So a while ago I’ve managed to develop my willpower to the point where I’ve stopped using both of these things. But at this point I have no idea how to actually enjoy not doing them. I can just continue like this but I’d rather learn how to actually enjoy my life not smoking weed and drinking all the time instead of just stubbornly forcing myself to not fall back into it all of the time. Has anybody figured it out.

Yeah I just smoke weed and drink like God intended.

>>70828144 (OP)

Lololololololol

Anon, that's the fucking point of giving them up

You weren't actually living life fucked up on chemicals, you were just high



To be happy and fulfilled requires achievement, self respect, pride, people and living in the moment



Find a girl, build a life you're proud of, do what you said you wanted to do, and then once you're on track, start building your legacy with the next generation

I just turned 30 and had a couple deaths in my family. It’s made me do a lot of thinking and reflecting on my life, and I came to the conclusion that the only things I really actually care about (besides family and friends) aren’t actually my degrees and professional life, but rather being as physically fit, active, and healthy for as long as possible. So regardless of how I feel about the situation, step 1 is that all smoking and drinking must go. Nothing else can happen without that. But now I have to actually learn how to enjoy that choice

I'm sorry you're smol and weak, anon. Maybe you'll make it in the next life

Ya I mean I do have an astrophysics degree and I’m finishing my masters with a lot of relevant work experience through the program, but it’s come at the cost of substance abuse and being stressed out for the last 10 years

I realized degrees were worthless in college and now I make 6 figures sober, happy and fulfilled remodeling and building houses

I thought I wanted to be an architect but now I just do that anyway and then build them



It's a pretty sweet life

If it's not making you happy, why THE FUCK are you doing it!?

Well it was at first, because I was naive and watched too much Star Trek in my formative years and thought that if I had the ability to do so, then I had an obligation to. I wanted to drag society kicking and screaming into the future. But the world is going to shit and I realized all of my motivational goals are basically impossible fiction at this point. That’s why I put my money where my mouth is and switched to environmental science for my masters, I developed a method for studying microplastics, and got a lot of experience working on research vessels. That’s what I’m going to try to do once I graduate, because being an on ship scientist still requires your brain but it’s also very physical.

>>70828144 (OP)

Don't touch that nigger shit.

The weed makes it easier to give up the alcohol, so do that first and then cut down the weed, which is pretty easy in comparison since there’s no physical dependence component

Also if you’re actually roped into the alcohol get some etizolam (and a mg precision scale) so you don’t get excitatory neurotoxicity when you come off it. Makes the transition painless, just make sure you stop taking it after 96h or so
