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25 years of smoking more or less all day, every day. Wake and bake expert (Yah, I’m not proud). The sheer amount of time, energy and money spent on this sickness since I started as a teenager is astounding. I convinced myself that because I was doing well in life, I could continue down this path even though it was doing an enormous amount of damage. I’ve known for quite a while that it wasn’t serving me anymore, but found it incredibly difficult to move on. After my mother passed from cancer a few months ago I fell into a pit of smoking so much I damn near lost my mind. I finally hit a wall. I broke down and weeped like a child, asking for help from above to overcome this. It’s been 1 week sober and I feel like a new person. My productivity is through the roof, my eating and appetite is normalizing. My mood is considerably more stable and even keeled. I’m a musician and always equated weed with creativity, which I know is a trap that many fall into. I’ve actually done more musically in the past week than months prior being high. My focus and brain power seems tenfold from where it was before. I’ve thrown out all my flower and ridiculous amount of smoking accessories. I feel FREE for the first time in nearly 20 years. I can’t tell you how unbelievable it is to be high on life. My younger self would have cringed at that statement, the older me finds it quite enjoyable. For those folks in the same boat as me. Stay strong, meditate, exercise and find a way to fill your days with activities and people you love, and who will support you. It’s an uphill battle but it does get easier with every day. I feel absolutely blessed to be clear minded and present finally. It’s a life changing experience!
Thank you for sharing your story. Sounds very similar to mine. I'm just starting the process. Hearing you are feeling better is encouragement for me. Good luck on your journey.
@@mike311miller Thanks, Michael! Now up to almost 7 months without smoking and it's been one of the best decisions of my life. My relationship with my wife is much improved and I'm just feeling way more balanced and emotionally stable. I never realized how snippy and irritable I was when high until stopping!! Life is so much simpler and easier, without constantly thinking about getting high, buying more weed, etc etc. We took a trip to Iceland a couple months ago, and normally I would have been stressing about not having anything with me, but no worries this time and it was an amazing trip just being out in nature! Good luck to you as well. You've got to start somewhere and it's not an easy road, but definitely the right one.
congrats! i'm in the same boat. i have a very similar story. my mom died last year and while i didn't smoke more afterwards, the weed just made the grief so much worse. like you i thought there's no need to cut or stop because i'm doing stuff. i'm also a musician and was used to getting high before the creative process because i thought it would enhance it. the truth is it was an excuse because i would consume either way. all these lies are so convenient "i need it to make music/i need it to eat/i need it for my depression" these are all excuses. todays morning i looked in the mirror and for the first time in years i saw a happy man smiling instead of a deadeyed, depressed fuck up. i still got a long way to go, but it's been a long time since i was actually excited about living. being sober is pretty awesome! wishing you the best of luck on your route to sobriety!
3 days sober as of 9:27pm est. Very happy, and also surprised, at how easy it has been so far. In other attempts, day 3 was one of the hardest. I'm feeling strong now. I want my time and life back.
It’s a waste of time, money, and life. It will make you antisocial, unhealthy, and distraught 😭. You use it because of past and current trauma…..yet…..it will keep you in that trauma forever, not moving on. The first week of quitting is hell! Hot showers, video games, and cooking will help. You won’t sleep on the 2nd or 3rd night, don’t worry! You will start to actually sleep again soon 💪
I appreciate your description of withdrawal as “this is addiction leaving the body.” Ever since reframing smoking as not beneficial it’s been easier to handle. Your videos have been a great help in disciplining myself, and I encourage you to continue speaking the truth about it. Thank you
I wasted 30 years smoking pot, honestly one of the worst drugs I have took, took plenty of recreational drugs for fun but weed really gripped a hold of me and wasted so much of my life. I have now moved on but for some, it’s a real addiction.
20 year old dad and time is something I’ve really found to be the most important thing in the world. before my baby was born I just felt on top of the world thinking I’d have all this extra time to peruse what I want. I ended up smoking a lot of weed and just watch yt,ph, and scroll Reddit all day, it was terrible. I felt so empty on the inside because I was letting my urges control my life. Months before my baby was born (18 at the time) I argued with the mother a lot and selfishly felt that what I was doing was what peak life is. She obviously made some really good points and so I went to yt for help. I found channels like Ali abdaal, mike shake and charisma on command to really improve myself. After my beautiful baby girl was born I learned what I truly want in life is to spend as much time with her as I can but also learn and improve myself everyday for me and my new family. Weed takes that time away from her and puts me back on same shitty time waisting routine and it’s really the only drug now stopping me from really enjoying quality time with her. I guess I say this to say time is important and limited so make sure you’re spending it how you want and have a good reason behind it.
Really resonate with this. After more than 20 years of addiction, I have ONLY just realised how much time I’ve wasted! Thanks so much for your positivity and wisdom. My stop date is Halloween. I will be watching these videos everyday to remind me why to quit!
I highly suggest avoiding cold turkey!! I was forced to quit because the withdrawal onset was so traumatic, and unexpected... I was too scared to smoke again (still am 50 days later, and going through PAWS). I only smoked for about a year before I quit, and the reason I was hit by withdrawal is because my cart ran out.
Hi Dr Frank. Mike from Sober October been missing the classes due to travel. You have helped me so much. I got off weed after so many years. Got my clarity of mind back and ultimately focused my life on getting a better job w/ a 30% pay increase. We love you. Thank you.
As of last night November 24, I am now starting my journey with sobriety. I have been off alcohol for 3 months now but weed was my bigger problem and now I feel ready to move on from that too. You're so helpful and inspirational Dr. Frank
I hit two weeks sober and literally landed a job after being unemployed for 12 months, then slowly spiraled down the past two weeks again. Job starts today, day 1 again thanks doc
Don’t live your life for other people, live your own life, don’t let other people bring you down, not everyone is the same, we aren’t trained to like and be the same way.
I actually added your channel just in case. Right now, I've been on trip and I was able to quit cold turkey. Weed helped me in many ways, but still it made my life much harder in different ways. Waste of time is definetly one of the biggest cons of being friends with weed. Wonderful wideo and great advices. I'm happy that I could hear from you so many good words that will help me fight this.
This is exactly word for word true for me anyway. The way you explained TIME is 100% true. Great channel, content I'm subbed. 👍🏻🇺🇲 I actually started 10/17/2022 The withdrawls are worse than I ever thought.
i see a lot of people around me in their mid 30s to mid 40s that, like me, wasted a lot of time procrastinating their plans because of daily smoking. you'll end up thinking a lot about cool shit that you never do. then you realize you are approaching middle age as an addict to a substance you defended in front of others and, most importantly, yourself. and that you haven't done anything on your bucket list. all the money goes into weed. vacations are skipped out of fear of non availability and lack of money. little to no development in professional life because the perma stoned mindset makes you complicit in your own standstill. i love weed, but daily use or use throughout the whole day just sucks. i have a lot of friends that still smoke, but for years we haven't even smoked together, because i feel like we are all embarassed about it. and they all have problems getting their stuff done in the end. if you can't moderate, quit. i could have legit bought a plot of land or a house with the money i spend on weed through out my life. i wouldn't have spend years poor and stressed out. most of my 20s and early 30s, basically peak ability, i wasted that all. i'll never get it back.
Your channel has been helping me for months. I just had my 4th CHS episode (didn’t know it was CHS till the 3rd) and you are absolutely right. Weed makes you loose your concept of time so no wonder it’s a waste of time. Thank you for helping us intelligent ex stoners.
I have stopped smoking it completely. On November 14, 2022. I just found myself doing the same thing over and over again. It convinces you to sit there and do nothing. You have these great ideas. But you never follow through on them. Unfortunately I have gone from smoking it to eating it. I do plan to quit that next. But It’s slow going. Eating it is much more therapeutic. I know I can quit. But I have to go slow. I don’t plan to buy anymore. I will quit my awesome stash. I usually only do it on the weekends. Kind of a reward. But it’s probably that same thought process that continues to keep me where I am. My lungs feel better. Now I just have to wean my body off it slowly but surely. Probably February will be my day one. As I have about six cans of the stuff left. And I usually do it on the weekends. Friday or Saturday. I also have to be in the right mind space. Thank you for this video.
It's a horrible waste of time. I used to smoke my life away and avoid my problems. Now I face them head on and have a job in EMS services helping other people. Create meaning in your own life. Weed will provide you with false meaning until it wears off and you're left with more anxiety and depression than you started with. 88 days sober today. You can all do it. You can beat this.
i was high when i watched this. Scary stuff, i don't know what was more scary... the weed or this video. Very relatable. I want to quit. But is the answer really quitting forever? i mean like never again?
my experience has been hell so far week 1: couldnt sleep at all and when i did i would wake up few hours later drenched in sweat week 2: acne breakouts week 3: got sick with a terrible headache week 4(currently): my girl left me for someone else idk what it is about the journey for sobriety but this has been super hard and i am so close to smoking weed again to help me with all the things im going thru idk if i can keep going the pain is really beating me right now
@@AddictionMindset By the way, one thing the has helped me is "Object counters." Basically something I carry with me to know where I'm at in the process. I know AA does something similar. My current object is these weird Chinese fung shei coins I got off Amazon for like $7. It helps that they have a hole in the centre and I can wear them on a necklace. I take one off for every day sober and I put them in the clear plastic box they came in. I was about a month in of the last attempt before relapse (covid for some reason I thought it would be a great idea to mess up my lungs more with smoke). Anyways the counters help. Could you talk about this trick?
Hello sir, thanks for this astronomical advice, I will quit smoking weed, and because you made me realize that I already knew it was wasting my time. I was too focused on the Health, part of the weed but the worst part is the time wasted Cost of opportunity
Ive already quit, 1 month+ free weed atm. Ive got it pretty much under control, still your videos are a real help to remind me i dont need weed anymore and that life is good without smokingg
God bless you and you're doing great work. Thanks for helping me survive my first time, which was pretty brutal. I fell off the wagon and am trying again... with CBD oil. Now quitting is WAY less painful! Can you talk about how CBD can help.... or.. if there's dangers? Cuz it's helped moderate the moods, anxiety and I'm getting good nights of sleep. Is there a downside to CBD?
@@ziekiee7966 The dark side of CBD, it really does prolong recovery and withdrawal symptoms. I think it ended up being easier to stop CBD, but the bad I was still experiencing I though was prolonged THC withdrawal, but instead I was drawing out withdrawal with CBD.
I feel like I just waste time anyways regardless of smoking weed or not. My job dosent require much of me, I make a lot of money not doing much. So I find myself at home a lot with not my much motivation and bored all the time. I’m trying to quit weed, one week sober but I’m realizing weed wasent the problem, but it’s not helping either
Weed may not be the only problem but for me it only makes things worse. Lowers testosterone, increases anxiety, almost no dreams, costs a lot of money, hurts the lungs, bad for the heart, hurts muscle growth potential, work outs are much worse, I could go on...
I'm 18 about to be 19. been smoking since freshman year almost every day. This may sound weird I don't know why I want to stop smoking. I have no motive or goal I'm trying to get at by stopping. I think God wants me to and that's the only reason. Besides that I enjoy smoking so stopping has been tough. I don't have lots of want so I don't know what I'm trying to achieve. you Thank you for listening to my Ted talk.
God wanting you to is a huge reason! He hasn't shown you what is waiting in the wings quite yet. Right now, He just wants you to trust and have faith that quitting will lead somewhere better. I quit 3 days ago, after years of ignoring the conviction to quit. He finally "Jonah'ed" me and my oil connection disappeared. It's comical, but also amazing. Yeah, I could find another connection easily probably, but I'm listening this time.
@@Primslim it was always easy to write off the signs, but as I've grown stronger in my faith, it's just been on my heart more. I started smoking when I was 24, and I'm 32 now. It was easy to convince myself and make excuses that it was fine, but I was not fine, that's addiction for ya. Now looking back over the past 8 years, I feel like I missed so many moments. I lacked motivation, no drive, anxiety, guilt. If you're getting the conviction to stop now, I pray that you follow it. After I wrote my first response to you and went back to my main feed, a video with the title "What God gave me when I stopped smoking weed" came up. Getting signs through other people now too! 😂
It's day 12 clean . No physical withdraw struggle anymore but I am going in a deep depression, low mood and no much energy . Lods of crying episodes on a daily basis. No craving for weed at all instead I feel so much hate towards weed. 2 years of my life gone out of the window that so badly effected my social life , my study and everything you can imagine. What a harm I caused to my self. I am a female and I remember being easily used by people the time I was stoned . Please quit now
Annnnd...the planet is burning up and maybe life isn't about filling your home with more plastic sht and your bank account with more hoarded wealth? Or your investments, affecting markets so delicate that farmers k*ll themselves... WHAT, DO YOU MEAN BECAUSE WEED CAN BE A BIG PART OF HELPING PEOPLE SEE THE BIG PICTURE? It's a tool. When you've learned what you can, you should put it down and move on... But my ambition wasn't "ROBBED"; I just refuse to participate in exploitation.
Moderation is king. With the vapes nowadays, you don’t have to smoke a whole blunt, bowl, joint to be high. Personally, I’ve grown up in a household where all drugs were readily available and you somehow develop the skill of discipline and control. Yes, these drugs can be addictive. I smoke like 1 to 3 hits of the vape a day which barely gets you high and I am still in full control. Of course this is after my day is over and I have some free time to myself. You hit it once, see how high it gets you, couple hours later, again. These drugs will always be around, you can learn to reap the benefits like caffeine, even alcohol has some benefits. Control is key, if you have a problem, you should quit and I salute the people that have quit as well. Just a different perspective.
@@Flowing_Waters Food is a nutritional drug, vitamins are drugs… Everything depends on how you use it and who you ask. And yes I agree with you, certain drugs can be unless you have time to kill and have self control. Some drugs I do not do at all.
Dang I am the opposite haha. For real though Weed is unhealthy as fuck. Hurts the lungs, bad for your heart(for me a big deal), lowers blood flow including to the brain, raises myostatin by activating genes so putting on muscle is harder, fucks with potential to dream when smoking, probably messes with circadian rhythm too. Our bodies are not made to smoke
I understand your message, I think productivity and the usage of cannabis can coexist. Plenty of successful people and people who “value their time” smoke cannabis.
@@MaricianDedeauxBrown yes! He was an addict of multiple substances, including cannabis and overcame his addictions. I also am a cannabis addict and smoked all day everyday for 11+ years. It tremendously lowered my motivation and kept me from my highest potential. It became chasing a high that was never going to come and really just bringing me lower and lower. Im not 3 months sober and feeling so much better! I have more motivation and energy then I’ve had ever before.
I have stopped smoking weed from this year in February 2022, I have gone through a lot' weight loss, bad dreams, sick for 6 months. I did not went to the doctor or hospital, I went to weed withdrawal symptoms naturally because I didn't have money. I have a serious problem with my self is that I smell bad my body, my clothes and it's stressful to me. I never had that smell before 2021. Please help me out what to do?
@@Skateandcreate9 Thank You. Any suggestions... or tips please. I have recovered and strong now but only thing is that bad smell from my body, my clothes. Sometimes I feel like it's gone after showing and put in washed clothes.
@@lifewithdan6265 I'm really Glad to hear your reply @lifewithdan and thanks a lot, where do I find medicine or order it. Sometimes I feel like It's gone after I shower and put on new clothes. I'll go to the pharmacy store, but I will like to hear from you also, thanks again.
I watch quit videos when I'm stoned to understand the thc bug better. Smart guy is what k states mechanical engineering cop warned about. Faith before practice! Dmitri was a smart guy. Paul Smith is a smart guy activist. Look at how Paul Smith smartly sits at his computer cyberharassing people who believes are unworthy of his chemistry curriculum.
Yes I see it from time to time, temptation is nothing new and it’s never going to go away if anything it’s only going to ramp but, I don’t want people to have to be sheltered from addiction I want them to be free from it, if they choose to go to those comments then I am not doing something right or good enough
Life is so much better. I quit smoking weed after smoking everyday for five years and I am 26. I was wasting my potential. Now I have two jobs and I am finishing up school. The last year I have made a lot of gains in lots of areas. I lost some time and I am making up for it. Weed is not worth it.
Guys! Keep smoking the weed I don’t smoke weed and still waste a chunk of my life by doing simple things like scrolling and watching videos like that that do not even pertain to me 😂
Is smoking bad or is Thc bad . What if you switch to edibles or Thc juice . Is being high the problem or is it the fact that smoking is bad for your health ?
I’m asking the same thing. I smoked thc carts all the time and I’m like 8 days in and I feel way better. Just my stomach be annoying lol. I wanna quit for a while. But, in the future I thought about weed ( flour ). Idk if it’s worth it though.
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