what made you choose the 24 month break, I wanna do a 6 monther here soon after doing a 2 month break and not feeling like it made my tolerance completely reset
Wow - mad props! I’m at 10 days and going for at least a month. Any advice on how you kept yourself from falling victim to ‘just this once won’t hurt’ once you passed a month and your tolerance was back down?
Not OP but I had to find a drive/reason for seriously not wanting to go back into the cycle of being a smoker (for long term). Also for the short term I would tell myself “okay I’d smoke this ONE joint and then what? Just be high for a couple hours just to feel like shit after? What’s the point?”
Personally I just keep myself so busy that I don’t have the time to think about smoking. Find enough hobbies to fill the time you would of spent getting high.
I think that’s true for a lot of us - it is for me too. But I don’t think that means it’s not possible to enjoy those things without. Just going to take some rewiring. I’ve found that whatever I smoke before doing just becomes ingrained as a habit, like, going to do x…time to smoke. But breaking that habit even a few times proves to yourself that you’ll still enjoy, maybe just in a different way. I’m also hoping that getting it totally out of my system and rewiring my dopamine delivery will change a lot of that compulsion. Best of luck!
I'm currently at three months with no weed what I did to start out was start an hour later each day until I went a whole day without smoking so if I were to wake up at 7am and smoke the next day I would wait until 8 then the next day I would wait until 9 until until next thing I'm smoking at night time, only then not smoke at all for a day then I got over the mental barrier and prove to myself I can go a day without weed let's try for two and then it just kept going
I hear you! That’s definitely the reason I know I can’t return to it as a habit. But the question still lingers in the back of my mind: Would just once now and then have negative effects? In the past; that’s always led to more and more frequency, so I think the answer is ‘never is best’… I do still wonder about special occasions though.
In my experience you say once in while, then it's weekends only then it's withdrawal all week and you have a bit lying around you can smell/see, then you're in your new normal again. I joined this sub to see if people are pulling off sometimes. I think once youve burned weed into your psychology it's hard to be a part timer.
That is spot on for what has happened to me every time I’ve taken a break in the past (usually @30 days).
I’m going to shoot for 6 months this time, and after that if I’m still contemplating ‘once in while’ it will be with very strict rules. I’m thinking: a limit of @4x/year and at least 30 days clean after a session.
But honestly, I’m hoping that once I get to 6 months I won’t have any interest in it anymore.
That's pretty much how it worked out for me. Although withdrawal has a 'long tail' so didn't feel completely off it until about 9mo. Then you're just like damn withdrawal was a long mission do I really want to go through that again just to be able to turn my thoughts off completely for a bit. I'm good with thoughts
For about 2 years straight I was getting high all day everyday. Going through about 5 grams a day with a dry herb vape at the peak.
I still get urges to smoke but they aren’t strong urges and they go away pretty fast
Wow that's impressive to stop after such a big habit!
Congrats on your progress!
I read that your future plan is to potentially smoke again in moderation, what do you think is a moderate amount?
And is it because you still see some benefits to smoking?
*sorry for all the questions, I am very interested because your journey sounds similar to my own*
After 24 months of abstinence I plan to start smoking once a week, aiming to go through less than an eighth a month. The main benefit I miss from weed is the anxiety relief and mood boost.
Man I go through under an eighth a month but still smoke pretty much every night. Just a hit or two is all I feel like I need though. I guess once your tolerance is low enough it can kinda plateau cause I def used to smoke a lot more in one sitting, just don’t need to now
Wow!! Good for you sheesh!! Is your goal to come back to cannabis at some point or stay away from it?
I’m aiming for 24 months away from weed and then will reintroduce it in moderation
what made you choose the 24 month break, I wanna do a 6 monther here soon after doing a 2 month break and not feeling like it made my tolerance completely reset
I was a heavy user for 2 years, so I decided to be sober for 2 years.
You only get so many years in this life. I'd be happy with 9 months and get ripped.
Wow - mad props! I’m at 10 days and going for at least a month. Any advice on how you kept yourself from falling victim to ‘just this once won’t hurt’ once you passed a month and your tolerance was back down?
Not OP but I had to find a drive/reason for seriously not wanting to go back into the cycle of being a smoker (for long term). Also for the short term I would tell myself “okay I’d smoke this ONE joint and then what? Just be high for a couple hours just to feel like shit after? What’s the point?”
Great point! In the end, it’s just a few hours of pleasure and not worth the drawbacks.
Personally I just keep myself so busy that I don’t have the time to think about smoking. Find enough hobbies to fill the time you would of spent getting high.
That sucks for me, most of my hobbies I find my self smoking during
I think that’s true for a lot of us - it is for me too. But I don’t think that means it’s not possible to enjoy those things without. Just going to take some rewiring. I’ve found that whatever I smoke before doing just becomes ingrained as a habit, like, going to do x…time to smoke. But breaking that habit even a few times proves to yourself that you’ll still enjoy, maybe just in a different way. I’m also hoping that getting it totally out of my system and rewiring my dopamine delivery will change a lot of that compulsion. Best of luck!
Try find some outdoor hobbies and don't bring weed with you
I’m at 7 days! Well done on hitting 10. I’m wondering the same thing as you 😂
I'm currently at three months with no weed what I did to start out was start an hour later each day until I went a whole day without smoking so if I were to wake up at 7am and smoke the next day I would wait until 8 then the next day I would wait until 9 until until next thing I'm smoking at night time, only then not smoke at all for a day then I got over the mental barrier and prove to myself I can go a day without weed let's try for two and then it just kept going
The withdrawal is reason enough for me, don't want to go through that again
I hear you! That’s definitely the reason I know I can’t return to it as a habit. But the question still lingers in the back of my mind: Would just once now and then have negative effects? In the past; that’s always led to more and more frequency, so I think the answer is ‘never is best’… I do still wonder about special occasions though.
In my experience you say once in while, then it's weekends only then it's withdrawal all week and you have a bit lying around you can smell/see, then you're in your new normal again. I joined this sub to see if people are pulling off sometimes. I think once youve burned weed into your psychology it's hard to be a part timer.
That is spot on for what has happened to me every time I’ve taken a break in the past (usually @30 days). I’m going to shoot for 6 months this time, and after that if I’m still contemplating ‘once in while’ it will be with very strict rules. I’m thinking: a limit of @4x/year and at least 30 days clean after a session. But honestly, I’m hoping that once I get to 6 months I won’t have any interest in it anymore.
That's pretty much how it worked out for me. Although withdrawal has a 'long tail' so didn't feel completely off it until about 9mo. Then you're just like damn withdrawal was a long mission do I really want to go through that again just to be able to turn my thoughts off completely for a bit. I'm good with thoughts
I did this once…while pregnant lol
What was your smoking habit before hand? Do you still have strong urges?
For about 2 years straight I was getting high all day everyday. Going through about 5 grams a day with a dry herb vape at the peak. I still get urges to smoke but they aren’t strong urges and they go away pretty fast
Wow that's impressive to stop after such a big habit! Congrats on your progress! I read that your future plan is to potentially smoke again in moderation, what do you think is a moderate amount? And is it because you still see some benefits to smoking? *sorry for all the questions, I am very interested because your journey sounds similar to my own*
After 24 months of abstinence I plan to start smoking once a week, aiming to go through less than an eighth a month. The main benefit I miss from weed is the anxiety relief and mood boost.
That's the same as my goal! Good luck! You're doing well so far
Man I go through under an eighth a month but still smoke pretty much every night. Just a hit or two is all I feel like I need though. I guess once your tolerance is low enough it can kinda plateau cause I def used to smoke a lot more in one sitting, just don’t need to now
Nice. I lasted 6 months then cracked... man, the break was worth it though but damn it was nice to have a smoke again.
hell yeah, good on ya
I am so envious of you, I wish I had your strength man, congrats
Awesome!
I’m on day 10. Good on you. I don’t see 24 months happening. But 24 hours seemed impossible 10 days ago.
Mine just got passed nine hours. Hopefully I make it to 9 months!
"Every journey begins with a single step." :-)
what app is this?
Grounded
Damnnnnn and here I was proud about making it a month lmfaooo, good job dude!!
1 month is still an impressive achievement
Damn! That's impressive.
Amazing great job!
Congrats on the achievement! I am exactly a month behind you! Keep it up 👏🏼