I went 4 months without smoking. All my friends back in the states were having the time of their lives too. Just gotta wait it out man, go get drunk or something its just as fun.
That is a VERY VERY hard thing to do. I guess I've never been under surveillance like being drug tested, but when your friends pass around a joint it is very very hard to say no. It's just so easy to pinch it between your fingers and take a quick hoot. And not to mention some of your friends may be like, "Oh come on man, it's just one hoot!" And don't say that's the sign of a bad friend cause I am in no way a bad friend and I've even caught myself saying this to other friends.
Of course they know, I got arrested. When I got arrested, they made me cut my hair, burned my Marley and Grateful Dead shirts and all my hemp stuff. I was also grounded for a month, and now I'm in therapy and rehab PLUS they drug test me almost every week...guess rehab getting in my face isn't enough to convince them. Everything was great until they forced me to give up weed... I never stole anything or shot someone over weed, and my grades didn't even go down because of it.. it was just something that I thought was apart of life and it felt right to me over anything else. I'm probably psychologically addicted, but its more than that. I don't even have the FREEDOM to decide whether I can or can't smoke. That's one of the worse things, I'm in high school and I'm supposed to be having the best time of my life. This weekend is homecoming, and theres gonna be bunch of after parties. Most people will get there and decide if they want to smoke or not, so it's not a big deal if they say "no thanks", because they now they can if they want to. For me, I'm gonna have to walk in knowing that everyone else has the chance to get high except me.
wow, burned your belongings and cut your hair? That could be counted as child abuse. Your parents sound like real psychos... get the fuck out of there. And no, weed isn't addicting AT ALL. You just really want it.
God fucking dammit...not sure what's up with some people...it sounds like your parents need therapy, not you. The only thing I could think of...is to maybe take an anti-depressant for a period of time...until you start getting back to normal again and gradually decreasing the dose then stopping. You won't be losing your mind, and about your friends and such, just get new friends, that don't smoke, and make sure they got the same hobbies you do, so that can get you busy and not lonely.
wait, wait wait wait wait WAIT since when is it EVER a good idea to take anti-depressants? That's all he needs, more brainwashing!