Marijuana is damaging my friendships (introverted, socialize, feel)
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Sorry, I'm new to the forums and just wanted some advice on the topic.
I'm 20, and I think I'm losing my friends to drugs and alcohol. We grew up together, but recently, they have been more focused on weed than anything else. Everytime we go somewhere, they feel the need to smoke up 2-3 times. It's a waste of time and it stinks...
Go to the movies? Oh yea lets get high first. Go to eat? Let's get high first. Coming back back? Let's smoke again. I get invited places and don't even know that they will be doing this. It's not like my friends are "cool" anyways. These morons go to clubs and bars thinking they are they sh*t when all they do is drink and smoke up in the corner like little kids scared of the big boys. Quite frankly, it's pissing me off. I don't care about weed, but It seems as if I can never go on an outing with them unless their is weed or booze involved.
Today was the last straw.. I waited for them to smoke before we ate. After we ate, they had to go somewhere to smoke again. They stopped at a bar to get drinks and smoked up AGAIN.
Now don't get me wrong.. Do whatever you want. However, the need to always smoke up and drink is getting annoying. Sadly, my other friends whom I go biking and watch movies with are away at school.
There's a time and place for everything right? What should I do? They are cool to chill with when "normal" but weed and booze are always in the way now and I've tolerated it long enough.
Sorry, I'm new to the forums and just wanted some advice on the topic.
I'm 20, and I think I'm losing my friends to drugs and alcohol. We grew up together, but recently, they have been more focused on weed than anything else. Everytime we go somewhere, they feel the need to smoke up 2-3 times. It's a waste of time and it stinks...
Go to the movies? Oh yea lets get high first. Go to eat? Let's get high first. Coming back back? Let's smoke again. I get invited places and don't even know that they will be doing this. It's not like my friends are "cool" anyways. These morons go to clubs and bars thinking they are they sh*t when all they do is drink and smoke up in the corner like little kids scared of the big boys. Quite frankly, it's pissing me off. I don't care about weed, but It seems as if I can never go on an outing with them unless their is weed or booze involved.
Today was the last straw.. I waited for them to smoke before we ate. After we ate, they had to go somewhere to smoke again. They stopped at a bar to get drinks and smoked up AGAIN.
Now don't get me wrong.. Do whatever you want. However, the need to always smoke up and drink is getting annoying. Sadly, my other friends whom I go biking and watch movies with are away at school.
There's a time and place for everything right? What should I do? They are cool to chill with when "normal" but weed and booze are always in the way now and I've tolerated it long enough.
Cut him loose. It's hard, but it can be done. If this guy is all about getting high, then he has a problem.
Before the weed apologists get on board and de-rail this thread let me just say you described perfectly the problem I have with weed and for that matter alcohol too, in some respects.
Whether you label it addiction or not...it's so freakin annoying to have friends unable to socialize unless it's preceded or followed up by getting high. Seriously...you can't not do it a few times? I mean I enjoy cigars a lot, but if I have a stretch of social situations where I cannot have one it doesn't affect my life or happiness even 1%.
The key to me is if they can't give it up willingly from time to time, there's a problem. I'm not sure what to label it, but there's something. If it's not addiction, then what is it? Terminal lame-ness? Low self esteem making them vulnerable to peer group pressure? No explanation really makes me want to remain friends with people like this.
For the record, I drink, and have smoked a few times.
Get new friends. Your buddies are likely going through a phase, but you don't have to get sucked in. They're not going to change for you, and you're not happy with the situation, so it's time to start reaching out to other people.
As others have said, you're better off moving on to new friends. Based on what you wrote, I think you know that but recognize it can be a hard thing to do. I would pick and choose the times that you might be more willing to spend time with them and make a gradual transition. I would fill other time with different activities and finding people you would enjoy more. It sounds like you're clear that this is not what you want your life to be, so find people that enjoy what you want your life to be.
Thanks for the advice guys. I may just cut them off in some parts of my life.. I wont cater to them and plan around em. Im naturally introverted so ill be fine by myself.. Although making new friends might be hard.
Just stop going over there when they smoke. Meet them at the restaurant to eat, then go on ahead to the bar without them. Make some new friends.
You don't have to leave them behind, you just leave out the part you don't like.
This makes logical sense of course, but might be hard in practice.
I think what he's referring to (at least what I identified with) is that wherever they're at, there will be the point in time when the group takes a smoky smoke break. It might be hard to anticipate when they all decide to sneak away and harder still to extricate himself at that moment.
This makes logical sense of course, but might be hard in practice.
I think what he's referring to (at least what I identified with) is that wherever they're at, there will be the point in time when the group takes a smoky smoke break. It might be hard to anticipate when they all decide to sneak away and harder still to extricate himself at that moment.
Why the need to extricate? Just stay at the bar while they walk outside or wherever they're going to burn one. They already know he's not a smoker, I doubt they will care.
Just trying to recall my earlier years. LOL
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I think you've answered your own question
