Current Events > Quitting booze and weed at the same time

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Wish me luck yo

papa gonna be irritable af

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I did it about 5 months ago for the hell of it. The first month was hell regarding bud, but booze was ez to give up.

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pogo_rabid posted...

I did it about 5 months ago for the hell of it. The first month was hell regarding bud, but booze was ez to give up.

yeah Ill probably have a harder time with the green.

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Good luck! I'm in the same boat. You can PM me if you need someone to talk to.

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I dont really think about it while at work, but I know Ill be pretty bored later lol

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How you doing, man?

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Dad? Is that really you?

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lww99 posted...

I dont really think about it while at work, but I know Ill be pretty bored later lol

gotta fill the void with some sort of activity. don't let your brain be idle or it'll drift back to substances.

good luck

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Poorly .

Havent bought any, but I did scrounge up some old stuff to use. Which makes me feel worse lol.

I think Id have an easier time quitting just alcohol for now, but well see

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You can do it! Just establish the parts of the day where you smoke/drink the most, and adjust to enjoying those times without it. Changing your routine also helps

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lww99 posted...

I think Id have an easier time quitting just alcohol for now, but well see

That's okay, too. There's no shame in tapering one vice at a time. Drastic changes are harder to stick to.

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I quit both with two weeks of each other last year. And I just reached my one year anniversary. The first month is hard. After that it get easier. I miss drinking more than I do smoking. But it's just like a post mentioned before. Find activities to fill those voids.

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lww99 posted...

Poorly .

Havent bought any, but I did scrounge up some old stuff to use. Which makes me feel worse lol.

I think Id have an easier time quitting just alcohol for now, but well see

Don't treat quitting as a linear path. It's full of peaks and valleys as you succeed and fail, so just take it a day at a time.

If you hang out with the same people and do the same stuff it might be hard.

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jon1012 posted...

If you hang out with the same people and do the same stuff it might be hard.

Yeah, thats the hard part. Ive seen a few people mention activities, and thats fair. But my hobbies are video games, kayaking, hiking, etc

all of which I usually appreciate more while smoking lol.

my friends do, my fianc does, its just routine at this point

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I quit booze, weed and cigs. at the same time. Granted, I wasn't a heavy smoker of either, so it was easier for me then it would be for most.

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I find its easier to quit one then the other.

I have self-inforced quitting green on myself multiple times over the years and I find it easier to quit the green all together (because thats the harder one) and use alchohoal to cope till I m two weeks clean, then get off alchoal. But I never plan on giving up alchohoal all together because I am not dependent on it like I am with green.

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Pick up a new hobby. It sounds like throwaway advice, but the reason you associate those with smoking and drinking is they're such old habits that you can do them without focusing. A new hobby you'll have to dedicate a lot more attention to.

deoxxys posted...

I find its easier to quit one then the other.

I have self-inforced quitting green on myself multiple times over the years and I find it easier to quit the green all together (because thats the harder one) and use alchohoal to cope till I m two weeks clean, then get off alchoal. But I never plan on giving up alchohoal all together because I am not dependent on it like I am with green.

While this is true, it's also worth nothing that quitting everything at once leads to statistically higher long term success in abstaining.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm8fYf53SMg

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