And weed helps…not advocating, just saying it helped.
Comment on Researching alcohol interventions for a friend. I’ve seen more ads for alcohol than ever in my life
intensely_human@lemm.ee 10 months agoI’ve found with my own addictions that forcibly stopping one just causes a different one to start up.
The real solution for me has been healing trauma, resulting in baseline consciousness not being painful.
Stanwich@lemmy.world 10 months ago
esty@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
i smoke as much as the next guy but at this point it would be replacing one vice with another
Huxleywaswrite@lemmy.world 10 months ago
But it’s replacing it with a much less destructive one, which can be beneficial
scarabic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Different people react to it differently and for some it’s very positive. It may depend what the underlying stressor is. People who have chronic pain often respond well to THC/CBD.
And it certainly has fewer ill effects than booze.
SIGSEGV@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Many of the programs recommend therapy first. No one wants to drink themselves to death, even though it feels like that sometimes.
Kikkertje@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Most alcoholics use alcohol to run from difficult, unprocessed emotions. I was one of them.