C/T from opiates with marijuana

[Climb_Strait]

I'm on day 3 of quitting a 75 to 150 mg of oxy habit. Ive been smoking abou 3 grams of marijuana a day, my wd symptons dont seem that bad. I have had no diarhea and no restless legs. Is there a connection. My opiate addiction has been going on for about 4 years.

[Emily_MHManager]

Minn - It wasn't your connection, it was most likely what I call a server hiccup on our end.  No worries - I deleted the duplicates.  :)

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As for the rest of this discussion, please remember that many in the community are struggling to not use any mood-altering substance, so while smoking pot may help some of you in some way, we do need to be careful not to promote it or recommend it as a treatment aid.  ANY mood altering substance has the potential for addiction, and the debate on physical vs psychological dependence can go on for years, but it's not relevant here.  It is also illegal in the US (with few exceptions for medical marijuana), and many other places, which is something to keep in mind.

Just proceed with caution.

Emily

[minn66]

Moderator, I have no idea why my post showed up 4 times. I had a data connection error and didn't think it posted at all!  I am sorry, y'all.

[minn66]

Just my humble opinion, but I think anything has the potential to cause harm if misused.  Honestly I don't understand why alcohol is legal and pot isn't. I have heard of more domestic abuse and auto accidents due to misuse of alcohol and other drugs than marijuana.  I tried pot when I was younger and it made me feel paranoid and I didn't like it.  I know a couple of people who smoke on occasion and they can take it or leave it.  They don't crave it and if they want some and can't get it then oh well, no biggie.

I personally don't want to use anything mind-altering, but of the large number of things one can become addicted to, I just don't see pot as nearly as harmful as other substances (even food) that people put in their bodies.

Through meetings and a lot of discussions I have learned that people with strong addictive personalities can get addicted to anything.  The ex-smoker substitutes food, for example, and gains a lot of weight.  I actually knew a food addict who became addicted to exercise. Great right?  Wrong!  She became obsessed, ate toi little, exercised too much and collapsed at the gym one day.

I am not condoning the use of pot.  However, like pills it does have medicinsl properties and sll of those things, if used correctly, csn be of benefit.  It is our addictive personalities that can take something good, even something we need to live (like food) and turn it into something that can harm us.

[kk1303]

Pot is like Clonidine + an appetite...Nonaddictive & helps with opiate withdrawals :-)

[MikeInFrance]

I wasn't trying to promote it and I'm pretty aware of what this forum is seein that i am here... But we cannot discuss how we feel about it then we do ourselves and our recovery a disservice. No matter what thread is started on any subject here , and the subsequent responses , some will agree and disagree. To me that's what makes this forum so great. You get to see all sides and in the end , as always, it's your decision what u do.

[dominosarah]

This is a substance abuse forum.  Some come here who are addicted to pot and it is affecting their lives in a negative way.  Promoting it is really not the thing to do.  For many of us we cant smoke pot as it stirs the addict that lives in our brain.