hi all, im addicted to weed (cannibis) ive been smoking it for the last 2 years, and smoking it heavily for the past year (at least 3 splifs per night), i tried to quit before and that lasted about a week, but i have quit yet again and have been clean for 6days (not long i know) and things now are starting to look up, 2 days ago i tried to take an overdose by taking 28 valium tablets also self harmed by smashing a hammer on my hand, i was hearing voices in my head, well not exactly voices but shouts! and i just wanted them to stop, a very stupid thing to do i know, especailly when i have the most wonderful girlfriend in the world who has supported me in everything i have done and is now sticking by me while i try and sort out my problem, i'll be honest if it wasnt for her i wouldnt be here today.... for the first few days i was the worse person you could possible think of to live with, i was so nasty, irritable and constantly felt angry, but yet again my girlfriend stuck by me and is still helping me, but i can now start to pick my life up again, while i was smoking i didnt want to do anything, all i wanted to do was come home from work skin up and get high all night, all the money i was spending on weed was ridiculous and now i want to use that money on treating my girlfriend, although it has only been 6days im starting to feel better i want to go out and do thing, although people may not listen to this but i resure people coming off cannibis that it does get easier and you will feel better inside of yourelf, the one thing in my whole life i regret is picking up a splif..... my doctor has given me some sleeping tablets that i have yet to use, i did used to get the sweats through the night but now they have seemed to have gone, the only thing i really need help with is my irritiblity, as the last thing i want is to loose my girlfriend, is there anything out there that can help???
is there anything out there that can help???
Hey,
I just wanted to say that the fact you are undertaking such a monumental selfless endeavor to cease a rather selfish drug indulgence is the best "is there anything out there can can help???" self-aid available to date.
I'd like to share this with you.....i am myself almost 21 and half years clean from a terrible alcohol and pot addiction.....it was rough...back in those daze/days recovery was pretty basic...go to meetings daily and don't use any mood altering substances in any capacity and eventually the jitters insomnia dependency etc. slowly began to fade (SLOWLY).
Well i was having a moment of weakness last week and an ex bf who i continue to allow in my life and will continue to smoke weed 24/7 to keep the cravings for heroin away (but i know he is still using that s*** too)....offered me a hit of his joint without so much a blink of an eye.
I met this f***er nine years ago in his initial stages of recovery.. he then.having absorbed all the tools of recovery that i had mastered 12 years prior by then to him...
I don't know what hurt or surprised me more....the fact that for a split second last week i was willing to throw away over 21 years clean time or that the ex bf who knows i am in recovery didn't think twice about offering me a hit of his joint.
Needless to say that i did not indulge and now i must rethink whether i can still tolerate his smoking constantly in my presence.....if i tell him he can't then i know he won't come around anymore and i am so very lonely these days and unfortunately quite 'addicted' to him still although we are no longer a couple much less good friends.
I am sorry to have rambled on about myself taking the needed focus away from yourself at present......the thing is you just have to stop and the rougher the withdrawal the more that it will keep it 'green' for you if you decide to lapse or relapse again.
You have to stay away from them 'people places and things' and hang with the winners....like your gf for starters...and i have to do the same.
it always is gonna be a day at a time
Sincerely MARY
Hey,
I just wanted to say that the fact you are undertaking such a monumental selfless endeavor to cease a rather selfish drug indulgence is the best "is there anything out there can can help???" self-aid available to date.
I'd like to share this with you.....i am myself almost 21 and half years clean from a terrible alcohol and pot addiction.....it was rough...back in those daze/days recovery was pretty basic...go to meetings daily and don't use any mood altering substances in any capacity and eventually the jitters insomnia dependency etc. slowly began to fade (SLOWLY).
Well i was having a moment of weakness last week and an ex bf who i continue to allow in my life and will continue to smoke weed 24/7 to keep the cravings for heroin away (but i know he is still using that s*** too)....offered me a hit of his joint without so much a blink of an eye.
I met this f***er nine years ago in his initial stages of recovery.. he then.having absorbed all the tools of recovery that i had mastered 12 years prior by then to him...
I don't know what hurt or surprised me more....the fact that for a split second last week i was willing to throw away over 21 years clean time or that the ex bf who knows i am in recovery didn't think twice about offering me a hit of his joint.
Needless to say that i did not indulge and now i must rethink whether i can still tolerate his smoking constantly in my presence.....if i tell him he can't then i know he won't come around anymore and i am so very lonely these days and unfortunately quite 'addicted' to him still although we are no longer a couple much less good friends.
I am sorry to have rambled on about myself taking the needed focus away from yourself at present......the thing is you just have to stop and the rougher the withdrawal the more that it will keep it 'green' for you if you decide to lapse or relapse again.
You have to stay away from them 'people places and things' and hang with the winners....like your gf for starters...and i have to do the same.
it always is gonna be a day at a time
Sincerely MARY
its day 8 now that i havent had any weed, and im starting to feel great, i no longer see the people i was with when i was smoking, and its better that way. but like you said to me mary the best thing that you could do is cut this person out of your life, as you will be constantly tempted to smoke again which may lead to stronger substances, it will be hard to cut this person out of your life as they have always been there but if you want to stay clean that may be best.
with work its hard to go to daily meetings but on my day off i may go to one, but at these meeting you will find people that are going through the same as you and can help, you can go out with them, and try to enjoy yourself, thats what i am planning to do, get all the bad people out of my life where i may be tempted to smoke again, this person isn't right for you, and in time you will meet someone who will adore you and love you, and who isnt dependant on drugs, i couldnt imagine my life without my gf as she has been great and the only way that i can repay that is to stick by her and NOT SMOKE!!!
im not going to say im an expert on relationships because i am not, but i know when someone is good for you and who is not, and this person isn't, if they are going to constantly smoke weed around you, you will always be tempted, and you may think 1 splif wont hurt but thats where it starts, and you will be soon back to square one.
i wish you all the luck in the world mary and do hope that you will stay off drugs like i am trying, and eventually you will meet someone who is good for you..
yours sincerly
Gavin
with work its hard to go to daily meetings but on my day off i may go to one, but at these meeting you will find people that are going through the same as you and can help, you can go out with them, and try to enjoy yourself, thats what i am planning to do, get all the bad people out of my life where i may be tempted to smoke again, this person isn't right for you, and in time you will meet someone who will adore you and love you, and who isnt dependant on drugs, i couldnt imagine my life without my gf as she has been great and the only way that i can repay that is to stick by her and NOT SMOKE!!!
im not going to say im an expert on relationships because i am not, but i know when someone is good for you and who is not, and this person isn't, if they are going to constantly smoke weed around you, you will always be tempted, and you may think 1 splif wont hurt but thats where it starts, and you will be soon back to square one.
i wish you all the luck in the world mary and do hope that you will stay off drugs like i am trying, and eventually you will meet someone who is good for you..
yours sincerly
Gavin
Gavin,
thanx for reaching out to an 'old timer' when you really are the one that deserves immediate attention and advice at this point....but hey recovering addicts helping other recovering addicts no matter how little or much clean time they have is part of getting sober as well.
Yep....you are absolutely right...gotta can that man Stan...but it just goes to show you Gavin that even tho' i have almost 21 and half years clean...i still am only 24 hours away from that next drink or drug if i so choose....but all i have is today and today i am still clean.
as i said before....a day at a time (this mindset makes it easier
somehow)
Stick with the winners too (like yourself)
Sincerely MARY :)
thanx for reaching out to an 'old timer' when you really are the one that deserves immediate attention and advice at this point....but hey recovering addicts helping other recovering addicts no matter how little or much clean time they have is part of getting sober as well.
Yep....you are absolutely right...gotta can that man Stan...but it just goes to show you Gavin that even tho' i have almost 21 and half years clean...i still am only 24 hours away from that next drink or drug if i so choose....but all i have is today and today i am still clean.
as i said before....a day at a time (this mindset makes it easier
somehow)
Stick with the winners too (like yourself)
Sincerely MARY :)
This is the first hour of day one for me 30 years smoking weed, it can isolate you and make you lonely,i have tried before giving up but this i can take no more, i want to have a life.
I have not had it every day for the past 30 years though, but lately my breathing has been worse.
I have stopped cigarette smoking 5 years ago, it made me physically sick smoking weed stuffs your lungs more than cigarettes as you inhale so much more smoke
Don't make the same mistakes i did
I have not had it every day for the past 30 years though, but lately my breathing has been worse.
I have stopped cigarette smoking 5 years ago, it made me physically sick smoking weed stuffs your lungs more than cigarettes as you inhale so much more smoke
Don't make the same mistakes i did
gavin, what u are doing is something i wish i could
and thats think as sensibly as u are
and thats think as sensibly as u are
Hi Gavin and Mary.
Ive been off the weed for two weeks now. Ive been smoking weed practically every day since age 14 , thats 24 years. Gave up Class A's a while ago but always smoked. It seemed with a stressful business and two step kids and two kids the only thing that my partner and i could do to unwind.
I didnt take my anti-dep about four weeks ago for 6 days and ended up suicidal. I planned to drown myself. On the way to Cornwall i lost control and smashed my car to pieces. SInce that horrible experience I decided thats it. Ive had enough of being out of it. Spending every evening smoking more and more and even wanting another spliff whilst i was smoking one!!.
I stopped fags and weed on March 9th. Don't really like NRT as its just a bloody rip off, but have used a couple of 14Mg just to help. So far so good, and work has been very stressful this week. I have made up my mind. After about 50 plus attempts to quit smoking (including acupuncture, Alan Carr, hypnosis, willpower, NRT) At the end of the day im the only one who will go into the shop buy the cigarettes and light it and I'm stronger than that.
I am not going to let myself be even remotely tempted by getting into the wrong situation for at least a year. And then i will know that ive completely cracked it.
Just wanted to share my story with you as ive been looking for someone to talk to about this for ages and didnt realise this kind of thing existed (doh!)
Anyway, waled 1and half miles this morning and gonna keep that up for a few weeks then start jogging a bit. My lungs are so F***ed that cant run anywhere at the moment.
Enjoy the sunshine, until next time
Sincerely
Piers
Ive been off the weed for two weeks now. Ive been smoking weed practically every day since age 14 , thats 24 years. Gave up Class A's a while ago but always smoked. It seemed with a stressful business and two step kids and two kids the only thing that my partner and i could do to unwind.
I didnt take my anti-dep about four weeks ago for 6 days and ended up suicidal. I planned to drown myself. On the way to Cornwall i lost control and smashed my car to pieces. SInce that horrible experience I decided thats it. Ive had enough of being out of it. Spending every evening smoking more and more and even wanting another spliff whilst i was smoking one!!.
I stopped fags and weed on March 9th. Don't really like NRT as its just a bloody rip off, but have used a couple of 14Mg just to help. So far so good, and work has been very stressful this week. I have made up my mind. After about 50 plus attempts to quit smoking (including acupuncture, Alan Carr, hypnosis, willpower, NRT) At the end of the day im the only one who will go into the shop buy the cigarettes and light it and I'm stronger than that.
I am not going to let myself be even remotely tempted by getting into the wrong situation for at least a year. And then i will know that ive completely cracked it.
Just wanted to share my story with you as ive been looking for someone to talk to about this for ages and didnt realise this kind of thing existed (doh!)
Anyway, waled 1and half miles this morning and gonna keep that up for a few weeks then start jogging a bit. My lungs are so F***ed that cant run anywhere at the moment.
Enjoy the sunshine, until next time
Sincerely
Piers
my list of solutions please assist me by rating the solution with 1 to 10
1 bad 10 excellent
1) force him into religion to keep him away from friends
2) kick him out of my house give up
3) move him to another city
1 bad 10 excellent
1) force him into religion to keep him away from friends
2) kick him out of my house give up
3) move him to another city
i am at wits end getting calls from the cops in the middle of the night
we have spend thousands on rehab It DOES NOT WORK
can anyone just tell me what to do just one step that will help him recover
phychologists telling my wife and i we are bad parents and we should give up our work to look after our child .....HELLLOOOOO who is gonna pay the bills must the other two children be destitute because one son has forced parents into unemployment.
My son has everything he dreams of the latest is that he needs to get around we bought him a scooter but because i demanded a liscence before use his depression forced him to smoke weed.AGAIN
Am i supposed to let him do what he wants all the websites by the authorities tell us not to do anything.
Family tells us we are over reacting and dagga is not that bad could be worse.
Is the answer to say it is COOL and let him do what he wants.
please help me as at this time love is still my overiding reason to care but i cannot allow this child to destroy the families lives and i am fast becoming the instinctive father. I WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO PROTECT THE FAMILY.
HATE like dagga is starting to consume me and who knows what the next step will be
we have spend thousands on rehab It DOES NOT WORK
can anyone just tell me what to do just one step that will help him recover
phychologists telling my wife and i we are bad parents and we should give up our work to look after our child .....HELLLOOOOO who is gonna pay the bills must the other two children be destitute because one son has forced parents into unemployment.
My son has everything he dreams of the latest is that he needs to get around we bought him a scooter but because i demanded a liscence before use his depression forced him to smoke weed.AGAIN
Am i supposed to let him do what he wants all the websites by the authorities tell us not to do anything.
Family tells us we are over reacting and dagga is not that bad could be worse.
Is the answer to say it is COOL and let him do what he wants.
please help me as at this time love is still my overiding reason to care but i cannot allow this child to destroy the families lives and i am fast becoming the instinctive father. I WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO PROTECT THE FAMILY.
HATE like dagga is starting to consume me and who knows what the next step will be
