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I would say I'm 100% recovered, but not the same person. That experience matured me a lot in different ways. I had to learn how to deal with my thoughts and emotions. I dont look at people's depression/anxiety the same anymore. I can see the lies at the root of people's depression and I want to help...

I actually forgot about this forum but I did get a post reply email. I'm glad my experience has helped you. As long as I'm here I'll give an update: It's been nearly 3 years since I stopped smoking weed. I am completely free of PAWS, thanks be to God. It's hard to say when exactly it ended. I think ...

Dear formal addicts who survived the horrifying hell of PAWS, My partner and I are looking for more success stories for our new book on Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome apparent in many types of substance addictions. We are finishing up the book and want to end it with a list of success stories of ot...

I think the PAWS brain is sensitive to changes like that for quite a while, hard to say how long exactly, but I can tell you even at 2.5 years I dont drink alcohol or really do anything other than caffeine.

Yes I can provide some updates. I totally hear you and have been through everything you are going through! Without rehashing my first year and a half, I'll say that the 10 months or so since I wrote this have had their ups and downs. Mostly circumstantial---we had our first baby come very early and ...

Your story super resonates with me and I hope you are still doing well. Some of the descriptors you used for your first year are poetic and something only a PAWS veteran can explain!! Even the last bit about being an old man who awoke in a young man's body...there are times I feel like my mind has l...

PAWS is a very difficult thing to go through and I cannot overstate how profound it was for me. I dont really talk about it unless with other PAWS sufferers or a MH professional. It comes off as melodramatic and it's nearly impossible to convey to someone who hasnt been there. I would agree with you...

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Jalakee wrote:I often pray God would deliver me fully from this trial, or at least lead me through it more speedily!

How long have you been doing that? I believe He's busier these days.

He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
Ps 94:9

What's up guys. I joined here recently (see my "17 months" post) and have been really enjoying going back through some of the threads here. Up until now I only had r/leaves on Reddit which does have a few PAWS sufferers, but sadly not enough and there are some really helpful stories here. ...

Hey Robb1e_g. You post here really resonated with me and I'm not sure if you even visit these forums anymore but if you do I'd love to hear more about your journey and how you've been doing since. I posted here recently about my 17 month journey thus far. There are days and even weeks on end where I...

Maneesh I totally agree with you about the inward vs outward thoughts. This is something I realized but had a hard time putting into words. There is a state of what I call the "normal mind" where you are simply observing the world and pondering things, thinking about interesting things or ...

Greetings, I found this forum via Reddit, and it seems to be the web haven for cannabis PAWS sufferers. Well I feel duty-bound to tell my story here since it has been so impactful and there is so little information out there about it. I hope my experience can help others, by the grace of God. A litt...

Hi there, I joined so I could respond to you. I experienced nearly everything you described. Severe anxiety, morose depressive thoughts, suicidal thoughts, unbelievable bad moods, digestive issues, sleep issues, you name it. Very similar timeline. I smoked cumulatively for 12 years, and stopped very...