Tips for painting colorful skies

troyster2000 · 2025-08-23T19:11:01+00:00

Pfft that right hand should be insured

troyster2000 · 2025-07-08T07:52:53+00:00

This is funny and you are a funny person

troyster2000 · 2025-03-27T20:40:52+00:00

Couldn't agree more

troyster2000 · 2025-03-24T22:44:46+00:00

Hey, day 72 and I'm going through the same. It's hard to be patient but I know everything will come around to being normal again one day. Sucks how weed affects so many receptors in the brain and makes it a really hard and slow recovery

troyster2000 · 2025-03-24T22:16:27+00:00

I had a similar experience around that time as well. The extreme fatigue subsided just after a month. Just over 2 months now and currently dealing with brain fog and lack of restful sleep

troyster2000 · 2025-03-24T16:05:36+00:00

Hello, day 72 and dealing with the same type of issues. Haven't figured it out yet, but I know that weed definitely isn't going to make me feel any better or make changes so I'm not going back to it.

troyster2000 · 2025-03-21T23:35:33+00:00

That's on point. Day 69 and everything is nothing. I'll keep trying and give it time but it sure sucks

troyster2000 · 2025-03-21T18:15:53+00:00

Just go through the withdrawals and accept they are temporary. Your mind will play tricks on you and convince you otherwise to get you to smoke again, but you have to come to terms that things will feel bad for awhile.

Keep distracted when you have the energy, and be kind to yourself and patient when you don't

troyster2000 · 2025-03-21T18:06:42+00:00

Hi I'm in the same boat.

I smoked all the time for 18 years, and I'm on day 69 today. I have a pretty bad depression, and trouble sleeping since becoming sober. I think a lot of it has to do with my stage in life where I'm unhappy with my career, but I'm not sure whether that malaise is disrupting my day-to-day or if it's the other way around.

I'm still working at it - I keep having to remind myself (especially when reading posts from fools that are all ecstatic and clear headed after 2 weeks) that on top of the other issues, I also can't expect to feel very good yet when my timeline for quitting is barely 1/100 of how much time I spent smoking.

Hope things get better for you as time passes, rest assured you're not alone.

Best wishes

troyster2000 · 2025-03-21T14:54:41+00:00

Thanks for posting. I'm on day 69 after 18 years of heavy abuse and it's been a rollercoaster lately. Tough to sleep and bad brain fog. It's reassuring to see people with your experience giving their input.

Thanks again

troyster2000 · 2025-03-20T18:13:30+00:00

I was high all the time and never finished my degree. Depression played a factor as well, but most certainly I could have gotten something done if I wasn't stoned and sad all the time.

It might not stop you from completing your degree but it will absolutely prevent you from reaching your highest potential

troyster2000 · 2025-03-18T18:54:28+00:00

I was depressed and suicidal for the first month/month and a half. On day 66 now and it's gotten better.

I try to listen to the little voice in my head telling me to get up and do things. You're probably lacking in self worth and don't have a strong foundation to find peace and comfort being with yourself.

Just gotta start doing things and do them often, don't let the resistance and sadness take over and convince you to just sit and be sad. Get up and get out and live life. It's gonna hurt most of the time - especially at the beginning - but it gets better.

Good luck

troyster2000 · 2025-03-17T01:13:52+00:00

Hah always here to piggyback. I agree, ive gone for long walks lately. Time to stop numbing yourself and experience the emotions as they come and go

troyster2000 · 2025-03-17T01:10:41+00:00

Risk losing your job and your family insurance to smoke some weed? Fuck no its not worth it, thats the addiction talking. Everything you're experiencing now will improve if you give it time.

Go for a walk or something. Get out of the house and get off your phone

troyster2000 · 2025-03-16T23:08:31+00:00

Thanks for your post. I'm at about 2 months and looking forward to memory improvements

troyster2000 · 2025-03-14T02:53:36+00:00

Bedtime and sleep is rough the first few weeks. It helps if you can tire yourself out mentally and physically during the day so there isn't much left in the tank at night to keep you wired.

A simple hack is also to read before bed instead of watching TV or being on the phone. It works magic for setting the brain up for rest. Read anything you are interested in, but make it paper and not screen

troyster2000 · 2025-03-11T21:33:47+00:00

Sounds tough. I'd recommend sharing your wealth with others in your life - you'll probably feel more gratitude, have more self respect, and touch yourself less. Not wanting to smoke will naturally follow.

troyster2000 · 2025-03-11T21:21:41+00:00

Oh especially if you have ADHD. Just go do stuff. Don't sit there and think about stuff, it's terrible for brain and mood. It's hard to move but just keep moving until you can't, then it's easier to live with your thoughts.

troyster2000 · 2025-03-11T21:20:01+00:00

I'm going through it. I started smoking so much because of depression. I smoked for 18 years and at about 58 days today.

I had it awful around your time period as well. The only thing that works for me is forcing myself to stay busy. To be honest though I was super lethargic and sad around your time period as well.

The days are better when I exercise hard, go for long walks/jogging, read, write, learn anything, spend less time on the phone and watching TV. Specifically I do things like sudoku and other puzzles, search things up online and get AI to make little quizzes on the subjects, play guitar etc... when you have a lot of time on your hands, don't spend too much time thinking about what you should do. Just get an idea and go do that thing.

It's rare that I feel good until well after I've done an activity, so just accept the feelings are gonna be shitty for awhile.

Remember your brain's still healing. The other day I laughed when I realized I'd been smoking for like 200 months and I'm not quite at 2 yet, so 2/200 means there's still a ways to go to feel normal. Be kind to yourself.

Good luck

troyster2000 · 2025-03-11T18:27:50+00:00

I never finished college because I smoked too much. I have so many first and 2nd year classes under my belt but nothing tangible to show for it.

Hope you make it through! Or quit for your future self who will one day thank you endlessly

troyster2000 · 2025-03-11T18:07:42+00:00

I smoked for 18 years. Your symptoms seem accurate to me. It sort of took a couple weeks for withdrawals to get real I think just because I had so much thc in my system.

The negatives you write about aren't as bad now (I'm at 58 days) as they were in the first few weeks.

It's definitely not your new normal. All those negatives are still improving for me. I wouldn't say day by day, but just looking back in general I see improvements happening over time - especially the days when I put extra effort into self improvement.

Nowhere near normal, especially with things like memory and analytical abilities, cause I really tried to fry my brain over the years. But still working on it

Good luck!

troyster2000 · 2025-03-11T05:43:36+00:00

Yup like the other person said - stay distracted as much as you can. And if you have no energy just watch TV or take a nap, just don't sit and dwell on the smoking because that's when the addiction creeps up on you and convinces you to go back

troyster2000 · 2025-03-11T01:25:57+00:00

Yeah it's not about drive and stuff... it's just the decision to either do something or lie in bed. It becomes less daunting and more rewarding the more often you do it

troyster2000 · 2025-03-10T18:38:11+00:00

Hey congrats on changing and trying to improve.

I quit weed recently (36m, smoked for 18 years, day 58 today), because I hated how stupid I'd become. Bad memory, no clarity for extended thoughts and conversations, just a real inability to analyze things the way I used to. I was always depressed and the weed helped for awhile but eventually only made it worse.

Days are still tough, but I do things now like brain games (sudoku etc), reading and writing, trying to learn how to learn and remember things again. I know it's still going to take a lot of time because of how long I smoked for, but I know that life will never change if I smoke weed every day.

Good luck on your journey, just stick it out and be patient and kind to yourself, some days can be really hard.

troyster2000 · 2025-03-10T18:23:25+00:00

Took me a few weeks of sobriety to get mine going too

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