new friends come, eventually - meanwhile, having anyone who is not using and who is spending time with you, helps. join something, anything you can think of for social contact.

Get some kind of real life social support - if you don't have friends whose lives don't revolve around getting high now, that really does suck for you. Go after that singularly interesting life - take this hard time you are having seriously, while understanding that it is temporary.Īre you a gamer? try checking out for the game and for a different kind of on-line support There are people who embrace those challenges and build singularly interesting lives out of them. You are also facing a challenge as tough as an ultra-marathon or free-climbing a cliff. Right now - you are socially isolated, and so you feel bored and alone. If you live in the US - you and your friends are in the minority most people drink/use less than once a month. Because you started so young, the only friends and fun that you know are also deeply connected to drugs and alcohol. But it isn't the only thing you are dealing with. If this was the only thing you were dealing with - it'd be a lot for anyone. Right now - you started using alcohol and weed very young and it has done some damage to your body. Seems as though you are clumping together a lot of tough challenges while compounding your stress and despair further by imagining today's distress goes on forever into the future.

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