i think i am a good case study on this topic.
brutally honest, i smoked weed daily for close to two decades, with minimum breaks here and there.
95% of the time daily, multiple times a day.
now i've gone close to a year without any form of thc and
-i don't feel any smarter...though my problem solving skills do seem a bit sharper...and from
what i've read, it could take a few years to fully recover anything that may have been fogged up
-my productivity at work is mostly the same...though i find i'm not as eager to leave work and volunteer more for
OT...whereas in the past, i was in a hurry to get home to get a bake on
-on days off, my productivity has gone down...smoking weed on a off day would typically inspire me to run, hike, climb a mtn, bike,
kayak, that sorta thing...now i find myself reading more (even as a stoner i still read about 2 books a month, now more like 4-5) and lounging more
-i feel a lot better in the A.M...smoking before bedtime def got me phoggy in the morning...now 4am wakeups are more crisp
meh