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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember1" data-source="post: 754454" data-attributes="member: 23706"><p>My therapist does drug recovery programs for our county and we have had many talks about pot. She says pot is dangerous if used every day and does cause brain problems. She says some of her hardest addiction cases are pot addicts...they tend to tell themselves that pot isn't dangerous no matter how often used. And, she says, it's not easy to quit!! </p><p></p><p>Pot is not lethal in of itself, but its daily use often leads to very diminished lifestyles, lack of motivation and can trigger latent mental illnesses that do not get better with continued pot use. I think our own tendency to tell ourselves that even daily pot use is not dangerous can confuse us and make us tolerate daily pot use in our kids, even in our homes. We maybe smoked it and it didn't harm us....</p><p></p><p>But we didn't stay high 24/7. </p><p></p><p>Like alcohol, pot can be abused badly and some people can not tolerate even a little bit of pot without needing to smoke it all the time. We don't know all the long term effects yet. We will find out.</p><p></p><p>I never thought pot was okay but I let Kay smoke in our home and around us back in the day. in my opinion big mistake. Letting her smoke cigarettes around us at home was also a mistake. Why should our house and family be exposed to her pot and cigarettes just so that Kay won't pitch a fit? She needed to leave when she did. And we needed to get a clue.</p><p></p><p>I can't force Kay to think pot has affected her poorly and I refuse to argue about it with her. If she really wants to know what nonstop pot can do she need only look in the mirror. She is a mess and now Jaden is no longer with her. All that energy she put into making sure that Jaden was not tainted by being vaccinated (sigh) could have gone into parenting him. But it went to pot and her crazy conspiracy theories about vaccinations.</p><p></p><p>JPee, in my opinion it is a waste of time to debate pot with an adult who can't live without it. We can not do anything about it and it upsets us. I don't think it's okay for my daughter to ruin her life. I just can't stop her from doing it. If I could, I would.</p><p></p><p>I don't think these pot addicts generally give one hoot if we are estranged from them or not. All they seem to come around for is money and to abuse us. We care. They don't. At least my daughter does not. Not at all. She only cares that we don't provide for her anymore. </p><p></p><p>Wishing you blessings and.peace this holiday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember1, post: 754454, member: 23706"] My therapist does drug recovery programs for our county and we have had many talks about pot. She says pot is dangerous if used every day and does cause brain problems. She says some of her hardest addiction cases are pot addicts...they tend to tell themselves that pot isn't dangerous no matter how often used. And, she says, it's not easy to quit!! Pot is not lethal in of itself, but its daily use often leads to very diminished lifestyles, lack of motivation and can trigger latent mental illnesses that do not get better with continued pot use. I think our own tendency to tell ourselves that even daily pot use is not dangerous can confuse us and make us tolerate daily pot use in our kids, even in our homes. We maybe smoked it and it didn't harm us.... But we didn't stay high 24/7. Like alcohol, pot can be abused badly and some people can not tolerate even a little bit of pot without needing to smoke it all the time. We don't know all the long term effects yet. We will find out. I never thought pot was okay but I let Kay smoke in our home and around us back in the day. in my opinion big mistake. Letting her smoke cigarettes around us at home was also a mistake. Why should our house and family be exposed to her pot and cigarettes just so that Kay won't pitch a fit? She needed to leave when she did. And we needed to get a clue. I can't force Kay to think pot has affected her poorly and I refuse to argue about it with her. If she really wants to know what nonstop pot can do she need only look in the mirror. She is a mess and now Jaden is no longer with her. All that energy she put into making sure that Jaden was not tainted by being vaccinated (sigh) could have gone into parenting him. But it went to pot and her crazy conspiracy theories about vaccinations. JPee, in my opinion it is a waste of time to debate pot with an adult who can't live without it. We can not do anything about it and it upsets us. I don't think it's okay for my daughter to ruin her life. I just can't stop her from doing it. If I could, I would. I don't think these pot addicts generally give one hoot if we are estranged from them or not. All they seem to come around for is money and to abuse us. We care. They don't. At least my daughter does not. Not at all. She only cares that we don't provide for her anymore. Wishing you blessings and.peace this holiday. [/QUOTE]
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