Why MA?

By, Chuck R.

A lot of people in other 12 Step programs ask the question, “Why Marijuana Anonymous?” I tell them that for twelve years, I was in and out of AA and NA and could not put together any length of sobriety or stop smoking pot. I tell them that I could stop drinking and using other drugs for long periods of time, but I could not stop smoking pot. Marijuana was my drug of choice and the other drugs usually always followed a joint. Marijuana was how I started and ended my day. I didn’t do anything or go anywhere without pot. It was how I functioned. I tell them that I need to hear from people who smoked pot like I did. I need a program that primarily deals with marijuana.

Without MA, I don’t think I could have put together 20 months of sobriety. I never could before I attended MA.

For my sobriety, I attend both MA and AA programs, because I am an addict and alcoholic. I applaud all the 12 Step programs, but MA will always be the foundation of my sobriety. I feel I belong.

Published in A New Leaf – February 1991

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