Are You Addicted to Weed? 10 Signs of Marijuana Addiction

Marijuana addiction is real. In fact, many people, starting from early teens, try weed casually and end up developing a marijuana addiction that can derail their lives and send them on a downward spiral. Let’s take a look at the signs to see whether you or someone you know has a marijuana addiction.

In recovery, the first step is always acknowledgment. It is easy to keep on doing what you’re doing because you’re in denial that you have a problem. So before you can take the step towards recovery, you must first recognize that you have a problem, that you are abusing drugs or alcohol.

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Still, this is easier said than done. As mentioned earlier, there’s always that denial. It’s difficult to accept that what you’re doing is wrong or even to gauge that your substance use is problematic. This is because you don’t want to accept that there’s something wrong and you don’t want to change.

This is the same when it comes to marijuana use. Many smoke weed socially or casually, but developing marijuana addiction is possible if left unchecked. Let’s take a look at these 10 signs of marijuana addiction. Use these red flags to reflect on your own drug use and see if you indeed need help before it causes more trouble for yourself and for others.

10 Signs of Marijuana Addiction

1. Using more than initially intended. You may perhaps start smoking with the intention of just smoking one joint or just a couple of hits. However, you ended up smoking more than planned.
2. Inability to cut down or stop. You may have tried cutting down or stopping many times in the past. However, all your efforts to try to be clean and quit proves unsuccessful as you keep coming back to the habit.
3. Spending a lot of time getting high. A lot of your time is spent getting high or thinking about getting high.
4. Focusing only on marijuana. All your energy is spent on activities related to getting high. You spend less and less time on your hobbies, responsibilities, and other activities you used to find fulfillment before.
5. Tolerance and withdrawal. Regularly using marijuana will make you want more and more of it to get your desired effect. As you do this, you build tolerance. And when you don’t get that ever-increasing amount of marijuana on a regular basis, you get withdrawal symptoms such as loss of appetite, irritability, sudden mood swings, insomnia, and anxiety.
6. Changed behavior. You start to continuously feed your marijuana addiction at the detriment of your own relationships, school, career, and reputation. You continue your use despite the problems it causes.
7. Use as an escape. As more problems arise due to your developing marijuana addiction, you turn to marijuana to escape.
8. Use as recreation and relaxation. Contrary to popular belief, marijuana can make you feel mellow and creative, but in the long run, you start to engage in violence as marijuana changes your brain chemistry.
9. Choosing relationships based on getting high. You stop hanging out with the friends you used to be around with before. Now, the company you keep is based on getting high as you’re surrounded by users as well.
10. Having motivation problems. You start to lose focus on your goals and you are unmotivated as your energy is spent only on getting high.

If you or someone you know is suspected to have marijuana addiction, you can seek help. Talk to our rehab professionals today at 09175098826.