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Post by QuickSilver on Jan 30, 2020 14:35:38 GMT -5
I think there is still debate on if Marijuana is chemically addictive... or if people just like the affects so much they continue to use every day.... But.. Addictive or not.. I really don't care.. Alcohol is definitely chemically addictive yet not everyone who drinks alcohol is an alcoholic..or even in danger of becoming one. No one would bat an eye if I said I had one glass of wine every night with dinner, or before bed.. It will take time, but I'm sure that the stigma attached to cannabis will disappear just like it has for alcohol.
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Post by robusta on Jan 30, 2020 15:20:33 GMT -5
I defy anyone to make the case that my "addiction" is harmful in any way. I am involved in a 39 year marriage, not all rainbows and kittens, but we make it work. Raised three successful,(meaning out of the house not begging for money),children, am a doting fun grandpa and great papa. We are debt free. I retired at age 56,the missus at 55. We are not rich or even well off, but we don't need to balance the check book before we buy groceries either.
I also am addicted to caffeine and have used that drug to much greater extreme than I have cannabis. I get splitting headaches if I miss my daily caffeine fix.
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Post by joymarty on Jan 30, 2020 15:38:59 GMT -5
I defy anyone to make the case that my "addiction" is harmful in any way. I am involved in a 39 year marriage, not all rainbows and kittens, but we make it work. Raised three successful,(meaning out of the house not begging for money),children, am a doting fun grandpa and great papa. We are debt free. I retired at age 56,the missus at 55. We are not rich or even well off, but we don't need to balance the check book before we buy groceries either. I also am addicted to caffeine and have used that drug to much greater extreme than I have cannabis. I get splitting headaches if I miss my daily caffeine fix. Your years of use has worked OK for you, my dad too with a life of alcohol addiction. He hardly missed a day of 40 yrs of work, but he sure kept his wife and children miserable with his horrible addiction. He too ate lots of sugar stuff and not that much coffee actually. He had a few beers a couple weeks before he passed at 95. Our LONG relationship sure was strained and only got to know him a little better when I helped him during this few months of passing. My mom hung in for 63 yrs as she could not leave, talked about, but no money etc and so she prayed a lot. I think about Willie Nelson a LOT, love love love to hear him sing but know he's been using for a lifetime too. My sil was not that lucky, cigs at 10 yrs old and a life of alcohol and MJ, got him at 55. His 2 kids don't touch the stuff so far and hopefully they won't. Anyway, some of my story.
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Post by tnthomas on Jan 31, 2020 1:02:30 GMT -5
I am an addict.At least I think I am.never tried to quit so never experienced any withdrawal symptoms. I have consumed some amount of pot virtually everyday for the last 45 years,and I do mean everyday. I would qualify your statement, and substitute "addict" with "habit". I recall in earlier times(Summer 1972) having run out of pot after a massive 24-7 binge...we had problems falling asleep. Smoked our brains out, and then not. Perhaps a psychological "addiction", but really not physical. IMO.
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Post by joymarty on Jan 31, 2020 13:14:03 GMT -5
I am an addict.At least I think I am.never tried to quit so never experienced any withdrawal symptoms. I have consumed some amount of pot virtually everyday for the last 45 years,and I do mean everyday. I would qualify your statement, and substitute "addict" with "habit". I recall in earlier times(Summer 1972) having run out of pot after a massive 24-7 binge...we had problems falling asleep. Smoked our brains out, and then not. Perhaps a psychological "addiction", but really not physical. IMO. Thinking about this we all pick and choose our addictions, habits call them what you will. My sleep remedies that I take nightly give me 10 nice hours of restorative sleep and so this is my habit, addiction or what we want to call it. I choose NOT to take my "stuff" in fear of consequences, bad sleep, no sleep.....
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Post by tnthomas on Jan 31, 2020 17:18:53 GMT -5
Well I think a traditional definition of addiction is: Addiction is a psychological and physical inability to stop consuming a chemical, drug, activity, or substance, even though it is causing psychological and physical harm.
Whereas a "habit" is more like: A habit is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously
There are similarities for sure, but addiction implies a situation that is more serious and difficult to deal with.
I drank 6 to 12 cans of beer 7 days a week for 30 years, and my doctor was surely horrified and considered me to be an alcoholic. However, when the day came in 2006 where I decided to quit drinking due to my high blood pressure, I just quit and had no physical or mental cravings what-so-ever.
Same thing with tobacco in 2011, except that I was deathly sick with the flu and hadn't ventured outside to smoke for well over 72 hours. When I realized that most of the nicotine had likely left my body already, I was encouraged to make the nicotine absence permanent! No problem, some minor cravings for a while, never any relapses though.
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