In recovery, does quitting weed helps?

[dandan]

So I left the CTB drama a year and a half ago, when I started TRT, hormone replacement therapy.
Testosterone 200mg weekly + Dianabol(hard on the liver, have to quit, but I will definitely go back to it, it makes me feel good, and strong when working out, but specially positive, a little not a lot)

The drama now, is not my emotions, but my perspective on life, and how to live it good. And specially how to make a living? I am an employee software testing, and im not the best.
I still feel the need to generate a 2nd income, because times are hard you know, being a little prepared would not hurt, but I dont know what to do.... what to get involved in.......


So I do smoke weed, I have insomnia, and I wish I only smoke to sleep, but I dont, am also smoking through out the day.
I do feel the need to quit this thing, because even if I say it does not has a negative effect. And many people do.
I still do believe, know, in my case, it does causes me to avoid issues, to be more care-free(supposedly, not for real, only disguises my troubles)

I am on recovery.
I am out of the hormone caused depression
Lived 20 years with that depression, that now that I feeld good, I dont know how to live, I already ruined a beautiful relationship, because I am afraid, If I loose my job, I am not good an almost anything, not even at my job,
I could get better, but its not the life I want
I dont know what to do with my life..... would quitting weed help? smoking does helps to sleep, but im hating my life
not because of depression, because I dont know what to faking dooo.

 

[Life_and_Death]

im currently smoking weed and although i do not plan on quitting i do believe quitting could help

 

[dandan]

I could smoke too, smoked yesterday, I said it was going to be a goodbye, but you know how that goes? fak,, im loosing it... to smoke or not to smoke... damm I dont know what the fak I will do with my life!!!

 

[Life_and_Death]

I could smoke too, smoked yesterday, I said it was going to be a goodbye, but you know how that goes? fak,, im loosing it... to smoke or not to smoke... damm I dont know what the fak I will do with my life!!!

well, do you feel like you should quit? for example, i feel like i should could quit because i can tell that it makes my problems worse.




When I finally decided to stop 11 months ago I made the commitment to not smoke. I wrote down a list of all the negative consequences of my habit including

-lack of motivation

-poor memory

-isolating tendencies

-blunted emotions

-constantly feeling like I was in a haze

-a gross living environment

-sense of guilt/shame at not being able to cut down


this is out of a quora post i found on quitting weed. i can share it if youd like

 

[dandan]

well, do you feel like you should quit? for example, i feel like i should could quit because i can tell that it makes my problems worse.

Definitely, I feel like I should quit.
If I will put CTB over dealing with life problems, I at least should do it on a clear sober mind...

I am clueless how I will make a living if I'd lost my job
and because of that
I ended a beatiful relationship that could´ve grown into old with a wife/partner.... it was a beautiful dream
Feeling like quitting and not smoking weed seems like completely different things..

 

[Sherri]

I used to smoke as a teen and felt great, now it just makes paranoid. But that's my personal opinion. Many users here say it works wonders.

 

[AvaAdore]

Maybe using full spectrum CBD would help you sleep in place of weed. I use a variety of supplements to help me through the day including full spectrum CBD.

 

[sourpink]

I think this is a complex, nuanced answer and it's always gonna vary from person to person.
I can only speak on my own experiences. weed has generally always been beneficial to me, but needs have shifted over the years. for quite some time what worked best for me was a combination of primarily 1:1 balanced hybrid strains. the similar amounts of thc to cbd helped me stay level throughout the day. that eventually shifted when my needs changed, and I've found more indica-dominant strains much more effective, as well as higher thc content. I don't tend to react well to sativa strains, never have really. I find cbd only useful in combination with equal or higher amounts of thc. I've a script for weed to serve many different needs of mine/several diagnoses. for me, treatment/symptom management is about combining the right weed, the right medication, and the ever-elusive right therapist and doctors. everyone's experience is going to be different. even if we share the same or similar needs we'll likely react differently.
personally I find that weed helps me calm down, pause, reflect, basically decreases distress. it also improves my motivation (weed does not always make a person lazy! that's a generalization and can be a myth) because for me, without my weed, I cannot get out of my lows. for me that often includes panic, paranoia, psychosis, dissociation, and more. with the right weed, it's possible for me to find calm enough to find motivation to do what's needed to get out of whatever negative state I might be in. it doesn't cure, nothing does. it simply enables me to go about my life with as much functionality and 'normalcy' as I can hope to have currently. I also have a fair bit of history with drug use/abuse and addiction, which at a glance might sound odd that I use weed medically and benefit. but, thing is, the whole total abstinence NA model type thing cannot possibly work for everyone.. these things are not one size fits all. in my case, weed improves my quality of life in terms of my mental health, my physical health, my ability to tolerate emotions, and I've found it to be beneficial with addiction. by that last point, I don't mean to have you imagine me sitting around stoned out of my head - I don't 'get high', I medicate. I don't feel a high, I feel (and am) more functional, have an easier time grounding, I'm more able to deal with pain and mental symptoms that without my weed would build up and become unbearable, and I would not be nearly as functional. if that were the case, I'd very likely have a much harder time managing addiction recovery. that said, of course once in a while I over indulge and get a little buzz. I see it similarly to drinking, as a recreational, once in a while, usually social thing. basically, my experience has taught and continues to teach me that every experience is entirely subjective.
what works for me may not yield results at all similar in someone else. for some people, it can be about refining use. finding the right strain, the right amount of cbd/thc/a combination, the right dose, etc etc. for some people, taking a break from weed or abstaining can be what they need.
I think this is a great question, op. I think it's important to note the unique nature of this kind of thing and ymmv.

 

[dandan]

I think this is a complex, nuanced answer and it's always gonna vary from person to person.
I can only speak on my own experiences. weed has generally always been beneficial to me, but needs have shifted over the years. for quite some time what worked best for me was a combination of primarily 1:1 balanced hybrid strains. the similar amounts of thc to cbd helped me stay level throughout the day. that eventually shifted when my needs changed, and I've found more indica-dominant strains much more effective, as well as higher thc content. I don't tend to react well to sativa strains, never have really. I find cbd only useful in combination with equal or higher amounts of thc. I've a script for weed to serve many different needs of mine/several diagnoses. for me, treatment/symptom management is about combining the right weed, the right medication, and the ever-elusive right therapist and doctors. everyone's experience is going to be different. even if we share the same or similar needs we'll likely react differently.
personally I find that weed helps me calm down, pause, reflect, basically decreases distress. it also improves my motivation (weed does not always make a person lazy! that's a generalization and can be a myth) because for me, without my weed, I cannot get out of my lows. for me that often includes panic, paranoia, psychosis, dissociation, and more. with the right weed, it's possible for me to find calm enough to find motivation to do what's needed to get out of whatever negative state I might be in. it doesn't cure, nothing does. it simply enables me to go about my life with as much functionality and 'normalcy' as I can hope to have currently. I also have a fair bit of history with drug use/abuse and addiction, which at a glance might sound odd that I use weed medically and benefit. but, thing is, the whole total abstinence NA model type thing cannot possibly work for everyone.. these things are not one size fits all. in my case, weed improves my quality of life in terms of my mental health, my physical health, my ability to tolerate emotions, and I've found it to be beneficial with addiction. by that last point, I don't mean to have you imagine me sitting around stoned out of my head - I don't 'get high', I medicate. I don't feel a high, I feel (and am) more functional, have an easier time grounding, I'm more able to deal with pain and mental symptoms that without my weed would build up and become unbearable, and I would not be nearly as functional. if that were the case, I'd very likely have a much harder time managing addiction recovery. that said, of course once in a while I over indulge and get a little buzz. I see it similarly to drinking, as a recreational, once in a while, usually social thing. basically, my experience has taught and continues to teach me that every experience is entirely subjective.
what works for me may not yield results at all similar in someone else. for some people, it can be about refining use. finding the right strain, the right amount of cbd/thc/a combination, the right dose, etc etc. for some people, taking a break from weed or abstaining can be what they need.
I think this is a great question, op. I think it's important to note the unique nature of this kind of thing and ymmv.

Ive smoked for twenty years+ with some pauses, if i smoke early in the day, i cant not snoke on later on, or wont, but controlling it has only served for couple days, maybe a week.
Plus now half hour , forty minutes after smoke my brain is not as functional, helps vecause i stop thinking shit, but im really avoiding issues. Thanks bro, i still have ny indica, and just have 5 small new plants at home, going to watch them grow.