My *Disturbing* Motivation Behind Quitting POT...

[@AddictionMindset]

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[@SacredSilence-OG]

Never!!!

[@ChetManly2047]

4 months sober from Cannabis. Was an all day everyday user for 20 years. 🙏

[@mchankerhoff853]

I’m over four months now without weed. Life has become 1000 times better. I don’t miss it at all anymore. I’m almost one year no alcohol too. I’m 45. I partied too hard the last 25 years.

[@Thelayzeexdawgg]

What help you quit weed?

[@mchankerhoff853]

@@Thelayzeexdawgg chs was killing me. The fear of feeling that bad again was the only way for me. Lots of disc golf and going to bed early to get through the initial boredom but now I don’t miss it at all and all my friends still smoke. Life is way better for me now.

[@Thelayzeexdawgg]

@@mchankerhoff853 im not ready to quit but when i do i just gotta tough it out. I quit cigs this year at least. Thanks for info. Have a great day.

[@Bennydoesntknow]

⁠@@mchankerhoff853same with me I’ve been smoking since I was 11 now I get severe heart pain and was in cannabis induced psychosis for a while. I hope you stay off it man our love are much better sober.

[@joeshmoe3907]

Quit smoking weed 3.5 years ago, hands down one of the best life decisions. I have so much more fun doing small things in life, am much more financially stable, and landed a stable career allowing me to live comfortably on my own. It took a long time for weed craving and withdrawals (yes, withdrawals) to go away but once they do, youll never go back. Good luck friends

[@kayh8160]

Hell yeah those withdrawal symptoms aggravating as hell

[@CoryPlaysDrums]

I've now quit Alcohol, cigarettes, and weed all cold turkey. I think the biggest thing about it is that your mind and body have to align. You have to want to quit for you. You also need strong mental fortitude. Life is conditioned to make people think the things we addicted to are making life more fun, more enjoyable, and inclusive. You must learn to embrace pain, struggle, and discipline and welcome the challenge of quitting. To me, it feels like I am David, and I have defeated my own Goliath, and now I feel more confident that I really can do anything with this life simply with the right mindset and preparation.

[@jeffmiller5869]

Today is 30 days clean. After failing every other time. It feels great. Good days and bad days, but I just focus one this day, and if this day is bad, I may focus on this hour or even minute. You chunk it out and like the video, your mindset becomes “what if” what if I can beat this, what else am I capable of. But your foundation must be sobriety first before you can build a good life. Listen someone in your life is counting on you to do this, they’re hurting because you are failing. Be the person to them that you needed in your life that you didn’t have. It really is simple, it’s your daily habits and your mindset. Beware of your old friends, get comfortable being uncomfortable and alone. Embrace the suck to get to the other side. God bless

[@whatwhywhenthen]

It amazes me how toxic addiction is. You go through hell, quit, and then relapse. Then you're in hell, you go to the darkest places and eventually quit. A month or so later, you romanticize about the drug again, your brain says "oooo just 1 would be lovely" you forget about all your past pains, the troubles you went through Then bamb!! Your back I wish you could do an episode about this as i feel so ashamed, and maybe if i understood it, i could be a better me x Thanks Dr Frank

[@AddictionMindset]

I got you! I made one on self sabotage I think it fits this comment well but I will make another for ya!

[@whatwhywhenthen]

@@AddictionMindset love you man .. xxxx

[@DiligentDopamineDude]

This video is a HUGE motivator. Thanks, Doc

[@ohFitZz]

From cannabis?

[@wholemommy]

I think of it as a demon trying to lure me into a lower version of myself. It's not me failing, it's me choosing to give in to harmful entity entrapping me, or not. Doing a parasite cleanse w wormwood or taking ivermectin several times per year I feel helped me not want, not give in to cravings. Parasites give us thoughts to feed us to feed them what they want. Jesus helps me a lot. Best wishes.

[@TheAquariumDrizzle]

Im 11 days clean! Going strong.

[@jarris4274]

7 days weed free 💪🏽, thanks for the community you provided it’s helping

[@paragonka]

5 weeks off THC. I used to put a lot of things off when i smoked. Now i'm catching up and it feels like i don't have enough time in a day for all of the activities. Listening to around 12 hours of your videos has certainly helped a lot!

[@CrystalDawn1991]

How did you quit?

[@trxllest98]

Just found this channel and I'm high right now- pretty sure I need help. Graduated valedictorian in highschool, 3 years at a top university and completely derailed because of personal trauma & addiction. I'll be 26 in just a few days and I've smoked %99.5 of the last 8 years of my life. I've become extremely apathetic towards life and nothing feels substantial anymore. Emotions don't feel raw. "Subconscious rot" like this gentleman once so poignantly stated. I'm going through life on autopilot, like looking through a glass window. Unfortunately I've convinced myself over the years to continue down this rabbit hole. I want my ambition and motivation back. I want to be reliable and committed again. I want to FEEL again- I want my life back.

[@ItsHix]

Dr. Frank I made it to 60 days today clean from Cannabis. I am so proud of myself. You helped a lot with your channel. I now have the motivation to get back into my hobbies and bettering my life. Hence why I now have my bmx channel to promote positivity loving life and working hard. 😊

[@AddictionMindset]

60 days in look at that!

[@ItsHix]

@@AddictionMindset 60 days and counting. 💪🏽

[@Fredolil]

Nice bro keep going 💪🏽

[@tamzar2440]

People who are quitting -“” just do something “””” -- keep asking yourself - what can we do to keep getting thru this -- clean clean clean your closets drawers floors nails cupboards - cook something new / read * ✝️☝🏾

[@vdizzle18]

That is exactly what I am doing. Lol I'm a caregiver and the house is a mess from depression and being high. This morning I said I will clean til I can't clean anymore. Then reward myself with spending the weed money on groceries to make a nice meal.

[@siobhancoates2043]

14 months clean from pot and alcohol. Your videos really helped me!!

[@PuppyDog30565]

Day 9 today and I can thank you for all of it! Please keep going! You are a gem in this place and so many people need to hear this!!! We should create an awareness group to be able to talk about this at schools and other public events! If I had known of this sooner I wonder if it would be different

[@moonriver78]

A week free from cannabis. I have psychosis so I'm glad I quit.

[@juliemayfield7598]

Congratulations this is my first week from smoking weed. I quit cigarettes like a month ago.

[@LuisGarcia-ff7mw]

I went 5 days then took a micro miiiicro tiny hit and immediately felt ill you got this man we can do this shit fuck it 💨

[@saberswordsmen1]

How you doing 4 days later?

[@moonriver78]

@@saberswordsmen1 I'm actually okay! Thank you for asking. I appreciate you. I was very tired for the first few days after not having edibles, but whenever I am tempted I say "I can't take this, I have psychosis". So far so good. Marijuana is a business overall. The flavors, strains and effects are what tempts people to spend money, but not every effect is desirable. Some of these marijuana businesses should mention that when they provided items to purchase, but they won't for a reason. I was buying so much damn weed and built up such a high tolerance that I couldn't get high anymore. I also know people that use weed and cocaine, I don't know wtf they are doing and why they decided to do that instead of getting proper help and they are all like me: severely mentally ill. I feel in order to start again with weed I'd have to be on more/proper medications and that's not reality so...I'm glad to have quit. Have a nice day ☺️

[@saberswordsmen1]

@@moonriver78 hey thanks bud, glad to hear. Still in the first week myself... had an awful panic attack (my first) with intense derealization that drove me to quit. I was scared enough that cravings have been nearly non existent so far, but the anxiety has just been crippling so far! It's more manageable day 4, but man, that first day, I literally could not leave the bed without shaking like a leaf in 10 minutes. Always looking to hear people who are on the other side of the worst of it already lol. Thanks for responding, I appreciate it. 😊

[@Kitunae]

Tomorrow will be one week for me. I'm so friggin bored today. I just want that cloudy headed feeling. Ugh.

[@kayh8160]

😂

[@PackJaget]

I discovered your channel last night and I’m so grateful for all the work you do! I went 7 months sober before relapsing again and this is my 2nd time raw dogging sobreity now, it’s a lot harder this time and I’m coming to terms with the accountability and the damages that weed has done to my life… thank you so much for you content! It motivates me to keep going! You’re the man!

[@PackJaget]

Day 4 btw ❤

[@james3341]

This is amazing I feel like I’m killing myself with carts and I’m just falling downhill rn, I love your channel/ positive truly relatable addiction content is rare and the content I take in rly helps to keep me on track. You’re helping so many people god bless

[@jaredbaine7551]

Hey man I'm 11 days free from weed your videos helped me when I was feeling low keep up the good work bratha

[@MindfulScott]

Thank you Addiction Mindset for creating this sober community. As a newly sober person I have many feelings and things to go through and Dr. Franks perspective and advice is very much appreciated right now. As my thinking is becoming clearer I'm realizing that my ability to interact with the world and be be confident in my decisions is improving. For example: Two days in a row I had some dramatic situations happens to me. Usually when I was high those situations wouldn't have bothered me as much because I would have been stuck in my own bubble and in my bubble everything was ok. Now when I'm faced with stressful situations I thought I wouldn't be able to deal with it. But now I'm able to be more confident with the decisions I made and also not to hold on to the stress longer than I should. This is my new motivation, to be able to deal with the things life throws at my the way I know I should. No longer will I use weed as a crutch, or to maintain confidence, or to escape the stress of life. This is my mindset, to care for myself and have the confidence and ability to care for those around me and in my life.

[@Boardexify]

I’m starting to listen to you more. I keep stop & starting. Both vapes & weed. I want to stop but I easily get stressed & it’s a way for me to step back. It’s shit. I love the gym & lost 10kg since I was last in shape. My eating habits are shit. I really want to start working out again & maybe even running. I feel like my addictions are holding me back

[@rfrantzt]

I want you to know that you are incredibly articulate, and I thank you for using your superb communication talents to share these insights.

[@AydenZoromskis]

I hit a blunt today after being clean for 12 days and I feel horrible about it. I know for sure I will never hit a cartridge again.

[@Thelayzeexdawgg]

Thanks doc i killed cig problem.

[@EUCvibes]

Day 2 .. thank you

[@AddictionMindset]

Anytime! Thanks for the support on the channel

[@Hithere-dc2qx]

Hardest part is the morning for me. I've never been the type of person that had a really hard time getting out of bed. I was forced to quit this time around because I went into a bad psychosis

[@SimGTAandCOD]

I do miss cannabis I hate to say it but I guess life goes on

[@littledrewboo]

Thank you for your videos. You have inspired me time and time again. My last craving i wanted to smoke so badly but i remembered some of the advice you have given in numerous videos and it helped me stay strong as well as remember why i wanted to quit in the first place. You help me feel not alone.

[@2REAL0523]

2nd day sober, let’s go

[@Youarelovewalk]

You’re a hero Dr. Frank

[@raulmarquez9206]

Day 9!!! You guys got this just gotta have the right mindset 😎

[@bennewman4675]

If vaping wasn't around it could be possible some people might have totally quit by now and not be puffing on anything. It could all so be possible for vaping to make some people take longer or never totally quit. Some people might have totally quit if vaping wasn't around

[@AddictionMindset]

Both points here are correct actually

[@GrantHilliard]

Thank you sI’m much for your content Today make day 3 for me Getting through the first day was the hardest

[@fryni12]

Well, it's day 11 for quitting nicotine and alcohol, and DAY 1 for quitting weed ! I have to tell you Dr Frank, I also want to be part of this 3% , I really want it and I am going to make it!! Thank you for the "disturbing"motivation! Much love from Greece!! 💝💝

[@felixh5748]

Literally, in the same boat as you, quit for similar reasons. Succeeded, but I just can't help but feel like it isn't a big accomplishment, not to be disparaging or anything. I feel like getting rich in today's society is 10x harder than quitting weed, nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, etc. Maybe someone can help me be not such a doomer lol

[@scuzzbucket8485]

Quitting again starting tomorrow morning. Went 8 months before relapsing pretty hard.

[@donsa]

i totally get what you convey in this video. i'm happy for your success it got me thinking, what if there is more to getting sober than just psychological/physiological withdrawal? your story seems to involve some ambition to get sober, that moved you forward am i wrong if my ambition is being able to enjoy things without getting corrupted by them? some people get really deep into ascetism. i don't think there's anything wrong with that fundamentally. however 99.9999...% o people settle for some kinds of pleasures in life, most of which corrupt a portion of people, but not all of them. i'm in a sober streak right now, in part by choice in part not. it's really good to experience cravings going down and feel in control. exercising the joy of sobriety, patience, some kind of stoicism. but, what really makes me happy is knowing that the more in control i am, the more i know i will be able to indulge into things i like without feeling possessed by them. it's a weird kind of indifference. so even though i can get through withdrawal, etc, it seems that this "ambition" i have limits me from ever getting to where you are. that's what i mean by saying maybe there is more to it than withdrawal effects. some people carry really negative emotions and vices are a way of slowly committing suicide or something of the kind. i wouldn't say the biggest hurdle for them is withdrawal, but something deeper, that limits them from ever even doing the first step, that is, entertain the possibility of being sober. i'm not one of these people i think, i just seem to not feel satisfied with the prospect of committing myself to lifelong sobriety. it kind of makes me sad, even though i know i can get through many more days of sobriety right now. i don't say this from a place of craving, you know? i like to think of myself at 90 yo being able to smoke some tobacco while enjoying an evening with my family, as ridiculous as that may sound anyway thank you for your content, you really do open my addicted mind to the possibilities of sobriety, and maybe this wall of text is myself resisting that, but deep down i feel it might be something else that is genuine. something that recently rang with me, in line with what i've been saying here, is a lecture by allan watts, "don't let the devil know". i hope it is as impactful for other addicts as it was for me.

[@Zachary_333]

Cannabis is a bitch to fully quit, it shatters your auric field when heavily smoking. Like a shotgun blast through your energy field. Been a longtime smoker. Was a profesional surfer, now i want to become a navy seal so this shit has to become a reality for me. At least i have a why, god bless. Cannabis is something that must be respected or else she bites back.

[@yuliabondarenko9037]

SUPER!!

[@llewellynnaicker]

What an amazing person.. i stopped smoking cigarettes for 2 years now and i stopped weed for 2weeks now. I am having trouble as i was be dependent on it... do you suffer from nights sweets when quitting?

[@WhatsThePoint01]

15 days and zero THC. It’s been an interesting ride, but also a confusing one. THC drastically improved my IBS, my anxiety, my adhd & extreme OCD tendencies. Now that it’s gone, all of that stuff is back. I am feeling more and more like the old me mentally. But not in a bad way. My brain fog is getting better too. But I do miss the benefits it gave me. I wouldn’t mine very very small 1mg/2mg edible doses to help. But I don’t want to get back into the loop of heavy use and edibles that made me see space. I went from once a week for a year too every other day, to everyday. Increase the strength of the edible or the blunt for the high and the extreme body calm. I also don’t want to be on multiple different prescriptions either. The struggle. Thoughts? Advice?

[@jordanmccann1082]

Can you talk about dealing with night terrors? Im not sure why I'm killing people/ getting hunted by people that I know. It makes the withdrawal process a lot more overwhelming. Thanks.

[@LivingNatasha]

I need to quit. I've tried over and over

[@djmckaytv]

"Once you understand the way broadly, you see it in all things". - Miyamoto Musashi

[@donnapecoraro6859]

I wish you could do a daily video

[@brandwilliford5829]

6 days without... Struggle is real

[@nanamc8295]

What do you use as a replacement besides fellowship 😮

[@donnapecoraro6859]

10 days now. I had my first relapse dream. But at least I slept.

[@tellysims]

I just got my medical Marijuana card. I'm clean from opiates since 2017. Cannabis helps with my panic attacks. Benzos are the only thing to help and those are addictive.

[@Carl-kl6xh]

Dr Frank I’ve been smoking for 2 years now carts mainly everyday, my pen broke Its time for me to FINALLY quit I dont feel anything anyways the high is not there anymore although it’s hard I know I can do it tips ?

[@DDA532]

2 days a go been clean for 2 months

[@bennewman4675]

I didn't see it said POT sorrry I thought this was about quitting anything

[@AddictionMindset]

It almost more so applies to quitting cigs/ vapes to be honest even more so than pot

[@donnapecoraro6859]

I want a cigarette so bad. I feel like I lost my best friend. Triggered by the fact that I just got out of the hospital and everyone is telling me what I need to do and what I can't do. I'm so close to a relapse.

[@Jolaland]

I absolutely love your content, ❤ Thank you, Dr. Frank 🎉

[@seeforever77]

Day 55

[@bcnonken]

😊

[@ohFitZz]

9% of users get addicted to cannabis. It's all about people, their mindset and how long and how early they started smoking. You put weed as "quitting drugs". Shit, when I was arrested I had to forcefully quit and it was a month of shitty nightsweats, shitty sleep, nothing bad. Nicotine? I quit for 2 weeks, had no withdrawals nor cravings but I started smoking again after landing in the hospital. Idk man the way you talk about quitting cannabis you're tryna make it sound like it's same level as opiate

[@robertoslays6251]

This was beautiful man really

[@tomikaze777]

Do you have any THC sponsors? What's some good flower you'd recommend smoking?