It is not technically an addiction, but it could easily become a dependency.

The most effective way to stop is cold turkey.  Abruptly stopping decreases the amount of time it takes to get used to life without the drug, whatever that is.  It might not be easy.

Some drugs actually cause physical dependency and can become addictions; some examples are opiates (including natural and synthetic opiates or alcohol. 

It is not technically an addiction, but it could easily become a dependency.

The most effective way to stop is cold turkey.  Abruptly stopping decreases the amount of time it takes to get used to life without the drug, whatever that is.  It might not be easy.

Some drugs actually cause physical dependency and can become addictions; some examples are opiates (including natural and synthetic opiates or alcohol.

Why technically not?  It is a huge dependency, I have to agree.  It feels pretty addicting to me at times. 

A dependency is like being addicted to lip balm or caffiene–if you use something every day it takes a while to get used to not having it every day.  A lot of people call this an addiction, and it is sort of an addiction, but unless it interferes with your life to the extent that quitting will debilitate you in some way it is sort of mincing words.  Addictions are easier to identify if you are using a drug that will make you have physiological symptoms on cessation.  It is conceivable that an extreme hardhead blender could have some chemical dependency, but if anyone here on Spiced falls into that category, it is definitely time for a t-break.

I’m addicted to caffeine and 5 guys dbl cheeseburgers. Good thing it’s a 35 mile drive.

Def feel like its more of an addiction. Probably gonna smoke again to give hatter a fair review on something more my level. He said he’s sending me something much more mild. Not sure how much and lost the pm that said what kind. But hopefully its more my style.

I would call myself addicted to the scene for sure.
Blends though? Quite possibly too, but more addicted to just wanting it here or there, rather than actually showing signs of dependence during these cravings.

I’ve never been told to quite (recently) so I have only set the saddle down at times on my own, but I could imagine if one’s self is not up for the challenge/quitting, then they are in for one hell of a ride as most know on here.

That is how ciggarette addiction begins though, with repetition.
Oh just woke up, need a smoke!
Oh just ate breakfast, need a smoke!
Oh just got in the car, need a smoke!
LMAO. Know way too many smokers.  :no-smoking:

A dependency is like being addicted to lip balm or caffiene–if you use something every day it takes a while to get used to not having it every day.  A lot of people call this an addiction, and it is sort of an addiction, but unless it interferes with your life to the extent that quitting will debilitate you in some way it is sort of mincing words.  Addictions are easier to identify if you are using a drug that will make you have physiological symptoms on cessation.  It is conceivable that an extreme hardhead blender could have some chemical dependency, but if anyone here on Spiced falls into that category, it is definitely time for a t-break.

I for sure was ADDICTED AND DEPENDENT on the shit. Why I had to quit.  :flippy:    It was controllable for awhile and was fine day to day but I was in the high and not realizing things were slowly going down hill and then I realized it had a hold on me hardcore and cold turkey’d(detox’d) that shit.  These new chems will def cause physical and psychological dependence.  I def. know the difference between the two and saw that I was both. =(  I have a feeling there are a lot more but some just don’t see it yet but then again most don’t smoke like I did. Seems lots of you guys had places to go from 9-5 m-f where I made my own schedule and usually burned everyday 10-16 hrs.  :blank:

Any info on psychological damage? I feel like I hear thing when I smoke now, one of the reasons I have to quit for a little. I was completely sober and had a slight hallucination. I saw someone who want really there and blends is the only thing Ive done other then pot in the last six months…. everyday… from the second I wake until I got to bed… and I usually wake up a couple times a night for a late night puff cause I can’t sleep.

Sounds more like schizophrenia to me  =/     

Mine was just everything everyday was blends…If it wasn’t around, my entire day was affected…With having kids, that’s not a good thing yanno…Just a lot of stuff but nothing like that you’re talking about…The waking up thing is cause of the newer blends, I’d pass out and wake up not longer after and just be wide awake n can’t sleep so I smoke more n more to try n get sleepy again…For me, I’ve always been able to quit things cold turkey n over time be fine but that’s just me…I did a lot of smoking and snorting meth/ice back in day and was able to just cold turkey the shit, mostly cause i never bought any in my entire life, it was just always around n knew a lot of dealers back in the day….But for real, this stuff was harder than meth….Really fucks with your mind if you’re trying to take a t break or quit, drives you MAD really lol  I was the biggest asshole while on blends and when I didn’t have any, don’t even talk or look at me cause god knows what I would do or say. I’m just glad that is behind me now but I do know cause I’m addicted to the shit that I’ll smoke it again and pick back up one day or just go back to weed, I’ll always smoke till the day I die.  Always been a pot head.  :weed-sign:

I feel ya there 420 till the day I die. So schizo you say lol? It never happens till just recently and only happened once. I’d smoke 4-12g a day of zero gravity or king kush, iAroma, or sexy zombie is what we have around also cloud9 mad hatter. But 4-12g a day of one of those blends? No one else has had any psychological effect?

Well I do know they can cause it psychosis, schiz symptoms for sure and prob what you got goin on…But if thats what you smoking, that stuff is bunk imo  That stuff never got me high n was always horrible….I usually smoked the dudes 2-3x, midnights, 4-6x and burns 2x….

I feel ya there 420 till the day I die. So schizo you say lol? It never happens till just recently and only happened once. I’d smoke 4-12g a day of zero gravity or king kush, iAroma, or sexy zombie is what we have around also cloud9 mad hatter. But 4-12g a day of one of those blends? No one else has had any psychological effect?

Honestly I would imagine there are quite a few. Especially the ones that can afford it more frequently, somehow or another.
It’s a pretty sore subject for some I bet, and I’d say a lot going through it really bad would much rather not talk about it, or act like they aren’t, maybe?

It’s just best to not let [it] control your everyday life of course, as most have already said.
Crazy world these days; and especially this game.  :-

I posted this in the doomsday thread thought it fit well here and ill add on to it a bit.

Im intrigued by your sickness as at the peak of my usage of id say 2 yeaR heavy constant use even using while at work secretly more than a dozen times a day it was bad anyways id wake up and throw up everyday sometimes throw up other times too and have super nauseu and just it feels like a black hole teleports inside your stomach and pulls it into another dimension. Got to the point where id have seizures useing and not useing lol anyways im gonnna reccomend you do something CRAZY and ive done this now a dozen times and now im great but just STOP 100% for like 2 or 3 days FEEL THE PAIN throw the fuck up everywhere and eat or dont eat tell your body to go fuck itself youre not going to be a slave to it it will be a slave to your spirit and conciousness that need not be dragged down by petty physical issues when you have a planet to influence. I know it sounds bad and it is bad but what i found no matter the pain or the seizuring or sickness if you just stop and stare those problems right in there face feel the nauseu embrace it youll notice as you watch it it gets weaker and weaker and youre gaining control back over your senses. Even just try one whole day i started like that just a day or two then a few now its ok if i dont have any i dont have any now and i dont really care ill get a wave of nauseu still from time to time for just a moment cause i still use occasionally but now i just ignore it knowing it will go away. Withdraw sucks but you have to go through it its life we lose all types of things and feel negatives from it this is just another part of possibly trying to teach you to let go and just be. Thank you to everyone who supprted me through my withdrawals and coming off the actual addiction im so happy i can use and know im not or not going to be addicted because ive been there done that got the t-shirt and worn it out.

For me the ANSWER i found was to STOP RUNNING AWAY from the withdrawals. Embrace however you feel and stare it down this took many experiences and then hearing about and watching a few docs on buddhism. Buddha basically figured out suffering is part of life people suffer MORE by trying to avoid the suffering like others have said you can kind of desensitize yourself to the withdrawals to physical pain to mental emotional pain you control it not it you but if you choose you give it the power to control you if that makes sense. Learning about the buddha and the general perspective and philosophy that flows from that was extremely helpful to me but im a very spiritual minded person anyways so thats kind of like my thing. Let me tell you though id be like youre probably feeling now i couldnt even play a game rated 10/10 without feeling like it sucked and i was wasting my time and id turn it off and just hate where i was and how i felt and just wanted more drugs to make me feel good. Well you gotta start asking yourself questions none of us want to ask and try our best to ignore like what actually makes me happy what could i be doing without drugs that i  would be so totally immerssed i wouldnt think about drugs or care whats your purpose. You can boil it down a million ways but let me ask you this the great god being you are do you feel selfish sitting there churning negativity inside of yourself instead of doing things for others or the world? That motivates me  i feel liek shit and i say damn my old lady is out working she dont complain likei do all the time she just sticks it out and is a rock and i felt that way yesterday and i went and did grocery sho;ping taking off trash helping family with odds n ends and i only thought about smokin a couple times and i just burshed it off saying HEY im doing this right now i dont have time to be high or get high or think about getting high let me do what im doing now and ill get high sometime its more appropriate and i can sink into it. I  say that because i used to smoke ALL DAY ANYWHERE NO MATTER WHAT. I mean id smoke dozens of times at work id smoke while driving id smoke while i was sleeping id smoke while i was eating. It is physical dependance yes but fuck that you are strnoger than physical bs just say whatever to that now the mental and emotional anguish thats harder because you have to look at it look at yourself look at your life maybe your life sucks and you have absolutely every reason to be depressed and thats why you started using drugs to begin with is that possible? It was for me and is for me i have to transition into living a life that makes me proud to be who i am happy to be alive and dedicated to my mission whatever that may be. Ill end this or ill talk all day but let me throw u this when blending heavily my focus would be very scattered i couldnt focus and had short atttention span like a fly serious im not joking, one of the things buddha said was to focus WHOLY on one thing then do the next immerse yourself in what youre doing. Now i can sit and play a video game for an hour or watch a movie without just feeling like im gonna stab myself if i dont smoke something, but i still remember and i still cringe typing that sentence cause its real to me but ya know what i have the power now and SAYING THAT gives me a rush like i just took a  hit so understand theres a million drugs and experiences in life will flood your body with the same chemicals as drugs just in a different way so listen and act on what people are saying they are dead on you just have to move through shit to get there its like a rite of passage brother see you on the other side!!

Damn dude that’s really hard to read, try and break up the sentences a lil bit  😉

@ "Guy 1" your totally right we in the usa always want something synthetic to improve life quality personally I think it has a lot to do with the fact that we as a country see the idiots leading us and see the iceberg straight ahead while the captains screamin to stay the course…when your life is shit then you aint got a lot to lose in trying another pill chem drug whatever it is we want it…we as a society are using medications as a coping mechanism. its nice for those that have the time to go to a hundred different doctors to get a hundred different pills but for those that don’t we do drugs….but everybodys on something over here

Do you think that’s a matter of mindset though "Guy 2"? You live on a massive country that has wide and varied countryside, it is rich in resources and is still the wealthiest country in the world and despite the inherent inequalities in the US and Western Europe there are still opportunities to get on and achieve. Food, housing and petrol are cheap in comparison to most first world countries and despite what happens in politics you still have your own life to lead.

Personally, I think the problem in Western societies is the need for instant gratification that came from loose credit in the 60s which lead to a society where everyone wants something now – be that the latest TV, games console or trainers. Problem is you can’t always have what you want. The other problem is the images people see on TV and magazines – such wealth, opulence and air brushed bodies that are so out of sync with what is obtainable in the real world people think they have it bad but lifestyles like that are unobtainable to very many people.

Happiness is obtainable it just takes a paradigm shift away from greed, artificiality and taking a greater appreciation in nature.