Looking For A Quitting Buddy!

Marijuana
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Hello Everyone!
My name is Anna, and I am a 22 year old mother, who is blessed with 2 wonderful, little boys. I have been a daily smoker now for about 7 years, and I know now is the time to make the change in my life that I have been so needing.
I only smoke when my boys are in bed for the night, and I find that I spend most of my days waiting, and counting down the hours til they are in bed, so I can take out my pipe, and get stoned. I do believe that if I quit, I would be able to grow to my full potential, and with pot I am unable to really grow, and am spending a lot of time being frusterated, and irratible, instead of enjoying every minute of everyday, because as you all know, life is so short not to cherish all of our moments. I would like to meet someone to quit with, and keep in touch, while updating eachother on our progress. Please email me at LetsrideAlnight@aol.com . I look forward to meeting you all. Best wishes!
Anna
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Anna,
I am quitting too so if your still around we can surely compare notes.
Maybe I'll drop ya an email.
Me
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Hi Anna - been quitting on/off for 30 years. Will finally do the real thing when random drug testing becomes the universal I suppose.
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Anna, you've taken an important first step in recovery from your habit -- admitting that you need to stop. There is a better life waiting for you.
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I hear ya , I have issues as well with that topic anyone else trying to stop for their own good?
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[EMAIL]letsrideAlnightaol.com[/EMAIL

Anna-

I have been thinking of quitting for only a week or so. Lately I have begun to realize how stupid it is to spend so much time living with this habit - aside from the health issue there is the expense & just plain getting it. It has become the focal point of my life & I'm tired of it.

I have been stoned every waking moment since Sept. 5 2004. I had quit for 9 years prior to that as it messed up my life back then as well.

I have bi-polar disorder & was in total denial in spite of the many things that went wrong with my life almost immediately after starting. The euphoria was great (mania) but the price I paid in every way w as too high & I agree that it comes between you & your higher power.... IT becomes you God. \\

So........It's a major decision. If I can quit, anyone can. I never had any intention of quitting until I had a good look at what my life had become.
Wish I had the money in the bank that I'[ve spent on marijuana over the past year & a half not to menton, the time back that I have wasted.

Good luck to you & all of you out there that want to break this life altering drug.

Marilyn J
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Hello! I to am quitting pot. I could always see the things that crack made you do. but never the things that pot has made me do. I have lost so much time. It relly is scary, to think that all these years I have been in denial. I also am Bi-Polar. And the pot starts out being ok, but before long you start to back out on life, family and friends. I know that I must get a new set of friends. so guys I need all your support and friendship. And I in turn will give you mine. God bless us all.
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Holy Crap! You read my mind today-I need a buddy too. I have been an everyday smoker for lets see....10-11 years- and i'm only 24. I have a 4 year old daughter and a good paying proffessional-demanding job. I unlike you have been unable to control my usage to just after hours, i smoke in the morning-before getting in the shower, if i go to lunch, on the way home from a really bad day, immediantly when i get home and about every 2 hours after that and immediantly before bed. Just suddenly in the last few months this has started to seem wrong and now it seems redicouls, now i am looking for help. Cooinsidently just last week my employer decided it was time to enforse comany wide drug testing---AHHHHH!!! This is when i started to really freak out and think hard about my "double life" and its effect on my actuall life. I have started resenting the bud and hating myself for needing it-but to solve that problem i find myself taking another hit. Just thinking about quiting has been making me nervous and i get butterflies in my stomach, to be honest with you i have never even tried to quite before, never saw a problem with it, everyone else i know does it too, its just so normal. Normal...i started thinking about the people i know, all the different people. The people i want the most to be like, the lives and families i envy, the things i want out of my life---none of those people are my "smoking" friends. My boyfriend is an occasional smoker, once a week or less and he is so patient and pretends my habbitt doesnt bother him, but i know it does. we have talked alot about getting married and he told me that in his dreams his wife doesnt take a hit of a bong everyday before getting the kids up for school-that comment stuck with me for months, i still cant stop thinking about it. I love him so much and i know we wont get married with my addiction haunting us, mostly I dont want to be that mom, how did i become that mom? I am that mom -and my beautiful precious daugher doesnt deserve that. SO THIS IS IT! Here i go, i am an addict and need and am ready to get help. I will email you, thank you for being here and posting today.
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Brenda, you've taken a very important first step. Rest assured in the knowledge that help is available for you. As an ancient proverb goes, "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear." But there is work that must be done, and only you can do it. Others will help. First, check out your treatment options. Easy does it.
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Hello Anna I am a 52 year old,and I have two twin boys and a 16 year old daughter. I have been trying to stop since I started at 16. You said you wanted to cherish all the moments . If I had my time again I would put all my effort into stopping when my children were born because hash has stolen all the quality times I should have given my wife and children.People say hash is not a gateway drug,it can be, at 51 I started to use pain killers and ecstacy (no fool like an old fool.I have never been so far from reality. I now have been clean for 10 days. I feel like s--t but I had both my boys sitting on the sofa with me tonight we talked till my lips burned and fun it was fun.Stick with it and good luck.
Scottish. atholl@robert676.fsnet.co.uk
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Hi guys. Im only 13 and i have a drug addiction. i have only been smoking for the last month and every thing was going great untill just a couple of weeks ago. I got in to a huge fight with one of my best friends. She says that if I dont quit smoking pot that our friendship is over. And i for one charish friendships with all of my hart. So im trying to figure out a way to hang out with my other best friend who is a regulare pot smoker but still try to stay clean. so if any body out there can give me any pointers please email me at krazy4_shane@yahoo.com. please help me.
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Your gonna have to make some choices here. If you hang out with a stoner, sooner or later you are going to smoke the dope.

I hope you will consider whether its really worth screwing up your life just to hang out with a stoner. If he is really your friend, he will respect your wishes to not smoke or be stoned when you all are hanging out.

Don't hold your breath, though.

Good luck,

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