Uh congrats..Not gaming related though..0_0

You got the powerup and won life!

I'm proud of you as well. It takes a lot to quit an addicition. Now if I could only quit BYOND.

That'll never happen, though. I love this place, and I'll awlays remember where I started and where I came from.

Cavern wrote:

Pot is not an addiction, you cannot get addicted to it. You just want pot, you never need it. Just wanted to clear that up. =P

I know plenty people who have been or still are addicted to pot(hell anything can be addicting video games, food, ect). So i dont know where you got people cant get addicted to pot from, maybe your are addicted and your in denial. Also you need to remember just because its not addicting to you doesnt mean its not to someone else. Take MMORPG's some people can play them casually some can't and have to play 24/7.

Spector Entertainment wrote:

You can't get a physical addiction from pot. Your body won't think it's addicting, only your mind.

There are definitely physical symptoms of addiction, but they're not nearly as pronounced as other drugs such as heroin. That doesn't mean it's all in your mind, though.

Lummox JR

Cavern wrote:

I know more about drugs than you ever will.

Try to avoid saying things like that.

It makes you look pretty bad.

Even if we assume all affects of addiction are mental, they are still strong. Pot can be as addictive as food, and you can ask most fat people, cutting back on food is next to impossible for them. I have friends who are addicted to pot, no way around it. Be it mental or physical, they are addicted. They can't go more than a few days without being "Toasted", and they talk about pot when they are not around it. It is always on their mind. Are those not symptoms of addiction?

To make this simple:
Smoking pot makes you feel good
People like to feel good, especially when they feel bad
Pot makes you feel worse after you come off your high
You feel bad, so you smoke, because you know it will make you feel better
Rinse
Repeat.

I personally don't see the appeal of pot, or any other drugs, so I think I have a clearer view than someone who is addicted, or "Likes it". I don't, however, feel that smoking pot is a sin or anything crazy like that. I do feel that people are hurting themselves by smoking it, but as long as they keep it to themselves I could care less if the smoke.

Congratulations topic starter for quiting pot.

Congrats on quitting a drug you should have never started in the first place!

And replacing it with a legal drug! I am so happy for you! Now all you have to worry about is cancer! Horray!

BTW knock off the faces crap. It looks so stupid XD when people do stuff like this <.< especally when there is no need to do it (_)(_)///D ~~~

Get the picture?

Anything that gives a person a strong desire to keep doing it is an addiction...

Might not fit some medical definition, but it's still an "addiction"...

You say things like "you don't need to do it, you want to do it" Well guess what? THAT'S THE SAME THING!

Just because the desire to do it doesn't come from some kind of pain (like withdrawl from other drugs), doesn't mean it isn't driven by some physical or mental need...

Bottom line: pot IS addictive, as anything else in life... People can be addicted to food, gambling, sex, etc... None of which really offer any kind of physical "withdrawl" symptoms... Yet, they're all still addictions...

congrats, you went from a drug that's not that bad for you to cigaretts which are physically addicting. Thats a step in the wrong direction if you ask me.