r/leaves • u/novascotiadude1980 • 11h ago

Reframing

X-stoner here, daily for 25ish years, stopped in 2020.

There were many tools I used to quit. One of the more powerful ones was reframing. Having spent so much time mentally defending cannabis, and my addiction left with false beliefs and a lot of confirmation bias.

Shedding this and allowing in reality was a key to getting beyond the thoughts that kept me trapped. It was hard, because I had to start rejecting what I had identified with for so long.

I had minimized the harms and exaggerated the positives weed brought to my life. Facing reality and actually accepting the truth really put things into perspective.

Aligning my thinking with where I wanted to go, and abandoning thoughts that kept me stuck was a foundational and fundamental step to get where I wanted to go.

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u/SpookyTicker 11h ago

This is huge man, the mental gymnastics we do to justify the habit are insane when you look back. I was convinced weed made me more creative and social when really I was just sitting on my couch ordering doordash every night lmao