Boyfriend addicted to weed
Hello everyone. I’m really happy to be here and to be able to voice my struggles freely. I am going to try to keep this short and simple bc it can get long. My boyfriend and i have been dating for almost three years. He has always smoked weed and i didnt have that much of a problem with it until i started seeing how much it took over his daily life. He would smoke 3-4 times a night and had been doing that for 5 years. I recently had to leave him in order for him to tell his family. Now his family knows and they are very supportive of trying to help him in any way. I know how hard of a journey this is but what i am having problems with is knowing when to tell him how i am feeling. Today i found out he lied to me about his sobriety and i was so upset. I told him i was upset and then it made him more upset. I don’t know when its appropriate to be honest with my feelings because he is already going through so much. I also dont even know if him relapsing is a good reason for me to be mad. I just dont know what to feel!!! I love him so much and i want to support him but its driving me insane trying to manage my feelings and his.
Try to be patient with him. Going cold turkey after being a consistent user like that is really hard. Being abstinent from pot can be depressing and everything feels so boring. Sobriety is especially hard if he has friends who smoke. Eventually the opportunity to smoke or buy pot will come up. I would suggest trying to find a better habit to replace his drug habit. For a lot of people it's exercise, but it could be anything that helps him relax like woodworking or something.
Best wishes, Cain