Posted by obsidian on February 20, 2008, at 22:33:13
In reply to Re: so soon I will have to live once again 'not hi » obsidian, posted by ClearSkies on February 20, 2008, at 7:03:51
> Maybe you can plan what you're going to do with yourself instead of smoking - you're going to need something to do to keep your hands and mind busy. When I was quitting my drinking habit, it was the habit itself that was hard to deal with.
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> So, if you haven't read a good book for a couple of years, go to a library and stock up with a pile of best sellers.
> If you like coffee or tea, make a treat of it and lay in a supply of some good stuff, or take the money you would have spent on the weed, and splurge on a coffee shop visit a few days a week.
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> It helped me to be able to plan ahead for those "danger" moments or hours when I used to be able to rely on being drunk or otherwise out of it, to have something 180 degrees in another direction planned, to keep my monkey mind busy. Because I knew if I was sitting in the house, thinking to myself, "I could be stoned right now...." then there'd be nothing stopping me from doing exactly that. Having some pleasant alternatives planned out at least gave me something else to think about, something else to do. Heck, I'd have a list as long as my arm of possible alternatives, just so I wouldn't be tempted to run to the corner liquor store... whatever works, you know?
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> I'm a solitary person, so it was never a matter of choosing different people to hang with, but it might be for you - you're making a different lifestyle choice here, and your old friends might not be as supportive as you'd expect. You do need to cultivate support in as many areas as you can in order to be successful (kind of a team effort). That's why NA meetings and AA meetings work so well - they are people with a common cause.
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> Wishing you the best! Keep posting!
> ClearSkies
thanks clearskies, there were a lot of helpful ideas in there
I am feeling kinda crappy right now.
I think sometimes that it's not a "good thing" to be smoking pot so much, but then again...I don't want to feel so crappy either, so we shall see now because I am all out!
(sigh)
be well,
sid
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