motivation quitting marijuana

Hello again. It's now day 9!! I wanted to see how you other folks were doing with the quitting. I'm feeling okay. My morning and afternoon urges to smoke are gone, even though I'm laid off and have a lot of free time. I'm keeping busy during the day, but still have the craving to puff in the evenings,lasting until bedtime. It's especially tough if I'm bored, or if I'm about to watch a good movie. After the first few days, I must say I found myself starting to find reasons why it would be okay to smoke weed again soon. Luckily, I didn't listen to the addiction talking, and instead talked to one of my best friends who had quit about a year ago. He understood completely how I felt, and offered reinforcement of my decision to quit. This guy has been a very close friend since we were 15 years old (now 31), so he knows me and he knows the deal. I must say, I don't feel like I'll never smoke again, but I do think it needs to be 6 months or a year (at least) before I puff even once. I've got to know that I can do it, and I've got to know how to live without that crutch. It's like that saying " If you love something,set it free. If it comes back to you,it is yours.If it doesn't,it never was." I've got to break the pattern of abusing weed before I can even try to have a casual relationship with it. I would love for weed to be an occassional treat, you know, like a one-Saturday-night-a-month kind of thing. But until I know that I don't NEED it, I don't deserve it.
For those of you who quit recently like me, remember this: the first few days are hard, but that's when your will to quit and improve your life are strongest. After you get over the initial "buzz" of breaking the daily cycle, that's when you really need to watch yourself. That sense of "I did it!" starts to dwindle, and you start thinking "well, it wasn't so bad..."
This is the danger zone- the space between the newness of sobriety and the long term change of mental state, where you're not fully either one, and could backslide. Stay strong!!
P.S. Tex and Dubble, how's it going for you two?

Drum thats nuts, I could have written your post.

Still going strong and feeling much better. I am exactly like you with my cravings setting in at night and when I have free time. I'm fine during the day. This past weekend was tough as it was crappy weather outside, friends and fam were outta town and I'd normally hve baked all weekend.

I guess i had a test today. My "guy" called me and said "its that time". I passed and made up an excuse as to why my current supply is enough to get me by. Actually its true anyway as I have a pretty big supply right in front of me and even if smoking it'd last 3 weeks. It's not tempting me at all and won't.

My feelings are like yours Drum...I think I may go for 6+ months and break the addiction long term...i've gone 6 weeks (long enough to pass a test) over the past 20 years a few times but never longer. I have challenged myself to go for a min of 6 months.

My head is clearer & I'm not fidgeting anymore on Day 9.

still haven't started dreaming again yet.

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