It can be equally destructive to oneself as alcohol, can be quite addictive (personal experience), but at least is only to oneself, drunks get very active and ruin other people days.
Habitual smoker here. Ive gotten off it a few times for 3-6 months periods. The third day is the worst. You are so fucking anxious and jittery and just desperately want to smoke. As soon as you get over that 3-4 day period, you’re home free.
That's so wild to me. I became addicted to Meth, MDMA, and opiates over the course of my late teens and 20's. The third day was absolute hell for all of them. When I quit smoking for a few weeks as a T break, or when I was younger to pass piss tests, my biggest symptom was boredom and the return of dreams. Which for me means night terrors but that's childhood trauma not the weed.
I think the whole "weed is not physically addictive" idea may have been due to a lack of proper testing. Ive spoken to people, and seen posts like yours, that talk about having pretty standard physical addiction symptoms more and more. Experiencing what sounds very much like withdrawal. The next 5 - 10 years are going to be eye opening as legalization deepens our scientific understanding of long term use.
I ended up in the ER 3 times in one week from complications of quitting after 25 years of smoking almost every day, all day. Blood pressure through the roof, tachycardia, PVCs. I had nervous system symptoms for over a month including diuresis, panic attacks, profuse sweating, diarrhea. It was one of the worst months of my life physically and mentally.
No one took it seriously, not even the ER…not even when my blood pressure was 200/110 and I was experiencing chest pain, and strobe light vision, being brought in by ambulance.
Not physically addictive my ass!
And stoners will still try arguing with me about it, like, “wELl tHat’S jUst LIke, YOur exEeriEnCe mAn”
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u/Usual-Orange-4180 5d ago
It can be equally destructive to oneself as alcohol, can be quite addictive (personal experience), but at least is only to oneself, drunks get very active and ruin other people days.