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Maybe a month in without weed, I lost track. Still feeling pretty positive about it all, and deff feeling allot better than I ever did while addicted to weed. Only thing I can't seem to get under control is the sleeping. For the life of me I can't get more than 2 hours of sleep then I wake up, go back to sleep for an hour or two, and do it all again up until the 4-5 hour mark and then just say screw this I'm sick of waking up after a bad dream over and over and over.
If I had one reason to go back to being high all the time this would be it. But alas that's not a good reason, well hell nothing gives me a good reason to go back, except I think this is my mind trying to trick me into finding reasons when I know I'm better off without it.
Tried calming tea of all sorts, not eating too late, exercising(I think this helps a bit more than others)...eating right.....i really don't know but nothing helps me get more than 2 hours of sleep at a time.
This has happened before as well, and then it gets better eventually and I forget about the crap I put myself into and go back to smoking for one stupid reason or another.
I have to stay strong and not get into weed hell again - that's all I can say it feels like when I am addicted and currently smoking that S.HIT.
going to see the doctor for a checkup after a good 10+ years so I suppose I'll have allot to talk about, maybe I can get on some sleep meds, though I don't want to be addicted to anything.
end rant at 4:20am - F.UCK
2 hours ago
Hey dude,
Marijuana addiction has plagued a lot of people I know, and it seems to be a very underrated problem that many people don't acknowledge like they do the hard drugs. My best advice to you is to workout every day, especially because you say this seems to help more, and workout HARD. I'm talking kickboxing, long intense swims, treadmill, etc. Intense cardio and muscle training will wear you out. I would strongly advise against getting on a sleeping medication, these are often extremely addictive. Maybe try melatonin, it is sold over the counter and can be a great aid in getting your sleep cycle back to normal. Go with the recommended 3mg dose (if you go too high on the dosage it can actually have an opposite effect and keep you up). Take this an hour before bed.
Remember that constant weed usage actually disrupts your REM and deep sleep cycles. This is why when individuals stop smoking they often experience very vivid dreams and deeper sleep than usual. If you were smoking a lot for a long time it may just take longer for your body to adjust back to sleep without marijuana to "knock you out". Don't stress too much about sleep though, eventually if you keep at it you will get tired enough that your body will stop resisting you. The worst thing is to get anxious and stare at the clock or worry about getting the hours each night, you'll just key yourself up.
Best of luck :)
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Thanks for the input.
For me a 20 mile rollerblade trip is enough to wear me the heck out. Did one at 6 in the morning yesterday and another a couple days back at 11pm. I suppose we all have different ways of getting this in. I was a kid of the 80/90s so I loved my rollerblading.
As far as sleep aids the most I'll do is drink tea at night, that seems to do the trick there. The one problem I do have is that when I do sleep the dreams are too intense that I can't get more than 1-2 hours sleep max, and keep doing this to the point where it hits 5 or 6am I just been waking up so much from crazy dreams I just can't get myself back to bed.
Melatonin just makes me dream more, so I gave up on that one a while back.
I just have to stay strong...it's tough when sometimes now I'm thinking, oh just a 20 minute trip to the 21+ place that has all my favorite stuff, but so far so good....about a month + without it minus one mess up, so I know I have no other choice but to stay clean no matter how ****** it is.
I wish it was all fun and games and that Movie reefer madness was just a lie, but alas I see the truth in that, at least for some people it can be just as bad as anything else out there.....sure I haven't seen people OD and die but I have seen people OD over time and go crazy because of the weed.
I'm just getting to the point where the special-ness of being sober is starting to wear off, so I must do what I can to remind myself everyday that being sober will always be better than the constant high I needed before. I wish I could function without weed and then smoke sometimes but that's never going to happen.
Thank you will be sure to keep ya up to date take care.