Why does every teen seem to support smoking weed? -
Why does every teen seem to support smoking weed? -
It-s so stupid! I ask how I can convince my friend to stop smoking it, and 9/10 of the answers are how it-s not bad for you, and I-m -lucky- he-s not on crack, because that-s REALLY bad for you. Do we understand that smoking weed is BAD for you? In middle school, everyone seemed to get it. If you-re one of the people I-m talking about, you can leave an educated opinion, but please don-t try to convince me weed is OK because I-ve seen people get really messed up by it.As a former weed smoker and now parent of 5 children between 7 and 23 years old I can relate to both you and your son.Part of growing up is a process called differentiation that occurs in many mammals on the way to adulthood. They need to become independent to learn how to look after themselves and that involves making their own decisions which usually oppose parents and other authorities. The more vigorously we try to show them -the error of their ways- the stronger they hold onto their convictions. and with the breadth of information and misinformation out there there-s a lot to choose from.
To some degree your son is right, that is weed is less likely to kill or cause serious brain damage in th short term than are the synthetic drugs available today.
However the results are definitely out on cannabis use and it-s not good. Though I stopped smoking over 25 years ago I still have a chronic cough. As therapist and Life Coach I notice that self development slows or stops when any addiction is present. Bob Marley died of lung cancer and most of my old friends who didn-t stop are now depressed, dead or schizophrenic.
How can you help him through this? Well nagging (If you said it more than once), criticism, threats or shoving information at them rarely helps. While dragging people off to rehab sometimes seems to work most will go back to old patterns after returning home. Especially if the core issues aren-t dealt with.
What drives people to addictive behaviour. In short it-s usually underlying feelings of anxiety, hopelessness, and frustration. Resolve these and the need for weed will evaporate. Often resolving the parents issues about these problems is all it takes. Basically you love and accept him better. I know this is simplistic and sounds too good to be true but I see the results on a regular basis.
How do you do this when inside you feel like screaming? Learn and practice EFT, NLP, Zpoint, Meditation or some other self development process or find a good coach or therapist. You can learn the basics of EFT free online.
WEED IS SMOKING THERE IT IS OH IT IS NOT LIKE HE SHOT SOMEONE GROW UP PEOPLE NEED TO RELIZE IT
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pot is a harmful drug to everything, yet so are cigarettes and bad foods, lack of money,energy and loss of control which result in change for less of your normal, i fell victim to weed when i was young and have only few regrets, i don-t do it at all anymore by choice and took my experience as a learning lesson and not a way to get high ( music, art, paint, etc.) are all more deep and meaningful when buzzed.
your friend needs to stop or at least slow down cause the lungs are built for air only,I stopped due to work, health, jail time, reputation and self respect, otherwise?It-s very available and combined with tobacco quickly becomes -needed- by the user due to the addictive qualities of nicotene and the psychological dependence built up on the weed.
Whilst someone is a regular user it is almost impossible for them to see a reason to stop.
Try to get to your friend early in the day. Don-t mention the weed! It will only start him craving his first spliff/pipe/bong. Instead try to get him involved in an activity removed from his normal routine (of doing not a lot) that he enjoys. There may be something he used to before starting smoking.
People use substances to plug unmet emotional needs. What you need to do is work out what-s missing from his life. The -Human Givens- approach to emotional needs might give you some ideas.
www.why-we-dream.com/humangivens.htm
Your friend will only stop when he-s ready. Let-s hope he-s lucky and doesn-t get -ready- in custody.
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