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Since I completed my first year of not smoking weed, I thought I would give everyone an update, and hopefully a little bit of optimism. It was June 21st 2009 that I stopped smoking. The following couple of months were challenging to say the least. I struggled with bouts of anxiety, depression and an over all sense of doom. I noticed that the symptoms came in intervals. Suddenly a wave of anxiety and negative thoughts would hit me, and within an hour or so, go away. My dreams were very vivd and I wasnt sleeping well at all. I just felt “off” and not myself. In spite of the physical and psychological effects of the withdrawal, I found things that really helped me. Im a runner, so I ran a lot, and that helped. The more you exercise, the quicker the substance will leave your system. It also helped with the anxiety and depression. I drank a lot of green tea and I took the supplement theanine. Its found in green tea and it really does work with the anxiety. I submitted a post about it last year.
The most important thing that I have to say is that you have to see through the withdrawal symptoms. You have to tell yourself that its not “you” but its a reaction of your body trying to hold onto what it think it needs to survive. No matter how anxious or depressed you get, you have to tell yourself that it will pass, and it will be worth it. When I was in the middle of the withdrawal, I thought it would never end, and I thought that I was doomed to be this way forever. That is not true, not even close to being true. Once the THC is completely from your body, you can completely recover.
When you smoke every day, you fool yourself into believing that it is adding to your life. This is false. No outside substance can add to your life. You only become a slave to it.
When you are high all day, your life is in a holding pattern. You slowly seek out solitude, and you avoid social situations. You never feel close with anyone, which is ironic because when you first start smoking weed, it seems to be the opposite. Everything that we need is already in our body. We dont need a substance to be happy, more interesting, more creative, or to laugh. We are all capable of that naturally.
I sit here now, fully recovered and thankful that I stopped smoking forever. My career has reached another level, I feel closer than ever to my family, and I actually seek out social situations. I have a sense of calm, and assurance again. I have a sense of wonder about life and of the world that I lost a long time ago. I feel engaged back into life and that is the way it should be.
No matter what you are currently going through at this moment, IT WILL PASS. And it is worth it, so KEEP GOING. Anyone is welcome to email me (cutfarm@hotmail.com) if they need to talk or want advice. Good luck everyone, and you are in my thoughts.
-Roy
The most important thing that I have to say is that you have to see through the withdrawal symptoms. You have to tell yourself that its not “you” but its a reaction of your body trying to hold onto what it think it needs to survive. No matter how anxious or depressed you get, you have to tell yourself that it will pass, and it will be worth it. When I was in the middle of the withdrawal, I thought it would never end, and I thought that I was doomed to be this way forever. That is not true, not even close to being true. Once the THC is completely from your body, you can completely recover.
When you smoke every day, you fool yourself into believing that it is adding to your life. This is false. No outside substance can add to your life. You only become a slave to it.
When you are high all day, your life is in a holding pattern. You slowly seek out solitude, and you avoid social situations. You never feel close with anyone, which is ironic because when you first start smoking weed, it seems to be the opposite. Everything that we need is already in our body. We dont need a substance to be happy, more interesting, more creative, or to laugh. We are all capable of that naturally.
I sit here now, fully recovered and thankful that I stopped smoking forever. My career has reached another level, I feel closer than ever to my family, and I actually seek out social situations. I have a sense of calm, and assurance again. I have a sense of wonder about life and of the world that I lost a long time ago. I feel engaged back into life and that is the way it should be.
No matter what you are currently going through at this moment, IT WILL PASS. And it is worth it, so KEEP GOING. Anyone is welcome to email me (cutfarm@hotmail.com) if they need to talk or want advice. Good luck everyone, and you are in my thoughts.
-Roy
in fact, i know i can do it! thanks for sharing and well done to you, you are an inspiration to me and others.
I feel so sad and depressed, but to hear that you are feeling good gives hope!
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