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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 503895" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I think I messed up with cigarettes but I think it kept Cory from trying pot for a long time....at least considering the area we live in. Cory was caught with cigarettes at age 10. We had moved into the city around that age and some of the older boys had used him to go into a little convenience store to steal packs of cigarettes because he was so little and the older boys would keep the clerks busy watching them while he would sneak the pack of smokes and run out the door. The boys would give him a cigarette or two as a reward. </p><p></p><p>I was furious when I found out. I had quit smoking 6 years before this happened. When I found out this happened I bought a pack of the nastiest, non filtered generic strong cigarettes then took him outside and forced him to smoke the whole pack back to back as he sat there coughing, gagging and throwing up. He turned all sorts of shades of green. He swore he would never smoke another cigarette. Problem was, it gave me more nicotine into my system which hadnt had any in all those years. It had awoken the beast in me that had been dormant for all those years. I started smoking again. And it didnt stop Cory. He really started smoking regularly by 12 and a half when he came home from wilderness camp. He smoked a few when he was home on visits but I didnt know it then. After 12 I did know it and I allowed it because he was open about it. In fact I allowed it and even gave them to him because I figured it was better than him stealing them. He also promised if he smoked cigarettes he wouldnt smoke pot. He kept that promise till he was 17. That is late for my area. I honestly think Cory smokes pot for his bipolar and if we lived in a state that he could get it legally he would qualify easily. I wish he did. Is he addicted? I dont know. I know he is much more pleasant and he is much less moody and has less mood swings when he smokes it like a medication. He is able to function well on it. However he doesnt drink often. Maybe a few times a year at most. I dont consider this an issue. Cory hates other drugs because he has seen the effects on other people.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 503895, member: 1514"] I think I messed up with cigarettes but I think it kept Cory from trying pot for a long time....at least considering the area we live in. Cory was caught with cigarettes at age 10. We had moved into the city around that age and some of the older boys had used him to go into a little convenience store to steal packs of cigarettes because he was so little and the older boys would keep the clerks busy watching them while he would sneak the pack of smokes and run out the door. The boys would give him a cigarette or two as a reward. I was furious when I found out. I had quit smoking 6 years before this happened. When I found out this happened I bought a pack of the nastiest, non filtered generic strong cigarettes then took him outside and forced him to smoke the whole pack back to back as he sat there coughing, gagging and throwing up. He turned all sorts of shades of green. He swore he would never smoke another cigarette. Problem was, it gave me more nicotine into my system which hadnt had any in all those years. It had awoken the beast in me that had been dormant for all those years. I started smoking again. And it didnt stop Cory. He really started smoking regularly by 12 and a half when he came home from wilderness camp. He smoked a few when he was home on visits but I didnt know it then. After 12 I did know it and I allowed it because he was open about it. In fact I allowed it and even gave them to him because I figured it was better than him stealing them. He also promised if he smoked cigarettes he wouldnt smoke pot. He kept that promise till he was 17. That is late for my area. I honestly think Cory smokes pot for his bipolar and if we lived in a state that he could get it legally he would qualify easily. I wish he did. Is he addicted? I dont know. I know he is much more pleasant and he is much less moody and has less mood swings when he smokes it like a medication. He is able to function well on it. However he doesnt drink often. Maybe a few times a year at most. I dont consider this an issue. Cory hates other drugs because he has seen the effects on other people. [/QUOTE]
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