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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 259712" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>If he doesn't want to stop, he won't stop. It's not easy to quit daily use of pot (assuming that is really all he is using as far as drugs go). I had a friend once who used pot daily for about ten years and it was hard for him to get off of pot because it is psychologically addicting. He had to go for serious counseling to quit and he did it because he had just had a baby with his wife and he felt he was slacking off in the work department by smoking weed. He was in his 30's! He did quit, but it was a battle as he was so used to lighting up first thing in the morning, etc. He became quite successful after he quit.</p><p></p><p>The only thing you can do to motivate your son, since obviously even being caught by the cops didn't do it, is to give him an ultamatum and tell him he quits or he smokes pot on his own--he leaves the house, supports himself, and then it's up to him. He seems to have a very "entitled" attitude. "I feel pot should be legal therefore I will smoke it even if it's NOT legal and, Dad and Mom, I'll do it in your house too." I'm not sure how long I'd tolerate that under my roof. </p><p></p><p>Often drugged up kids need a strong dose of tough love. We can't make them quit. They have to want to quit. If they are too comfortable often they don't find a reason to quit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 259712, member: 1550"] If he doesn't want to stop, he won't stop. It's not easy to quit daily use of pot (assuming that is really all he is using as far as drugs go). I had a friend once who used pot daily for about ten years and it was hard for him to get off of pot because it is psychologically addicting. He had to go for serious counseling to quit and he did it because he had just had a baby with his wife and he felt he was slacking off in the work department by smoking weed. He was in his 30's! He did quit, but it was a battle as he was so used to lighting up first thing in the morning, etc. He became quite successful after he quit. The only thing you can do to motivate your son, since obviously even being caught by the cops didn't do it, is to give him an ultamatum and tell him he quits or he smokes pot on his own--he leaves the house, supports himself, and then it's up to him. He seems to have a very "entitled" attitude. "I feel pot should be legal therefore I will smoke it even if it's NOT legal and, Dad and Mom, I'll do it in your house too." I'm not sure how long I'd tolerate that under my roof. Often drugged up kids need a strong dose of tough love. We can't make them quit. They have to want to quit. If they are too comfortable often they don't find a reason to quit. [/QUOTE]
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