u/alldressed_chip

i read a bit about this before I started, but it's been crazy to experience. i've been a heavy marijuana user for over a decade, and while i've been able to take breaks before and have never had withdrawals, i've also never felt ambivalent about consuming THC. it's always been a crutch, and the habit has been so engrained that smoking felt as normal and expected as brushing my teeth.

but i genuinely do not feel like smoking now. the effect was near-immediate—i realized a few days in that i had only smoked a couple times since starting, and i never had more than a couple hits of a joint. it wasn't some big revelation, either... just more of a "meh" feeling. i truly can't believe this. by this point in the day, i'd have had two joints.

drinking has never been a huge problem for me, but in the last year, it became one. i was drinking alone at home most nights. not to the point of getting drunk, but enough to the point that i craved both booze and the routine.

i stopped drinking immediately. i noticed this before i noticed i hadn't been smoking. that first night, i started feeling sick about 3-4 sips into my drink, to the point that i poured the rest of it out. same deal every time since. i haven't had more than two drinks, total, in the last week. both were poured by friends, and i didn't finish them. i haven't smoked weed since saturday, but even then, i felt off when i did, i.e. i didn't want to be high at all. and i'm a person who has always had a phenomenally strong tolerance for weed.

i'm not going to delude myself into thinking it's Just That Easy to quit an addictive substance. my dad died of alcoholic cirrhosis—i grew up seeing the effects of addiction on the brain and body. but holy crap, the lack of desire to imbibe in anything is flooring me. if nothing else, this has kickstarted quitting for me. shocked this hasn't been studied more!