19yr old £1000+ debt due to drugs

mrsspendalot

Hiya Sneak, I think everyone else has said everything I could possibly say to you. My younger brothers started smoking when they were 13/14 and the older one of the two (now 25) says looking back it totally messed up his schooling and made him very paranoid. He also progressed on to other drugs once the buzz of weed didn't work for him anymore.

I wish you all the luck in the world trying to kick your habit. It probably won't be easy in the short term, but in the long term it will be one of the best decisions you will ever make. Make sure you have plenty of support from your parents, girlfriend, GP, mates etc. If your mates are still smoking, try not to hang with them.

Best of luck with your debts too. Stick around - I'd like to see how this turns round for you.

sneak

nicola thanks for your reply i understand what your saying, its pretty deep that you got in hospital im glad your ok though. its not juse cannabis it was alot more thnings, i started hangin with the wrong crowd, i ened up taking ecstacy pills everynight in the week, so bad my dealer refused to sell them me after a while only on fridays! i started cocaine and bombed so much money up ma nose it was crazy. i stopped all this when a got with ma bird coz i wanted to, the coke was hard to stop but a did it, i think it was mostly cos it was costing so much i jus cudnt keep it up and was in alot of debt with dealers which is alot worse than banks lol! now i just smoke alot of cannabis as i got nout else to do, i hardly drink and have only recently started stella so i dont smoke as much at weekend nights. thanks for the reply was appreciated

Iom-rf

The first step as many have pointed out is to cut down on the drugs, each day just take less and less, last thing you want to do is feel you "have" to have a joint, it is optional and you are still in control.

Perhaps try doing some else with your spare time instead of smoking cannabis?, how about exercise?, very addictive, push yourself to do more weights every week etc, I also know someone that gave up smoking using a powerball, every time he wanted a fag he'd spin the powerball up and give it blast, each day he'd try and build up his score more and more!, it just totally took his mind off the fags and he soon just didn't need a fag.

You've took the first step in seeing their is a problem which is great, don't see the drugs as friends or part of having a good time, think of it as a waste of money and you can have a great time without them!

marksandsparksgal

Good luck Sneak!

Snaggles

Hi Sneak - I don't think I can add much to the fab posts above, but I just wanted to wish you all the best and echo the advice to tackle the addiction first, and THEN tackle the debt.

I....er....have a 'friend' who once went off the rails a bit (in her younger days) and ended up doing some things she wasn't proud of - and I can tell you for certain she thinks life is much better without that crap messing up her head.

Tustastic

Sneak, well done for posting here and getting such good advice and support from the DFWs. You sound less and less stoned with every post. Every day is a new day and a new chance to do more of having a life and less of smoking dope. Do follow up all the sources of help that have been suggested and do keep posting here. All the best

tealady

Hello Sneak. I have no idea what you are going through but I can say this. If you really want to give up then there will be all of us cheering you every step of the way. Have you thought about talking to someone, I notice in your post that your parents split up when you were young ( to a wrinkly like me a teenager is young). However whatever you decide to do good luck and keep posting.

sneak

hey everyone thanks for replying, am off to work now am only having 2 bongs so lets see how a go on. im really not looking forwards to the weekend coz this is where i spend the most moneys. jus guna keep it chilled out i recons! right off for a hard days working, earning some hard earned debt paying cash!

peace all

Charisma

Sneak

I have total respect for the way you want to turn your life around.... Everyone on here has had issues in their lives - for some it's gambling, some have relationship problems and some of us spend beyond our means. It took a lot of courage to put that first post on and from reading all the replies, everyone is very supportive.

Good luck for the weekend mate - don't beat yourself up if it doesn't go the way you want it to. Just take a day at a time and be proud of every little achievement, no matter how small.

Be strong and keep posting - we are all here for you.

Charisma.

sneak

thanks charisma you give me hope to succeed through this just as everyone else has thanks alot,

its good to know i have like another family on here willing to help me out!

thanks guys! alas the weekend is here....