u/latchkey_k1d

Hi everyone!

I want to share a tip for those to whom quitting cold turkey or tapering off seems impossible but they want to do SOMETHING to quit. This is for you.

I’ve been smoking basically daily for a couple years on and off but recently it’s gotten really bad due to mental health. So I went to therapy and the first thing we’re trying to do is to get me to quit smoking weed. Interestingly, my therapist told me NOT to quit cold turkey or even try quitting (because I tried many times and failed). She told me to do one things only:

Start a note on your phone or get a journal.
Then write down the day, time and your reason for smoking before each time you smoke.
If you can, write down how you feel after you got high.

And that’s it. What it did to me is that I became much more aware of my use and it stopped being so automatic to the point where I cut my use in half! Within a week I went from being high all day long to only smoking a couple times a day (mostly to treat pain which I’m going to the doctor for so that I don’t have to rely on weed anymore)

Now I honestly feel like I don’t need weed anymore and it’s all thanks to just writing everything down.

This is my day one of quitting fully.

Hopefully it helps at least one person but you gotta commit to it.

EDIT: forgot to specify that you write BEFORE you get high! Well and then after if you choose to record how you feel while high.

Hi everyone

I’ve been smoking weed for years now but the last 1.5 months it’s been brutal after meditation changes and struggles. I’m high all day long and I wake up and get high again.

The issue that makes this different is that I have a stack of diagnoses(anxiety, depression, borderline, bipolar, ed) and currently I’m in such a bad place I can’t work. At the same time I think 50% of my struggles right now come from weed.

I plan to quit cold turkey tomorrow but I don’t know how to make sure I don’t spiral into active suicidal ideation with how much negative emotion and pain I’m masking with weed. (that’s what usually happens when I try not to smoke)

I’m still working with mental health professionals to figure out treatment but I would love to know

A) Is it even worth trying to quit now?
B) If so, then how can I make it least painful?