I used the marijuana a few years after I started drinking. It became my drug of choice and I used it heavily. When it was around and easy to get I didn't drink as much and didn't get in trouble with the law (as long as I didn't get caught possessing it). I am just as likely to abuse it if I pick it up again as alcohol. Actually, I do not look forward to when it becomes legal as it probably will play with my mind a bit. The negative consequences from alcohol were much easier for me to see. Pot calmed me, but the negative effects of it was much more insidious for me. However, my life is much better today without it so it really isn't an option.

I think you would be risking trading one addiction for another. Maybe you should consider talking to your doctor and getting treatment for anxiety. Just something to consider, preferably short-term.

It depends on how much you are planning to smoke and if you would be able to stop doing it when you feel you don't need it anymore. if you think you might not be able to stop once you start i would advice you not to

My suggestion would be to take up running like I did....at least it's a healthy habit that releases' endorphins in the brain and makes you have that runner's high!

Good Luck!

Me, I wouldn't do that myself. I imagine I would quickly get in as much trouble with pot as I did with booze. If I had to pick a substitute obsession I'd go for a healthier one :)

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Pot is used for the same reason alcohol is used. You want to escape reality rather than face it. If you are on edge you need to solve the problem not bury it in pot or alcohol.

Since quitting drinking and drugging I have become aware of eating and shopping with an addictive tendency. So as tempting as substituting Pot for my other drugs sounds it would most likely become a problem for me.

I substituted drinking in part by going to Court as a visitor instead of participant and witnessing the trouble people get into by the use of alcohol and drugs. Seems it never ends unless you decide to end it.

Bottom line, as Imperialman says, playing with intoxicants is just a game, lost in your head, not in reality. Face up to the real world with all your faculties bristling, now that's a gas! Yeah it is. Jumpin' Jack Flash

Changing addictions is like changing seats on the Titanic,

Good way of putting it in perspective LouiseG. And thanks everyone for your thoughts.

Yes. I tried all sorts of things to stop drinking but none of them worked. I tried smoking pot even though I hate pot. All it did was make me feel awkward, and worse. I tried moderation. I tried non alcoholic beer. I tried water between drinks in hopes it would slow me down. It didnt I just became a drunk who had to pee alott.
I'm entirely sober today and have been a day at a time for over three years. For me life is enough.

No but after I stopped drinking I traded sugar for alcohol without even realizing it. LOL! Now I am in a program that is helping with that.

I agree with Louis

Plus it always just got me onto trouble

Don't do it. It will just postpone your sobriety. I drank and smoked pot at the same time. Smoking pot now would remind me of drinking and make me want to do both at the same time. It is only a substitute addiction and not a sobriety aid.