Retatrutide Killed My Weed Habit and I Did Not Even Plan For That
Gotta tell this story because it still trips me out.
Back in my wrestling days I was smoking THC every single night just to fall asleep. Body was banged up from competing and weed was how I shut my brain off enough to actually rest. And look, people will say a little THC use is not the end of the world, fair enough, but I was not doing a little. I was doing it every single day in amounts that were honestly excessive, for years.
Then I started Reta.
About two weeks in I noticed I was not really reaching for it as much. Did not think much of it at the time, just figured I was tired or whatever. Fast forward almost six months later and I had this moment where I literally stopped and was like wait, when is the last time I even smoked? And I genuinely could not remember.
Six months. Gone. No plan, no willpower speech, no quitting cold turkey moment. It just sort of dissolved in the background while I was running Reta for completely unrelated reasons.
I am not saying Reta is some secret addiction cure, that is not the point here. But GLP-1 receptors sit in the same brain regions tied to reward and craving, dopamine pathways, the whole food noise thing everybody talks about. Turns out that same mechanism does not just quiet down food cravings for some people, it quiets down other cravings too. There is actual early research looking into GLP-1s for nicotine, alcohol, and substance cravings for this exact reason.
Wild side effect to stumble into honestly. Went in chasing fat loss and walked out with a habit I had for years just kind of evaporating without me even trying.
Anyone else notice something like this happen with Reta, Tirz, or Sema? Curious if this is more common than people realize.