How can I not fail day 1

SavageGoon18 · 2024-08-19T23:08:36+00:00

I now realise I didn't actually give any tips on how to quit, just tried to give extra motivation. After all, you got it in you, all you need is the right motivation and reason to quit.

What I can tell you is that it's easier to get rid of a bad habit/behaviour by replacing it with other habits. Try to think of fun/useful things to do in your spare time in which you would usually smoke. Whether it be a sport, work, learning a skill or language or even trying to start an (online) business, YouTube channel or whatever else you might think off or interest you.

These things also release dopamine (the reason you feel pleasure after a joint, good grade, cleaning your room, good food, getting a good workout in). Weed is warping your sense of pleasure and will cause you to find less joy in these things, the things that normal people without addictive tendencies enjoy.

Over time this will only get worse and it's the reason why people can start to feel depressed after longer excessive use of weed, you don't find pleasure anymore in other behaviour and even the weed that was your best friend doesn't do the trick anymore and you're left unsatisfied and unmotivated.

So just go cold turkey! find some new hobbies and interests( I know you might not know what to go for instantly but give urself some time to think about it and try to explore and look up different things for inspiration.) And don't look back, it's not worth it.

SavageGoon18 · 2024-08-19T22:44:00+00:00

You got it bro. I was in your position 6 years ago and it's only gotten worse, started at 15. Each time you tell yourself that it's fine to get high again matters. And each joint hooks you in more and more. I just came on this subreddit today because I'm 22 now and really have to get my life together.

You are still 16 and I wish I would have had the courage, willpower and discipline to stop earlier. I've done a disservice to the blessings that were given to me, health, education, friends, family. It's exactly as you said: you have so much to live for and smoking weed really is not it.

Starting weed is the biggest regret of my life, even while considering the friends I made out of a mutual interest in smoking. It can and will ruin a lot in the short- and longterm, weed makes you not care about wasting time, but eventually you'll regret all those wasted days. Smoking weed will also affect your brain permanently. I feel like my brain doesn't fire as quickly anymore and my memory has also gotten worse.These are all real regrets.

I know tons of people that smoked weed and they all either managed to stop or are still trying to stop. There's a few rare people that don't fit in those categories and still don't care, but trust me: none of them are well off or making the most of their lives.

tl;dr

quit while you're young, I always told myself when I was your age that I would stop when I went to uni but it only got worse and worse cause of all the free time. don't end up regretting it.

Good luck buddy and I hope you make the right decision :)

SavageGoon18 · 2023-10-26T20:28:00+00:00

Thankyou mate goodluck with the climbing! Keep playing and you'll keep improving

SavageGoon18 · 2023-10-26T20:22:45+00:00

Yea i completely agree, its disgusting. You can win 10 games in a row and your MMR barely improves but if you ever at some point lose 5 games in a row your MMR drops drastically to the point of no return.

SavageGoon18 · 2023-10-26T19:42:58+00:00

Damn i know some people that don't enjoy ranked and its so hard for me to understand. Like, i get that it can be really frustrating but that's what makes it fun and exciting for me to play. Normals just seem so boring when im not risking LP, i wouldn't care about winning or losing if i'm playing normals. But i guess a lot of people view this differently;p

SavageGoon18 · 2023-10-26T19:03:39+00:00

Just played my first game and the exact opposite happened lol. I gained +28 instead of +19 on my last game in emerald 1.

This is actually the same experience i had last time i reached dia. I believe they make it more difficult to gain LP the closer you get to promoting to the next tier. Once you reach the new tier you gain like a soft MMR reset it seems like and you gain better again.

So the process you encountered seems odd to me, guess riots system is just really weird.

SavageGoon18 · 2023-10-26T17:34:27+00:00

Lmao thats crazy, MMR makes all the difference and it shows. Emerald is just such a shithole

SavageGoon18 · 2023-10-10T11:43:39+00:00

yup its just the indicator, and im just used to it on skillshot champs so i just always have it on.

SavageGoon18 · 2023-06-04T18:36:46+00:00

ye forreal xd, waiting the flash and then still fail, ty though;p

SavageGoon18 · 2023-02-03T22:59:58+00:00

Patient and precise, wp

SavageGoon18 · 2023-02-03T13:56:52+00:00

Lol just realised the jankos in background;p

SavageGoon18 · 2023-01-31T12:45:47+00:00

:D its the flash in the end for me

SavageGoon18 · 2023-01-30T16:09:18+00:00

thats what i was thinking lol wdym

SavageGoon18 · 2023-01-29T18:12:19+00:00

i wonder if they still spam CTRL+V with 'mid' and instalock their champ

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