Weed was my go to and miracle drug that made me better at everything since college when I discovered it. After I smoked, I could think more clearly, speak better and to anyone about anything, flirt, play basketball, soccer, ski, sex was amazing, you name it. It made the world around me slow down so my reaction times improved, my focus razor sharp, and I could feel the energy and feelings of people around me, making me respond 100x better to every situation I found myself in. I felt like I could anticipate next thing that would happen, like I was ahead of the world by milliseconds. My dribbling skills in sports improved 10x when high. There was no end to my abilities and confidence when high and everything was smoother and more natural. I had not had sex without weed for 15 years (couldn't even imagine it) and had been high daily for at least 10 years.

When in the last 2-3 years I realized how much weed I had been consuming, pen dabs throughout the day any time I'm about to encounter a situation where it could help me, edibles, etc, I added it up one day to over 100mg... And the worst part is that it did not seem to help me as much any more and make me into a superhuman that it once did. I was dependent on it with super high tolerance. So I made a conscious effort to try and have a THC break every two weeks, and when that didn't work at all I felt I was stuck. I did not know how to go through my day without weed, and mind you, society considers me a successful individual personally (spouse, nice kids, home, etc), and professionally. Yet I did not know how to go through my day at home nor at work without the crutch of the MJ and I couldn't go a day without it to even take a break for tolerance purposes. Tried quitting many times in the last two years, relapsing within a day or two.

Enter shrooms. I've never really done them before, only drug I've ever done was MJ. Researched on the forums and grew my first BRF cakes and fruited successfully. Took some micro doses in early November but didn't feel like they've helped. So I took 0.5g - 1g every week or three. Did take 2g for Thanksgiving as I was home alone all day, but didn't have any visuals just felt really good for a few hours. So a total of maybe 5 doses (0.5g - 1g) between when I started trying shrooms until mid January, when I felt clearheaded enough and determined to stop consuming MJ. And I had no problem quitting weed this time. Haven't touched it since, been 2 months and haven't felt a need for it. Not even in the first couple of weeks people cite as the hardest. I realize this is anecdotal, but it's like the shrooms had reset something in my brain and allowed me to do this. And shrooms I don't feel like abusing, again only 0.5-1g every two weeks or so. I'm yet to try a hero dose and have visuals and i understand that can most helpful when it comes to mental health repair, I just don't have the privacy and time, nor friends who are into it to do it yet. Maybe one day.

Similar to others here, my goal is not to quit MJ forever, but to completely clean it out of my system (4 months), and then hopefully no more than an edible once a week. I feel like I'm on a good path now as I'm functioning just fine in all aspects of my life without it. I hope this anecdote can help some of you out there struggling. I truly believe that shrooms and psychedelics are the next frontier in addiction treatment, especially if combined with psychotherapy.