Originally Posted by
tyler 
In my particular case I have a problem with marijuana. When I smoke it, I smoke it obsessively, until it is gone and until I run out of any options to get anymore. Could I choose to only smoke pot occasionally? Despite a good deal of "evidence" to the contrary, I think the answer is yes. However, it would be really, really hard. I could get arrested, I may fail a drug test, it would upset my parents and ex-wife and may jeopardize my relationship with my teenage son, I could go on and on, but you get the idea. Therefore, I make the choice not to smoke pot, and am comfortable, as it makes the most sense to me.
When I learned to take my recollections about past alcohol/drug use out of the present tense and put them into the past tense, it helped me clarify the plans I had made about any future use of alcohol/drugs.
I started thinking and saying it like this:
“In my particular case I
used to have a problem with marijuana. When I smoke
d it, I smoke
d it obsessively, until it
was gone and until I
ran out of any options to get anymore.”
Once I started doing this, it was amazing how quickly I began to recognize the fallacy of keeping it in the present tense.
Also, I believe you have every capacity to make a plan that would put your last sentence into this form:
“Therefore, I ma
de the choice
never to smoke pot, and am comfortable, as it makes the most sense to me.”