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newbaby being a baby and addicted to drugs isnt really the same.....your not in control as some people on here no i,ve had a past with drugs i,ve only ever done 2 drugs marajwana (weed) ands ecstacy thats all i,ve ever touched i think it depends on what kind of person you are to how u handle them......ecstacy pills i never got addicted to i took them from pure stupidity for the sake of it i done it about 4-5 times and decided they were pointless and never looked backon them......................weed was a different story........weed isnt actually cla__sed as phisicalt addictive just mentally...........my bf smoked week when i met him and when he gave up he found ot fairly easy, me on the other hand found it extremaly difficult! without him i,d still be doing it, i was mentally adicted.....i only managed to stop it after moving away and with the support of my partner......after about a month that metal addiction was gone and thats when i realised im the one who puts it in my body im the one that can stop.it may seem like you cant but honestly once you ghet pasty that stage and start thinking you can its so much easier....good luck

Actually angel i was referring to being born into drugs and growing up around them. Watching both my birth parents not giving up drugs even for the sake of their children. So yea its the same. I have absolutely no pity for anyone who does drugs let alone those who cant give them up even for their children. If thats not a good enough reason then nothing is. Its beyond pathetic.

newbaby- i would have to agree wiht you in this situation. My mother was addicted to crack for about 8 years (one of her boyfriends got her hooked) over that time period she did ANYTHING for it and lost her kids MANY times to Childrens aid, I actually spoent more time in my life with people i didnt know that the one person who was suppose to love and prtect me. i dont feel pity on those who chose to put the drugs in their bodies, and let them take over. My mom has been clean for years now and has my younger siblings living with her, but i will never forgive her for the things she put us through being selfish and doing drugs.

thats your opinion..............you,ve never actually had to make the choice.....you just think oh its easy and they choose not to do it......i see your point as i used to be like that too! but nowi have a personal experiance which neither of you do...so i alos understand it from there point of view aswell

angelmonkey, with all due respect, pot is NOT addictive. What you 'struggled' with giving up is no worse than someone who really likes chocolate and wants to give that up. So please don't talk about some 'experience' you have when all you know about is cravings, which is nothing compared to an honest-to-god addiction.

maybe you should read my post properly....it is not phicsicaly addictive just mentally...adn also pot and weed are actually different things pot is brown hard lumps weed is green buds..weed is alot stronger although i think americans call both pot? so mentally addictive makes you think that you are phiscally addictive and untill you get out of that stage its hard to give up...its nothing like giving up chocolate.again personal experiance

Angel- you have no real experience with this, I grew up with someone who CHOSE to do these things, people who want to change can and sometimes they do but i dont pity them its there own d__n fault for getting involved in it, I was friends with so many pot heads in school and EVERYTIME they offered it to me my answer was always the same NO THANKS, because I had self control and wasnt going to be pushed to try or do something i didnt want to, Doing drugs is a way of life and like anything in life you have the CHOICE to say yes or no. So yes angel we have all made the choice to do or not to do drugs.

ashley im not on about getting in to drugs! im on about giving them up! and yes i do have more experiance than you as i was one of those people! so......... i know what she,s going through and unless you have ever been addicted to drugs you have no experiance sorry

I know you mean well, but you're jumping in saying you have "personal experience" with this when what you have is not even close to being the same experience. I don't know where you're coming up with your wacky definitions of "mental addiction". An addiction means you have a real dependence, "Addiction is a state in which the body relies on a substance for *normal* functioning and develops physical dependence, as in drug addiction". Simply wanting to get high, or frequently thinking about getting high is nothing more than a craving. Being unable to physically function without the drug in question -- that's an addiction. And yes, in North America we refer to the unprocessed, dried marijuana plant as pot and the hard brown substance which is a derivative of marijuana as hashish. Generally pot is stronger than hash but it'll all comes down to quality in both cases. And neither are addictive. Especially when compared to prescription narcotics, smoking, drinking and any of the harder recreational drugs.

im not saying i have the same experiance but i obviously have more experiance than some of you............until you,ve done it dont tell me its not addictive!! i dont think you see the difference between phiscaly addictive and mentally addivctive! mentally addictive means you think you are phiscaly addicted. you depend on it! everyone reacts different to it.....i dont really think you have to legs to stand on to tell me of my experiances i was just trying to help her unlike most on here

okay yall i wasnt trying to start a fight on here l0l..just was askin for a lil advise and i appreciate all of it ..yall all are rite in your own ways..i should say no but its hard but i have someone special helping me with that now because the last thing i would want to do is harm my baby(if i am)..wish me luck!!

"until you,ve done it dont tell me its not addictive!!" What makes you think I haven't? I've done both pot and hash. Pot is accepted by the medical profession to be less addictive than coffee. And yes, I've drank coffee too, if you must know. I also smoked cigarettes for about as long as you've been alive, and have overcome my own addiction to prescription narcotics after dealing with chronic pain for almost a year. So if physically addicted means you have a physical dependence on the drug in question and a mental addiction just mean you think you have a physical addiction -- but of course if you had an actual physical addiction, it would be called a physical addiction -- so a 'mental addiction' just makes you what -- crazy? imaginative? I really don't get what you're saying. What you're describing to me sounds like a habit you don't want to give up -- not something you're addicted to. I think you should count yourself fortunate that you have no clue what addiction really is. Sorry, coke. I didn't mean to start an argument here. It's just my personal pet peeve when people say they're addicted to a non-addictive substance because they can't tell the difference between a dependence and a habit. Have you talked with your doctor yet? I got the impression from the other thread that you weren't actually using so much that the withdrawal will be too severe for the baby and it would be safer to quit cold turkey than to continue using but this is something only your doctor can tell you. If you can't get in to see your doctor quickly, there should be some toll-free support numbers you can call for drug abuse (similar to Alcoholic's Anonymous, but for drugs obviously -- sorry I can't remember the names of any off the top of my head). I don't know if they can give out that sort of information, but it's worth a shot.

well no i havent talked to a doctor yet..im kind of scared to!! but i will as soon as i take this pregnancy test..and if its positive then ima be rite on my way to that doctor.. i mean yeah im not on em as badd as some people are on different things ..it just makes me go threw the day alot smoother with them..it all started wen i had surgery for my cancer when they gave me pain pills and then i started takin different things.. i use to take ecstacy but i realized that was sooo dumb and i hated the feeling.. but yeah i can see why you would get mad..it is kind of dumb when you know somebody can quit anything with alot of hard work..but it just takes some time with different things..thanks

hey so pot isnt addictive to some ppl, but im guessing if you have an addictive personality it could be, my dad cant function without pot, so i would consider that addictive but hes been smoking it for like 40 years too so that may be why. almost yes ashely has never experienced being addicted but she has experienced the side effects of addicted ppl which can hurt just as bad, trust me my dads an alcoholic drug addict and my uncle is an EXTREME drug addict and i dated many druggies, eventually to find one i loved and changed haha and its giving a different side to a story. love ones are a big thing tho and clean loved ones. now i have never been addicted to drugs but i have accidently overdoses on pain meds and i know that was HORRIBLE and from what the hubby tells me its kinna the same feeling overdosing as getting off and it wasnt fun ( he overdosed 3 times) and as for the quiting cold turkey while pregnant not a good idea, you should talk to your doctor about this but i work in a doctors office and its not a good thing to do and even when i was pregnant i was smoking weed or pot whatever three times a day (please dont judge i didnt know i was pregnant or i wouldnt have done that) and my doctor warned me not to just quit ( i smoke too) so i stayed smoking and cut back and lot and smoked a little pot for about a week or two after to ween the baby off of it so his heartbeat didnt go mental. please this is not a go ahead to keep doing drugs but slow WAY down and talk to your doctor right away!!

ok malica you obviously have no idea because you havnt been through it...........like i said everyone reacts differently! if you dont know what depending on something means then im done V thanks yea i think its just wording i got wrong but yea its hard to explain and i think you,ve done a perfect job lol thanks coke you should go to your doctor pregnant or not............it really helped me you just need support and for someone to be there and let you know you CAN do it!

So! I was laying in bed this morning trying to fall back asleep and suddenly remembered I have advice for you! Hahaha. First, a story: My uncle is pretty mentally messed up (Don't get me wrong, I love him to death) and all his problems are genetic, poor guy. He was prescribed Xanax almost a year ago. He hadn't been happy with any other medications, but all of the sudden he was so obsessed with Xanax. His stupid doctor told him to take it whenever he felt he needed it... Thus started the addiction. At first he'd talk about how great it was, then we all noticed he started "feeling like he needed it" very often. He couldn't sit down without taking out his little pill capsule he wears around his neck. About two months ago he attempted suicide, was hospitalized for a week or so, and when he got out he immediately decided to stop taking pills of any kind. He decided this without speaking with his doctor. A day or two later he had two seizures and was hospitalized again. He is now communicating with his doctor, not having withdrawls, and is on a stable path to recovery. I tell you this unnecessarily long story to give you very simple advice: Don't go it alone, talk to a doctor!