PeacePipeChief
Bluelighter
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thanks for that wickywacky ! Thats something i literally just did straight after i read that post , im putting it in a nice spot where ill see it everytime i wake up .
No w/ds at all - not mad at the world lol.
I have been drinking a bit more, but nothing out of the ordinary. Besides that, my dreams are very vivid and intense, but that's about it. I take ambien every night so I have no clue if it's effected my natural sleep cycle this time around - I sleep like a baby each night.
I gave it up permanently, or at least for a good couple years.
---> quitting aka i need a break thread
My issue here is its payday tomorrow , and to be honest id like to keep this going for as long as possible , but i can basically guarentee i will end out buying some weed :/ im at a bit of a loss here cause i seriously dont know what to do , i know that eventually ill get bored , buy some weed and be back into the same routine of being stoned every waking minute for the next 3-4 days till i run out of money , then im back to square one , if this happens , ill be having about a week and a half break , unless my mate comes back on thursday like he said he probably is . To be honest if someone could give me an effective way to not even buy the weed i would give it a go , i definetly think i could occupy more time wiith recreational activities , and exersise , but i doubt its gonna happen , playing pool for a few hours a day , going for walks and doing 'some' exersise , is already an extreme change . I have also put up a piece of paper in my view when i wake up with reminders of reasons to quit .
Any wise words of wisdom ?
Find out what is making it so you are unable to moderate your usage. It's a self destructive nature within you, and only you can figure out what that is coming from. For me it seems to come from low self esteem and the desire to harm myself so I "stay down," so to speak. If I am not stoned all the time I wouldn't have an excuse not to be motivated and thrive. For some reason, I don't feel I deserve to thrive.
(note-- I don't doubt that some people can thrive while stoned all day. But for myself, I know I cannot)
Whilst any addiction whether it is just psychological or not can be difficult to deal with, once you've been dependent on opioids, particularly ones like methadone, you'll consider yourself relatively lucky that it's just cannabis at the end of the day. Most people will find it relatively straightforward to come off of cannabis providing they have the right support and most importantly, if they are determined enough. I'll put it this way, if you can overcome a cigarette addiction, you can probably get over a cannabis habit, you just have to want to succeed badly enough. I'm not trying to minimize or dismiss a cannabis habit but sometimes it's good to get things in perspective. A lot of ignorant members of the public or the media seem to be under the impression that a cannabis habit is just the same as a cocaine habit or a heroin habit when in actual fact it's not even in the same league for most people.
Although not necessary, I wonder whether non-psychoactive strains of cannabis might be of some use for someone trying to kick a cannabis habit. I'm not referring to hemp cultivars used for fibre or seed but rather high CBD, low THC strains that look, feel and taste just like normal weed does when smoked. It might just help a little with some of the anxiety, appetite loss, insomnia and some of the psychological aspects of the habit that make coming off the drug difficult since it would feel just like smoking weed but without the psychoactive effects of THC. It might be vaguely analogous to using an e-cigarette to come of tobacco.