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• Booster Oro said,

  Congratulations for going strong. What I find remarkable about you is that you refuse to give up. Though you may fall, you pick yourself back up again and keep going. That attitude is remarkable. That is why I believe you will succeed at this and any other goal you set for yourself.

  Best,
  Booster

• Tina said,

  Hi, Being a non smoker and living with a addict, I just need to tell someone how hard it is and the way it affects mine and my childrens lives. When my husband has pot he is happy and does things around the house and very active with our children. When doesnt have pot he is the biggest jerk to us. He is very negitive, wont do anything around the house or do anything socialy including childrens ball games. He is so mean and critical of everything we say or do. I so deperately want to stay to together as a family. I came from a divorced family and do not want my children to have to go through that. Some days I think it would be better for us to leave and some days I dont. I am so confused.

• Tani said,

  Tina, at this point, unless your husband wants to quit weed will be in the drivers seat of his and your (and children’s) lives. Until then, you will have to decide to either put up with this crap or move on. Sometimes people need to see how badly their behaviour affects others, but I am sure that he would sound understanding about the issue when he had weed - but so psychotic without it that when it comes time to be without weed he crumbles. I think in this situation he might be better off getting professional help to quit, so the whole family is not as negatively affected by the quitting process. Good luck and best wishes.

• Can't spell Marijuana w/o Arjuna said,

  Weed is everywhere….. around me all the time. I have no idea how i’ve made this time. 36 days tomorrow and counting, everytime i’m near i just hear it shouting. “Please come and take just one puff” But I’m an addict so I tell ‘em it’s not enough. If I take just one, it’ll turn into a ton, then i’ll be broke and probably wanna get a gun, syke, I would never go that far, but at least this shit help me kick the tar, cause that’s the real shit that’ll kill ya, That’s why it’s legal, so the government can feel ya. Weed ain’t harmed nobody but me, but only cause I’m a A-D-D-I-C-T

• Trevor North said,

  Geez I am staring at a 20 sack of the finest marijuana right now and it is so hard not to smoke it. I know I am going to give in but i have to make a promise to myself that this is gonna be my last bag. Everyday it just seems to bring me down more and more, there was once a time in my life where i always thought that weed is a good thing, but i am starting to realize now that it has killed my motivation and i now have short-term memory loss. I am not going to lie though marijuana can be used for good things such as pain reliver for cancer patients and also for a stress relief if used responsibly meaning not abused.

• WeedsBitch said,

  I am on day 60 and have not had any urges until recently (past week) to start smoking again. First 2 months were a breeze but now I have forgotten the reasons that I decided to quit. My mind is trying to convince me that I can smoke in moderation but I dont think its possible. I dont want to fall back into the daily cycle of smoking everyday and feeling like crap and always depressed. It got to the point where I didnt want to do ANYTHING, I saw no point. Pot makes me too self-conscious to where Id rather just never leave the house then to face the harsh realities of life. Not smoking has made me completly anti-social as all my friends smoke and I know very few who dont. But damn it would be nice to sample this medical dispensary weed from cali……I think ill just try and sleep off the urge. God help me.

• Trevor said,

  Hey Trevor North,

  This site seems to have become a bit inactive, so I will also try and pep it up. So I stopped about 2 weeks before easter, so thats around 12 weeks off the stuff for me. I started when I was 15 (just turned 46) and in the lst 20 years have been an every day user. In that 12 weeks I have had 2 joints when over at a mates. I didnt beat myself up over it, in fact it showed me that I dont really need it, and also how bad it made me feel (physically) after having it.

  Yes, marijuana may be good for cancer patients, but then if that was why you were using you probably wouldnt be on this site trying to quit. And yes is may seem to relieve stress, but I reckon it just blocks out whatever it stressing you, and that will still be there when you get straight.

  What I did…..

  I could never not get another bag, so in the end I gave my stash to my best mate, and asked him to hang onto it for me, for a couple of weeks. I planned to have a toke after a couple of weeks of going straight, as a reward. At least then it wasnt “my last smoke ever”, it would always be there. Well those 2 weeks were so hard, insomnia, hot sweats, anxiety, farting, when the 2 weeks were up, i just couldnt go through that again, so I asked him to hang on to it a bit longer.

  Well the hot sweats gradually reduced over about 4 weeks. The insomnia lasted longer. Even now, I fall asleep when i go to bed for around 4 hours, and can manage to sometimes get back to sleep for an hour or 2 after that. The relaxation technique (no 3 i think) on this site helped when i really needed to relax at night. I also drink warm milk with honey before going to bed, and nothing too stimulating before bed (ie tv, pc, ps3)

  If you google “quitting marijuana insomnia”, you will see all of the withdrawl symptoms you may experience. And remember, everyone is different, it may be real easy, or hard, or anywhere in between.

  So my lungs are much clearer, I save about $40 a week. I am down to one morning coffee a day, and after that i drink chamomile tea with honey. would never touch it before, now i love it ! I also find it difficult drinking alcohol. I was never a big drinker, but a few drinks keeps me awake at night.

  Sounds like crap doesnt it, but i love being clean, and i wont get busted by the cops for driving with drugs in my system ( a new law here in oz ). My kids wont catch me stoned, its all good !

  Good luck, Trevor

• Can't spell Marijuana w/o Arjuna said,

  Couldn’t agree with nTrevor more. I have been off for 46 days straight. Cold Turkey. I thinnk we each have our own way to beat this addiction. I know I have been drinking more since I quit weed but you can only take one step at a time, right? I dream every night now, after not having dreams for close to 4 years. Dreaming seems real simple, but it is really amazing when you start to remember your dreams after having such a long period of time with nothing. I don’t know if Alcohol is worse or better than weed but at least consuming it is legal in te states and that is one less thing off my mind.

  I am so proud of my self for “doing the time” I have thus far, gawd that was hard to write, but I am, I need to go at least 90 days. Then I will need to make a desicion of weather to give it up forever or not.

  The scary thing is that I know giving it up forever will mean that I will be giving up certain friends in my life that are good people, but they will be “potheads” and I wont, and for me not to fall back into the cycle of smoking it on a daily, Hourly, even minitly basis I will have to dissassosiate myself from them, and that will be harder than quitting pot.

  Gawd bless you all that write on hear and give me something to look at once in a while you are just as much a par of my 46/47 days as I am.

  Thank you.

  Arjuna

• Pete K said,

  Hi Guys

  Names Pete from Aus. I have smoked bongs for 10 years now every day. I have lost sense of reality and am unable to basically go on the way I am. I am constantly shitty with everything I deal with and I just can’t fit in socially.

  I the last 7 days I have had issues all round and my wife and 2 children left me due to my prolonged anger and irritability.

  I too myself have just realised that I need help and will be going to a detox clinic tomorrow for an unknown amount of time to get rid of this beast.

  I know that all the problems around me are caused by myself and I am making an attempt to clean myself up. I have a very successful life although pot has made me lose 10 years of happiness and memories.

  I wish you all the best with your quitting from a fellow ex-choofer.

  Pete.

• B said,

  I decided to stop smoking Marijuana 4 days ago after having smoked every day for 10 years of my life. I have found that the hardest part of quitting is dealing with the psychological component. The mind is contantly trying to fight your best intentions and you really have to work hard to not let it take over. I want to share a powerful treatment option to those who are having trouble. AMINO ACID THERAPY. Look it up online. It has proven to be extremely effective in helping with the withdrawl symptoms of quitting any type of drug. You can buy the amino acids at an health food store or nutritional supplement store. They are all natural and help support the brain and the functioning of the Neurotransmitters. They help calm the mind, balance, the emotions, and help recover the brain from the effects drugs have had on you. Check it out it is well worth it. All the best!!

• Jay said,

  Hi all

  Well, i have smoked for about 10 years or so. And as smoking, i mean every day, religiously. I have quite a couple times, but nothing to really brag about. Longest being about 2 or 3 weeks at the most.

  I have recently tried, once again. This seems to be going well so far. Havnt touched it in 6 days. It was a bit of a rollercoaster ride the first couple of days, but it evens out, and you kinda “forget” about it, or what its like. It’s just a matter of keeping busy, which my job has being doing. It’s sticking to that that is the difficult part. I always wonder, and so much would love to spark one up and relax on the couch with a joint and watch some TV, or mess about with something that interests me. But, when i feel like that, its just a matter of keeping busy again. (easier said than done)…

  Anyway, this is my first post, and i have been checking this site now and again. Felt like sharing my experience so far. I so much understand what others are saying here, and what they are going through, and it still does seem impossible to me sometimes. It’s nice to know there are other people in the same boat as i am. Tomorrow is another day…

  Keep trying all…

  Jonathan

• lucia said,

  hey yo wassup i want to quit badly too.. but my roomie smokes all day its so hard not to smoke living like this, i have to live with her till december or even more im not sure, i tried to talk to her about both of us quiting and she said yeah but she bought weed and keeps smoking..

• Ty said,

  why is it that there no more post? april is the worst month 420

• Andy said,

  So my story is pretty much the same as everybody else. I started daily in college, with the quote “there is a time and place for everything, and it’s called college” firmly planted in my head. I always told myself and girlfriend that it was just while I was in college. I would tell people that I only smoked so I could be on the same level with everybody else. I feel like I fit in better when I was high. If I was sober, stupid people would get on my nerves. I couldn’t stand it when somebody would ask the prof a dumb question, or make a mistake on a project that my grade depended on. Nobody could really tell when I was blown out, because I was blown all the time. I was a much more social person when I was high, as long as you could get me out of the house. A few months went by and I started playing World of Warcraft a lot more, worked my way up to like 2 blunts and 6 joints a day, on my own, sitting alone in my room playing a fucking video game. 10 hours a day for 6 months, I knew I had a problem, but I’d just smoke and say fuck it, I’m in college.

  Jump to today, I’ve only been graduated(I barely made it too, since I went to about 1/4 of my classes my senior year)since May, and I already feel myself falling into the same circle. I’ve reconnected with my stoner friends from home, getting cheap/free weed whenever I want it. I don’t have a job yet, and not for lack of trying either. That’s the most depressing part, a 4 year computer network and systems admin degree and nobody will even call or e-mail me back. This only makes me more lethargic, and want to smoke more pot just to forget about it.

  Anyway back to quiting. I’ve tried a handful of times before, mostly when I was coming down from a hard binge, and started getting angry with myself for all the things I didn’t do for the last week. It’s funny what a pot head will tell himself to justify blowing off friends, girlfriends, family, school. It makes me break down when I think about all the people that were counting on me, and I let them down because I wanted to get high, or was high. At this point I feel like I can’t even function without pot. I can’t even eat unless I’m high, and even then it’s always small portions. I’ve had to leave dinner with my girlfriend and her family multiple times to go throw up because I was trying to eat when I wasn’t stoned. It sickens me to lie to them about having the flu, when I want so bad to be able to tell her and have her help me. I can’t do that now though, not after years of telling her that I only use it a few times a month. It would break her and I need her to be strong, even if she doesn’t know it.

  It’s so frustrating having this voice inside saying that weed is great and will fix all your problems, but you know for a fact that it only hurts you in the long run. I know that I’ll never be able to use marijuana casually, I need to stop doing this to myself and my friends.

  For me the worst part is not being able to eat when quiting. The insomnia thing I’ve never had, maybe I just haven’t gone long enough without it for the real widthdrawl to start. My goal is to eat a full meal, without the aid of pot, in 2 weeks.

• Trevor said,

  Andy,

  G’day mate, good for you for thinking about quitting. I have to tell you, the reality is , is that life is actually easier without dope. I stopped at easter time, but I have had a couple of joints on about five occassions since then. You know, I think it is good to get stoned again, but then if I have to face people stoned, I feel really self concious, and i no longer like the feeling of not being in control.

  I never had an eating problem when quitting. It can affect your appetite at first, but that came good after a week or so. You do need to stick with it. All ths negative affects you may feel is not because of the lack of dope, its because you are getting that dope out of your system, and it can take a month or so.

  Unfortunatley, you may have to stay away from your stoner mates for a while. If you are like me and enjoyed a spliff, it can be too easy to have just a puff. You need to give yourself a break. Quittign can be hard, so no point making it any harder.

  Good luck, Trevor

• Depressed said,

  Congratulations on your sobriety, it must take enormous courage to give up. I would caution everyone against overdoing alcohol use or relying to much on prescription meds to get over the hump. my husband, who i’m currently considering divorcing, is a pothead. he’s also an alcoholic and basically substituted one addiction for the other- when we on the verge of divorce once before, he stopped drinking and started smoking pot. now we’re pretty much back to where we started since, like alcohol, the pot addiction has started controlling his life- he smokes up so much that he can’t open his eyes. he only hangs out with stoners. since he’s pretty much out of it after a certain hour each evening, it feels like i’m married to a vegetable. i really don’t recognize him anymore. the strange thing is, people say that weed isn’t as addictive as alcohol- my husband is willing to give up his house, his job, his family, everything so long as he can continue being stoned. i guess at the end of the day he has an addictive personality and it’s bound to manifest itself in some way or the other. i don’t think he ever really had the will to get sober, he just had the will to stop drinking until he found something he liked better:(

• Amit said,

  depressed,

  MY prayers are for you and your family….

  I know how it feels to watch a great human being being rundown by substance abuse 1) alcohol or 2) weed

  Its deeper than an addiction sometimes. Have you considered that? For example, your husband may be depressed about certain things such as his GOAL in LIFE.

  When someone has NO GOAL, he will be VERY SUSCEPTIBLE to substance abuse because he does not know how to fill that void.

  There are other factors as well… does he feel “anxious” all the time??

  Perhaps he developped General Anxiety disorder and he’s medicating to help himself cope with his physical symptoms?

  I know I have, GAD + Panic attacks have made it EASIER
  for me to adopt a substance abuse lifestyle.

  Also, not having a CLEARLY DEFINED PURPSE/GOAL can make a person feel “empty”.

  When he waks up in the morning, he should be working towards his goals. Even if he doesn’t reach them anytime soon, he will feel successful, this is POWERFUL if he knows he’s progressing towards his worthy “dream”.

  He has to UNDERSTAND, what he is LETTING GO by smoking pot since he will NEVER be able NOT to abuse it.

  I hope it helps you, get him to listen to

  Earl Nightingale on youtube. YOu will understand what I mean.

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