everyone says marijuana is not addictive, i've been smoking over 40 yrs daily, if i don't smoke i feel like crap, angry, no appetite, so i quit for a couple months, it was very hard, now i only do a few hits at night, but i feel the cravings starting to come back, i fight myself not to smoke during the day, how do i combat this?

everyone says marijuana is not addictive, i've been smoking over 40 yrs daily, if i don't smoke i feel like crap, angry, no appetite, so i quit for a couple months, it was very hard, now i only do a few hits at night, but i feel the cravings starting to come back, i fight myself not to smoke during the day, how do i combat this?

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