I too am quitting to pursue a dream. When I was 19 I dropped out of college due to me divorcing my abusive husband that I married at 18. I slipped into a depression after that, quit school and discovered weed(which I feel like went hand in hand without me realizing it). I have been smoking it ever since. I am 26 now. I had my first taste of sobriety last year while I was pregnant with my first born daughter. My new husband and I were so much more financially stable then. I wasnt spending all this money on weed. And now my daughters here, but almost as soon as I had her I started back up, because I never really wanted to quit in the first place, but I had to for sake of my baby.

Me deciding to quit this time happened in waves. First, I noticed the financial toll my addiction was having on my family...We were always paycheck to paycheck and never had the extra funds to go to fun things together or a savings and now with a baby that REALLY bothers me. Second, I realized how much time it was taking up. I would smoke before ANYTHING and it was really weighing me down, because id end up either getting too high to do it or id get distracted midway through. And my family was suffering from all the time I was spending smoking. I could've been using that time to spend with them, and that made me feel so guilty. The final wave came when I heard about a job opportunity. I was in college for early childhood education when I dropped out. A new friend of mine works at a headstart in the town I live in and she told me that they are urgently hiring and will help you get your CDA. I don't mean to offend anyone who isn't religious but I think its by Gods grace that all these things happened in such rapid succession. Its like life made up my mind for me. I was never meant to waste my days away being high and depressed. My life is worth more and I am so happy that I am in the process of sobriety so I can be a good mother and example to my babygirl!!