This milestone means so much to me because when I decided I never wanted to smoke again during my second week of sobriety, I was watching youtube videos of people documenting their quitting journey who commonly said that the three month mark is when things start to get noticeably easier, and the benefits really start to kick in. 3 months felt so far away and impossible for me at the time!

Month 1 was one of the hardest months of my entire life due to the abundance of intense withdrawals and depression I experienced. Month 2 was when I finally felt mentally and physically better in a way I never had before in my 13 years of chronic cannabis consumption. Month 3 is when my life really took off and I was starting to accomplish goals of mine that I've had for years that I never knew I was ready to face and conquer.

I am going into month four on such a high (no pun intended). I rarely, if ever, get cravings to get stoned. What is strange is that I sometimes have vivid dreams where I get stoned and forget that I'm not a person who smokes weed anymore, which puts me in a panic until I wake up and remember that I still have control over keeping my sobriety. I guess my subconscious needs more time to fully adapt!

I feel so liberated and free from the ball and chain that was my weed addiction. I still continue to have ups and downs in my life as always, but even when I'm in a slump, I don't have any instinct to self medicate with weed. I just think about how much more upset I would be with myself the second I got high that I let myself down, and that feeling is enough for me to never want to smoke again.

I can't wait for more growth, clarity, confidence and fulfillment to come! Suddenly hitting the one year mark seems almost like a given at this point. For those who haven't hit three months yet, I hope this pushes you to keep going. It gets SO much better the longer you go without weed, trust me!