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My Boyfriend has become stoner... Wtf should I do?

Discussion in 'Family, Friends, and Relationships' started by Dstar, Apr 19, 2014.

  1. Dstar

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    So I've been with my boyfriend for 7 months after been single (out of choice - due to a previous head screwing relationship) so I give this guy a chance and jump in both feet first.

    He smokes weed but then I drink too much initially so we get on quite well and he just finds me funny...

    He is "quitting weed" when I met him so I cut down the drink as I only do it cus I'm lonely... He then stops completely... 3 months of pure happiness and he would move mountains to come see me and spend time with me, she's I'm his de-stress... He's working overtime to pay for Xmas for his family in replacement for what his father should be doing... I'm a proud bf having someone who is so thoughtful and I think the world of him...

    Jan comes and he start smoking occasionally which is fair enough... Then it starts becoming everyday... Suddenly he stops coming to see me, if I want to see him I have to go to him, the calls stop, the texts become one word answers, I write him a letter saying I'm leaving him as this isn't what I signed up for... He ses he's going to quit rather than loose me... He carries on... February I take him.to New York for valentines day although at this point I don't even want to be around him it's gotten that bad... He's not smoking for a week & I get my boy back & fall for him all over again... We get back to the UK and he meets up with all his mates, within 4 hours of being back he's got a spiff in his hand... I then start a new job the next day and I'm on a course for 2 weeks... He's smoking heavy now while I'm there, no real contact unless I call or FaceTime...

    I keep leaving him and asking to come to some compromise that he doesn't smoke only on days I'm with him out of respect... So the first thing he does is get stoned before I get there or burn one as soon as I arrive...

    He's decided he don't want to work more than his 13 hours a week, which don't even pay his bills, I've been subsidising him for months, I've split up with him loads of times to the point where I have given him the ultimatum of "me or bud" and he has said he's chosen me but then carries on exactly the same... I'm seeing random guys messaging him and calling him, he deletes everything off his phone & I'm trying to work out if it's the bud or that he don't wanna be with me...

    I've told him loads of times that if he don't want to be with me to just say but he says he's happy with me, I've broke up with him for weeks and he just carries on like we're still together with the texts, but still no effort is made in coming to see me, calling me, anything I've asked he tells me what I want to hear at the time then just does whatever the hell he likes... Is this a common issue with bud smokers?

    I keep being told I'm being over the top and that I need to chill but I really think he has a massive problem and it's going to ruin his life, I don't care if I'm with him or not I'm just concerned cus I do have feelings for him that he's going to get to 30 and still be doing what he did when he was at school... ALL of his friends smoke it & when he quit for 3 months before he didn't see much of them at all, now he would sooner spend every waking second (when he is awake) with them than me... He tells me there's nothing wrong with him and that he's fine, I'm just been over the top and doesn't see what the problem is, he has smoked it since he was 12 and he's now 26 so that's a long time...

    I don't know whether to just walk away or how to get someone to see that they are wasting their life and they have a problem which changes their whole personality and is ruining a decent relationship, when they clearly have no intention of changing...

    Thoughts?
     
  2. AKTodd

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    If you keep breaking up with him but then continue to see him or keep coming back, you've basically lost all credibility in that area. If you're going to break up with him, then cut all contact and stop providing financial support. Because otherwise why should he believe you and what incentive are you providing to get him to change?

    While it can hurt to see him ruining his life (either definitely or just in your opinion), it is (ultimately) his life and not yours. He's not going to change until/unless he's ready to do so.

    At this point, it's pretty obvious you are heavily invested in this relationship and since you keep coming back and are also providing him with money, you are essentially shielding him from the consequences of his actions. It would be nice to think that he will get it together enough to stop because he can see he is hurting you, but this is pretty rare with addicts unfortunately. Because that's what he is, you know.

    You might locate your local chapter of whatever drug and alcohol treatment programs are in the UK and see what advice they can give you for dealing with this kind of situation. Not sure if there's a way to get him into rehab or do an intervention or the like. Given your mention of drinking, you may also want to consider joining one of them yourself.

    My 2c worth,

    Todd
     
  3. Chip

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    I'd suggest getting a copy of the book "codependent no more". Your boyfriend has zero incentive to change becuase you keep going back to him, give him money, sand he can promise to change and then go back to his old habits with no consequences.

    And that is how it will continue. Clearly he has a substance abuse problem but isn't really interested in getting sober, only in appeasing you. So either get used to having an unreliable boyfriend who is a stoner and unreliable and untrustworthy and constantly needs money... Or leave for good and find someone who genuinely cares about your needs. In short... Do you want a project or a boyfriend?