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My son is 20 and has been smoking "POT" since his sophomore year in high school. At least that is when I was first made aware of it. It could have been earlier and more in likely it was. He went from an athlete, scholar student to someone who slept till 2, got up worked 4 hours (worked 12 hours a week - not exaclty supporting himself) then partied all night to early morning and started the cycle again. Has registered for college, started and dropped out more times than I can count. Recently I found out he was using cocaine, and that is where I lost it. We had been battling back and forth about the POT, which I have never used myself. Him thinking POT is OK, assuring me it would never turn into a problem. Know I know he has been using it daily, and mutiple times a day. Now I know he has been using cocaine, at least weekly (due to hair folicle testing) if not more. His results were on the low end of the spectrum for Medium Use. As of last Saturday, we had an intervention and he is currently in a treatment center in Palm Springs which focuses on dual diagnosis. Obviously using MJ multiple times a day, he is self medicating himself. I know he is not happy with who he has become. He is the most charistmatic young man, that everyone likes. I don't think he has met someone that doesn't like him. However, he doesn't see himself as others see him. He is ADD and I never allowed the Dr.'s to medicate him, and maybe I made a mistake and should have. Because he obviously chose to medicate himself. I hope everyone understands "POT" is a gateway drug, and it does have a huge negative impact on your life and the others around you. It is addicting. I know there are some people that can use MJ socially and never have a problem. Unfortunately while using you don't see you have a problem. We as a family have suffered so much due to his choices to use drugs. I worry about his lack of ambition and drive. How can someone feel good about themself when they are sleeping all day. I am so glad I found this forum, as I have learned so much about why her was the way he was. My husband and I used to fight,..he would say he's just lazy. He wanted me to thow water on him to get him up in the morning,..I understand he was fustrated - but know with what we have learned on CannabisRehab.org we understand why he was sleeping all the time.
I hope we caught his addiction before it is too late. I know he wants to detox cocaine, and hope through treatment he can understand quitting POT is also important. It does negatively impact your life. He always wanted to graduate from college, it really wasn't even an option to not go to school. I hope he sees because of MJ he has lowered his standards, so he can continue his use. And I know this is what he wanted out of life.
Sorry for rambling - I am a very scared Mother, hoping for the best life her son can have.
I am happy to say he went willingly to the treatment center. He was relieved and told his grandmother he had tried to detox everything several times and couldn't. I hope this works, the internetionist said his mind was in a good place. He said with his conversation with him over the course of the 8 hours they spent together traveling that he want to get clean and looked forward to gettin some self respect back. These words brought tears to my eyes, only for once the tears were happy tears. Hoping there is a light at the end of our tunnel.
My son is 20 and has been smoking "POT" since his sophomore year in high school. At least that is when I was first made aware of it. It could have been earlier and more in likely it was. He went from an athlete, scholar student to someone who slept till 2, got up worked 4 hours (worked 12 hours a week - not exaclty supporting himself) then partied all night to early morning and started the cycle again. Has registered for college, started and dropped out more times than I can count. Recently I found out he was using cocaine, and that is where I lost it. We had been battling back and forth about the POT, which I have never used myself. Him thinking POT is OK, assuring me it would never turn into a problem. Know I know he has been using it daily, and mutiple times a day. Now I know he has been using cocaine, at least weekly (due to hair folicle testing) if not more. His results were on the low end of the spectrum for Medium Use. As of last Saturday, we had an intervention and he is currently in a treatment center in Palm Springs which focuses on dual diagnosis. Obviously using MJ multiple times a day, he is self medicating himself. I know he is not happy with who he has become. He is the most charistmatic young man, that everyone likes. I don't think he has met someone that doesn't like him. However, he doesn't see himself as others see him. He is ADD and I never allowed the Dr.'s to medicate him, and maybe I made a mistake and should have. Because he obviously chose to medicate himself. I hope everyone understands "POT" is a gateway drug, and it does have a huge negative impact on your life and the others around you. It is addicting. I know there are some people that can use MJ socially and never have a problem. Unfortunately while using you don't see you have a problem. We as a family have suffered so much due to his choices to use drugs. I worry about his lack of ambition and drive. How can someone feel good about themself when they are sleeping all day. I am so glad I found this forum, as I have learned so much about why her was the way he was. My husband and I used to fight,..he would say he's just lazy. He wanted me to thow water on him to get him up in the morning,..I understand he was fustrated - but know with what we have learned on CannabisRehab.org we understand why he was sleeping all the time.
I hope we caught his addiction before it is too late. I know he wants to detox cocaine, and hope through treatment he can understand quitting POT is also important. It does negatively impact your life. He always wanted to graduate from college, it really wasn't even an option to not go to school. I hope he sees because of MJ he has lowered his standards, so he can continue his use. And I know this is what he wanted out of life.
Sorry for rambling - I am a very scared Mother, hoping for the best life her son can have.
I am happy to say he went willingly to the treatment center. He was relieved and told his grandmother he had tried to detox everything several times and couldn't. I hope this works, the internetionist said his mind was in a good place. He said with his conversation with him over the course of the 8 hours they spent together traveling that he want to get clean and looked forward to gettin some self respect back. These words brought tears to my eyes, only for once the tears were happy tears. Hoping there is a light at the end of our tunnel.
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