Benefits of quitting cannabis

Hi everyone ,

It's 5.30 am - I am on yet a new day one, and feeling really rough .  Yesterdays day one failed as did the one before that . I am finding it even harder this time round than I originally did . I think this time I'm more aware that I can never smoke again or moderate  , knowing this has to be a good thing, but as far as helping me with quitting, it's a disaster of a thought to focus on , becaause when I know I'm giving up forever, I always want it 'one last time ' - and then I end up feeling terrible .

Right now I feel terrible, but I know if I toke or buy some , I will feel more terrible !  It's such an awful circle .

Today I am more determind than yesterday to stick it through this time .   The sooner I get things back to how they were the better .

How is everyone ?

I'm going to get an early night I think , and try and get the worse of day one under my belt .

CAT X

I am still awake 10pm .   I feel stressed, anxious and like tomorrow would be a better day for quitting than today . same old same old .  Excuses all the time !

I don't know how this last month has thrown me off course so badly, but it has .  I am determined to get back on track for summer, and i do not wana see summer in as a stoner, so I'm going to have to make sure my resolve is strong and see it through this time .

Not easy

still not away to bed, but nearly through day one !!! 

Feeling a bit more optimistic now, almost feel like i'm picking up where I left off, and I'm trying not to make a big deal of it .

Plan is to go with it , whatever 'it' might be  .

Hope everyone else is doing good.

I'll be back to post tomorrow and should be feeling much better

CAT

hey all, well it's day three today , and in all h onesty I feel more or less back where I was before this one month off the wagon .

It's like picking right back up ,a nd I hope those of you who have joined me in the fall will join me in the leap back on !

It sounds too good to be true , but it really is feeling better already !  I feel like the sober me from over a month ago , and I'm not obsessing over pot .

Everyone is very quiet - Thats either a really crap sign or a really good one !

Love Cat  xxx

hi all,

No one seems to have joined me , which is making me sad - I hope that's because everyone is away being busy on the wagon , and not because we're hiding from the wagon !

well Im now on day 4 . It is not as stressful as I imagined it to be / It's certainly getting easier . I have been playing around with a hypnosis CD , and after listening to it twice, I seem to be finding this process much easier -  I can't really give an insight as to what's on the cd , as both times I fell asleep while listening - Not sure if that was the trance like state he was talking about , or if I was just too bored to stay awake, but either way , i think it has had some effect , and should it be mind over matter , then so be it - If it works, it's a cure I guess.

Ill be back later or tomorrow .  Life is a bit like ive picked up before I went off the rails ! I'm happy about that , I wasn't expecting it - Was more expecting to feel like I was starting again - So anyone else with the same fear , give it a shot, you just might be surprised . A month of smoking was long enough to make me believe all my prior efforts were in the rubbish , but they wern't  and yours might not be either.

Hang in everyone

CAT x

Hi there , im new in this board and i stop smoking pot since 4 days now after smoked for 8 years every days. I just want to say to you to keep your head up and stay in the way you are , i see not so much people leave comments unfortunatly But in my case this website help me a lot , and for me right now its a real pain in the ass to stop smoking , all i do for feel better is to read stuff about how to grow weed :S Its sad but anyway , make me feel a litle better (i dont know why really). For now the sobber reality is hard to accept , i feel less motivated to do things like sport. Is weird because when i was smoking i was able to train myself at the gym like 2-3 times a week , and now i really want to do nothing since i stop to smoke I have to say , i never smoke more than 3.5 grams per week , i was a  light smoker compared to some people. And in some way , cannabis for me was something that keep me motivated for do my things , i know for most people is the inverse because they smoke too much and do nothing , but for me is hard right now even in university i feel less motivated , well anyway i will watch the board alomost everyday so if you have hard time and want to talk with a smokers for help you a litle , after all we are in the same situation. And well sorry for my bad english im french canadian.

bye

Hi Cat, I'm really sorry to see you're all alone in here.  I mean to check back more often.  I've sent you a message.  Keep posting, I'll keep coming back more often, I promise.

JF25 - welcome aboard.  It's a shame that not many people are posting,  but I am going to make an effort to come back more often.  I guess you could say I am a success story, if you've read some of the older posts you might have seen me going on about it.

So post some more, I'll be back.  Maybe you could start your own quitting journal.

HI Cat!   Keep it up girl

I'm back here now. Day one.   Let's do this thang.