Stopped Weed & Cigarettes after 11 Years
No intention to get sympathy or preach. Just feel obliged to share my personal experience. Free will shall prevail. It's a cliche story with some extremes. Will keep it short.
2011 - Came to Blr for my first job in IT, from a small town, very fit, healthy, played regularly, hated cigs and alcohol.
Mid 2011 - Tried MJ with flatmates, cigarettes habit came free. It opened a new perspective of life I could not even imagine before, a magical dimension. It helped me enjoy and appreciate everything around me, even focus better and perform my job better. 2 + years flew by really quick and enjoyed it thoroughly.
2014 - The magic seems to wane way quickly now, I had to smoke more and more frequently. 4-5 joints a day were common and it went on for couple of years.
2016 - It almost became a necessity, I had got married but continued smoking though frequency was less, 2 joints a day.
2018 - Got a minor heart attack as a wake up call, stopped for a while but started again.
2020 - Got a major attack, doctors almost declared me dead, 3 out of 4 arteries completely blocked with tar/cholesterol. Somehow survived with 5 stents and with a permanent Heart Failure State. Heart working at its 1/5th capacity (EF 12%, search to understand what it mean).
I was like a 80 year old, could not speak, eat , walk & forget about stares, with constant cough.
2022 - I had just a month of life left, miraculously I got a Heart Transplant ( it takes months even years to get a heart).
So moral of the story - I can't imagine an alternative life I was not introduced to this divine medicine, i love it, respect it and don't regret anything. But now it was time to say goodbye. I never thought I could live without it but now it has been more than 40 days(longest) and I don't feel a remote need for it & life seems much better.
Moral of the Story:
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My friends, Use but dont Abuse!
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I don't blame MJ for my condition but bad quality mj (fuck the law) + Cigarettes were major factors.
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I have been very lucky & not everyone would be. Keep a track of your health, have regular checkups to avoid any complication in future.
P.S - I still do LSD n Molly on occasional basis. Would not mind smoking up some day but strict no to Cigs.
Posted Nov 23, 2022, 1:42 PM UTC · edited
OP I’m glad you’re considering staying clean. Sad that it took you 2 major attacks to realise that it’s time. I started smoking up when I was 16, but in the past 5 years I’ve been smoking way too much plus the lockdown hasn’t helped in any way in fact made things worse. Lately I’ve been coughing way too much and started losing weight drastically, got an X-ray done and the doc confirmed it’s bronchitis, it’s been a good ride and I’m seriously considering dropping everything.
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Nothing else can help but our own will power. After a time, I don't even have an idea why the fuck I used to smoke that shit.
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Thanks, appreciate it
Seems like the right way to proceed. Cut it off, It's just a mental trap but nothing else.
Do you know the fact that cbd medicines are the best for any lung condition! If you are in US/Eu/Canada doctor would have prescribed a cbd medicine by now! Don’t believe me, of you don’t want to, but at least do some research. We are blocking are holy ayurveda to do wonders by banning cannabis! The remedies are already documented in ayurveda, be it bronchitis or tuberculosis!
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