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Franco takes a break (a short one anyway....)

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Alright, here are the facts:

on Tuesday 31 January at 22:00, after a huge Cheese joint, I decided to take a short break from smoking cannabis.

How short, I still don't know. For sure I am not going to last too long. Maybe 3-4 days, maybe a week, maybe 2... not longer, I know it already.....

I just like it TOO MUCH!

And now the explanation:

I started smoking cannabis in 1989. Since then, I have smoked cannabis EVERY DAY, except for:

- 7 days in March 1998 (I was in the hospital)

- 14 days in October 1999 (I was in the hospital for 7 days, and feeling like shit for the next 7)

- 7 days in March 2011 (during a bad bronchitis I decided to see if I was able to stop, just to prove myself to myself)

So, let's put this down to the math:

in the last 22 years I have been smoking weed for approximately 8035 days, and NOT smoking it for 28 days (or 0,3% of the days).

I am not far from reaching the 40 years old milestone.

I think it's time to prove myself that I smoke cannabis because I like it, and not because it's just the norm in my life.

And the best way to do that it's to stop for a little bit every once in a while.

I decided to start this blog-entry to share my experience and my feelings with the community. After all, nobody can understand better than my fellow tokers....

And now on with the chronicles:

DAY 1 - waking up knowing that the only breakfast will be a cigarette and a glass of orange juice is not really appealing. But I am determined to do this. The day goes on, I am really busy at the office and I manage to get to lunchtime without too much stress.

After lunch I really struggle, so I allow myself 2 cigarettes in a row.

My colleagues don't know I have stopped weed, and I am not telling anyone for the moment. Avoiding the subject is the best way to not think about it too much.

The rest of the afternoon goes by fast, but then comes the hardest part: the evening.

I eat a nice dinner, play with my kids, then go out in the garden for a cigarette. I am really, really close to giving up. But I don't.

When the kids are in bed I try to distract myself with iPad, TV, iPod, iMac, and Nintendo. It's not enough. I am literally freaking out. My heartbeat is slightly faster than normal, and the palms of my hands are a little sweaty.

Who said weed is not addictive? LOL

Time to go to sleep. I smoke one more cigarette, then lay in bed wide awake for a couple of hours before I finally pass out.

Hard day. Really hard day. But it's normal, it's day 1.

DAY 2 - I woke up less stressed than yesterday. It's all in the mind... ;-)

Even though it's -7 degrees outside, I decide to take my Ducati because today it's the last dry, sunny day of this week. Tomorrow snow will come.

I have an appointment at the Coffeeshop in the Haarlemmerstraat, and I am really scared that I am not going to resist temptation. As soon as I arrive the sweet smell of weed penetrates my nose, and my soul. My appointment rolls 3 joints in 30 minutes, but I don't even blink. After 15 minutes I walk outside and smoke a cigarette. Now everybody start asking me why I am not smoking joints, so I have to let the news go public. LOL

After the Coffeeshop I go to the office. There nobody knows yet, and this makes it easier on me. I smoke 2 cigarettes in 20 minutes, then dive into my work: writing articles for the new issue of Canamo Magazine, and helping the designers produce new banners for Powder Feeding.

It's now past 15:00 and I am doing a lot better than yesterday. Hopefully tonight will be also a little easier than last night....

Tomorrow I'll let you know.

And now let's talk money: who wants to bet on how long I am going to last? Who's gonna be the official "bookie"?

Can I bet 10 Euros on myself for a 7-days-clean strike? How are the quotes?

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

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Dust

niiice that's what i'm talking about even my girls don't have heaters at night loool!! That's some careing ;)

Yeah man i won't forget ;) now let's hope wallet won't neither lool, hopefully i'll have some moneymaker to fill it :P

Congrats for day 7 man keep it going as long you can ^^

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Romeu9

Nice challenge would be a photo of you next to someone smoking joints :D

Clean Franco next to a big challenge! LMAO

Respect, keep it up!

We need this! :)

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Shanti

hey franco my limit is two - three days after that i go loco :-)

why ever stop ! live once live it well :-)

wishing you all the best Alex

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franco

LAST NIGHT I SMOKED MY FIRST JOINT IN 15 DAYS.

I CAN ONLY SAY: AMAZING

I was not so stoned since 1989 I am sure.

It was Exodus Cheese of course.... what a flavor, what a trip....

it's good to be back.

LOL

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Chronic Grower

man i feel for you there ,i smoked every day since 1995 from first thing in the morning till last thing at night even if i woke up say 3 in the morning i would have a jont rolled ready to send me back asleep.

i did try to stop a few times for the purpose of me being incontroll but failed because i was surrounded by it . it wasnt till i moved 100s of miles away from my home town did i stop smoking weed for 6 months but the love for growing started me off again but i dont smoke as much now only at evenings and maybe only 1 or 2 joints

when i take my GSD a walk but i get to stoned to fast now my tollorance is low :) i do feel im the one in controll and not the other way round .when i run out of weed i never buy it off anyone just go without a few weeks till my plants aree ready,what i tent to do is cut down well before i run out of weed to make sure i have it if needed lol. peace ppl

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Mykol76

Hello Franco,

I see that cannabis is the perfect friend who can help in any situation just put it to good use,

bisognia but always keep in mind that excesses lead to excesses, I am almost 15 years that smoking cannabis, I have made even the longest of the long break was when he was 22 years I was engaged to a girl,who was studying in my home town, was very nice and had the strength to get me away from cannabis.

But as the months passed I realized that this was not my life and I was andanto against my will, or perhaps even against my own nature, and from then on I started to attend my beloved marijuana and since then there we are no longer separated.

I remember perfectly when at the age of 18 years, I had a nervous breakdown, had been the elderly and panic attacks very strong and I felt depressed when I left home I felt I was in danger a very bad experience, caused by a habitual use of exstasy.

From that moment I decided to stop using any synthetic drugs, and I started to treat me with cannabis without the help of doctors or psychiatric drugs.

Within a few months the symptoms had disappeared I no longer had tachycardia and panic attacks.

Remember, anyone who smokes ganja never gets old! hehe

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mikeandnaomi

Dude - your awesome. Hold out and when you get back - it'll be kinda like the first time. Well worth the wait. I call it CURING myself...

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phayze

hi franco ive done 4 yrs without a smoke after 19 years of smoking but watching you arjan and simon on strain hunters and you and arjan on you tube growing the flame inside is burning again time to grow reap and smoke thank you for putting me back on track ive missed it soooooo much happy days to come

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cable

 Franco  i see you smoke cigarettes since you throwing self in to this  storm. you should  switch from cigarettes  to e cigarettes this will help you keep your mind off smoking pot . when you start up again you can start dropping  the nicotine   in your e cigarette and slowly stop smoking .  40 ...before you know it your 50  and then what .your a rock star now .you need too ride that wave all the way to the beach  . well anyway you'll come out of this on top

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