i love getting information about addiction from non-doctors
Non-doctors and, presumably, non-addicts with no real world experience of what addiction actually is.
i mean even among physicians, 3/4 of the doctors i’ve worked with know fuck all about addiction and of those about a few are humble enough to refer better educated physicians for relevant questions. it’s a specialized subject.
I smoke every day because every other form of escapism can’t get me away from the modern hellscape that we currently exist in.
I wish I could smoke every day, but I get the munchies something fierce and I will put on weight immediately. I have to quit for my health. I just finished an eighth over the holiday weekend though, and I kinda hate myself right now.
This is after already quitting drinking, so I don’t have many escapes left haha. I’m out here raw dogging the dystopian future with just my mind bro.
No alcohol, no sugar and no limit on weed works pretty well for me now. And I try to run everyday (huffing and puffing)
I think the first two are big factors and I cannot believe how stupid I was the last 5 years drinking everyday.
Weed speeds up my metabolism. So I’ll get hungry but actually lose weight from the speed up. It’s wild.
popcorn is my saving grace. fills me up and doesn’t add a ton of calories. uh, make sure you drink like 20 oz of water per big bowl of popcorn or it’s gonna get r̷̞̈́o̶̞̍u̵̫̎g̵̘̓h̸̳̊
A doctor prescribed me coke to treat my idiopathic hypersomnia. Didn’t realize computational finance grads could write scripts, but I’m happy
Python? R?
Seriously though, R is tedious as hell when dealing with statistical analysis. It can be fun but I found it to be too much work for things I could do more easily elsewhere. Python is great for many things financial but can be limiting, though it’s my favorite language probably because of its general use and ease of access.
I mean. There’s smoking every day, and getting stoned every day. The right strains in the right (micro)dosage can be life-saving medicine.
How do you make that switch though? I would love to just be a micro dosing THC user, because it does help me out with a lot of things up to a point, where it quickly becomes too much
Just put less than you normally would and be discipline about not going for more. There is no definition for what a micro dose is. Its just understood to be less. Try just doing half of what you normally do for a week and see how you feel from there.
From experience, try to use strains with less THC and higher CBD and it generally will help. Then taking time to see what dosage is a good balance of pain relief without making you high, and for how long before using again. There’s more to it, but that typically will be the easiest change to make. When you build a tolerance, make very small changes. It’s difficult, but you’ll start go see the effects if you stick with it. Cannabis is strong as hell these days lol
i mean how do you consume? i use a dry herb vape and it works great for microdosing, also helps you get more value for your weed. also type 2 weed, or just mixing in some cbd strains, might help get you where you need
Just smoke every day and eventually every dose of weed will feel like a microdose.
I dab every evening for sleep (go through a gram of concentrate every 2-3 days) and guess what? I don’t get high anymore. Just a minor head change for the next 15-20 minutes.
Go to a dispo and ask for small dose edibles. Depending on where you are you can find edibles as low as 2.5mgs per dose. You should be able to find 10mg edibles anywhere you go and if you get something like a chocolate bar that you can further subdivide yourself you can fine tune your dose. The only pitfall is tolerance creeping up the more often you take it.
ETA: And if you want to limit your smoking amount, just buy a one hitter. Having to clear and load the pipe to get more than a little high will help prevent you from overdoing it.
More of a Pepsi person myself
I’m addicted to pot in the same way other people are addicted to oxygen
Coke with a capital C? 🥤
I use it for pain relief. I smoke it everyday but wait until afternoon.
Coke?
Weed man! Jesus that escalated!
I mean it’s a joke from OP’s image post
Ahh… the 80s
Yeah, I’m probably addicted to cannabis. That doesn’t particularly bother me, as it doesn’t negatively impact my life. I keep it to nights and weekends, and I don’t spend more on it than I can afford. I honestly have a much harder time quitting coffee than I do cannabis. If I go on vacation, I never have a problem leaving my weed at home, but I’ll be damned if I don’t have my caffeine. And that doesn’t seem to be a particularly harmful addiction either.
Lucky. I can’t sleep without weed, so if I’m going on vacation, it has to be to a place with legalization.
I interpret for courts and the prosecutor’s office in Japan. I wish the people I’ve had to work with were smart like you. Don’t risk it by bringing weed here.
Yeah, that does suck. I do struggle a bit to fall asleep the first few nights without it, since I’m used to having a bowl before bed, but the thing that really gets me is how crazy vivid my dreams are when I’m taking a break. I’m prone to night terrors too, so it’s a bit of a roll of the dice on what those dreams are gonna be like
it doesn’t negatively impact my life
Pretty sure that means that it by definition isn’t an addiction but rather a benign dependence 🤷
Good luck explaining that to most people. I’ve had a cannabis dependence for years now, and I get called an addict by certain members of my family, even though I’ve held a job longer than most of them were in school. I partake everyday, but the boss doesn’t care/suspect anything and my output meets/exceeds expectations, so they’re happy with me.
BuT i’M aN aDdIcT lol
Do you think “able to hold a job” is what defined addict Or not?
No, more an indicator that it isn’t negatively impacting my life. I’ve known plenty of addicts that can’t say the same.
Good luck explaining that to most people
I know. Doesn’t make it any less true, though, as you appear to be an excellent example of 🤷
This amuses me as i use cannabis to increase resiliance to sensory overload. Yay autism.
It helps so much to make my brain stop caring about Too Many Sounds and Bad Fabrics its wild.
Oh, shit.
Bad fabrics. Finally, someone else? E.g. touching some velvety stuff makes it feel like I can’t breathe?
How do I learn more about it? I’m scared to know what it means, but can probably guess.
About which? Being autistic or having sensory overload related to physical sensations?
I’ve just never heard anyone else talk about being sensitive to particular materials.
i’ve never thought about Bad Fabrics, but on the other end of the spectrum i do have this nice Velour Robe that i bought my wife that i occasionally steal. Then there’s the Fluffy Cat that i picked up with my Shirt Off the other day and just about died in sensory joy overload. i’ve never had it be too much before it was weird.
Cats are always on the good end of the touching scale. With their permission!
Oh, it’s a way sensory overload can manifest. I hate lace, although admire the artwork of it. I like soft plush things and running my fingers on things that are smooth. I don’t like wearing silks though, too slippery on the body. Some fabrics make SOUND and those are the worst.
Yup!!! Purely being subjective, but i think the “high” that neurotypicals describe is more of a filtering for nd folk.
i use it to manage my gut. slows down severe diarrhea and manages pain. i seek out pinene and limonene terpenoid profiles, sour diesel and og kush derivatives
I’ve always had a rough stomach and smoking helps a lot more than any other medications ive used. It works within a few minutes which is also much faster than other options.
I think a big part of it is it takes effect in like 10 seconds vs. 45 minutes
Hmm I should make a note of those terpenes. Internet stranger TMI here but having ibs-d I’ve found marijuana is one of the few things that has seemed to help some over the course of my life.
Even the prescription medicine I’ve taken for it wears off sooner or later but I’ve never really paid attention that strictly to terpenes, perhaps it’s time I do so.
Is it dependent on the type of weed? Some 90’s type 100 percent indica works like that for me. I do not have any diagnosis though. Worry about shit tomorrow, best Xanax ever, no side effects etc.
I could easily imagine some other strain stressing me out.
Same but ADHD. Stops my brain from being a complete box of frogs for a few hours and makes everything delicious. Yay weed.
I don’t think daily usage necessitates addiction. In my opinion addiction is continually use despite negative repercussions because of fear of withdrawal / not being able to operate without it.
Like I have sugary coffee almost every day but I wouldn’t say I’m addicted because I’m not experiencing any negative consequences from it. If I were gaining weight or having heart problems and still kept to it then I’d say that’s an addiction.
Same with pot, some people can use it every day without suffering many consequences. If your gaining weight from the munchies, or getting a smokers cough, or becoming antisocial etc. and still use it, that’s when it becomes problematic.
Like I have sugary coffee almost every day but I wouldn’t say I’m addicted because I’m not experiencing any negative consequences from it.
How would you feel/do, when there is a stressful day and you cannot have your coffee?
As for pot, i have met and been a daily smoker for many years. Everybody i knew that smoked daily had some social or personal issues and it definitely affected their ability to focus, memory and emotional awareness negatively.
I don’t think that daily use of psychoactives can go without addiction. It can be beneficial as medication for some, but there will be side effects and withdrawal symptoms, like with non psychoactive medication too.
Future negative consequences or present negative consequence you are not yet aware of are still negative consequences.
I forget the details but I learned from my sister who worked in a rehab clinic that there are clinical criteria to diagnose addiction:
- Taking the substance in larger amounts or for longer than you’re meant to
- Wanting to cut down or stop using the substance but not managing to
- Spending a lot of time getting, using, or recovering from use of the substance
- Cravings and urges to use the substance
- Not managing to do what you should at work, home, or school because of substance use
- Continuing to use, even when it causes problems in relationships
- Giving up important social, occupational, or recreational activities because of substance use
- Using substances again and again, even when it puts you in danger
- Continuing to use, even when you know you have a physical or psychological problem that could have been caused or made worse by the substance
- Needing more of the substance to get the effect you want (tolerance)
- Development of withdrawal symptoms, which can be relieved by taking more of the substance
Does 4 out of 11 make me an addict? Idk that tolerance seems unfair lol
You don’t have to check all to be considered addicted, though.
That’s true. I forgot the threshold how many you had to check for a diagnosis but the more you have, the more severe your addiction is
i would be delighted to learn what the threshold is. I’m sure I’m not the only person here this diagnostic has been used maliciously against
https://www.mentalhealth.com/library/diagnostic-criteria-for-substance-use-disorders#reference-3
“According to the DSM-5-TR, an SUD diagnosis is made when at least two of the following criteria are met within 12 months [3]”
"Code based on current severity:
Mild (2-3) Moderate (4-5) Severe (6+)"
I can say yes to everything on this list with substances like alcohol, nicotine and amphetamine that I had problems with.
Almost zero checks with weed. There’s no compulsion with it.
I never told myself no weed today and 15min later it’s like I am watching myself go to the store to buy some.
This is why I don’t consider myself addicted. If my tolerance gets too high, I just quit for a couple of weeks.
I’m addicted to caffeine. My university has a meal swipe program which equates to ~6 bucks and you can use 2 a day. I eat one big meal from the ‘all you can eat’ cafe, then get 2 energy drinks for the morning and afternoon, and just have ramen for dinner or sthm.
I currently have 3 spares because tbh I’m kinda getting sick of redbull. Idk what else to spend the meal swipes on because if you don’t use them it’s just wasted money
I’m addicted to pepsi
I smoked everyday to balance out the caffeine and nicotine I suspect I use to treat undiagnosed adhd.
I’m not addicted to coke I only do it when I want to get rocked out of my skull
Which is every morning and most afternoons
“I can quit anytime I want!”
snorts 2 lines and rubs the rest in mouth
