| There are many signs you have a pot addiction | | | | trying to quit and suffer panic attacks or general |
| whether it be warnings while you are smoking or | | | | anxiety this could be considered a sign of addiction if it |
| perhaps things that have happened when you have | | | | drives you back to smoking. |
| tried to quit. Some people freely admit they are or | | | | Anger |
| were addicted while others struggle with the concept | | | | As marijuana plays with your brain and alters your |
| of being addicted to a drug that has no physical | | | | mood regulators some people find anger and rage an |
| dependency issues like cigarettes or heroin but is | | | | issue which drives them to smoke more which is a |
| instead a psychological addiction making it harder to | | | | short term solutions to their anger problems which |
| recognize from your own view point. Some things you | | | | might be linked to marijuana or a separate issue that is |
| may want to look for in yourself or in others who | | | | covered up by excessive use making them addicted |
| might be addicted to marijuana are as follows: | | | | to the substance. |
| Have tried to quit smoking pot and failed | | | | Relationship problems |
| Quitting any habit can be hard but those that may be | | | | Not only romantic relationships but friendships, family |
| addicted to a behavior or substance (or both) often | | | | bonds and so forth. If you find yourself having difficulty |
| realize that this is harmful to their life and have tried to | | | | interacting with anyone who is not a pothead or you |
| stop smoking weed and have failed even though they | | | | feel you are drifting further away from your loved |
| may know it is for the best. | | | | ones due to marijuana but feel powerless to stop it |
| Lack of motivation | | | | you may have found more signs you have a pot |
| While many might just confuse this with a lack of | | | | addiction. |
| direction many habitual marijuana smokers report | | | | Shifting Priorities |
| having a sever lack of motivation to do anything that | | | | Do you find yourself spending money on pot when |
| can be very harmful on relationships, work and more. | | | | you should be spending it on rent, food, tuition, health or |
| This is usually found in long term users and may be | | | | anything else that is of prime importance to yourself? |
| linked to brain chemical changes over time that | | | | When smoking marijuana becomes something you |
| regulate mood. | | | | sacrifice to do it is considered an addiction. |
| Depression | | | | Any Excuse |
| Depression is a strange thing and some people can | | | | Do you find you are making excuses to smoke more |
| feel depressed when smoking weed or they become | | | | weed? Putting off invitations, skipping school or work |
| depressed after stopping their marijuana habit. | | | | or lying so you have more time to get high? |
| Depression has also been linked to brain chemistry but | | | | Defensiveness |
| also to environment as a result as well, this means | | | | Do you find yourself becoming aggressive when |
| there could be a mix of drug abuse and problems and | | | | people confront you about smoking pot when they are |
| issues that could cause this which often leads people | | | | not trying to condemn you but are trying to help? |
| to smoke more to get away from it. If smoking weed | | | | I NEED WEED! |
| or quitting weed causes fluctuations in depressive | | | | Do you feel that you do not just want pot and want to |
| symptoms something is wrong and could be linked to | | | | get high but you feel you NEED to smoke and without |
| an addiction. | | | | it your life will be worse, have no meaning or be too |
| Anxiety | | | | hard to deal with? Signs you have a pot addiction like |
| Much like depression anxiety and panic attacks can be | | | | this are the core part of a psychological addiction. |
| found during or when stopping pot smoking. If you are | | | | |