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In reply to the discussion: Great Non-Medical Reasons To Legalize Weed [View all]Romulox
(25,960 posts)that addicts are especially prone to. What that means is the tendency to (irrationally) place all the blame for one's problems on a substance, a person, a situation--whatever--regardless of evidence to the contrary.
So, for example, you complain that marijuana has given you "moobs". But that's not true; lack of exercise has resulted in your less than ideal physique.
Moreover, quitting marijuana will not make you more fit: you have to EXERCISE to be fit. But to the "magical thinker", all that is required is Step A, and Step C will magically accrue, without the need to put in the hard work inherent in Step B (the EXERCISE!
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Your posts are rife with these sorts of rationalizations (your relationships, finances, health, "moobs", etc.--all the result of the herb) and the implication that eliminating the herb will sort all these situations for you. That's magical thinking.
That doesn't mean don't quit. It means that the problems will remain.