Chapter Excerpts

Contents

Acknowledgements	v
Preface	vii
Introduction	1
Hypnotherapy Recording	13
Do I Have a Problem with Cannabis?	14

Section 1 Early Days

1. First Love	15
2. Mistaken Identity	17
3. Protracted Adolescence	21

Section 2 Stoned Perspective

4. Beyond the Pleasure Principle	28
5. Fear and Procrastination	35
6. Boredom	39
7. Anxiety, Paranoia and Other Phobias	42
8. Me, Myself, I – Isolation and Depression	47
9. Cannabis and Relaxation	52
10. Self-medication and Medical Marijuana	57
11. Cannabis and Alcohol	62
12. Cannabis and Tobacco	70
13. Cannabis and Couples	77
14. Cannabis and Debt	89
15. Abstinence v Control	95

Section 3 Starting to Stop

16. Preparation	99
17. Quitting Day	127
18. Your Last Smoke	138

Section 4 Adjustment

19. Twenty-Four Hours	146
20. Seven Days	165
21. First Weekend	182
22. Four, Eight and Twelve Weeks	185
23. Okay so I’ve Quit, What Now?	193

Section 5 Recovery

24. What is Recovery?	195
25. Regret: A Wasted Emotion	197
26. Strengthening the Will	199
27. Monitoring our Moods	203
28. Socializing in Recovery	209
29. Understanding Lapse and Relapse	212

Afterword: Mad for it! Skunk and the Law	215
Clearhead Hypnotherapy Recording	222
Resource Section	226