Smoking weed doesn’t only affect the person smoking it, but it also affects the people around them, especially their family. Having a wife or a husband that smokes weed may interfere with being a good partner as well as being a good parent.
It is best not to condemn your partner, and instead understand what they are going through. After this, try and help them understand your perspective as well. Forcing them to change or quit smoking weed may result to more problems. Opt for honesty and let them know your feelings towards their addiction and let them see what it is doing to your relationship.
If there are already problems within the relationship, then try your best to explain your opinion instead of finger-pointing immediately. Get facts and details that would help you make them understand on why they should quit smoking weed.
If you and your wife are trying to have children then inform them on how smoking weed can affect fertility. Tell them and let them know that their addiction might be causing the problem. Studies show that people who smoke weed has the tendency to have low reproductive hormones.
THC a chemical or compound in marijuana that causes the high can make its way into the reproductive tract and reduce your chances of having children. This can affect both men and women. Making your partner understand this might motivate them to kick the habit.
If your wife is pregnant, it is not good for them to smoke weed. Anything and everything that they take also goes to the baby which can potentially harm the child. Smoking weed while pregnant may result in a premature birth of your child and may even cause stillbirth.
Babies who were exposed to marijuana during pregnancy can also have a very low birth weight. The baby might also have an undeveloped brain that can cause permanent damage or autism. Children that were exposed to marijuana during pregnancy can also develop ADHD. There’s also a great risk that your child might have difficulty learning as well as have frequent memory gaps.
This is not only applicable to mothers but also to fathers. Second hand smoking of marijuana can also affect the baby. If you smoke around your wife while she is pregnant then the risks remain the same. If you explain to your partner about the risks involved in smoking weed, then they will be motivated to stop or quit smoking weed.
If you already have children and they are exposed to your smoking habit, are you really setting a good example? Explain to your partner all of the possible psychological effects on your children because of their addiction. But remember, do not blame them instead make them understand on why they should stop smoking weed.
How to help your partner to quit smoking weed? Support them on this journey. Be there and believe that they can. Make them feel that you are there for them and that you support them. It is important for them to feel that despite their mistakes, you will always be there to help them get through things.
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