Im starting to think that weed is not what I had tought it was, at first it was good and fun but now I've been smoking on a daily basis for too long and I bet most of people in here are. And really, does it make your life better? Or do you feel like shit if you're not high? So what do you think about it? Should we stop smoking? Or just live our lives smoking? Could we really quit it if we wanted too? Or are we just a bunch of addicts?
I wanted to and did quit, due to a job position, for 17 years. I don't need to smoke and I don't smoke all day long. I do enjoy the relaxed feeling and the lessening of pain. Then again I have never smoked just to see how ripped I could get (although sometimes small amounts will get one fairly ripped). One only becomes an addict if they feel that way, with weed.
being that cannabinoids cannot compromise the integrity my molecular composition, I just don't indulge, i figuratively, swan dive head first into marijuana usage without one fuck given.
To me it's simple.... One does not smoke because yet have to but only cause they want to. I you don't like the feeling then stop all together and that shit feeling will go away and that will just be normal and not actually shit.....
I am no addict. that's why I choose marijuana. there are no physically addictive properties. speak for yourself
Uh, fuck no. I can stop getting high whenever. It's that simple. I go on T-breaks all the time for weeks.
I think it is really, really easy to turn the addiction blade on other people and say "What you do makes you an addict!", however turning that blade on yourself is quite a bit harder and even saying "I am an addict." is only a half-hearted thrust of that blade. Anybody could say they are an addict. If you eat fast food every day, you could be labeled an addict. I myself have worked with homeless people and people who suffer from severe addictions for a large part of my life. I know fully functioning, productive people who, once they leave the job site, hit the bottle harder than anything you have saw before or the pipe and not for weed. I have long standing relationships with people who abuse all sorts of this and that we cannot talk about and the one thing most of them have in common is that if it was not for that drug they are using, they would not be nearly as productive people as they have become and the only real reason they are is so that they can have an abundance of things they like. So immediately, even before we begin to throw questions out about addiction, the question that should be asked is what is your level of self-esteem? Are you a depressed person? What rewards do you have in your life that you actively will work towards? Whether that reward is a drug or not is not really a question that needs to be asked at that point, but moreover, do you have a reward for yourself? Anything at all? Believe it or not, most people will respond to that question with "No, i really dont." or say "Family" And for some people, the family part is true, but for most others, both of those answers are bullshit.. Rarely will somebody answer that question truthfully and the person that will has very high self-esteem. Everyone else, well.. The truth is that addiction is a word. That is all. A word. How that word is meant to be has many different contexts, as you can see from the responses in the thread. Some people, without knowing a thing about you, will not hesitate to label you and everyone else on this site one, along with themselves. Others will give an example as to why they are not. Others still will say "I bet everyone is but me." All too often, we associate the word 'Addiction' with drugs, because we can't really see addiction being present in a life without drugs. That is not the case at all. Addiction is everywhere. Addiction fuels every economy on this planet. Some of those are positive and some negative. The real problem is not addiction. The real problem is how you feel about yourself. Addiction is just a word to hide that. Somebody who says "I am addicted" might as well say "I fucking hate my life." when used in a negative context and when used in a positive context, can mean "I like this a lot!.. I am addicted to this type of coffee." Whether coffee actually has physically addicting properties in it or not is not the focus of the topic in a positive context, the context is "I like this, so i'm continue to use it, eat it, drink it, smoke it, inject it, burn it, puke it." you name it. ^This is why people who get on that shit and end up horribly fucking up their lives do that in the first place.. They love it. They view their addiction to this thing as positive, but what makes them do that? I bet you money its not some inanimate object that they stick in a pipe every day, regardless if it has physically addicting properties or not, although you cannot fully deny its involvement. There are people out there who would LOVE to say "Yeah!, that thing is the reason i fucked up!" and then there are people like me who are all "Yeah, ok, it probably wasn't a flaw in your character or anything like that.. Yeah, those inanimate objects can be pretty nasty sometimes..." Sorry for the long post. I'll go back to my corner and find somebody to troll.
For me, i found out years ago that getting high everyday doesn't work. I guess I am luck in that I'm physically healthy and like to do a bunch of different things that don't involve smoking weed. Scuba diving, biking, fishing, surfing, hiking, frisbee football. But of course, when the time is right, like the late afternoon before dinner, I like to pack a fat bowl, pour a well crafted ale, and just sit back and reflect. Absorb the world around me. Am I an addict? I'm addicted to life man.
I smoke daily sometimes. I don't other times. I've quit for extended periods without much of a problem. I don't feel like shit when I'm sober at all. Maybe it's just you
I always figured if it wasn't weed, I'd be smoking cigarettes or drinking coffee to get through my day. Which as it is, I'm 20 and have done only a handful of incidents for both. Am I a productive person? Pssh, don't even ask.
Very interesting ideas, don't take what I said very literally and I can't talk for everyone, what I also feel is that when I go on non-smoking periods after 2 days of thinking all day about smoking it all goes back to a normal, sober life, but its this 2 days the hardest to go thought without smoking, and I justify my smoking by telling myself that I love weed, because I do, and I actually have no reason to stop smoking at the moment, I "think" everything is in order, although deep inside I kinda suspect maybe I would be better off without smoking but Its like there is two people inside of me, one loves to get high and the other is more logical thinking and knows that too much weed is not a good idea. Also about the word "addict", indeed all humans have addictions, I hate when my mom worries about me becoming addicted to mj when she can't leave the phone down at the table... that is a much worse thing than being high, present and enjoying the moment, but also, I don't think I could quit smoking weed FOREVER, like actually not doing it, ever again, the idea of not being able to get high at some time in the future drives me crazy. But, am I an addict for thinking that? I don't think so, like @withthemadness said, "addiction" is just a word. Don't let words define you
I smoke when I want to, during the day/at work I don't toke, because I prefer to be sober. Don't get me wrong I work great when high, maybe even better but prefer to be sober(probably because most people there are sober). After work, I like to smoke 1-5 snaps or 1-2 joints...been smoking joints lately. I dont know why... but I enjoy my evenings . Been smoking daily for 6+ years, call it addicted if you want. If daily use is considered addicting then.... I am addicted to food, water, taking dumps, drinking coffee, using my phone, wearing socks, making money, checking out girls, sitting on a couch, driving my vehicles, browsing grasscity...
I've never stopped so i wouldn't know. I highly doubt im an addict. I quit smoking instantly so i guess i could drop weed just as quick. However i have no wish to do so.
Its really how you look at it. I mean if you smoke so much that you dont see the goodness of weed maybe you should stop smoking for a month and take it slowly from there. You will save a lot of bud but more importantly after a month off you will really appreciate what weed can do ~sent from formans basement in point place wisconsin~