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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 701637" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hon, please remember that addiction is a physical craving. In some cases it is psycogical, as with some pot users. Usually it is a physical need to have a drug or alcohol, which is a drug. That makes it hard to quit. The body suffers without the drug. The addiction can be genetic. It, at some point, is more than willful use. Using wards off the pain of withdrawal.</p><p></p><p>I know people who quit, in particular an ex boyfriend who was a bad alcoholic. He knows he can never drink again, not even a sip. He is active in AA and tried to help others in the abyss. So there are people who never drink or smoke pot after licking addiction. I saw him at a party with some drinking and he did not drink. It can happen. Most people can have a drink and stop. An addict may go months without a drink, but once he drinks he can't moderate his drinking until he is drunk or passed out. It can start a drinking/drugging binge.</p><p></p><p>It takes a lot of work and willpowerl to quit. Many people, including me, tell ourselves our child has licked it before it truly happens. Yet the only thing we can do is not enable, distance from the disease that we can't cure, and love and pray for them, if you pray. It is not your fault that your son uses. Take this off your shoulders. Go on with your life.</p><p></p><p>Your son is young. He has many years to battle this and quit. Big hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 701637, member: 1550"] Hon, please remember that addiction is a physical craving. In some cases it is psycogical, as with some pot users. Usually it is a physical need to have a drug or alcohol, which is a drug. That makes it hard to quit. The body suffers without the drug. The addiction can be genetic. It, at some point, is more than willful use. Using wards off the pain of withdrawal. I know people who quit, in particular an ex boyfriend who was a bad alcoholic. He knows he can never drink again, not even a sip. He is active in AA and tried to help others in the abyss. So there are people who never drink or smoke pot after licking addiction. I saw him at a party with some drinking and he did not drink. It can happen. Most people can have a drink and stop. An addict may go months without a drink, but once he drinks he can't moderate his drinking until he is drunk or passed out. It can start a drinking/drugging binge. It takes a lot of work and willpowerl to quit. Many people, including me, tell ourselves our child has licked it before it truly happens. Yet the only thing we can do is not enable, distance from the disease that we can't cure, and love and pray for them, if you pray. It is not your fault that your son uses. Take this off your shoulders. Go on with your life. Your son is young. He has many years to battle this and quit. Big hugs. [/QUOTE]
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