Marijuana Addiction
No Need for Weed: Understanding and Breaking Cannabis Dependency
James Langton (Paperback) Hindsight Publishing 2008-01-02
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Any advice/suggestions is/are appreciated
There's a line between drug abuse and enjoying it every once in a while and im pushing it.
I smoked weed for 9 years. Pretty aggressively at that.
I recently quit about 6 months ago as a career move. But I have had the odd puff from time to time with my friends.
Exercise and willpower are the biggest things that made me quit.
Also. Not hanging out with burnouts all the time will help.
That could be tough if many of your friends smoke weed, but try and be positive and find other things to do.
If everyone is going to hang out and smoke weed on a Saturday afternoon, go to the gym and meet up with them later or something.
Once you break the barrier of constantly smoking weed. It'll become easier. I found that I did not even enjoy it after I quit for a few months.
If I do indulge, it will be on a boring night while watching a flick with a buddy or two. And even then I don't smoke a lot. That's part of the benefit as well. You only need a few puffs to relax and laugh a little once you quit.
You'll have more energy and food will taste better. Waking up becomes easier. More money in your wallet. You don't have to worry about people judging you either when you are high in public places with bloodshot eyes.
It's an overall step forward in life. I'm 24 and don't have the need whatsoever anymore. That was kids stuff.
Try and see the positives.
Last thing. By stopping smoking pot, I managed to control my appetite much better and didn't feel the need to east junk food at night which is awful for you. I don't eat anything after 7pm anymore and it's amazing what the simple thing of not eating late can do for you!
Already lost 20 lbs in 5 months and only going to the gym a couple times a week!
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There's not a true addiction to marijuana. Psychological, slight. Physical, minimum.
The addiction to Marijuana is more a personality addiction, in my opinion. It's a social thing in the teen years, and a proven anti-depressant, so it provides the teen with more than a few excellent reasons to use it.
Unfortunately, the conern is that they will succumb to overuse of the drug, reliance upon the drug, or in some other way mess up their life. So, in a sense it's a drug that can be benificial to a teenager, and highly dangerous at the same time.
To stop your teen from using marijuana requires the process of finding out why your teen truly enjoys marijuana. Addiction is a term way too early for teenage marijuana use, even if the teen is using it regularly. At that stage of life especially, marijuana use has a purpose, as mentioned above.
If the child smokes it socially, as mainly a get together type of thing, you won't likely be able to easily remove the habit.
If it is something deeper, such as use as an anti-depressant, or as a means to make things "Fun", there might be some underlying issues that can be worked on, which might allieviate or remove the problem.
Any quick tricks, or hard treatments might stop the drug use for a short time, but it will only perpetuate the reasons for the drug use.
I am of the strong opinion that understanding of the teen is more important that immediate removal. If you met an adult, with a problem with drinking, or drugs, and you simply said, "You're grounded", would he quit?
So how can we expect our young adults to completely adhere to advice, simply because we know it is sound?
If you don't understand the teen, you will never fully get the teen to understand you. You can hammer your position upon him/her all you desire, and they will still be confident that they know something you don't.
So, in short, if you want to beat a child's addiction, as it was called, you have to learn why the child even has the addiction.
someone that uses it everyday for many years
Why would you want to?? All that would do is change his mood from happy to grumpy..trust me I live with it everyday. There are somethings that are better left alone
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My ex bf has a marijuana addiction, we been together for a year, And i got tried of him getting high and messing up things I had planned for us. When i broke it off to him, I don't want to be with a person that smokes marijuana because that's not the lifestyle i choose to live. Yes i know when i met him he was a smoker, and when i leave him he still will be.
It has gotten to the point that i would cry when i knew he was high and its beginning to affect his sex-life.
(in other words he smoked so much that its not lifting up, and yes marijuana does that)
so any advice?
Well it's normal to still be concerned about his habit but it shouldnt be just the sex life it's ruining. Its good you broke it off, you should live the life you wanna live and not let obstacles interfere. One day he will learn, or one day he will regret. Either way he won't be a part of your life anymore and it's probably better that way. I know how degrading it can be when someone you cares about smokes, it disappoints me too.
So i've had addiction problems since i was 15 only with marijuana nothing else except for ciggs for a few years. even when I would not smoke for awhile through external influences I would seek weed out after not smoking for long periods of time. I do have anxiety problems and as I get older I realize that it is my escapist de-stressor.
anyways i'm 23 now i'm not in a time of my life where things matter most and that i need to provide myself with the independence to flourish.
anyways, i have a close friend we've been close since we were 12 and literally never lost the closeness. anyways, he is a big figure in an industry here in california. since we are close friends I get a lot of weed for free but I'm not the type of person that can do that and function with work and responsibilities.
i'm trying to establish an 'internal locus of control' about this but with my past how can I maintain my friendship with him and meanwhile stay away from weed. does anyone have experience with this? when i smoke I dont smoke 1joint I binge on it.
i'm a smart guy very capable in many ways but this is truly my achilles heel
you're not old enough, but Nancy Reagan's solution to everything was, "Just say no."
clearly most of the time, while it would be nice, that's not enough.
in your case, it needs to be enough.
if you're an alcoholic, that's what you do.
you don't outgrow it, you just decide that it's better that you be in charge rather than alcohol.
If i had to guess, your friend will be fine if you tell him that you just cannot do a little of the stuff.
if you're to have and keep a job worth having, you just need to give up the pot.
i've rarely agreed with Nancy Reagan, but in your case, that's what you need to do.
eventually you will, it's only a matter of time -- you just have to really understand that it's a choice.
you cannot have both.
some folks can.
some folks can drink alcohol socially and not over do it.
some folks just cannot do that.
they need to choose, life? or alcohol / pot / whatever?
when are you going to choose?
How To Stop Smoking Pot - Tips to Quit bMarijuana/b
Many people who decided they want to quit marijuana have no idea where to begin. This article discusses some simple steps you can take to begin the journey of quitting marijuana. Take the first step and set a quit date, then write it down!
Set a Date to Stop Smoking Weed.
The purpose of setting a quit date, is to allow yourself to get mentally and physically prepared to quit smoking marijuana. Your quit date should be an actual date. It should not be when your stash runs out, or roughly a week before the next semester of school starts, or next month. It is important to nail down the date. In my personal experience, before I learned to set a date that I would stop, I used to smoke my stash as quickly as possible. I did this because I convinced myself that each bag was my last bag. When my bag ran out, I would buy another one, and smoke it just as quickly, convincing myself that it was also the last bag. Does this sound familiar? I recommend setting your quit date, within one month of the current date. If you wait any longer, you are less likely to follow through with your goal. It is a great idea to set your quit date just before a vacation begins, or other major event. Quitting Marijuana is a lifestyle change. If you attach it to another lifestyle change, you are more likely to be successful. Understand your Addiction.
Bob Marley – Love, Sex and bMarijuana/b - Help Drug Abuse
We all have seen the scenes from the King of Reggae with his ever present ‘co-star’ in many of his interviews. In one of his famous moments he calmly turns and says ”Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.”
Many years have passed since Bob Marley said these words and high levels of addiction to pot along with the many health dangers that it poses have proven that by no means will herb be ”the healing of a nation.” One thing he did say correctly and thousands of drug and alcohol rehabs are evidence of this is the fact that ” alcohol is the destruction.”It should not be taken for granted that not just alcohol can destroy one, but any drug, habit and tendency that compromises a human being of clear reasoning and stability of self.
The use of pot usually begins in teenage years, with teenagers trying to be a part of a group to identify themselves with some popular trend. As they evolve, many step into the light of maturity and shed certain behavioral patterns, but in many instances take the use of pot into their adult life. The result of this have been higher statistics in drug rehabs of addicts trying to overcome their addiction to marijuana and the chain effect of this has been more broken homes, dysfunctional human beings and utter sadness.
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