Does anyone experience depression after quitting marijuana? I've tried quitting so many times! I'm good for about a week and then I feel so darn depressed! Then I start smoking again and I end up in a vicious cycle.
Happens to most people when they stop using ANY drug, for the most part. For me, meetings and connecting with other addicts helped lessen the pain of those first 30 days....Just know that what you are experiencing is totally normal and you are no different than any other addict who stops using.... It will pass..... this is a guarantee....it may come back but everytime I'm able to stop using and not pick back up during periods of pain or depression.. I get stronger and am usually able to cope better when it inevitably happens again. Keep posting and let us know how you're doing friend. Glad you are here ;) "An addict, who by any means can lose, even for a time, the need or desire to use, and has free choice over impulsive thinking and compulsive action, has reached a turning point that may be the decisive factor in his recovery." (NA recovery and relapse)
Goodmorning serenity flower! yup it also says"an addict ,any addict can stop using drugs,lose the desire to use and find a new way to live"(5th tradition basic text)the message is hope and the promise is freedom..keep comin back and posting,let us know whats up!!! peace
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yeah I can relate, smoking marijuana which I did for many years everyday could actually get me used to sensing life - seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and feeling - in such dramatically altered ways that the way people sense it all normally and naturally seemed so out of place for me... Today when I'm working or eating or sleeping or watching a movie or listening to music or reading a book or making love, I completely feel it all and enjoy it for what it actually is and in a way where my senses are naturally blessed with to enjoy these things without intoxication but to think of those many years where I couldn't do this without smoking grass... for me, anything seemed depressing if I was not smashed on a chillum
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
yep yep yep...a drug vastly underestimated in the difficulty to not pick up again...gotta approach it just the same as all the others...one step at a time, beginning with the first. For me, like nicotine withdrawal, chewing the heck out of sugarless gum actually helped. KNOWING that the depression WILL slowly lift does help...it will pass, but it might take a few months, so truly take it a day at a time.
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I also remember sharing about my depression on my 3rd NA meeting, and the oldtimer hugging me with delight and identification, and then he exclaimed "welcome to the club, there are many like you here, including me, for whom depression is the normal state of mind." All the other members laughed about it. Although it was meant in a humorous way, I sorta liked the way they looked at depression... Later when they actually started sharing about their depressive phases, I realized that some of the guys in NA actually knew how it is, what I go through, that was a relief...
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
