It Doesn’t Affect Me: The Long & Short of Drug and Alcohol Use

It Doesn’t Affect Me: The Long & Short of Drug and Alcohol Use

It happens over and over again. People use substances “recreationally” on a consistent basis and believe that it does not affect them. Just yesterday, I had someone who has been smoking marijuana for the past sixteen years beginning in her teens. She stated that everyone else thought that it was a problem for her, but she did not. A little further into the session, she cited that she has been trying to stop since last June (five months now). She has multiple mental health issues that she had been soothing with her marijuana…continue reading →