[stef25]

Are you sure you really need to quit? You mention the money you're spending on it as a downside but if you can afford it and don't plan on using that money for something else then that's not much of an argument. The "feeling of dependency" is not great but we're all dependent on many things. As long as they don't come with additional down sides then ... ignore it?

I quit cold turkey after decades of daily use when I was going to become a father. It gave me real brain fog and robbed me of the desire to do anything but go to bed. So the upside for me is a clearer head, better mood, less anxiety.

Don't feel bad for having this habit if there's no downsides to it. Maybe stay sober for a as long as you need to be able to compare the "stoned you" to the "sober you" and then decide what you prefer.

I envy people who can keep enjoying the positives sides of cannabis without suffering from the negatives!

[throwaway_weed]

Yes, you are right in many respects which are already familiar to me and my own long-held feelings about cannabis. Indeed I spent much of my life feeling like its relative benevolence was a reality that I needed to make more people aware of, if only to help destroy my (USA) culture's characterization which is widely employed as an pretext to jail people. At this point there is nothing external that has a strong influence on me either way. I simply am tired of it, and at the same time disturbed by the fact that I seem to have such a hard time controlling the habit.

I do also get 'brain fog' to an extent, but in my case it is far less of an impediment to thinking through abstract problems in depth, it's more that I simply get slower to come to a decision about anything, even simple matters. A compounding effect with ADD perhaps. As with many aspects of my cannabis use (and I suspect it goes this way with many drugs and many people) it seems to naturally enhance some of my specific strengths and also to equally naturally reinforce some of my weaknesses. I was known as a bright but inattentive child from very early on and none of my childhood friends were ever surprised that I grew to love cannabis.

Thank you!