My 16 year old son has been in rehab for three weeks now. He is doing well and becoming himself again. He is realizing that his smoking was out of hand but he keeps on saying "I am going to stop for a while and then I will smoke from time to time."
What do you answer to this?
The thought is scary because we have learnt that for an addict there is no such thing as moderation.
Thank you
My son always thinks he can do this too, but before you know it he is back to smoking all the time. He has tried smoking once a day too, and that hasn't worked for very long either. Once you are an addict , your brain chemistry changes and you can't do it once in a while. You are lucky that you got your son into rehab for pot, it can be a nasty addiction if you don't catch it early. My son has given up his car, phone, some friends and college, for his addiction. It is also very available and lots of kids do it. We have been struggling with it for over 2 years. Before pot my son was a really nice clean cut kid. Now he is a mess. Tell your son to stop before he ruins his life--it is not a harmless drug.
It has also triggered depression in my son and in other kids we have know or heard about. Good luck!
It has also triggered depression in my son and in other kids we have know or heard about. Good luck!
Yes, I am a proof of the above, and I'm 47! I've been clean 4 mo.'s, and at times the though runs through my head, wouldn't it be nice to smoke and relax this evening, what would it hurt? Maybe it would help me clean up the garage. But luckily I realize, before I knew it, I'd be back to smoking day in and day out, lunchtime, first thing in the mornings often, then the mind gets too confused and lazy. IT does seem so harmless, at first. It's not! My life is so much better this way and my relationships are better.
Not all people get totally addicted, but many, many, many do.
Not all people get totally addicted, but many, many, many do.
maybe for some people it is different, but for me i KNOW that if i smoked pot just one time that it would not be long before i was smoking all day every day.
this is my second time trying to kick this addiction. the first time i was clean for 6 months and then one day my brother-in-law talked my husband and i into smoking a joint with him "just to remember the old days". and then we were going over every few days to smoke with him and then we bought a bag. just one, right? wrong! and there we were smoking every day for the next few years.
this time we have been clean since Jan. 17. and i know if i ever smoke again that i won't be able to stop, because i am an addict. i hope for your sake and your son's that he does'nt have to learn that the hard way.
this is my second time trying to kick this addiction. the first time i was clean for 6 months and then one day my brother-in-law talked my husband and i into smoking a joint with him "just to remember the old days". and then we were going over every few days to smoke with him and then we bought a bag. just one, right? wrong! and there we were smoking every day for the next few years.
this time we have been clean since Jan. 17. and i know if i ever smoke again that i won't be able to stop, because i am an addict. i hope for your sake and your son's that he does'nt have to learn that the hard way.
Sounds like your son will have to fall down a couple of times before he learns. Why don't you tell him to read this board. Of course he will say "I'm not like that" but when he goes from once in a while to daily he will have to admit that he is like that.
Feel free to print this out and tape it to his bedroom door.
Feel free to print this out and tape it to his bedroom door.
Hi! For me i know i really cant smoke any pot anymore, due to the fact that i would start smoking 24/7 again and not only that, it would lead me right back out to smokin crack again! See I have two addictions...lucky me! lol
anyway, I have 46 days clean off weed today and 39 days off the crack and I must say I've never felt better! So everyone stay strong...we can do it!
anyway, I have 46 days clean off weed today and 39 days off the crack and I must say I've never felt better! So everyone stay strong...we can do it!
for me it's all or nothing.
There is no way that i could have the occasional smoke. I know i am one inhalation from being a all day smoker again.
Some people can do it but it seems that they only ever smoked occasionally and haven't ever had an all day addiction. I know if i was to smoke again i would be right back in the same depressed state i was in only it would be worse because i have seen the other side.
Goodluck.
There is no way that i could have the occasional smoke. I know i am one inhalation from being a all day smoker again.
Some people can do it but it seems that they only ever smoked occasionally and haven't ever had an all day addiction. I know if i was to smoke again i would be right back in the same depressed state i was in only it would be worse because i have seen the other side.
Goodluck.
Gotta agree with what everyone has said. I've tried that before. Threw 3 months of sobriety down the tubes a couple years back just because I wanted to smoke "once"... yeah, that turned into 2 years of all day/every day smoking. Doesn't work for the addict, but it's a great theory.
Thank you all. I will show your messages to my son and I hope that he will listen to people who know how difficult it is to keep off weed, who know what it is like to stop and try to use again. Your words are genuine and have more power than mine.
