So I gave up...

[Suu]

For the record: IT IS DIFFICULT.

Especially at night before bed when I'd like to be done thinking for the day.
I've also noticed waking up with a clenched jaw and an all-day headache.

You must have been smoking A LOT then. Typically you don't develop a physical addiction to THC.

[Salty]

 
Well, yeah. Quite an awful, hideous lot, actually.

I think it's stress though, the jaw thing.

[LMNO]

For the record: IT IS DIFFICULT.

Especially at night before bed when I'd like to be done thinking for the day.
I've also noticed waking up with a clenched jaw and an all-day headache.

You must have been smoking A LOT then. Typically you don't develop a physical addiction to THC.

Flip it around:  His body produces stresses that pot normally covered up.

He's not smoking, but the stresses remain.

[Captain Utopia]

It's a sad thought, but I think the effect of it is just to make you think your ideas are great.

It does have that effect, it's not always an illusion though.  Some wacky ideas have turned out to be breakthroughs in various projects.  That said, the year I spent smoking every single day was probably my least productive period, although my flickr page from that time shows I was planning something bizarre.. god knows what though, since I didn't keep notes.  Probably expanding quantum consciousness!



In other words, congrats Alty!  And there isn't much else that can be said about the difficulty not smoking up at night, except that it does get easier.

[Suu]

For the record: IT IS DIFFICULT.

Especially at night before bed when I'd like to be done thinking for the day.
I've also noticed waking up with a clenched jaw and an all-day headache.

You must have been smoking A LOT then. Typically you don't develop a physical addiction to THC.

Flip it around:  His body produces stresses that pot normally covered up.

He's not smoking, but the stresses remain.

Ahhh, gotcha.

Yeah dude, that will all pass. Think of other ways to calm yourself before bed to help. A hot bath, reading a book, drawing or painting or sewing 16th century garb. You know, whatever works.

[Salty]

Totally. An additional reason to quit was to get off my ass and get to work on the 2nd draft of THE BOOK.

[-Kel-]

I'm going to quit as well. I've puffed since i was in high school. i was going to quit after getting my degree in May. But it does make me very lazy. That or buy a vaporizer. But i think ill just quit for now and maybe take a puff here and there a party when it suit me.

[Salty]

I acquired a vaporizer recently. It made it a lot worse/better depending on your viewpoint. I sure felt more like a zombie, which was the desired outcome at the time.

[Salty]

My next step is to NOT substitute with beer.

Used to be, I'd have one or two every other day and be good. Now, two or three just disappear like magic and I crave MOAR.

Must watch that as alcoholism runs in my family.

[Salty]

Then again, many of the villages in the North Slope are dry, so I may not have a choice.

I don't think I've been totally sober for more than a few day at a time for nearly a decade.

Shit.

[-Kel-]

ill probably subsitute it with exercise or lots and lots of vodka

[Salty]

ill probably subsitute it with exercise or and lots and lots of vodka MEAT.

Fixed for clean living.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

1. My desire for employment that pays enough money for a car and an education (for it's own sake.).

Aim for a full-time job at a university, most of them will offer free tuition to full-time staff.

[Salty]

I've been keeping an eye out for jobs that I qualify for at the Uni.. There was a sweet data entry position, but it got scooped up before I could even finish applying.

Good advice though. They even let you take classes on paid time during your shift if you can prove that it adds skills valuable to your position. I wonder how far I can bullshit my way through a degree with that option...

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

They even let janitors do this at many universities. I would suggest applying for everything you feel you are even remotely capable of doing. Cast a wide net.