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dontknow
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Anyone else taking a break from drugs?
#19037292 - 10/26/13 07:27 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I've been smoking the green almost every day now for the past 7/8 months, and typically more than one time per day. Smoke with friends about half the time and when it's with them, i always smoke way more than I need to, like several bowls more.
Caffeine is more sporadic but it's usually 3-4 energy drinks a week (usually Nos or Redbull) and a cup of coffee or two about 5 days a week I'd say. Also the occasional soda but that probably boils down to 1 or 2 a month if that. Caffeine rarely affects me, if I pull an all nighter then drink a red bull i'll get a very short lived rush but that's it. I do drink a lot of Iced tea but I don't think that has much caffeine.
Anyways, I'm going to take at least a one month break from both, and I can't really say what'll happen after the month but my hope is that I am able to use not abuse these things from then on out. Hopefully they will once again be a positive addition to my life.
This is kind of unrelated but I'm also going to attempt to participate in no fap november, but that ones a longshot.
Instead of just dropping all of this from my life though, I'm going to replace it with meditation and a lot more exercise, and I'll try to scarf down an extra veggie or two  congrats if you read this, I wouldn't have.
What are y'all doing??
Also it started to rain here when I was writing this and I love the rain, it's my favorite time to toke taunting me rain man..
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Edited by dontknow (10/26/13 07:29 PM)
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volcomstoner
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: dontknow]
#19037310 - 10/26/13 07:30 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm taking a break ATM as well, not sure for how long though, been sober for about a week though.
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dontknow
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: volcomstoner]
#19037410 - 10/26/13 07:45 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sweet a week can take some effort. I'm just a little over a day
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: volcomstoner]
#19037411 - 10/26/13 07:45 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I've been sober for almost a week myself. After smoking ganja for 14-15 years not being stoned feels like a buzz in itself. Taking a break for at least 3 months. When I start smoking again I want to try and take it easy, not be baked out of my head 24 hours a day and smoke as more of a treat. It's actually a lot easier than I thought it would be to not smoke.
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: dontknow]
#19037431 - 10/26/13 07:47 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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dontknow said: Sweet a week can take some effort. I'm just a little over a day
Eh it's not that bad, I went about 7 months this year of complete sobriety. It makes a week seem like nothing.
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: fungusmuncher]
#19037457 - 10/26/13 07:51 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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yup, Quote:
fungusmuncher said: I've been sober for almost a week myself. After smoking ganja for 14-15 years not being stoned feels like a buzz in itself. Taking a break for at least 3 months. When I start smoking again I want to try and take it easy, not be baked out of my head 24 hours a day and smoke as more of a treat. It's actually a lot easier than I thought it would be to not smoke.
You're not very "out of step" if you've only been sober for a week 
Personally I've been more or less sober for almost 5 months now, been hitting the gym all I care about these days is getting huge!
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: Lizard Eyes]
#19037647 - 10/26/13 08:22 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Lizard Eyes said:Personally I've been more or less sober

jk, good job
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: dontknow]
#19037693 - 10/26/13 08:30 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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yes. but i love caffeine. i probably won't give up coffee and energy drinks.
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: dontknow]
#19037704 - 10/26/13 08:32 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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i am taking a break. i haven't smoked any weed in a few days now. but drinking, i haven't taken a break from, so... sober? no.
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: dontknow]
#19037804 - 10/26/13 08:54 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I only take break from drugs when I lose interest in them, my last few empathogen and psychedelics trip were all very disapointing like the visuals were cool but without some serious mindshift it's fucking poinbtless. same thing with dissociative they don't take me out of this world like it used too. it's like weed, I never planned to stop smoking, one day I got fed up with the anxiety it made me feel and I realized I was not liking the high anymore I was just smoking out of habit. these circomstance make quiting really easy.
alcohol on the other hand is a struggle everytime because I never got bored of beign drunk, it's all the other aspect around it that I'm trying to avoid but the desire to be drunk is always there. add to this that alcohol is involved in almost all social interaction and it makes quiting hellish.
why you taking a break from weed OP?
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: Synth Ethics]
#19037821 - 10/26/13 08:56 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Never.
I will die a relatively young, brain damaged man. Between the stimulants, psychedelics, weed, and alcohol, and a family history of cancer, I don't have the best chances to live to an old age.
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: Mush4Brains]
#19037876 - 10/26/13 09:05 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Mush4Brains said: Never.
I will die a relatively young, brain damaged man. Between the stimulants, psychedelics, weed, and alcohol, and a family history of cancer, I don't have the best chances to live to an old age.
None of those are really that bad Alcohol is probably the worst, depends on what stims you are using though. How do you figure brain damage?
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: Synth Ethics]
#19037947 - 10/26/13 09:16 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Synth Ethics said: I only take break from drugs when I lose interest in them, my last few empathogen and psychedelics trip were all very disapointing like the visuals were cool but without some serious mindshift it's fucking poinbtless. same thing with dissociative they don't take me out of this world like it used too. it's like weed, I never planned to stop smoking, one day I got fed up with the anxiety it made me feel and I realized I was not liking the high anymore I was just smoking out of habit. these circomstance make quiting really easy.
alcohol on the other hand is a struggle everytime because I never got bored of beign drunk, it's all the other aspect around it that I'm trying to avoid but the desire to be drunk is always there. add to this that alcohol is involved in almost all social interaction and it makes quiting hellish.
why you taking a break from weed OP?
A couple reasons The highs aren't good anymore. It's normally just a mild feel good and then a few hours later I have to sleep. This is getting in the way of my school work and time with family and friends.
I also have just been smoking out of habit. Whenever I'm home alone I smoke just because I have the opportunity, not because of anything else.
It's just detracting from my life and not adding anything to it so it's time for a change.
Also, the other day I came to some personal realizations about my life and my place in the world. Realizing i've been stagnant and that my life won't improve unless I make efforts to improve it. And I realized how important my family was to me, they are all I really have when it comes down to it. I want to spend as much time as I can with them and being a lazy stoner interferes with that to much. I'm trying to get healthy from the inside out now, and I'm starting to look to the future not just living monotonously day to day.
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: dontknow]
#19037983 - 10/26/13 09:21 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Are you going to take a break from sugar? It's the most dangerous drug of all.
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: MisterSandman]
#19038084 - 10/26/13 09:38 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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MisterSandman said:
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Mush4Brains said: Never.
I will die a relatively young, brain damaged man. Between the stimulants, psychedelics, weed, and alcohol, and a family history of cancer, I don't have the best chances to live to an old age.
None of those are really that bad Alcohol is probably the worst, depends on what stims you are using though. How do you figure brain damage?
When used in proper moderation, psychedelics are pretty safe. When I take them as often as I had in the past, they can definitely leave lasting changes to your brain. It might not be "damage" per say, but it definitely alters the wiring of your brain. I'm too drunk to explain how it works.
I drink a lot. Like not to the point of physical withdrawals (for the most part), but definitely dependent on it and use it in part of a self-medicating regimen that goes along with my other drug usage to deal with underlying issues. As you said, this is the biggest problem.
The weed, no, by itself is no big deal.
The amphetamines, Adderall daily, with occasional MDMA (couple times a year) will take its toll over time.
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: Mush4Brains]
#19038119 - 10/26/13 09:47 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm not taking a break, but I'm slowing down, I'm trying to only use drugs one day a week.
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: dontknow]
#19038161 - 10/26/13 09:54 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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just stop smoking weed then , if you don't enjoy the high it'll be easy, you might reach for your bag the first day purely out of reflex but it shouldn't be harder than quiting any other bening habit.
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: Mush4Brains]
#19038171 - 10/26/13 09:55 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah Im gonna take I a break indefinitely. Spent the last week in a benzo blur and did lots of meth and heroin, both of which are becoming way too commonplace in my life. I also slammed heroin for the first time yesterday so now would be ideal time to quit so I don't get stuck on the the needle.
I got some benzo w/d coming my way, took my last klonpin today. Nothing too serious, im not in danger of having a seizure or anything but there will be some discomfort. Im gonna try a and have a beer here and there if things get too rough. Im gonna keep smoking weed till I run out, which will probably be in the next few days.
Edit: Fuck it, Im getting drunk. That lasted long
Edited by CavemanJohnson (10/26/13 10:21 PM)
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: Synth Ethics]
#19038201 - 10/26/13 10:00 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah it's not gonna be too bad, but I'm not the kind of guy who can just quit things cold turkey so we'll see.
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Re: Anyone else taking a break from drugs? [Re: dontknow]
#19038495 - 10/26/13 10:51 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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it's not clear to me what was the point of this thread but I presume you were looking for advice so here's mine: don't set goal, just aim for the longest you can stay sober, and when you do relapse don't make it a big deal instead see the positive of the situation like if you smoke again in a week remember that a week sober is better than none at all. what help also is for the first 2 day is to avoid all situation where you would normaly smoke like don't hang out with your pothead friend or if you usually smoke weed when you get home after work don't head straight back home go buy some groceries or someshit then pay ba visit to your parent or go see a movie(gravity is really cool btw)
anyway good luck, it'll be easy don't worry.
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