Addiction Alternatives

Introduction

If you've been smoking cannabis and want to cut down or stop, you may be finding it harder than you expected. Plenty of people have found it difficult to change their use.

This booklet is based on their experiences and presents the kinds of things they found most useful. Some of the ideas may work better for you than others, but that's normal, since everyone's different. We hope you find this a useful starting point; you may find solutions we don't even mention here.

Throughout the booklet, there are points where you can stop and think about what is going on for you.  You may feel you don't need to complete these bits, but we encourage you to give them a go - we sometimes get a lot more out of writing stuff down than just thinking about it.

Before we get into the nitty gritty of it all, think about where you're at right now:

I believe I have a problem with cannabis because…

The best thing about changing my cannabis use would be…

The hardest thing about changing my cannabis use is…