Hello all, I’m new here and four days sober. I’ve smoked for 36 years but since it became legal I’ve been a chronic smoker. Looking back I can see the toll it has had on my life and I find it crazy that I hadn’t considered that until very recently. I’ve had trouble staying asleep and when YouTube videos came into me feed that suggested pot could be the cause I looked past them. Denial is funny because I consider my self a very rational person. So I decided to quit. No side effects except for a tiny headache on day two and insomnia. I’m a pretty healthy guy but this is next level sleeplessness. I can feel myself falling asleep but then my heart rate jump and I’m back to square one. Getting about five hours vs the seven I’d get using. What can I expect going forward? Will it get worse before it gets better? Am I in for two weeks of this or three months? Will I relapse and at what point is that risk at its highest?
My life has to change and perhaps this low point I’m experiencing can be viewed as a gift if it results in the major shift into sobriety.
I want a better life. Better relationships. More ambition, creativity and productivity. Right now I have no close friends and I’m unemployed. It tears me up now that I don’t have weed to fill that hole.