Doing great here too! A week shy of 6 months.
And yes, fleeting thoughts here too. But they are just thoughts and easily dismissed. Starting up is just not worth the hell of quitting again. It's never just one toke or one bowl. It's what I remind myself when those thoughts spring up.
Stay strong, everyone!

I have been lurking and thinking about this all week:

That really resonated. I'm in legal state. I vape concentrates, so no smoke involved. However, I have built up an awesome tolerance, and the strongest bud feels like nothing to me now.

I quit drinking years ago, but was alcoholic for decades before that. This is not that hell for sure, so there isn't that terrible desperation. Marijuana is pretty much HOW I quit drinking, and I am reluctant to give it up.

I also have depression, anxiety disorder and maladaptive daydream disorder, all of which I have had since childhood. I am on Lexapro.

Anymore though, I hate leaving the house.

I guess I'm on the fence.

Hi and welcome shwinks :)

Marijuana started as my escape my it ended up my jailer. The desperation I had when I ran out, the combing the carpet for those dropped cones, the overwhelming paranoia and agrophobia the darkness of my worldview and the anxiety - it was in its own way a hell like alcohol was later.

All I can do is share how good it feels to be free and addicted to nothing.
I'm having the best time of my life.

I hope you'll stick around, SR is a good place to be :)

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my friends here ! Hope 2018 brings you everything your looking for :)

7 weeks :)

Sober New Year, HC and everyone!

good going Paco :)

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Great job, Paco ! I'm having a sober New Years also and looking forward to a healthy 2018 !!! One day at a time :)

Hope everyone has the year of their dreams ! :)

I was never tested or diagnosed for agoraphobia, but I could barely drive on interstates (sober, drunk i could negotiate them with some success) and never on them at night.

Now, after being clean and sober for a good while, i can and do drive anywhere i please day or night.

2 months :)

Awesome , Paco ! Doing well over here too -had a minor slip, but long past that ! Feel way better without - more my "real" self. LOVE the clarity :) Hope Life is treating you well ! And a BIG HELLO to all my friends here - I hope 2018 inspires you to realize your dreams !!!

Good to know you are doing great, HC!

10 weeks today :)

Congrats Paco :)

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Just checking in. I’ve been clean from weed for 4 months and 10
Days. I can honestly say the worst of detoxing is gone and am feeling much better overall. Still some mild symptoms. Feels like my lungs are still trying to clear everything out n my brain is re wiring it’s self but it feels so good that the worst of it is over. Looking forward to even better days ahead. I hope everyone is doing well. Quitting is so worth it! Smoking weed really kicked my ass but not anymore! Now I’m kicking it’s ass! Haha!

7 months today. Things just keep getting better and better.
I was with my sister yesterday and of course, she smoked... a lot. Not once did I think..."what if?" The whispers are leaving the building! Yay!

7 months is awesome lynnmarie :)

good to hear from you too Aj - congrats on 4 months :)

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Day 3 here ... feeling insecure, but doing it anyway.
Thank you!

Great to hear Teodor :)

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Now we need to hear from Windytown :)

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congratulations Lynn Marie and AJ !

Awesome job !

And I agree, Life IS better !

Great thread. I'm so grateful to be a part of this community and finally put down the bong. Life really is greener (no pun intended) on the sober side of the fence.