Hi @s_unrelax No no and no …don’t even attempt it weed s a bastard of a mind altering substance to give up and you will progress as you did with alcohol ,it’s bloody expensive cans can cost a quid or two at a time, weeds at least a tenner for fuck all .it cons you into thinking your safe with it because you don’t think it causes external harm it DOES. Motivation, life loving, people loving it will all be gone all you’ll be left with is paranoia anxiety and fuck all else… you have been WARNED ,look at our posts if you want to see for yourself .congratulations on wanting to be SOBER sobriety s great you can do it 
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Great share 
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Read around here, there are plenty of people that have used it and say otherwise.
It is your path.
My path in life as become exponentially better by being sober.
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And…
Are they really your friends? If they know you are struggling with addiction, why would they tell you another addictive substance is ok?
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I agree with others that replacing alcohol with weed is just another addiction. Your friends are wrong, I’m afraid. Of course this is your path and you are free to do whatever you want, but I think you should seriously think if you need weed, another substance in your life.
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Why not give life a try without any substances for awhile and see how that feels for you. It is definitely an adjustment and can shift a lot in your body, mind and spirit when you are substance free. It forces us to be with our selves, as is and not take the escape hatch. 
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I wouldn’t recommend replacing one addiction with another. You can get easily addicted to weed and if you would be replacing alcohol with it, it’s a very big chance that’s what will happen.
Also, the question is if you want to be sober or if you’re looking for another substance to avoid the reality. Because using weed will not help you to stay present or solve any problems. You’re just escaping in a different way.
Maybe it’s not what you wanted to hear. Getting sober isn’t easy. However you shall indeed replace alcohol with something, but not with a different addiction. You will gain some free time when you stop drinking and so it would be good to start thinking and discovering what you like to do. Fimd new hobbies, try new things, start to live! The life is awesome, believe me, you only need to find what is your drive and what you love 
Wishing you all the very best 
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Thanks all for sharing 
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Hi Sarath, I agree with all the others. Being on this site will help you I am confident. My experience is that the hardest thing is to be happy without substance abuse. Being completely sober for a good while finally eliminates the craving is the key for me. Then I don’t even think about it. That is the key, … go get to that point. It is possible, and I went the first 4 months of this year sober with the help of these folks. But then I had friends visit me, and crashed my record and now drinking and smoking pot each night to combat loneliness, which works fine, but then the next day is ruined with shame from hurting my body. Vicious cycle. Today is attempted day 1. Anyway, I found great accomplishment in my 4 months of sobriety and want it back so here I go again! Hope somethig in that helps.
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1 day is a great start, we can walk together
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I stopped using drugs in 97,i thought using drink would help me get through the loss of a buzz in my life but i ended up with drink problem which i only got a grip of 6 years ago,2 decades of life lost to drink,thats alot of wasted time.
Also theres a big chance youll end up looking for something stronger than weed after a while
Be careful,good luck
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I have done the marijuana maintenance program, it is where I discovered bipolar manic episodes where basically I partied with the demons in my head. It got loud upstairs, hundreds of voices, then thousands, then I had to deal with the ghosts of evil leaders who are dead such as Saddam, Adolf, et.al.
That is psychosis.
Soon I could no longer differentiate between right and wrong.
I ended up in a psychiatric ward for a bit of a stay.
They said it was for my safety and that of others.
I was white hot angry about that, holy hell they say, bastards lock me up like that.
Long story short it took me decades to work off those resentments.
Marijuana is a harmful, potent mind altering drug.
Remember, we were never going to become alcoholics either.
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What a great honest post I’m go glad You’ve shared with us where you went wrong what happened and what your doing to change .you seem to have a good understanding of how amazing “TRUE SOBRIETY “can be I wish you strength and happiness for your future stay on our sober train mate odaat 
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Don’t listen to your friend, im sure they dont mean you harm but its bad advice.
Recovery is clean living, avoiding mind or mood altering substances. I always ask the question, if you want to use something that alters how you feel … it doesnt matter what that substance is the question is why do you want to feel different? Thats the real question.
Recovery isn’t simply about not using substances, recovery is a journey of self discovery. In understanding yourself, accepting yourself the good bad and indifferent you will truly begin to love yourself enough that you wont want to abuse your true self and escape how your feeling by using substances that cause harm.
Friends oppinions on the type of substance isnt helpful to you. Staying clean and sober must be your priority and if addiction has caused you enough problems in your life that your here and asking the questions…your friends should support you not encourage using other substances.
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It’s really not harmless. I became paranoid while smoking all the time for years. I lost what I should cherish. Now it’s gone.
I tried to drink or smoke again when shit happened years ago, it made it even worse until suicidal ideas. Don’t think that being high wipe troubles away. It may, for a short time, then they all come back a lot stronger due to withdrawal. And it may not, it may make you feel even worse.
I may still feel like $π|√ but at least I know and remember why. Alcohol and THC were not escapes, they were the core of the problem
I wish you strength, it’s hard to quit, but it’s worth it.
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Very well said.
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Same. Weed has done almost the same to me
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Do not believe anyone who advertises weed, do not believe anyone who defends it. Its your mental health at stake and personally I never saw anyone who had a sincere weed smoking habit and didnt grow psychological issues.
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I’m down with that, and I did make it through day 1 successfully.
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