Hello Everyone,
I would like to discuss my addiction to cannabis and the struggle I'm facing to quit. Yes, imo it is possible to get addicted to cannabis; I start smoking cannabis recreationally on/off about six/seven years ago. I guess I started because I was young and experimenting and it seems to run in the family; most of my family members smoked regularly so it seemed right to give it a try. After a while, I started to like it and pretty much from that point forward I was a stoner; flash forward to today and I still smoke at least nine bowls a day of the finest bud legally here in the beautiful state of Colorado. The problem is that things have changed and my life has changed I work a full time job to build our life; I'm now the father of three children and a husband to a beautiful wife. My wife partakes in smoking cannabis with me due to health reasons and she does enjoy it for recreational purposes as well. Our children are educated on it and know we smoke (we have a special room they are not allowed in) and understand why we do it. I like smoking, hell I love it but the cost is so high its quite a drain on us financially. I feel I have become reliant on it to cope with the challenges of everyday life; I can't seem to handle any stressful situation without running to the bong. So those are the two reasons why I want to quit but I can't seem to stop. I've been trying to quit for over a year and have had no luck I used to have no problem stopping after smoking for months at a time but now I can't go a single day without smoking. I've tried going cold turkey, winging myself off, out of site out of mind, etc. nothing works. Right now life is fine financially as far as bills go but all of our extra money goes into cannabis and we are stuck living check to check instead of building savings or investing. I don't know what to do so I thought I would start a discussion and get some experience with trying to quit cannabis. Were you successful with quitting? If not, why not? Did you struggle with quitting? How did you do it if you did struggle along the way? What new things are you trying to do if you still are struggling to quit?
Thanks