What long-standing tradition, ritual, habit .etc have you finally parted from?

What long-standing tradition, ritual, habit .etc have you...

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Weed. Had to quit for an extended family holiday. I’ve had t-breaks like that a dozen times or so over the past 20 years, but was otherwise smoking daily. When I got home last September, I smoked a couple of bowls I had left behind and then just… stopped.

I don’t really have much to say about it. I don’t feel significantly clearer-headed or motivated. No profound physiological impact. Same as when I took breaks from it, had super weird and vivid dreams for a short while after stopping.

I’ll partake when I’m offered a doobie at a party, but I probably won’t go back to my old habits.

I think the reason I stopped is because I started taking (non-stimulant) ADHD meds a couple years back and the increase in dopamine made me just not feel like it anymore.

I’m super ADHD. Don’t take meds. High functioning job. Weed causes severe groggyness and widens my focus beam too wide. I need a sharp focus cone. It makes me feel stupid for 2 or 3 days. Raises anxiety. Not much it does help. Lessens motivation. I actually can’t think if any positives.
It would previous help me to regulate my appetite, helping with my comorbid binge eating disorder. I could get dopamine from smoking weed that I’d otherwise get from food. Of course, I’d usually get it from both, but having a good time stoned was definitely a fun thing for me that’d reduce my general cravings for other stimulation. But the meds are more effective (and specifically kill appetite as a side effect)
That’s very odd, but makes sense everyone’s benefits and side effects are so individual. I find it to be personally the sterotypical type reaction. It seems to excite my nervous system that already seems overwhelmed nearly all the time.