| My name is Chris Sullivan. I am the founder of | | | | and Chong lifestyle. Nowadays of course there is |
| quitcannabis.net and author of The Joy of Quitting | | | | nothing you or anyone else could say to persuade me |
| Cannabis. My motivation to quit marijuana, pot, weed or | | | | to put a filthy horrible joint anywhere near my mouth! |
| whatever you want to call it, was because I had | | | | That’s because I eventually quit: |
| gotten into a rut of smoking it all day, every day. Late | | | | - Without using willpower |
| at night or early morning, utterly convinced I enjoyed it, I | | | | - Without dwelling on the disadvantages |
| would sit, roll and smoke joint after joint. As the years | | | | - Without substitute drugs |
| rolled on cannabis seemed more like self-prescribed | | | | - Without the feeling I was making a sacrifice |
| medication to keep me calm than the fun, recreational | | | | - Without psychobabble or gimmicks |
| drug I once considered it to be. Knocking on my | | | | And so can you! |
| dealer’s door became a symbol of need and at | | | | I will not lie to you - it is of course true what the |
| times desperation. I often looked like I had been | | | | pro-campaigners say. There is no annual recorded |
| dragged through a hedge backwards and I completely | | | | death rate. There is no such thing as a cannabis |
| lost my self-confidence to communicate with even my | | | | hangover or comedown period. There is obviously little |
| closest friends. But the dread of existing without my | | | | chance of you waking up in a derelict drug-den with |
| treasured cannabis fix was enough to force me to | | | | hypodermic needles littering the floor alongside |
| abandon each and every attempt to quit. | | | | ashen-faced drug addicts. But without getting all |
| Improved health is of course a guaranteed benefit of | | | | ‘Reefer Madness’ about it, those facts are only |
| quitting but it was equally important to me to be able to | | | | half of the story. |
| enjoy myself socially and not be stalked by pangs of | | | | Whether you are concerned about your mental or |
| temptation after I quit. Despite feeling unhealthy, | | | | physical health, the financial cost, the drudgery of living |
| sluggish and a slave to cannabis it bothered me that | | | | your life stoned or because you want to distance |
| quitting meant living a dull and dreary existence. I | | | | yourself from your current lifestyle, your reasons to |
| assume, like me, you DON’T want to be miserable | | | | quit are as credible and worthy as any. |
| and vulnerable to temptation after you quit either. Who | | | | Quitting cannabis the right way is not only incredibly |
| would? | | | | easy, it is incredibly beneficial and even enjoyable. |
| Back in those days I lived the classic comedy Cheech | | | | |