Dating a Pothead - Marijuana and Relationships

Dating or living with a marijuana addict can besmoke.
overwhelming. Marijuana addiction can create turmoil inThere are two situations here. The first situation is
relationships whether they be with family members,where the marijuana addict is aware of their problem
friends or spouses. People who smoke pot, tend toand wants to quit, but hasn't been able to. The positive
hang around with other people who smoke pot. Thisthing about the first situation is that you are able to
enables the pot user to not feel guilty about theopenly talk about the issue and provide support
amount that they are smoking. Problems arise in atoward the common goal of quitting. The second
relationship when there are different expectationssituation is where the marijuana addict does not want
about marijuana use, our different levels of use. If youto admit that they have a problem or just a belief that
are sober, hanging out with the person who is a high allthey have a problem with weed. They may say that
the time is not an enjoyable experience.people love we, and there is no way that they want to
Marijuana addiction forms gradually and gets worse asquit. In this case, the road to recovery is much rockier.
time goes by. This is why some people aren't evenWhen you decide to talk to the person about their
aware they have problem. Most potheads are able tomarijuana use, do not accuse them. Rather, you should
function well enough in life to get by, but may not beexplained to them have their marijuana use is affecting
aware of how weed is holding them back. They mayyou and your relationship with them. You should
not realize the effect that marijuana has had on life,highlight the positive aspects of quitting marijuana
until they take a significant break and are sober for arather than the negative effects you believe the drug
period of time.is having on this persons life. Anyone can learn to stop
It is important to remember that marijuana is asmoking marijuana. If you have a problem with
psychological addiction and that the person you caremarijuana, or know someone that does and want to
about is addicted to the mental state of being high, andhelp them, I wish you the best of luck. You can make a
compulsively want to be stoned. This is why they getdifference.
moody, restless, anxious when they are unable to