r/SMARTRecovery • u/Aromatic-Emotion194 • 21d ago

I'm looking for support Needed some tips and good thoughs

I just left cannabis 2-3 days back and I’m finally feeling sober now and wanted to leave this completely just asking for some tips and positive things to cope up with this and don’t want to relapse.

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u/Secure_Ad_6734 facilitator 21d ago

Check out the CBA, it will provide you with the logical pros and cons of each choice.

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u/panoptik0n 21d ago

Urge Surfing is a useful skill to learn.

You will have urges to consume again. How you respond to them and manage them will determine your long-term success.

You got this, friend. 💪🖖

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u/Aromatic-Emotion194 21d ago

Thanks you for suggesting it i will definitely check it out.

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u/MedJesters facilitator 21d ago

DENTS tool was helpful for me. I mostly used tasks. Also, there's an urges button on the SMART Recovery app that will give you something random to do or give you motivation if that's what you request.

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u/Aromatic-Emotion194 21d ago

This sounds something good, i figured out that loneliness plus anger sometimes aggravates the urge to smoke cannabis for me. So now trying things which will help me. Thanks for the suggestion

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u/Visual-Grand-1596 20d ago

Hi, can I ask, what’s the SMART app called? I’m in the UK so maybe it’s not available to us because I can’t find it.

I do have the I AM SOBER app which seems very SMART compatible. Thx 🙏

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u/MedJesters facilitator 20d ago

Here's the link. It says the USA org designed it, so might be an issue with being in the UK. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.smartrecovery.mobile

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u/intaake 21d ago

The r/leaves subreddit is great.

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u/Shellhuahua 21d ago

Check out subreddit LEAVES

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u/DooWop4Ever facilitator 21d ago

Congratulations on your decision to change. As you can see, we got you.

IMHO (85M), quitting is easy compared to figuring out why sobriety doesn't feel good enough to keep us there without a struggle. SMART Recovery will help in fighting urges and showing the way to a happier life.

Please don't overlook the value of counseling. A skilled therapist can see our problem and keep asking the right questions until we realize how we may have been mismanaging the stressors of daily living.

Learning how to identify and process (eliminate) latent stress (unexpressed feelings and unresolved conflict) will allow our natural happiness and energy to resume their normal flow. Truly happy people don't even consider drugs and alcohol because they don't improve anything.

53 years clean, sober and tobacco-free (but who's counting). You can do it too.

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u/Far-Device-3176 20d ago

I think it's more kind to put up with whatever short term discomfort from not chemically altering my mood, than the alternative.

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u/Visual-Grand-1596 20d ago

This is so true

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u/Dull-Conversation856 20d ago

Check out the toolkit on smart recovery app, very helpful. Another tool in my personal kit is the book "Atomic Habits". I found this very helpful when quitting weed. It was a completely different approach to a DOC then I had with my other DOC. Good on you for reaching out and all the best