I remember hearing a homeless alcoholic talking about how much he loved watching all the unhappy people going to work on a Monday morning, while he was drinking happily in his cardboard box.
I have been THC free now for like 18 months. Loved getting high, still miss it sometimes, but same as you, less anxiety, more in control, more ambitious.
My spouse got me the book Paddle your own Canoe by the very funny Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson from Parks and Rec)
One really good piece of advice in that book that I took to heart was that I needed something to replace getting high. We moved out to rural Ohio around the same time and I made working the land my hobby.
Mowing, pruning, sawing, digging, there’s always something to do and in the end I have this nice sense of accomplishment. Getting high used to be my hobby, I’d get high and play video games or watch a movie or listen to music and it was great and sometimes I still miss it. Realizing that losing one hobby is a lot easier when you replace it with another hobby though ended up being what made this stick.
18 months later I still occasionally think “it would be fun to get high” but it has definitely gone from craving to passing thought that I can dismiss.
Whether you stay thc free or indulge occasionally I hope you have a happy and wonderful life.
10 Comments
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 67 pts · 127d
I used to work in public health.
I remember hearing a homeless alcoholic talking about how much he loved watching all the unhappy people going to work on a Monday morning, while he was drinking happily in his cardboard box.
CluckN@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 127d
Diogenes would approve
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 127d
I don't think Diogenes was a drunk. He was rawdogging his equivalent of a cardboard box.
NeonNight@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 127d
Obligations are hell
1984@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 126d
Probably one of the few advantages of that life, yeah.
If he could not drink, he would also be free from the matrix.
BanMe@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 126d
OMG is this accurate.
I have quit all of my vices, from meth to cigarettes, and finally did away with weed.
Now I like who I am without weed - less anxiety, more in control, more ambitious, etc.
But I like being high almost more than that.
So I guess I'm going to buy a bag of weed once a month or something, get the best of both worlds? Or the worst IDK
immutable@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 126d
I have been THC free now for like 18 months. Loved getting high, still miss it sometimes, but same as you, less anxiety, more in control, more ambitious.
My spouse got me the book Paddle your own Canoe by the very funny Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson from Parks and Rec)
One really good piece of advice in that book that I took to heart was that I needed something to replace getting high. We moved out to rural Ohio around the same time and I made working the land my hobby.
Mowing, pruning, sawing, digging, there’s always something to do and in the end I have this nice sense of accomplishment. Getting high used to be my hobby, I’d get high and play video games or watch a movie or listen to music and it was great and sometimes I still miss it. Realizing that losing one hobby is a lot easier when you replace it with another hobby though ended up being what made this stick.
18 months later I still occasionally think “it would be fun to get high” but it has definitely gone from craving to passing thought that I can dismiss.
Whether you stay thc free or indulge occasionally I hope you have a happy and wonderful life.
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 126d
If you quit smoking because is gave you anxiety, that once a month smoke is gonna make you go insane
ductTapedWindow@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 126d
Got my shit together just in time to watch the world go to shit. Life's great paradox.
Toes@ani.social · 1 pts · 126d
I wish this was true lol