| When I finally quit weed early January 2009, I went | | | | Here are the 12 Questions (courtesy of MA) |
| researching online to find information that would assist | | | | 1. Is smoking pot no longer fun? |
| me stay clean. I had stopped pot so many times | | | | 2. Do you ever get high by yourself? |
| before in my 20+ year pot smoking career, that THIS | | | | 3. Can you visualise your life without weed? |
| time i really needed some help so that I didn't smoke | | | | 4. Are your friends are determined by your weed |
| weed again after a few months. I actually needed a | | | | use? |
| new way of looking at myself! | | | | 5. Do you ever smoke pot to avoid dealing with your |
| Weed smoking was a daily part of my life for over 20 | | | | problems? |
| years. As I had managed to integrate weed smoking | | | | 6. Do you ever smoke weed to suppress your |
| into my every day life quite effortlessly (or so I | | | | feelings? |
| thought), I didn't feel that I had a compelling reason to | | | | 7. Does your weed use let you live in a privately |
| stop for good. After all, I was still able to stay | | | | defined world? |
| reasonably healthy, eat well, do yoga and other sports, | | | | 8. Do you ever fail to keep assurances you made |
| have a good relationship with my partner friends and | | | | about cutting down or controlling your weed smoking? |
| family...BUT, this was my way of not really facing my | | | | 9. Does your use of marijuana caused problems with |
| addiction. | | | | memory, concentration, or motivation? |
| It all changed when I researched and found the | | | | 10. When your pot stash is nearly empty, do you feel |
| Marijuana Anon (MA) website, and read through the | | | | anxious about how to get more? |
| following questions. My responses and the knowing it | | | | 11. Do you plan your life around your pot use? |
| bought me hit me like a mac truck. For the first time in | | | | 12. Have friends or relatives ever complained that your |
| my life, I understood that I had a MAJOR problem with | | | | marijuana smoking is damaging your relationship with |
| Marijuana. | | | | them? |