What really got you to quit smoking pot? The thing that made you finally quit? Was it just maturity? Or was it some kind of trade off? Like, " Sure, I miss being high, but it's so much better [ ] or I can now finally/again [ ]." Do you even miss it?
I think it was a combo of breaking up with someone who was a huge pothead and finally realizing that it was definitely opposite-of-helping my panic attacks. I am at a point right now where I can get high like once a year and really enjoy it with the right friends and entertainments and snacks, which is awesome. I miss it in rare moments of blankness and unhappiness when I just want something that will turn off my brain, but then I force myself to remember that by the end of my daily-smoking years pot no longer even did that for me; it either made me go deeper into something negative or just made me fall asleep on the couch. I am not trying to villify pot here. It really does affect everyone differently and for some people it's just the ticket. For me it was a crutch and a hindrance. I used to worry about when I had children, how I would hide my pot habit from them or explain it to them or whether I would be able to quit while pregnant without going nuts, and I don't have to worry about that anymore, which feels nice! (Uh, not that I'm planning to get knocked up anytime soon.) But yeah, it is a tradeoff. I still have loads of bad habits (coffee among them!)
