Write a `Goodbye Letter` to your substance (marijuana) of choice.

GOODBYE LETTER TO MARIJUANA

2006

Dear M .J

It 's been a long time

I just wanted to write this letter to tell you that this will be the last time you will be hearing from me . And I thought it would be best for the both of us if I told you why . I admit we had great times together - really smokin ' times ! We were young and we never really felt the need to think about where we were going end up in future . Those days are over

I

want to thank you for the laughter , the food trips and all the things that made life seem easy . But looking back at those times , I realize that they were all just make-believe . We pretended that everything was going fine but I didn 't know I was giving up on many of the dreams that used to be very important to me . I gave up my dream of becoming a professional hockey player . I used to believe in myself . I remember that once , I was a man who had the confidence of a king . I knew back then that if I tried hard enough , I would be an amazing athlete people would look up to someday

Then one day you pulled me down and told me to forget about all these things . I fell for you so fast and so hard that , in time , I was no longer my own person . I became too hung up on you and I allowed my happiness to depend on you and you alone . Everything else became unimportant . I spent all my time and all my money on you and what did I ever get out of all this ? Today , I 'm in a job that I hate in a place that I hate even more . Instead of ending up in a rink where fans would shout out my name , I somehow ended up in jail where the guards would do the same . Where were you during the hardest times of my life ? Did you even care what would happen to me ? Did you ever really help me to become who I wanted to be

I 've made up my mind . I know that if I stick with you , things could only get worse . Twelve years . Twelve years is a long time to be dependent upon someone you know will only make your life a living hell . I want a better life . I want to rediscover old dreams or find new dreams before I 'm too old to even try . This is my time , not yours . This is my life not yours . I want to become something more and I just know I can 't do all these things with you holding me back . So I 'm going to have to let you go

So here I give you my last farewell

I just thought you need to know

Goodbye forever

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