This is Part #4 of a 4 part series on my reason to quit smoking weed.
As seen in Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, I believe that it is a great idea to create an inventory of all of the reasons that I want to quit smoking weed. This servers 2 purposes: To clarify the negative effects of marijuana addiction in my life, and to use as a reference guide when I crave smoking pot, and think about relapsing.
The Negative Effects of Marijuana on my Finances:
Cost of Marijuana: My previous post on How Much my Addiction to Pot Has Cost Me, shows how expensive this habit can become. Add it up for yourself, its amazing what happens when this goes unchecked in the long term.
Paying Bills: I forget to pay my bills on time, or even open them. I always leave my banking to the last possible moment. My cell phone frequently gets disconnected. In the past, I have had TV and Phone service disconnected. Not because I didn’t have the money, just I was stoned all the time and never thought of it.
Planning Ahead: I haven’t saved anything for a house. I don’t plan well or have a budget from month to month. I tend to live in the current moment, or just far enough ahead in the future when stoned. Being in the stoned bubble really blurs the ability to look into the future.
Incidental Expenses: I eat a lot of low nutrition, high cost foods when I smoke marijuana. After smoking pot, its common to get the munchies and eat fast food. Also, I am less motivated to make my own food, or even go the grocery store to get new food. When not smoking, I eat healthier and am more conscious of my food choices.
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yes all those costs mount up, and its the incidental things like getting stoned and missing trains, etc, etc for me which results in massive taxi fares
good luck to you. I have quit myself after 7 – 8 years of smoking. Today is only day 2 but i already feel brighter, more energetic and social.
pete
I really, really very much appreciate this blog. I have been a chronic abuser since 1988. For the past six years it has troubled me greatly. I am almost forty years old and feel I wasted my life doing nothing but getting high every single day. I managed to quit for five months a couple of years ago but didn’t know enough about myself to keep it going. I’m ready to give it another try. Thanks for your blog!
how much does liquor cost? and how fast does THAT go down the pipes? yea…exactly.
Hey man – insightful list – I greatly appreciate hearing about someone else in a very similar situation, because just like the isolating elements of weed itself, its easy to feel like we are the only ones that battle with all of these apparently universal day to day issues. I’m a pretty successful musician with a good career, and yet weed has still managed to emotionally remove myself from it enough that I forget how good I have it, and I bury myself in depressed isolation instead. I have a loving girlfriend that I live with also, and she occasionally smokes, and I think the fact that she’s accepting when I smoke is not helping me…..if she was against it totally, I’d probably put that priority higher, and wouldn’t have it around the apartment. Either way, it has to come from me. I think the hardest part is just thinking of “I have to walk to the bank” without getting stoned first (something that has always made me feel more creative and inspired on the way to the bank but then when I get there, I start getting paranoid that the bank thinks I’m going to rob them…..)
Anyways, that was my little ramble about my own issues, this is day 1 of soberness for me, so wish me luck…..Thanks!
I hear you I ALWAYS owe money for pot ALWAYS !
At the moment it totals $100 bucks.So frustating !
If your quitting weed make sure that you dont pick up alcohol to take its place. If you end up going down that route pick the blunt back up. Alcohol is not the way to go.
I added the numbers up and at 120.00 twice a week for just 3 months……$3,000.00 WHAT WAS I THINKING???? STOOOOPID
Thank you all for the inspirational blogs. I have been smoking weed for almost ten years now starting with my sophomore year of high school. While I am unable to remember most of my adolescent years as well as the majority of times in which I was high… I will always remember the very first time I did get high, to the very detail. Probably because it was the one time when I recognized that I was hurting myself. It took me ten years to get back to that idea. Now that i’ve finally escaped my self-delusion, I am ready to move foreward with my life. I was looking for inspiration and found this site. Day one starts now.
I decided to quit 8 days ago after smoking daily for over 5 years. I’m still going strong. To be honest it hasn’t been easy, but when I think about going back to where I was, getting high all day, that is my motivation to quit. I don’t want to remain a stoner any longer. I can still make the jump from this addition without messing up my life so much. I still have a great job and a bright future.
When I first started smoking, back in college, I would smoke before bed because it helped me sleep. Then it progressed to smoking in the afternoons, and then all day long. I’ve been spending about $500/ month on weed, which is ridiculous. I could be using that money is so many better ways, like saving for a house.
Those of you that just made the decision to quit, from my experience the first 5 days were the hardest. It’s all been downhill from there. The best thing you can do is, delete all dealers from your phone, and make sure you don’t have them written down anywhere. STAY BUSY-fill the time you used to spend smoking in other ways. I took the opportunity to get out and ride my bike more, and have been seeing parks and parts of my city that I didn’t know existed. When you are bored, you are more likely to want to relapse. When you start getting those thoughts, do something productive to get your mind off it. Exercise seems to work great, but the point is to remove yourself from the atmosphere that allows you to relapse.
Stick with it!!! You can do it!! I never thought I would be able to stop smoking, but when I finally made up my mind, I quit.
Thank you for the insite, my boyfriend of one year has been a pot user. The sad thing is he never told me. I never quite understood, how he could keep this from me and how I never saw the signs. Your site has been helpful in understanding this. I felt I had to end the relationship because I knew I could not compete with his addiction. I realize now that there were other problems that were making it difficult for him to quit. His family were users and so it was easily accessible. Now it makes sense that he didn’t have many friends and was poor at returning calls to his existing friends and family members. He had isolated himself. I also realized he had a hard time saving his money and felt he needed to spend money on other people or lend other people money rather than managing his money for himself. I hope he can get help and realize that he can have a life without pot.
I reeeaalllyyy want to quit for all the reasons you’ve listed and more. But the prospect of being sober makes me extremely anxious – almost more anxious than when I’m high and hating myself for being an addict. Additionally, I question the feasibility of quitting b/c my husband is an avid smoker who does’t want to quit; he doesn’t experience the same paranoia and depression that I so often do and it actually enhances both productivity and positive thoughts for him. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for me. I’ve been a daily smoker for 2 years now and am just ready to move on with my life, improve, and learn from these dark times. I’ve always been an outcast.. a pariah, the one that sticks out awkwardly like a sore thumb. i feel like when i’m high this is even moreso true. i’ve always tried to be normal my whole life and this is not helping. yet another part of me does not understand why I blame all my mistakes and regrets on weed; “it’s me & my issues, not the weed.” i want to be sober. i want to know i can be sober and still have fun. if anyone would like an email buddy to email when you’re on the verge of relapse, or just to talk to when you’re feeling down, that is something i’m looking for, so please let me know… i’ll check back here in a couple of weeks.
Again, thanks so much for your honest and frank information about your symptoms of marijuana abuse and how you plan to use these as a put-off when you are hanging out. Your 4-part series made me look at ways I’ve been allowing myself to relapse and I praise you for pointing out not just the emotional and mental side-effects but the physical ones as well… I thought I was damn crazy! After reading your info I now realise the reason I’m a useless housekeeper, and all the other things I can now attribute to my addiction. It’s given me even more resolve to stay clean and sober. I am now 4 days in and it’s bloody HELL, but I will get through this… Like Taylor above, I am also a musician and I have a promising future in my chosen career, if only I can stay off the pot!!! Congratulations on your determination to stop and for providing a place for all of us who are dealing with exactly the same problem. Blessed be.
mate , that was epic , im only on Day 3 and think about weed every 5 minutes , so much of what you detailed I never could 100% blame on weed , not that i should blame it on weed because it is me but all the things that nag me when i go to sleep were just brought up , listed and detailed , was a very surreal experience and I thank you for posting this
The answer to not smoking pot is easy but to really understand the answer may take a bit more thought. having once been a smoker from a very young age (13) and not giving up Until the age of 33 – 10 years ago. My real mistake was my inner and outer dialog on the matter which was the negative terminology “giving up” which means we are to leave something we love and not have any more, to miss out. when we see stopping our habit as giving up we are psychological setting ourselves up to experiencing a void in our lives. so here is the key… the answer the magic pill if you will… you are not giving up anything you are gaining a new positive you. you are heading towards great reward of accomplishment. As you move away from the first few days of not having it you start to feel better and your life will be under your control.
bewared your subconscious will play tricks on you to get you to buy that next bag of weed and it will trick your conscious by telling you “its OK this will be my last bag” your subconscious will even make you moody so when you do get that “last” bag its not your fault you don’t need to feel an utter failure because its not you as you were in a terrible mood and just needed to chill. but when you have a strong mindset as to where you are going without the weed in your life it makes it sooo easy to get annoyed with your subconscious mind and just ignore its destructive demands. mark my words from experience , all the good in you when you are stone will stay with you but it will be better, stronger and more consistent and without all the negatives.
Lol this site is hilarous, there is no such thing as pot “addiction”.. Moderation is key. Hey, who said you have to buy the stuff? Grows in ground just fine. =). If you can’t man up to responsibility then you shouldn’t be smoking anyway. And to that girl who broke up with her girlfriend because of pot is reaalllyy stupid… It’s a good thing that relationship ended because dang, he would have had to gone out with someone with no brain. Pot is NOT addictive, however some people have ADDICTIVE PERSONALITIES and don’t understand moderation, Pot isn’t the problem, YOU are the problem. I know PLENTY of people who function just fine stoned and don’t mind if they don’t smoke for a few months. Oh and did I mention if you were smart, the drug is free from the ground.
xclusive–you are a moron…show me solid facts supporting your opinions above and maybe someone will listen–until then, get a grip on reality and addiction. you sound very sophmoric with your ‘facts’…try adding something positive and TRUE the next time you leave a comment. any substance that changes brain chemistry, function, etc. can be addictive…do your homework child
I am not going to deny that we are the problem, this site is about helping us find out how to solve our problems, marijuana being one of them. Thanks for your comments. I wish I could moderate my usage as well as you Xclusive….unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way for me.
I would also think about the money I was spending when I smoked and realized how much of a waste it was, but of course I would ignore it and just get another sack for $100 to last me the week. When I was in high school a group of people would always put 5 on it, 5 that my dad gave me for lunch or something (now that I look back, how dumb is it to spend your food money on weed? what a retard I was) My brother would have a sack and I would always pinch off that to get high during the night time and go to sleep. At 19 I got my first job, and when I started making my own money, the bigger the weed bags I was buying. Add to that I was buying the kush, it’s an expensive habit, especially if you can’t ration it like some people are able to do. Before you know it, those 5 or 7 grams are always gone within 5 or 7 days. Back to the ATM to get another $100 out, and the cycle continues. I think of all the times I did that, if I really checked into it and figured out the thousands of dollars spent on NOTHING, no fun at all, I would probably be very depressed, that’s why I just ignore it. Thankfully I’m clean now and it’s amazing when you don’t smoke how much your money stacks up every week. Rather than my checking account being at a standstill, it’s actually growing, what a surprise! I’ve quit periodically (not too long) over the past few years but I’m going on 3 weeks now and I feel much better. I honestly don’t even want to smoke, even when around it and thinking about it. My lungs don’t hurt anymore, I don’t think weird thoughts, and my money isn’t going down the toilet as much. The physical, mental, relationship aspects all get better, but don’t forget about the REAL green. Save it up and don’t smoke it.
I kept track of all the money I spent on pot in the month of October. It was a staggering amount. I can’t even begin to think of how much money I have spent in the 42 years I have been smoking.
For me its been 28 years fairly heavy my mind has gone years ago i never smoked alone, now i do all the time, and i have become a recluse but i was shy and introverted before i ever started it when i was 17. Im 45 now and want my life back or to get one, be happy and healthy and be a better father to my 17 yo daughter thank god she does not touch it has way more brains:
I’ve been smoking daily since March of 06, and I have been trying to quit basically since I first started. I am 22. My mother died in a car accident when I was 7 and I’ve never been very good at interacting with people. I did however use to be very intelligent, well-spoken, and extremely enthusiastic about life. That vanished when the daily smoking started, and the slow erosion of mental sharpness has long since begun. I’m high right now. Fuck.
I think as human beings we are all creatures of habit. I used to say to myself as a little kid that I hated drugs and never wanted any part in it.But when I was about 12 0r 13 yrs old I was around it alot. Which took a great toll on my life in general, I was curious about it yea but had no desire to smoke it. But you know how they say curiosity “killed the cat” Well by the time I was 15 yrs old, I smoked with a few so called friends who where heavy pot smokers. Me being so care free at the time decided a few hits wont hurt. Well six years later and who knows how many blunts later. I finally put my foot down and stopped the roller coaster of living in a teen fantasy world and woke up. Now im 21 and can finally say I quit Marjiuana what an ugly word
Just be positive and keep your head up because when you think you can`t go on just remember that persistence pays and good luck to all. 
Your reasons are very insightful and although I don’t have any relationship or money problems (we grew our own) due to pot. I feel as though you have had a similar experience. Just reading others point of view and being able to write myself is helping. Thanks
I also found that I am more addicted to the routine of smoking than anything. The wake and bakes, the after work bowl, smoking with my man and my friends. I know noe that I just have to find a different routine. Luckily my husband and friends are supportive o my decision and are not trying to smoke again. It was way harder to quit when we had friends who weren’t supportive saying things like “Nobody likes a quitter” etc.
I stumbled onto this site because I really do want to quit marijuana and cigarettes. This seems like a good place to start. I smoke everyday and get anxious when I start to run low. My boyfriend has supported my habit for over a year and he wants me to quit also. He does not smoke at all.
This is a very useful resource and I think we can all relate to these Financial points.
The cost of cannabis itself is not the problem for me, but that I’m not putting time into worthwhile and moneymaking activities when I’m high, so kind of like the paying the bills.
I’m just reeling from the “rock bottom emotional low” aspect of being stoned and have vowed to give it up for definite this time (Well I’ve got two chances!).
I know that everyone here who truly wants to overcome this will find the strength to do so.
Every high has it’s low, but for me the Amazing High is simple not worth the pain, depression and the feeling that I want to kill myself when I hit the Terrible Low.
Thanks for all of the useful comments. I’m just finishing up day 2 of no smoking (weed or cigs) and I can honestly at that this site has b proved very useful already. That and nicotine gum whenever I get a craving for either. I have finally realized that my habbit is only holding myself back while I see friends all around me suceeding. Relationships and money are useful incentives, however the feeling of self worth and confidence are truly what I am after in this endevour.
Yeah If you think about it, basically put a lighter to a 20 bill and burn it… thats pretty much what you do when you smoke. I recently added up the mounting cost of local weed and its ridiculous. $100 bucks for a quarter?! WTF ? and its gone in 2 or 3 days? Nooo… can’t financially keep up the bad habit. That is definitely a motivation to quit. Just Cant Afford it! That’s another reason why I personally quit.
Riight, throughout your entire article you demonize weed and highlight areas in which it may have short comings. I for one believe not a word of what you read. This article is written in such a manner that it was obviously done by an anti drug lobbyist or activist.
I’ve smoked weed since I was 14, I’m now 26. I quit for 3 years, just woke up one day and wanted to be sober for a bit, so did not smoke. It was not exactly difficult, i just put my smoking stuff in a box and there it sat for a few years.
I am now smoking again. Cost? Again, it really depends on where you put your money. Everybody has an addiction or crutch. They spend their money on something.
Me, Computers and Pot. I pay all my bills, I never “forget” when my rent is due, or my cell phone bill.
Forgetting your bills – What a lie.
Pot is not an addictive substance and in truth, addiction is just an excuse for those with a weak mind.
Now, go grab a king pin, roll a fatty blunt and relax. You know you miss the weed.
I started smoking when I was 18, right after highschool. I’m turning 22 in 10 days, which means I’ve been smoking for almost 4 years. I know the cost can be extreme, especially if you only smoke dank. At one point in time, I was smoking an eigth every 3 days, I did that for a consecutive year. $5,000.00 a year for dank. I recently quit, and, I have to say, as much as I love marijuana, and she has been there for me, through thick and thin, when no one else was. I am so much more talkative, and positive now that I’m sober. Another huge reason I quit, was to set a positive example for my 10 year old sister, I want her to think of me as a loving, caring older brother, and not as a deadbeat dragging stoner. I break it down this way. Either you can smoke pot your whole life, pretending everything is cool, getting high after work, smoking joints when you know deep down something isn’t right, or, you can quit, get back on your feet, save money and achieve the success you knew you always could. Im not saying you can never smoke again, it’s being able to have the willpower to not become a habitual smoker again. I have a friend who would smoke once a month, or once every two months, but on the day he smoked, trust me, he would smoke – but he still has his shit together, and he has his normal life. Just enjoy your life, and if you like smoking weed then smoke! but if you want something better for yourself, and your life, quit that shit. It robs you of all ambition, it places you in a spot where you will never advance. the key to being successful, is to quit, plain and simple, and money drives me.
Having read most of the comments I am amazaed how much I have common with most people.
I never feel bad when I am spending on weed even when its badly straining my budget treating it as a nessescity rather then a pass time thingie I end up cutting bak on food and other important stuff yes there have been desparate broke times but somehow or the other I was able to score.I think its partially cause of the fact that I have an addictive personality. knowing this fact I am extremely unlucky that I am still unsuccesfull in kicking my chronic addiction.I just had a relapse and hope this to be the last one.
For sevral years I like everyone else use to think that ther is no such thing as marajuana addiction.Trust me guys marajuana is extremly addictive( phycologicaly ofcourse).
After having smoked up for more than 3 years I think I have had the best time of my lifr during this period.The unhigh world seems extremly boring , some how empty and incomplete.Its seems as if something is missing.
Happiness for me is smoking a spliff and knowing that i hav another one to smoke after this and depression in the opposite case.
I hav had some really creative time with weed. I usually study when em high go to the classes like that even during the 3hr practical workshops.My work is always creative better than others but ofcourse abit slow.
This was my third or fourth relapse and I hav learnt really important lessons from each.just last night I was thinking that I hav lost contact with so many good friends in the past couple of years for a very long time I had started living in a bubble of my own .My group of friends now is limited to the people I smoke weed with.
My parents dont know about it and they will be very dissappointed if they find out.They expect so much from me.I feel soo bad this really is a killing feeling.
Really want to check if you are ready to quit weed or not …. try throwing ur cuurent stash with out feeling bad or guilty.I Could never do it.
This message is for Yini. I would love to be your email buddy, I am on day one of being and hopefully staying sober. I have smoked weed everyday and pretty much all day for about 15 years and am so ready to move on. I hope to hear from you soon.
this has been good for me to read
it’s like a miny support group
today is day two
i did quit last year for 6 mos
i have quit 3 times before for 6 months
so this has been a long journey from when i started again in 1999.
120 a week for kind bud is killing me
isolation is the best description
i would rather be home with my toys
than relate with others
in fact other people are a bit of a bother
i am 53 and retired
so i have been smoking all day
passing out 3 times a day
getting up and smoking again
i tell only one or two friends
i did smoke in college and in my 20’s but quit
then 1999 started up again
i cannot take as much as a hit
otherwise i’ll off to the races
trying to find a bag
i can’t wait to have a stash
i binge
and could give a care about anything
laundry
hygeine
dental care
house cleaning
i just want to be stoned
i do pay bills
but i’ll do without food to buy pot
then i got a credit card or two
i bought food with the credit card
and pot with my cash
the credit card is up to 2000
wow
no more
i can relate to all that has been said
pot is not addictive in the traditional sense
but my mind wants it
my body can’t take it any more
i cough
can’t breath at night sometimes
blow my nose constantly
i’m a mess
but for today i’m straight
i could go buy some now
but i am not going to
i’m going to walk the dog and settle in for the night
it’s 6 pm
i can’t say i feel great yet
but i believe i’m hooked
damn
what a mess
you can save money by growing yourself
duhhhhhh
re:
‘teach the stiff necks said,
you can save money by growing yourself duhhhhhh’
and selling it can make it cost a lot less as well, but smoking 3-5 grams a day of the funk for 10+ years still affects your life in negative ways, even if you don’t have to shell out a lot of cash to do it. this isn’t about making your habit cheaper, it’s about coming out of the cloud and investing that lost time and $ into bettering your life as opposed to staying high all day.
I started smoking at 18, a few weeks after high school graduation. After that first time I didn’t smoke again for about a month… then the ritual started. Every friday us buddies would meet and toke up. The highs were unbelieveable at first. So good I would just sit there vegged out, so tactile sometimes I would just feel my face or stare in the mirror. But as time zipped by (it went fast) it took more and more bud, and the effects were never quite as high.
I lost my mom at 19, she lived in CO. I didn’t know anyone there so my buddies gave me a fat joint that I snuck on the plane (pre-911). I toked it within the first few weeks of a 5 month stay, so I was clean for about 4 months or so. That was the last time I was sober for a long period.
Now I am 26 and trying to quit, trying very hard to quit. I had to lose a lot before I had the desire to stop. I lost my girlfriend of five years (she went and married the next guy she dated), got kicked out of college (I stopped going to class to blaze up and chill) with only 6 units before a BA. Also I have long lapses in my employment history, and I ALWAYS get asked about those lapses in job interviews. None of these alone made me want to stop tokin, Mary Jane is just THAT good. What makes me want to stop is the sheer volume of cash I spent to stay lifted. Easily 6k a year from 18-26, that’s roughly well, a shitload! I am getting my financial ducks in a row, and weed gots to go. So, here I am, day 2 and meh it isn’t too terible… but the real test comes on the weekend, when I have time to myself and I get bored. I dread that time even though the weekend is normally supposed to be relaxing and a time of unwinding. What makes it worse is that my friends all blaze it, everyday. I think I need to go find a church and start making friends there, like when I was young. I need to get some hobby going or something.
This site is very cool, good luck to all of you that decide that the stoner life is not for you anymore. May you have the strength to quit and the stick-to-itiveness to not start again.~~
I started smoking at 14, I am 28 now!This a great site, its cool to read other stoners points of view on Pot! Well I can honestly say I love weed!It starts my day and put me to sleep at the end! I have smoked almost every day for the past 14 years only quitting once for a girl in High School, that lasted 4 months maybe then I had to smoke and she caught me red handed, all i could do was try to get her to smoke it!Since then I have been puffing alot! I use it to digest my meals, help manage back pain, helps me sleep, and most of all it makes me happy i am so bad that when i wake up the first thing i think about is packing a bowl and instantly it puts a smile on my face! I know i am addicted so all you others that think pot is not addictive is just lying to themself!!! I am quitting tomm, to see how it affects my moods the ability to focus, and communicate to my customers with ease.I am a sales rep for my Dads company and also install what i sell. My Dad knows that i am holding myself back by smoking all day every day and just barely getting by check to check! I spend at least 200 a week on the kush! I live at my Aunts house and behind 2 months on rent!!! I have a job but i choose to smoke than to pay my rent that is ludicris!! I am really nervous about quitting and the side effects that come with. I will update next week to share my experince without my favorite girl Mary!!
If people are always crying they
have no money because you don’t you
smoked it.Hey man i’m just as guilty
as you.Break down quit bad habits and
you will be surprised.
You could be spending 5 to 10 grand a year
ONLY YOU KNOW .Can a big man face maybe a
little challenge??? Remember where all different.
Honestly, quitting weed for me is something that just needs to happen. The herb is an incredible thing, and a gift from whoever or whatever the fuck created us. It is our abuse of it which degrades it into a negative in our lives. I am going to quite my blazin habits and stop smoking for a long time, though i am not going to deny the fact that marijuana is a very good thing (as long as its headie, say no to beasters or outs, that shit just ain’t worth it) for some. I feel that in becoming you everyday average pothead, I lost my good intentions I had for wanting to smoke, and the adventures it has brought me on. I love weed. I love my dome more, and it definitely doesn’t need to be clouded by the herb smoke all the time. I have realized this in reading all this helpful stuff on this blog, (even if this whole thing is possibly a fake ass scam created by the Gov. or some fuckin Christian group). I am down to quit and hopefully gonna make it happen. Peace
Well its been a week and I feel great, even though I have cravings I still know that its best to stay off it for know! Well Bluntastic I am not from the govt or some religous group I am a stoner and an addict! If i can quit for awhile than anyone can! Good luck!
Thank you everyone for your comments. I want to stop so much, I’ve been smoking for longer than I would like to admit. Today is day number one. I’ve been living with a roommate for months and today was the first time we every had a real conversation for over 3 hrs because I was sober and I could look her in the eye and talk.
Wow this sounds just like me. Thanks for posting this will help.
I quit 2 days ago but I did it very abruptly. I didn’t really make a plan. As soon as I was stressed I toked a blunt. I feel guilty but I know that deep in my heart I want to quit. This shit is harder than I expected but im glad to know that there are lots of people going through the same things. I also tried NA but I felt like everyone looked down on me because I was addicted to weed (like its fucking impossible). Please excuse my language folks. Well I guess tomorrow is another day so I will let you know how it goes.
Very Useful site!! Glad to know that other people have the same problems as me and im not the only one. Im 21 and I’ve only been smoking weed for 3 years everyday and my life is totally different to wat it was!Used to be everything im not now,However i am glad i started smoking(in a way)because i now know wat its like and i believe i am more awear of the effects and can relate to it.I have read every post on this blog and there is no Right or Wrong posts. People are different and it effects some people differently depending on many factors, Mental health,Lifestyle,Friends,Family,Moral Values etc. For example my best friend has been smoking since he was 13 and he can’t go 2 days without a joint/blunt but he still gets through life better than alot of people who don’t smoke. However the same can’t be said for me!! I lost my g/f of six years by blowing her off and mood swings etc…. This however was my Fault and not the weeds(although it didn’t help as you can imagine). I still Smoke Weed once a week or so with friends etc but i do go to the gym everyday and i am tryin to cut down and i can see the light at the end of the (long) tunnel and i do feel way better when i don’t smoke and led a healthy lifestyle.I am naturally a very shy person and weed does not help at all….Makes me feel paroid. Listen people i put on 28lbs while smoking weed everyday but the next year i also lost 60lbs smoking weed everyday while just watching what i ate. Point being that your mind is stronger than Weed (no matter how munched out of it you are). I know i sound like im preaching but please people just realise you are way stronger than you think you are……I am as fucked up as all of you here only i do really wanna change!!My advice is to do something different that you never thought you could do or even wanted to do and stick to it, mine was start going to the gym… substituting Weed with Serotonin which is basically a naturally occuring chemical in the brain which makes you happy, you produce more when you exercise(basically). Try it!!!obviously be hard for first 2 weeks or so but if you look at the positives…..Look good,Feel Great,ALOT Cheaper! Gym membership here is like $400 for a year….. you and i both know we could smoke $400 of weed in a week or 2 easy….!!I am still addicted to weed but very slowly fading it out of my life!! Please don’t blame the weed…..I did for a long time and it’s not the weed its YOU and Your choice!!!!
I was really happy to come across this site. For me casual smoking slowly turned into smoking everyday over a few years. Its funny how you never hear how addicting weed can be, so it took me until i was too far in to realize i WAS addicted. its amazing the toll this addiction has on you before you even realize the problem….this is my day 1.
Good articles. You basically covered all the primary reasons I should cut back on my pot smoking.
I hesitate to call smoking pot addictive though. Anything could fill that void for a person susceptible to addiction. People addicted to marijuana are simply addicted to an altered state of mind. I drank heavily before I started smoking pot, but I was not an alcoholic. I now find alcohol detestable (thanks, marijuana!).
If you want to talk addiction, nicotine is a good starting point. And it’s on an entirely different level. Getting stoned and commenting on forums is my cure for nicotine cravings.
But I suppose this is a good resource to have; a little inspiration for that 3-5 day period when you are experiencing weed withdrawals.
This essay has been very helpful. I’m 24 and have been puffin since I was 15 and the 9 years since have been a blur. I have alot going for me and this is the only thing stopping me. I will make my own inventory of reasons to quit and hopefully that will be the extra effort I needed to help fix my problem THANKS MAN
Day six
I’ve finally decided to quit.
I’ve been drinking a lot of water lately and its 100% out of my system or just about.
These are my reasons…………….
1. i get super paranoid when I’m high and once even thought an
ex friend/enemy planted a bomb in my attic because i heard the clock ticking. Being high at school i feel insecure when people laugh because i think they are talking about me or making fun of me. Sometimes i would stop smoking in the middle of a sesh because i was too paranoid of noises outside my window.
2. I’ve never really failed in school when i actually tried hard, now i think i can finally succeed in school and get my shit done.
3. I now realized that when clean, I can articulate my words a lot better have a decent conversations with people. I am not as soft spoken and always speak up to be heard, I don’t know why i guess my chill attitude but something changed. Especially talking to my girlfriend.
4. Money, every time i had it it went to weed. Since i started in 8th grade summer I haven’t held onto any money for longer than a week as i would buy all on the weekends.
5. I started working out , it’s my new hobby i do it every other day
it’s replaced smoking and now is one of my top priorities
6. The shady motherfuckers that you deal with while smoking. and Some friends aren’t really friends, just smoking buddies. I thought wow every time i chill with my ” friends” its always yea i have 10 do you have 10, or I end up not chilling when there is no money or no bud.
7. Now my life revolves around school, my girlfriend, working out, and trying to get closer to God.
8. IF and IF I ever do marijuana again or smoke , It will be when i’m older, have a job, can support myself, and when I’m mature enough to handle it.
Thanks a lot this helped me truly realize on of the biggest problems in my life, and helped me realize that my life revolved around weed. PEACE
you forgot a BIG financial hit – working a crappy job for shitty pay because you can’t pass a drug test