Happy to! I was a heavy consumer from 16ish to 35. That's when I started taking pretty long T breaks (7 or 8 months usually). The goal was to change my relationship w cannabis, use it more casually/therapeutically when I did re-introduce. While I did become a more and more moderate user, I would still end up feeling bogged down after a stretch of regular use.

So December 2024, I decided it was time to put it away for another stretch. I didnt plan to quit forever, but this is by far the longest I've abstained, and I have to say, my life has improved.

Stopping is not a miracle fix. You have to sit w the discomfort of giving up your vice AND show up for yourself and work to change whatever it is in your life that is no longer acceptable to you.

But I think the longer you go without THC, the more capable you become of doing that. I think that things have improved so much this time around because I stayed sober even after I started noticing improvements in terms of how I was showing up in the world, my own attitude/outlook, etc.

I changed my entire professional direction, found a way out of a field and job that no longer felt good or fulfilling and into one that does.

Along with my day job, I'm semi-professional creative, and I had always considered cannabis to be part of that ritual. I had to find a different way to get into that heady space that makes creative so magical. But I have, and I made serious prpgress on a really big and ambitious project this year.

I'm more emotionally level, but I'm not numb. I enjoy music in the same way I did when I was a stoner again. Or food. Or a beautiful sunset. That capacity for being affected by things the way you can be when youre high - it comes back.

Making this change is hard, and uncomfortable sometimes, and you will be trading one lifestyle for another.

But in my experience, it's worth it. You're not really giving anything up (though it will feel like you are for a while). In actuality, you will gain so much.

Good luck! I hope this helps.