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Default Jun 16, 2020 at 11:23 AM
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Addiction can come in many forms and can be almost anything. Growing up I got addicted to videogames as an escape from reality for 10 months, I'd literally wake up and play video games all day, everyday, only left my room to use the restroom. I ate, slept and played games in my room. My parents were wonderful about it and just let me be until I came out of it and went back to school. Anything can become addictive if it begins to disrupt your well being, if you're unable to meet your social, work or personal responsibilities to keep yourself safe and healthy.

Addictions to substances is especially bad as it has an immediate and direct impact on your body's chemicals. It is why alcohol withdrawal is do dangerous. It's why heavy coffee drinkers can be very irritable without their coffee. In the case of regular cannabis use, serotonin release and reception is increased far past the normal rate. Regular cannabis use will condition your body to release and receive high volumes of serotonin. If you decided to stop consuming cannabis your body will struggle to release and receive the same volume it got use to, the serotonin effects of regular cannabis use also decreases overtime with use which is why regular users will use more and more to maintain the same level of high.

I have been a regular daily consumer of cannabis for the past 5 years. I recently chose to stop as I recognized I've been abusing it to bury my feelings related to my cluster B traits causing havoc in my personal life. I've tried quitting in the past but I usually didn't make it past a week, mostly because I couldn't handle the night terrors, waking up sweating and high heart rate and a feeling of dread and terror, sometimes I will see distressing visuals upon waking up as well, giant spiders and stereotypical monsters, etc.

It has been more than 5 weeks now and my symptoms have gotten better. The night terrors are less frequent, visual distress has decreased as well. From my understanding the human body should be mostly free of the negative effects of cannabis withdrawal after several months, up to a year. Everyone's body and mind is different so your mileage may very, I just wanted to share my experience.

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