Im 14 years old and I have a bad drug problem. I haven’t been smoking or taking any sorts of drugs for long at all. I started smoking weed around the start of this school year (August 2023). At first it was harmless. Me and buddy Judah would have sleepovers and hit the cart a couple times then just play video games and have fun. I decided to get my own cart so I could get high at my own house. That was kinda where it all went wrong. I’m abusing weed everyday. During school, in the morning, after school literally anytime I have the chance to go get high. I also have a horrible nicotine addiction and I’m going through a disposable vape every week atm. My friends tried getting me to quit nicotine and they took my vape a couple months ago. Instead of being honest with them and quitting I decided to hid my addiction from them. They think I’ve been nicotine free for 4 months when really my addictions only Getting worse and worse. I’m starting to do harder and harder drugs. When I used to hear people say weed is a gateway drug I thought they were full of shit but now I’m starting to understand what they were trying to tell me. At night when I have no weed or alcohol I’ve been getting desperate I started taking my moms adderall that she buys off of the street and a couple times I took very high doses of Benadryl (never ever do any dph drug the trip is terrifying and not worth it) just to not be sober at night. All of this is starting to effect my grades. Since I started smoking in school my grades have tanked and atp I don’t care about the school work. Im also starting to hangout with my drug buddies more then my real friends now and when I try and hangout with my sober friends it feels unbearable and all I can think abt is going to get fucked up. My least favorite part about this whole situation is that my whole friend group of kids I grew up with are starting to become distant from Me cause of my addictions and I want to change and get out of this loop but I just don’t know where to start and I was wondering if anyone could just give me tips on what I should do.