posted 04-04-2003 01:58 PM            

Lately I know its effecting me because I forget things, and sometimes my thought process is slowed down alot.

The thing is my friend is a friggin dealer and I hang around him and all my other buddies who use Crack Cocaine and marijuana on a daily basis.

Im so addicted to marijuana, I do not use crack cocaine at all but when I smoke pot it I feel so low, and I always feel so down when I am high.

I don't need it anymore but I am having alot of trouble quitting. I quit cigarettes but marijuana is even harder to quit.

What should I do? Should I go to a drug centre for help or a doctor or what?

posted 04-04-2003 02:36 PM            

Well there's two opinions for you Joe. Use them in good health.

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Gina

posted 04-04-2003 03:19 PM            

Its quite concerning cause I don't feel like doing anything. I wanna get back into school and stuff and get away from these loser I call my friends (even though I have known some of them for 8+ years.

Last night all my buddies were snorting cocaine, I never touched the stuff and they say they only do it Once in a while and tried to get me to do it. The thing is they used to do it every year or so now its a weekly even a daily thing.

Last night I realized this, all my friends are becoming drug addicts, they all smoke pot, cigs, crack, and ecstasy.

I guess the best way to deal with this is to leave these friends. I cannot do that so easily though. I work with the guy who deals it out! he brings weed to smoke whether I have some or not to work.

Maybe if I tell them I quit, that might work. I might get ridiculed and stuff but I think they will accept it. Maybe they will realize what this stuff is doing to them like I have.

I am in a tough spot, and I really wanna quit and get on to more important things in my life like school, and stuff not smoking pot everyday. I can see what it is doing to me and my friends.

I will look into some drug support centres in my city and see if I can get help there too.

posted 04-07-2003 09:28 PM            

I agree with everyone's answers. But I need to tell you something that will make you want to quit even more.

My cousin right now has used everything, now is on to crack cocaine and has been for about 5 years, we just found out. He is getting to the point where he almost killed his mother and father, because he needed $50.00 for a fix. I am not lying. He needed $50.00 dollars and if they wouldn't have given it to him who knows what he would have done.

They now need to put him in a place to clean him up. He was talking to me the other day and was reminiscing about what he thought he did 2 months ago, well it happened 15 years ago. He is losing his mind. I love my cousin dearly and would not want anyone to go through this. And to all of those drug dealers out there, they should be ashamed of themselves, they are literally committing murder when they sell even the slightest of drug.

I hope you get off the drug, the sooner the better.

posted 04-07-2003 10:12 PM            

Crack drug dealers are only in this for 2 things, money and getting high. They have no shame.

I sincerly hope your cousin can get off of that crap.

I have NO use for crack dealers. Scum of the earth

posted 04-08-2003 02:18 AM            

Everyone here is right, you may need to find new friends...

When I quit last year for lent, I saw my favorite stoner buddy about 3 times. Not because he wasn't my friend. But because, I knew that if I hung out with him too much, we would end up smoking...It was pretty bad for me for a while too...I used to look around on his floor just to see if we dropped anything by accident. But if you really want to quit, you have to believe that you can. It really only takes about three days of sitting around and not smoking for once.

posted 04-09-2003 06:41 PM            

The very next thing I want to add is, tell your friends that you honestly want to quit smoking pot and if they are TRUE friends, they will help and support you.

I was a heavy pot smoker just 7 months ago and I quit with no problems at all. I do still hit one about every 4-5 months, but that is all. I was smoking from 7 am when I got up, to 12 am when I went to bed. I smoked it all during work,etc.

The MAIN thing you must try and do is, stay away from those friends and get a hobby to do and keep your mind off of the pot. It's not hard at all, I promise. That's the easiest thing to stop that I have seen, it's all in your head.

I can be around friends that is smoking and not even want any at all. I see nothing wrong with doing it if that's what you like, it's the safest drug out there,PERIOD. I would suggest stopping for a couple of weeks and if you really want some, just smoke a little and then hold off until you are finally only smoking once every couple of months.

If you think that pot is that big of a problem and you have to have it when you are around your dealer freind at work, take in to consideration of finding another job, but I lnow for sure that pot is not that stroong of an addiction to make someone do that.

Have you ever seen anyone kill someone for pot??? If you have it OK and if you don't have it OK. I'm sure that you have seen days when everything is dry and there is no pot anywhere. Did you actually geek out for pot then?

I know how easy it is to not smoke pot, therefore I honestly believe that you can quit smoking it if you will get some new friends, ask God, get a hobby, and really want to stop smoking. It is nothing wrong with doing it a couple times a year, just don't get crazy with it.

I have faith in you, you can do it.

Good Luck!

posted 04-09-2003 11:21 PM            

So I, like Joe, have been a heavy pot smoker for about 5-6 years (even thought it really only feels like about a year when I think about it, where did all that time go?). I smoke every day, usually starting up at about 7pm and going until 2-3am or whenever i run out. Seriously.

I've tried quitting a few times, but never made it past a full day. I have (in the past) used LSD, ecstacy, mushrooms, mesc, and coke. I didn't use coke very much because the addictive nature of the stuff always freaked me out. My bro went from a casual coke user to a crack head years ago, so I never had much interest in the stuff...

Anyway, I quit using everything EXCEPT pot. I always just had the opinion that since really it isn't nearly as harmful as the other stuff i was using it wasn't really a big deal. Honestly, I still don't think it's a big deal, if anyone else in the world wants to smoke pot, that's fine with me, it has a lot of positive qualities. My father recently went through chemo for cancer and if he hadn't decided to use pot MEDICINALLY he would have been on twice as many drugs for his stomach/pain/depression...

Now I'm in my mid 20s and, like you Joe, i really want to get my act together and get into school, get a good job, etc, etc. Basically, i'm just looking for some kind of security in life, i'm sick of the randomness of it all...

And with all this motivation, and willpower that I know I have, I still can't stop smoking pot. I have basically stopped hanging out with most of my pot head friends, and my best friend (who smokes pot) would be supportive of my quitting regardless of his position on the subject. It is way harder than I thought it was going to be. I'm at the point now where I'm embarrased about the fact that I can't quit, so I find myself smoking when I'm alone (which is something I've always done anyway, so getting rid of the friends really didn't change mucH).

posted 04-12-2003 04:04 PM            

I am in a jam, and I don't know what to do, the people I work with, party with, hang out with ALL smoke pot alot.

Its hard to find people who do not, I just don't know what to do, finding new friends might help I cannot change jobs cause I have been working there to long and have a good wage.

I kinda stuck here.

posted 04-12-2003 04:24 PM            

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Gina

posted 04-12-2003 04:30 PM            

Effort--I think that is the key word here.

Take care
#1 Texan

posted 04-12-2003 06:06 PM            

When I am not working (weekends) I hang out and go to say a bar, with my firends, before we go, while we are there, and after we leave, we are smoking it all the time.

Its gonna be real wierd passing it up when they offer it, but it really does nothing for me, and I see it as a waste of money.

My dealer makes alot of money by selling it to all his friends (me included) and alot of others. So I guess he is kinda taking advantage of the situation you know what I mean? thats why he pushes me to buy from him all the time even I though I don't by a whole lot.

I wanna quit but when I do I might see my friends in a whole new light... and I might drift away from them ( Which might not be a bad thing ) 50% of my friends don't have a High School Diploma, which is sad, and noone I know is in school except for one friend which doesnt use marijuana. I can see whats happening here, and I know Marijuana does nopt help the situation.

I think I need to quit and get on with my life and get my butt into school again, I think marijuana totally ruins ambition... I can see it in myself and others and I know I need to make the right chocie... Quit and get on with my life.

I thank you all for help and I am having alot of trouble doing this, Even as I type this I wanna smoke a joint but I know I can do it even if I have to try over and over again.

Marijuana is totally useless, I see it as a waste of money, there are WAY more important things to life than getting high all the time, and the stuff kinda bunks me out sometimes.

This stuff aint good and I gotta try as hard as I can to stop, my situation is quite tough though. I stopped cigarettes but this is way harder believe it or not.

I keep breaking down and smoking though everyday, I am having trouble doing this.

I lost a girlfriend over this before and I really liked her, she told me to stop or she would have no interest in me, I said I did and she caught me smoking it with my friends. I lied and never saw her again and all my friends were laughing at me. She was the most normal girl I have ever met, and I wish I never made that mistake, I still regret it. I am just losing things from smoking Marijuana.

What kinda things does a drug support centre do for people? for marijuana addiction? I am thinking of calling one and seeing what they have to offer.