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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

"But it's impossible to be addicted to weed."

- People who don't realize you can be addicted to literally anything.

I knew a guy who was addicted to ibuprofen. He wasn't even taking it for pain.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

My addiction ed for new techs that were hired with few to no actual psych qualifications is that they're almost definitely addicted to something and just happen to be lucky enough that it's legal. Common legal addictions:

  • nicotine
  • caffeine
  • gambling including microtransaction phone games
  • social media
  • pornography
  • processed sugar
[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 days ago

16 year old me was addicted to one part of my own body. Escapism is a helluva drug.

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Painkiller addictions are common

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not with over the counter NSAIDs

[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Half the girls in my high school were addicted to Tylenol

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are you sure it wasn't Tylenol with codeine?

[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If half the girls in my school were addicted to codeine, that would have been a major scandal, lives would have been ruined. This was treated more like a minor inconvenience, they all had low grade migraines they treated by popping tylenols all day long. To be honest I'd be surprised if some of them didn't fuck up their livers a bit.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Huh. Maybe there was some kind of environmental hazard in the school like mold

[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I honestly think it was a sign of the stress they were under. It was a private school and a lot of parents had unreasonable expectations for their children's, especially their daughters', performance.

[–] Thebular@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I don't smoke anymore, but back when I was working as a line cook I used to smoke like a chimney. I'm real happy I stopped, my sleep took a while to get better but now it's way more restful then when I smoked. Weed is chill in moderation, not if it's your only way to relax after a long day of too many hours under high pressure.

Still get a bit of a craving every now and then, but I think it's just when I'm bored.

[–] VeganBtw@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

Blood clotting's mini-boss