Thread: Addiction any-one?

cannabis + smoking I have been smoking cigs since i was about 12 so around 7 years now and there is no sight of stoping but the real problem is the weed i smoke weed everyday no matter what for instance i woke up at 6.15 this morning for work the first thing i did is sit on the side of my bed and sparked a joint up my mum thinks that its weird its not like drinking alcohol when you wake up it gives me something i cant explane but i need it or i cant get started for the day. I dont talk to nobody about it as they think i just smoke some weed and its ok my head feels messed up and i get some really fucked up thoughts threw the day. I feel like i cant take this bullshit much more mabie i will listen to what my brain is saying to me and weed is addictive.

Originally Posted by cannabisman

cannabis + smoking I have been smoking cigs since i was about 12 so around 7 years now and there is no sight of stoping but the real problem is the weed i smoke weed everyday no matter what for instance i woke up at 6.15 this morning for work the first thing i did is sit on the side of my bed and sparked a joint up my mum thinks that its weird its not like drinking alcohol when you wake up it gives me something i cant explane but i need it or i cant get started for the day. I dont talk to nobody about it as they think i just smoke some weed and its ok my head feels messed up and i get some really fucked up thoughts threw the day. I feel like i cant take this bullshit much more mabie i will listen to what my brain is saying to me and weed is addictive.

Man, that's awful...from what you're describing, you're in very very deep. Very. I think you really ought to get this treated right away, this could kill you, hell it's probably already killing you. Please, please go and get it treated by a qualified professional.

I would like to get help but im 19 years old if i get help for smoking weed people will think im a total idiot and wasting time when proper drug addicts need the help.

Maybe it's not the most seriuous drug but it's serious.

edit: I mean, maybe the drug itself isn't serious, but the level of addiction still is.

Originally Posted by cannabisman

I would like to get help but im 19 years old if i get help for smoking weed people will think im a total idiot and wasting time when proper drug addicts need the help.

If you feel that smoking weed lowers you life quality, then i don't think that you should be at all embarassed by seeking help.
Weed is usually considered a harder drug than alcohol, and many people seek help to stop drinking. Maybe its normal for a 19 year old to smoke a little weed sometimes, but as soon as its a problem to you, i don't think that it makes any difference if your 19 or 40 years old.
A lot of people on your age here where i life has gotten help to stop smoking weed.

The only thing i have ever been addicted to is sugar (i do smoke weed however). I am trying to overcome this at the time, hoping to lose a few pounds.

well until recently i'd say i was pretty addicted to those caffeine energy drinks like Red Bull, Relentless, Rockstar, Blue bolt etc

It started when i was like 14, i had a few and they tasted really great, it didn't any effect on me really but after having some i did want more as soon as possible. Their was a stage when i had one a day, more if possible, they actually made my stomach hurt when i had them, especially if i had one when i hadn't eaten anything for a while, so if i was hungry and drank one, it would hurt my stomach for some reason. I'd say i was like that for half a year, one reason i had to cut down was because the shop i used ti buy them from, which sold cans of a drink called Megaforce for 6 for a £1 closed down( they used to sell things which were surplus stock for other shops and stuff, so you know everything was really cheap). Megaforce was banned in Germany for some reason.. and so they were selling it here cheap in that store). After that i still had them often and i used to get kind of short tempered if i hadn't had one in more then 3 days.

Eventually i think it just slowly sorted itself out, in fact although i usually have a few every weekend, recently i've started to not like them and i don;t buy them anymore.

Originally Posted by The Fishy

Maybe it's not the most seriuous drug but it's serious.

edit: I mean, maybe the drug itself isn't serious, but the level of addiction still is.

Yeah people always told me its not addictive i smoked my first joint at 13 and loved it when i was about 14 i started smoking it everyday then i think shit ive been smoking it 5 years everyday how did it happen. But the people who say its not addictive answer this why do i get so hot and so angry when i dont have it ? When i was young i had a bad temper but thinking about it now i dont nomore dont get me wrong i take no shit but i would never pick on somebody or start a fight. Mabie the weed made me a nicer person but weed is my life and i still like it. Its just i hear my brain talking to me its like i have 2 brains talking to each other and i think its coz of the green. This post might not make sence it does to me lol

If you're hearing voices or if your brain is "talking back to you" It's definitely time to get help. What do you mean, because of "the green"? Ihave family members with dementia so I was able to transalate a lot of that, just not the "the green" bit.

Originally Posted by The Fishy

If you're hearing voices or if your brain is "talking back to you" It's definitely time to get help. What do you mean, because of "the green"? Ihave family members with dementia so I was able to transalate a lot of that, just not the "the green" bit.

Ok green is just a name for weed cannabis as its a green bud you smoke its common where i live to call it green.
I DO NOT HEAR VOICES its just like my brain talking to me and like i have a brain talking back to it. lately its been ok just sometimes i hear it and i shout shut up in my head mabie i just hear my self talking to my self its hard to put into words but i no im not going crazy because crazy people dont no there going crazy and i know that im not crazy because if i was i wouldernt know.

Let me see if I understand. You talk, and then your brain interrupts with it's own opinion and talks, and then you say shut up, I don't need to listen to you, and then it keeps going along with what it was saying?

That's what I meant when I said hearing voices. I didn't mean it in the "classical" sense, but by the way, even people who do hear vioces (such as schizophrenics) can be aware that it is irrational (I think). But anway, you don't hear voices.

If I have correctly understood what you mean, it is STILL worrying.

yes my other brain sometimes says random things but its not like a voice shouting kill kill kill

I'm addicted to general tso's chicken.

Btw that part that your talking to in your head, its called the part that is/isn't the part of you that tells you whats a good idea and whats a bad idea.

I want to go skydiving...
you'll probably die.
oh yeah, SHUT UP.

Originally Posted by cannabisman

cannabis + smoking I have been smoking cigs since i was about 12 so around 7 years now and there is no sight of stoping but the real problem is the weed i smoke weed everyday no matter what for instance i woke up at 6.15 this morning for work the first thing i did is sit on the side of my bed and sparked a joint up my mum thinks that its weird its not like drinking alcohol when you wake up it gives me something i cant explane but i need it or i cant get started for the day. I dont talk to nobody about it as they think i just smoke some weed and its ok my head feels messed up and i get some really fucked up thoughts threw the day. I feel like i cant take this bullshit much more mabie i will listen to what my brain is saying to me and weed is addictive.

Only smoke with people. Weed is pretty soft..

Originally Posted by cannabisman

cannabis + smoking I have been smoking cigs since i was about 12 so around 7 years now and there is no sight of stoping but the real problem is the weed i smoke weed everyday no matter what for instance i woke up at 6.15 this morning for work the first thing i did is sit on the side of my bed and sparked a joint up my mum thinks that its weird its not like drinking alcohol when you wake up it gives me something i cant explane but i need it or i cant get started for the day. I dont talk to nobody about it as they think i just smoke some weed and its ok my head feels messed up and i get some really fucked up thoughts threw the day. I feel like i cant take this bullshit much more mabie i will listen to what my brain is saying to me and weed is addictive.

Originally Posted by cannabisman

I would like to get help but im 19 years old if i get help for smoking weed people will think im a total idiot and wasting time when proper drug addicts need the help.

Originally Posted by cannabisman

Yeah people always told me its not addictive i smoked my first joint at 13 and loved it when i was about 14 i started smoking it everyday then i think shit ive been smoking it 5 years everyday how did it happen. But the people who say its not addictive answer this why do i get so hot and so angry when i dont have it ? When i was young i had a bad temper but thinking about it now i dont nomore dont get me wrong i take no shit but i would never pick on somebody or start a fight. Mabie the weed made me a nicer person but weed is my life and i still like it. Its just i hear my brain talking to me its like i have 2 brains talking to each other and i think its coz of the green. This post might not make sence it does to me lol

Originally Posted by cannabisman

Ok green is just a name for weed cannabis as its a green bud you smoke its common where i live to call it green.
I DO NOT HEAR VOICES its just like my brain talking to me and like i have a brain talking back to it. lately its been ok just sometimes i hear it and i shout shut up in my head mabie i just hear my self talking to my self its hard to put into words but i no im not going crazy because crazy people dont no there going crazy and i know that im not crazy because if i was i wouldernt know.

Originally Posted by cannabisman

yes my other brain sometimes says random things but its not like a voice shouting kill kill kill

lolwut

addiction is a place where a restless soul is comforted at the same time that it is trapped.

Cannabisman I can tell you right now, weed is NOT for you, and it never has been. You sound like one of those people who got into drugs for the wrong reasons... it strikes me as odd that weed has 'become your life'. Why'd you start blazing?

Originally Posted by CoLd BlooDed

Cannabisman I can tell you right now, weed is NOT for you, and it never has been. You sound like one of those people who got into drugs for the wrong reasons... it strikes me as odd that weed has 'become your life'. Why'd you start blazing?

Thats easy when your 13-14 and your part of the group i was in its what we all did and i must admit i liked it the first time i smoked so i carried on.

Originally Posted by cannabisman

Thats easy when your 13-14 and your part of the group i was in its what we all did and i must admit i liked it the first time i smoked so i carried on.

You need to manage it. I smoke. But I have rules. I don't smoke more than every other day. And if its not with people only at night. It works for me, and creates the nice psychedelic experience I want.

Originally Posted by Dreamworld

You need to manage it. I smoke. But I have rules. I don't smoke more than every other day. And if its not with people only at night. It works for me, and creates the nice psychedelic experience I want.

Yes, some people can control it (to some extent - I don't think they can really control it but I know people who just do it occaisionally and don't get addicted) - but others become extremely addicted and dependant on it. It's not a question of self-control or skill, really, some people are just more inclined to be more addictive than others. You can't control it, especially after years of addiction.

So really, it all boils down to what I said: The drug doesn't matter, the level of addiction to it does. Cannabisman, your level of addiction seems high, which is why I say you really should treat it.

Oh, and Seimosaur, I know you need to do your I'm-tough-tribe-leader ape shit, but seriously, that was just spam.

Hmm, addictions. Probably a few I would rather not mention....
My mind, feelings and passion, music, dreaming, observing/reading people, and one person.

Originally Posted by The Fishy

Yes, some people can control it (to some extent - I don't think they can really control it but I know people who just do it occaisionally and don't get addicted) - but others become extremely addicted and dependant on it. It's not a question of self-control or skill, really, some people are just more inclined to be more addictive than others. You can't control it, especially after years of addiction.

So really, it all boils down to what I said: The drug doesn't matter, the level of addiction to it does. Cannabisman, your level of addiction seems high, which is why I say you really should treat it.

Oh, and Seimosaur, I know you need to do your I'm-tough-tribe-leader ape shit, but seriously, that was just spam.

Yes i total agree i could not of put it better if i tried thats all right and i do need to cut down sometime. Yeah the thing what really pisses me of is when people like Seimosaur do that its just a waste of space and pointless if you cant understand something i typed just pm me and il try my best to reword it for you instead of been a total arsehole.

It will probably be very hard if not impossible for you to just "cut down" on it, which is why I think you should get it professionally treated. From what you've said, you're in bad condition, addiction-wise I mean.

Cannabisman, Seismo is just of of those people who've been here for ages and think that gives them a right to behave like jerks. You should just ignore him usually though, don't respond.

Originally Posted by cannabisman

Yeah people always told me its not addictive i smoked my first joint at 13 and loved it when i was about 14 i started smoking it everyday then i think shit ive been smoking it 5 years everyday how did it happen. But the people who say its not addictive answer this why do i get so hot and so angry when i dont have it ? When i was young i had a bad temper but thinking about it now i dont nomore dont get me wrong i take no shit but i would never pick on somebody or start a fight. Mabie the weed made me a nicer person but weed is my life and i still like it. Its just i hear my brain talking to me its like i have 2 brains talking to each other and i think its coz of the green. This post might not make sence it does to me lol

Do you smoke the weed pure, or mix with tobacco?

I think the addiction here is from the nicotine, and saying you had a bad temper when younger and now you don't, well marijuana is a sedative, so it is going to relax you, this and a combination of the nicotine I believe makes you think you are addicted to it. You may feel a dependency on it but Marijuana is not addictive, it is only mildly habit forming and has none of the physical attributes of withdrawal connected with truly addictive drugs like opiates or stimulants.In a lot of situations, people who smoke pot are simply self-medicating for severe anxiety or depression, they just don't realise it.

Anyhoo, it's not my place to say; I hope this doesn't screw up your life like it has so many of my old friends...

Originally Posted by Adam

Do you smoke the weed pure, or mix with tobacco?

I think the addiction here is from the nicotine, and saying you had a bad temper when younger and now you don't, well marijuana is a sedative, so it is going to relax you, this and a combination of the nicotine I believe makes you think you are addicted to it. You may feel a dependency on it but Marijuana is not addictive, it is only mildly habit forming and has none of the physical attributes of withdrawal connected with truly addictive drugs like opiates or stimulants.In a lot of situations, people who smoke pot are simply self-medicating for severe anxiety or depression, they just don't realise it.

Anyhoo, it's not my place to say; I hope this doesn't screw up your life like it has so many of my old friends...

There's not physical addiction to marijuana like there is to nicotine or heroin, but users can get very dependant on the high that you get, until they can't do without it. They need the marijuana to get into a normal state of mind. Seems cannabisman's in this condition. Or it could be the nicotine.