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by november 29, Oct 26, 2001 12:00AM
Tags: Addiction
I have a girl pregnant and she is 2 months.I smoke pot every day and do other things sometimes will the pot harm the baby because that is what I DO THE MOST.DOESSHE ALSO NEED TO TELL HER Dr.THAT I AM A BIG POT SMOKER?
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by SHOTSY, Oct 26, 2001 12:00AM
To: November
I personally don't believe this is necessary. And don't believe your use will cause great harm. I think more approiately you should think of your future and your baby's. Children are expensive. Ask anyone one this site. And unless you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, your going to have to do a little finanical planning.There will probaly never be enough money to do everything you want when you have a child. But please think about your baby's needs before you spend all your money on pot. I've  known many people who couldn't afford to buy their kid's shoes or clothes, but always seemed to have their smoke. Having to go to their parents to help take care of their child.Have the mom to get regular prenatal care and everything should well. Get you ducks in a row and love love your baby, for they will change your life forever. Good luck and stay in touch, SHotsy

by cindi, Oct 26, 2001 12:00AM
To: father on drugs
I agree with Shotsy,,,,Welcome to the forum,,,I don't really think as far as prenatally baby and mom have anything to worry about as far as dad's pot smoking but like shotsy..Actually,,,,there is a bigger link with pot smoking and infertility...like Shotsy said  think about the future....the money etc..trust us  kids are not cheap...and it only gets worse as they get older  LOL...now, God knows i don't want to sound like I'm preaching cuz I truly am not but there are other things to think about while mom is carrying the baby...like not smoking around mom...not a good idea for her to inhale the pot...being carful not to smoke around the baby after it is born..etc..all the common sense things.....good luck to you and mom both and keep us posted.....love to all      cindi

by Thomas, Oct 26, 2001 12:00AM
sorry to hijack, but is anyone here just a little worried that Pakistan has nuclear weapons? It wouldn't take much for a revolution to happen. Then ... we'd have our worst nightmare: an islamic bomb. I feel like the main character in the film, Naked, talking about Revelations and Nostradamus and the end of the world while drunk and out of control ... We all knew the millenium would bring something. I'm afraid to know what this all means. Any ideas?

by Thomas, Oct 26, 2001 12:00AM
To: father
I don't think you have anything to worry about with the pot, not that I know of, anyway. How does the prospect of being a parent strike you? I bet it wasn't in the plan. I know my son wasn't. Yet, today, he's 24 and boy am I glad he's around!

by Marryanne, Oct 26, 2001 12:00AM
To: Thomas
I have to say Thomas, that my thinking has been right along with yours.  I am so worried about nuclear arms too!  and bioterrorism.  Anthrax may only be the tip of the iceberg.  I am especially worried about them letting out a bad non-treatable virus!  What kind of world and future do we and our children have to look forward too?  Thinking of you all and as always, God Bless (America) - Love, Mare

by Durty, Oct 26, 2001 12:00AM
Hate to bust in but have question maybe someone can help.  Has to do with hydro tolerance.  I started as directed on hydro for pain management about 2yrs ago.  Between managing the pain and mostly abuse I got up to 100mg+ day. Way more than I needed for pain.  I tappered myself off and stopped for 30 days (what a ***** that was) with idea that I could start back and take just what I need for the pain management - thinking the tolerance I developed might have diminished.  Unfortunately that didn't happen.  I'm now finding myself right back where I started and even worse off at 125-150mg a day.  Now, I'm trying to tapper again. Is the tolerance I developed for hydro a permanent thing?  Will it ever diminsh? I know I have a problem, thats why I hear reading each day. After this tapper I hope to stay off and next trip to pain clinic going to discuss any other non narcotic options. Appreciate any feedback    Durty  

by katie r, Oct 27, 2001 12:00AM
To: thomas and kstuebin
Can my liver travel with yours on the freak show? Kinda like a "his and hers"

virgin? what's that?

I'm going thru an early menapause too....so can I join the female army? Send me out there when I've ran out of pain pills and they'll all be sorry! I can't even stand to be around myself when I going thru withdrawals.

by skipper, Oct 27, 2001 12:00AM
To: Everyone § shea
shea:

you and the rest of the world (well everybody in this forum) are

looking for an opiate that a person can't build up a tolerence as

quickly too. a while back i was looking through a quarterly from

england called "the british journal of addiction." (those limey's

take their dope real serious) i came across an article that pon-

dered just that question. the author talked about a opiate deriv-

etive called levo-phanol. it's an intresting opiate because it has

no seditive qualitys what so ever. imagine that, wide awake and

feeling soo good you had to curl your toes up, but wide awake. the

author of this article noted that tollerence to this drug happened

much more slowly than other opiates. it was sold in this country

under the trademark name of levro-dromorian. i asked my smiling

pharmisist about this and he said he hadn't seen a perscription to

it in 15 years, so best of luck finding it in the good ol' USA.

keep an angel on your shoulder!

kip

by Shea, Oct 27, 2001 12:00AM
To: skipper
I appreciate your reply. Hydro has been my drug for years.  And i know any opiate will build a tolerance. but as thomas was saying the second time around it builds quicker. so would changing drugs make a difference that it might be a little slower? Or will it all be the same. Just for the hell of it i am going to question my pharmacist regarding the drug you were speaking of. i wonder why they don't use it any longer. thanks for your time skipper.



May you find peace



Shea

by Hobbitz, Oct 27, 2001 12:00AM
Phooey!!!   100 mgs?    Start taking around 70-75 vicoden per day (approx. 500 mgs ) and then start talking to Thomas, my ole buddy!



                 Hobs



P.s.  Then again, bad advice-bad for the liver.   Find a real dope habit if you're going that route.

by skipper, Oct 27, 2001 12:00AM
To: Thomas
Thomas:

Such a disturbing question that was contained in your post about

an Islamic atom bomb. Several other people i've crossed paths with in the last several weeks have been quitely posing the same question. one of the things i find most disturbing is the hushed and muted tones this question is being asked in...almost like there is not anyone who dares speak of the matter out loud or in the light of day. i was raised in the shadow of the cold war as so many of us were. i remember the cuban missle crisis. i remeber JFK telling people to build bomb shelters...



there just isn't enough oxy-c or any other dope to blot this out!

so what do we do about it?? i suspect the answer has already been

answered. we bring the unspoken questions and their associated

fears out into the light of day. we must speak the unspeakable before we will recieve answers to questions yet unasked.



what was the song, (by some canidan guy) about dreaming about the

lions last night and how they were not half as scary as the night

before? i pose this same question about my drug addiction. living

with the afliction of addiction just isn't as bad what i always

feared it would be. the actual reality isn't as bad as the fear

that procedes it.



guess there really is something to living one day at a time!!



hey, keep an angel on your shoulder--you may need one sometime!

kip

by cindi, Oct 27, 2001 12:00AM
To: Thomas
I got your mail and i have not answered...why?  Christ...I don't have an answer..i read the mail last night,,,came to the forum and read this post of yours and shut down..laid there awake for a long time listening to the wind,,,then the quiet,,then the sleet and wind again,,,wondering what's next...I often ask the same questions but to myself,,I don't want to know I guess....not this morning,,,i have a life to get to..a little girls soccer game...I can't think...But the good thoughts I do have right now are of you all     love cin

by skipper, Oct 27, 2001 12:00AM
To: cindi
cindi:

what answers can one expect from questions unasked? i truly be-

lieve that my fear and ignorence is one of the things that is keep-

ing me stoned!

i need the angels of the forum,

sitting on my shoulder...

kip

by kstuebin, Oct 27, 2001 12:00AM
To: Thomas § Everyone
I live next to Aberdeen Proving Grounds which is the home of the HQ of SBCCOM. (Soldiers Biological and Chemical Command). My father, ex-husband and I all work or worked on post.  I've lived my entire life with a chemical warfare outlook, you might say.  As you probably know, the US stopped making chemical or biological weapons in the 1970's. Can't say the same for bin Laden or Iraq. Anyway, my great fear isn't a nuclear weapon which would be bad but the release of smallpox.  Look how badly the anthrax situation was handled.  (And I get my mail through that facility that was contaminated.) All it would take is a few suicidal  bin Laden followers infecting themselves with smallpox and then heading out to the malls.  We would have no defense.  CDC only has 15 million doses of vaccine and those are 25 years old!  It would be impossible to contain. We're talking worldwide epidemic. It's 80% contagious to anyone who comes into contact with it. 30% fatality rate and everybody else is scarred and disfigured for the rest of their lives. I just pray that they don't have access to smallpox and that we catch them before they do. I know this is way off the subject of addiction but to be honest it scares me so much, it makes me just want to zone out until it's all over.

by Shea, Oct 27, 2001 12:00AM
To: kstuebin
OH MY..Smallpox. That is what has me the most freaked out. The Anthrax is bad enough  but Smallpox is just unthinkable. And I was thinking the same thing. Just infect a few of Satan's spawns (suicidal terrorists)and put them out into the population.

And there are so many people that just brush this idea off as if it is far fetched. GEESH.



Shea

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