Comments on: Day 15 another Marijuana Relapse http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2007/12/smoking-marijuana/marijuana-relapse-day-15/ A 'Users' Guide to Marijuana Addiction, Withdrawal, and How to Stop Smoking Weed Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:45:36 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: binx http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2007/12/smoking-marijuana/marijuana-relapse-day-15/comment-page-1/#comment-78 binx Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:55:32 +0000 http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2007/12/smoking-marijuana/journal-day-15/#comment-78 mate thats golden i gotta get me a watch mate thats golden i gotta get me a watch

]]> By: Spencer http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2007/12/smoking-marijuana/marijuana-relapse-day-15/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Spencer Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:32:07 +0000 http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2007/12/smoking-marijuana/journal-day-15/#comment-76 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 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

]]> By: Stimpy http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2007/12/smoking-marijuana/marijuana-relapse-day-15/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Stimpy Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:40:29 +0000 http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2007/12/smoking-marijuana/journal-day-15/#comment-74 eh... i caved. What's worse than that... I scraped. :oops: 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 :razz: 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.. :idea: 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. eh… i caved. What’s worse than that… I scraped. :oops: 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 :razz: 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.. :idea: 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.

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