I had to quit weed cause it just made me mad anxious and fall into deep existential crises

Deep crisis how lol

gonna pick up smoking maybe it'll help me get off these benzos

Bro idek. I guess it has to do with the fact that even when I'm sober I'm already doubting and questioning s*** so being in that state just pushes it even further

Oh I see fair enough

I've quit for a couple of weeks now and i'm positive that i can stay away from it for a bit longer with ease i'm only gonna allow myself to smoke once in a while and only after some more time being sober

Used to smoke every day or at least every other day

From like 14 till now recently. I'm 21

So glad i'm finally able to quit

been smoking for almost 8 years and i need to quit
first few years it helped me mentally

now it's definitely a chore, a cost and has its negative sides like my lungs and my heart and my sleep schedules are all f***ed

i feel like smoking weed as a daily thing over the years (ages 21-29) lead to me harbouring more stress rather than relieving me of it and now in order to feel better i need to quit entirely

Did basically the same thing just for different years and quit this year. It's worth it trust me. You got this.

Been an on and off smoke since 13. At 28 I def have this problem where if I smoke too considtently it starts causing problems more than it helps my anxiety, insomnia, depresstio, etc. Another big part of my problem is not being able to get the strains I want and taking a gamble having to cop off the streets. Cant wait to be somewhere with dispensearies again. But nonetheless moderation definitely is key and it does become a chore after awhile, especially when the benefits arent benificial anymore

it's like you're writing what i'm feeling

from smoking and how it makes me feel, to finding the right strains that don't cause me more negative effects

I haven’t smoked in forever and I’m past the hump that I’ll prob no go back to it for a lil bit, I can enjoy weed still but the problem is when I get a halfy or sumn like that I just smoke it all in a week or so because in my head I’m like “well might as well smoke this weed I have” so I blow through it, prob just gunna buy new games for the PC I just bought instead of weed, I’ll have more fun with games than weed tbh, also I live in Denver so it’s kinda hard not to but after 1 week clean I feel better and will prob do it again in a celebratory environment rather than take a bong rip and stay in my room and play video games

You doing sobriety on max difficulty in a legal state mad respect to you.

Thanks man, it’s especially hard since it helps me sleep but now I’m over the hump where my sleep schedules finally on track, which is huge since I start classes next week so this was well neeeded

Nice, sounds like it's all coming together for you.

Day 2 almost over

Watch this if you need extra motivation

Congrats g if it makes ya happy, tbh i been smoking since a jitt on and off got back on heavy at the start of quarantine and i’ve been so productive. Working out, skating, playing ball the shorties all of it i been on point with even smoking all day. Crazy.

getpocket.com/explore/item/america-s-invisible-pot-addicts

Fascinating article on heavy weed use. Here's one paragraph that stuck out to me. You can even see this played out in the comments of this thread with people saying stuff about how its not addictive and how if you have a problem you're just b****made and lazy. :word:

"Users or former users I spoke with described lost jobs, lost marriages, lost houses, lost money, lost time. Foreclosures and divorces. Weight gain and mental-health problems. And one other thing: the problem of convincing other people that what they were experiencing was real. A few mentioned jokes about Doritos, and comments implying that the real issue was that they were lazy stoners. Others mentioned the common belief that you can be “psychologically” addicted to pot, but not “physically” or “really” addicted. The condition remains misunderstood, discounted, and strangely invisible, even as legalization and white-marketization pitches ahead."

It sucks that people don’t take weed addiction seriously. Like, sure, you can’t overdose on it and no one’s scared of stoners the way they are hard d*** users but a substance abuse problem is a substance abuse problem.