Psilocybin for Nicotine Withdrawal

[tryptofan]

You are right entheo.

I didn't need psilocybin to quit. The motivation provided was valuable though.

Had a second session on friday with a low dose of approximately 10g fresh cubensis. It provided a pleasant experience, but didn't particularly add to the session previous or relieved any cravings remaining.

I thank the lord for having been provided with the strength needed to break the addiction cycle.

Next time I will save the mushrooms, share with friends and consume recreationally.

Thanks again to Fellowed and others that have contributed.

 

[Fellowed]

Using another psychoactive as a crutch is an unnecessary means to successfully w/ding from nicotine containing products. Self identification as an addict is often times used as a way to deam the use of an extra drug necessary. Cognitive therapy has a very high success rate.

I think if you have the initial will to do it using a psychoactive can obviously act as a useful barrier against the addiction, or just a positive reference point to start from. There are similar positive results regarding LSD and alcoholism so there is definitely something to using these substances in relation to addiction. You're right that sometimes being labelled an addict either by yourself or others can cement an addiction though. If you tell yourself "this is what I am and I can't change it" that's the worst possible vantage point to start from. If you say you can't do something you never will, if you believe you can then you at least have a chance.

Thanks again to Fellowed and others that have contributed.

No probs. Tbh it's as useful to me as it is to you, as I find talking about it helps me stay away from it if that makes any sense? Like I said before, the longer you go without it the more examples you have to fall back on. If you've done a month then you can do another month, if you do a year then you can do another year etc. But also (like I've also mentioned) you have to be prepared that although the cravings will go almost completely they do surprise you from time to time, and that's where I think a lot of people get caught out.

Just yesterday I was feeling depressed and was watching something where the person talking said he'd quit for ages until he went somewhere that hadn't banned smoking indoors and so started again. The idea popped into my head that I might do that someday, which is a stupid thing to think really but the thought still occurred..... Just start smoking again cos I might be in a country where they haven't banned it in public indoor places?! Also this summer just gone, I was on a train on a warm day and I thought to myself "I'd really like a pint and a cig when I get off this train." It probably would have been nice to do it if I could have absolutely guaranteed that would be the only one I'd ever have again. But the truth is that it wouldn't just be one cig, and how I was remembering it wasn't actually what smoking was, it was just the sugar coated fantasy of smoking that parts of my mind were holding onto.

How are the cravings now? I assume you're still getting them from time to time but they must be far lower than when you started a few weeks ago.

 

[tryptofan]

Cravings are subsiding steadilly. I am now experiencing whole days without cravings, although they tend to show up as it gets late in the evening.

What you wrote about being taken by surprise after craving-free periods seems a challenge to be aware of. On a small scale, I experienced this effect already. After a couple of nearly craving-free days I caught myself thinking how easy quitting had turned out. The day after I was punched in the face with significant cravings after a stressful lunchtime. Complacency in general seems to be a challenge of mine. Luckily life has a tendency of putting me back in place.

I spent much time reflecting on entheos posts, and discovered I was on some level justifying my psilocybin use by disguising it as medicine, when my true intentions were at least partially of a recreational nature. My love of psilocybin mushrooms is great! I wish to strive towards being truthful to myself in relationship with the mushroom.

The greatest insights in life come from the least expected places.