Hello again, haven’t we met before. My name is COLD TURKEY, and yes we’ve definitely met before.
Yes that’s right, I’m the guy that wrote a blog called HOW I QUIT WEED and wrote a few articles on actually doing this but then wrote many many more articles on why smoking weed was the shit! So few friends laughed with me, the others (behind my back) laughed at me and now things aren’t going so well. SO …. Mr.COLD TURKEY IS IT!
WHY THIS DRASTIC Discison, Ease Into It Right??
I ask you this question sincerely and dearly… Did “easing into it” ever work for you? i.e cutting down the amount you smoke slowly till you’ve quit. Like did that ever work anyone??? On paper the concept seems perfect and the most logical way of going about doing this, but in practicality and in reality, it’s BULLSHIT and doesn’t work at all. You’ll shout at me here, saying “oh no, in your personal experience you mean” or like those DICKHEADS on twitter who all tweeted at me saying “BOI YOU AINT GOT NO BALLS (DISCIPLINE)” I told them TO SHUT THE FUCK UP and WAKE UP, cos they’re IN DENIAL. They aint stopped smoking weed one single day in their lives, however they just pretend they can when they want to and preach the rest of the time and I really haven’t got time for those fools.
Cold Turkey Is Less Painful In The Long Run
Lets break this down, whether you’ve been smoking everyday leading up till your “LAST” smoke or just had a few doesn’t make any difference for the minute you are intoxicated, your system has weed it in and there will be absorbed traces in your fat lining / blood for the next 30 days. Hence is makes it no easier to give up the herb, however you run up to the event and ultimately three quarters of this entire battle lies in your mind anyway. I used this EXCUSE of a method many times in my life and I personally blame this approach for so many of my failed attempted and just general time wasted. I should have just been more logical / direct about things i.e I want to stop smoking for a while OUTCOME DECISION : I won’t smoke tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and the day after that.
The Problem with Smoking Around the Clock?
You and your smoking buddies been chilling for years now, man you probably can’t even remember a different time to how it’s always been. So it started out a great thing to do, you really enjoyed yourself it was cool, you would hang with the guys and do your thing, nothing was wrong with this picture – right? You all had your good times, but then I dunno maybe it took five years, or ten or even fifteen years but you soon realised (as did everybody else) that “Damn I SMOKE too much shit!”, and that “This shit is making me too chilled out!!” and perhaps even “..I could do with feeling some of the pain, and worries of life cos I’m too lax right now, like I ain’t got a worry in the world” Now here lies a problem, for maybe what we’re told about Worrying and Anxiety is counterproductive. i.e it’s BADD and you shouldn’t do it, cos it’s BADDD okay! For maybe when we worry and get anxious about stuff there’s a reason behind it, and sometimes perhaps a really good reason for it – some could say it’s your bodies way of telling you “DUDE, Don’t you think you better do something about that thing”. It almost works like a warning light in your car’s dashboard when you’re running low on gas, or your water tank need refilling. Now you wouldn’t find a mechanic telling you to “TURN ALL THOSE LIGHTS OFF MAN, JUST ENJOY THE RIDE!!” for that would be suicide right, and without worry and anxiety you’re doing the same thing and is also suicide.
Obviously this isn’t true for everybody AT ALL but for some deep inside their conscience they know smoking around the clock is really just a way to cover up what’s wrong with their lives, and this doesn’t just apply to weed it is a general sign which should be looked out for in context over abuse of any substance.
Friends Who WONT Let You Out Of The Circle
So then there’s your crew which for some it is still the collective mind, and even if the days of everybody getting together and getting high as fuck are well over their influence is still always there. Don’t be surprised if your crew find very good arguments for you to continue smoking as you were, everything is fine, don’t worry. This isn’t necessarily cos everybody is evil and out to get you but could be for even simple reasons like how when a relative goes to hospital, people tell you “don’t worry everything will be fine!!” obviously they aren’t doctors, they’re just telling us this to make us feel better. Of course that said then there are the few, who actually may have mal-intentions when they hear of you quitting the herb.
MALICOUS INTENTIONS, WHY?
We’ve all been there and I don’t think it’s right to sit here and judge anyone on this but ultimately there will always be those who will greet the news of you quitting negatively, which may seem odd as to why they would even care what you’re doing – however there are many reasons as to why this may be the case. Most certainly if you’ve had these friends for a while, it’s quite likely they’ll be somewhat similar to you in someways and may have similar issues, and problems that they’re also using weed (or other substances) to run away from. Point being that the news of you “leaving the ship” may bring attention and extra highlight their own issues resulting in them giving you counter advice such as “Nah man, there’s no point in quitting weed – the problems are elsewhere mate” or the one I had was “go abroad, and quit there cos that’s the only real way it’ll ever happen, no point even TRYING HERE!! don’t do it.”
HOW YOU DEAL WITH THEM?
People will be people, and you have to let them be as they choose to be, as if news of you quitting the herb affects them then you’ve no choice but to either continue as you were and ignore them, or cut them out till you feel ready to be able to socialise around other cannabis smokers without the neccesity to cave in.
SO TO CONCLUDE
Rediscovering your long lost discipline can be an ore awaking experience and can completely change your life. It’s very commonly seen that conquering a fear can lead to a domino effect of other phobias being also conquered using the same power and momentum. Nobody should blaming weed for the problems in their life, and we should always look at ourselves and tackle substance abuse properly as soon as it becomes an relevant issue. If it was so that you had the power to change yourself for the worse then logic concludes that you also have the power and the means to change yourself for the betterment of you and others around you. So I encourage you to embrace that inner strength and focused positivity and let it lead you to a place of happiness, where at this place even if you choice to smoke like a pipe – NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK BADLY OF YOU,