Originally Posted by
DriGuy 
I didn't move from alcohol to weed. I went in the opposite direction. I smoked a lot of pot for 2 years, averaging 3 times a day, maybe. I started panicking on it, and decide to quit. It wasn't a major undertaking. I just decided I could not do it anymore. But I distinctly remember thinking, "At least I can always depend on alcohol." It was very consoling at the time. I had no idea I would become an alcoholic.
I smoked weed solidly for about a year, when I was in my teens. I used to do 'buckets', 'bongs' and even used it to make tea. Just like you I had a huge panic attack and after that I just used to have a thoroughly unpleasant time smoking it. So I switched to alcohol.
I want to be clean - unless herbal teas and vitamins count as intoxicants, of course.