Tag: substance abuse

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

  • Posted on November 12, 2015
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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 →
Do YOU have a problem? Figuring out where you stand.

Do YOU have a problem? Figuring out where you stand.

  • Posted on October 5, 2015
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OK, so, it’s come to mind, “Do I have a problem?“ When was the point when you actually posed this question to yourself? Some of you have not asked, but you have stated, “I have a problem”, to yourselves. I was telling myself this for a long time. Whenever I ran out of weed, I would scrape the the pipes, knowing that the resin was going to give me a massive headache, but I did it anyway. At restaurants, I would complain about the $17 salmon plate and not order it, but the…continue reading →
What Is Bottom?: How did YOU get here?

What Is Bottom?: How did YOU get here?

  • Posted on September 24, 2015
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I commend you. You have landed on this site in search of some answers. Maybe you’ve been thinking about this for a while. I’ve was told multiple times that I had a problem, but never sought a solution. Rehab was not for me. I still had a home and a job. I did not “need” any help. I wasn’t even aware that I was being enabled by many, including my family. This went on for a few years as I continued getting deeper and deeper into my addiction. I miraculously made it home…continue reading →