Hi Mel, I also started drinking and doing drugs when I was just a kid. My first memories of addiction are when I was 11 years old. Sometimes it is tough to figure out what was caused by addiction and what was just the highs and lows of adolescence. Any way you put it, the drugs have caused a lot of problems in my life. I hope you can find a way to get off pot because it will never bring any good to your life. What did you do to get clean the last time? Please, do whatever it takes to get clean because life is short and being stoned robs you of precious time. Take care.