It can take a while before you get suspended for flagging. Take it from someone who knows lol. Though I’m not sure why yours got flagged as it doesn’t appear that you are attacking anyone or promoting drug use.
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Calling the flagger a douchebag and asshole got him flagged. Name calling is against the rules of the forum. Be civil and respectful.
And yes, flags add up. We all have the option of editing our posts.
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I missed that part lol
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It’s my understanding that even if it’s edited or deleted that it still counts in the total flag tally?
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I believe if it is deleted or edited BEFORE the moderator accepts, rejects or ignores it, then it MAY not count. I am not 100% sure on that though (I just added in my indecisive comment).
However, if the mod has weighed in on the flag, then yes, it still counts even if deleted or edited.
That said, we do consider what the flags were for and whether they were updated or deleted. Mostly because some people flag themselves erroneously when they want stuff deleted.
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This topic just seems kinda toxic to me.
I am an recovering cannabis addict. It has cost me my career partially and my lovelife completely. 20 years before I could accept the fact that I was not in control but thc/cbd controlled me.
It is really simple. We are addicts, I love all fellows but in do sometimes find myself in trouble accepting the fact that people are so stuck in there ego.
We are no doctors and thinking you know better will be for sure the start of your downfall.
If you are an addict you can not replace one substance for another. That is just screwing yourself over.
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I second that 100% Mario. My main DOC are cannabis and alcohol. Quit smoking weed and hash after more than 30 years. Smoked 4 joints on average daily for more than 20 years. Increased my drinking from binging weekly in my teens to an average of more than 10 drinks a day after I quit weed. Doesn’t matter if I call myself an addict or a sufferer from substance abuse disorder. They both are addictive substances to me. Never again.
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Thank you for posting. Weed was also a big issue for me. The fact is this is a sobriety forum, we shouldn’t be advocating for unregulated drug use. If you are prescribed it that’s between you and your doctor.
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People can say that weed isn’t physically addicting. That’s great, that’s just someone’s opinion. But I don’t see how anyone can say that weed isn’t mentally addicting and trust me, weed is a fucking mind altering drug, I used to love getting high as hell and its because it took me to that same place alcohol did where I just didn’t give a shit.
So as far as a topic of discussion on a sobriety site I don’t think the issue of whether or not weed is physically addicting should even be brought up. It’s been proven over and over again to be an addictive substance, even if it’s just mentally, that has destroyed people’s lives.
Yes I know medical marijuana has saved people’s lives, but this isn’t an alternative medicine site. It’s for people seeking help with their addictions and I don’t think it’s the place to down play someone’s addiction or to justify the use of a substance that could become a problem for an addict.
But hey, that’s just my opinion.
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I use cannabis. Its never been a harmful substance for me. The only time I had any issues with it was when it was illegal and i got caught with it. Other than that zero negative consequences.
I dont use it everyday. I never have. Its never been my drug of choice. I mostly smoke when I fish. I like to smoke while doing repetative boring labor. It helps me just keep grinding and get it done.
I had my medical card but theyve changed the laws in oregon. Medical marijuana patients cant have guns. I love my gun rights so I dont have a card anymore.
You can buy 1 oz a day of flower, 5grams of concentrates and alot of edibles if your 21 and have a gun. But if you use cannabis for medical treatment, no guns for you.
In 2002 I had a meth problem that brought me to 12 step recovery. I didnt use any mind altering substances for 9.5 years as a result of that.
Even cannabis…
Alcohol is my demon. It makes me wreckless, unpredictable, irrational. Im a danger to myself and others when I drink. Ive done harder drugs while drinking because i was drunk.
I get tired of people in AA piping off for ten minutes how cannabis is the devil in meetings. The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking. It doesnt mention cannabis at all in the big book.
There are alot of benifits to cannabis.
You dont even get high with cbd or thca.
I use alot of cbd. Cbd keeps thc from getting you high. So its pretty pointless to roll up a heavy couch locking indica joint if your using cbd. Theres many other components to cannabis that are medicinal too.
I think cannabis is a personal choice. I think it can be abused and some people shouldnt use it.
Theres alot of positive things about this amazing plant.
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I don’t think anyone is going to argue that pot can be beneficial for some. The real issue is this is a sobriety forum, not an alcohol forum. I don’t share some addictions with PMO addicts, but I still refrain from talking about viewing porn. The legality of weed has no influence on the negative effect it causes many addicts. Also, legal consequences are negative consequences. This is a sobriety forum and people here struggle with weed. I’ve struggled with weed and most other drugs. But I’ve never really done meth, so should I be saying that it’s great to smoke some meth every now and then because it gets me motivated to clean my apartment?
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Some ppl really don’t understand. Didn’t the NA/AA says that you have to stop doing any kind of drugs, no matter if they legal or illegal, if you want to recover from your addiction? I don’t want to be rude but it seems that a lot of ppl here have to do there homework. Excuse my english pls.
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The only requirement is a desire to stop drinking. In aa
Na is pretty clear that a drug is a drug is a drug in their literature but the only requirement is a desire to stop using.
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My sponsor has over 4 decades sober in AA and even back then she was told to pick up a white chip after using marijuana alone.
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Her sponsor did that because she felt that way.
Its not in the book.
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Abstinence from addictive substances is understood to be the mainstay of 12-steps for addiction. With the exception of medical treatment. Not gonna argue with you but when I start saying or feeling like I have more book knowledge and that it equals more recovery wisdom than the old timers who have actually done it, I hope someone tells me I’m headed for a relapse because I wont have the insight to see that for myself.
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I hear ya. Which is why i didnt read this thread, because it doesnt interest me. But it kept being on top so i read it, and felt like sharing my 2 cents…
Ps. Dont do meth!
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I’ve done meth a handful of times and got fairly spun out. For whatever reason I never really came across it though. I live in the city so crack was much more readily available. I didn’t clean my apartment though as advertised. I sat on my back stoop in the snow staring at the ground. Then I didn’t sleep for 3 days.
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Im not trying to promote it, im just saying that i think it benefits me. I was really directing my reply to
I relapsed after 9.5 years of sobriety. I look back and wonder if i allowed myself to smoke a little weed maybe i wouldnt have felt like sobriety had become so meaningless.
I dont know… im still trying to figure it all out.
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Ive done both, neither one made me more productive.
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