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xres8182:
How do people in this forum feel about mary-jane as a tool to combat alcoholism.Just wondering
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Antigen:
Check out the thread I Just

Different folks hold different views. Personally, I remain convinced that my brother did as well as he could for himself for about 12 years smoking massive amounts of pot every day. One day, he got paranoid about his kid reporting him to the DARE cop; threw out the bong, the pipe, the clips and tray and went back to good ol'e, legal beer. About a year later, he showed up at a psyche ward, destitute and suicidal. Had it not been for the legal status of that herb, I doubt seriously he ever would have given it up and would probably never have had that kind of desolation in his life again.



The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
-- John Adams, (1772)

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Anonymous:
I am high right now.

socialdeviant:
ok, i have been through treatment for both substances and i think they both have pros and cons. i mean, when i was binge drinking every few days, i WAS getting sick, but i was not high all the time and all smoky and skangy. on the other hand, i was hung over. becuase of my age, both are illegal, but i don't think one is better then the other. i felt better when i was smoking then when i was hungover, but once the thc left my system i felt all grungy because of the pot. its so situational. but i think pot is easier to stop then alcohol, no phys. addiction, detox tremors, etc., so if you were to switch then get clean i guess... or just keep doing it. again, its really situational.

Deborah:
When my son was at the height of his 'abuse' of mind-altering substances, I definitely saw a difference between the two.

Pot was his choice but beer was sometimes easier to acquire. Not once did he ever get into trouble with law enforcement while smoking. But, I was called by the police one night to come pick him up because he'd had the good sense to pull off the road before he passed out. Fortunately, they couldn't arrest him because he wasn't driving when they found him. They didn't bother to fine him for public intoxication because he was 1.5 miles from home and I agreed to pick him up. He also acquired a DUI and DWI and much headache with the system.

Pot didn't interfere with his ability to drive or make better decisions. It was actually the perfect 'medicine' for his PTSD symptoms. He ate, slept better, was less angry, etc.

He was drinking more than smoking in the later days, guess his pot source had grown unreliable. Alcohol was deteriorating his health. Twice I took him to the emergency room for a diagnosed condition of "over acidity" from over indulging. He didn't eat when he drank, was more prone to anger, and slept okay if he drank enough to pass out.

I know there are other comparisions I could offer, but those are the most pertitnent.

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