“AA members will tell you they didn’t grow a day while they were drinking.”
Functioning alcoholics can maintain
their mental capabilities for
years. They can function in a
manner that them being an alcoholic
is not easily discernable.
(my father was one).
What did him in were his physical
ailments.
I also worked with a mechanical
engineer who supervised a group
of 20. A very intelligent
individual, who made important
decisions. On the day of his
retirement, he confessed
to the entire group,
that he had a drinking problem,
and produced a pint of vodka
from his desk drawer. We all
were shocked from his admission.
Have you ever attended an AA
meeting? I have, as part of my
fathers’ recovery. The most I
heard from his group was their
loss in the belief of a higher
power. Their faith in god was
overpowered by the bottle.
And so can quite a few regular marijuana users; for them, part of being not easily discernable is not identifying themselves as users of an illegal substance. (And of course, for each of alcohol and tobacco, their are overusers who allow themselves to be readily identifiable as such.)