Marijuana Addiction & Recovery Support Group
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My teen is addicted to marijuana.After maybe 2 or 3 years of getting in trouble with the family and doing very risky things now he says he is giving his brain a break ( he has been sober for two or three weeks , he says at least.He says he will eventually go back to smoking pot. He has been begging me for medical marijuana ( he has ADHD, and can not sleep well.I think he might have some mood diorder in addition to Opositional defiant disorder). He will not take psychiatric meds. He says marijuana is better. However, I am very hesitant about letting him smoke medical marijuana because it is the thing he is addicted to. He says he is not addicted of course.I have talked to him from alot of different angles , he has had a few therapists. He says he does not care about anything and he will do what he wants and will learn by making mistakes. He is 16 . These medical marijuana doctors would prescribe it to anyone like it is nothing. Thanks for listening .
You have mentioned that he does not take his psychiatric meds. I have a sister who was diagnosed with anxiety and she also refused to take medications or counselling. Because of this she fought a hard battle. Me and my other sisters are her support group. I talk to her almost everyday about anything just to let her know that she’s not alone. I encouraged her to attend a life group which she meets online once a week. After a few meetings she enjoyed it and it helped her to improve her mood.
If you can encourage your son to talk to a trusted friend or family about his feelings, it would be great. Some kids open up to other people than to their parents. You can also encourage him to join a life group for teens. My friend’s daughter, she’s 14, was going through depression and since she attended a life group for teens in our church, it helped her to feel less lonely because she realized that she’s not alone.
Praying for you and for your son. Please keep us posted. We are here for each other, God bless.
Here for any more advice. Please feel free and open to talk again. Keeping you and your son in prayers. GOD Bless!!
He does not want lables but I think that perhaps a diagnosis might make him elegible for disability and that could lead to independence. I hate to think that way and I haven't told him.However, if things don't change or of things escalate I will bring it up. What do you do when helping a child means hurting him at the same time. I can't do it.! Also have to think of the well being of the rest of my family.Funny, I used to look down on people /families like mine. Now , I am one of them.