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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://marijuana-anonymous.org/

Marijuana Anonymous does meetings online and face to face.

Also, most Alcoholics Anonymous meetings will let you identify as an addict if you want.

It's easier to do this with people helping.

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/health/the-sober-truth-seeing-bad-science-in-rehab.html

Except 12 step programs don't help. There's no scientific basis for them. They are essentially cults. You'd be just as well off going to a chiropractor or using homeopathy.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32159228/

Here's evidence that they are effective.

Also, neither Marijuana Anonymous or AA charges anyone anything to attend meetings. There's no 'sober police' hunting people down if they decide not to go to meetings. There are agnostic and atheist meeting for people who don't like the idea of a Higher Power.

There's an AA slogan I like. Come to AA for 90 days and follow the program. If at the end of that time you don't like it, you can always have your misery back for free.

[–] Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a shitty slogan. "Do our program or keep living your shitty life peasant, only 2 choices!"

[–] Hank@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'm happy that this sensitive topic finally gets the recognition it deserves. Addiction is hard and this clip from a documentary shows you how marijuana addicts are ostracized from support networks.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uUPHlAbAf2I&pp=ygUUaGFsZiBiYWtlZCBhbm9ueW1vdXM%3D

[–] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't call it addiction, in most cases it is dependence...unless your facing legal trouble due to your use, but keep smoking. But that's more to do with shitty legal practices.

I've been addicted to real addictive substances and weed ain't the same at all ime.

For long time users, stopping can cause some withdrawal symptoms, sure, but nothing worth fear mongering over imo.

It really varies person to person. Some people let it run their life. Others not so much.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ITT: People who don't know the difference between addiction and dependence.

[–] DollarSignSteve@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Fair enough, it's hard to distinguish terms that are synonyms. Chemical dependency is the medical term for addiction.

[–] Lowered_lifted@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Lol at anyone up voting this BS, if you believe this you're a sheep who doesn't understand how the reward mechanisms of human brains work

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

MJ is a psychological, rather than chemical addiction. Thus it is completely different than Opioids and Amphetamines, which are chemically addictive.

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