I’ve managed to quit cannabis for 7 days now after smoking it heavily for more than a year daily. It has turned me from a happy guy into being paranoid and depressed & I cant be bothered to communicate with people face2face anymore. My question is can I return to the way I used to be now I have stopped? How long does it normally take & has anyone got tips for boosting my mood and over coming negative thoughts.
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Hey dude, i feel your pain mate! I smoked for 12 years in all and smoked daily (all day – every day) for the last 6 im 28 now and have been clean for over a year. The thing is it sucks your motivation and life out of you. For ages, years in fact, i was fine with it and actually had alot of good times getting smoked up with my pals all day every day. I was doing it for the wrong reasons, my first girlfriend chucked me when i was 21 and i was heartbroken. I was overweight and knew i had to do something as i was feeling really unhappy. So instead of doing what i should have which was lose weight stop smoking and drinking and go out and get another stunning girl! I decided to do what i thought made me happy which was drink loads, eat crap and smoke loads of cannabis!!!! With the drink i would wake up with hangovers and would not want to drink for atleast a few days. But with the weed i could smoke from morning to night and it made me sleep( well like a coma) for ages. I loved it for the first 2-3 years of all day, every day smoking. Then the laughs stopped an people didnt chat as much when smoking it.
The bottom line is i woke every day looking for mynext spliff! I got soo used to it there was no buzz anymore, the depression broke through and i couldnt try to self-medicate anymore. I felt guilty anxious and suspicious all the time! Im like a 21 year old in a 28 year olds body coz i cant remember where those years went!
Im much better now the key is too try and sleep and dont replace it with anything else. You will be fine, try too stop overthinking stuff, you convince yourself your not the same person until it drives you crazy!! I questioned my sanity, but crazy people are never aware their crazy!! Its just paranoia kicking your ass!! Control it, whatever path you have to take that is your destiny! Go get that girl or that job, whatever it is! It wont of hurt you that much! Try laughing at stuff and dont be so self-aware! You are you – just take some knowledge that not alot of people have from this experience – add it too your wisdom! And you will be happy again, dont listen to that guy, it just takes a while to get weed off your mind! Just listen to the wise words of Kanye “that that dont kill me, can only make me stronger”! Any friends that try to make or convince you to smoke, dont worry they will come around and friends that do that aint no friends you be needin!! Just tell em your so use to avin smoke in ur lungs all the time you get more high off the fresh air now!! Music is there for us all!!
