What Quitting Actually Feels Like
FreeReal messages from people who stopped battling. Plus my reminders in your inbox.
Oriya.
stop battling. start remembering.

You're not addicted to the habit, just the story.
For thirty years I hid behind substances and spiritual tools. The more I battled, the stronger it got. What set me free was not a better fight. It was picking up the pen.
The habit is the prop. The battle is the plot. The way out is creating, not fighting.
Today I make daily videos on how to stop battling and start remembering. You bring your questions. I answer.
Instagram followers and reach as of Nov 5, 2026. Testimonials counted from the comments and messages I read.
19 messages
My note: βDon't beat yourself up. We all have our journey.β
βOn day 2. Last night was rough Feeling goodβ
βI quit 2 days ago. I think I needed to hear this so thank you good sir.β
βToday is day 2 of my 30 no weee challenge and this video was exactly what I needed. I've been battling every day with the decision, decided to make a plan and stick with it. I wish everyone else luck on their journey. Thanks for sharing ππ»β
βI'm on day 3 without weed,and to be honest, I feel more free now.... I'm not blaming the plant, but my nervous system is resetting... I'm doing a lot of breathwork as well ππ»β
β6 days off weed, my mouth feels good when I wake up, my dreams are POWERFUL and my rest actually starting to feel like rest. Day 3 was hardest for me, I really was not myself... so very interesting!β
βI stopped for 3 days and realised just how much of my life was cantered around it. And I had a lot more time on my hands.β
32 messages
My note: βDon't wait for the cravings to go away. Love the cravings.β
βπ I get your vids just as I wake up and as the sun is rising Just perfect π Has first (pleasant) dream last night, it's the start of week 4 and I had random people giving me compliments yesterday I am so feeling it βοΈ Thanks Oriyaβ
βThis is great. I hear you. I just quit smoking week after 40 yrs daily use. Life is so much better!β
βThank you sir, you Will finally make my free weed week happen after 3 yearsβ
β8 days now! Haha Very interesting that with the weed being gone, the coffee consumption correlation...it seems that addiction has also lessened. I still drink it, but it doesn't feel like a necessity, and I can feel that one will drop off soon..β
βOver the past 10 days, I have reduced my consumption from 3 grams a day to 0.3 grams a day. Soon I will be at the point I can take some days off. What I was afraid of was the entire crash out. I would like to slow walk.β
βπππ Today is my 23th birthday π and today I'm also completing 10 days without cannabis ππ» you're helping me a lot in this process,thanks ππ»β
13 messages
My note: βTraining wheels are important.β
βI'll be a year thc/cbd free in August! I love my feelings now π no judgment on those who indulge. After 45 years, I feel...β
βThis is the second message from you today that really resonates with me. Mary J was my constant companion for almost 30 years. I've been hearing that voice on and off for at least 10 years. Whenever I tried to stop, even though I didn't really want to, it never worked for long. Now I've reached the point where I don't want it anymore. It's only been three weeks, but it's different. For me, it's also partly due to the environment I live in.β
β51 days of no cheeba after using very frequently for 22 years and I have never felt more liberated and happy. No urges to go back to it. I was Addicted and I will gladly admit itβ
βSeriously... I've been trying to release the "need for weed" for 20 years. Something about the way you word it and the reminders you give to stop fighting it helped me to just, let go. Maybe not forever, and not for a certain period of time. It's just not right now...β
βStoped for 30 min after 20 yearsβ
βDaaaamn as someone who has smoked daily for like 18 years. Obviously, have tried and failed at quitting weed. But this completely reframes it i love itβ
20 messages
My note: βI want to see you sober and high.β
βTrue!!! I'm sober and high too at 42... after using substances (especially weed) to be high. This sober and high is so liberating. I feel so much freedom without being in need of any substance. No alcohol, no tobacco, no weed, nothing... and it just happened itself... as you say, all has its timeβ
βI resonate with this, been like that for last 15 year and just getting free again, thank you ππβΎοΈπΆβ
βI quit smoking and I feel amazing I eat better and sleep better and could do much more π₯β
βThe universe sent you to me as I begin my sober Journey to it's end point. I wish I could meet you. Your energy makes me feel like I can do itβ
βoh but it's so nice!! I put down the smoking and the weed has followed, at least mostly. now I have all this space and freedom to do the things I've always wanted to do and they're just naturally being doneβ
βWhen I decided to quit it was literally like a light switch. From one day to the other and I consumed myself in healthy addictions such as peps and gym. Idc what anyone says. If I replaced one for the other my health and well being feeling are top tier right now and I'm soooooooo happy. πβ
14 messages
My note: βThe craving is stage fright with a lighter.β
βtook the training wheels off a year ago, it was rough and hard at the start but life is so much better now.β
βOhh nice one bro. Your word been cutting through my noise. I've been persistent in my focus on my truth and it's working. I feel so sacredly high.β
βThat has been my biggest fear as well! I just turned 43. You encouraged me to rip the bandages off, drop the "spiritual training wheels" and do the hard things! And it's working, brother!β
βEver since following you, I'm actually want to leave weed behind. I am bored. I want to create. I've faced my demons. I want to live and experience life and every moment of it.β
βyes...same. I am struggling with sobriety too and with each passing video I feel a little bit more comfortable with the idea of dropping the drugsβ
βYour videos have been so helpful to me, and through that, helpful to those around me. Your presence is 100% the medicine! π«Άβ
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My note: βI know every day we start again.β
βAMEN! I've stopped twice in the last 2 years for about 6 months each time.. I feel like I fell back into the habit right before I was about to strike gold. No more!β
βI want freedom but I'm seeing this video with a joint hahahaha that sucks! I'm bored of the up's and downs.... I've stopped for a few days... but idk how to really do the work consistentlyβ
βI need to stop. I did stop for a while and then started again after a retreat and I was like man, this feels awful. Thanks for the inspiration always.β
βI feel like this tipe of reasoning behind your videos finally reach my receptors and might help me finally do it, for now is too soon as i relapsed many times by never understood it do way do it now after started following you.β
βI failed my t break i start again today thank you bossβ
βi relapsed twice since watching u and I always knew u are always here for us anytime, u an example of being consistentβ
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My note: βEvery war begets more war.β
βThank you for helping me identify the addiction to beating myself up I have had my entire life. Steps forward can finally be taken. πβ
βfor sure! Yeah I thought I was filling a gap when working from home and then got the dog and got stoned with the dog lol. Yet after battling myself for so long it was a breath of fresh air hearing Oriya's perspective.β
βOne thing you've been helping me with is to stop fighting myself. I am beginning to innerstand.β
βI threw the nic vape away because it made me want to battleβ
βYour 'stop battling' concept is absolutely life changing β¨β
βThere's so much right with this take. Many of the things I've overcome in life were because I simply decided that wasn't me anymore.... After battling it for years. It was so simple, yet so complex all at once.β
18 messages
My note: βStop battling. Start creating.β
βI waited 16 years to start sharing my music and sounds , since I started smoking , I felt I wasn't ready, then i quit and felt pushed too share even with imperfections I won't ever stopππΈβΎοΈπΆβ
βThis was so helpful as I have been trying to write for 6 years nowβ
βI took the training wheels off because it was just like that. When I flew it got really wobbly and I got super paranoid, but I'm writing a book now putting my energy towards something I could be proud of.β
βIm gonna get an old 2000's phone, in Tired of distractions, not being conscius and not living my days with heart. Thank you, you confirmed Many intuitions i had about my issues and you have helped me so much in so many things. The best path is never the easiest. I hope you'll have peace.β
βYou have no idea , your videos helping me to finally start doing YouTube . I'm finish writing the content I want to postβ
βI'm here to createπand you are really helping me realize thatβ
9 messages
My note: βThis is your reminder. You're not alone.β
βYou're the only one that really helped me, better than therapyβ
βI love you man! Genuinely been feeling a deep change since youve came across my algorithm. Thank youβ
βBro stop showing up on my feed whenever I feel like taking a hit... ((jk keep going π thanks a lot))β
βI just want to say thanks. Your content has helped reframe my relationship with weed, and has made me realize how over the years i slowly creeped into dependency.β
βYour idea of "nopeamine" has worked better than anything for me for quitting weed..... it's has actually made it fun to quit. I feel powerful!! Thank you!!!!!β
βYour videos have helped me so much in realizing what I want from myself and I just want to thank you.β
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