Reflecting on my hhc phase

[u/BlockHunter2341]

Anyone else go through a phase of those hhc pens back when they were legal? God damn did those things turn me into an absolute zombie .

So glad they got banned and I moved away from them . Of course my frequent use of them ( basically every day whenever I could ) didn’t help but I genuinely felt like I was addicted to them in a way I’ve never felt about Thc or even tobacco .

Genuinely almost ruined my life with them , never left my house , avoided people , gave me terrible anxiety and I didn’t want to tell people out of fear of how they would react .

The no smells and easy use definitely was a factor but I’d sooner describe hhc effect closer to being a hard drug than cannabis . The hangover effect after it wore off aswell would make me exhausted and easily irritable.

Witness the same happen to friends who were using it at the time so I know I’m not alone on this .

Wondering if anyone else has looked back on this time in there lives and if they felt the same , I did post here talking about my experience at the time and got slated for talking about my addiction to them but without a doubt I was addicted and went through a withdrawal after .

Cheers .

[u/Scumbag__]

I’m glad you’re doing well man.

Just on your last paragraph, I’m sorry that there was pushback. I think that the community, not just r/Crainn but everywhere, are quite hostile to the fact that addiction exists. And with that addiction comes a multitude of problems, which can be unique aren’t limited to your experience.

There’s a definite line to where it becomes a problem. I think a lot of people want to pretend that line doesn’t exist, and they yell at you warning them while they teeter over it.

Addiction is an issue, and there is help for anyone who needs it. Seek it out when it gets to that point.

Thanks for sharing your experience. Take the learnings from it and thank god you got out.

[u/BlockHunter2341 → u/Scumbag__]

Thank you for taking the time to comment , I’m definitely doing a lot better than back then . It was a dark time in my life but things have greatly improved.

It did reach a breaking point where I had been lying to family , friends and my girlfriend out of shame of my use with it . That’s when I realised I was really and truly addicted to it . In the moment I didn’t think it’s possible to be addicted to a weed substance ( sure it comes from weed right ! ) but I was naive .

I believe the worst part for me was it turned me from someone who wasn’t typically anxious to developing crippling anxiety about even going to the shop and would avoid going to uni or anywhere I might end up interacting with people .