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Although my situation isn't too comparable aside from the drug itself, quitting for me was a 7 year saga. I think the isolation may actually have some benefits when it comes to quitting, for I struggled greatly with people around who also smoked. I had to reestablish and redfine alot of my friend relationships due to a lack of disipline of being around them and not partaking. Finding activities that are not heighted/more fun while high was useful to me. Since weed was and still is mostly illegal in australia, i made the most progress when I pursued getting a girlfriend. Luckily for me, i'm attracted to fairly straight laced women, so being high/talking about getting high was not condusive to that pursuit. Exercise and sleep are big ones, since for mt they seemed to go hand in hand for the progress of the other and making you less irritable and thus more unlikely likely to seek pain numbing. Like others have mentioned here, get it out of the house, if you require a card to get it (for auth), slice it and dice it. Best of luck!


In my situation, being very much settled into mid-life and a whole house I only have to share with my very tolerant partner, I don't have the same aspirations that discourage heavy use. However I do think that during this time of increased isolation I've benefited somewhat from what I call the Groundhog Day effect – i.e. every day is so much the same that I can't help but notice the iterative effects of all these little choices I'm making. Even if I don't do anything about them I'm far more aware of them then I was when I was constantly mixing with other people and their other issues. I supposed that's kind of what brought me here today...

Thank you!




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