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Hello, tired and frustrated Texan here. Since the ban on basically all THC products, I find myself facing being out of THCa flower in a few weeks. I’ve been an every day, multiple bowl smoker for 3 years. I know I can try edibles but there’s just nothing like smoking a good bowl. My tolerance is incredibly high, even before I started smoking every day. I’ve had 500 mg edibles before and I didn’t feel a thing. I’m looking for advice on like how I’m gonna feel, any ideas on what to replace it with, and if there’s anything else that has worked for you guys. Thanks in advance, sorry for the long read.

Time's the most precious thing we have in this world. And if we spend our days stoned too frequently, we're letting it spoil. Days disappear in the fog, nothing really matters, and we feel okay with it. Once you moderate well enough (or quit) and emerge out of that fog, you'll see just how irresponsible this treatment of our most valuable resource is.

I absolutely love weed, but in the past year my use has escalated to periods of smoking even multiple times per day and short breaks due to various factors. I've now spent a month without weed in a long time, smoked again and now am 2 weeks without and am just realising what I was losing and I can't let it go this way again. It feels amazing having a timeline in my head again. How scary I almost forgot what that feels like and nearly accepted the new normal.

I'm just writing this for us all to find more motivation to keep our use in check. So we can create and cherish the memories of this one chance to experience life. And some of those memories can be getting high, but we absolutely have to keep it at bay, or else we lose the plot.

I ruminate basically 24/7. Wether Im playing guitar, working, in the middle of water surfing or pooping; I cant escape

I usually smoke since I wake up until I go to bed. I smoke for every activity I do. Even work.

But I realized that I ruminate all day while high. A lot. Im a productive person but sometimes its that much that I have to lay down because my head feels heavy.

Today I started the day and avoided smoking. I ruminated for a long part of this morning but I havent smoked. The volume on my thoughts are lower today ngl.

I really want to smoke. I dont think i will make it this day without smoking. But i will take the win of not smoking compulsively to silence my thoughts.

Hi
I startet dabbing like 2 month back. I usually dab like once or twice a week. But I have the feeling i already have cravings. Like i think, could be a nice moment to chill. But then i am thinking about addiction and stop before it do so, but it feels not like just a thought, it feels like i really want it. So i wanted to ask what i should do. Should i just quit or should i only do it once every 2 weeks or something. Also i dont really like joints.
Thanks

Not to sound like a self-centered fool, but as I've been working I've been listening to piano versions of popular songs, and it's makes me want to cry. And boys don't cry.

I keep thinking about all the lost friendships (non-partiers) that I have pissed away. And all the opportunities that I have f'd up or brushed off because of my serious, decades long, hardcore consumption of weed.

The way I would crave above almost all else the elixir that has been my smoky lover. The way I sweetly gaze at her beautiful crystals. And her skunky perfume that stimulates my deepest desires to escape and explore the ether of nothingness.

And to escape...from what?

I think about how smart I think I am. Yet, when I honestly look myself in the mirror it is not the real reflection of that which is. What is really there is a bloodshot, droopy-eyed, bulldogged face of a man with polluted lungs.

And the many times that I have cutback or "quit", yet I seem to continually return to her embrace thinking there is a there...there.

I have a complex history with weed. I’ve tried to quit it many, many times and have had many sober stints lasting up to 8 months. But I always find my way back. The truth is that I love it a lot, so I’ve decided to cautiously embrace it and try to use responsibly.

I’ve been using “responsibly” (only like after 8 pm, but def a substantial amount) for 3-4 months, but it’s starting to take a toll on me. I’ve noticed that when I use it everyday, it causes me to be more anxious/paranoid than normal, even during the day when I’m sober. The anxiety is at the point where it could start negatively impacting my career, so I just bought a k safe for a tolerance break. I’m going to try to start with 10 days. The overall goal would be to gradually lower my tolerance & usage, aiming to eventually only use cannabis on weekends. Has anyone had success with these?

My best bouts of moderation come when I maintain 0 equipment (no grinder, papers, glass) and 0 stash - only buying weed when I need it. If I want to smoke everyday, I make mysef drive to the dispensary everyday. I will NOT buy in bulk and make it easier for my addiction.

Except basically every dispensary only has these options for small quantities that 0 equipment.

- 100mg edible pack (lasts 3-5 days with my preferred dosing, also hits way too hard sometimes)

- 0.5g disposable vape (lasts 3-7 days with my preferred dosing, also too convenient)

- 0.5g/1g preroll (my best consumption method for moderation - lasts 1 day, forces me to go outside due to smell, effects wears off after a few hours. But the smell is the biggest detriment for my family)

I'm sure companies can make higher margins on single dose products and pump out a ton of volume transactions too.

I would like to see more 20-30mg edible packs and 0.2g/0.3g vape sizes. I don't mind paying the extra per gram if it means smaller serving sizes.

edit: Perhaps I did not articulate myself clearly in this post for someone to think keeping 3-4 servings of edibles on hand is the obvious solution. My goal is to reduce usage over consecutive days, and I supplement that by having 0 weed on hand at all times, only buying single dose servings when I need it. I would like to see more variety of single dose servings at dispensaries, rather than relying on my self control to ration the products myself and not consume them on impulse.

Hey everyone, I hope this is an okay place to ask this, and I'm sorry if it's not!

My husband is currently a heavy user of thc. He's hooked on carts right now, with really high thc. He's a recovering alcoholic and used to be hooked on nicotine, so obviously weed is a lesser worry in my mind (healthwise, at least).

He's a responsible guy, works full-time, goes to therapy, and we're even in couple's therapy. I'm not interested in trying to make him stop completely. When we first started using weed about 4 years ago, we talked about the difference between a tool and a crutch. To me, it's become clear that he's crossed into the compulsive-use phase and it's become a crutch. On days when he doesn't work, he vapes from sun up to sundown. He's going through vapes and cartridges extremely quickly. I've been secretly keeping tabs on how much he spends on weed each month, and it's astronomical. We both work and make a comfortable living and we don't want/have kids, so the money thing is not a huge deal, but we do want to try and save up for a house and this has become an expensive habit.

I've tried bringing it up before, and he becomes extremely defensive. I know it's not right for me to try to force him to change his behavior, and he won't change unless he wants to or sees a need to. Mostly, it makes me sad that I hardly ever get to interact with him while he's sober. He's forgetful and doesn't sleep well. He's on antidepressants and adhd meds, and I don't think they're as effective as they should be because of the thc.

We're taking a trip in a couple weeks to a country where weed is still illegal. I'm nervous that he's going to try and sneak a vape on the plane, or buy some while we're there. He's never taken a T-break since he started smoking 4 years ago.

I guess my question for you guys is, what would you do in my situation? I'm thinking of bringing up my concerns in our couple's therapy session tomorrow, but I'm worried he'll feel attacked. I don't want him to think I'm trying to control him, and I don't actually want to control him. I want him to do what he wants. But I worry about fallout and his moods on our vacation. I'm worried that everything will revolve around him finding weed while we're on vacation.

We've been together for 16 years, and we've built a wonderful life together. I'm proud of him for all his accomplishments, and I'm generally very happy. This is just a sensitive topic that I've definitely not approached well in the past, and I'm trying to figure out how to talk to him about my concerns. Thanks in advance if you read all of this, I appreciate any and all insight!

hi! i’m on day 2 of a tolerance break. this summer i’ve heavily abused carts and i want to switch back to flower because of my poor lungs and brain. however, tolerance is too high for flower to do shit anymore. i set a timer and i’m about 40 hours in.

i feel pretty good mentally, my brain is so clear, i’m not very anxious. i feel kinda understimulated but i have adhd so that is normal and expected. what wasn’t expected was me eating probably 500 calories yesterday because i literally could not get anything down and then vomiting multiple times last night. each time, i’d feel feverish and had to lay on my bathroom floor until my temperature regulated. when i’d get up to go back to bed, i’d be sweating and so cold that my teeth are chattering. very unpleasant night.

today i had like 3/4 of a piece of toast. my stomach is in agony because i am so starving but everything looks like resident evil food and tastes like it too. i’m pretty small already and have been going to the gym. i don’t want to lose a bunch of weight and hard work.

any advice for eating/nausea/vomiting? or just t breaks in general? thank you!

Why are people here pushing for anything other than moderation? There is already a dedicated active sub for full-on quitting. Clearly people who are coming here need some support and validation for their issues, otherwise why else would they be coming here and not the other sub?

I made a post about a moderation strategy that worked for me, and what dispensaries can do for make it easier for people like me. It was just a thought I had that could make my life easier.

I've had someone tell me "you're too far gone past moderation if you can't control your urges". What???We're all addicts here who want a healthy(ier) relationship with weed, we wouldn't be here if we weren't. We're all in this same boat together. Let's show some support to each other instead of invalidating people's lived experiences.

i seriously can’t sleep without ripping my pen and it’s gotten worse as the months go by. i started smoking last year february and i’ve only realised now that it’s affected my sleep a lot. throughout this summer ive been smoking a lot before i sleep because that’s really the only time i have as my older sister moved back in from university and i just wait till everyone’s sleeping. i have an indica pen so naturally it makes me super tired and i knock out really fast. im trying to go on a tolerance break before school starts as i kinda want to ‘lock in’ this year but everytime i try to start a t-break i realise i cannot fall asleep. no matter how tired i was throughout the day, every time it gets to be that time that i feel like i should sleep because i have work or i just need to be up early for something the next day, i notice that i can never actually sleep. ive done the remedies that used to make me sleep like reading, listening to music, and taking magnesium pills. none of these have helped. it’s gotten to the point that i stay up till morning and still can’t sleep. i haven’t gotten melatonin yet but am planning on to tomorrow. it’s really bad and i haven’t been successful with a t break at all. i don’t have a history of insomnia or anything so it’s definitely not that. it could be cause my brain is adjusting to it and everytime i smoke it signals that i should sleep??? i have no clue. i know that you can lose your appetite when you smoke a lot which has happened to me too but idk about sleep. i don’t know what to do because i do not want to be dependent on my pen this school year.

I'm 5 days off it. And my pain in my shoulder is now almost unbearable, but I can't smoke the weed without tobacco and I can't do it anymore, I don't wanna end up with emphysema or bloody dying. If I have it I just smoke it bloody constantly. I can't not. So I'm off it. And now I might have to quit my job because of the pain and my mental health. I'm bloody done in. Need support as I'm not getting it elsewhere.

First night in my new (and first) apartment. i manually brought two car-fulls of stuff into my new bedroom and at the moment it is all half unpacked and only semi organized, despite me spending like 2 hours unpacking and trying to organize it all. I didnt realize it was going to be this hard to get all my stuff in order, but luckily i kept my schedule open and gave myself plenty of time. I told my friends I was going shopping tommorow and I probably still will but I'm gonna need some time to make this room look a little better before i bring even more things in here.

Anyways, I threw away my last pen earlier today when I was leaving for my long drive. Of course the cravings hit me while I was unpacking, I caved and I ate one of my edibles.

When I took the edible, and before it kicked in, I felt totally fine about it and even was looking forward to the effects. But when it kicked in, it did not make me feel better. I feel more anxious now and I've been distracting myself by browsing reddit. And I've seen enough now to make me want to quit. I'm writing this for myself to read when I feel like getting high. Take it from your past self, who currently is high.

The cart can fuck you up and fuck your lungs up. Dont fucking do that.

They are unregulated, addictive and dangerous. They are no better than cigarettes or vapes. Longevity is infinitely more valuable then some illegally purchased, risky device that delivers a subpar high anyway.

Remember "Nuerons that fire together, wire together,"? Well doing this all the time is strengthening the addiction and nueron pathways. The resistance ones are weaker right now because they havent been exercised, if you keep resisting they will strengthen while the addiction ones dwindle.

Enduring sobriety with cravings is way better than being high, anxious and regretting it. The effects of edibles are irreversible, which causes anxiety. Smoking is even worse for your health than edibles. Therefore there is no reason to use weed like 99% of the time, the 1% being a singular occasional casual hit when the atmosphere is right for it. Otherwise, you're risking your health, brain, body and lungs only to ruin the few times that a hit might be fun, nice and have any potential benefit.

Throw away the edibles. You dont need them.

[I might post updates to my profile. Posting this in this sub incase anyone might find it helpful.]

Anyone else always kind of feel anxious/negative and off in the morning? I use to wake and bake but I’ve started to reduce my intake and only smoke at night now for the last month and idk if it’s like a hangover from the weed or what but I just think negatively and feel off for the first like 1-2 hours when I wake up. Kind of like numb and still high but kinda different. Not sure if it’s always happened but just noticed it more recently, maybe just from being a bit more overall stressed in general and about college starting back up soon.🤷‍♂️ Any advice would be great, it’s just weird to me because I stopped wake and baking because it would make me feel this way when I sobered up and now i kinda feel it most mornings.

Had my last puff mid-July, timing it with a two-week trip. Being out of the usual setting really helped to quit.

Coming back home, I got hit with extreme fatigue in the evenings. The intensity of it was really bad the first few days but has gotten a little better. I thought it was some kind of infection but labs have been clear

Has anyone experienced this? Could it be related to quitting? The fatigue is still lingering off and on especially later in the day. The tiredness is similar to having indica where your eyes just get so heavy and your body just shuts down.

Sooo today is officially Day 1 of my break from cannabis. I have no more weed around and don’t plan on buying.

I know we all have different bodies, brains, and chemistry, but for those of you who have taken a couple weeks or a month off, what were the first things you noticed?

Did you notice any physical or mental changes? Better sleep? More energy? Changes in mood, appetite, anxiety, motivation, facial etc.?
What was your experience taking a break from the devil’s lettuce? 🌿😂

i started my thc break on monday august 10th, so i’ve been fully off for one week now, and i am going through it.

i guess the purpose of me posting this is both to get it out of my head and also to hear anyone’s similar experiences/words of encouragement. i don’t really know why i’m posting to be honest. i’m desperate for some kind of comfort i think.

end of summer into september is always a hard time of year for me because i struggle heavily with seasonal depression, so having the summer wind down kinda kicks my brain into panic mode. that, along with my mom’s death anniversary and birthday both being within a week of one another at the end of september. this year i get the added bonus of it being ten years since she passed. lucky me.

i’ve become a pretty heavy daily user of thc over the past couple years. it’s fluctuated, but overall has steadily risen. i started very mild back around 2021–i’d hit a cart 2-3 times before bed, i got super fun high from it, and then it helped me sleep. that lasted for about a year. then i became more of a frequent user. started introducing it earlier in the day, trying new mediums, my tolerance went up, i was able to be in public high, then it moved to not wanting to be anywhere without being high. the classic pipeline i’m sure. starts off with “i can’t imagine being high in public i can barely function or think!!” to “i can’t imagine being sober in public, or anywhere, i can barely function without it!”

i’ve gone through a couple month and week long stretches without it previously, always with the intention of returning to it with moderation, but always ending up overusing it heavily and needing to stop again. it gets to the point where i’m hitting a pen constantly throughout the day, yet i barely even feel any positive effects from it at that point. i’ll cycle between joints, carts, dispos, gummies, just hoping something will hit harder than the last. i’m dipping into my savings account to buy it because i’m too scared to be without it, yet i barely even get high anymore. still, i crave it to the point that it feels like i’ll go crazy if i can’t have it. you guys know the drill. a constant loop of “this is my last thc purchase for a few months, i’m taking a break after this,” to almost being out of the weed and starting to consider all the ways and reasons why i need to just get one more before a break, all the excuses why i need just ONE more. and perpetuating the cycle until it just gets worse.

at this point, the brain fog has overtaken my entire being it feels like. as if i’ve completely lost the ability to concentrate or focus. even a week off it now, i sometimes have to remember, “am i high right now? why can’t i think of this/do this thing/focus, etc.” the first three days since i stopped my sleep actually got better, and the four days since it’s gotten worse. the brain fog hasn’t lifted. i feel terrible, really. just overall terrible, and i don’t know what’s related to the thc and what isn’t anymore.

i know it’s still early days in terms of a break, and i intend to stay on a break for the remainder of the year. i’m getting married in december and want to feel and look my absolute best, which is part of what helped me actually stop this time. still, i’m just.. sad? lost. i’m dealing with a lot right now, both physically and mentally, trying to sort out some medical issues and get my mind right. and i KNOW the thc was at a point where it was detrimental to me. but i don’t really care, you know? like if i didn’t have something like my wedding to look forward to and motivate me to stop, i probably would’ve just remained in that endless loop. because although it doesn’t actually help me feel any better at this point, psychologically i associate it with relaxation, anxiety relief, the ability to loosen up socially, just feeling better in general. even though my actual physiological response tells me those things are not true.

at this point i’m rambling. i don’t even know what i’m looking for here. i’m just really sad. and struggling. and it’s very isolating, feels like i lost a friend? i’m already dealing with so much grief, this feels like an added layer to it, as ridiculous as that sounds in my head.

i’m having a hard time seeing a light at the end of the tunnel in a way. will i ever be able to have a healthy relationship with weed? the thought of not being able to use it healthily and needing to stop completely actually hurts me. yet i can’t imagine sustaining a relationship with it like this forever. it’s a double-edged sword.

i’ve always struggled with my internal battle against my own brain. the way i was raised molded my internal voice into that of my enemy. so now as a 32 year old, i still feel powerless most times to my brain’s ability to override any healthy line of thought and push me toward the less healthy option. despite years and years of hard work. i still cannot find a peace, a balance in just about anything.

that’s it i guess. thank you for reading if you did. the only way out of hell is through, so i will continue to push ahead as i always have. i just miss the comfort, even if it was a facade, that thc brings. i just want to find peace.

tl;dr: 31m w/ ADHD. Succesfully switched from daily use to a 48-72h break routine last year, which brought  back amazing, creative highs and cleared my brain fog. After losing a relative in January, i lapsed into 24/7 vaping to cope. I'm past the grief now, but. stuck in an impulsive daily cycle, that just leave me blunted, fogged and anxious about not hitting it. Want to get back to my 48-72h "golden rule" without quitting entirely, but struggle with the split-second impulses. Any tips on breaking the habit loop?

Hello,

I'm 31M, smoking since teenager, moderate smoker, adhd diagnosed since childhood. No alcohol nor nicotine.

How and how much: Vaping 0.15-0.45g of dryherb on 185/356 to 198/388 degrees.

During last autumn&winter i wanted to do kind of tests - to use the flower with atleast 48hr break and to do only one bowl at once instead of baking 1-3 bowls every evening. I was doing some reasearch online and AI about the cannabinoid receptors, tolerance etc.
tl;dr - it looks like the receptors need atleast those 48 hours to become responsive again and changing the habit from daily to 48-72 hrs breaks will lower the tolerance after time because the brain starts to upregulate them (the receptors)

Generally the results were astonishing. From blunt experience of "stoned evening normality" i had very vivid and creative highs that i enjoyed very much - i was basically planning them before, choose the music/game/trip to the forest. It also made the day after morning brainfog disappear. Shift was very easy because of the quality of effects.

On January i've suddenly lost a relative and it hit me very hard and took a lot nerves. I started to vape 24/7 (including wake and bake half of the weekdays) in order to blunt my feelings and anxiety.

I'm over the grief and loss.

Now i'm trying to go back to this golden 48-72hrs rule but it's very hard to change the habit this time. I don't really feel the high, it just blunts me out, i don't enjoy gaming/music etc. on it. Time and activity just passes by. I'm used to do bicycle trainings after small puffs - but it's also not so nice anymore, now i'm doing most of it clean.

Even today i already had a few moments (it's morning) when i was thinking about small bowl heatened at 180/356 degrees.

How do you cut down? Generally it's not like i'm planning "this evening for sure i'm not going to resist it". I will just vape under impulse and 5 minutes later tell myself "you wanted to plan it". It's like binge eating (which also came out this year, dunno if it's related more to stress or more to weed abusing).

I was trying to stick with lower temperatures but still - vaping it everyday won't make it enjoyable. It's just reducing the fog on the next day.

I don't even know what am i supposed to feel if i won't vape today, the thought by itself is already making me feel weird and anxious. On one hand i plan not to vape on the other i have a feeling that there will be an impulse that i will listen to.

What i feel is that if i won't vape then i will just wait for it irritated. I have mixed feelings about it.

Whats the goal?

For sure i don't want to stop it completely. I just like it but not in the way i'm using it now.

PS. For sure there will be advice to find/do a hobby, but i already have them and i'm working on them every week. Same with sport activity.

PS2. I'm also fighting with two new things in 2026 - corn and scrolling. Although i manage them more and more with every week. (site blocking extensions, discipline, mindfulnes.

Day... I don't know.

I don't care.

I'm quitting, not counting.

(It's day twenty-one point seven-five)

"You have to do it without the motivation to do it"

Somebody commented basically this somewhere else very recently, and it has attached itself to my brain, as a brain that has always struggled with motivation.

A procrastinator always waits for tomorrow - forever tomorrow.

To quit you have to want to quit - if you don't want to quit, how can you motivate yourself to quit?

Willpower only goes as far as you can stretch it - if you don't want to stretch it, how do you find or create the will to want to stretch it further than it can go?

I don't know - I'm trying to just do rather than just know what to do.

Though knowing what to do is the first step.

Or maybe the step before the first step.

The first step is the act.

To act instead of telling myself how I will act.

To do it without the motivation to do it seems incoherent because it is.

But so is doing it because you are motivated to do it.

A tautology.

An ouroboros.

Which came first,

My emotional dysregulation or my addiction?

Are they different?

Does it matter?

What motivates me?

Comfort - security - familiarity - contentment - peace.

Lies.

What motivates is motivation itself.

The act is the motivation.

The act creates the motivation.

The motivation is nowhere to be found.

A curiosity of language.

Language isn't "the thing" it labels.

Saying "I will quit" isn't quitting.

Quitting is quitting and doing is doing.

You think the motivation comes first.

But the act comes first and the motivation follows.

Is it a matter of "why" or "when" ?

I don't know.

I'm trying to just do rather than just know what to do.

Hey everyone,

Just to give some background: I've been a chronic flower smoker for 10+ years with breaks here and there (when I lived in TX). When I moved to Cali (4 months ago) I quickly escalated from just flower, to flower mixed with concentrates, to pure dabs, and finally just dab pens. I was also smoking all day every day.

Before doing my recent 30-day break, I had taken three separate 11-day t-breaks. The very first day of smoking after those 11 days gave me a crazy high school-level high, but my tolerance climbed back sooo fast—though I think that's mostly because I was smoking way too much/the same amount I was used to right out of the gate.

To help fix that, I finally committed to a full 30 days completely off THC.

After the 30 days were up, I made a slight detour: I meant to start small with flower, but didn’t have much money so I used an almost-empty dab pen for two consecutive nights, taking a bunch of blinkers each night just trying to get something out of it. Because the first two nights were practically dry cartridges, I was mostly chasing vapor and getting very little actual THC (if I had to guess). However, on the third night, I switched to my husband's half-full dab pen. That is when I finally felt that familiar, dulling "meh" tolerance feeling rush back—the exact feeling that made me commit to doing the 30-day break in the first place.

I’ve now been completely THC-free again for the last three days.

Given my history and the fact that nights one and two were basically empty (with only night three delivering a real dose), what do you guys think? (Also day one I got pretty stoned but after that, nada)

Would another couple of weeks make a meaningful difference in clearing that out, or did I completely reset my progress back to square one? (Meaning I need to do another 30 days)

Or could I potentially smoke tonight and still feel any benefits of the 30-day break?

I know this is a lot and complicated and there’s not an exact science to this but any advice would be so appreciated. I just am so mad at myself for messing up my thirty day t break :(

Also, I’m 27 Female and have two kids (my brother said me giving birth could have something to do w my tolerance but idk).

Thanks again if you read thru all this and have any advice!!!