Posted by admin on March 28, 2008
Hello,
This week has been successful! Things are going well. I will have to keep myself this weekend to avoid temptation. I have had a few beers tonight, and didn’t enjoy it that much. I will be setting up the marijuana addiction forum this weekend, and hope have it running by Sunday afternoon.
Till tomorrow.
Posted by admin on March 26, 2008
Another busy and productive day today, with a good sleep last night. Last night was the first night that I had vivid dreams after quitting marijuana. The majority of the weed addicts that I know don’t recall their dreams, or have fewer dreams than non smokers. I have heard that it is pretty common to have ‘end of the world’ nightmares when quitting weed. In my previous attempts to quit, I have had some crazy nightmares.
This dream was definitely strange - and I got stoned in my dream…This doesn’t count as relapse right
. The Dream: So I was outside on the main drag of a town with my colleagues, and a bunch of them were up ahead in a circle. One woman came up to me and said something along the lines of “I smoke, but don’t tell anyone”, and joined the circle. I followed behind her, and next thing I new, I was passed a joint. This was the end of the dream as I remember it. Shitty description, but dreams are hard to describe.
One of the reasons that I wanted to quit is because I didn’t want colleagues to find out about my marijuana habit. I am sure some of them know and don’t say anything to me. Weed made me paranoid so I always wondered if they DID know.
‘Til Tomorrow - which will be double digits sober! Wooohooo!
Posted by admin on March 25, 2008
Another day without smoking pot. Today was a better day. I was extremely busy today, and did not experience any intense cannabis withdrawal symptoms. The anxiety and dread that I was feeling is definitely in recession. I know that I am only 8 days in, but I feel like the worst part of the psychological detox is past me. Now I will need to deal with sobriety on a daily basis. The physical detox will take up to 3 months for all of the fat-soluble thc to be free from my system. Only after 3 months will I consider myself ‘clean’ from weed. Clean is not the same thing as recovered!
Sleep was also better last night - I got 7 hours and only woke up once. When smoking weed, I seemed to wake up a lot more during the night. Sometimes I would even awake, smoke a roach, then head straight back to bed. It appears that marijuana makes sleep come easy, but the quality of sleep is worse than a sober sleep would be. Anyone find the same thing happening to them.
Bucking Faked requested the ability to blog on their progress. I will be configuring and opening a Marijuana Addiction Support Forum this weekend. I don’t know if it will be on this site, or on another domain…I still need to work out the logistics.
Posted by admin on March 24, 2008
Hey everyone,
Just a quick update - I am going to sleep like a baby tonight. I only got another 5 hours last night. I am seriously wiped out and looking forward to nodding off immediately after I post this. I have been through this kind of weed withdrawal insomnia before, so I was prepared for it.
The anxiety is still there, but the worst of it was Saturday. I was not prepared for it, and am hoping the worst of it is over. I am going to meditate and stretch before bed to release some of the tension. The marijuana recovery process is stressful!
I will be writing another series of 4 or 5 articles that I will publish before the end of April. Any topic requests?