the 2 days ive been clean ( for over halfway through day 3:) ) ive been suffering from really horrific nightmares has anyone else had them i get pains in my chest when i wake up every morning i hope they stop soon im still stopping even if they continue even if i have a heart attack
When i started to quit the first day i had chest pains then after that it never really happend again, as for the nightmares i even had them they were the thing that got me because the mares were so weird, what kept me from relapseing was that i would have to go through it all over again. What might help you most is hanging out with your friends that dont smoke weed, because they wont talk about it.
I wish you luck and stay strong dont relape because it's not worth it.
I wish you luck and stay strong dont relape because it's not worth it.
Luke congratulations on your committment to let go fo the pot. I smoked for 18 years and was severely addicted about 17 1/2 years of that time. I can tell you that freeing oneself of any addiction whether it is pot, gambling, heroin, pain pills, etc. is difficult but there are many rewards to be had in the process.
I wrote something to another addict on a different forum earlier today and I am going to paste it below,modified slightly. I think all of it applies to your circumstance as well.
I know nothing of your personal circumstances, but I do wish to make some suggestions. Take what makes sense and leave the rest. Know that is it all offered in the spirit of helping a fellow addict to find his way out of addiction.
If you will go back and start looking at some of the people who have posted regularly on this site, you will see certain patterns emerge. Countless people have come to this forum and most have insisted on doing it their way. Just about all of them have returned to smoking weed. This highlights the insidious nature of pot addiction, but even as I write this, I suspect that about 99.9% of those reading it are saying to themselves "yeah, but I am different." They are wrong. You are either and addict or you are not. If you are an addict, your chances of acheiving a prolonged recovery from your drug of choice are rather small unless you seek help.
You have done a great job so far, but I am going to be straight up with you here--there are new and in some ways greater challenges ahead of you. I urge you not to make the mistake of thinking that you have got it licked, or that you do not need further help and support going forward.
I have seen hundreds of people come through this site, and thousands face to face, all trying get clean and live sober. The vast majority do not make it to six months, and many who do survive that long seem to struggle on an ongoing basis. Ask yourself whether this is what you want for your life. You may think that you can do it differently on your own, but in all likelihood, you will face many of the same difficulties if you simply try to move past this phase of your life without further help and assistance.
I have probably overstepped my bounds here, and in no way do I mean to presume to know anything about your personal circumstances or your personal character. I am just passing on a friendly caution to urge you to think about how you want to handle being clean, in hopes that you will never again have to go through the hell of the last several days.
It is good to be able to seek out those who have qualities that you respect and admire and learn from them. It is good to listen carefully to those who thought they had the pot under control only to find themselves using again a few weeks or months later. There are a lot of lessons to be mined from these stories, and of course, my recommendation would be to stick with the winners, to seek out those who have what you want, and to follow their example.
Please keep us informed of your progress. If you ask, I will be happy to respond to any questions you might have. I feel certain that my sober brothers and sisters will also pitch in with suggestions and perhaps their personal stories in an effort to help.
You can do a search on my screen name and learn more than you care to know about my personal story.
Good luck, stay in touch,
August
I wrote something to another addict on a different forum earlier today and I am going to paste it below,modified slightly. I think all of it applies to your circumstance as well.
I know nothing of your personal circumstances, but I do wish to make some suggestions. Take what makes sense and leave the rest. Know that is it all offered in the spirit of helping a fellow addict to find his way out of addiction.
If you will go back and start looking at some of the people who have posted regularly on this site, you will see certain patterns emerge. Countless people have come to this forum and most have insisted on doing it their way. Just about all of them have returned to smoking weed. This highlights the insidious nature of pot addiction, but even as I write this, I suspect that about 99.9% of those reading it are saying to themselves "yeah, but I am different." They are wrong. You are either and addict or you are not. If you are an addict, your chances of acheiving a prolonged recovery from your drug of choice are rather small unless you seek help.
You have done a great job so far, but I am going to be straight up with you here--there are new and in some ways greater challenges ahead of you. I urge you not to make the mistake of thinking that you have got it licked, or that you do not need further help and support going forward.
I have seen hundreds of people come through this site, and thousands face to face, all trying get clean and live sober. The vast majority do not make it to six months, and many who do survive that long seem to struggle on an ongoing basis. Ask yourself whether this is what you want for your life. You may think that you can do it differently on your own, but in all likelihood, you will face many of the same difficulties if you simply try to move past this phase of your life without further help and assistance.
I have probably overstepped my bounds here, and in no way do I mean to presume to know anything about your personal circumstances or your personal character. I am just passing on a friendly caution to urge you to think about how you want to handle being clean, in hopes that you will never again have to go through the hell of the last several days.
It is good to be able to seek out those who have qualities that you respect and admire and learn from them. It is good to listen carefully to those who thought they had the pot under control only to find themselves using again a few weeks or months later. There are a lot of lessons to be mined from these stories, and of course, my recommendation would be to stick with the winners, to seek out those who have what you want, and to follow their example.
Please keep us informed of your progress. If you ask, I will be happy to respond to any questions you might have. I feel certain that my sober brothers and sisters will also pitch in with suggestions and perhaps their personal stories in an effort to help.
You can do a search on my screen name and learn more than you care to know about my personal story.
Good luck, stay in touch,
August
