7 weeks sober
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7 weeks sober
I got tired of posting a thread every single day and coming up with something new to say so I've decided to do weekly threads. I still haven't had a single craving for booze but have been having a lot of weed dreams. That one is going to be a hard one to kick for life.
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7 weeks is awesome!!! Well done CS. Yeah, weed and disgusting cigs were easier to quit than booze, but my cravings center around those two awful habits. I have recurring smoking dreams. When I remember that by doing either I am voluntarily inhaling black particles into my lungs, the cravings wane.
Keep going, it gets better. 
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Originally Posted by August252015 
7 wks is great! Is that just alcohol or already the weed too?
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Confession time....
About 1 1/2 years into sobriety - last fall - I smoked a bit of weed while on a business trip and I really really didn't like it. I found it made me anxious and my sobriety is so important and essential to me that I couldn't shake the feeling that I was cheating myself and my mind.
So that was that. I'm glad I did it, it put to rest that lingering voice in the back of my head.
And, for what it's worth, I have to say that I find it really hard to believe that any mind and body chemistry altering substance that find their way into our routine of living is a problem. Even weed.
I've grown very skeptical of the romanticized nature of such things...primarily because I can't afford to lie to myself. It almost killed me - the lying to myself that is. You see, lying to myself or letting myself get swept up in myths and romanticized rationalizations about such things leads to me making very poor choices about how I live my life.
Of course, your mileage may vary... but I'd test a couple things if I were you. Like... if it isn't a distraction or habit forming then just don't do it for like 90 days. No big deal right? When you discover that cleaning it out for even a short period of time like 90 days is hard to do that may be worth paying attention to. Just sayin'.
Best to you and fantastic 7 weeks!
-B
About 1 1/2 years into sobriety - last fall - I smoked a bit of weed while on a business trip and I really really didn't like it. I found it made me anxious and my sobriety is so important and essential to me that I couldn't shake the feeling that I was cheating myself and my mind.
So that was that. I'm glad I did it, it put to rest that lingering voice in the back of my head.
And, for what it's worth, I have to say that I find it really hard to believe that any mind and body chemistry altering substance that find their way into our routine of living is a problem. Even weed.
I've grown very skeptical of the romanticized nature of such things...primarily because I can't afford to lie to myself. It almost killed me - the lying to myself that is. You see, lying to myself or letting myself get swept up in myths and romanticized rationalizations about such things leads to me making very poor choices about how I live my life.
Of course, your mileage may vary... but I'd test a couple things if I were you. Like... if it isn't a distraction or habit forming then just don't do it for like 90 days. No big deal right? When you discover that cleaning it out for even a short period of time like 90 days is hard to do that may be worth paying attention to. Just sayin'.
Best to you and fantastic 7 weeks!
-B
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