
Marijuana Addiction & Recovery Support Group
This community is dedicated to those looking to overcome their addiction to marijuana, a drug produced from parts of the cannabis plant. Join the group to find support among people who are also looking to cease their habit of smoking marijuana, share your experience, and get advice. It's not easy to kick the habit, but together we can.

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My lil bro is servely hooked on weed an bringing my family down with his problems causing life changing things for my mum depression and attempted suicide for her.... she finally plucked up the courage to leave him and move out. Except i dont think this really hit him until mum actually left. Anyways its been on the cards for a while that he has been thinking bout going to rehab..well he left today to go but i have a problem that because he asked to go and wasnt forced to go that he doesnt have to stay, im scared that when the pressure gets tought and the detoxic process starts that he will leave and go back to his old habits and desotrying his families lives again. And also another concern is that he has no goals or asperations for when and if he comes out clean. He will be going back to the house where mum left him which now is rented by his so called 'second family', whom i found out recently are actually supplying him with the drugs and make him sell them for them in order to make a profit and so they dont get caught because they have children however as he is in so much toruble with the police on bail(sentencing in mid november is possibly looking at a jail sentence which is also destroying my mum she feels this is all her fault and that she hasnt done enough to help him when she has done evrything in her power) due to getting caught high with possession and dangerous use of a fire arm that all of these things are putting him at even more risk so when he comes out being in this situation im scared and more so that its just going to be a waste of time that he will continue to sell and do drugs...what can i do? im so worried i just wish he would wake up and understand what he is doing not only to himself but to his family aswell because its affecting everyone not just him......

Loved1
Hi! What can you do? Get help for yourself. Al anon is good for loved ones of people who have problems with alcohol or drugs. It's like, how can you change him to feel better about you? He can't even get off the stuff. It hurts to see a loved one hurt themselves, it hurts us. You are not alone

deleted_user
There are more things going on here than weed addiction. I put my parents through hell with my marijuana use in my teens, but never sold it, was never involved in violence, and was never in trouble with the law. You and your mom should realize what you can change and what you cannot. You cannot save him from himself. Marijuana is the mediocre drug in the sense that it won't kill you and you can "get by" in life using it. I am not defending the drug as it has cost me and my family greatly on many levels. It sounds like this is literally killing your mom, so the best thing is to do is just save yourselves the trouble until he is ready and comes to you. Just my 2 cents.

deleted_user
thansk for the advice but its so hard to turn ur back and thats half mums problem because she feels that he is her son and will not turn her back on him and likewise we are his family i he doesnt have us then he doesnt have anything and the worst thing about it all is i know he has tried to also take his own life and if he gets so low and has no one to turn to (us if we dont turn our backs) then thats actually what is going to happen and my family..my mum especially would never cope with something like that! =( talking to people just doesnt take away the worried or fear that we all have....

Loved1
I have a tough question. Does your little bro want to quit? If he does, marijuana anonymous is a good place to start. IF he doesn't? They have a pamphlet for loved ones of addicts. At Al Anon they teach that we cannot control the addict/alcoholic, and our selves get sick when we try. We can only lead them to help if they want it. 12 step programs are effective long term in healing addiction. I am a recovering addict and alcoholic an a member of Al Anon. I have been clean and sober 2 1/2 years. I had to want to change.
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