r/Petioles • u/Decent-Tangerine1114 • 15h ago
Discussion Successfully cutting back so far
It’s almost been a week since I started smoking only after 10pm, allowing myself to hit a roach at 4pm or 5pm on some days. I was smoking spliffs all day everyday, and I would put the roaches in my bong to finish them off or just straight up smoke a spliff out my bong sometimes. I would wake up, smoke two spliffs cause one was never enough, and continue that probably every 2-4 hours.
I ended up in a forced cold turkey due to circumstances I could not control, but I didn’t want to go back to running through a 3.5 every 2 days, my wallet was truly suffering. Since smoking only at night, I’ve noticed the introspection I loved about weed so much returning. My highs actually feel like something now, which I’m enjoying. The days are a little bit hard to get through because I have a nicotine dependency, but I’m on pysch meds, and I refuse to hit nicotine outside a spliff since nicotine itself already fucks with the absorption of my meds. I’ll typically just sit in my car, read, or fuck around on my phone and cravings settle down.
I feel much more confident about myself but I know I could slip back into chronic use if I don’t rebuild a strong sense of discipline. Matter of fact, I want to smoke right now. I haven’t eaten all day and typically use to just smoke whenever I did get hungry to kill my appetite, so I know thats why I’m having cravings. Yet, after I post this I’m going to eat instead! Hooray, wish me luck friends.
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u/tonevizion 9h ago
Nice work, a week of only smoking at night is a real change, especially after all-day spliffs. The hunger thing you noticed is a great catch too. Eating first and treating the craving as a signal instead of an order is exactly the kind of habit that sticks. The returning introspection is a good sign that your tolerance is dropping. Keep the 10pm rule simple and don't add exceptions, the roach at 4pm is where it tends to creep back. Proud of you for going and eating instead.