One week free of weed

I don’t post much on Reddit at all, but feel like sharing my small accomplishment.

It’s been a full week with no THC. I decided I want this year to be different and promised myself to go the full year without weed (and hopefully beyond that). I’ve quit for a week or two here and there and abstained to pass drug tests in the past, but this attempt feels different.

So far, I’ve had very little cravings to smoke or eat edibles (my preferred way), which is surprising to me. It’s almost like my body is rejoicing that I’ve stopped dulling it with getting high. I’ve been using for about 8 years, more or less daily. I’ve always been able to hold a job, get my responsibilities done (more or less), and overall not be a dummy because of weed. But looking back on it now, I could’ve been and done so much more if I hadn’t been getting high all this time. I also didn’t want to consider myself an addict, but I definitely was. Actually looking back, a lot of negative things that have happened to me (lost relationships, bad mental health, mediocre job performance) can be directly attributed to weed.

I’m only one week in now. Like I said, very little cravings. And I haven’t had too much trouble falling asleep, which I know is a common issue. But I have been experiencing more than a normal amount of lethargy during the day and sort of a “depression-lite” mood. I hope this will clear up soon. I’ve also been having internee, vivid dreams. Not so much nightmares, but dreams where I would wake up in the night and have to lay there and process what just happened for 30-60 minutes before falling asleep again.

I wonder if many others have had a similar detox experience to this and can share how long it took them to return to their normal energy levels (and beyond) and when my mood will lift again.