Addiction to drugs

[enjoi888]

ill give u lil scenario

lets say u could survive 77 years of life( average human life span) w/o eating a single bite of food....you would b born... u woudnt think of food...u would b to busy living ur life...then randomly u get bored and u decide to go buy urself a meal at wendy's wen ur 15. u eat it and u LOVE IT. i mean...u dont have to go back and buy more and eat... u can live without it....but u enjoy so maybe u go back once a week.... if ur addictive u go there every day.

same goes for weed

 

[AQ NooB]

idk its real confusing.

my mom smokes and she cant stop.

but shes a loser.

 

[shakaka]

There are different kinda of addictions, mental and physical.

A physical addiction is something that if you stop using your body will endure negative effects such as withdrawals, thats why they have to ween cracck babies (babies who's mothers used drugs while in the womb) off the drug so they don't get addicted later in life, or have birth defects.

A mental addiction is something that your mind tells your body that you want, but if you ignore it, it will go away and you won't see any physical side effects.

Now, as for marijuana vs. nicotine.

I believe that marijuana is a mental addiction. You like the way it effects you, and you want more of it simply for the fact that it makes you feel relaxed etc..

Now for nicotine I believe that it is a physical AND mental addiction.

I chewed tobacco for almost 3 years and when I got something called leukoplakia I quit cold turkey. After about a week of not using the product I got really sick. I believe that it was a side effect of stopping it. As for mental, I want to throw a dip in right now to be honest.. But I am more mentally disciplined than that. I almost took a dip about 2 days ago because my friend offered it to me and I actually, for a second, thought that I was willing to possibly get leukoplakia again JUST so I could have a dip. I have tried smoking cigarettes but it doesn't satisfy me, I need the nicotine buzz that I got off chewing tobacco.

Bottom line is, yes. Addiction is real both mentally AND physically.

 

[Annex]

it depends completely on the person... i dont smoke pot, however i have, i have never had a craving for it tho.

I smoke cigarettes pretty often, but in moderation.
I have never had a craving from these either, however i have easily smoken enough to be addicted.
I smoked an entire pack in a day, then gone for the next 3 months without having one, then i have had 5 a day for 2 weeks, then gone without for another 3 months, i just have them when i want, not when i need them.

I have a pack in my room at the moment with 19 left, i have 2 a day when im coming down off my dexamphetamine to take the edge off the aggression i get. and i find this to be the best solution for value for money.

Edit: re: addictiveness of drugs... same goes for meth for me, i have had 5 points in a day, then nothing for months. at the moment i have about 2 points of ice every 6 months or so whenever i feel like it.

Thats the biggest load of BS I have ever heard, Crystal Methamphetamine changes the chemical compilation of the brain to include itself with good feelings, there is absolutely no way that you have had 5 doses a day then none for months. You are lying. The same is for cigarettes, Nicotine is an extremely addictive drug, only about 5% of the many millions addicted to nicotine can quit at will once. Now to be able to do this at will, you are talking about quitting multiple times, if you started and stopped 3 times, your percentage being able to accomplish that is 0.0125%, or about 750,000 people in the world are able to do this, and as freely as you say you smoke, its such an impossibility its almost certain you are lying. Lying doesn't make you any bigger of a person than are.

 

[F1rebeast]

weed isn't adictive at all, if people get addictive to it it's most likely to the tabaco they mix it with.

 

[Elvir]

Marijuana isn't addictive at all I know someone who smokes it from my friends. As for cigarettes they are quite addictive and I see people in my family relatives smoke like a box of cigarettes a day which can kill cells and you can stop the addiction.

 

[Ughster]

There are different kinda of addictions, mental and physical.

A physical addiction is something that if you stop using your body will endure negative effects such as withdrawals, thats why they have to ween cracck babies (babies who's mothers used drugs while in the womb) off the drug so they don't get addicted later in life, or have birth defects.

A mental addiction is something that your mind tells your body that you want, but if you ignore it, it will go away and you won't see any physical side effects.

Now, as for marijuana vs. nicotine.

I believe that marijuana is a mental addiction. You like the way it effects you, and you want more of it simply for the fact that it makes you feel relaxed etc..

Now for nicotine I believe that it is a physical AND mental addiction.

I chewed tobacco for almost 3 years and when I got something called leukoplakia I quit cold turkey. After about a week of not using the product I got really sick. I believe that it was a side effect of stopping it. As for mental, I want to throw a dip in right now to be honest.. But I am more mentally disciplined than that. I almost took a dip about 2 days ago because my friend offered it to me and I actually, for a second, thought that I was willing to possibly get leukoplakia again JUST so I could have a dip. I have tried smoking cigarettes but it doesn't satisfy me, I need the nicotine buzz that I got off chewing tobacco.

Bottom line is, yes. Addiction is real both mentally AND physically.

I know a good amount about drugs - more than I should... and was going to put in my 2 cents but this post is pretty accurate, so I won't restate what's already been said.

You need to keep in mind though, that addiction is a personal thing... it varies from person to person, and it can vary in a single person at different points in their life. When I was 13 I smoked a lot of weed and was able to quit without any issues at all for extended periods of time, I did this on and off for several years, often going fluctuating between smoking twice a day, smoking once a week, and not smoking at all. Recently I got in the habit of smoking every night as a sleep aid, seeing as how I have insomnia and it was the best thing I could find to help. When you use anything as a sleep aid it's potential for addiction increases, and I found myself somewhat addicted for a month or two, and I'm slowly working my way off it. I didn't have much physical withdrawal but I would find myself smoking every night and buying more weed when I was out even though I knew it wasn't doing me much good in the long run, seeing as it killed my motivation completely. On the flip side I know plenty of people who smoke more than a few times a day, and they can function completely fine on it, busting their ass at work every day.... Like I said, varies from person to person.

Other drugs, such as opiates, amphetamines, and to a lesser extent nicotine, are much more well known for their physical withdrawals, though some people are much more strong willed than others and are able to quit easier. Some can do it in a few days and others fight it their whole life - it really comes down to how much you really want to quit.

Anyway guys, watch yourselves, it's really easy to get in head deep in some of these substances.

Peace.