I am 16 and I have been smoking pot for about a year now, i used to love hanging out with my family, but after i started smoking all i do is work (to buy pot), and smoke with my friends, i am home about 2-3 hours a day, besides sleeping. My parents know of my smoking and they want me to quit, they sent me to a councelor but i stopped seeing her since i didnt open up to her. My doctor has told them that i should go to rehab or somehow quit my use, but my parents have ignored that and wont send me to rehab. I have been getting into fights alot with my parents, and they know i have been taking money from them for marijuana. My grades in school are better though since i have been smoking pot, i increased my GPA from a 2.5 to a 3.3. I buy an ounce a week ($360), and smoke it all throughout the week every day. My dad doesnt mind me smoking, but my mom is really emotional about it and feels that i have changed so much. I dont hang out with my old drug-free friends anymore i just hang out with my pot head friends and all we do is smoke, when we dont have any pot we feel so bored and cant enjoy anything without marijuana. Everything we do revolves around marijuana, everything i plan out involves smoking pot. I feel that i dont even enjoy life anymore, and sober life is no fun. I smoke in the morning before school, after school a few times and before i go to sleep, it is like a schedule, i only refrain from smoking a few hours before i have work that day. I only spend my money on pot, cigarettes, and food. I need help badly, I have tried quitting but it only lasted about a day or so. What should i do?
i think the first thing you should do is go back through lots of old posts and see that you aren't alone. And only a 1 year.. think of it as a blessing.. it will be much easier to come off it than for people who have lived with this addiction for 10-40 years as some of us have.. congrats on finding us and know that we are here for you.
I have been right where you are now, only it took me 34 years to quit. The bad thing about my quitting was that I couldn't afford both pot and my newest drug of choice, cocaine...I got to the point where I was shooting it, for about 18 months. Anyone who says pot is not a gateway drug is crazy. Of course when I was a smoker I never believed it. I was horribly addicted to the cocaine and it took me over 8 months to finally get fully clean. I now have 7 months.
You are so lucky to have made a decision to quit smoking pot. It will zap any thoughts of doing anything while you are straight, you are so right in that. If you are of legal age, find a rehab that is free, there are some. If you type in "free rehabs" in the search at the bottom you can locate some. In the meantime, find a new counselor, someone you can relate to. Go to AA/NA meetings, there are plenty of people who have been in your shoes and they will do what they can to keep you from using. Of course you have to decide that you want to get clean and be willing to go to any lengths to get there.
Good luck and welcome to the board.
You are so lucky to have made a decision to quit smoking pot. It will zap any thoughts of doing anything while you are straight, you are so right in that. If you are of legal age, find a rehab that is free, there are some. If you type in "free rehabs" in the search at the bottom you can locate some. In the meantime, find a new counselor, someone you can relate to. Go to AA/NA meetings, there are plenty of people who have been in your shoes and they will do what they can to keep you from using. Of course you have to decide that you want to get clean and be willing to go to any lengths to get there.
Good luck and welcome to the board.
thanks for the support, i sold all the pot i had in my possession so i have decided im going to quit, and my mom was happy about it, i have decided im gonna stay around home for a few weeks and not hang with my friends that smoke, I dont really want to go to rehab because I think i can do it myself because the last time i decided to quit was because of money and i didnt really have a desire to quit. Also, i dont want to go to rehab because it will affect my school and i will be really behind and i dont want to do that to myself. If this doesnt work then some sort of rehab will be my next option
Good for you Pink Floyd...you've made a great first step toward recovery!
Keep up the good work and keep on posting!
Keep up the good work and keep on posting!
tough it out kid, we are rooting for you!! it helps to hang out with others that are sober, keep posting here, check out the marijuana anonymous chatroom, take something new up. some of us pot heads, have to go go go, and pot acts likes a nice tranquilizer, we can keep on the go, but it smoothes things out, then after a while it flattens things out, too much. wait for something new to come into your life and then grab it, explore life, learn something new, join a new club, find some new friends(straight), etc etc. do some physical exercise and sweat. find something to occupy your mind while you get straight, it will get easier the longer you go without it. you don't need it.
Atta boy, you can do it if you put your mind to it, just remember that it only gets harder the longer you smoke, so you've definatly made the right choice. One thing that I really enjoy since I'm clean (give it a try) the next time you drive or walk by a cop, just wave your a** off and smile, hell even go up to them and carry on a conversation, its a rush. Its something that I would of never done when I was smoking. And if for some reason they pull you over, all you have to worry about is.....nothing, because your clean. It frickin feels great. One of my sons basketball team mates dad is a State Trooper, who holds some of the records in his department for the largest drug bust on the highways around here,he is always at the games, and I have found myself carrying on some really deep conversations with him, that i actually understand, and i don't feel like such an idiot trying to avoid his eye contact. It was probably a matter of time before I was one of his statistics. Anyway hang in there and like everyone else has said, keep posting and we'll post back. It is a great place to be able to talk to people that is, and has, went through things you might be experiencing.
good luck
and much love
Bubba
good luck
and much love
Bubba
pink floyd
it sounds like you are a really smart kid. most 16 yo who are smokin can't even comprehend that using mj is harming themselves. you already recognize that it is affecting your relationship with your family. your mom is concerned and with good reason. she just does not want to see you throw your life away. and trust me long time use will bring you down. i am really glad to hear you made such a muture decision at such an early age. the next week will be a hard one. when you are having the urge to use, you need to find something to do. coming to this board is a good start. talk with your mom. i bet she will do anything to help you through this tough time. just be strong. and know that everyday it does get easier. congrats on making the most important decision of your life.
it sounds like you are a really smart kid. most 16 yo who are smokin can't even comprehend that using mj is harming themselves. you already recognize that it is affecting your relationship with your family. your mom is concerned and with good reason. she just does not want to see you throw your life away. and trust me long time use will bring you down. i am really glad to hear you made such a muture decision at such an early age. the next week will be a hard one. when you are having the urge to use, you need to find something to do. coming to this board is a good start. talk with your mom. i bet she will do anything to help you through this tough time. just be strong. and know that everyday it does get easier. congrats on making the most important decision of your life.
i will try those ideas, and after im done with bud i think im gonna try quitting cigarettes too
i am "comfortably numb" no more!
Just your name "Pink Floyd", brought back flashbacks haha.
My husband loves pink floyd and I wouldnt let him listen to it early on, BIG trigger.
Might try listening again and see what happens. Good luck to ya.
My husband loves pink floyd and I wouldnt let him listen to it early on, BIG trigger.
Might try listening again and see what happens. Good luck to ya.
...but life is long and you are young, and there is time to kill today
and then one day you find TEN YEARS have got behind you
no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun...
...far away across the fields
the tolling of the iron bells
brings the faithful to their knees
to hear the softly spoken magic spell...
never hear of pink floyd, did I!
and then one day you find TEN YEARS have got behind you
no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun...
...far away across the fields
the tolling of the iron bells
brings the faithful to their knees
to hear the softly spoken magic spell...
never hear of pink floyd, did I!
pink floyd
just wondering how you are doing. have not read from you in a while. hope you are doing well. and if not, its ok. you can still post here. good or bad, were all here for you. remember your not alone in this. lots of great people here on this board to chat with.
just wondering how you are doing. have not read from you in a while. hope you are doing well. and if not, its ok. you can still post here. good or bad, were all here for you. remember your not alone in this. lots of great people here on this board to chat with.
To Pink Flyod
What you wrote could have been written by my son. The difference is that he did not want to stop and he fell deeper and deeper into mj addiction.
I hope you found the support you needed and that your parents reconsidered the rehab option.
Good luck
B
What you wrote could have been written by my son. The difference is that he did not want to stop and he fell deeper and deeper into mj addiction.
I hope you found the support you needed and that your parents reconsidered the rehab option.
Good luck
B
