I want to break free of my weed addiction. I've been smoking daily for the past 1.5 years (and less rigourously for the previous 7 years before that). My social life is at an all time low. I am "unable" to not smoke even for a single night, unless i am travelling and it's not available. I've realized i have an unhealthy dependency shortly after it became a daily habit, and have been wanting to quit for the past year or so. Often times when you want something badly, you reduce the chances of achieving it. But im trying to change my attitude lately. I feel like I'm very close to breaking out of this cycle. I will start developing new habits to prepare for the day i stop. I am also becoming more introspective and writing my thoughts and feelings that relate to my cravings (while sober). Would have been nice if i can be more social and distract myself, but i cannot rely on the current state of my social skills to break out of my addiction. I will have to work on those skills in parallel when i stop, as it will be a time consuming and non-trivial process. I will instead rely on building other healthy habits like walking and working out and reading/studying new topics (i dont know how to "have fun" otherwise). If you've read this far, thank you for your attention. There's no specific point to this post but if you have any positive thoughts or have been in my shoes before and have some advice, would like to hear them.
Like you said, literally nothing better than the gym. Get in there and that will become your new addiction. Not at first, but eventually. Just stick with it.
Try to join a Narcotics/Alcoholic Anonymous group.. additction is something you will need to keep fighting till the rest of your life so you really need to see how other people are dealing with it.. Stay strong and focused my friend, you will make it
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Thanks! Sounds like a well needed perspective
So much in parallel to what I’m going through with porn addiction
Dude nothing is wrong with you Jesus fucking Christ it’s just porn
I understand. All addictions are the same in essence. Anything in extreme doses is unhealthy
Ugh please just shut the fuck up. We don’t need to hear about your addictions this is blind I want to bitch about work in peace.
Then scroll away, there are plenty of other threads that will appeal to your ego
No you must repent for your transgressions against my eyes
Addictions are hard to overcome but remember that people quit everyday. And you can be a quitter.
I was a chain smoker. Or I think I was, used to smoke 15 to a pack of 100s a day. Primarily because of stress from my bad grades and messed up personal life. Ive not quit smoking but I’ve got a lot of control over it, smoke 1/2-1 when I drink. 1/2 because I share it with someone if he/she is open to it. The reason for that was my dads ailing health and me being close to my parents and me finding the right partner. Having other habits didn’t help me, if I had dime every time I tried to quit smoking. My friends used to make fun of me when I told them I’m trying to quit and I did the same when they said the same 😬. Point is - you’ll need a positive outside influence other wise youll just keep going around in circles. Surround yourself with people who’ll do that for you. Hope that helps. Adding and customary, TC or GTFO 😬
I would suggest a 2 step solution.. 1. Decide to quit (harder than it sounds you probably enjoy aspects of it) maybe try reading Allen Carr’s easy way, it’s for smokers but could still help. 2. Quit. Gym etc can help but this —^ is all it takes. I am being completely serious here. This drug is not massively chemically addictive. The withdrawal will not be so server that you could not sleep through it (unlike say Heroine) and the withdrawal will be done in two weeks. The much hard aspect is the psychological aspect, not the physical. If you really, REALLY, deep down inside don’t want to do it anymore then the psychological side will be easy. If you don’t really want to quit then just enjoy doing it, that’s better than doing it and hating yourself for it.
I relate so much with this. I've read Allen carr and successfully stopped smoking cigarettes using this method. In some ways, i think my weed addiction partially developped as a substitute (unconsciously) for my cigarrette smoking habit, but i do not blame the "easyway" method at all, i still agree with it to the core. The one thing i dont fully agree with is the language he uses around willpower. I think willpower is an important component in breaking out of any addiction, and its not a negative thing, its a great thing to have power over your will! Things will not be trivially easy, buy it doesn't have to be painful! But the two step process of deciding, then doing it without moping about it is exactly what i will attempt to do to stop smoking pot.
Yeah, I think he down played the will power aspect to appeal to people who struggle with it. Has the cost, wasted time, paranoia, etc got to a point that you don’t want to socialize with the people who bring it into your life? I would wish you luck but I don’t think you will need it!
Why are you smoking in the first place? What is it in you that makes you “uncomfortable” that you need to offset it with THC? What are the thoughts/feelings that motivate you to do it? Why doesn’t it feel like weed takes away from your experience of life in all cases?
Those are the questions ive been asking myself lately and this is the kind of thinking that i feel will allow me to break free. In short i smoke to numb my feelings, all of them, but primarily boredom and loneliness. It DOES feel like weed prevents me from living the life i want.
Stay strong friend. I know you can do it.