My cousin trying to use my mental breakdown to get me involved in her MLM.

Addiction is different than wanting to smoke weed.

I smoke daily to help with my own PTSD, and my SO smokes to keep his BPD emotional roller coasters somewhat stable. It is INCREDIBLY different than being addicted to opiates, which I have been and attempted suicide with. Addiction is like your body craving it to a degree that is (seemingly) impossible to refuse. Wanting to get high, or higher and having a high tolerance to / with weed, is extremely different than the feeling of addiction with an actually addictive substance.

I'm sorry if I'm coming off strongly, it's really upsetting to see the word addiction thrown around when you've REALLY been there.

You can be emotionally addicted, but even then it's an incredible help with mental illness if you can learn how to not use it as a crutch. Good luck to you, mental illness is not easy to navigate.

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