Posted by JahL on March 20, 2006, at 11:25:58
In reply to addicted to POT for 10 years now, posted by dimple on January 28, 2006, at 8:10:04
> Pot helps me get to sleep every night. I have tried quitting and using Ambien instead. It's not the same. I just like being high.
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> If I wake up in the night- I hit that bowl again.
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> I don't think I could ever get over pot. I love and hate it so much.
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> I need help so badly, but don't want to go to rehab. This is awful.Hi there.
'ME TOO' to all the above. I've been smoking half my life and, until I find some way of improving my condition, I will continue to do so. In the past I've used every drug under the sun and though you're not supposed to say it, I, generally speaking, had a great time. Nearly all my most treasured memories relate to drug use.
Trouble is, nothing lasts forever and some of the more heavy duty ones (Coke, Base Whizz) eventually 'turn' on you. Which leaves me with MJ.
I originally started for the same reason - sleep - but now I just like to be high. Perpetually so. It's eminently better than being ***low***.
The problem is it's so *psychologically* addictive. If I ever run out - very rare - I'm putting my fist through doors within a couple of hours through sheer inability to relax. And then there are the health implications for smoking.
Perhaps this paper helps explain our addiction:
"The cannabinoids Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) may exert sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, antipsychotic and anticonvulsant effects."
I've visited Newcastle Uni and it's a highly respected research institution.
The paper challenges the received wisdom - which pdocs routinely bash me with - that MJ necessarily causes the depression. Here's another paper that questions the accepted direction of causality:
That isn't to say drugs are actually good for your mental health of course.
Best,
Jah.
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