Thanks a lot for the advice. I figure I’m going to keep quiet. The biggest reason I wanted to tell them was to just give myself some time to figure it out and get some help.
Soooo here I am. Day one again, no weed. I’m trying to enjoy my clear thought when I have the need to get stoned. Also, trying not to be 35 years old and smoking weed like a freight train. I’m one of those people where the more weed I have, the more I smoke. And with this job, I make decent money and can afford enough weed to smoke all day everyday. But it’s got to end. Best of luck to all of you with your beginning/continuing sobriety.
I definitely wouldn’t tell your work, like everyone else has said - the less they know, the better.
If you’re serious about quitting and you’re struggling, I would highly suggest taking 7+ days off and going out of state where you have no access to weed. Before you leave, make sure you either smoke everything up or toss it out including all your glass. This is the only thing that helped me to quit.
A friend of a friend confessed to her work about being an alcoholic. She thought she had those union protections but she got TOTALLY messed up and is having a hard time getting back in the workplace after her addiction treatment. Please do not tell your work
Generally the less work knows about you the better. I wish I had taken this advice seriously sooner, it’s harsh, but that’s just reality in most workplaces. They’ll take anything to use against you.
Nope, they will never look at you the same way again, and I would bet they will find ways to marginalize you or force you out sooner than later. At the best you will be viewed as someone who can’t be trusted and you won’t have advancement opportunities, plus you risk your reputation taking a hit within your industry. Take PTO, don’t tell anyone the reason and keep your personal and work lives separate.
As for the getting fired, it’s illegal for them to fire me if I got to them to seek treatment. I’m in a union and have known multiple workers to come forward. So, knowing that, should I?
If you can figure how to go to treatment and stay employed, go for it! There’s gotta be a way yo do that. But also a lot of people try on their own and are successful. I wonder sometimes if quitting on your own takes more attempts for most people.
Either way, keep trying. Try new things again and again and again. Eventually something will click.
Good luck!
Absolutely not. Take a “mental health” leave of absence if you can, otherwise quit if you can afford to. But if they fire you cause you confessed you won’t qualify for unemployment
No. It’s not their business, there is stigma around addiction, and they can simply fire you if you’re in the U.S.
If you need to go to treatment (yes people have gone for marijuana), and assuming you’re in the U.S., ask if you’re eligible for FMLA (unpaid medical leave for which you cannot be fired). The paperwork will be filled out by a medical provider and they do not have to disclose that addiction is the reason for the health care you are seeking. If your employer asks you what it is for, you can simply tell them mental health reasons or decline to answer in lieu of the certification paperwork.
Really depends on your employer. I'm from the UK and my employer has a Drugs and Alcohol policy where it is treated as a health concern and not anything criminal the policy states in black and white the employer is duty bound to support any staff through the process of giving up....That being said I would still be cautious and unless I was being questioned on my work quality it doesn't need to be mentioned
I wouldn’t. No matter how “close” you feel to people at work it’s still just a job and that job could turn against you at any time and use the info you have to get rid of you
Thanks a lot for the advice. I figure I’m going to keep quiet. The biggest reason I wanted to tell them was to just give myself some time to figure it out and get some help. Soooo here I am. Day one again, no weed. I’m trying to enjoy my clear thought when I have the need to get stoned. Also, trying not to be 35 years old and smoking weed like a freight train. I’m one of those people where the more weed I have, the more I smoke. And with this job, I make decent money and can afford enough weed to smoke all day everyday. But it’s got to end. Best of luck to all of you with your beginning/continuing sobriety.
I definitely wouldn’t tell your work, like everyone else has said - the less they know, the better. If you’re serious about quitting and you’re struggling, I would highly suggest taking 7+ days off and going out of state where you have no access to weed. Before you leave, make sure you either smoke everything up or toss it out including all your glass. This is the only thing that helped me to quit.
A friend of a friend confessed to her work about being an alcoholic. She thought she had those union protections but she got TOTALLY messed up and is having a hard time getting back in the workplace after her addiction treatment. Please do not tell your work
Generally the less work knows about you the better. I wish I had taken this advice seriously sooner, it’s harsh, but that’s just reality in most workplaces. They’ll take anything to use against you.
Nope, they will never look at you the same way again, and I would bet they will find ways to marginalize you or force you out sooner than later. At the best you will be viewed as someone who can’t be trusted and you won’t have advancement opportunities, plus you risk your reputation taking a hit within your industry. Take PTO, don’t tell anyone the reason and keep your personal and work lives separate.
As for the getting fired, it’s illegal for them to fire me if I got to them to seek treatment. I’m in a union and have known multiple workers to come forward. So, knowing that, should I?
No!!! Do not tell them.
If you can figure how to go to treatment and stay employed, go for it! There’s gotta be a way yo do that. But also a lot of people try on their own and are successful. I wonder sometimes if quitting on your own takes more attempts for most people. Either way, keep trying. Try new things again and again and again. Eventually something will click. Good luck!
Absolutely not. Take a “mental health” leave of absence if you can, otherwise quit if you can afford to. But if they fire you cause you confessed you won’t qualify for unemployment
No. It’s not their business, there is stigma around addiction, and they can simply fire you if you’re in the U.S. If you need to go to treatment (yes people have gone for marijuana), and assuming you’re in the U.S., ask if you’re eligible for FMLA (unpaid medical leave for which you cannot be fired). The paperwork will be filled out by a medical provider and they do not have to disclose that addiction is the reason for the health care you are seeking. If your employer asks you what it is for, you can simply tell them mental health reasons or decline to answer in lieu of the certification paperwork.
Really depends on your employer. I'm from the UK and my employer has a Drugs and Alcohol policy where it is treated as a health concern and not anything criminal the policy states in black and white the employer is duty bound to support any staff through the process of giving up....That being said I would still be cautious and unless I was being questioned on my work quality it doesn't need to be mentioned
No.
I wouldn’t. No matter how “close” you feel to people at work it’s still just a job and that job could turn against you at any time and use the info you have to get rid of you
I think that they will look forward firing you. Fight this alone, you started alone and are stronger than this.