I quit. Think hard about that. To all who have smoked and quit, look back. Didn't you get "stuck" at the age as when you first started?

As far as it being "natural", so is tobacco, even though the tobacco companies add addictive substances to keep us coming back for more. Being "natural" doesn't mean safe and non-addictive.

Good luck and continued soberness to all of us who have conquered, or are trying to conquer this monkey on our backs!

Jester · 12-19-2000, 07:50 AM

Glad your back on the wagon. I wish you much luck... I thank you for everything you have done for me. I feel great now. I am not craving pot much at all anymore. Thanks again, and good luck.

cmb5520 · 12-23-2000, 10:31 AM

I commend both of you! The fact that pot is not pysically addictive is what makes pot so dangerous. The pyschological addiction is intense, and because it is such a social drug, people are rarely thought to be addicts. How many pot interventions do you see on TV? I was talking to someone the other day who had been addicted to both for almost ten years, and was ten years clean. She said pot is the only substance (she had many addictions) that still made her salivate when she thought about it. You guys should be proud of yourselves

damned32 · 01-03-2001, 09:37 PM

Wow, it's sooo funny that I KNOW soooo much about "addiction", yet b/c people DISAGREE, they tend to think that I DON'T know what I'm talking about. I can't figure why EVERYONE assumes I'm talking trash, or talkin' down to ya'll. I'm not. [We all know what they say about those who ASSUME? Well, I do know addiction, and I'm aware of what it is, but I am not using it as an excuse or a crutch. Well, I'm 25, and I don't and never have felt like the age I started it on. I do, however, look the same & haven't physically aged in over 8 yrs! Must be doin' somethin' right...like not dwelling on thing's like addiction, I just DEAL w/ it. I wish everyone would lose the bad attitude & accept the truth...quit tryin' to stary a riot. People disagree, yes, but to state your oppinions like facts, I feel, is not very helpful to anyone or supportive....but to each their own I guess. Lot'sa luck to ya'll.

TrickyDick · 01-04-2001, 12:36 AM

Hey Damned32

Your intitled to your attitude and thoughts and we are intitled to ours. So let us say, parting is such sweet sorrow.....