Hi Ashley A buzzz is a buzzz is a buzzz, whether it's beer or boojum. We have addicts in our groups. So go on in the coffee is hot.

i know 2 well what your talking about..i too started out an alcoholic and thought i'd be great to get high off something else because i was at the point of throwing up,passing out and overall getting weak and sick from alcohol..weed was next but i'd still drink only less..then i was tired all the time had to do coke to wake up..by then i had three habbits..loved um all ..for they all had there special pupose to keep me high at all costs..when i go in recovery i started in a/a..but i still had drug problem so i added n/a..then i was i felt complete..i had to deal with all of um to get clean..its worth it to me i dont want any type of high now other than natural..this is my experience..

There's Mary Jane anonymous too, yep there is

Anything that would take me as far away from reality.That's what I would do.A human garbage can.

I suggest that you go to both AA/NA and see which one suits you.Personally,I tried NA and was disgusted.I didn't hear much about recovery,it was very cliquee*spelling?*,felt worse after the meeting.I am not trying to sway you either way,just my personal experience.I know NA helps some.AA in my area has very solid sobriety and a great message.

I think this is quite a common thing - in my area in AA it is known as a marijuana maintenance program - so I think people in AA will understand.

I haven't smoked in years, but have some friends who smoke weed regularly and it does have it's own form of addiction. I don't think it grips your entire body the way alcohol does, but it grips your mind pretty heavily and it really takes a lot of motiviation if you smoke regularly. Take an aerobics class or something while you quit this. It'll help take the edge off.

If you are a true alcoholic you merely switched chemicals. I too thought of smoking pot when i stopped drinking. I was lucky in that a guest speaker at a meeting did exactly that. His story drove home to me the fact that any chemical subsitution would still be a sick attempt to alter my reality instead of dealing with the underlying issues that compeled the the using/drinking. I chose not to smoke pot. I am clean and sober now for 10 months. It will be a ll months in 2 weeks.

Many people in AA will have had similar experiences, go to some meetings and talk to some of the people there and they will be right with you. If you are able to share in a meeting of AA, it would probably best to simply say that you had switched substances rather than go into any detail about your using, this protects the primary purpose of all AA groups.

You'll find people you identify with no problem!

Hey there, your addiction isn't the substance, it's actually addiction, I am an all around addict and layed down the weed after 25+ years of daily use and it's even taught in school, that weed is a mental addiction, it's not like alcohol or controlled substances. It's not the weed your craving it's the need to be using - whatever will satisfy the "addiction" remember, the disease is addiction, what you feed it is your choice - i know many people don't agree with me on that, but 10-20-07 I flushed all my weed down the toilet, through out the paraphanila and haven't had not one craving nor looked back. Don't look at weed as what you are craving, learn about the disease that wants to be fed - I only stopped smoking for personal reasons but not addiction reasons. My opinion only - Peace to you.

Yes I did that. I see AA as more helpful only because NA I totally did not get what they were saying at all... (because I really never liked drugs) It doesn't hurt to try both and see which works for you best. It doesn't cost anything to try. It hurts to be wasted.

one vice for another.....i can not condemn or condone. i've been there. all i can say is find your path to eventual control of self.........personally, i'm at a cross roads and it looks eerily like an unsolved rubics cube ;)

The problem is that if you want the buzz, mj is but a substitute for alcohol - and if you are alcoholic, it is likely that you will make the jump back to your primary addiction. There many of us in AA who have a 'cross-addiction' to something equally as mind-altering. Work with your sponsor to get Clean and Sober, it is worth it!

Life will get better.

Ashley, I did that. I was never really a fan of weed, but I did smoke it. My thing was crank, coke, speed, alcohol (I did the other to be a better drunk). After I picked up my white chip, I was doing great for a couple of weeks and then I thought, weed would help me to sleep, then I smoked to make movies better. I wouldn't/couldn't smoke during the day because it made me paranoid and tired and my boss prob would not like that...anyway, I eventually gave it up once I shared about it in an AA meeting. Of course, some AA meetings are strict about talking just about alcohol, but I shared anyway because I had to. I got alot of great feed back and shockingly, I wasn't the only one who smoked after getting sober from alcohol.