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?
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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!
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helpaddiction
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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.
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Royal Smittay
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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!
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harmony1
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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.
