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I’ve found with my own addictions that forcibly stopping one just causes a different one to start up.

The real solution for me has been healing trauma, resulting in baseline consciousness not being painful.

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Kikkertje@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Most alcoholics use alcohol to run from difficult, unprocessed emotions. I was one of them.

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Stanwich@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
And weed helps…not advocating, just saying it helped.

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- esty@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  i smoke as much as the next guy but at this point it would be replacing one vice with another
  
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  - Huxleywaswrite@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    But it’s replacing it with a much less destructive one, which can be beneficial
    
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- scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Different people react to it differently and for some it’s very positive. It may depend what the underlying stressor is. People who have chronic pain often respond well to THC/CBD.
  
  And it certainly has fewer ill effects than booze.
  
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SIGSEGV@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Many of the programs recommend therapy first. No one wants to drink themselves to death, even though it feels like that sometimes.

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