Not sure how a peer coach can still use Marijuana or can they??
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I have a medical marijuana license and I'm a Recovery and Life Coach in Wv
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It's MAT
In my opinion, you’re clean and sober or you’re not.
Focus on recovery.. Everything else will work out.. It's not a program of sobriety it's a program of recovery.. After we recover there are things called "outside issues".. Addiction isn't the only thing people suffer from although don't tell an addict that.. They think addiction is the only thing people suffer from and everyone else is fine . Not so...
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What works for someone else. Might not be your thing and that's ok. 
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Are they helpful towards guiding you and giving you sound feedback? That is what should matter.
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Do you drink coffee? Do you use tobacco in any form? How about sugar? Then you also use mind altering substances.
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That’s something only you can decide, as you can see by these comments. I personally couldn’t do it, I will go and buy some blow and then end up shooting dope, some people can. Not my place.
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It's whatever you are comfortable with.
If the coach is stoned while giving you advice I would say no!
I have traveled on many road trips with people who drink. Would I do that same trip if they were drinking while they drove, no!
It's very circumstantial, there's a huge difference between someone who uses substances and someone who uses substances and is under the influence before undertaking responsibilities that could alter someone's life.
Whether that be a coach, pilot, doctor, driver, fire fighter, police officer.
This is one of those topics where everyone’s experience is going to look different, and that’s okay. What works for one person’s recovery may not work for another, and this community is here for anyone who wants to live a sober life, whatever their path looks like. Let’s just be mindful that when we share here, we’re speaking from our own experience and respecting that someone else’s might not look the same.
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Everyone has their own path to peace and my hats off to them. If I could still have 1 drink or smoke weed once in a while and not lose my mind then I’d still be doing it.
nicotine and sugar don’t alter my reality to the extent of marijuana by a long shot. When I smoked pot, it affected my life in a very negative way and in my experience led back to drinking.
I apologize if I offended anyone.
IMO. Stay inward focused on you. All else white noise. If something doesn’t feel right drop it asap. Protect your energy.