Smoking Addicts

Recently, I realized that I had a smoking addiction. For the past two years, I was high morning till night. I thought to myself, why do I not remember the last time I was sober or how it feels to be sober. Getting high was always a fun and interesting experience, but why I am using it to feel normal? It's like I lost control of my own identity and life. I thought about quitting before, but I end up toking while telling myself that I don't have an addiction and I can quit whenever (which is obviously not true). I'm tired of running from myself and ignoring the important things in life. I want to take control of my life again. Need some helps bros...

Do you mix with tobacco?

Maybe try consuming just in the evening.

Btw cannabis is not physically addictive .. its all in your mind

VapourHaze said:

Do you mix with tobacco?

Maybe try consuming just in the evening.

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No, I don't smoke tobacco at all. If I'm sober, I feel stressed/depressed/bored and I always end up toking.

Pousy said:

No, I don't smoke tobacco at all. If I'm sober, I feel stressed/depressed/bored and I always end up toking.

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Just try and get into a routine where you dont toke first thing .. do some exercise get a hobby or something. Use the pot as a reward for doing something constructive.

Get into a good routine .. habit is a lot to do with your environment.

VapourHaze said:

Just try and get into a routine where you dont toke first thing .. do some exercise get a hobby or something. Use the pot as a reward for doing something constructive.

Get into a good routine .. habit is a lot to do with your environment.

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Thanks man.. I'll try that.....

VapourHaze said:

Btw cannabis is not physically addictive .. its all in your mind

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Not sure I fully agree with you. Perhaps it is not addictive, but for those using medicinally going without can be quite painful and difficult. To the point that living a pain free life is very much addicting and to take that away... don't even want to think about what that means to so many patients. I don't know much about PTSD, but I would think breaking would be even more difficult when using to treat behavioral/mental issues.

Pousy said:

No, I don't smoke tobacco at all. If I'm sober, I feel stressed/depressed/bored and I always end up toking.

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I am like you. The only thing that works for me is being forced to do something earlier in the day that requires me to be sober.

I moved to CA recently so I need to drive. Can't go on freeways stoned nor do I want a DUI which will result in drug testing. At first I found myself staying close to home or a short bus ride since I wanted to remain medicated. After one year of living out here I am forced to change my habits or stay home and do nothing.

Until 3 weeks ago I was vaping daily after work and all day on the weekends for 5 years straight without missing more than a day a few times. I had to stop because of sinus surgery. The thoughts about quitting are scarier then actually doing it. The days up until the point I had to stop I was quite upset at the thought I would have to stop use for about a month. Just the thought of this for months before it happened had me worrying, upset with a sort of doomed feeling over my head. I would definitely consider my self "addicted" but I am functioning well on my own with a decent job the last couple years and though the herb had a strong hold on me it wasn't having a strong negative impact on my life. I will admit I could probably be slightly more productive and be going back to school already (which im planning on doing fall 2016) so I can hope to make more money.

Even though it seemed to myself things were under control, my mind fought very hard about quitting for the surgery even though its only for 4-6 weeks. Just forced my self mentally to accept I had to stop and then stopped. The first 4-5 days I had flu like symptoms and didn't leave my place too often. But after that it has been really easy staying clean. It feels good to know you can stop. Things may seem slightly different or "boring" at first while not high but you get used to it. The hardest part is the initial stopping. It was doable for me and it turned out 1000 times better than I thought it would before I stopped. Its all mental (and slightly physical). If you feel shitty then just stop. It will get more shitty the first few days or week but it gets easier. You will still may have cravings weeks later but just keep in mind the progress and how easy it is after the initial "flu" of quitting.

After reading your post again, I don't mean to say that quitting cold turkey is the only way. Weening down is probably better. Perhaps you don't even have to stop and just moderate your use. Whatever you think will be easier. I had to stop stone cold but I will be returning to it in 2-3 weeks and I hope I can moderate my usage better than before.

Pousy said:

Recently, I realized that I had a smoking addiction. For the past two years, I was high morning till night. I thought to myself, why do I not remember the last time I was sober or how it feels to be sober. Getting high was always a fun and interesting experience, but why I am using it to feel normal? It's like I lost control of my own identity and life. I thought about quitting before, but I end up toking while telling myself that I don't have an addiction and I can quit whenever (which is obviously not true). I'm tired of running from myself and ignoring the important things in life. I want to take control of my life again. Need some helps bros...

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Chances are what you need to deal with an addiction is going to be hard to find on a board populated with happy users. In your situation I would look at local resources first for that real one on one support which you can't get off a screen. Good Luck

I used to consume every day for around 5 years and became unhappy with this habit.

To make myself happy I knew I had to cut down. I didn't think quitting was necessary for me.

Over the past year I have only used on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. It took me about a year to get to the point where I feel I have about 95% control over my consumption. There has been a handful of weeks where I have got high more than 3 days but it's negligible compared to the weeks I have stuck to it.

Different things work for different people but maybe try what I did. I remember the first week I said I was going to cut down. I had after work activities planned Monday - Thursday. Everything from shopping and cleaning, to cycling and seeing friends that don't get high and going out for food or to the cinema.

I also read other forums where people posted their progress trying to quit or cut down. I found it motivating to read other people succeeding, and thought if they could do it I can. And well one year on I did do it, so you can too.

Good luck

Avoid cannabis forums if you're trying to avoid cannabis. Seriously, reading on FC is going to make you want to vape more, not less.

Farid said:

Avoid cannabis forums if you're trying to avoid cannabis. Seriously, reading on FC is going to make you want to vape more, not less.

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Check out www.reddit.com/r/leaves

For people trying to quit or even just tapering down. There's some really inspiring stuff on there sometimes and people's stories who may suck more than yours. Just beware if you post on there, if you say you are not planning to full quit you will get lectured.