Pixel knows where it's at. I did the same thing - smoked a bowl a day for a couple months, went chronic for a few weeks and then ran out of weed. I was tense for maybe five days, then after that I felt just awesome. Once you've been sober for a while you remember how great it feels, and you can choose to be a responsible smoker, or just go back on a weed honeymoon. Either way sounds good to me. I'm on a month-long break now because of my new tongue piercing, but when that heals in another two or three weeks I'll probably spend an entire week stoned before levelling off (coincidentally that's also the first week in my new apartment).

The only times I have ever felt guilty about smoking is when someone is ragging on me like I'm irresponsible about my habit. I'm not - in fact, I'm at a rather good place right now - but that doesn't stop me from feeling bad that I'm letting down a friend or family member. People need to realize that just because you toke, it doesn't make you a worse person for it.