Hey guys, I started smoking cannabis habitually at age 15; 15 years ago. As a result I’ve done nothing in that time except record 50 albums on guitar/bass/piano {which I’m proud of} & complete hundreds of video games {which i am not proud of} I believe cannabis can be a great thing in moderation but it ended turning into a prison of the mind & causing nothing but anxiety & self-hatred.
7 days ago I decided enough is enough & quit cold turkey, which has been easy apart from complete loss of appetite & chronic insomnia. My concern is that now that I’ve broken free of its hold over me I am becoming more social & finding myself in situations where binge drinking is the social norm. I don’t usually drink, but when I do all of the problems I have kept to myself come out in the worst way. Self deprecation & suicidal thoughts {even though I know I would never do that to myself}. It’s worth noting that my entire childhood I watched my mother over-indulge in cask wine & cry & physically abuse herself on a regular basis. I don’t get violent in any way but i’m pretty sure some of that rubbed off on me to a certain extent.
So my question is how do I stop binge drinking & know when to say when? Because without cannabis I don’t want to touch a playstation controller ever again & I can no longer be content being a recluse.
Sorry for the long winded post & I would appreciate any advice.
Work on your music is what I’d suggest. As for the over drinking.. u just have to work on not going out to get smashed. It doesn’t sound like you have issues with it right now but you should probably avoid the situations or people that party that hard. Or it will easily be a problem.
Thanks, that’s good advice. Precisely what I’ve been doing, I didn’t want to cut these people out of my life but I guess there’s no other choice. It would be impossible to deal with their antics sober anyway
Someone dear to me was addicted to hard drugs.. when they stopped that person lost people who used as friends. Turns out.. they weren’t good friends for not understanding. Try giving it time or even get some really weak beer or na beer if that might help. Only you know if it’s a problem or not.
True, it’s just one friend I don’t want to lose & he happens to be the worst. Always ringing me to join him in his debauchery. I’ve been saying no & making excuses but I just realized I should be trying to help him instead of avoiding him. The last thing he did was spit on my wall & then claim I was the one that did it {After a whole bottle of Jamaican Rum}. Had to throw him out of the house but he’s clearly going through serious issues & dealing with it in the completely wrong way - by lashing out at his best mate
