I was sober today! Woohoo. It took a lot of work and I had to keep busy all day, but I managed to do it. The relaxation techniques really came in handy. The Sun Salutation is great way to start they day. I have also been working on breathing deeply throughout the day. If I ever struggle to take a deep relaxed slow breath, I immediately do the Deep Breathing reset, and am back in no time. I think relaxation is one of the keys to stop smoking weed.
My sleeping patterns and eating patterns are horrible, I can’t get to bed early, and I want to sleep all day. I believe that there are 2 keys here: Diet and Exercise.
My diet is really shitty. I cook for myself once or twice a week and eat junk the rest of the time, most of the exercise I do is walking too or from my vehicle to the fast food restaurant or 7-11. This was OK when I was baked constantly, but really needs to change now. I have a lot of time, so learning to cook is a great skill to develop in the mean time. Ironically, I am not overweight. I think this is because some days I only eat one meal.
I am also in poor physical shape. My natural build and body type gives me a great frame for sports and physical activities, but my cardiovascular ability has been cut in half by the amount of weed I smoked. My diet and lack of exercise made me again about 20 lbs in the last 2 years. I would like to keep the weight and lose the fat!
Thanks to all of you who have been posting comments to update me with their progress or keep me on track. Today was a great day, being that it is Friday and I have the weekend in front of me. My entire goal of Friday night is preparing for the weekend and not smoking weed at all. The weekends are usually when I smoke a tonne of weed so it will take a lot of will power and distraction to keep sober over the next 2 days. I also need to make sure I don’t substitute with alcohol – I really don’t want to trade marijuana addiction for alcoholism!
I have some withdrawal mood swings over the last 3 or 4 days. Not exactly depressed, but angry and cynical. I remember a quote “Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm”, so I am getting somewhere I am feeling good at the moment and looking forward to accomplishing a lot this weekend.
But hey, 1 day at a time. I have been researching new hobbies and will be putting some time into the website this weekend. I think I am going to wait a little longer before I do a major overhaul on the layout, categories, and navigation.
This is the last post in this weeks series of posts on relaxation techniques for helping cope with the stress associated with marijuana withdrawal. A couple commentators, Meggers and Tani, have both recommended yoga for stress relief and a great nights sleep.
Yoga is an ancient path to spiritual growth, and originates out of India where hinduism is practiced. The practice and goal of yoga dates back to the Upanishads, written between 1000-5000 BC.
I have only performed one type of Yoga sequence before, and I think it is perfect for beginners. The Sun Salutation is a sequence of 12 movements that can be performed quickly whenever you need a boost. I just did a set to try it out – I like it. It feels more physically demanding than the moving meditation relaxation technique and gets the blood flowing quickly.
Well, I had a little to smoke again today. I keep finding it and not saying “No”. In the grand scheme of things, this is still improvement. This weekend is going to be very tough because I usually wake and bake, then get stoned all day. I know I need to stop smoking weed, so I will be working hard toward this goal on the weekend – day by day.
I came across deep relaxation audio tape that I liked and thought I should share it. The first few days of withdrawal from smoking weed are always the hardest for me, so I am building up a nice list of relaxation and distraction techniques to help me get through the cravings and other marijuana withdrawal symptoms.
You will need RealPlayer to play the files. One of the files is 6 minutes, and the other is 20 minutes.
Today was a pretty crappy day…I caved again and smoked….Because I repeated the pattern of going out to a pub. I did see some great live music, and meet a potentially awesome business connection, so it hasn’t all been bad….but damn, time to reset that counter back to 0.
Todays relaxation technique is one that I learned from an old roommate of mine, he used to perform this technique when he couldn’t fall asleep. This is a great exercise for marijuana withdrawal when you have insomnia. I struggle with insomnia when during the first couple days that I stop smoking weed.
The exercise is called “Muscle Tension and Relaxation”. It is very easy to do – you simply tense up, then relax certain muscle groups in your body.
If you practice this regularly, you will get to know your body better and have a good understanding what tension and relaxation feel like in your body. Relaxing your body also helps to relax your mind. You can combine this exercise with deep breathing to get rid of any more stress.
I like to start at the feet, then work their way up to the face. The exercise is the same for each body part
Instructions:
Get comfortable.
Take a moment to relax, breathing in and out in slow, deep breaths.
Once relaxed, shift your attention to your right foot. Feel your awareness in your foot then slowly tense the muscles. Squeeze as tightly as you can while counting to 10.
Relax your right foot. Feel the tension flowing away from your foot as it becomes limp, loose and relaxed.
Take a deep breath and continue to relax your foot.
Follow the same sequence for your left foot.
Starting from the feet, move slowly up each muscle group in your body. Here is an example pattern:
Right / Left Foot
Right calf / Left calf
Right thigh /Left thigh
Hips and buttocks
Stomach / Abdominals
Lower Back
Chest
Upper Back and Trapezoids
Right / Left Arm and Hand
Neck and shoulders
Face
I hope you enjoy this exercise and it helps you get to sleep when you are going through marijuana withdrawal. Insomnia is very common when you quit, so remember you are not alone and you can be proactive when dealing with insomnia, anxiety, or other weed withdrawal issues.
I hope you all enjoy this video – it’s all about How to quit smoking Marijuana. I know I sure did! It is great to see people posting about their desire to quit smoking marijuana. I think this is a very powerful video – I have done the same thing but with glass pipes! Good Luck to you all in your journey to quit smoking marijuana. If anyone else has any videos, please let me know!
Today started off a little slow, I am not a morning person, so morning didn’t come until about 11:00 AM today. I hate getting out of bed, but am happy to be up once I make the initial effort.
I didn’t smoke any weed today but I had two major cravings, both occurred under the same circumstances. Pretty much every time I come home, the first thing I do is pee, and the second thing I do is smoke weed. This can be a trip where I am away for a couple hours, or a couple days, the routine is always the same. Go home, and get high. Since I went out and was social today, I came home twice, and both times I really wanted to smoke badly. The first craving went away after about 5 minutes, and I am working through the second one right now. I had a great evening, I went out and had dinner with great friends, then as I was walking to my place, thought about how great the evening had been, and how much better it would be if I had something to smoke to ‘finish off the night’. These are thought processes that need to change and be replaced by something more productive.
This is the second marijuana smoking trend I have identified in myself, the first being smoking with friends I meet at the pub. So, I have to keep myself busy when I first get home and no hanging out at the pub for the rest of the week. I have a feeling my house will be very clean by Friday.
This is my second post in this weeks series of relaxation techniques to help bleed off some of the stress associated with quitting weed. We will be looking at a chi-kung technique from the falun-dafa school in China. I have practiced this technique and found that the more I practiced and ‘knew’ the exercise, the more relaxing and rejuvenating it became.
This video clip is about 8 minutes long and guides you through the moving meditation called “Buddha Showing 1000 Hands”.
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I will be performing this exercise daily. I recommend doing three complete sets of the exercise once per day. You will get the most benefit out of this technique by going slowly, and really learning the steps and body movement. Even though you aren’t moving much, there is good chance you will sweat a lot….You are sweating out your stress and toxins, so enjoy it!For more information on these and other Falun Dafu exercises, visit the Falun Dafa website
I am feeling good at the moment and looking forward to accomplishing a lot this weekend.
This is the last post in this weeks series of posts on relaxation techniques for helping cope with the stress associated with marijuana withdrawal. A couple commentators, Meggers and Tani, have both recommended yoga for stress relief and a great nights sleep.
I came across deep relaxation audio tape that I liked and thought I should share it. The first few days of withdrawal from smoking weed are always the hardest for me, so I am building up a nice list of relaxation and distraction techniques to help me get through the cravings and other marijuana withdrawal symptoms.
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