Comments on: Day 1, Again - How do I quit smoking weed? http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2008/04/marijuana-addiction/day-1-again-how-do-i-quit-smoking-weed/ Stop Smoking Pot for Good! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:05:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Steve http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2008/04/marijuana-addiction/day-1-again-how-do-i-quit-smoking-weed/#comment-3708 Steve Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:14:47 +0000 http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2008/04/marijuana-addiction/day-1-again-how-do-i-quit-smoking-weed/#comment-3708 Hi, I’ve been smoking pot since I was 12 and I’m now 43. I have periodically taken breaks (4-6 weeks) but have always gone back. Over the past few years I have been a daily user, starting mid afternoon, and usually smoke about a joint a day. The problem for me is that I’m a somewhat successful musician and composer and have integrated getting high with my daily creative process. When I force myself to go on sabbatical periodically I tend to be FAR less productive. I tend to do the minimum amount of work and find myself in a very uncreative state - wanting to just watch TV all day and night. Intellectually I argue with myself about the rationale of that thinking: I shouldn’t need pot to be creative and productive. So my fear now is, as always, if I stop smoking pot for good I may lose that creative edge and possibly - my livelihood. Yikes. Hi, I’ve been smoking pot since I was 12 and I’m now 43. I have periodically taken breaks (4-6 weeks) but have always gone back. Over the past few years I have been a daily user, starting mid afternoon, and usually smoke about a joint a day. The problem for me is that I’m a somewhat successful musician and composer and have integrated getting high with my daily creative process. When I force myself to go on sabbatical periodically I tend to be FAR less productive. I tend to do the minimum amount of work and find myself in a very uncreative state - wanting to just watch TV all day and night. Intellectually I argue with myself about the rationale of that thinking: I shouldn’t need pot to be creative and productive. So my fear now is, as always, if I stop smoking pot for good I may lose that creative edge and possibly - my livelihood. Yikes.

]]> By: miles http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2008/04/marijuana-addiction/day-1-again-how-do-i-quit-smoking-weed/#comment-3451 miles Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:00:09 +0000 http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2008/04/marijuana-addiction/day-1-again-how-do-i-quit-smoking-weed/#comment-3451 hey, strengthofchange, your I really felt you there!! quote: " ...i quit a million times before i quit for good. let’s hope this time it’s for good. every time you relapse, you do sink a little lower. rock bottom keeps going down and down until it’s really a rock bottom for you. and then you’ll quit. and then when you look back on that - the fear of having to start over with your quit journey - that’s what keeps me going now. i don’t have it in me to face another day 1. i’ve been smoking daily for 10 years. i’m almost 31. i can’t do another day 1. it would break my heart. and i don’t want to feel that way. just thinking about how this struggle has consumed me for so long….i won’t do it anymore. i won’t obsess about weed anymore.. whatever shred of my spirit remains now needs me to move on." hey, strengthofchange,

your I really felt you there!!

quote:

” …i quit a million times before i quit for good. let’s hope this time it’s for good. every time you relapse, you do sink a little lower. rock bottom keeps going down and down until it’s really a rock bottom for you. and then you’ll quit. and then when you look back on that - the fear of having to start over with your quit journey - that’s what keeps me going now. i don’t have it in me to face another day 1. i’ve been smoking daily for 10 years. i’m almost 31. i can’t do another day 1. it would break my heart. and i don’t want to feel that way. just thinking about how this struggle has consumed me for so long….i won’t do it anymore. i won’t obsess about weed anymore.. whatever shred of my spirit remains now needs me to move on.”

]]> By: Cat http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2008/04/marijuana-addiction/day-1-again-how-do-i-quit-smoking-weed/#comment-3272 Cat Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:07:17 +0000 http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2008/04/marijuana-addiction/day-1-again-how-do-i-quit-smoking-weed/#comment-3272 This guy's obviously never gone without it for much length of time and what's he doing here anyway? I know for a fact it is addictive. I always thought it was psychological but there is a definite period of physical discomfort that occurs whenever I decide to quit. It kind of makes sense. Your brain chemistry is always turned on in the pleasure/reward center with weed and then suddenly it is not. So there is going to be some discomfort there. Maybe it is not addictive to the casual user, but to people who are addicted and want out of the weed trap, it's addictive!!! Even if mostly psychological, it's still a painful process. Doesn't make it any less stressful. This guy’s obviously never gone without it for much length of time and what’s he doing here anyway?

I know for a fact it is addictive. I always thought it was psychological but there is a definite period of physical discomfort that occurs whenever I decide to quit.

It kind of makes sense. Your brain chemistry is always turned on in the pleasure/reward center with weed and then suddenly it is not. So there is going to be some discomfort there.

Maybe it is not addictive to the casual user, but to people who are addicted and want out of the weed trap, it’s addictive!!!

Even if mostly psychological, it’s still a painful process. Doesn’t make it any less stressful.

]]> By: CraigyBurn http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2008/04/marijuana-addiction/day-1-again-how-do-i-quit-smoking-weed/#comment-3242 CraigyBurn Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:05:28 +0000 http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2008/04/marijuana-addiction/day-1-again-how-do-i-quit-smoking-weed/#comment-3242 38joe Says: "what the hell are you people thinking. marijuana is not addictive. and for you pussies whining that, ohh.. I’m addicted, thats utter bullshit. Just quit buying the shit. Ive smoked for 12 years now and dont have any problems if i should run out. its all in your head. if you think you cant quit than you dont have the mindpower to. the plant has a hold of you" Are you serious with this statement? You say "just stop buying the shit"..and "its all in your head". Well guess what, you are a junkie yourself..you've been smoking weed for 12 years!!!!! you are a junkie, YOU need to come to terms with the things you deny are true my friend..otherwise..enjoy the next 12 years of addiction!!!! 38joe Says:

“what the hell are you people thinking. marijuana is not addictive. and for you pussies whining that, ohh.. I’m addicted, thats utter bullshit. Just quit buying the shit. Ive smoked for 12 years now and dont have any problems if i should run out. its all in your head. if you think you cant quit than you dont have the mindpower to. the plant has a hold of you”

Are you serious with this statement? You say “just stop buying the shit”..and “its all in your head”.

Well guess what, you are a junkie yourself..you’ve been smoking weed for 12 years!!!!! you are a junkie, YOU need to come to terms with the things you deny are true my friend..otherwise..enjoy the next 12 years of addiction!!!!

]]> By: TheFishINsideUs http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2008/04/marijuana-addiction/day-1-again-how-do-i-quit-smoking-weed/#comment-2896 TheFishINsideUs Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:49:03 +0000 http://www.marijuana-addict.com/2008/04/marijuana-addiction/day-1-again-how-do-i-quit-smoking-weed/#comment-2896 It is somehow comforting to read so many paragraphs that look like I could have typed them. Smoking every day for years simply isn't good for you, period. It's cost me socially, financially, and most of all i'm just BORED. Ive tried to quit with every bag ive bought in the past few months "oh this will be the last, i'll smoke it all then it'll be GONE" not so easy when all your best friends smoke/sell and it's a phone call away :) we'll see what happens. i believe it is an addictive drug, but i also believe you have to have the willpower inside you. like my coworker always says when we're not getting anything done, just talking... dont TALK about it, BE about it. get off your ass and quit. right now im sitting here with no pot, but an extreme desire to smoke that "last time" before i quit for good. only way to do this would be to scrape my bowl of its resin and smoke that horrible black nasty smoke that gets you a slight buzz...still debating... but damn i need to quit. thanks for posting, all. i enjoy reading that there are others like me, and some who arent like me that have different views and ways of quitting. It is somehow comforting to read so many paragraphs that look like I could have typed them. Smoking every day for years simply isn’t good for you, period. It’s cost me socially, financially, and most of all i’m just BORED. Ive tried to quit with every bag ive bought in the past few months “oh this will be the last, i’ll smoke it all then it’ll be GONE”

not so easy when all your best friends smoke/sell and it’s a phone call away :)

we’ll see what happens. i believe it is an addictive drug, but i also believe you have to have the willpower inside you.

like my coworker always says when we’re not getting anything done, just talking…

dont TALK about it, BE about it. get off your ass and quit.

right now im sitting here with no pot, but an extreme desire to smoke that “last time” before i quit for good. only way to do this would be to scrape my bowl of its resin and smoke that horrible black nasty smoke that gets you a slight buzz…still debating…

but damn i need to quit.

thanks for posting, all. i enjoy reading that there are others like me, and some who arent like me that have different views and ways of quitting.

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