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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Grainne who wrote (98858)	3/20/2005 7:59:08 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<<So if someone who has developed an anxiety disorder from smoking quits, wouldn't the anxiety order subside as well?>> As with any addiction it probably will but it takes time and a change in routine. As we get further into our understanding of addiction we're going to be better able to break the physical part. The mental part is still going to take a great deal of effort and personal honesty. I really believe with some guts and education people can pull themselves from the clutches of most addictions. When you've reached they early stages of success its a pretty empowering feeling. When I was in college and even after college I smoked too much dope. What was a fun activity to enhance a situation became an addiction over a number of years. No pot doesn't have the physical addiction aspects like some drugs do. But the psychological aspect are certainly there. The addicted mind tells you that you feel shitty if you don't smoke and it takes time and determination to beat that. It goes away in a few months but you can never let your guard down. Once you've abused a substance you have to be keenly aware of the addiction cycle. Now I've smoked pot a time or two since quitting daily usage but I will NEVER own a bag again. Some people can....I can't and wont. The funny thing is you could put any other drug in my house and all the liquor and beer you wanted and in 6 months it would still all be there. The addictive mind is a weird beast