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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

I’m Back! I will Quit Smoking Weed!

Posted by admin on January 10, 2008

Hey everyone,  I am back and still dedicated as ever to Quit Smoking Weed!

Guess I better fill everyone in on the last month or so. Looks like my last post was on December 8th. Yikes.

It is a New Year and a fresh start. Many of us want to quit smoking pot in the new year! Good for us! I am going to make 2008 a great year.

I got pretty depressed, and heavily medicated, aka super stoned, from about December 8th through the 20th. I was smoking a lot of weed, keeping weird hours, and sleeping or at least laying down more that 12 hours a day. I felt really guilty about letting myself down - especially because it was the first time I really put a huge amount of effort into ending my marijuana addiction. I got a really bad cold at the time, and was smoking, then coughing, and had super bad mucus and phlegm from all the smoke I was inhaling. A normal person doesn’t smoke or drink when they are sick, and addict does!

I didn’t smoke weed for about 10 days over the holiday Dec 19-28, but smoked on the 29th of December through the 4th of January. I haven’t smoked since the 4th which officially puts me on Day 6 of sober. This is awesome. I have had some great comments while I was away and am still dedicated to this goal. I had some minor relapses and my first major one, but I also accomplished a new record since I began this blog of 10 days sober.

I will be posting some new articles this week on foods helpful for detoxing from addiction. I am sure you will enjoy the. If you would like me to write on a specific topic, please let me know by posting a comment.

Days Sober - 6

Mood Swings and Withdrawal from Marijuana

Posted by admin on December 7, 2007

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.

Day 15 another Marijuana Relapse

Posted by admin on December 6, 2007

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.

Journal Day 14

Posted by admin on December 5, 2007

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.

Days Sober 0
Days Stoned 1