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I wish I was this strong. I
I wish I was this strong. I feel like a piece of shit
cor yeah - 45 days is about
cor yeah - 45 days is about right - they say there is no withdrawal but for the first month or so in rehab I was doubled up shaking holding my chest. There were heroin addicts in there that were appalled at what I was going through.
£20,000 in debt now after 17 years of smoking - the last ten years I smoked around 1/8th (3.5g) of skunk a day.
3 years of shaky recovery but getting there
Many think that pot is not
Many think that pot is not addicting. From personal experience I have met at least 5000+ recovering addicts (from various drugs) who have been able to obtain abstinence from all mood and mind altering drugs.
Among them are very few who classify pot as having been thier main drug. The few who were daily pot smokers tell me that they don't discuss being addicted to pot because of the attitude of many users, non-users, and other "types" of recovering addicts.
I struggled for many years untill I was able to gain freedom from smoking pot. I too, smoked daily - between 1/8 and 1/4 a day. I now have been completely drug free (all drugs including alohol/tobacco)since 1990.
Recovery is possible. Many I used to smoke pot with still smoke it daily and although they believe they are not addicted, they will probably never stop.
If a person thinks it isn't addictive, just stopping for 3-5 days will reveal how tense, bitchy, and emotionally reactive they are. THC coats brain cells, and decreases the firing of the neural path.
It takes about 2 or so years for a heavy smokers brain cells to clear the "coating".
THC and its component chemicals are very "sticky" so it is not removed from the brain easily. It is similar to attempting to remove spilled oil from a concrete driveway with a garden hose - it doesn't wash away easily...
I have great compassion for those who suffer from this "silent" addiction.
There is hope - find others who have experienced being a slave to this habit and who have found freedom.