Got caught smoking pot, Don't really know what to do.

Shifty101 · 02-10-2004, 12:08 AM

I am a 16 year old guy and I was caught by my parents smoking pot today with some of my friends. My older brother has gone through this sort of thing with drugs and partying and is currently in trouble for a DWI he got last summer. My parents have had to go through a lot with him and I don't want to do that. I don't want to hunt my parents like that but I don't want to stop smoking. It helps me relieve stress and it's just fun to do. I understand the conciquences of getting caught by my parents and the police and I have seen first hand how it can affect a family. Part of being a teenager is experimenting with different things, drugs being one of them, to figure out who they are. I dont really know what I am getting at with all this but I just wanted to vent some of my feelings.

No-Fear · 02-10-2004, 12:57 AM

i can relate to you on this topic, im also and 16 guy, though i dont smoke all my friends do, and though it is true that being a teenager does play a major role in your life, but smoking isnt the answer, you can try other things to relieve stress, like sports just hanging with close friends. hell go party go out have fun life is all about living it all up to the fullest, but smoking is a NO you wont get the true satisfaction of life through smoking, you get it through having a good time. on regards ti family it can hurt a family badly, and if you dont ant to see ur mother hurt and you know the consiquences then just stop. and remember its never too late

Good Luck

forumjunkie · 02-10-2004, 02:45 AM

I'm not going to go "Drugs are bad", but i've taken my fair share of drugs (pot, coke, ex etc etc) but remember that you are 16, and you are young and still growing metally as well as physically, and taking drugs that effects your mind is a really bad idea. get through school first, collage/uni is the place to waste your life! I recently stopped smoking pot becasue i'm on anti-depressents and smoking lowers your seratonin (the stuff that makes you happy). I havent lost friends over it: in fact I really enjoy sitting around with a bunch of stoned people laughing with them.

routerx · 02-10-2004, 07:16 AM

Whenever you do drugs and it hurts other people and then you decide to keep doing them, you have a drug problem.

Don't kid yourself.

There is no reason in the world why you should be smoking pot. You can't smoke pot in your 20's when times get tough, when you need to put food on the table. You can't smoke pot in your 30's, when your kids get out of hand. You can't smoke pot in your 40's, when you have business deals on the table and you are trying to save for retirement.

So, don't think it's okay to smoke pot now "just to feel better". You need to know that it's important not to feel good about life sometimes so that you can fix the problems before you, not escape into fantasy land.

Again, whenever you do drugs and it hurts other people and then you decide to keep doing them, you have a drug problem.

Bijan · 03-02-2007, 07:33 PM

Im a 15 year old girl and 2 days ago I got in trouble for smoking weed during lunch...Im suspended from school for 10 days and I'm probably gona get kicked off the tennis team. I have never smoked weed any other time than this and I don't particularily enjoy it. I deffinitly screwed myself over and I don't know how to handle this...regret is the worst feeling you can ever feel and that's all I have felt for the past couple of days. I let peer pressure get the best of me and I feel like an idiot for giving in to it. I'm really not a bad kid...I just make the decisions of one. So does that make me a bad person? That's like all I think about now and I don't want people to think that of me... I just want someone to tell me it's gona be ok, but what if it's not? What am I going to do? I feel like I let a lot of people down...like my mom and my step dad...I wish I could fix this but I don't know how! What should I do?!?!

Locke2121 · 03-02-2007, 07:37 PM

I don't mean to be harsh, but its time to grow up guys. They aren't call dopeheads for nothing. Drugs are a waste of time, money and brain cells. Alcohol is for grown ups and even then should be outlawed. Its garbage!

You want to end up setting on a couch someplace with a bunch of dummies lighting up, with no money, education or future. Or do you want to make something of yourself? Its your choice..don't f##k it up!

*edit* Bijan, I think your a good person, but did a stupid thing. Thats ok, everybody can do stupid things. Just don't make the same mistake twice ok!?!

Daddy Bear · 03-02-2007, 07:39 PM

Bijan: if you've only done it twice in your life, it should be out of your system fairly soon. Offer to take (and pay for) a urinalysis test at the end of your suspension, and again after that whenever you're asked.

under_my_amberella · 03-02-2007, 07:40 PM

Wait at least a couple more years before you start that kind of experimenting. At your age, smoking pot has a permanent effect on your brain. Once you're an adult, smoking a bit of pot every once in a while does not have permanent effects.

lizziebee · 03-02-2007, 07:48 PM

Shifty-Whats fun? The getting caught part or the hurting other people part? Or feeling like you are doing something "cool" or sneaky? I don't want to come off too harsh here but as I have seen with another poster, I have done my share of drugs...my #1 drug was alcohol, I have been sober for 17 years...The first SEVEN times at various rehabs did not take until I was put into a State run facility for 4 months....I did not recover at some celeb relax center, it was hard work getting there, the hurt, pain, suffering, injury I caused to myself and other people...Funny how some of us have to be pulled out of the pool of mud right before we drown...when all we have to do is be honest with OURSELVES and ask for help...Do not be fooled...Anything can be addictive to the right personality...sorry if I preached a little in there..take care.

Locke2121 · 03-02-2007, 07:52 PM

Preach on sister! I have a VERY addictive personality. It took me years to stop drinking, pot and ciggs. I haven't had a drink, smoke or non prescription drug in years! I can honestly say I feel better now than I did then.

02-10-2004, 07:16 AM	#4
routerx Offline Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 332	drug problem Whenever you do drugs and it hurts other people and then you decide to keep doing them, you have a drug problem. Don't kid yourself. There is no reason in the world why you should be smoking pot. You can't smoke pot in your 20's when times get tough, when you need to put food on the table. You can't smoke pot in your 30's, when your kids get out of hand. You can't smoke pot in your 40's, when you have business deals on the table and you are trying to save for retirement. So, don't think it's okay to smoke pot now "just to feel better". You need to know that it's important not to feel good about life sometimes so that you can fix the problems before you, not escape into fantasy land. Again, whenever you do drugs and it hurts other people and then you decide to keep doing them, you have a drug problem.

03-02-2007, 07:33 PM	#5
Bijan Offline Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1	I need advice! Im a 15 year old girl and 2 days ago I got in trouble for smoking weed during lunch...Im suspended from school for 10 days and I'm probably gona get kicked off the tennis team. I have never smoked weed any other time than this and I don't particularily enjoy it. I deffinitly screwed myself over and I don't know how to handle this...regret is the worst feeling you can ever feel and that's all I have felt for the past couple of days. I let peer pressure get the best of me and I feel like an idiot for giving in to it. I'm really not a bad kid...I just make the decisions of one. So does that make me a bad person? That's like all I think about now and I don't want people to think that of me... I just want someone to tell me it's gona be ok, but what if it's not? What am I going to do? I feel like I let a lot of people down...like my mom and my step dad...I wish I could fix this but I don't know how! What should I do?!?! Last edited by Bijan; 03-03-2007 at 09:49 PM.

03-02-2007, 07:37 PM	#6
Locke2121 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The South, nuff said. Gender: Male Posts: 1,661	I don't mean to be harsh, but its time to grow up guys. They aren't call dopeheads for nothing. Drugs are a waste of time, money and brain cells. Alcohol is for grown ups and even then should be outlawed. Its garbage! You want to end up setting on a couch someplace with a bunch of dummies lighting up, with no money, education or future. Or do you want to make something of yourself? Its your choice..don't f##k it up! edit Bijan, I think your a good person, but did a stupid thing. Thats ok, everybody can do stupid things. Just don't make the same mistake twice ok!?! __________________ Blessings Be. http://www.myspace.com/locke2121 "Bald is beautiful......at least thats what I keep saying to myself!" Last edited by Locke2121; 03-02-2007 at 07:40 PM.

03-02-2007, 07:48 PM	#9
lizziebee Offline Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: manageable limbo Gender: Female Posts: 356	Shifty-Whats fun? The getting caught part or the hurting other people part? Or feeling like you are doing something "cool" or sneaky? I don't want to come off too harsh here but as I have seen with another poster, I have done my share of drugs...my #1 drug was alcohol, I have been sober for 17 years...The first SEVEN times at various rehabs did not take until I was put into a State run facility for 4 months....I did not recover at some celeb relax center, it was hard work getting there, the hurt, pain, suffering, injury I caused to myself and other people...Funny how some of us have to be pulled out of the pool of mud right before we drown...when all we have to do is be honest with OURSELVES and ask for help...Do not be fooled...Anything can be addictive to the right personality...sorry if I preached a little in there..take care. __________________ "Some's don't know better might mistake me for being on the outside, looking in. Then you got your idle snatch readin' scripture. And know there's still hope." "I ain't pissed off. I'm in wonderment. I'm waiting to be kept happy by another fairytale." Last edited by lizziebee; 03-02-2007 at 07:49 PM. Reason: sp!

03-02-2007, 07:52 PM	#10
Locke2121 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The South, nuff said. Gender: Male Posts: 1,661	Preach on sister! I have a VERY addictive personality. It took me years to stop drinking, pot and ciggs. I haven't had a drink, smoke or non prescription drug in years! I can honestly say I feel better now than I did then. __________________ Blessings Be. http://www.myspace.com/locke2121 "Bald is beautiful......at least thats what I keep saying to myself!"

02-10-2004, 12:08 AM	#1
Shifty101 Offline Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 14	Got caught smoking pot, Don't really know what to do. I am a 16 year old guy and I was caught by my parents smoking pot today with some of my friends. My older brother has gone through this sort of thing with drugs and partying and is currently in trouble for a DWI he got last summer. My parents have had to go through a lot with him and I don't want to do that. I don't want to hunt my parents like that but I don't want to stop smoking. It helps me relieve stress and it's just fun to do. I understand the conciquences of getting caught by my parents and the police and I have seen first hand how it can affect a family. Part of being a teenager is experimenting with different things, drugs being one of them, to figure out who they are. I dont really know what I am getting at with all this but I just wanted to vent some of my feelings.

02-10-2004, 12:57 AM	#2
No-Fear Offline Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: My Room Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 31	i can relate to you on this topic, im also and 16 guy, though i dont smoke all my friends do, and though it is true that being a teenager does play a major role in your life, but smoking isnt the answer, you can try other things to relieve stress, like sports just hanging with close friends. hell go party go out have fun life is all about living it all up to the fullest, but smoking is a NO you wont get the true satisfaction of life through smoking, you get it through having a good time. on regards ti family it can hurt a family badly, and if you dont ant to see ur mother hurt and you know the consiquences then just stop. and remember its never too late Good Luck

02-10-2004, 02:45 AM	#3
forumjunkie Offline Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK Posts: 10	I'm not going to go "Drugs are bad", but i've taken my fair share of drugs (pot, coke, ex etc etc) but remember that you are 16, and you are young and still growing metally as well as physically, and taking drugs that effects your mind is a really bad idea. get through school first, collage/uni is the place to waste your life! I recently stopped smoking pot becasue i'm on anti-depressents and smoking lowers your seratonin (the stuff that makes you happy). I havent lost friends over it: in fact I really enjoy sitting around with a bunch of stoned people laughing with them.

03-02-2007, 07:39 PM	#7
Daddy Bear Offline Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: TBA Gender: Male Age: 47 Posts: 4,358	Bijan: if you've only done it twice in your life, it should be out of your system fairly soon. Offer to take (and pay for) a urinalysis test at the end of your suspension, and again after that whenever you're asked.

03-02-2007, 07:40 PM	#8
under_my_amberella Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Gender: Female Age: 28 Posts: 5,036	Wait at least a couple more years before you start that kind of experimenting. At your age, smoking pot has a permanent effect on your brain. Once you're an adult, smoking a bit of pot every once in a while does not have permanent effects.