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I don't think the answer to this is cut and dry. If you're smoking 20 or 30 cigarettes a day and only a couple of joints the cigarettes are (in my opinion) causing more physical harm than the weed. On the other hand cannabis has the potential to be more harmful mentally than nicotine. There are safe...

Smoked daily (aside from a few failed attempts at stopping) from the ages of 15/16 to 40. Had resigned to and accepted the fact that I'd just be a daily stoner for the rest of my life. Weed caused me a lot of negativity and eventually that got the better of me and at some point I realized that smoki...

Its been a bit since I've posted here. For 20+ years I was a daily stoner, during a large part of that I was also an alcoholic. My favourite was to mix the two. Back in 2018 I stopped drinking and have been sober from booze since. This lead to some pretty big improvements in my life but little by li...

This thread has been alive for more than 50% of my time spent addicted to cannabis, I might have even contributed to this thread before. All of my attempts until recently had failed. Looking back I think I knew they would, I did and didn't want to quit. I liked the idea of quitting but wasn't prepar...

Its been four months! I'm adapting to living a life without weed as a part of it. Things are better, I'm not 100% but well on my way. The thing that helped me succeed finally was planning and preparing, and accepting. It was hard for me to face the fact that if I wanted to quit I would need to becom...

I have a long history with this forum. The first time I posted here was in 2008 I believe, maybe late 2007. I was 27/28 back then with the intention of quitting weed forever. I tried, and I tried hard but I just wasn't ready, or I wasn't prepared, I didn't have the right state of mind and I didn't r...

50+ Days! Things are different this time. My view of cannabis and my relationship has shifted. I'm ok with not using it again, in fact thats what I want now. It took forever for me to get out from under its grip but I finally made it. It took a lot of practice, lots of trial and error and psychologi...

Hello all, Its been 3 weeks after basically 25 years of toking with a few small breaks inbetween. This is it though, finally freeing myself from that horrible addiction once and for all. The last 3 weeks have been incredible. There have been a few moments where I've thought about weed of course and ...

Day 10 after 25 years daily toking: - Sleep: Last two night was the first time I got 7 or more hours of mostly uninterupted sleep in a long, long time. Use to wake in middle of the night to toke then back to sleep. - Mind: Cravings come and go, very much come along as part of my routine. When I do t...

I got through the first week. Sleep has been hard to come by but generally I can get 5 or 6 hours. The dreams haven't come crashing back yet so I know I still have a ways to go. Have been exercising and trying to continue my day job and hobbies as best as I can. Mostly I've been "pampering"...

Second night down. I had a dream and remember it slightly, thats so incredible, nothing serious yet though but I know they're coming. I've been taking 10mg of melatonin slow release and that does seem to help me sleep and stay sleep. Already I'm so much more alert and easier to wake in the morning. ...

Richard@DecisionSkills wrote:Only 26 months to go!

Only 26 months to go until what?

PAWSSurvivor. I'm doing ok, merely 24 and some hours in though so I have a lot of recovery ahead of me. I quit booze over two years ago, and was very successful with that. My plan is to apply what I've learned with that to my weed recovery. I'm starting to get jumpy and irritated easily so I need to...

PAWSSurvivor 10 months! Thats an amazing accomplishment. You're setting yourself up for success in your future. You're obviously committed to changing your life. I know withdrawal symptoms can be a challenge but as you said our bodies have the ability to heal. Focus on the positive and keep pushing ...

Got through the first night of my new life. It was easy, no dreams and decent sleep. Definitely still have a lot of residual cannabinoid built up in my body. Wondering when the crazy dreams will return but I expect to encounter them by this weekend. Looking forward to imparting this experience on to...