Day 1 - Quitting Weed Cold Turkey Again

Posted by admin on March 18, 2008

Hello All,

It has been too long since my last post. As you can guess from my lack of posting, there has also been a lack of progress on my goal to quit. I told myself that if I didn’t quit within a year, I would join MA or NA. I would prefer to do this on my own, so I am starting up the challenge again.

I threw away all of the marijuana that I had left, and flushed it down the toilet - about $50 worth. I have only thrown it away a couple of times before, so it felt really good.

Numerous comments have been made about me giving up, and that I should remove this blog from the web…Not gonna happen for now folks!

Good luck to everyone in their goals as well.

Filed Under: Daily Journal

peter said,

I have smoked off and on for forty years. I am a successful businessman. I honestly have never met anyone who truly wanted to quit smoking pot that was not able to do so. Is this seriously a problem for some people?

Peter
Tim said,

Day 1 - Again, man how many times that has gone through my head. I’ve been a fairly heavy smoker for more years than I care to remember. I am successful and motivated, pot doesn’t make me a couch potato. The problem for me is the munchies. I am now at 245 lbs when I know my natural body does not want to gain weight. The few times that I have quit with any success it has been to loose weight, and I do. But as soon as the weight is gone I say to myself, I can start again and control my eating. Within 6 months of starting I gain all the weight back. I cannot control my eating when I smoke, it is just not possible. And now it is even harder to quit because I find that I need to smoke 5 or 6 a day to get the same buzz I used to get from 2. Right now as of this writing I am also on day 1. The most I have gone is two days, and than back to smoking. I’m not getting any younger and the weight gain is not good for my body, and discourages me from exercise. I can’t think of one good thing that marijuana does for me but yet I keep smoking it. I understand your struggle, I to am struggling to overcome. When I quit I often become suicidal and this scares me.
Adrien said,

Hey my names Adrien, and today after a huge discussion with my cousin, I feel it is time to quit smoking weed. I have smoked atleast 5 joints a day for the last 8 years of my life, and feel that i am very dependent on it. Almost all my friends smoke weed, but none smoke as much as I do. I am 23 years old, and consider myself to have a bright future, i’m finally realizing that i don’t need it anymore, although i will continue to smoke cigarettes i vow not to smoke weed, atleast until i have control over the fact that i had an addiction problem. I don’t think smoking weed once and AWHILe is bad but daily will interfere with my life short-term and long-term. Well will see if a big chronic like myself can kick the habit, it is very addicting commenting on the last comment, and i’ve never wanted to be a pot head. It’s a habit that you just get used to, and fall into a daily routine of smoking weed, i’ve wanted to quit weed for a very long time, but never had the courage to do so, until my beautiful cousin gave me the wisdom to want it! Now more then ever i think im ready, anyways i wish everyone luck and to the man who started this website, GOD SPEED!
Sincerely, Adrien
B said,

I just want to say that it’s nice to see you return, and at least take onus for your previous failures.

I smoked weed consistently for about 8 and a half years…probably multiple times a day for at least the last six years.

I’m only 22, and I decided I would have to quit (or at least drastically cut back) for the sake of my future. I looked around the internet for support and to understand the process I would go through when I quit, and came across your website.

I’m now on day twenty of sobriety, and it has been extremely difficult. I’m still going strong though, I have set goals for myself and I’m determined to meet them. I want to thank you for making this site, and allowing people to see the daily struggles an individual faces when they go through this process.

as for yourself, I wish you all the luck in the world with your rehabilitation efforts, it really is a struggle you have to deal with one day at a time.
mapotter said,

your an inspiration, thanks!