I have been working away at getting my backlog of “to be done while not stoned” activities. I will be filing my income tax for the first time in a couple of years 
– should be interesting to see if I get a refund, or if I owe money.
The hard part of having quit marijuana is starting to take hold. Today is an example of a day where I feel like I have accomplished a whole lot, and a reasonable reward would be to have a puff at the end of the night. This *would* be reasonable if I could limit what I smoked, but if I bought a bag, I would smoke through it without control until it was gone.
So I guess the 2 week mark is where the cravings have started to kick in. I have lost steam at around this time period in previous attempts. I have to keep myself busy and my mind focused. It’s helpful to remind myself that I am addicted to marijuana, and can’t control my consumption like most other people. Just because I haven’t had any in two weeks, doesn’t mean I am cured. There is still a long way to go!
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Cured? Just quit.
Well, if you can’t control your consumption, that sounds like a problem with your personal willpower. This entire site is ridiculous fearmongering and nobody is buying.
Marijuana is far less dangerous and addictive than tobacco, alcohol and the hundreds of pharmaceuticals prescribed by the truckload by doctors and forcefed to kids who misbehave in school. The drug war is a farce and everyone knows it.
If you can handle weed and whatever else you like then good for you woog.
Not every person is a carbon copy of the next, we are all different and experience life differently.
I, for one, really appreciate that this site is here.
sometimes you need to know when to stop something that you can’t handle.
I love smoking marijuana, but a good few months off is a good idea, especially when you need to get stuff done.
good for you for quitting, it sounds like it’s really working out.
Hey Woog,
Busted ! Sure you dont work with “US Family Council on Drug Awareness”. Seems I have read that phrase “The drug war is a farce” hahaha
Have you quit woog ?
Go brother !
What I don’t understand is “fear mongering”…I don’t know about the rest of you, but I searched (in desperation I will admit) to find others like me and then I thought to myself, hey, maybe the internet??? I was searching for this and I really don’t think it was put here to scare anybody..When you are going through something like this it’s just nice to have someone to talk to so you don’t feel all alone. Woog, Anon, feel free to promote your agendas. Some day you will mature, have children, a home a career, etc..Hopefully, with hard work you will have earned these things and you will realize that you too want to quit, then who will you turn to? I found this site 5 days ago and have enjoyed reading others stories. I can attribute my meager 5 days of success to this site. Thank you again.
Admin,
Its a good time to think about repatterning. At those times you would normally have a smoke, you need to get occupied with something else, until the feeling goes. When I was first detoxing, I got onto a site where this dude had mentioned that we need to experience life and emotions without dope. He used an example ….
“Gee, I feel [insert emotion here], think I’ll have a smoke and go to bed”
It really hit home with me. A joint was always good if you were happy, sad, tired, buzzed up….whatever
Its always good to start thinking about the positive things that will result from your stopping. All the cool things you can do with the money you save, the extra energy, feeling good, clean lungs and not looking or smelling like a stoner. Make a list and add to it every day. If you start wavering, weigh all the benefits you will gain and the hard work you have already been thru, up against that joint.
Keep on the wagon, Trevor
Well done bschro3315 !
5 days is a hurdle ! The internet also helped me heaps. I am at 29 days and I still have to say that getting good sleep is difficult for me, but I have read that some people experience sleep problems for some months. The sweats, stomach troubles and anxieties has left me.
But hey, its 7.30am in Sydney on a clear and crisp Sydney morning. At this point, I would normally be reaching for my pipe and dope. Then I would mooch around and get pretty much nothing done.
Instead today, I shall get some house work and shopping done, buy some food for my daughters snake, clean the budgie cage and go out for a bush walk mid morning, $40 still in my pocket that I would have given the man, easily covering the big burger and chips I am gonna consume after the walk.
I mentioned somewhere else on this site, google “quiting cannabis insomnia” and you will get a whole host of sites, runnign thru the various withdrawls you may, or may not experience. I found that helpfull when it was tought, knowing that what i was experiencing was expected, and will end.
Happy weekend brothers and sisters around the world !
I’m glad the admin is keeping up this website. I just made my first post on my blog about trying to quit smoking.. comments welcome!
http://weedsucks.blogspot.com/
I actually started Chantix about a week ago, and although it is designed for Nicotine addiction, it has helped me not smoke weed as well. The receptors in the brain are somewhat similar to the same ones that pick up nicotine. I’m guessing the Chantix half-ass fits into the THC receptor. I’m also assuming that a lot of the people on here are cigarette smokers as well, so as far as that goes I think it’s a great way to hit 2 birds with one stone. I usually don’t support mind-altering drugs (at least in the shape of a pill), but this one really seems to work (as long as you can stand the INSANE, mushroom trip-like dreams you will probably have)
Hey Admin,
You still there ? We havent heard from you in some days ? Hope all is well.
Trevor
My problem is if I have weed, then I feel like I should smoke it. If it isn’t around, I can go for months without smoking anything. For the first few days of having a bag of weed I can usually get things done before I light up, but after a few days I find that I fall behind because I’ll get high before accomplishing my tasks. When I am high I drift off in my own little world and have a hell of time interacting with people (even if it’s superficial stuff like e-mails). Anyway, One way that I cope with my cravings is by using a technique called biofeedback. Biofeedback is simply understanding what is happening physically. When we feel the desire to tok up, our brain is releasing the neuro-peptides associated with pleasure but at 10 times the normal levels, which is why us addicts find it difficult to resist the urge. So I simply tell myself what I am experiencing at the moment is a bio-chemical response in the brain, and that it is a glitch and that I should ignore it. I guess in essence I analyze my cravings to death… It works for me, maybe it would work for you..?
Hi everyone,
Em from London here. have to make it quick as I’m at work – but I will write again… It’s good to meet you all. Thanks to you especially Admin.. I have been smoking hash/skunk on and off for years but most recently in the last few years.. I suffer from depression (possibly as a result of smoking it) so that’s my reason for staying away from it.. In order to cope with depressive feelings – after a period of trying to give up for about 3 months I started again at Xmas and was smoking every day sometimes before and always after work…. Just to get comfortably numb really.. After using it for years, it no longer gave me the same good feelings – general enhancement to senses, feeling horny, music sounded great, films more intense etc.. it just made me numb, tired and hungry but better than nothing
I decided for my mental health that I should quit it, but I only get as far as 10 days before giving in and buying some… I usually throw the rest away the next day as I feel guilt and not being strong enough to quit, and this has happened about 7 times now.. I KNOW I’ll get there in the end, just not sure how.. I don’t even really like it anymore… and I get TERRIBLE munchies. Ordered a takeout the other day AFTER my dinner and ate a whole tup of Ben and Jerry’s amongst other stuff – what a pig eh!
Am out of the habit of getting stoned daily, and go out much more with friends, do more exercise, it’s just something happens where I have to start all over again
Any tips for getting over the early days people??
Best,
Em
i use a vap. its 99% clear of toxins doesnt smell and its like ripping an entire bowl to yourself in one hit, how can i stop with this kind of mentality. not that i need to or want to but after years of doing it i think its time to move on… excuse me while i take a rip
j/k i like to joke around with it as long as i dont buy a bag ill be good, and staying away from it. i am taking a two week break its been 5 days and if i can continue this streak good for me if not and get back on it i dont consider it an addiction but will power choice. since stoping after using daily for a half year, i think way more clear and even though its summer, i do get a lot more done instead of baking all day. if i do stop i will only smoke if its my birthday or well if i was in amsterdam…
I smoked 6-8 joints a day for 3 years I,ve had jobs with no supervision cut down to 2 a day for 2 weeks and have quit for 3 days gave away 2 busters 1 pipe and some weed. I’m going to do this. Its 2am god I wish I could sleep. I’ve never had sleeping problems till now. And I never dream until now. I wish to sleep. I wish to sleep
Hey guys, i’m really glad i found this website as i got some real issues getting over the withdrawls, i’m 27 years old been smoking weed for roughly 10 years including ciggarettes for also 10 years, i quit smoking weed and cigs bout a month ago, bit over 30 days and everything was alright for bout the first two weeks, after that the withdrawls kicked in, i’ve been having problems sleeping, eating, am really depressed sometimes, weird thoughts, really horrible dreams, exactly the symptoms others stated… and as i’ve always been healthy and never had any problems with depression before i’m really not used to this and consiquently worried bout this beeing a permanent feeling i’ll be experiencing, so can anyone pls comfirm that these feeligns will go away? atleast insomnia and depression? Pls i could really use some help with info, how long does this last?
im so relieved that im not alone an im really trying bc i just got married and ive never imagine missing some1 so much an always feeling great but s.times feeling that im more of a treasure but im playing myself bc i love her an with the biofeedback an control an will power its possible an if i know im not alone this could help me for 4ever im really overwhelmed damn b its tough but i gotta hang in there i my dome is the gym an boxing its 2 two forces that i love an its helped me but i know now wat to do bc im going to cherished life an look forward bc life is to precious an i could also use the $ bc my job is so close an being fortunate but gracias amigos o amigas i will definetly stay in touch
one love from EASTSTDE
i recently had to go 5 days without pot because my dealer got busted. it was hell. ive only been smoking full time for about 3 months, but let me tell you that 5 days knocked me around. Up side is that i would dream and wake up with a clear head, always thoughts running around in my brain. down side is that i couldnt get to sleep no matter how hard i tried. fucked up, i prefer to just pretend it never happened.
hello everyone today is my first day of quitting pot.I realize that pot is addictive and it takes major will power to overcome. I have tried unsuccessfully to stop smoking pot befor.I quit smoking cigs 4 months ago and if i can stop that i can stop anything.It isnt just about me anymore I have kids who understand what I am doing.How do you tell your kids dont do drugs and u do them.congrats to everyone who has stopped and good luck to those trying
woog u dont sound like a real pot head to me why are u even here if u can just quit good for u.find a website that fitsu
Hello everyone,
I have been smoking pot every day for about 16 years. I am starting to inherit the terrible long term side affects. The main side effect is short term memory loss. I cannot remember people’s names a lot. I have a hard time retaining information anymore. I hate it!!! If I could go back to the first time it was offered to me, I would have turned it down. I can hardly make it 1 day anymore without a headache to remind me. I would like to here from some of the long term smokers and there success stories of quitting. I want to quit badly. I certainly don’t feel like I used to before I started and miss that feeling.
woog is the only one with some sense in this whole bs website
it is unfortunate for him that I am Connor Mcleod of the clan Mcleod
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE MOTHERFUCKERS
Unless you want to be straight-edge, you can’t say
“weed is bad”. Tobacco and alcohol are far worse than weed. Worst of all is the war on drugs, what a farce. I challenge anyone to give me some good reasons why weed is worse than tobacco and alcohol. When I pick my poison, I pick the lesser of 3 evils.
To those of you who are implying that weed is not addictive and saying that this is fearing mongering that is an outright lie. I for one know the risks of weed and benefits I also know I’m addicted. I agree it is less dangerous than alcohol and cigs that doesn’t mean it isn’t addictive. Of course not physically addictive but please believe me and everyone else we are psychologically addicted