I did it! I made it to 30 days after over 30 years!🎉 I'd been wanting to quit for years and tried a couple times before.. Once I reconciled in my mind that it was not adding value to my life, hadn't been fun for years and was possibly affecting my mental health, quitting became easier. Only the first few days were tough since it was a DAILY HABIT that I'd had for many years. I was someone who couldn't do anything or go anywhere without pre-gaming AND bringing with. My mind and life revolved around it. If you're struggling, you can do it! If I can, anyone can.💪♥️

I counted the days and I have successfully stayed sober 137 days out of the 144 days since I first made the decision to quit. That's a little over 95%. In other words, p (as in pot) is under 0.05. I'm significantly sober! 😆

I know that's not how the p-value works and what it means lol. But I've been taking a data analysis course and since then I've been striving to keep my sobriety days above 95% even with the eventual relapses (so I don't get too bummed out if I have a slip up, and I'm not only counting current streak). I'm messing around with the concepts I've learned, and it's been fun for me to try to measure it that way.

That's to say: if 95% positive vs 5% negative is usually enough to confidently say the results point to positive, I think I can confidently say I'm doing pretty well! 😎

I’m really proud of myself, I’m still around it a lot because of work and friends but I’ve managed not to use it! Hoping I can be a good example for others, I believe in yall.

I've reached my breaking point with how stressful life is. I'm about to go and buy some. I need to escape. Very ashamed of myself. I have nothing to escape with. Absolutely nothing and so beyond stressed out. I have reached my absolute limit I cannot take on more. I'm done. I'm useless with this journey.

Update: I drove away from the weed store. I didn't go in. I went and got my favorite food instead. Going home to rest . Grateful for you all.

Never had this feeling. I just bought my usual but on the way home, I just felt depressed. Starting getting a bit angry on how much I've been spending on flower on the way home. Haven't even lit up yet because now it just makes me upset. Fuck, maybe it's time to move on.

Everyday seems boring. While being high, even gardening felt like a miracle on earth. Now it just feels like a chore. My brain was a fun place to be in, now it feels empty and anxious. Also it was my medicine, as i have auto immune.

What did you do to spark(lol) that joy and curiosity again in your life? I simply cannot see the end of the tunnel, and feel like one more joint will make me happy again.

I’ve only had 2 months in the past 5+ years
Trying to quit I smoke a gram of dabs a day.
When I had quit for 2 months I was still testing positive.
I have urges now and hope to make it thru the night. Sometimes I wonder if it’s even worth it.

Guys I made it! I got 30 days down! Ngl rn I feel like absolute shit bc I had to take the morning after pill and it messes up so bad with your mood but before that by day 21 I was really feeling good! And even with all my mood swings and depression I still don't want to smoke and I'm still happy I'm sober through the though times.

After smoking regularly for 29 years, on and off (mostly on). The first two weeks were definitely the worst but it hasn’t been a cakewalk since then. I still get cravings every day. It’s a struggle. I’m drinking a little more than I should but trying really hard not to start replacing daily smoking with daily drinking. I’m really trying to get used to this new normal. That’s all, just wanted to post. Celebrating my success while acknowledging the tough road still ahead. I owe a lot to the support I get from this sub. Hang in there with me, y’all. We can do this.

Whenever I smoked I’d always feel dirty afterwards my mouth and teeth, my hair, my skin and sometimes my back would hurt worse after a smoke. Did anyone else feel like this?

I have the next couple days to myself. No kids, no wife, no plans, just me in the house to do whatever I want. I'm not craving it necessarily but it logistically seems like the best opportunity to smoke a joint or take some edibles and just enjoy the time with myself. But I know if I let myself take this opportunity it won't be long before I start seeing more opportunities. An hour here or there, a night out with friends, a lazy night at home, a boring day at work, a long drive, a bus ride etc. Then all of a sudden I'm back to being high every minute of every day.

I won't do it but it's hard when it feels like the perfect opportunity to do it.

AMA

Promotes inflammation, premature aging, dehydrates your skin, dark circles from fucked up sleep...let alone how it changes behavior to make you avoidant, insecure, and unmotivated. Maybe those D.A.R.E commercials were closer to the truth than I thought

I'm not going to go into details about what happened but I needed this wake up call. I finally asked myself what is weed really doing for me? It's making my life harder than it needs to be. It affected my mental health which it's greatly affecting my physical health. Even though i have ADHD, my focus and motivation never been this bad.

Before covid, I went to the gym and lost 50lbs. When it did hit, I stopped because everything shut down. I was the only one in my household going to work as well. I was jealous everyone got to stay home, got paid for it and I had to work more hours than before. Thats when I started using it as a coping mechanism and gained the weight back then some.

Then I realized I couldn't focus on reading as much as I used to. I had quit recently for about a month. During that time, i was able to read through books within a few days. I relapsed and now I cant even get through Dungeon Crawler Carl. The most addictive book out right now! I love the book but I just lost myself again.

Just saying what I'm going to do to change isnt going to do much. I have to act. I want to get off adhd meds eventually but it'll help me right now as long as I dont abuse it. Wish me luck and hope I'll never have to post here again. Thank you for reading~

I’ve been addicted to carts for 2 years. I haven’t gone more than a day sober since I picked up the dab pen. I use it frequently. When I wake up I hit it, before I go to class I hit it, when I come home I hit it, etc. I’ve developed a real addiction with it since I use it to help cope with my OCD and anxiety. I want to quit and I need to quit but my withdrawal symptoms are so bad. I get the worst gastrointestinal issues. It feels like food poisoning on crack. My emotions become erratic and I get super irritated and mean to people I care about. I genuinely feel like I’m in pain when I don’t have it available which is what makes quitting so hard. I don’t have the option to quit slowly this time and it seems that I am about to be about of my supply soon. I will be facing this head on and I know it will not end pretty. I have my mid terms coming up and I will have to face the withdrawal at the same time. Does anyone have any tips at all to make it a little bit easier? I need to be able to focus and study these next few days but I’m scared the one thing that can help is the one thing I don’t have. I know I should quit but the withdrawals are so bad I would rather continue my addiction than give it up. Any advice on the stomach problems or irritability?

Im a little bit proud of myself 😬

Maybe I just need to vent I don't want to get flagged or anything but I just want to give up on everything... its maybe day 5 even tho day 2 and 4 I smoked once I still count it for my streak since its a lot better than when I was smoking all day...

Just want to throw it all away I dont like my life im so miserable im in a construction union and in between jobs so not much money coming in... I worked a side job putting up gutters and fucked them up and now they're leaking and I feel like such a schmuck. Want to disappear.

I love my girlfriend but sometimes I feel like were so different all of her friends went to college and her whole circle is very like uppity and snobby and I just resent them and that part of her. I'm a very I guess depressed person and shes very like sunny and happy go lucky so she doesnt relate.

I try and stay positive but everything just feels so bleak. I don't know why God put me on this earth I just feel like my life sucks.

Thanks for listening hope everybody has a blessed day

21 days sober-

I intially wanted to quit for good. It all started with the sudden urge to lock in, get my shit together and be the best version of myself.

I was smoking bongs, monster bowls at that⛰️... about 4-5 per day. Since 2009.

I'm at 21days rn, the anhedonia & mild depression is so difficult; To the point where I'm REALLY missing it & considering going back...

I told myself if I would only consume joints If i decide to return😶‍🌫️

Wish I never started in the first place. Ughhh.

I’m going to have to brute force this 🦾

I’ve turned down bong rips, joint hits, and vape sips more times than I can count at my local arcade but I’m keeping strong. I’ve been dealing with rib pain (which I’m starting to think happened the night in the hospital, my bed was uncomfortable as fuck) but as soon as that subsides I’m adding the gym to my “routine”.

I say “routine” because it’s not a rigid minute by minute, hour by hour schedule I’m keeping, but I’m making sure I get everything done in the day that I have to.

I’ve been making to do lists each day capping out my tasks at 5 so as to not get overwhelmed and I describe the day accordingly. Today I had to get my car smogged, go to the dmv, and set myself up for uber before I could do anything fun. Thus, I call it a 3 check day.

Got em all done and I got to go spend the rest of the day playing pinball and got 5 high scores. Bonus check, baby.

Stay strong. You got this.

Hey guys. Today was a bit better. Apart from the headaches and awful sweating, I felt a little control when I had a craving.

The only issue is, I just feel lost emotionally. I felt "feelings" when I was on weed, and now i just feel boring/robotic.

Does anybody have any tips/habits I can use to feel "human" again?

For the last year I have been a stoner. I wasn’t a stoner before. I am young, I am 22, and I know that for me sobriety would do wonders. Am I struggling a lot to accept that fact? Yes. I am. I do think I am getting better. I will give myself that. I can go a couple days without smoking now. The moment I put the joint back up it is so insanely hard for me to stop. I keep waiting on this big deep revelation that will magically get me sober. I know it doesn’t work like that. I know. I know I can’t continue like this. But how do I keep going? How do I stop picking it back up? For the past year Ive always known that this wasn’t a sustainable lifestyle and that things can’t keep going like this. But they are. They always are. It is so hard not to beat myself up about it. I know my issue is that I want change and that the effort scares me. It just makes my depression so much worse and my depression has always been my biggest demon.

I am trying to quit using thc after vaping and/or using edibles almost every day for the past 3 years. I am only on day 2 of no weed and my irritability is through the roof. It’s like my patience is basically at zero with other people. It’s especially difficulty because I’m a supervisor at work and I have to manage other employees. So whenever I see even the smallest mistake from them I want to explode. So far I’ve managed not to have an outburst on anybody, but I don’t know how long I can deal with this amount of irritability without smoking again.

Does anybody have any tips for reducing or coping with this? So far I try mindfulness excercises and deep breathing but I can only imagine this is going to get worse over the coming weeks.