POLL: Breaking an Addiction

[private joker]

I tried smoking cigarettes once and it didn't take. OOT, on the other hand... *sigh*

[InchoateHand]

Look up anhedonia, its a bitch. Never got too much into meth, because I like my lips, I'm a cranky son of a bitch, and ups make me violent. That said, I always felt like [censored] after even a minor binge. Never really craved it though. Other things were far more difficult, but as I alluded many posts ago, I've been off the bad stuff for quite some time, but I still smoke, procrastinate and jerkoff.

[jba]

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I used meth almost daily for a year and a half. It was easy to quit once I decided to do it. The physical addictiveness of meth is way overrated. The only reason it's hard to quit is that it so distorts your lifestyle that it requires an almost complete break from your life to get off it. In the months after I quit meth I was so bored I thought I'd die.

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sounds like weed

Hi jeebus,

Is stroking it/looking at porn really an addiction? Its like, I enjoy eating supper, and I frequently eat supper, but does that make me addicted to it?

[craig r]

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I used meth almost daily for a year and a half. It was easy to quit once I decided to do it. The physical addictiveness of meth is way overrated. The only reason it's hard to quit is that it so distorts your lifestyle that it requires an almost complete break from your life to get off it. In the months after I quit meth I was so bored I thought I'd die.

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I know that the physical addictiveness of coke is also possibly not a huge problem. I know that there is no physical reason that you need to go to rehab in order to quit coke. In fact, I was talking to some people that go to AA (some were ex-heroin junkies and some were alcoholics) and they had told me that the only drug that you had to have medical attention if you quit is alcohol. I was suprised by this, because I always thought that you could die if you weren't given proper medical attention when quitting heroin. I know opiates are physically addictive, but I think it is physically possible to quit on your own without dying.

As far as your "boredom" when you quit meth, I think that is fairly common for most stimulants. I know with coke it can last up to a year before you start feeling better.

craig

this is why I stick with weed.

I cant honestly see the upside of the other drugs.

Except maybe shrooms.

[craig r]

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this is why I stick with weed.

I cant honestly see the upside of the other drugs.

Except maybe shrooms.

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I don't like dope that much. It makes me paranoid and nervous for some reason. When I was in high school I could smoke it, but even then I would much rather do shrooms or LSD (possible bigger risks mentally than most other drugs).

craig

mini hijack, but is it true that medically shrooms have no ill effect on your body? Not including what you do while high, of course.

About the paranoia thing, honestly, I think that might be due to the type of weed you smoked. Im sure I could point you towards a strain that will give you the opposite of that type of high, but Im sure you really couldn't care less.

[Mason Hellmuth]

You forgot caffeine.

[craig r]

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mini hijack, but is it true that medically shrooms have no ill effect on your body? Not including what you do while high, of course.

About the paranoia thing, honestly, I think that might be due to the type of weed you smoked. Im sure I could point you towards a strain that will give you the opposite of that type of high, but Im sure you really couldn't care less.

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No, shrooms are potentially dangerous. It is a poison. I know it can cause some problems with the brain. It is generally considered safer than LSD because the risks of "perma-frying are much lower, but you can take too many shrooms and have to go to the hospital for physical reasons.

craig