What addiction is the hardest to quit?

[Bawse]

Smoking weed, but I don't want to quit.

 

[frm]

Smoking weed, but I don't want to quit.

It was finally passed for medical use to treat chronic pain in December 2023, but didn't go into effect until December 2024. Since it's been the holidays, I haven't gotten around to finding out eligibility or providers.

The best I could get is the synthetic non-opioid opioid (which is kind of an SSRI [anti-depressant] too), Tramadol, as opioids are only for cancer treatment and can only be prescribed for a maximum of 3 months (so you better time your death just right, or die in pain). I maxed out on it and it still wouldn't relieve my back pain. I was on it for 3 or 4 years and was able to stop cold turkey too as, previously mentioned, I can only create a tolerance for substances, but not a dependence, which is great. Many addicts turn to Tramadol as it's easier to get, but it doesn't give me the high feeling like them, and barely took the edge off, as to why they can't stop, and to spare my liver, why I stopped.

Suffice it to say, I will be looking for doctors all around the country soon and can't wait to blaze one up with you legally from afar.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Smoking weed, but I don't want to quit.

I used to do that when I was a teenager.

Back then, it was different than this crazy stuff that they sell at the legal weed shops in town.

TBH, I'm glad I quit. I don't like my mind to be altered. I get a high off cycling and hiking now

 

[frm]

TBH, I'm glad I quit. I don't like my mind to be altered. I get a high off cycling and hiking now

"Runners high" (probably the same thing as cycling, if not greater because you probably get more endorphins by seeing new things and a little adrenaline hit by being more attentive) is a helluva drug on its own.

I used to run for 10 miles just to get that "top of the world" feeling, and the comedown is very slow, lasting an entire day after the run.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

"Runners high" (probably the same thing as cycling, if not greater because you probably get more endorphins by seeing new things and a little adrenaline hit by being more attentive) is a helluva drug on its own.

I used to run for 10 miles just to get that "top of the world" feeling, and the comedown is very slow, lasting an entire day after the run.

I think so. I can start out on the bike tired and fatigued and when I'm done, I'm almost sad the ride has ended and I'm energetic all day.

But it's that initial push to get me started. I'm sure you had that at times with running.

 

[frm]

But it's that initial push to get me started. I'm sure you had that at times with running.

Oh, for sure. But since I live in a hot climate, I had to get going early in the morning, or else I would miss the run. So, just knowing that if I didn't get out by a certain time, I would waste the day, gave me the motivation to go, but I still had to push myself to get out by that time on some days nonetheless.

If postponing a run for even 10 minutes, it could lead to heat stroke because the outdoor temperatures would change that much during the last 10, and most crucial, minutes of the run.

I'm almost sad the ride has ended and I'm energetic all day.

It's crazy to experience that, going from sluggish to energetic all day, especially to get that boost of energy you had to exert yourself to quite a degree. It almost sounds like it should be the opposite in that after a ride you should be tired and exhausted, but it's the stark opposite for whatever biological reason.