I quit marijuana. I am sober. Happy Thanksgiving.
Yesterday was my last day being a marijuana smoker. I ran into my ex-dealer at my local pub and he smoked me up.
I have not had anything today, and I don’t have any left. I do not smoke pot anymore. I am healthy. I am healthy. I crave health.
I have been at this stage before, but I have always relapsed. I know that this blog and support from internet community will help me achieve my goal permanently. The plan from here is to write daily journals of my progress, and more detailed posts on specific techniques or concepts that are helpful to me.
Days Sober: 1
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I have been at this stage before too, and today am on day one myself (with my partner).
The longest we have lasted being sober is 4 months, and it felt great! Why I keep going back to smoking is beyond me.
So, cheers to us and good luck for the future!
Thanks Tani,
Feel free to follow along with me on the process. The first month is going to be the hardest. I will have to find some new friends and activities to fill the void.
I will.
I know I don’t want to smoke today at all (day 2), but I am worried for my partner as he had a very very bad night last night and may want to smoke. I won’t mention anything to do with weed, so that may help us get through. We usually both feel a lot better after the first few days, and are a lot nicer to each other, which makes sobriety a lot easier. The issue we always have is thinking we can occasionally smoke, which is not true, and I aim not to fall for that one again.
Good luck with finding some new activities. I am starting a new job this week so that should be fairly tiring and distracting.
Hi Tani,
If you have been sober for a while, then decide to smoke again, it is not the end of the world, you are allowed to make a mistake without going all the way back to being a total stoner.
What has happened to me in the past is that I DO think it is the end of the world, get depressed for my ‘failure’ then self-medicate with more weed. Brilliant I know!
Dont be too hard on yourself if you slip up, slipping up and backsliding are two completely different things.
Having a partner should help, as long as you both discuss what you are feeling. Keep in touch!
I have favourited your blog, and will indeed keep up with it.
Strength in numbers!
Hi i will begin soon to quit, i am an old time stoner. something like this blog is what we needed, makes me wanna make my own in spanish.
i have suffered a terrible addiction for 20 years now.
i will quit soon when i begin youll hear from me.
congrats on the site.
Sounds good Cholo-Barco,
I look forward to hearing from you and good luck. I’ll be there when you are back.
im an 18 year old who has been toking it up for the better part of three years now and just now realizing how much my weed addiction has messed up my life. Im glad I found this site.
With this site, you have progressed more than i, as an addict in denial, have been able to after trying to quit my daily habit for more than a year now. Smoking everyday is what i live for… i live on the toxins… replacing those delicious and harmful chemicals with NOTHING at all is difficult but the way to go. It’s the right path.
I don’t like the drugs but the drugs like me.
WOW, it’s about a week into my cold-turkey quitting the sweet canabis and I CAN’T SLEEP! I’m cranky, tired and frankly depressed. I don’t know if what I’m feeling is normal or if I’m going crazy. Honestly, it wasn’t my choice to quit but it’s so dry here that I haven’t a choice. I’d would like to quit but I think maybe smoking is covering up some unresolved issues that I don’t want to face. B/c every time I hit the sweet stuff, I feel SOOOO much happier. I’m 29 years old and have smoked religiously (besides being pregnant) for over 15 years. I’M GOING NUTS HERE. I mean maybe if I had someone to go through this with it might be easier but I don’t and haven’t in VERY long time. I must admit after reading through the posting on this site, and hearing that insomenia was common with quitting cold-turkey has givin’ me SOME sense of hope and relief. But I tell you what, if it passes and thing do start to get better (which I can’t forsee) then praise the lord, there is hope for me yet!!!!!!!!
MY ADVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO QUIT IS TO TAKE UP JOGGING OR RUNNING.. THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES YOU RUN YOU WILL SEE THAT YOU REALLY NEED THE LUNGS AND THAT YOU ARE JUST DAMGING THE BODY. RUNNING ALSO CLEARS THE MIND AND IT WILL SOLVE THAT SLEEPING PROBLEM, RUN A MILE AND THAN TAKE A SHOWER AND I PROMISE YOU WILL SLEEP LIKE A BABY. CALL ME CRAZY BUT SIX WEEKS AND ABOUT 25 MILES LATER I FEEL GREAT EVERY DAY I WAKE UP I FEEL BETTER AND MY HEAD MORE CLEAR.. THNIGS ARE FINALLY GETTING DONE AROUND HERE…
Hey all. This is my “Day 1″ too!!
After years of being a “weed smoker” (which is a very polite term) ive decided that my brain, my spirit, and my health need a rest from it.
Basically i think back to that time when i was a kid, before i had even heard what marijuana was, and i liked that innocent vibe i had more than the “driving to dealers and risk arrest” vibe.
So today is Monday, i made the decision days ago, even weeks ago..this is the date.
I feel a bit pressurized by myself to accomplish this. So that fills me a slight fear response, fear of failing, or relapsing into a binge that leads to the habit again.
but in the extreme fore front of my mind are the negatives to smoking..and hopefully they keep me on track.
id like to use this site, to blog my progress, maybe it will even help me.
im sorry you stopped smoking weed, that sucks.
because BLAZING IS CHILL
Hi..today is day 5 for me quitting weed. The first two days were soooo difficult..but i have never felt so alive! Mind u i am sleep deprived ..but at least i am living. I swear i would toke and curl up in a ball and cry myself to sleep. I was severly depressed. So i went out and got a new hair due..quit weed and i have never felt better. I really hope i never go back to it again..its not worth it..esp.after the hell i had to go through. My first day of quitting..i cried..ALL DAY..for all the horrible things i have said to my partner..i feel cleansed now. And alot stronger emotionally. Good luck to all of you..i know how hard this is..i was smoking heavily every single day for 7yrs. ONE DAY AT A TIME!!!
I quit four days ago and I’m still a mental wreck. I sure hope there is a light at the end of this LONG tunnel. My health and job were suffering after 35 years of daily use! So far, it sucks donkey logs, but I’m committed and determined.
I am gonna give it a good try ladies n gents
day 1 for me was today, not a hard day at all, got smoked out last night off of a half quarter of juicy fruit and i woke up n felt better than good.
I will stay updated because i have a feeling my withdrawals will begin kicking in in the oncoming days
UPDATE: WTF its 7 :32 i checked the time like 2 hours ago and it was 7 TIMES GOIN SLOOOW
Today will be my last day of smoking. I am going to smoke a blunt to myself, eat my meatloaf dinner and resolve to quit in the morning. The problem is that I pretty sure I have done this quite a few times. I found a few quit smoking weed programs that all sound kinda kooky. I have to quit because I’m a nurse now and I didn’t pay a ridiculous amount of money for school just to mess it all up. I’m glad I found this site. I’ll be back.
its day 1 for me and i dont know how its gonna go, just know that its gonna be hard but hopefuly it will get better if i can just make it through those rough, boring, depressing spots…
Ok, weed isn’t crack. It’s not gonna make you rob your neighbor, but……Weed will make all sorts of trouble for your day. Yes, it’s nice to be constantly stoned. People can sense it though, people know when a person is not 100% and being high definately drops your intellect a few notches. Ok, so you smoke the good stuff, me too,…you’ll find bags of g-13 or diesel or some sorta haze all day at my house. Still, I’m a stoner, smoking railroad track crap, or the newest funkies hybrids grown in state of the art facilities, I’m as stoned as the next guy. Not today though, first day sober in a LONG time. It’s going well so far. Two more months, and then I’ll be off parole. Will I pick up then,….probably not. I’ve been smoking for like ten years now on parole, getting drugs test, all the while smoking. The stress was unbelievable yet I still got high. Now, two months to go on a ten year sentence and I’m quitting on my own. Damn, I love pot, but….I love being sharp more. Thanks
I just had my last toke of WEED less than 30 Seconds ago…WOW…is true?
is this a joke? marijuana’s not physically addicting. I’m a masters student in biochem so don’t try to convince me it is. generally the only addiction a person can have to marijuana is the addiction to the feeling. we all love feeling high, but don’t make it out to be like you’re struggling like a real addict; retards all of you. stop whining and grow up
I just turned 20. I smoked weed once or twice a month back in high school with my buddies. Casual thing. After highschool, pretty much all of my friends (including my girlfriend) all moved away to go to school.
I’m attending college in my hometown still, and I noticed that for the past 3-6 months. I’ve been smoking weed almost everyday.
I do well in school. I’m socially accepted. I’ve been playing the guitar since I was 12, and teaching guitar since I was 17. I jog, I eat healthy, I work out. I’m a good kid.
I’ve made the decision to try and go 30 days without smoking pot (or at least 30 days of not smoking pot by myself). I found once I started smoking by myself, Weekly, slowly became daily.
At school lately my head feels foggy. A little slow and out of place. This is when I’m sober. This feeling came around after about 3 months of smoking everyday. It would start out as a “30 minute morning” thing. But after 5 months or so. This fog lasts like 12 hours upon waking up.
When I’m high I feel great. I feel normal. I’ll play guitar for 2 hours and be the happiest man alive.
I think the key here is moderation. A hot shower feels great after a nice long hard day. But if you were to stand in a hot shower all day, every day. Problems would occur. Same with pot. Same with eating McDonalds. It’s a sometimes activity.
After this 30 day ordeal. I will probably stick to smoking once a week (by myself) and smoke with my buddies whenever the opportunity arises (which will probably be 2-5 times a month over the summer, and then stop in September)
…so ya, lotsa rambling. I’m gonna go for a walk now and clear my head. 29 days to go!
Hey, randomly came across this site when looking for some help with quitting, some helpfull info here so thanks to all that have posted advice/personal experiences.
When i was 15 i was arrested for selling weed, naturally i was a heavy smoker, after that i had no oppertunity to pick up so choosing to quit wasnt the problem that time lol. Since then i was clean for about 3 years until i went to university
I spent about 9 months smoking approx £20 a day and doing f all else.
Nearing the end of the year i decided to quit, after going through the whole insane cravings and suicidal depression phase i made it and was once again reasonably mentally healthy
Unfortunately it didnt take, once i got back to university to retake my first year i fell back into the same routine, now 11 months later ive decided to quit for the third and hopefully final time
So its now day 1 for me, im feeling kinda depressed/sad/lonely/lost/restless/bored and ofcourse the cravings are there yet again but im feeling good all things considered.
Tbh i dont know where im going with this rant lol
Anywho, once again thanks for all the info and comments, il guess il leave a little wisdom myself:
No matter what the drug or the addiction when quitting what really matters is what you do instead of it.
Wish me luck
Don
Hey, “Matt”, the Master’s student, people can get addicted to videogames, and those aren’t addictive.
this sucks!ive probably stopped smoking for a total of two months in the last 18yrs. i partake 10 times a day on average. but its been two days of being straight now and the “kill any living thing” toxins are coming out now.i know it will get better. anyway thats what i kinda remember. this site has helped me tremendously guys and gals. and to matt,you are way to smart to understand pot smokers at all. so grab another copy of “catcher in the rye” and leave us cool people alone.
any advice on how to deal with the moodiness?
this is very hard to deal with. who can tell me how to deal with the terrible nightmares that i will encounter over the next few days? I had a lot the last time i quit for a month 7yrs ago. other than that month i have been an hourly smoker for 18yrs. gotta quit for my kids sake.
Yes, unfortunately I can relate to the hourly smoker thing. I’m bipolar and today start with a new shrink. Shit shit shit, that’s more stress. I wish the scientific sector would wake the f up, and realise this is a global problem, marijuana addiction. I’m sure it’s causing much more of a health bill than is officially reported. How can you officially report on something that is illegal?? Duh.
Smoking my last L of Kush today:-( Been a heavy smoker for the past 17 yrs. Shit is not cool anymore need a change. I want a Bmw M5 and was wondering can i afford this?? Hmmmm if I stop buying 1/2 of white widow and kush all the time I Could.
i do not smoke weed myself but one of my best freinds does and i have been trying to get her to stop. i am glad people like you post your stories because I think they will help her out a ton. thank you so much and good luck to you all
Well, it’s been 7 days and I feel empowered.I have found a few things that help with moodiness, however I am pretty irritable still.For example;green tea during the day and chamomile tea at night instead of weed or throughout the day to relax the mind and body,melatonin is a natural sleep aid that is awesome for anyone and it’s non-habit forming too, and exercise is a must because you need to sweat out all the toxins,avoiding all smokers and alcohol, as it brings on urges to smoke and telling a non-smoker your stress over quitting really helps too,and if you can commit to going to church once a month to pray for strength you will find this will really helps with a “mind over matter” attitude regrading your addiction.When your ready to Really quit you have to think of weed as the negative thing that it is.You can’t decide it’s okay for some people and just not you or have the “it’s all natural ” attitude because you will eventually justify means of doing it latter down the road.Think of all the bad things that happened,wasted time,lack of ambition,$$ stresses,poor parenting,poor choice of friends and realize that many if not all aspects of these things stems from marijuana use.You can’t move forward mentally if you still glorify the drug and look back on it with admiration or leave a piece of your heart with it.A perfect example is found in the Bible in the story of sodemann(sp) and gahmor(sp);When the family leaves the city they are told to not look back at the destruction or they will turn to pillars of salt.I forget the wives name , but she turns to have one last look at the city she loved and became just that,nothing but ruin. Realize the lies weed tells us and if you really want to quit, get rid of all the crap that pertains to your drug.You wouldn’t make a shrine over a crappy ex boyfriend or girlfriend would you,the same attitude has to apply to marijuana.Make amends with the past and move forward by creating goals; like running a marathon,saving for a trip or new car,taking a class,whatever you’ve been talking about high actually do it sober.You’ll find you can now once you get past the 1st few weeks or month after you quit.I’ve quit for weeks,months, and a year at a time and each time I reused it was twice as hard to stop but with change comes progress and being in the clear has purpose but living in a fog is a lost cause.Good luck and God Bless.
I too need to quit smoking weed. I have been smoking everyday for about 7yrs, its starting to ruin my memory and im failing uni. i am so depressed about this situation. I have tried to quit on other occasions but always seem to go back……my plan is to go cold turkey tomorrow, and remember that tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life!!!!
it’s really inspiring to read the posts of other people who are feeling great since giving up
I’m not sure if this site is still active but i’m in the process of seperating with my wife over the urge I have to smoke. I have smoked weed half my life and it has cost me more than I know. I wish you all well in dealing with this problem, please pray for my family as I will yours, as we all venture towards life in a sober state.
i havent smoked for 6 weeks now..
*new record…^^
For a marijuana addict, quitting the plant may be one of the hardest things to do. Relapse appears to be the norm, even after long periods of sobriety. I know, I’ve struggled with my addiction for 20+ years. God Bless you.
Today is Day 5 for me and I am feeling pretty good! Yes, I have had some trouble sleeping, but thankfully because I have been researching the symptoms of withdrawal, so I have been expecting it, and I am ready for it, and do understand whats going on with the slight insomnia. I have smoked fairly regulary since 1991 which was when I was honorably discharged from the military. My longest stint at sobriety in those 18 yrs since (can’t believe its been that long) has been 6 mos. and that was about 16 yrs ago. That’s very sad to me! Anyhow, I FINALLY DECIDED to REALLY QUIT! I’ve tried “half-heartedly” in the past to quit, but this time is REAL. I have already noticed that I am looking better, fresher, and feeling more confident and much more clear headed with each additional day of sobriety. There is very little stress around my eyes and forehead. I am already looking forward to my 1st yr. of sorbriety! For the past week I have not had any alcohol either. Although alcohol has never been a problem for me, I don’t want to lower my inhibitions in the least right now, expecially since I realize it is still very early in my sobriety. I also have not seen any of my ole friends lately that I tend to get high with, but I figure that perhaps after a few months or so, I may pay them a visit or two, once I have built up my strength over my addiction. And even then, I will definitly not see them nearly as much as I did when I smoked. I WILL NEVER SMOKE AGAIN…ANYTHING!!! Thank you all for your stories, and I wish you the very best in 2010 and Beyond…”Your Best Days are Ahead of You…Sober”!
i have just smoke my last joint for about a year or 2….i hope. i have been smoking weed for 3 years. it started out occasionaly smoking with friends…but it turned into a habit the led me to fail in college and has kept me isolated socially for way too long. after smoking that last joint i threw out my bong/chop bowl/papers and all other smoking equipment.
the main thing i have realised about weed is….when you start smoking in moderataion the good outweighs the bad…but if you get into an everyday habit the bad will start to outweigh the good real quick.
i have know i have an addictive personality, so i still don’t know if i will ever smoke again.
i pray to god that i dont go back on the promise i have made to myself…..because i know that will lead to bad things in my life.
Today is my 4th day without smoking…. my husband and I have been heavy pot smokers for over 10 years…. I have quit on my own .. He is not ready.. but is supporting me .. hopefully he will stop since he wont have his smoke buddy… i have been irritable, anxious… and didnt sleep great last night, but this time I really want to do it!!! it is winter so a little easier.. I n the summer spend more time with friends which are all pot smokers.. but if i feel good .. i dont really know how it feels to be normal, clear headed.. and not clouded up ..looking forward to it…..
Fight on my peeps. I didn’t have any issues when quitting, my advice would be to not think about it and just move on. If you had a goal or reason for quitting you should focus on that. You’ll be fine, good luck.
Are you serious? This is hilarious. How can you all ramble about how hard it is to quit when all you have to do is fill your time with something else. All the so called withdrawl simptoms that you experience are caused by anxiety and lack of something that you are used to. I bet if you’re used to eating cereal every morning, and actually love eating cereal you’ll get some sort of “worse” if you stop eating cereal. Marijuana does not cause any phisycal addiction. It’s all in your head. Damn…
Giving up weed cause riding motorbikes really fast around race tracks is much more fun and for a BUZZ that is much better than a joint. After 20 years of smoking every day I discovered track days!! That is how I will spend my money from now on.
it;s been almost 3 month,s since i smoked and it,s still hard to cope with everyday but if u put ur mind 2 it u can do anything remember it,s just a mjnd thing u don,t need any help from anyone do it on your own
day 4… Well, i just spent a little while reading all of your posts and to all those in the process of quitting, good luck…YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Also…Matt…the masters in biochem probably means you do not smoke pot…and when you smoke pot 3+ times a day…and then you quit…there ARE physical side effects… so please keep your negativity to yourself, because until you feel what we are feeling, nothing you say matters… Guys, you can do it…if i can, you can too…and I am on the road. I feel so much better about myself(besides the withdrawal), its such a good feeling when you put your mind to something and you actually do it! Remember, NEVER doubt what you are capable of.. and when you think you can not take it anymore, remind yourself why you quit and what smoking did to you. In the words of my boy al pacino…When the shit hits the fan, some guys run and some guys stay… Well, here we are, facing the fire… it aint easy, but nothing ever is… Something i remind myself to help me when i want to smoke is that I can go through life dwelling on the past and missing being high…but the truth is…there aint no future living in our past… Im here for anyone that needs support, so if need be, lean on me, because i just may need someone to lean on… Good luck and God bless
It’s been three days since I’ve smoked up – I stopped a week after finding out that I was pregnant. Even though everything I read says there’s no known bad effects, I can’t help but think there are… So I made the choice to stop, and I’m absolutely hating it!!
I’ve smoked for about 10 years, usually a few times a day, and I don’t think I’ve quit for more than a few two-week stints. Luckily, my husband doesn’t smoke (only rarely with me) so he’s really supportive, but he doesn’t understand that I want to rip his eyes out for just being in my vicinity… I’m internally raging, and I can’t tell people why – I have a great job, good life, I’m not a slacker – my addiction was a great risk to my livelihood… I’ve got to stop!!! I’m just really, REALLY hating this!
2days my first day stop smoking cold turkey…wish me all luck my fellow x-stonerz