Hey Folks,
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.
Friday’s post will be much more detailed.
Good Night.
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eh… i caved. What’s worse than that… I scraped.
I fear the weekend even more, that’s when i ‘do my thing’. My friend comes over and we play video games. No 2 things go better together for me. I won’t even do one without the other. Weird…
I want to share a trick i used to quit cigarettes. Perhaps it will help you with this? To quit cigs (and it wasn’t the nicotine) i very gradually decreased my smoking from 1 pack to a couple a day. Among many other things i did, i started to roll my own – so it wasn’t easily accessible. I had to go through an ordeal to get a smoke. But the real trick was this:
I bought a watch (Casio calculator) which had a count down timer on it, it would go off when time reached 0 and restart automatically. At first i set it to go off once per hour. When it beeped, i could have a smoke (often i’d skip it cause i was busy). As days went on, I’d gradually increase the time – 1:30 hours, 1:45, 2, 2:15… so on.. adding less and less time as .. well, as time went on
At about 3 hours, the time increases were very small. It was also at about 3:15 increments that i forgot to smoke… Yes that’s right. I didn’t fight the urge, i didn’t crave. I simply went for like 1-2 days and realized, “WAIT.. 
i haven’t smoked in days!”
And here’s the kicker, its been yeeears now. I can have a cigarette at a party, even a few, and not crave or want one (nowadays i don’t even wanna smell em). And i feel very strongly about this: People often fail quitting because they struggle with it, its a push/pull, a fight. With the timing method i used, i did not fight at all. I didn’t have to resist, push or pull, stress or anything. It simply rolled off me. It was a VERY gentle maneuver. I was still smoking but i also reduced it in a structured way.
One more thought on this – The biggest obstacle i had quitting was the idea that i could never smoke again! For if i did, I’d be a smoker again! That stopped me many times. But i found out that if i get it under control, i could still enjoy it once in a blue moon and not have any problems/relapses. Under control meaning i no longer had to fight the urge.
Perhaps timing it hourly may not be the way here.. but i may try to apply it on a larger scale.. say, start with (what’s the longest i can go…) 24 hours? then 30? then 36, 40, 42,… you get the idea… small gradual increases…
Hope it makes sence. Hope this helps.
That’s my plan there. i figure once I break the cycle and I no longer depend on it. I can still blaze for special occasions… such as the release of Harold and Kumar 2 in theatres, or when gta4 drops
mate thats golden i gotta get me a watch