30 Days Without Weed: The Journal I Never Planned to Keep
I didn’t plan to write any of this down. I just started typing on my phone when I couldn’t sleep and then I kept going. By the end I had something close to a…
Quitting Weed Changed My Life — But Not the Way I Expected
I didn’t have a breakdown. There was no rock-bottom moment where I looked in the mirror and decided to change. I just stopped. And then I waited for my life to…
I Quit Weed for My Kid. Then I Realised It Was Also for Me.
My son is four. He’s the kind of kid who notices everything. What you’re wearing, whether you seem distracted, whether you actually laughed at the thing he…
What Nobody Tells You About the Second Month of Quitting Weed
Everyone warned me about the first month. The sweating, the anger, the not sleeping. I braced for it and it came and I got through it. By day thirty I was…
I Thought Weed Helped My Anxiety. It Was Causing It.
I have two kids under five. My evenings, by the time they’re both asleep, look like the aftermath of something. Toys everywhere. A sink full of cups. My brain…
I Quit Weed After 20 Years. No Big Moment. No Drama.
Twenty-two years. Every day, sometimes more than once. I worked in trades — plumbing, mostly — and weed was just part of the rhythm. Mornings before work…
I Smoked Weed Every Morning for 8 Years
I smoked weed every morning for eight years. Before coffee. Before my daughter woke up. Before the day even started, I needed to be high just to feel like…
