My husband is an addict- please help
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My DH has been smoking synthetic marijuana for about a year.
He used to smoke pot, but stopped because he thought they were doing random drug testing at work. A friend of his was smoking the fake stuff they sell in stores so he tried it. At first he didn't really like it, but thought it would help him quit and not have to go cold turkey.
This stuff is so much worse than the real stuff. He was never addicted before. With the real stuff it was more like a bad habit he was trying to break. But he seems to need this stuff all the time. Plus, he can always get it because he just buys it at a store. With the real stuff he couldn't always get it so he had to smoke on and off. I've even tried to get him to switch back to the real stuff. But he says he's worried about drug tests even though they've never done them. I think he's just using that as an excuse becuase he's addicted to this stuff.
He wants to quit. It's totaly fucking with his lungs. He has a horrible hacking cough that never really goes away. And it's making him super moody.
He's talked to his regular doctor, and is going to a counselor to try to quit. He finally went to a physiatrist. None of them know anything about it. The psychiatrist said he can't be addicted to it because it's not a drug. He had never even heard of it before.
He got anti anxiety meds that help with the mood swings. But he just can't stop.
What do I do to help him?
I'm not going to leave him. He's a great dad and a good husband with a problem. He doesn't mistreat any of us at all.
Quoting Anonymous:
He has to want off of it and yes it's hard for addict. My df was addict to pills and it almost cost him everything before he saw was going happen if he didn't get off them. That me an kids was goin leave. He wasn't going get his daughter back. He was lose the house and go back to prison if he didn't change
thank you for replying
He wants to stop, but not bad enough to do it. I understand that. But it's killing me.
I mostly worried about how it impacts his health. He just doesn't see it that way.
You need to start going to alanon. That will give you the tools you need to deal with this. I am so sorry.
I think it would be really interesting for someone to file a claim in small claims courts against stores that sell this.
Quoting donsterb:
Really? An addiction my ass!! I hate shit like this I've been helping my DH deal with his addiction for almost 3 yrs now he's a heroin addict... A horrible horrible addiction... I have never once herd of someone being addicted to pot... Tell him to grow the fuck up... Everyone needs to at some point!
thanks
This is exactly why it's so hard for him to get help.
Would you say this is he was a drunk? Did you even read the post?
They are trying to ban buying soda from FS
Do you REGRET having kids