Expert: Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist - 6/30/2007

Question
I have a friend who wanted to be more then friends with me, and I sort of
rejected him without really rejecting him. I did that by telling him I had
interest in someone else, which is true. After that, he started acting different.
And mean. And now, 1 and a half weeks later, he's telling us he is stoned
every night and that we should do it too.

I want to tell him to stop it. I did, but I'm not sure if he's going to. I don't like
the way he is acting and he's being a bad influence to all the younger
members of our group. There is no real counselor for him, especially since we
live so far away from each other.

He doesn't live in a good environment... bad high school, ghetto area, and his
mom is pretty bad too...

it just breaks my heart to see him be so different. And I don't know much
about drugs,  but even if I tell him, is the real him going to be able to listen?

Answer
Hello Dana,

I get the impression that because you rejected him (and I would say for good reasons) he does not know how to handle it and is using drugs. I don't think you can help him  because he must want himself stop using drugs. Most addicts have to reach rock bottom, before they are ready for therapy. It is a question of motivation.

When people ask me to help them getting off drugs I use a combination of nutritional therapy and psychotherapy.

It is explained at:

Drug Addition is a Nutritional Disorder at:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/clinutrition/messages?msg=183.1

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Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
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