u/EyeInternational2158

Im in my early 20s, started smoking at 14 and everyday since 16, made a horrible decision that led to me quitting cannabis, Ive stopped smoking for about 7 and a half months. The one thing about weed is that after a while you think you can have one, just one teeny tiny joint, and go back to normal but i think the common denominator of this sub is that once addiction becomes a thing, one joint always slips into old ways. I said to myself one day when i go to amsterdam with my father, only then i would smoke weed again and obviously after that, don’t smoke again, but keep in mind I never said never smoke again, thats the kind of pull weed has on me, after work sometimes I think about how good a joint would be, the flavour, the pungent aroma and the curiosity, as well as the sumptuous emptiness it feeds your brain and so the whole point of this post is to ask about those who have stopped smoking weed, how do you deal with these occasional cravings?, what do you tell yourself? Have you picked up any hobbies? for me its quite easy to just deflect my mind to something else after 7 months of not smoking but still the craving remains and the other point of this post is to start a discussion and I suppose as some kind of friendly advice to know yourself and that once you have developed a dependency on weed developing a healthy relationship with it is incredibly difficult.

I recently got a new job as a junior cdp in this 4 star hotel, went from pub cdp to a hotel and wow it’s different the kitchen is massive, 2 separate dish pits, 5 different fridges. Im basically a commis at the moment but i feel a bit out of my depth and im half a week in, im just running around grabbing stuff for my sous and I can hardly ever find the shit he needs. I’m even more scared for the weekend, Chef said id be with him on the pass, i guess what im asking is how do i manage feeling like this. Is it a rite of passage? What scares me most is the volume, the people and the amount of prep, which im prepared to do dont get me wrong but shit still frightens me. I don’t really know what im asking but has anyone else felt like this starting off in a different place like a hotel or higher quality restaurant than you previously worked?