Hell Ya. Day 14 and going strong although I did go out to the pub last night and have about 5 beers. I haven’ t done that in a long time, and woke up feeling a little hungover this morning. I think i am a little allergic to beer – I get congested in the morning after drinking more than 2 beer. Normally I don’ t learn my lesson, but I think that I need to put in a 2 beer maximum rule into effect. This will help me save a lot of money to boot.
I have saved about $150 bucks because I quit smoking weed. It feels really good to write that statement. I just wish I could get back the $25,000 I spent over the years. Ugg!
My sleep habits are still way off – I wish I could nap at work during the day.
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You are really doing well, and at this point I can’t same the same for myself. I will keep reading and keep taking inspiration from you.
I know the feeling about wanting to nap at work after the missed sleep!
Hey guys,
Well I am at 24 days. The sweats are just about gone, but sleep is still an issue. I am only getting about 3 hours a night. Last night I dreamed I was a foot soldier in a mafia organisation involved in a murder. I stuffed up disposing of some evidence of the crime and the cops were after me. That woke me up, and as I lay there, I had to remind myself that I dont know any mafia types, and have not committed a murder ! lol
I have found the 20 minute relaxation recording to be really good. It completly relaxes me, and I find myself in an almost hypnotie state. When I come too, I hop straight into bed and it helps me get off to sleep.
Tani, you know when I started, I still had some gear and I gave it to a mate to look after. That was 2 weeks before easter, and I said I wanted a break from dope, and would get it off him for easter. Now I had tried to cut back before, didnt work. When I was out of dope, i used to call around all my friends till I got some. But having my stash with a friend with a date to collect it, made not having any dope easy. Not to say the withdrawls were easy, if fact the sleeplesness has been hard. As it turns out, when easter came, I had been thru so much, I just couldnt bring myself to blow it all, so I held off. In fact I had a friend staying with me at easter, and she indulged, and I held off. Never thought i could do that !
I have avoided sleeping in the afternoons. I drink camomile tea with honey as a hot drink and it helps calm anxiety. I only have one coffee in the morning. Excersise is really good, I cycle for an hour when I get the chance. I have a hot milk and honey before bed, listen to the relaxation recording. I do find alcohol a problem when trying to sleep at the moment. I reckon best to hold off until I am back to normal.
I have saved about $120 in 3 weeks. That works out before tax, i will be giving myself a 4% pay rise this year thru stopping dope.
I also find I dont spend half the night in front of my pantry, wondering what to eat next. I also make sure i try to get to bed at roughly the same time each night, no partying !
I did a stop smoking program a few years ago (it worked a treat) and they do push the idea of being a bit selfish when quitting, dont put yourself in situations where you will be stressed or tempted. I mean, it is hard enough, why make it harder ? Happy to give any advice I can. Trevor
Day 7, thanks for being an inspiration!
I’ve quit for months at a time, several times. I always eventually stopped quitting because i couldn’t see the point in depriving myself any longer, for nothing.
When i did quit, i ever had any problems with sleeping, even banging back 7-10 espressos a day. The only problem i’ve ever had was a bit of irritability the first few days, no big deal, i get irritable for all kinds of reasons — it’s likely the coffee.
I’m a tad irritated now for example. This site keeps popping up in my news feeds and skimming the BS dished out here gets under my skin.
If you need a more conservative opinion on marijuana addiction, see the US Family Council on Drug Awareness webpage, “10 Things Every Parent,
Teenager & Teacher Should Know About Marijuana (Cannabis)”, http://www.fcda.org/tenthings.html
From that page:
Q. Is It [Marijuana] Physically Addictive?
A. No, it is not, although some minor dependency can develop. According to the IOM: “Although few users of marijuana develop dependence, some do. But they appear to be less likely to do so than users of other drugs (including alcohol and nicotine), and marijuana dependence appears to be less severe than dependence on other drugs.” The typical pattern of social cannabis usage begins with experimental use in the late teens and peaks in the early adult years, followed by a period of leveling off, and a gradual reduction in use.
Great Bob,
Another who wants to tell me how I feel. I am a tad irritated of those who drop in on this site to deny what other say they feel. I looked up the US Family Council on Drug Awareness, you gotta be joking ! Conservative !
Yeah, it probably isnt addictive in any way, thats why you are still smoking ! lol Good for you that you didnt have any problems sleeping when you attempted to quit. I can accept that. Why cant you accept that some people do ?
Have fun, Trevor
ps. Sorry to the administrator if i get carried away sometimes. I just cant fathom why these doubters bother to spend time basically calling me and others liars. Do they have an agenda ? I admire your diplomacy.
Thanks Trevor.
I have quit numerous times, for up to six months (one time), but this time I want it to be permanent and now it is suddenly harder and scarier than before. I know I’ll feel heaps better (even if tired at the start) when I stop I just can’t get over the hump right now. It sounds so pathetic and weak – I hate myself for being a whiny twit. If my Dad can quit alcohol successfully (dry for 17 years now) I can do this! I just need to get over myself and get on with it. Sorry for the whining.
Thanks for the support as well
hi,
my names joe, i’m 29, from belfast n.ireland. i’ve been taking drugs since i was 14yrs old. i started smoking cannabis when i as 15. i’ve lost so much in my life through drugs, i lie at nite and think of how much i need to quit and how much better my life would be without it and how i would be a much nicer person to be around. i’m paranoid to the point where i dnt even trust my parents. i live on my own and avoid contact with anyone unless i need weed. i’ve thought about ending my life so much in the last few months. i’ve been to the doctor and he says if i stopped smoking he will help, i wish it was that easy. i’ve never been able to stop, tried so many times over the years but never lasted more than a few days. i’m goin to try again, reading your comments put in words wot i’ve been feeling for so so long but could never really find the words to say. really helped me. thank you for helping me realise i’m not the only goin through this
I think, Jo, that we are all finding we are not alone in our experiences.
We all also need to not bash ourselves up too much – self-hate does not help in our quest.
Jo,
G’day from Australia. Good on ya mate for having a go. I am 45 and smoked since I was 15. In the last few years, my consumption increased, and that was fairly strong hydroponic stuff. It got to the point where my sleep at night was so disrupted, cash was going out, just a real problem.
Today I hit the 4 week mark, no dope. You can do it. Its a good idea to find other things to do when you want a puff, maybe do the dishes, head out for a walk.
I spent a lot of time looking up the net and what symptoms peopel go thru when quitting. At least that way you will know what you are going thru is normal, and that it will pass. That really helped me. Sitting in front of the pc at 3am, I learnt that it can be done. I am already saving money, my breathing has improved. I am celebrating tonight with a dvd and a thia curry, whoopee !! lol
Take care Jo
thanks for your advice, i’ve gone four days without any now. it hasn’t been easy. i feel so down right now, been getting all the symtoms i’ve read here and like u say trevor it’s good to know that it’s normal. i’m not giving up this time, i need to stop this and get my life back on track. glad i found this website to help.
take care
Hi my name is Lisa im from N. Ireland. Im not a dope smoker but someone very close to me is and we have fallen out over it and how much his attitude has changed due to the amount he smokes. I need advice on what to do because I want to help him, i cant cope with the violence, shouting,anger, being paranoid beyond anything you can imagine and the lack of not wanting to do things…he just wants to sit at home and smoke. Its heartbreaking. At the start of our relationship he was loving, caring and full of life, taking me for dinner, clubbing, really anywhere i wanted to go. I gave him chance after chance to come off it and get “us” back again but everytime he only lasted a day or two. I maybe shouldnt be on this site but i need advice on how i should help him…what would you guys expect from the people you love?? Can people really change back to who they were before they starting smoking heavy??
I want to say a HUGE well done to all of you… you are all doing really well and you all should be proud of yourselves.
Take care
Lisa,
Hope it all works out. People can change, but, and I am no phsycologist (not even sure i can spell it ! lol) your friend needs to be the one who wants to give up. I stopped smoking ciggies a few years ago, and I only achieved that when i really wanted to stop myself. Just giving it a go doesnt normally work. He needs to stop for himself first.
how you get him into that frame of mind, I am not sure. In australia there is a place called the Cannabis Clinic, maybe there are drug dicsussuin groups in N. Ireland. If he meets some people that have been able to give up, heres what they have to say, that might motivate him.
I am at 5 weeks now and I tried many times to stop, never thought i could. But here I am !
Good luck, take care. Trevor
Hello all. I just hit day 14 and I feel like I’ve beaten this. I was a daily smoker for about 15 yrs. The first few days are the hardest, believe me it gets easier. knowing that you’re not going to smoke tonight or tomorrow etc, is rough. It was like there was nothing to look forward to. It does eventually pass. You will begin to wonder how you could continually fill your body with toxic smoke on purpose. Don’t get me wrong, I still miss the feeling. Weed used to control my life now I am back in control. Good luck to you all and you CAN do it!!!
Hi,
my friend has been talking about quitting his daily habit with dope for almost 18 months. He has an incredbily bad cough and scarring on the lungs. He has seen a specialist but of course, his mother and family only believe this is due to cigarette smoking. They also believe he has given up smoking. He lies to his family about that to protect his mothers feelings as she had a younger brother that died of lung problems several years ago. His mother has smelt smoke on him recently and begged me to call her if he is smoking.. I want to tell her all as he is very close to her and I think that maybe by her knowing all, it may be more motivation for him to quite before it is too late. I am concerned that his cough is getting worse and the specialist told him to give up smoking..yet alone dope smoking which they do not even know about.. I know he is going to resent me for letting his mother know but I am starting to think that witholding it is not wise either. What should I do ??
Hello! I’m not sure if you’re still on this site checking it…but I have an addiction to weed that I have recently quit. I am 8 months pregnant and I was a big pothead before I got pregnant. I could smoke two to three blunts with a few bowls in one day and I loved it. But I wasn’t making anyone close to me happy…aside from my two best friends(one was my pot dealer) who smoked with me. But I’ve spent sooo much money on pot and it’s ridiculous. I could spend $200 on weed and go through it within over a week IF I smoked by myself.
But I loved having blunts to smoke with friends. I’m a giving person in general so it was all I had to give at that point and my pothead friends loved me for being so giving. But eventually it just became too much of a problem for me and I was dealing with an abusive boyfriend. So after I found out I was pregnant, I broke up with my boyfriend because he was so mentally and emotionally abusive. I didn’t want the stress of him to kill my unborn baby. I had quit for the first two months of my pregnancy while I went to live with my grandma for a month of it to try and get better. I decided to come back home to my mom’s and I quickly went back to smoking due to my terrible morning sickness.
I finally got the strength to quit probably about 4 weeks ago..maybe less. I lost count after I forgot to keep counting so now I don’t care if I don’t know how many days its been. As long as I stay sober for my child and I. I also don’t want weed to be in my system when I give birth…I’m pretty sure its mandatory here in MN and I don’t know how big of deal they make about that kind of stuff. I hope I’ve stopped soon enough. I had such a hard time quitting. I had trouble sleeping, I was nauseas, irritated/agitated, I got very restless, I zones out a lot, and I was extremely depressed/anxious. Now I feel better than ever (: and I am glad I quit. I have my bad days and cry when all I want to do is smoke a smoke/bong/blunt. But I just keep strong and realize I don’t have the money for it and it doesn’t make my life any easier.
Plus, how can you be a mature responsible mom if all you’re doing is smoking pot? It’s just not good for a child to be in that type of environment even though I was okay with thinking it was all alright some months ago. Reading your posts have helped me gain even more strength and courage. Thank you
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