A Month is Too Much

[shadow_moses]

I've been clean for a solid month now refraining from my usual pot smoking, even the drinking. In the last month I've made it through two family deaths, my mom getting a divorce from my step dad (which cut my last ties with all my old friends), and a lot of peer pressure.

I had quit previously for the job hunt, then realized i couldn't get a job do to other problems, then quit cause i was hurting a friend of mine (emotionally), and i've been clean since. But now my friend isn't much of a friend anymore, i get withdrawls, i have access, and time, not to mention an empty house for 10 hours a day.

I'm so close to caving, if someone could help me, rather it's realizing a reason i missed, or even just a helpful trick to avoid the cravings. (Which are the worst, like driving through a skunked area that smells like pot, or being around people smoking, the paraphinilia, and all my old equiptment.)

[byee]

Well, gratz on you for making it a month, esp. given all the major changes and stresses that go along with them! :)

I think the best 'trick' to continue is simple reality itself. You've accomplished something remarkable, you've stopped doing things that are self destructive to you, and you are well on the road to recovery. Keep that in mind, keep reminding yorself that you are stronger than these urges and that they are not good to give in to, and give yourself a giant pat on the back. It's not often that we master our own demons.

[Blazin]

I think I may have the same problem as you, well nearly. I'm used to smoking about 3 times a day but I have been trying to stop, its day 2 and i'm getting crazy depression and I dont know if I can go any longer without smoking.