worldpeace

3y

Sleeping is exhausting

Flaphead

3y

Some thoughts from a former daily stoner:

The key, as others have said itt, is to practice setting a pattern that proves to you you can avoid full dependency. For me, going sober for a full year and a half just before and during the pandemic gave me a much needed foundation to build upon. I do recommend trying to give yourself a period of an indefinite t-break when you can, but absolutes are not helpful.

Today, I’m a weekend edible user and hold myself to a few rules to keep myself from falling into daily use again. Take these as subjective, but they work for me and I hope you can get inspired by them at least:

1. No smoking. This is personal, but I don’t prefer the high and feel much less in control. Plus, it’s worse for you, and the shorter high relative to an edible means I don’t have to plan a full evening around it and can get fast and loose easily knowing I’ll sober up in a few hours.

2. No getting high in daytime unless there’s a very specific event (festivals, camping, etc.) I want to be productive during the day, focusing on music, exercise, cleaning, etc. Speaking of…

3. Get high in a clean habitat. For me, that means literally cleaning the house first. It could also just mean clearing your to-do list. Regardless: set the pattern that getting high doesn’t happen until you finish what you need to do for yourself first.

4. Avoid tying weed to food as much possible. This one’s honestly tough, but it makes a huge difference when you’re abstaining. You’re literally training yourself to only enjoy food while high. It’s a sneaky one, but it’s important. And finally…

5. Be honest and compassionate with yourself. If you’re finding yourself mentally arguing to make an excuse to have a bowl on a day you intended not to the day before, forgive yourself but stay firm. Commit and pat yourself on the back when you stick to it. Build on those successes. Weed should serve you, not control you. If you need to make a change, make it and thank yourself for it. That’s a whole habit in and of itself worth forming.

worldpeace

3y

i sweat all night so wake up constantly and dont really get a good nights sleep plus ill wake up dehydrated

NICEMAN

3y

Oh, I feel that. The weed helped us fall asleep so our brains need to adjust to falling asleep without it. I really need to be exhausted before I can sleep when I'm sober, I was up until 4AM yesterday Tonight is going better though, it's midnight right now and I'll probably be asleep within an hour

RRRBBB

3y

When i start smoking again imma make sure i only do so after taking care of business

A full weeks worth of working out

Stacking my bread

Learning about stocks

Self improvement s***

NICEMAN

3y

Finished my last bowl two nights ago, I'm in it with you all I don't think my physical withdrawal symptoms are ever bad when I quit, my dreams do become crazy detailed though

worldpeace

3y

what do you want to learn about stocks

plants

3y

im loving the dreams man

i feel like i havent dreamt in almost 10 years with how much i was using

NICEMAN

3y

I had a dream the other night that was like 4 completely different topics and they all just flowed together seamlessly At one point, this guy I haven't seen since high school and me were trying to nurse an injured bird so it could fly again

Usually my dreams are incomprehensible with little detail so I'm definitely enjoying this. The things that happen in them are random af, but I'm so invested in them. Like my sleep actually feels "deeper" because of these wild dreams

ganger

3y

Hijacking thread for a question

If I smoked 3-4 weeks ago, had 2-3 hits of a joint, I’d pass a piss test easy right

Sir Real

3y

yes you’re fine lol

unless you were like daily heavy smoking up until 3-4 weeks ago then ehhh will be close

ganger

3y

Prior I probably hadn’t taken so much as a hit for 6-12 months. I don’t smoke at all regularly

plants

3y

yeah ur good