Comments by "Ida Larsen" (@idalarsen2540) on "‘You’re Poisoning Yourself,’ Says Dr. Phil To Guest Who Admits She Sometimes Drinks Hand Sanitizer" video.

@j.c985 No. There will always be exceptions, but no. Smoking is WAY better than alcohol and it helps A LOT of people overcoming much harder addictions. Sure, cannabis is a drug but drugs are not inherently bad, as many people like to claim. Sure, you could say that about heroin, meth etc. Not weed tho. It's not for everyone and I would never encourage ANY type of drug to ANYONE unless the situation calls for it, which it sometimes does. Many of my friends have managed quitting or reducing their intake by using weed instead. It's helped many people including myself, a long time drug addict, with my heroin, amphetamine, benzo addiction and many other things.. I've just about done it all. I have had several overdoses, and I've died. I've been homeless for many years combined, I've just about RUINED practically all my veins due to excessive use of needles, the list goes on. I've been stuck at the bottom a scary amount of times, for long times. My family and friends had to start preparing for my FUNERAL, my will and everything. To all of us it was just a matter of time. Today, I'm on buprenorphine (heroin "blocker" and replacement), anxiety medication and smoke weed. That good cbd hashish. Really relaxes me, helps my PTSD, anxiety, depression, insomnia and physical pains. If I really struggle w/ not using hard drugs and needles, I smoke my brains out and either fall asleep or munch my entire kitchen, laughing at anything and everything. It's all about harm reduction. Many times, almost all of the time it's too big of a goal to quit EVERYTHIG, at least at once. It's obiviously a lot better what I'm doing now than what I did before. I'm now a board member in an organization for the welfare of drug addicts, with a focus on harm reduction instead of pushing people to sober up. We've found that that (most of the time) has WAY better results. It doesn't matter if you can't quit absolutely everything, the chance of successfull recovery or at least reduction of heavy intake is a lot higher if you not only allow time to take baby steps, not "punishing" yourself if you have a setback, and encouraging people that are really trying instead of knocking them further down if you relapse. Compassion first. If we push people too hard it's way too easy to not feel adequate enough, only pushing you down further, maybe all the way down to no point of return. Compassion and emphathy is crucial. Support is crucial. Would we rather want heavy addicts smoke some weed or completely ruin not only their own life, but damage the well being of those who care for and love the struggling person? I'd say bring in the weed.
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