ADDICTION

what is addiction ?  is marijuana addictive ? can somebody please define addiction its driving me crazy i need to know.

Addiction is :

" the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma. "

so does this mean marijuana is addictive .? i am still unsure, the reason i ask is i think my brother and father are addicted and it makes me really angry . I try to suggest that they stay off it for atleast a week just to prove to them that they do not need the drug in there life , that maybe they could spend the money on more practicle things . But no i am shut down straight away for they can not go but a day without there hit of marijuana. I personally think it is stupid that they depend on this drug ,  that they choose to let this drug rule there life . They say i'm silly and i don't understand what its like to go without it but i have witnesed there behaiver while under the influence and i personally think they do not understand what it is like when they do smoke it . They tell me why am i getting so frustrated its not like they are hurting anyone but themsleves but i beg to differ , the behavier they display while stoned is not the type of behaviour you would expect from a role model whis is what they are Because they are in fact the eldest . My younger brother has just turned thirteen and he now thinks it is cool to smoke marijuana . Why .? Why must you set such a terrible example dad .? Josh (older brother) ? is it your wish that we all follow in your footsteps to let drugs rule our lifes,? do you want us to live a life where we cant pay our bills in time because we would rather buy drugs , not feed our kids because we would rather buy drugs.?  im just saying this is what your smoking drug infront of us could lead to .

BLAH BLAH BLAH

So today i said goodbye to my mum an niece as they went off on there holiday , they are going to stay down south with some family for a couple of days . I was sad to see them go as my mum is the glue that holds our family together . I am not looking forward to the days ahead because i know that now my mums not here everyonein the house will do what ever they like because my dad is always working and is hardly around to whip  us all back into shape .

omg the chaos has begun , i've just had a falling out with my older brother josh.I hate it soo much he is the worse when my mum is not around he thinks he can run the house trys to tell us all what to do and i think this is wrong as he is not a very good role model so who is he to tell us what to do . he Just gets stoned and eats all the food in the house , ok he doespay board but shit that dosnt mean yuu can be sellfish and leave nothing for anybody else. he knowshow hard it is for my parents topay for everything in the house as we have five children so that makesseven people living with us so you can imagine how tight money is , what makes it worse is that he makes long toll calls to his girlfriendwhich makes our phone bill sky high. He knows this is wrong but he dosen't  care all he cares about is his self .!

lifes looking great

ok so last year was not such a great year for me as i moved around alot and was kicked out of school . This sucked life was going down hill for me i was not going to school and as a result of that had lost contact with alot of my good friends also i am only 16 and still live at home so had pressure from my parents to go out and start looking for a job or to do something with my life not just sit around the house all day . untill recently i came back in contact with one of my best friends  from intermediate she has also left school and had told me about a course she was going to be doing in 2011 , this soundid like a great opportunity for me as i had no idea what i was going to be doing . so i enrolled in this course studying computers and careers and i am real excited about it , the opportunity to get some qualifications and meet new people while im doing it sounds great . also im am doing casual work with my dad to earn myself some money , its only a couple of hours a week but its great it makes me feel as though im being independent because idont have to ask my parents for money . for all teens living at home with your parents relying on them to do everything forthem i suggest you go out and get a part time job or something it feels real good to be independent . :D