The other day I was watching the new Zeitgeist Movie on Youtube and there was an interesting part about addiction. There was a doctor who works with people with addiction all the time and he stated the following:
Addiction has nothing to do with genes or the likes of it. When people say that their addiction is hereditary because of other drinkers, smokers or drug abusers in their family, they seem to forget the reality of their daily lives.
Are they drinking because their dad was an alcoholic or because they are trying to come to terms with some childhood trauma they are trying so hard to forget?
Are you smoking weed because you are trying to lighten the psychological load of your daily life? Or because your parents smoke too? Is it genetic? I don’t think so
I believe that tendency to addiction has everything to do with your surroundings and nothing with your genes. I too had to go through some difficult times before I even was ready to quit my party and drug habits. But with some ups and downs I managed and now I’m glad for it.
What I am trying to say is that if you want to quit weed, you probably have to solve a deeper underlying problem first and the weed quitting part will be like a walk in the park.
Saying your problem is genetic is more of a bad excuse than ever if you believe you can change your life. If you feel you have a drug problem, nine out of ten times it’s more than just the weed.
To your quitting success.
