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serenityflower


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cry I've been using Marijuana for insomnia for a year now and I think I'm addicted to it!  I love the way it relaxes me and how I become a nice person when I'm high.  I suffer from depression too and it helps me with that as well.  The problem is I have gained 10 lbs.  I get out of control.  It helps me cope with stress too!  I will buy enough Marijuana for a week and then when I'm out, I tell myself that's it, no more!  Three days go by and I start thinking about it and wish I had more.   Then a whole week will go by and I start to get depressed and can't take it.  By then, I'm so weak mentally and irritable that I go out and buy more and the whole vicious cycle starts all over again.  Can anyone relate to this scenario? Please shine some light on me.  How can I stop once and for all?  :)

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I can't tell you if you are an addict or not, but I can tell you this:
If you're not addicted, you never ask...

From what you have said, it sounds like you have obsession, compulsion, powerlessness, unmanageability, and shame... all hallmarks of addiction.

Posting here is a great start! I'm glad you shared.

My suggestions:

1) Go to a meeting every day for at least 90 days... several a day if you can.
2) Pray every morning for the God of your understanding to keep you clean.
3) Get phone numbers... men's numbers for the men, women's for the women.
4) Actually CALL those numbers.
5) Pray at the end of each day, and thank God for keeping you clean that day.
6) Find somebody (of the same sex) you can relate to, and ask them to Sponsor you.
7) Get a Basic Text or other NA literature and read it every day.
8) Start working Steps with your Sponsor.
9) DON'T USE NO MATTER WHAT!
10) KEEP COMING BACK... IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT!!!

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MIKEF


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Hello serenity flower!
welcome to the site .keep coming backsmile

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Tahir


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Also reading the chapters "Who is an Addict" and "What Can I Do" from our primary literature book "Basic Text" helped me a lot in my early days in NA... you can read these chapters and many other recovery literature pamphlets, booklets and books at the below link...

http://na.org/?ID=ips-eng-index

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