A few regrets and a chance to redeem myself

[bread_whore]

I have a friend who is addicted to pot. All the advocates claim it's not addictive, but for this person, if she didn't have it on a daily basis, reality would come crashing down in an unpleasant way. I understand to a degree, because I'm depressed myself, and in fact on medication to help me get through the day. I admit some bias because I've

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[washuotaku]

If you want advice, the answer is to tell them how you feel. However, since I over think things a bit, I suspect that they will react negatively to it. You are at a no-win situation where you want to be friends with a person, but that friendship is being impaired by that addiction.

I would encourage you to speak up, just be prepared for the negative reaction of it and possible scythem in relationship. If anything I learned it is dealing with people with addictions and the extremes they go through to continue it. Maybe if they didn't smoke in your presence, that could be a start of a possible compromise and/or a way to whein them less from it. Just be prepared, because your walking through land mines here.

[himemiyapinku]

Let them know it bothers you, and that it kinda turns them into lumps when they smoke (with better wording). I did this with my friends, and they don't smoke around me anymore :)