Can it be said that i've used marijuana to cheat in life and therefore cheat myself?

so we all have certain neurochemicals in our brain which effect mood and they become active when we talk to friends or watch a good movie or play a game, etc. basically, these neurochemicals allow use to feel natural pleasure out of life. marijuana effects those chemicals (serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine). the more i started to smoke weed, the more i felt like i was cheating life. i say that because instead of going out into the world and having experiences which would spark those happy chemicals, i've stayed at home alot and obtained that pleasure directly by smoking weed. i skipped the hard work. however by doing this regularly, i find that life can't give me the pleasure it used to anymore. only weed can now and since i smoke weed alot, then even that wont make me as happy as it used to. i think i created an imbalance of those neurochemicals by smoking too much weed. its like when a teacher catches you cheating on a test and she tells you that you are ultimately cheating yourself out of an education. thats how i feel. i feel that ive been using weed to cheat in life so much that i ended up cheating myself. maybe i cheated myself out of having more life experiences.