Addiction, Recovery Forum - My Friend Is Addicted to Marijuana - Help!
Medical questions     Health forums     MarketPlace     log in    

My Friend Is Addicted to Marijuana - Help!

New Topic  Reply  Ask A Doctor - Offline
Medical Questions-> Health Forums -> Addiction, Recovery -> My Friend Is Addicted to Marijuana - Help!
Medical Questions
Author Message
teeny

New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Sep 2004
Posts: 32
Location: Chicago/Boulder
My Friend Is Addicted to Marijuana - Help!
Posted: 10-01-05 15:24pm

How can I help my friend who is addicted to weed? He's been on it for two years and smokes 4-5 blunts a day. He wants to quit very badly, but he's tried before for 3 months and it didn't last, got back into the habit, and he says it's especially hard for him. Doesn't have a lot of money for counseling - what can he do? And is there anything I can do to help him?
|
Relyt

New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
Posts: 30

Posted: 10-10-05 14:37pm

Marijuana addiction is often a mis-understood addiction. It is however, a serious addiction and a hard one to overcome. I will suggest a few things that you might try. One, get him to talk seriously, to everyone he smokes weed with. He wants to tell them that he is serious about quitting weed, and he wants them to help him. Second, he wants to seriously talk with his dealers, perhaps he wants to bring a friend along. He wants to tell the dealers that he is totally serious about quitting, and does not want them to sell him weed any more. Now that he has made it difficult for him to buy weed, or find someone to smoke it with him, he should find something to keep him occupied, like a hobby. Your support will be the biggest difference, keeping him positive and motivated and making him realize all the benefits to remaining weed free will inevitably will enable him to quit.

Hope this helps!
|
helpaddiction

New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
Posts: 9

Posted: 02-19-07 10:16am

Good to see a friend genuinely worrying about the other. Well, addiction to marijuana is the most common types of addiction now days. As Relyt said it’s hard to get rid of this addiction. And the things he mentioned it’s good. You can tell your friend to do that. One thing I would like to say is just be by your friend’s side to give him the support. If still your friend cannot get out of this then take him to some of the AA meetings or to some rehab programs. I can give you detailed information about these programs, just let me know once. Best of luck friend.
|
Royal Smittay

New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 May 2008
Posts: 1
Money in the bank
Posted: 05-27-08 22:09pm

4-5 blunts a day? Dang son, your friend must be loaded!
|
harmony1

Supporter
Joined: 18 May 2008
Posts: 374
Location: , Australia
Thanks: 27
Thanked:13

Posted: 05-29-08 04:29am

unfortunately it's his decision to make. you can keep at him though and make him realise that what he is doing is effecting him in a bad way. Theres a really good post in this forum called DRUG ADDICTION. Have a read. It may help you to help him. It suggests that drug users can find it difficult to quit alone. They may need medication or cognitive therapy in order to help them reach they're goal.

Good luck : )

Harmony1 xo
|
Related Topics
This Forum This Category All Forums
Jump to:  
New Topic   Reply
Medical Questions -> Health Forums -> Addiction, Recovery -> My Friend Is Addicted to Marijuana - Help!



We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health
information:
verify here.