America’s Invisible Pot Addicts

Some people say that they “experimented” with pot in high school or college. I didn’t experiment. One might say I had a fully funded research project going!

What I found was that I had little get-up-and-go to begin with, I mean I was LAZY! The pot contributed to it. Made it worse. I even dropped out of high school my junior year and got a job. Eventually I realized that without a diploma, my options in the future were very limited, so I gave up pot and drinking and went back to high school for my senior year, and I just barely graduated with 3 years (I had to take junior and senior English at the same time, and I missed out on a lot of math, which HAS hurt over the years.)

Anyway, I found, on my own, that pot sucks what little drive I had out of me. My brother, who never gave it up, is OK with driving Uber, and just making enough to get by. He still gets stoned several times a week, and he’s in his mid-50s. I’m a year older, and I’m in IT security with an international company.

I won’t blame pot for his situation, but had I kept using it (or drinking heavily,) I wouldn’t be where I am today.

Mark

You made the right choice. If I had known three years ago what I know now, I would have chosen a different anxiety med.

Not only does Xanax dependency take hold quickly, it is one of the hardest, most dangerous drugs to quit. To be honest, I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to quit.

The irony is that Xanax doesn’t even get you high. I don’t know why so many people abuse it. It does help my anxiety and stops my panic attacks. It is also good for sleeping.

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