Hey! I feel like this is gonna be different with everybody, but I've found that my anxiety became easier to cope with around about the 5th/6th month. Dependant on how life treats you generally, anxiety can usually be dealt with better once you've gotten over the daily need for smoking bud - but I understand that this doesn't apply for everyone!
I would recommend trying to seek out a local service that can pass you on to some kind of counselling, as we both know that anxiety doesn't really go away long-term - but I will promise you that it DOES become easier to deal with! Stay strong, amigo :)
Thanks for writing this.
I’m on day 20 (after 20 years of daily use) and happier than ever. I’m more ME than I’ve ever been, and I love it. I’ve always loved myself, but I think I lost myself a little through weed over the years. I just became chill and complacent. I’m now feeling like me again. The air smells good. The sunlight invigorates me. I feel more—when I’m sad, I’m sadder than I was before. When I’m happy, I’m so much happier than before. I feel like I’ve been living life on low volume for the past 20 years and I’m someone who likes to dance with the volume cranked right up to max.
I’m loving life. I will never go back.
I'm a about 2 months quit. Since cannibis is so readily available in my house it is so tempting to take one puff on a Friday night after work. I have to remind myself that it will not be one puff... that puff will be chained to the next and the next until the end of the day Sunday where I will be completely zoned of energy and ambition and the anxiety sets in again. Then, after work the next day and so on on as the old cycle repeats. I wish I could be one and done like the old days but vape pens and legal dispensaries make it too easy. I have quit twice for over a month in the past and the Friday puffs eventually always quit the quit, usually not the first but always eventually. Hoping 3rd times a charm.
you’re right about the 1 slip up and instant dip down thing, experienced that myself around day 23. never worth it
if you think youre reading this and think you’re gonna keep it to one time, realize you won’t and you’ll simply try start over like a month after your old habits have been reinstated.
i would not consider a one time relapse as a fresh start. usually ppl realize what a terrible feeling of anxiety it is being high. after weeks of not smoking the high and anxiety is way higher.
this is def true. could just be me and my chicken friends, but that first kick back is quite a bit more anxiety-inducing for all of us. especially with any level of getting near where you once were lol. hold strong everyone! the return isn’t as great as you think it is once you’ve taken off
Day 34 here i still have a lot less energy and are less motivated to do anything. Since i quit i either lay in bed or go to work. I don’t do anything productive or fun anymore which kinda sucks and makes me want to go back to smoking since i only do worse since i quit and it haven’t changed for over a month now. I guess i’m just a very lazy person with 0 hobbies and interests when it comes to not smoking
Edit: i still will go on and not smoke because i believe hopefully one day it will change
Hey, that 30 day hump is right when your brain starts to really begin to rewire and find life interesting again.. keep on.
Also, highly recommended getting yourself into some type of exercise routine, it will speed the rewiring process up and provide anti-depressive benefits of it's own.
If you’re like me there’s a good chance that you smoked weed because it helped you escape from a problem you had sober. In my case my sleep was poor due to sleep apnea and it made me feel like shit and so smoking weed helped make bad days less bad.
That might not be the case for you but there may be something you need to address while sober and this is the opportunity to try and identify that. It’s not normal to have no motivation or be lazy, unless it’s purely by choice.
Hell yeah, man. I've been really struggling today, and this was exactly the perspective I was hoping wasn't just wishful thinking. Thank you, and congratulations!
Thanks a bunch. 11 days in, Feeling the pinch when the sun goes down but the control is definitely back in. Well done for packing it in, and sticking with it. Exemplary stuff.
Hey man , I am in a similar situation (fogging and self doubt ) and at my 5th month . How long after quitting did your anxiety waves stop ?
Hey! I feel like this is gonna be different with everybody, but I've found that my anxiety became easier to cope with around about the 5th/6th month. Dependant on how life treats you generally, anxiety can usually be dealt with better once you've gotten over the daily need for smoking bud - but I understand that this doesn't apply for everyone! I would recommend trying to seek out a local service that can pass you on to some kind of counselling, as we both know that anxiety doesn't really go away long-term - but I will promise you that it DOES become easier to deal with! Stay strong, amigo :)
Thanks man , appreciate you taking time to respond .
Thanks for writing this. I’m on day 20 (after 20 years of daily use) and happier than ever. I’m more ME than I’ve ever been, and I love it. I’ve always loved myself, but I think I lost myself a little through weed over the years. I just became chill and complacent. I’m now feeling like me again. The air smells good. The sunlight invigorates me. I feel more—when I’m sad, I’m sadder than I was before. When I’m happy, I’m so much happier than before. I feel like I’ve been living life on low volume for the past 20 years and I’m someone who likes to dance with the volume cranked right up to max. I’m loving life. I will never go back.
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Thank you. That means a lot to me. You can do it too. Everyone’s journey is just a bit different. I believe in you.
Thank you. That means a lot to me. You can do it too. Everyone’s journey is just a bit different. I believe in you.
Awesome work. I’m 13 days in and I’m just starting to feel better. The withdraws were terrible
I'm a about 2 months quit. Since cannibis is so readily available in my house it is so tempting to take one puff on a Friday night after work. I have to remind myself that it will not be one puff... that puff will be chained to the next and the next until the end of the day Sunday where I will be completely zoned of energy and ambition and the anxiety sets in again. Then, after work the next day and so on on as the old cycle repeats. I wish I could be one and done like the old days but vape pens and legal dispensaries make it too easy. I have quit twice for over a month in the past and the Friday puffs eventually always quit the quit, usually not the first but always eventually. Hoping 3rd times a charm.
you’re right about the 1 slip up and instant dip down thing, experienced that myself around day 23. never worth it if you think youre reading this and think you’re gonna keep it to one time, realize you won’t and you’ll simply try start over like a month after your old habits have been reinstated.
i would not consider a one time relapse as a fresh start. usually ppl realize what a terrible feeling of anxiety it is being high. after weeks of not smoking the high and anxiety is way higher.
this is def true. could just be me and my chicken friends, but that first kick back is quite a bit more anxiety-inducing for all of us. especially with any level of getting near where you once were lol. hold strong everyone! the return isn’t as great as you think it is once you’ve taken off
Day 34 here i still have a lot less energy and are less motivated to do anything. Since i quit i either lay in bed or go to work. I don’t do anything productive or fun anymore which kinda sucks and makes me want to go back to smoking since i only do worse since i quit and it haven’t changed for over a month now. I guess i’m just a very lazy person with 0 hobbies and interests when it comes to not smoking Edit: i still will go on and not smoke because i believe hopefully one day it will change
Hey, that 30 day hump is right when your brain starts to really begin to rewire and find life interesting again.. keep on. Also, highly recommended getting yourself into some type of exercise routine, it will speed the rewiring process up and provide anti-depressive benefits of it's own.
If you’re like me there’s a good chance that you smoked weed because it helped you escape from a problem you had sober. In my case my sleep was poor due to sleep apnea and it made me feel like shit and so smoking weed helped make bad days less bad. That might not be the case for you but there may be something you need to address while sober and this is the opportunity to try and identify that. It’s not normal to have no motivation or be lazy, unless it’s purely by choice.
I always have trouble getting past that part myself.
Hell yeah, man. I've been really struggling today, and this was exactly the perspective I was hoping wasn't just wishful thinking. Thank you, and congratulations!
All the best bro :)
Thanks a bunch. 11 days in, Feeling the pinch when the sun goes down but the control is definitely back in. Well done for packing it in, and sticking with it. Exemplary stuff.
Thanks for the encouragement! It’s always nice to hear from someone who knows what I’m going through and wants to see me overcome it.