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I'm struggling with this right now. Using during the day is still an uncommon occurrence, but it's happening more and more.

The real issue I'm having with it is that I'm using pretty much every night. I come from the gym, take a shower, and grab the vape pen and sit on the couch. It just makes me so lazy.

I stopped cooking and just eat pizza and ice cream nearly every night. Thankfully my weight hasn't taken a hit. But it creates this cycle of not cooking, so I don't buy groceries, so I can't cook, so I just order in.

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Yeah exactly. Like a lazy night isn't the worst thing in the world... it isn't even all that bad. It's not like you're breaking into cars for meth money or drunkenly assaulting people. But still, do you really want every night of your life to be vape pen, Netflix, order pizza?

I don't really know the best way to kick the habit or to reduce it. It seems like different things work for different people. Maybe it would help to pick one week to go no-cannabis and see if you can do it. Good luck with whatever strategy you decide to go with....

What's your expience with cannabis that makes you think every weed smoker only watches tv and eats pizza?

They were responding to a weed smoker who claimed to do exactly that.

Just wanted to plug r/leaves . It's a great community that helps people figure out their reasons and quit.

Sometimes that means quitting for one week, feeling good and going back. But it has helped me quit for good and so much happier in life.

Just subscribed. Thank you

I would recommend abstaining entirely for 2-4 weeks. See how you feel. See how easy it is to do. That you should give the perspective you need to evaluate whether it’s something you want in your life or not.

I can relate to this. My solution was smoke if and ONLY if I have already made dinner. Friday and Saturday night are the sole exceptions.

Take a break before it becomes worse. Get a kSafe and lock all your stuff up for a week or two to shake your brain out.

I spent my whole 20s severely addicted to it without even realizing, and when I had to stop I felt like I was going crazy. Couldn't sleep, couldn't think, couldn't eat. It's really better to nip it in the bud.

it seems the problem is not weed or pizza or lack of cooking, but an overall lack of higher level goals. in this regard there's no real difference between gym + cooking and pizza + vaping. of course if you do have those goals and you are making progress, then sticking to cooking seems order for order's sake.

Even if marijuana is 100% responsible for your situation, there's no need to create a moral panic and project it onto others, like the parent poster & NYT article is doing.

What is the purpose of this comment? OP is describing an issue they're having with the drug. I imagine it's not an uncommon story.

That italic "if" reeks of a certain sort of sensitivity.

I mean, you are going to the gym, and you feel lazy? That’s a healthier practice than most people I know. Consider it a reward? :)

By gym, I mean Jiu Jitsu. But that's really just physical entertainment that consumes 1-3 hours an evening. If I'm back home by 7, what do I do with the time between then and bedtime? I don't know if not smoke weed.

sativa strains? force yourself to not use it for a few days. Also, if you do sit lazily on the couch watch some cooking shows (or something similar) so you can inspired for something to cook (or do) later when you’re not feeling lazy.

honestly sounds like you're having a great time lol

It's not a bad time. But I'm doing nothing. I spend each night channel surfing between YouTube, AppleTV, Hulu, and Netflix. It would be so boring if I were doing it sober.

I have a similar lifestyle.

I am starting to realize it's not laziness that's holding me back. It's full-blown burnout, stress, and anxiety. I have realized that I am actively avoiding doing anything to make my life better. Upon further inspection, I was doing this before I touched cannabis (about 1.5 years ago). If anything, cannabis just dulls my feelings down enough that I can keep my head above water while going to my dead-end and toxic job that I've been at for almost 6 years.

I know what I need to do and I cannot bring myself to do it. I am still trying to figure out why. Again, this existed prior to my cannabis usage too.

I would recommend that you carve out an hour once a week to try cooking some new recipe and try to get it into your routine. Preferably something healthy, but it doesn't really matter. Do the shopping on a different day than the cooking at first. Start simple, you're not trying to impress Gordon Ramsay here.

As someone who was in that exact situation previously in life - discovering new cooking techniques and finding small local grocers and ethnic food stores around me was eye opening. Local farms (or farmers markets if you're in a city) will have fresh, high quality nutritious products that you can work into ordinarily boring meals. Hell, even a BLT with locally butchered bacon, fresh lettuce and heirloom tomatoes is miles above anything you could get delivered or find at a chain store.

After that look into meal prep (doing bulk prep for multiple meals which saves loads of time), more ambitious recipes that require planning, and upgrading your kitchen tools and skills. Weed isn't that bad in the big picture, but going through life eating sub-par delivery food is no way to live.

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