I found the following online and filled it out.
These 12 questions can help you find out if you have an addiction problem with marijuana (pot). If you answered yes to any one of the above questions, you may have a problem with marijuana.
1. Has smoking pot stopped being fun?
Not always. Sometimes when I binge it is very depressing. I feel like I have to finish it all so that I can quit, then I go buy more and the cycle repeats.
2. Do you plan your life around you smoking marijuana?
Yes. I plan when I can get high, when I need to be sober, and marijuana plays a role in many of my social relationships.
3. Do you ever get high by yourself?
I would guess I get high by myself 95% of the time.
4. When your pot supply is almost gone, are you worried about how to get more?
Yes. I hide roaches, search for crumbs, call everyone I know, scrape bowls, etc etc.
5. Do you smoke pot to help you deal with you feelings?
I would say I smoke pot to NOT deal with my feelings. Naturally, this makes me feel worse. You become what you ignore.
6. Is it hard for you to think about your life without marijuana?
Yes. As I write this, I have a slight craving. It has been a big part of 1/3 of my life.
7. Do you find that you choose your friends based on your marijuana use?
Yes. Most friends are / were smokers.
8. Do you smoke marijuana to avoid facing your problems?
Yes. I use it as a procrastination tool – I avoid problems, responsibilities and commitments.
9. Has your use of marijuana caused problems with your memory, concentration, or motivation?
Yes. My short term memory is poor, concentration isn’t much better and I am so lazy. I really need to change.
10. Does your marijuana use let you live in a privately defined world?
Yes. But it is my world, and I define it, it is safe and I like it there.
11. Have you ever not kept promises you made to yourself to cut down or control your pot smoking?
Yes. This is the reason I started this blog. I need to explore these feelings more and keep myself honest.
12. Have your friends or relatives ever complained that your pot smoking is causing problems with your relationship with them?
Only one friend has ever mentioned it. I keep it very discrete and really do exist in a private world.
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If you answered yes to any one of the above questions, you may have a problem with marijuana.
What happens if I answer yes to all 12? I guess I am in big trouble then. This was a good task and forces me to accept that I am addicted to cannabis. I am a drug addict. Damn, that is pretty heavy. I have hardly admitted it to myself over the last 5 years, let alone written it down.
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That was a good quiz.
I personally dealt with being an ‘addict’ ages ago, but for me that particular revelation did not help so much.
My partner and I do all those same things you do.
Keep up the good work!
Yeah, I have often thought of myself as being a pleasure seeker or an addictive personality. But I always shied away from calling myself a drug addict, or that I have a drug problem.
I am smart and have a good job, a success by many measures in society, but bloody miserable!
Man, until I visited your blog today I thought I was going to be quitting until after internship(massage therapy and they drug screen)… now after reading what you have to say, I’m starting to see the big picture closing in around me. I have fooled myself for years that pot is a good treatment for my bi polar disorder and that I just do it because it is fun. Well, it’s a lie…it can seem fun sometimes and I have had great times with good friends…but it reaches a point where I have to ask what it has cost me compared to what it has caused me to lose. I have had so many chances to get a good job, one where I can make enough money to buy a home and accomplish things I have always wanted. Everytime I find or hear about one of these jobs, I learn I have to pass a drug test and we all know how that it with pot. It stays in your system for so long and it just seems like it’s easier to lower yourself to a crummy position. I have worked too many janitorial jobs and drive thrus in my life and I am ready to go for what I deserve. I have set a date to stop smoking….granted it is not until January but I know what the holidays are like for me. Lots of smoking and partying and have read that setting a date helps. I want to go to this college and have the internship so I can make money I have always deserved!! Thank you man for opening my eyes to what my habit really is. This is gonna be tough but we can do it together can’t we?
We sure can do it together. Good for you for realizing the negative effects it is having on your life, and how it is completely outweighing the positives. I was shocked to find out I spent about $25,000 on weed!
I don’t know what you relationship is like with your doctor, but you may want to explain that you have been self medicating with weed for your bipolar disorder. Coming off weed may make things a little harder for you than others.
You deserve a good life, with great opportunities. You know this. Take the steps you need to take to make this happen.
Wow, I had no idea that I was addicted to something. After sending my sister to rehab for drinking who would have thought that I would need to recover from something myself. I’m the youngest of 6 brothers and sisters. The only one to go to college and have a successful job with a mortgage and raise 3 kids all on my own while ALWAYS being there for EVERYONE else. I’m well into a week of quitting and can’t sleep a wink. I’m feeling MORE depressed then ever. And have never felt more alone since my best friend died in front of me over two years ago, though it still feels like yesterday. I did start to talk to a shirk last week but since then I feel like I’m thinking about my problems MORE then ever before. I always pray to God to help me be more greatful and not so sad all the time. Anyways after reading some of the comments posted I guess I do have a little more hope that these feelings will pass eventually…I hope anyways.
So I’ve been wanting to quit but I don’t know if I can. My boyfriend is severely addicted to it, even more than me…because I have those feelings in the back of my head. It really hurts the way I don’t go to work but it’s like, I used to not smoke and I wouldn’t want to go to work, I almost think it was worse when I didn’t smoke, lol. Not sure though. I could use extra help but you probably don’t even come on this blog site anymore.
I just started smoking weed about a month ago and I’m already having more cravings. I’ve woken up after a 12 hour sleep and I can’t remember anything I did before and I can’t recognize myself in the mirror. I do plan on when to get high and I have to pull out cash for a long time. I smoke from a pipe and bong and my friends are telling me I need to smoke a blunt or a joint. I want to stop but I can’t I’ve went 4 days without smoking weed and I tried but I had to smoke again then I went 2 days after that and I couldn’t stop I had to smoke again and then the next day I couldn’t remember anything. I need help, if you’re reading this don’t get started on weed no matter what people say.
yo josh man i feel u i’ve bin smoking weed for 2 years. ya and i do get cravings but i always remind myself dat i need to work hard to make it in life. dude u shod always keep ur hands and mouth busy chew gum,while going to da gym dats what i do. or do hobbies and sports. after sports i’m to tired to think about weed.