i am 17 and i go to bars that will serve me and get drunk and do coke all night on the weekend and during the week i smoke pot all day everyday i dont know what to do im loosing grip on reality and the things i care about the most..but im to scared to go to a rehab i want to try and take care of it on my own what do i do?
2007-12-16 14:28:38 · 40 answers · asked by dollface 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
OH MY GOSH WHERE DO YOU LIVE I RECENTLY WENT THROUGH THIS WITH MY DAUGHTER SHE WAS 21 SHE WAS STEALING WASNT KEEPING CLEAN HER TEETH WERE LOOKING DISGUSTING SERIOUSLY I WANT TO HELP YOU EMAIL ME
2007-12-16 14:32:54 · answer #1 · answered by paula c 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
you need to be around positive people, and stop hanging out w/ your party friends, because they will only bring you down further, atleast your on the right track by knowing you need help!! Talk to a counselor, it is confidential, and they will keep your drug info private unless they feel your a threat to yourself, then since you are 17, your parents could get involved.. Why are you scared of rehab though?? and why do you feel the need to be f**cked up all the time?? Those are questions you need to answer... I used to have a drug problem w/ coke and pain killers,and I smoked weed everyday.., I went to therapy and it helped me alot, I used because I felt like crap about myself, and whatever, but that was a few years back when I was in highschool.. If I had a better group of friends I wouldnt have been high all the time.. You need to get involved in a sport or hobby, that will help with free time you have and it will also make you feel better and put you around positive people.. I hope you make a good choice, and I know how difficult it is, and so don't alot of others.. you can try going to AA meetings, they dont ask questions... Its a good place to go to get honest advice from people who know... good luck!
2007-12-16 14:37:57 · answer #2 · answered by *~KingA~* 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ive been there. But, I was more like 20. Not much different I guess.
Listen, you need to get out of the environment you are in. Do you live in a dorm, apt, at home?
Stop going to the bars. That way you wont be tempted to do coke. The only way to quit this is to just do it. Just stop.
Coke is so bad for you. Pot, not so much. But coke omg.
The way I stopped is I realized how gross coke was. That **** is nasty, you have no idea where it has been.
Ever remember how much of a fool you were the night before on coke? All sweaty and lock jaw. You dont want that. Theres a better life.
2007-12-16 14:34:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Quit f'n up! Think about what's important in your life, if nothing but drugs comes back to mind then you need to go to rehab, scared or not, but if other things come to mind then think about those things and fight your addictions. Like start with the coke, quit it, then worry about the drinking and pot. I know a lot of people that function either drinking or smoking but coke will kill you quick and if not it'll still f your life up, as it seems to be doing already!
2007-12-16 14:33:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow, only 17 and you get served in bars...do coke all night and smoke pot. Where do you come up with the cash to do all this? I think rehab would be best, I applaud you for realizing you need help. Speak to your parents or another trusted individual who can help you but get help now. Good luck and God bless.
2007-12-16 14:33:06 · answer #5 · answered by sky64 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
if you're serious you gotta dump your friends that you smoke pot and do coke with. you can't quit while they're with you, it's just not possible. they'll keep it in your face and after a beer or two it's, hell, "i'll just start tomorrow." can't tell you the next step re rehab, but if you can turtle up and be sane for a few weeks you'll be able to decide the next move. the buddies won't want you to quit, so that's the first step .. if this post isn't b.s to begin with. first thing is wanting to quit in the first place. can't quit unless you feel it deep down, b/c it'll never stick.
2007-12-16 14:37:04 · answer #6 · answered by Nostrum 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You realize that you have a problem. This is the first step. Congratulations alot of people who are older than you can even realize this themselves when they are adults.But you may not be able to take care of this on your own. You may need help. Addiction is a very very hard thing to overcome on your own. Please get help you do not need to be scared. If you hang out with friends that do this with you is one thing that you must stop. hanging out with the ones that do drugs and drink too is one if the things that hurts you. it is verh hard to stop when you are with people that do it too. Listen go to the library and check out a book called "Go Ask Alice" it is an older book I think from the 60's or 70's that is a true story of a girl who had drug addictions. It is her diary. and it was a true diary. She tells you her feelings while she is on and off drugs. It is a very good story. It shows us what she was feeling and when she tried to get off of the drugs she had to change all thie the around her and that included the friends that we doing the same things she was. But you need help, and guidance. i will pray for you.
2007-12-16 14:37:52 · answer #7 · answered by wildkat4510 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sweetie, the likely hood of being able to kick this on your own is slim. The longer you use....the harder it will be. It's great that you realize you want to stop. There are many different options out there....rehab (in patient and out patient), 12 step programs, some churches have programs............the first thing you need to do is ask someone for help and yes I realize that is what you have done.....but I (we) can't help you from here. You need to tell someone who is a non user and understands that you need help....someone who will keep on your butt about it. Someone who is flesh and blood in front of you....someone who will call you on the BS.
It would be easy for me to say....just stop, but if it were that easy for all...it is just that easy for some, there would be far fewer addicts in the world.
Why are you scared to go to rehab? It could be the best thing in your life. Tell me why you are scared, please.
Good luck...and I will help as much as I can from here.
2007-12-16 14:38:16 · answer #8 · answered by adnerb 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sit down in front of the mirror and look at your self and say is this what I want. Look at me, I am a mess. What do other people see when they look at me. I am better than this. I must live up to my potential and be all that I can be. Ask for God's Help and stay away from the bad company and drugs, and booze,and you can become clean again. If need be , go to AA meetings. At leased they can help with saving your life. Good luck and God bless.
2007-12-16 14:42:18 · answer #9 · answered by mtchndjnmtch 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you find someone who's been addicted and got clean? Ask them. I have found very very few who could just quit cold turkey. Addiction is a powerful monster. It's best to have help in taming it. Get that help and get it professionally. Addicts that I have known went through it that way. Go to an AA meeting and see what they say, just about alcohol. Do that before you decide. You will learn in person and see with your own eyes.
2007-12-16 14:35:44 · answer #10 · answered by thewildeman2 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
look don't be scared to go to rehab. I went because of coke. Well my parents forced me to, but really, its good. Do it. You wont regret it. Look actually this isnt advice. This is an order. GO TO REHAB!!!!!
2007-12-16 14:31:39 · answer #11 · answered by Coribori 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋