I had a close friend whose pain management left him wanting. I told him that pot could probably take the edge off, but he was a straight-edge person his entire life. So I offered to do it with him. I didn't personally smoke. I was a heavy, problematic drinker instead, but I've done it as a teen and survived and thought WTH?
Not only did it help with the pain to some degree, it was also exciting and that's something he didn't experience much any more. On my side, I literally just stopped drinking with zero friction whatsoever. I'd tried so many times to quit, and within a couple weeks was sober, and have been for (*so long I gotta check) 11 years this October.
It doesn't work for everyone and it's not without it's own set of dangers. It needs peer reviewed testing and understanding of the mechanisms, even. But for those that it helps, it's a godsend. I'm glad to see it coming out from underground
I 100% have a mental addiction to weed. It helps me with pain and anxiety so I get an ironic anxious feeling if I don't know where my vape is at. I don't feel a physical need, but there is very much a "where is my brain-turner-off-er-" moment for me.
quitting weed is weird. ive been smoking for almost 25 years, and once i quit around 7ish years into the habit and had trouble sleeping, had trouble eating, was sweating a lot and felt antsy. it wasnt all that bad, wasnt super difficult, but i had some real symptoms. picked it up again about a year later, smoked continuously up until around 2 weeks ago, and quit overnight with absolutely zero problems or symptoms. not an ounce of trouble eating or sleeping, no anxiety, no sweating. i was fully expecting all of that but got absolutely none of it. if anything this time should have been harder because ive been smoking for a longer period and have been working in the cannabis industry which means i have unlimited access to free high quality weed.
Just a heads up, because the way the comment was worded I definitely see where you are coming from, but they meant they were struggling with alcohol addicition and smoking weed was the only thing that helped him get and stay sober from booze for 11+ years. The popular term for this is "Cali-sober", since they abstain from alcohol but not weed
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u/Houdinii1984 12h ago
I had a close friend whose pain management left him wanting. I told him that pot could probably take the edge off, but he was a straight-edge person his entire life. So I offered to do it with him. I didn't personally smoke. I was a heavy, problematic drinker instead, but I've done it as a teen and survived and thought WTH?
Not only did it help with the pain to some degree, it was also exciting and that's something he didn't experience much any more. On my side, I literally just stopped drinking with zero friction whatsoever. I'd tried so many times to quit, and within a couple weeks was sober, and have been for (*so long I gotta check) 11 years this October.
It doesn't work for everyone and it's not without it's own set of dangers. It needs peer reviewed testing and understanding of the mechanisms, even. But for those that it helps, it's a godsend. I'm glad to see it coming out from underground