Day 11
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Day 11
It's crazy how cunning that addictive voice is. I've been dry from alcohol for years now but I've been a daily pot smoker..rationalizing it with beliefs that it's far less worse than booze, my life is functional, it has medicinal properties, yadayada etc. While it is true that it is far less detrimental than my alcohol addiction, I'm sick of my mind being slave to a substance. It's also doing me no good and holding me back. Day 11 without it now and feeling pretty good....very crazy dreams at night though. lol. Even now...my av is trying to convince me that this is just a tolerance break and how nice it would be to light up again after going a while without it.
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Day 11 is great Froscow.
Yeah I went with the less bad line too - but the reality was both my addictions (booze, weed) were bad for me and they both had to stop.
I’m way happier, and healthier, without booze and weed
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Yeah I went with the less bad line too - but the reality was both my addictions (booze, weed) were bad for me and they both had to stop.
I’m way happier, and healthier, without booze and weed
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Thanks everyone. I think marijuana addiction has been very easy for my addictive brain to rationalize because it doesn't mess up my life the way alcohol did, and it's so normalized now..but drugs are drugs at the end of the day
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Hi Froscow, I've been trying to quit for a long time now after starting up using marijuana again when I finally quit drinking in December 2018! It was my rationalization that I'm only doing whatever it took to stop drinking which I know is insane but I was so desperate to stop drinking. I hated feeling so ill and poisoned by it and I thought I would quit the weed after just using it 'lightly' for a few months when I stopped drinking. But I've just smoked my first ounce of weed in only two weeks which I am shocked to realize. I am so enslaved to this substance and I want my power back from it so last night I finally reached out and told a friend (a good one from AA) because I don't want to have this secret anymore. I am terrified by the thought of not having it to run to at every opportunity and/or 'need', but I want to find out and love who I really am without being in active addiction.
11 days is awesome and I hope to be close behind you very soon!
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11 days is awesome and I hope to be close behind you very soon!
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Congrats on quitting the booze PS, and yes our addictive brains are so good at rationalizing, lol. I've known for a while that I need to quit but I think the main reason I was holding off I was afraid because of withdrawal symptons like insomnia from doing it every day for years. But here I am on day 16 now and I'm going to keep going. My sleep quality has been improving now actually.
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Day 16 is very nice froscow, keep it up. And don’t be tempted by that nagging AV when you have some extra sober time under your belt. It tells very convincing lies.
Thanks for the update and off to many more sober days and nights.
Thanks for the update and off to many more sober days and nights.
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Thanks! Day 18 here and had some mild cravings this morning. Rainy day here and my brain started to rationalize how nice it would be to smoke a bowl and be all warm and cozy inside with some books and movies. Of course all that can be enjoyed without the first activity mentioned....but I know addiction is relentless and will come up with how ever many deceptive thoughts to go back to that. Have a good one everyone!
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You are doing great.
You are doing great. 30 days. That AV tells us that we can smoke, but the reality is that even though it is legal in some states, it is expensive, interrupting healthy sleep, and made me lazy. I would run out of food by the end of the month because I would go to the dispensary.
June 22 will be 30 days and this month I have food. I tell myself I don't want that joint when the voice says yes you do.
June 22 will be 30 days and this month I have food. I tell myself I don't want that joint when the voice says yes you do.
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