My best friend has a weed addiction... what do i do?
he doesn't just smoke, he's totally addicted... he's lost jobs over it, can't go a single day without it, and he's about to lose his girlfriend (he says he loves her but she can't take the addiction anymore) he has similar problems with respecting authority (like police), stopping alcohol consumption at a reasonable level when he goes to the city/parties, etc. his little brother just got expelled because of weed he gave him and now my friend's daughter is growing up, so soon she'll recognize what he's doing - or worse, eventually start smoking with/because of him, and/or get expelled herself. she's almost 5 now, but he's made no efforts to quit, and it's been 10 years of smoking for him. at this point, he's burned so many bridges that a group intervention is not an option, and i dont have the money or legal backing to put him in rehab - he wont go. he admits he has a problem, but he doesn't seem to consider it much of an issue, and says i'm persecuting him whenever i tell him i dont like him smoking. what can i do???
Can you get addicted smoking once a week?
Did you know that you loose HALF AN HOUR off your life for every cigarette you smoke? Thats 52 hours lost for your friend each year. No it is not about willpower, nicotene is an extrmely addictive drug, your friend will start to crave them, its like if you had chocolate in the fridge and it was all yours, then you would want it, she has cigarettes in her room that she can have whenever she wants. She may be having them twice a week now, but she might be stressed from exams and she will have a coupke a day. Smoking kills
How can I solve my friend's addiction problem of drinking and smoking?
A2A. I won't, why do you think that you should try? Please don't try. Just remind him from time to time. Smoking and drinking is done by men only to feel RELAXED, trust me, I have friends of all type. So if you will keep on trying to stop him from doing these things, things are not going to work in your favor my friend. Be there as friend, ask him to find other ways to relax. There are many other ways. In our group, there were two smokers, one left, the other left smoking too.Just a gentle reminder will suffice. And with time, your friend will leave it, don't worry. Very few people carry these things for long time, rest of them, just leave after a couple of months or years. If it is already continuing from a long time, I would suggest you to take help from a professional. All the best.
What is the best way to help a friend to get rid of a smoking addiction?
You dont. You can't. Nobody can be forced to stop smoking if they don't already want to do it themselves. Just because you don't agree with it, doesn't mean your friend should have to stop doing it just to appease you. You should accept your friend the way that they are without trying to change them. Although smoking has been proven to be damaging to your health, most smokers are well aware of the risks and enjoy smoking for a variety of personal reasons anyway. The only thing you can do is offer your support in the event that they want to quit, but you can't make them want to quit. If your friend is a considerate person and is aware you do not like smoking, then it is fair enough to expect that they won't smoke while standing right next to you, or force you to inhale thier smoke. At the same time, you must be considerate enough to accept that your friend is a smoker and you can't push your beliefs onto them either.
Does binge weed smoking lead to addiction?
My friend is currently using weed to cope with her overwhelming emotional stress right now and it is scaring me a lot because of my experience with lost friends over weed. She has only smoked weed 4 times in her entire life before this week and now she is planning on smoking non stop for 7 days. Should I be worried that this may be habit-forming?
Can smoking one cigarette get you addicted?
My friend mildly smokes, shes not addicted. So she told me today, later on I asked her if I could try one with her. She said later, she didn't have them with her at the moment. I know smoking is bad and can kill you, but I have been like so tempted to try one. Is it possible getting addicted by just TRYING 1?
My friend is addicted to smoking paper with tea leaves inside of them?
Jeez people. Everybody does this. Someone asks a question about something dangerous to their health and everyone freaks out. He didn't ask for the best freak out he asked for the best answer. A good answer would be that is isn't extremely dangerous. I used to smoke just and paper and sometimes with stuff in it. it doesn't really do anything. Not sure about the tea leaves part. if you are going to smoke tea leaves don't use printer paper though because of the bleach in it. Use a blunt or a bong. And by the way, your friend isn't addicted to it. It is almost definatley all mental addiction.
How do I hide my smoking habit from my friends?
Smoking isn’t only a health hazard, it’s also a social embarrassment.Apart from killing you in a really slow, painful manner; it also gets you a bad reputation and smirks from people around you and the problem isn’t with other people, its with us smokers.When I used to smoke, I was repelled by the smell from my own clothes, let alone other people. I tried to quit with the help of Nicotine gums, patches and lozenges but nothing worked and I fell back on my smoking routine.Then I heard about Vaping and as soon as I started to Vape, I was able to quit. But the best part was that here I had access to such delectable and pleasant smelling flavors which made vaping around other people not only safe but also attractive.Vaping has been reported to be 95% safer than smoking in various studies and celebrities around the world vape. It is in vogue.Who thought evaporation would help save lives, and public image? :PSwitch to Vaping and you’d never have to worry about saving face!Btw, You can also vape tobacco flavors and control the amount of Nicotine you wish to consume as opposed to Smoking!
What is the best way to convince friends to stop smoking?
One of my father’s closest friends was a chain smoker. And I mean for real. The man smoked like a chimney. His lips were black like soot both on the outside and the inside. Depending on the day, he smoked anywhere between two to three packets and I am guessing that’s around 30 cigarettes. And that's like in the extreme outliers.Every time he would visit us, I and my brother would urge him to quit and he would laugh it off as the ignorant ramblings of pre-pubescent kids. “I can’t quit boys. It’s going with me to the grave and beyond. It has become me. I can only advise you to not start,” he would say, obviously taking the high road.And he continued to smoke for a long time after that eventually graduating to a fixed dose of four packets at least. No, I am not joking. Every time the price went up, he would start smoking more as a screw you to the system.Two years ago, he had a massive heart attack. He was almost gone but somehow saved. The doctors conducted a major bypass surgery on him and let him know all too well how lucky he was to have survived.Guess what happened?The man who smoked three packets a day for close to 30 years just stopped smoking overnight. He quit cold turkey! He hasn’t touched a cigarette since and says he feels no urge to do so either.The very first step towards kicking this addiction is the smoker’s intentions to be free of it. There are always ways.Of course, I will never understand what withdrawal looks like but that is a smoker’s battle to fight. He needs to endure it and overcome it and he will do it, if only he wants to.No amount of coaxing and preaching will get your friend to quit. He should feel that need and desire to quit smoking himself. And the day he does, help isn’t far away. We live in a post-internet world. There are literally hundreds of tried and tested methods available at your fingertips.
All my friends smoke, should i start smoking too?
NO NO NO. Please dont do it! Trust me, I tried it, and now I'm addicted. I want to quit so bad, and it's really hard. SMOKING is NOT cool. How can it be cool, if it kills you? Is getting shot in the head 5 times cool? No. Is being murdered cool? No. Plus smoking is unattractive to a lot of people. Even though your friends may not smoke a lot now, the more they grow, the more freedom they get. And once they get that freedom, they will do it more, and then it will become a habit.