I am a daily smoker, for about 10 years- geesh...that sounds worse when you write it down...anyhow, it is a morning til night kinda thing and I would love to stop. We have cut down, but I would love to be able to quit all together. I think it owuld be good for the whole family. Hubby would like to cut down to maybe 1 joint a day..i dont know where to start though really. any thoughts? thanks
HI, I was a morn till night smoker of 12 years, and became a coke addict. I stopped all drugs 7 months ago. Mj was quite tricky, because the unmanagability is more subtle - we can continue to function quite well despite the addiction. However let me add I do not miss it at all. I am much more engaged with people around me, more emotionally connected, less hazy and moree motivated.
So how? Well it was very simple, but not easy!
First got rid of all the weed, bongs, pipes etc. Second got rid of the dealers numbers. Stopped hanging out with users. Told my friends my house was now a drug free zone - no crashing on my couch and getting high. Started to acknowledge I was an addict. (otherwise why not stop) Then accepted (quite different to acknowledging) I was an addict. Then went for help from other addicts in the rooms of na. Did 90 meetings in 90 days. Made recovery the foocus of my life.
Todasy I am a much happier healthier person.
But most Mj addicts I know are not serious about stopping, cos they think it is not a real drug. Mother natures herb blah blah. But my life is so different now, I can see how chemiocally altered it made me.
So its simple, but not easy
And you have to actively do something - not think/talk about it, cos then nothing changes.
Throw it away.
Oh and for your partner going dowen to a joint a day. Highly unlikely for any addict to use in a controlled way. Thats why we are addicts. Always more
I have not found anyone who has been succesful at controlled usage. Its an all or nothing thing
Good Luck with it. I encourage you to stop. Its fantastic being clean
Calabash
So how? Well it was very simple, but not easy!
First got rid of all the weed, bongs, pipes etc. Second got rid of the dealers numbers. Stopped hanging out with users. Told my friends my house was now a drug free zone - no crashing on my couch and getting high. Started to acknowledge I was an addict. (otherwise why not stop) Then accepted (quite different to acknowledging) I was an addict. Then went for help from other addicts in the rooms of na. Did 90 meetings in 90 days. Made recovery the foocus of my life.
Todasy I am a much happier healthier person.
But most Mj addicts I know are not serious about stopping, cos they think it is not a real drug. Mother natures herb blah blah. But my life is so different now, I can see how chemiocally altered it made me.
So its simple, but not easy
And you have to actively do something - not think/talk about it, cos then nothing changes.
Throw it away.
Oh and for your partner going dowen to a joint a day. Highly unlikely for any addict to use in a controlled way. Thats why we are addicts. Always more
I have not found anyone who has been succesful at controlled usage. Its an all or nothing thing
Good Luck with it. I encourage you to stop. Its fantastic being clean
Calabash
