Another busy and productive day today, with a good sleep last night. Last night was the first night that I had vivid dreams after quitting marijuana. The majority of the weed addicts that I know don’t recall their dreams, or have fewer dreams than non smokers. I have heard that it is pretty common to have ‘end of the world’ nightmares when quitting weed. In my previous attempts to quit, I have had some crazy nightmares.
This dream was definitely strange – and I got stoned in my dream…This doesn’t count as relapse right 
. The Dream: So I was outside on the main drag of a town with my colleagues, and a bunch of them were up ahead in a circle. One woman came up to me and said something along the lines of “I smoke, but don’t tell anyone”, and joined the circle. I followed behind her, and next thing I new, I was passed a joint. This was the end of the dream as I remember it. Shitty description, but dreams are hard to describe.
One of the reasons that I wanted to quit is because I didn’t want colleagues to find out about my marijuana habit. I am sure some of them know and don’t say anything to me. Weed made me paranoid so I always wondered if they DID know.
‘Til Tomorrow – which will be double digits sober! Wooohooo!
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So it’s been over 15 months since my last post. I did not successfully quit smoking at that time; however, I dramatically reduced my intake for nearly a year. I would make an 8th last me 6 weeks to 2 months. I have only smoked once since October 16th, 2011. This time, I’ve had NO vivid nightmeres – thank god! I still remember the shit I used to dream… bottom line is, unless you have a definite reason to quit immediately; my advise would be to quit for a week to reduce your tolerance, then smoke the bare minimum for a bit until you think you’re ready to quit. Good luck to you! I really miss smoking, and hope to be able to partake every once in a while… seeking a better career opportunity, that’s why I quit. Peace and sleep tight! ♥
Hello all who Googled “nightmares and quitting weed”! I’ve just recently quit smoking; it’s only been 3 days and 3 terrifying nights, but these nightmares are nuts! I remember having quite vivid dreams and nightmares before starting to smoke, but I rarely woke from them and, quite honestly, I sort of enjoyed them. I was always fascinated and excited to see what my mind might conjur up next. But, now it seems as though my nightmares are starting the moment I close my eyes, and causing me to waken multiple times throughout the night. And, when I do wake, I’m not sure if I’m still asleep or not. For example, last night I had a nightmare that a coworker of mine had gone psychotic; he kept everyone at work hostage, and threatened to kill us all. In my dream, it was up to me to save everyone (no pressure, huh?). Although an event like this is unlikely, it’s still plausible enough that my mind was confused as to whether or not it was actually happening; I kept ‘waking up’ in my dream, as though I was having a dream within a dream. Since we can rarely explain exactly how intense and threatening a dream was to others, just believe me it was incredibly terrifying. Anyways, the dream was disturbing enough to sleeping me that I somehow woke my roommate, who in turn woke me. Only when my roomie woke me was I able to tell if I was sleeping or not.
That was just one example of the kind of nightmares I’ve been having; dreams so realistic and plausible that I’m confused whether or not it was a dream. I may end up searching my coworker for a gun when I go into work (a little out of fun, a lot out of security lol).
My question now is, how does someone learn to come to terms with their nightmares, when the nightmares are so terrifyingly realistic, and the line between reality and dreams has been faded? Prior to my ‘romance with Mary-Jane’, I was able to instantly tell whether or not I was dreaming, thus not allowing my nightmares to take ahold of me in both my waking and sleeping life. Do I just have to wait and see, or does anyone have any helpful suggestions that may or may not have worked for you? The only thing I can think of right now is to smoke before I sleep, and that’s something I’m trying to avoid!
Much thanks, and much support to all you fellow fighters of the night!
Well its 6:35 am and I just woke up from a series of intense/creepy dreams. I really wouldn’t consider them nightmares except I keep waking up covered in sweat and glad to actually be awake because in most of my dreams I think Ive woken up but I really haven’t. Last night was the first night where in most of them all I can do is try to tell people how crazy my dreams have been (not knowing I was still dreaming) . Ive smoked practically every day since I was about 15 (I’m now 20) and I just quit about a week ago. I really hope these dreams don’t last for months because I find myself getting pretty tired of the crazy ones already. I don’t mind the vividness of them as long as I’m not running from something, I actually love lucid dreaming but these ones are almost the opposite. And it also wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t wake up all throughout the night all sweaty and creeped out. One of the dreams I just had was about me and a few people I know running in a race, but I couldn’t get ahead of anyone because the person running next to me kept holding my arm to prevent me from advancing. And I was eating jolly ranchers for some reason so it was hard to speak, but in the dream I got frustrated and said “if you don’t let go I’m going to spit in your face!” haha I’m guessing I’ve been having these dreams all along, but coupled with smoking the ganja everyday I was a lot less likely to remember. Remember is a tricky word tho, because I don’t just remember them when I wake up, but I am completely present (not lucid) while theyre happening. I think I might have to start doing something in my waking life to deal with these dreams, because if I was lucid in them I could at least remind myself that they are just dreams and then I can do whatever I want. Another strange thing is I keep getting this loud whirring in my ears/head, and I think it only happens right before I enter deep sleep because, all I can think about when this is happening is I wish I could just fall asleep. Ive been a smoker for the past 5 years or so, and the whole time I dont think Ive recalled as many dreams as I have in the past week. I can almost remember them all. The weirdest one last night was about me and an ex girlfriend and a scientist. We were in some sort of cave on mars, or some other planet, and we were having a discussion about who knows what (that part I can’t remember, wtf right). Then out of nowhere this huge 8 foot tall purple alien thing came running, and I mean bolting, from the distance. So I look at the scientist and my exact words were “Dude, we gotta book it!”. So we all took off running out of the cave, jumping over crevices and we got away. Its amazing how vivid they are though, its almost as clear as real life, probably about 80%. I remember as I was running and jumping from cliff to cliff, in midair I turned around to look at this alien guy and goddamn this thing was creepy. If I was lucid I wouldve stopped and yelled at the alien ” what the fuck do you want!?”, and if all else failed, kick him in the alien dick and balls. I can’t wait until these dreams stop being so crazy so I can start having awesome dreams, because lucid dreaming is one of the most amazing things anyone can experience. I wish I could just ween myself off and have a puff or two at the end of the day so I didn’t have to deal with these intense nightdramas. I am calling them that because they are not super terrifying, just outrageous and absurd for the most part. I do need a job though and most places these days do a UA to test employees. I’m looking forward to getting past this stage of dreaming so I can get back to the normal ones that Ive been missing out on for the past few years, but for now I guess Ill have to tough it out. Good luck guys! Peace
I must be the odd one out, or the strongest mind! my withdrawals always last 3 days. From smocking weed from 17 everyday till i was 23 I quit for 2 years, I remember the first 24 hours without wee I had a nightmare more intense than a Rob Zombie movie, or a Dahma experience! where a gay serial killer had myself and friends trapped in a shark infested small island and was raping and killing our friends!!!! 2 days after I was refreshed and having sweet dreams and able live life. the 2nd time was exactly the same. This time I’m quitting for good! it’s been 3 days and I’m not having nightmares, i feel great otherwise. In the last 2 years I’ve been having about 5 – 15 cones a day!
I’m looking at buying a house + I’m practicing to learn Sarasate and Paganini so my mind is elsware! previous I would be calling around for bags but this time It really easy!
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