Was a daily smoker almost uninterrupted for like 7-8 years (only ever 2-3 days off at most while travelling), had an epiphany last weekend and decided it wasn’t helping make life any better (also, $$$) and simply stopped. On average I was probably smoking 1-2g per day.

It’s been about 9 days and I only smoke in my newly more-vivid dreams (!) and also I’ve been outright weepy for major chunks of the day, which is unlike me. Is this normal? (I’m also turning 40 in a few weeks and have some feelings about that so it’s kinda tough to tell what’s motivating what.)

Anyway, was wondering if anyone else had quit and what it was like for them.

  • FoxAlive@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Concerntrates here can go as low as 3 dollars a gram on sales sometimes and are average 5-6 dollars. I was going through a grab every two to three days but if it was a weekend or i got home early I could burn through most of a gram in a day.

    Was in my early twenties then and I did nothing but smoke and work. I tried so hard to smoke at work too but it just was not the vibe.

    But I did quit cold turkey because I was giving myself panic attacks because I basicially didn’t get any sleep due to how much THC I was getting late at night. And god damn I felt like I had pretty intense withdrawls much worse than most. I felt like I got hot and cold flashes, and felt like I could not get joy out of anything for 2-3 weeks, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t eat. I volunteered to stay after at work to help someone, and got a gym membership for when I had any idle time. And I couldn’t just taper down I fucked up my mental space for a while and getting stoned gave me panic attacks.

    Started up a while ago just much, much less. I get a ounce of the shittiest weed for 20 bucks at the weed stores and roll shitty joints or get blunt wraps when I’m feeling classy and that lasts me a month going at it. Sometimes they only have shake for that much and I’ll get a cheap bag of tabacco and make a spliff and its still good. Very mild, very short lived. Just don’t do it so close to bed time cut it off early like coffee, or beer. And don’t start smoking first thing in the morning. If the time doesn’t allow then maybe its just not a good day to get stoned.