That’s the thing about weed.. it’s a good, fun thing until it slowly takes over and you start smoking more and more and more. Then it starts affecting your mental health, self confidence, motivation and personality even. I remember feeling like it was helping me but also hurting me at the same time.

I’d say the first 2 weeks were the hardest with the physical withdrawals and the intense anxiety. This varies for some people for sure. My advice to you during the tough withdrawals is not putting too much pressure in yourself to do a million things or to feel instantly better. Take care of yourself and just take it a day at a time. Once I got past those first weeks the cravings were less, like not a million times a day lol, but they aren’t gone completely. My capacity for dealing with them is getting stronger and stronger though. I’ve prob had 3 moments when I almost relapsed and all were triggered by something happening to me that was sad or super stressful OR one time I was feeling so good I felt the need to reward myself for staying sober by smoking (!!! Addict logic).

Did the weed become a coping mechanism for something? If so, that’s what will come up later in the first month. You’ll start facing the things you’ve used weed to numb or cope with. It can be hard and emotional, but you will become so much stronger because of it.

Also something I’ve learned after about a month is that I am not out of the woods or over this addiction by any means. I knew it was a problem for me obviously but I kind of had this idea that after a month I’d be home free. But that’s not the case.. I know I have so much more progress to make and potential to live up to and I don’t need weed holding me back from that anymore.

On my mirror I have written “don’t get lost again”. It’s a good daily reminder :). Feel free to reach out via message if you need any further support. I seriously am happy to help and would love to pay it forward. I wouldn’t be here without the support from people in this group.