Benefits of quitting cannabis

Hopefully I'm not being premature....

Today is Day Nine.

- I have decided to quit nicotine.  I wasn't even considering this as a remote possibility.  I believe the decision was enabled by quitting weed.

- My head is clearer.  Yesterday evening, instead of just crashing in front of the TV, I read a book.  This might not seem much, but I have so much I want to read, but which I don't get to, because either I don't want to, or I'm too stoned to take it in.

- I have started to exercise again.  The motivation is lacking when I am smoking.  I biked five miles yesterday.

- I'm trying to cook properly.  Isn't it better to eat interesting meals, rather than the same old freezer to oven rubbish??  I'm not compulsively snacking in the evenings so much.

- I feel more sociable, my urge towards reclusiveness is diminished, I'd like to go out.  It's a shame I know so few people I have almost no one to visit, and so I'm now feeling more lonely, so it's not entirly a benefit.  But I view it as progress.

- I always assumed that Cannabis induces creative thoughts, and I still think it kind of does.  The problem is that they are hazy, dreamy, instantly forgettable and forgotten, and unrelated or irrelevant to real life. 

I need to fix my life, that's not going to happen when I am drifting off into such unrealistic and useless reflections; while I may be interesting in the subconcious and the foundations of The Self, this isn't particulary useful when all you really need is a job.  So I am thinking more clearly and realistically.

- It's actually a real pleasure to go to bed not feeling shattered and absolutely exhausted.  It's a shame that my sleep is constantly disturbed, yet despite this I am still waking up in the morning feeling more refreshed and less groggy than I would have been had I gone to bed stoned.

I'm on day 2, feel sick with head fog, feel cold with goose bumps, no appetite, no sleep , pain in the back of my brain and behind my eyes, a kinder hung over feeling that I can't shake off, anxiousness and paranoia , hot flushes and sweats, short temper as a result of a v v v v lowered tolerance , panic attacks and a general feeling of doom and depression .

Sorry James, I did not want to hi' jack your thread, I just thought posting some of how I'm feeling on day 2 next to your day 10 would be a canny contrast .

I know whose shoes I would rather be in !!!! Well done you !

Big well done , and hopefully before I know it , I will be making my own day 10 post .

CAT