How Can I Help An Alcoholic or Drug Addict? – Specific Things You Can Do To Help
- Understand Addiction In Order To Help Addicts
- Get Help Yourself In Order To Help The Addict
- Establish Boundaries And Set Limits With The Addict
- Confronting The Addict
- Organize a Formal Intervention
- Assess A Person’s Addiction In Order To Determine The Correct Approach
- Practicing Detachment
Understand Addiction In Order to Help Addict
This is a logical and very necessary first step. Before you can learn how best to help a struggling addict or alcoholic, you need to understand the nature of addiction. There are several models of addiction that attempt to describe what it is and why it affects people, but none of those models are entirely accurate. Many people have heard of the disease model, which does a fairly decent job of describing what we see in the real world. For example, even addicts or alcoholics who have stayed clean for several decades can relapse and be right back to their old level of consumption within a matter of days.
Also note that addiction can affect potentially anyone, including those who:
- Have no apparent genetic predisposition for addiction or alcoholism
- Have very little environmental risk
- Have no moral shortcomings or laziness about them
Even if you do not believe in the disease model, learning more about how it works is a necessary foundation in learning about how you can potentially help a struggling addict or alcoholic. If you want to know how to help alcoholics then you need to learn about the condition.
Get Help Yourself In Order To Help The Addict
We cannot control a drug addict or an alcoholic, but we can control our own behavior, including how we behave in relationship to a sick and suffering (and possibly manipulative) addict or alcoholic. Therefore, the best thing that you can do if you want to help someone in your life is to get yourself to an Al-Anon meeting. The people there can listen to your situation and give you the best specific advice on how to go about handling things. Educating yourself on how to set limits and boundaries is one of the most important things that you can do in this case.
Establish Boundaries And Set Limits With The Addict
One example of setting a boundary is telling a close friend that you prefer they not be around you if they are drunk or high. Notice that it is specific, and you have to sit down and communicate this type of request explicitly with someone. Setting a boundary like this is difficult because there is this tendency to hurt other’s feelings. But that is part of what is keeping you sick, caring more about this person’s feelings than your own personal well being. Setting boundaries is about putting your own personal well being first, and letting that be a guiding example of how to live. You know you are setting effective boundaries when you are taking back control of your own life and starting to regain your own sanity, instead of being all wrapped up in the problems of a struggling drug addict or alcoholic. This is a crucial distance you must learn to keep when learning how to help a recovering drug addict.
Confronting The Addict
Any time that you casually approach this struggling addict or talk with them about the possibility of getting help is an example of an informal intervention. This might not sound like a very useful option compared to a more formal and organized intervention, but nonetheless it can be very effective. In my own personal experience, I finally decided to ask for addiction help and thus changed my whole life after a simple phone conversation with a family member. The reason for this was because timing was everything. Previously, a formal intervention had failed, because I simply had not been ready to make a change at that time. But a key conversation happened at just the right moment, and it set in motion a series of life changing events for me.
Does this mean that you should pester someone incessantly until they get clean and sober? Probably not. Helping an addict is never that straightforward. But you should never give up hope on them, and you should have a consistent message for them without badgering them. Make sure they know that help is available for them if and when they want it.
Organize a Formal Intervention
This is what most people think of when they hear the term “intervention,” where the friends and family of an addict all get together and confront that person together and urge them to get help. This is not necessarily the best choice though. There is a lot of evidence that an addict or alcoholic will only change when they personally come to their own point of surrender. A formal intervention does not bring a person to this point. Many would argue that the intervention would only work if the person is already at this critical point of surrender. Nevertheless, some formal interventions have been successful at persuading people to get clean and sober. Here is a full guide to planning and organizing a formal intervention.
Assess A Person’s Addiction In Order To Determine The Correct Approach
A friend or loved one who is caught up in the cycle of addiction has to be approached in the right way. We all know how worthless it is for advice to fall on deaf ears, and this is bound to be the case with certain approaches in trying to help struggling addicts. But there are specific, proactive actions that you can take regardless of where your loved one is at in their addiction. There are no hard and fast rules here because different personality types will call for different approaches. One valuable guideline might be to always use a caring approach instead of a threatening one. Consider the different levels of denial and willingness to change that an addict or alcoholic might have:
Complete Denial – If a person is in complete denial of their addiction, then there is little that you can do other than focus on your own behaviors and actions. The best that you can do in this case might be to communicate your boundaries with the person and let it be known that you won’t be bailing them out of any jams. A formal intervention is unlikely to produce an immediate change, although it might be a step in letting the person know how much everyone cares for them. In some cases, a formal intervention might be an unhealthy move on your part…better to take care of yourself at this point and simply establish healthy boundaries with the person.
They are Admitting to their Problem, but are Reluctant to take action - This is the difference between admitting and accepting that they have an addiction. This person is technically still in denial, but they just aren’t willing to change yet. The fear of change, the fear of life without chemicals is too great for them, even though they know that they have a real problem. They are caught between a rock and a hard place.
I was in this state for several years, but was scared to get help and make a change. I was terrified of the thought of facing life without drugs and alcohol. What finally got me to ask for help and change my life was a simple, informal conversation with a family member over the phone. This is what finally “did the trick,” whereas a full scale formal intervention in the past had failed. But also realize that the formal intervention might have been a critical part of the journey. They Admit to their Problem and Say they are Willing to Change, but only on Their Own Terms – This is still denial, but in its sneakiest form. The person has agreed to address their addiction and says that they are willing to change. They might even have a genuine willingness to change. But the problem is that they are only going to change on their own terms.
Fear is holding them back. The person is so close to making a life changing decision. Tread with caution and don’t push them over the edge. Be helpful and supportive. Personality type will help dictate if this is the best time for a formal intervention or not. If they are secluded, isolated, shy, or have anxiety or depression, then a formal intervention with lots of people might be a bad idea at this point. If you want to know how to help drug addicts then you have to learn to figure out how hard you can press up against this wall of fear. It can be a tricky balance to attain.
They Accept their Addiction and Will do Almost Anything You Suggest – This is complete surrender, and represents someone who is ready to change. Get them to a treatment center or a twelve step meeting.
Practicing Detachment
One of the key principles that will help you in dealing with a struggling alcoholic or drug addict is detachment. The idea behind it is to separate yourself emotionally from the damaging effects of your relationship with the addict or alcoholic. It is not the same as complete disassociation or abandoning the relationship. The idea is to care for them while detaching emotionally. You can care for them but not feel like you are responsible for them. In other words, you are specifically trying to not get all wrapped up emotionally by an addicts destructive behaviors.
This is difficult.
Practicing detachment should make it easier over time. Here are some things that you can do in order to practice detachment with the struggling addict in your life:
- Don’t do things that they should be doing themselves.
- Don’t bend over backwards to rescue them or save them from natural consequences.
- Don’t cover up for their mistakes or embarrassing situations.
- Don’t rescue them from crisis or financial situations.
- Don’t try to fix them.
- Let go of any guilt you may have about them.
Detachment is not about denying your emotions. If someone close to you dies, for example, you will probably feel sad. You can’t choose this feeling. It simply is. But we do have the power to affect the intensity of this feeling, by focusing on the positive aspects of the situation. We can also change our thinking in an attempt to eradicate irrational beliefs that might be contributing to our emotional turmoil.
The goal is not to go without emotions, the goal is to achieve some level of emotional stability. We are detaching from the negative, irrational thoughts that stir up our emotions, like the guilt we might have if we think someone’s addiction is our fault.
Detachment is difficult and takes practice. I urge you to find local Al-Anon meetings and get involved with them, as those are the people who can help you the most.
Good luck to everyone out there and God bless.
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@ Kris – I think that you are probably right in your thinking, that your parents are a bit enabling.
But it is not an easy thing to force on your parents, either. They are dealing the best they can, too. Addiction just sucks. You can’t force your brother to change and you might not be able to change your parents either. I would try to communicate earnestly with your parents about it and then seek support for yourself.
I hope your brother “sees the light” soon…..
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I found a wonderful dogsitter 8 months ago, and she gradually became a friend. At the time I didn’t know it but she was in a “dry” period after 13 years of alcoholism. A mutual friend told me two months ago the day my friend fell off the wagon. I have worked with and known depressives, and also others with alcohol problems, but this lady is more ill than any other alcoholic I have yet known. As soon as I realised the extent of my friend’s problem, and started seeing how it was affecting her and her family, as well as chasing away other friends and clients, I resolved to not walk out on her but to do my best to be a continuing presence in her life. Last week I went to my first Al-Anon meeting and shall make it a regular thing. My friend appears to fall into the “change on her own terms” category. I am already doing quite a lot of what is advised both in your article and in the replies to some of the readers’ situations. I am used to the concept of keeping a certain distance with people with severe problems, but in my life am still learning to do so ALL the time in practice. I have already built up a certain amount of openness with this friend and whilst I know there is a lot she is still not telling me, I am finding that she will be fairly open with me a lot of the time. I am working on building a level of trust so that she will accept that when I need to put distance between us, that it is only for the times when I feel (and she knows) that she is in a place where I cannot help her and she cannot help herself. And so that she knows without doubt that it is because I love her, not because I am horrified or disgusted by her. I am taking this day by day because I have assured her that when I feel that I need to change any agreement – such as, if she is to look after my dog, or even if I am to go to see her on any given day – I will sit down with her and we will discuss the situation. And currently her degree of functioning is varying day by day.
The first question I was asked at Al-Anon was: why am I wanting to keep being her friend? That threw me at first until I realised that they were not condemning me for it, but were more inviting me to look deeper into myself and see what it was that I needed in this. One of the other members identified at once one issue and said that she could see that I had known this friend as a friend BEFORE knowing that she was also an alcoholic and before she fell off the wagon this latest time.
At the moment I am feeling that if I can maintain some form of “trust” with this friend, she will eventually see that there is a way forward for her if she can only make up her own mind to relinquish the crutch of the alcohol that she has spent so many years clinging to. I am not falling into the trap of doing a lot of things for her nor pandering to her, but others around me know that I have done this in the past and are concerned that I may be drawn into repeating a recurrent pattern, although I feel that I have learned a great deal from previous failures and that this is helping me to stand back much better in this instance. However, I know that I need Al-Anon input and support because alone, I will not be strong enough to maintain the strength I currently feel.
My main worry is: how far should I continue to be actively caring of this lady, or should I be starting to look at the “cold-shouldering” approach that other friends of hers have taken?? My theory is that if I can give her reasons to see that there can be a fulfilling Life without Drink (I am not a drinker and can take or leave a glass of wine any time, even with a meal), she may come to realise that she no longer needs to use the drink to make her into the confident person she thinks she is or thinks she wants to be. I am currently using activity – things to take her mind away from wine – but others have apparently used both social interaction AND the other extreme which is basically dumping her while she is drinking, and neither extreme has worked to keep her “dry” for any length of time.
This lady has also been in rehab twice and has still returned to the alcohol.
I feel quite alone in this still at the moment, despite Al-Anon.
Does anyone with experience of a friend, as opposed to a relative or partner, and who did not give up on that friend, have any guidelines for me as to which way to pursue it from this point on???
I am posting my own update after spending the time since my last post, reading EVERY single comment and reply on here. And already I have the answer to one of my quandaries. I can recognise that I am in fact being too enabling, despite what I had thought. I made a shortlist of the few most salient “rules” and right at the top, is this one: I must allow my friend to feel pain before I can expect her to be ready to truly want to change.
It is like a vicious circle though. She drinks to stifle the pain she feels but of course by drinking, she is creating more pain, for both herself and others. Ultimately, this lady is going to die because of her addiction, if she cannot feel the right kind of pain SOON that will wake her up to what she is doing to herself.
Patrick, I liked the insight on what your mother said to you that just suddenly ‘spoke’ to you at that moment and I think I can see why it did.
I have also allowed – enabled – my friend to lapse for the moment from AA. I can see where I can step back from this and enable her to need their input again. I have read a lot about AA and have a personal issue with the naming of the Higher Power in the 12 steps, but I have already for the last two weeks been working on accepting this in the concept and terminology that I personally can take on board.
I am planning to continue to try to maintain the same level of contact with her in terms of her current openness with me over what she is doing but am also aware just how many other people in her surroundings are also unknowingly enabling her to not feel any pain at all. There is also the issue that many of these people are unaware of her problem.
In the medium term I can see how I can work towards removing some of the “safety” from her life so that she can feel the pain more than she is doing at the moment. I just still don’t want to give up on her but nor do I want to let MYSELF down, which I will be doing if I ever allow HER to take control and manipulate ME. Yes it does sound harsh; but I can see how necessary this is. I have already seen manipulative behaviour and it has so far strengthened my resolve to be strong for ME first and foremost. (one example being where she wanted to cry on my shoulder just before she knew I was going to the Al-Anon meeting…I let her talk for a few minutes; I gave her a hug and told her I cared about her but that I still had to go to the meeting BECAUSE I cared, and because I needed to, for both me and for her – and I walked out and went.)
I am still of the opinion that I should continue to talk openly with her about what I see and how I feel. If I am wrong in this, please would somebody advise me? but what I am feeling, is that this is a human being and she has the right to be a part of any decision I make as to my dog being cared for by her, or even my continued presence in her life and the degree thereof. I will not suddenly pull the rug from under her but aim to talk to her about my reasons for any decision I make. And I am aware that she will try to rationalise with me at each step of this; and this is where I know I shall need the support of Al-Anon and anyone else who has more experience of this than I have.
This message board has been extremely helpful to me today.
At the end of it all I do sometimes feel that there is not a lot of hope; but I know I should not despair and I also know that no matter what comes of this friendship and my current role in this lady’s life, there is a reason why I am in this position right now and it might not even be the reason of helping her, but of me finding MYSELF in my own life.
My boyfriend has a bad drug addiction problem. And he is willing to change for me and for his family. I am always their for him but emotionally im getting stressed out day by day. I dont want to lose him. It ki
I have a friend that has been alcohol free for 35 years and relapsed a few days ago. I want some comments on; person to person now, reassurance, right now, today AND NOT before you get drunk, places too go for treatment, the same old advice a alcoholic already knows. What I’m trying too explain, which is not that easy for me, a
Momentarily thought, we’re on your side, a right now at the moment conversation. NOT you go there do this, you have too do that, you can’t do that, stay away frm, the same ole sht I get from all the sites and we already know. AA is the answer, that’s another one…that’s all I can find. What the hey? Yahoo, FB, Google, IGoogle, Google Earth, My Space all of them it seems , giving me the identical information. Again, beating addi or taking care of addi, need to go there or here, what you do after you relapes, what you do before etc. Sorry, but I’m repeating some things because I am sooooo frustrated…..I need right at the moment conversation w/my friend. The comments from an addict to another addict that has just relaspsed, right then and there….. No referals…God do I have too go on about this? You do/finially get it, right? Geezzzzzzzzzzzzz! I’ve been on this thing all dm day searching for anything, something that remotely comes close too what I’m wanting. Help! :-(
hey its me i have been great sense my last time on here my life is doin alittle better but nothing changes over night but this pass week i went to see my ex the one i loss because of drugs and my problems with them and i told about my problems with drugs and told her that i was off them and it is hard very hard because of all the temp. out there and she just blew it off with a yea right attitude it hurt cause she said that im only off them cause i cant find them it made me feel so small dont really mean to bring my prob. here but jus wanted to tell someone
Hi, I need some advise. My son is 23 and just got thrown out of rehab, he had 3 days left, they said he was talking to a girl in there.He went to a halfway house and that only last 2 weeks, he said someone stole money from him, they say he refused to take a drug screen. I will give you alittle background, he got put in jail for failing a drug screen with probation, while he knew he gets drug screened every week he still did it. He went to jail, then right to rehab..Since everything fell through he has been back at my house doing nothing, no job, no car and lies all the time. This week I found a small amount of weed in his room, that he claims he just found, 2 days later I found a crack pipe in my living room in a soda can, he says its not his…I pay for everything (all his bills and fines) I drive him everywhere (probation, job interviews etc) he will not go to a meeting, or get off his butt.. He may have finially gotten a prt time job this week, but when I found the pipe I told him to get out of my house I was thru…I feel so guilty, I can hardly think..He has been putting me thru crashing cars, stealing from me, lying, getting locked up, etc) since he was 17…he is now 23 and I can take it…did I do the right thing? we have no family left, he will be on the street…
***Sorry Advice
Theresa – it sounds like you need to take care of YOU now. Put some distance in between you and your son for a while. Tell him that YOU need time. Because you really do. Put yourself first for while and do NOT feel guilty. It sounds like he needs to bang his head against the wall a few more times before he “gets it.” Good luck.
Hi Patrick;
I could use some advice. My wife and I are married many years. Early on, I never recognized her alcolholism as quite frankly I enjoyed to party also and was drawn to her ability to have a fun time.
Well, now I have had her in rehab twice, she was sober for a little over two years and started drinking again thinking that she could manage it this time (I also did not help this as I was not stopping the behavior hoping that the fun person I married would come back). Well, you can sort of predict what happened. Her drinking has progressed. In the past year she has received a DUI, has been drinking during the day (not every day) and has injured herself now three times (broke her hand falling out of a car, cut open her chin and recently broke her fibia falling down the stairs). All while very drunk. I feel exhausted and have become lost in our relationship. Worse yet, our young son is growing up with an alcoholic mom. I could use any advice you may have on my situation. I have been to a few (but not many or regular) Alanon meetings, but I am more concerned about my son. I do not know which is worse, having him grow up with an addicted parent or divorce. I love my wife, but all the energy and life in our relationship has been sucked out of me.
Thank you for your response. Of course I didn’t sleep a wink last night wondering where he was and if he was alright. Again I feel so guilty, one part of me says stand strong, as I told him not to contact me at all, until he got his act together, the other part of me thinks I should do anything to get him help, but I have done that many times…I think he is old enough to realize he needs help, and he can get it on his own or straighten himself out without leaning on me to do it??
Update: My son has been gone since last Wed. I recieved a text message from him on Sat afternoon stating “I’m not dead in case you care” and have not heard a word since…I thought he was possibly at his Dad’s but he has not seen him either. Now I feel really guilty, what if something has happened to him, or on the other hand, maybe he is staying with a friend and is getting his act together…I would like to think the last statement, but I don’t hold out hope…
Am I wrong feeling that if he is out on the street doing bad things, It’s my fault or should I just realize that if he is, it was his choice??
Sad Update: Today is Thursday, I recieved a letter from probation that he has failed to report and his last drug screen came back +. he swears its wrong, blah, blah…He goes to court tomorrow for VOP for failing a drug screen prior to him going to rehab. I think he will be in jail for a long time. So sad, 23 years old, nice looking, almost finished college, and these drugs are doing this to him..
I am so depressed over this, and I simply cannot go to court with him and watch him get taken away..
Does it ever get right???? EVER?
My wife drinks constantly from the time she comes home to the time she passes out. When we go out (which is not often anymore) she drinks to point of becoming an embarrasement. I have three children with the youngest still at home. The youngest has told her about being embarrassed in front of her friends. I have talked to her about her problem but she denies it and becomes combative. I am at wits end and dont see our marriage lasting much longer. Suggestions?
Hang in there Theresa
It can and does get better. It might take a long time but he will figure this out eventually. He might be in jail at the time of course. Sometimes we have to keep banging our head into the wall for a while before we get it.
I was the same way.
Have hope.
@ Mike – go to an Al-anon meeting and share your situation with them. They can give specific advice and suggestions.
hi :)
Hi Patrick and thank you for the kind words. New update:
Tonight i will see my son for the last time, he had to go to cort last week, and is getting sentenced tomorrow.
The offer he got was 5 years drug court, or 270 days in jail with 66 days credit. **He took the jail time..After he gets out he will no longer be on probabtion, and he had 4 years of probabtion and we are only in year 2 now.
I feel sick as a Mom, but ok as a parent that he is going away. I am desperate to think that this may be the turning point, but they way he is now I really don’t see that happening. He went to jail for 30 days before, and still came out and still did drugs..
While he was out of the house, I found out he withdrew $1500.00 from his bank account and in 1 week didn’t have a penny left, I know he only had about 50 bucks in his account so when I called the bank to find out how he was able to withdraw that amount of money they stated the had given him a line of credit! What??? He is 23 years old, no job…ugggg..
He doesn’t realize that his actions effect everyone, now I will be asked to send money to him in jail, and pay for the phone calls, the Lawyer bills which are at 7K now, cell phone that he had in my name..It just never stops.
I told him to go thru the drug program they had in jail, not sure how much that will help, its only a county jail, and when he gets out he had better have some sort of a plan, cause he is not coming back with me…Will I still feel that way then, probably not..
I really don’t know what I did wrong with this kid? he was a start soccer player, got scouted for colleges, went to college of course didn’t finish, we didn’t have alot I have always worked hard (Single Mom) and he knows that…I really don’t get it.
**Patrick what was your turning point? I went to a few meetings and it was so depressing, not one person had a happy ending to their story not one out of about 20 parents.
@ Theresa – my turning point was when I was all alone one day and I realized that the booze was no longer working for me. My girlfriend was out of town with her family at the time and I was alone and I could not “get happy” with drugs and alcohol. I was drinking very strong liquor all night long and I realized it was no longer fun. So I called my mother and agreed to get help.
In some ways I think this was just a blessing from my HP. I did not go to jail or wreck my car in order to come to this decision. It just happened.
But do you see how I had to be alone, sort of abandoned (if only temporarily) for it to happen?
This is what they teach you in Al-anon. How to detach, so that the alcoholic will be forced to grow up, so to speak.
What kind of meeting did you go to where no one had a happy ending? If it was an Al-anon meeting, that makes perfect sense. My parents stopped attending those over 8 years ago when I got sober. Why keep going if the alcoholic in your life is no longer in active addiction? Makes sense to me….so you would naturally not hear the “happy endings” in those meetings. The people that are there still need help…..
Good luck….
My husband and I have been married for just under two months but have been together for about 8 years. We got together very young and partying with alcohol was part of our college lifestyle. I knew that he rarely took pain/ anxiety medication (inhertied from a group of guys he grew up with), and didn’t have a huge problem with it because it didn’t seem like an issue. He still went to school full time and was responsible for himself and his bills. We then grew out of that lifestyle until prescription pills became so easy to get over the internet. It took a friend dying from an overdose to snap him out of it that time. We then went a couple of years sober until depression and availability made it come back into his life. We struggled with his addiction… missing family events and holidays, and even me leaving him a few times for him to come to the decision he wanted to stop. He was sober for year and a half when we decided to get married. I thought everything was so perfect. A month before we get married I find out he’s been taking them for several months. He promised rehab, and hard work to get through it this time…we got married…and he decided he doesn’t really have an issue and has resumed the lies. My therapist says that the alonon method of setting boundaries and not being confrontation is the only way but I’m not sure how much patience I have left before I admit that I see the pattern of the writing on the wall. Be sure when making a commitment to someone who’s an addict that they SHOW they’re fully committed to helping themselves for their own well-being and no one else or it won’t happen. It’s a long hard road either way but without their full commitment you’re fighting an up-hill battle. Be compassionate, not forceful, set boundaries, and be prepared to walk away before you lose yourself. Try all the methods of dealing with an addict and hopefully one of them will work on your loved one. Good luck to you spouses
God bless, Frustrated Wife. Sounds like you have gained much wisdom. Thank you for sharing it with us. I hope things work out well for you. Put your sanity first.
My close friend is suffering from E and over-the-counter drug addiction. For the longest time, I was in denial about his problem. I just thought that he was having fun and that it would never hurt anyone. I played along and now I don’t know how to help him. He has chased away a lot of his close friends. I have recently tried the informal intervention and hopefully this will open his eyes. I am so glad that I found this site. I now know that I am not responsible for his life and weather or not he gets better, I can just help him get there
My husband is addicted to opiates and I have been dealing with this for about 3 years now since I became pregnant with our second son. Our sons are now 4 and 2 years old and they are being negatively effected by this and it is killing me. Earlier this year I found out my husband had started shooting up heroin because it was cheaper and a better buzz . I left him and then he begged me to come back and that he would stop for the millionth time. I knew it wasnt true but just hoped and prayed that it was so like every other time I came back. I dont know how to help him and I am a college student with no income so there is the issue of not being able to support myself but more than that the issue is that I love him and just want him to stop but we cannot afford rehab and his family and friends who also have drug problems are all around him literally just down the road. We cannot afford to move though we probably could if he would quit using. He says he wants to quit but never more than a few days go by before he is high again. I am so stressed out right now between heavy school assignments ( I am almost a senior now, this is my 4th year) taking care of my little guys, and dealing with his drug problem that I am on the verge of a nervous breakdown. What am I suppose to do?
this article was great. However, i can’t seem to find an article on photo addiction. I know smeone who is addicted to taking photos, and wont stop. help
im only 14 and ive never taken grade until today. I had a small puff and stopped and worried if im starting get addicted
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