Addicted to pot?

Hi, i have had depression since my mom passed away, that was when i was 12, i am now 25. Doctors have put me on pills from every kind but nothing helps, i dont like pills anyways. I smoke pot sometimes, but the past few months i started smoking quite heavy in place of the nicotine smoking. I quit smoking cigs about 9 months ago. It seem now when i dont have pot now, i get very, very emotional. I hate it, because i dont want to depend on drugs anymore. But pot always calms my aniexty down and helps me sleep. If i dont smoke some in one day, i get really emotional, like today,  is pot actually addicting??

[cathy5841]

yes it is very addicting.  my husband had smoked for25+ years when he quit...it was awful.  i know alot of ppl don't think it is but he had h***a time gettin off it.  good luck.
cathy

[BlotOutTheSun]

i think anything can be addicting, depends on your mind, if you have anything you feel you cant live without then your addicted i think

[gizzy32]

absolutely it is addictive, but there is no physical dependency, only mental. usually after the first couple of weeks quitting, you won't crave it as much, unlike some other drugs.

[Lovethetabs]

i didnt get physically addicted to it ...it was all in my head but that was years ago, pot didnt really hit off with me

[northernstar30]

I quit smoking weed 2 weeks ago. I was smoking a lot of it too.  It got worse when I quit smoking cigs (5 months now no cigs).  But now I haven't ate in 2 weeks in seems.  I know it's all in my head.  I used to tell people that I can't eat if I'm not high.  What a joke.  I know now that the trams have a lot to do with my appitite.  I'm only eating at night right now.  That seems like the only time I can keep anything down.  I'm losing to much weight and want just one hit.  But I can't do that anymore.  I WON'T do that anymore.  

[filth]

I have smoked herb several times a day every day for 15 years. I used to smoke a pack of cigs a day for 10 years but quit 11 months ago. I used to be addicted to coke but quit. Im still an alc. and binge drink but i can get by without it. i just cant go an hour without smoking pot even at work please help meeplease.

[filth]

p.s. i quit coke 5 yrs. ago...along with hallucinogens and ecstacy and hard drugs...that damn pot...cant quit

[headies]

Yeah, I smoke like a chimney. I smoke between $50 and $75 of weed everyday. And it is all high grade. My old roomie had cancer, and we linked up with a local shaman if you will, who was very understanding of his situation. He began giving the two of us weed for free. Now my old roomie has passed, but the shaman,hehehehehehe still gives it to me for free in exchange for guitar lessons. So I have been trying to quit, but I cant. Especially since I came off of opiates four weeks ago. Seems to be the only thing helping me sleep. I am hoping once my head returns to normal to give quitting another go.

The whole thing for me is my whole lifestyle revolves around pot.From the music, to the friends, to my profession. It all has pot head written all over it. I have over $2000 in pipes, vaporizers, and other pieces of paraphanalia. So I ask myself, How does someone so obsessed with pot quit. I feel like that chick on Celeb Rehab, which is pathetic. I smoke when I get up, before I eat, and pretty much before anything.

I really want to quit, but it seems so far away, especially after giving up opiates. Oh well, one crippling addiction at a time I guess. Please know that I am not insane or crazy because I smoke like this. It really just makes me normal when I smoke it.