Hi Everyone,
Smoking Marijuana used to be a lot of fun for me, I am not going to lie. But it was a bit of a slippery slope. I don’t know exactly when it happened, but the side effects of smoking marijuana started to become worse than the ‘high’.
I started smoking heavily while I was in university, at around 18 years old. I was able to keep up my grades, and social expectations, but still enjoy a regular smoke…..for a while. Gradually, I started to puff more often, until I was smoking 1/4 oz of fine herb every 4 or 5 days. I would wake and bake, then smoke a cigarette (I wasn’t a cigarette smoker…but I thought it got me more high) first thing in the morning. Then I would chase the high all day.
I carried on like this for YEARS…I was really stuck in a rut.. The marijuana side effects were way worse for my life than the short feeling of the high, and I knew I had to stop smoking weed…When you think about side effects, you probably think about coughing, red eyes, and the munchies…but what about the larger lifestyle side effects of smoking weed?
For me, there was always some anxiety about people finding out I smoked, or being stoned in public. There was also the anxiety of running out. I used to run around my apartment looking for scraps in the cracks of the coffee table, couch cushions, and on the floor. There was also the $20,000 or so dollars I spent smoking weed. That’s a down payment on house….or a brand new car. My health suffered, partly from smoking, partly from being lazy, because that’s what happened when I got high.
I have gained some perspective in the last 6 months. I don’t really identify with the ‘the person I was’ when I was such a heavy smoker. Don’t get me wrong, I know that was me, but I am kinda embarassed about it. I have friends from that point in my life who only know me as a stoner, and that’s a label no one wants. To my close friends, I have made some apologies, because I wasn’t holding up my side of the friendship like I do now…luckily they have given me the opportunity to prove it. Who would have thought that long term marijuana side effects would be losing friends….it happens.
If you can relate to this, and are still smoking, there are a few things I want to tell you. First off. You CAN do it! Second, think of the weed side effects that you have…and don’t think of just the red eyes and stuff…think of your lifestyle, and if this is the lifestyle you want to keep on living. Personally, I needed to quit weed if I wanted to progress as an individual. I know it sounds a little corny….but it’s truth.
One thing that I recommend is the ‘Cannabis Coach‘. It’s a 5 part audio program that can helped me clear out some of the mental chatter in my head, and really commit to quitting weed. I was pretty private about my addiction, so it was listening to the program helped to keep me accountable.
Leave me some comments if you have specific questions. I do my best to answer them.
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I have only smoked for the past 5 months or so…maybe a total of like 3/8 of an oz. + a very small amount of hash.
Here is my issue – Since I quit 5 days ago I am feeling slight headaches similar to that of a very light caffeine withdraw. I feel sick to my stomach first thing in the morning that sometimes lasts the whole day. On and off in the afternoon. I LOVE beef, but these last few days it has kind of made me sick to my stomach … even just the thought or small of it. I can eat other things, but I just feel like utter shit if I eat too much.
I get very strange claustrophobic feelings, sometimes feel like I am depressed one moment then better the next…..on and off, back and forth…
6 months ago I quit smoking cig’s and started using pot (since it is sooo much less addictive) as a vice to get off of cigs. Now I am over my 4 year cigarette addiction only to find that I got hooked on pot for 6 months. Now I have quit smoking cold turkey which has been very simple and easy compared to tobacco with the exception of these symptoms I am feeling! So now I am finding that a single ounce of hard alcohol helps my nerves ease off a bit so I can relax when I get home from work – otherwise I feel most of these symptoms.
Does anyone else experience any of these symptoms? I am only 23 so I doubt anything else is really wrong with me. I am slightly over weight for my height (240 lbs at 6′1″, male) and I have a fairly inactive lifestyle (I work at a desk) but I do go for a 1/4 mile (sometimes more) walk everyday which does make me feel a bit better.
Thank you for your input. None of my symptoms have seamed to be getting worse…just the 2nd day since I quit it’s been consistent.
If some of you who read this can imagine, its like being a little panicky but you can feel it on your skin…kind of like when you smoke way way way too much and you feel like shit….but just a slight feeling on your skin.
Thanks again!
Hi, I have smoked Cannabis in many forms for the past 20 years and I can tell you that for me personally it fecks your life. Yes, I passed my schooling. Yes I passed my higher education. Yes, I worked hard and attained a good career and salary. But in my head, jeeez.
Forget the facts, medical proof et al. If you smoke Cannabis for any length of time it will get its claws into u. I used to think that as it was natural it was therefore fine…. arsenic is natural so should we take a good dose of that on a regular basis? I think the answer is NO.
Smoke or not-smoke? Its a personal thing. The facts are out there. It could be PSYCHOLOGICALLY addictive (as opposed to PHYSICALLY) for you, only time will tell. I’ve known friends that are still in the local psychiatric unit due to their cannabis use. Niiiiiiiiiiice, I’[m sure all you people would love a 10 to 15 stint in one of those!!! Don’t say its b*llshit… you never know the outcome. None of us can see the future!
If you’re young (I’m 35 and started at 14) I’d advise finding another hobby like SEX to keep u occupied until your brains and bodies are fully grown… there’s evidence that Cannabis smoked in early/mid teenage years plays a fundamental part in slowing/eradicating the growth of your emotions, etc.
If you think that you’ve smoked cannabis for a coupla years and its ALLL good then that’s because it IS. Try smoking the sh*t for 10, 15, 20, 25 years and saying the same. i don’t think you would.
Have fun but do your body and brains a favour. Look after them first and the weed second.
People are fucking stupid..marijuana isn’t bad your just an idiot..you abuse the shit out of weed by smoking 2-3 grams a fuckin day..there’s times to blaze and theres times to wait till you light that joint or hit that bong..if you eat too much you get fat, you run too much you get sick and throw up..you stay up too late you get tired, when you abuse shit its obviously gonna effect you negatively
well… my story is i have been smoking since i was in 5th grade…now 12th yey…. but all my friends who i smoked with in 5th grade and middle school never passed the ninth grade… weed fucked my life because i was an athlete and i didnt play football my senior year and i played with the same kids since 6th grade… but now i tried to stop “burnin” its been a week today at 1130 pm but i feel depressed because all my friends do, is smoke and i have no friends now
i work 40 hours a week and go to school but now im just tried, bored and hate my life… i love smoking a blunt well going to school or cut a class to smoke or take a break at work and smoke with a co-employ and after work smoke another L’ but now i have free time and… a good solution is get a GF, but all the girls i no smoke and hit me up to burn but im like AHHHH!!!! smoke with A cutiee or keep my word :/
marijuana is the best thing next to mom’s cooking, its all good, everyone should just smoke weed and fuck all day long.
i smoked a joint today got high yeah thats all fine but is it normal for your eyes to look different im not talking about them been red and that my face looks different will that go away its a side effect right? the highs over but my face still looks a bit like it. its kinda a bit hard to explain will that happy starring look go away i don’t want ppl to think im a fucken stoner lol
Hey all,
first of all I would like to say a big thank you for the post. Then sorry for my bad english.
YES – sadly everything you wrote about is true. Iam smoking for about 12 years every day, I started when I was 13! I do smoke about 5 grams per day now.
Ty for the Coach link. Will be glad to check it out.
The best sentences in your post imho are, quote:
…think of your lifestyle, and if this is the lifestyle you want to keep on living. Personally, I needed to quit weed if I wanted to progress as an individual. I know it sounds a little corny….but it’s truth.
and: Who would have thought that long term marijuana side effects would be losing friends….it happens.
Weed519 – just be happy you dont abuse it. Iam happy for you and i hope you will never experience the real cannabis addiction. But everything is not black and white. There are reasons for people to start abusing, don’t be so hostile. You dont know what an individual had experienced to come to that point.
Btw. Today is my first day without weed in about 7 years or so. Wow, its a new world. Lets hope it stays that way.
a drug free life thats what i wish for everyone in here.dont be stoned as the world passes you by enjoy the world travel all over and be happy with yourself no need to be under the influence to find happines
i am 15 and trying to quit weed,, i have been smokin weed for about 2 years now near enough everyday. i want to quit weed because i have changed,, im like a diffrent person then i was 2 years ago i dont like to talk to people out loud in public because i get paranoid, i get seeious pains in the back of my head even when im not stoned but when i get them when i am stoned the pain spreads to all of my head and really hurts. i have recently tried quitting and lasted 2 days i had trouble sleeping and weird dreams also i got really angry and flipped at everyone. my best frend went through serious paranoia,, he had to sit in the corner of the room with a knife because he thought someone was coming to kill him. this hapend everytime he smoked weed, he hasnt smoked weed since that was about a year ago, but the damage you can still see he doesnt come out of his house much and repeats himself sevral times i think thats memory problems. i know i have alredy done so much damage to my body and want to stop now before its too late and i go mentaly ill or get cancer or sumert. sory ive gone on alot but i need help to quit _\|/_
Regardless of what some of you say marijuana is a drug. Just as coffee is, chocolate is, prescription drugs, etc. Also, just like any drug, excessive amounts of anything is bad. My problem is my partner of many years, who still smokes. I am not against the drug per say, in fact, he is much happier when he is high. However, the key to knowing when someone is addicted is the effects of not having pot. He gets so depressed and angry, I can’t handle it anymore. It is to the point where I know when he has weed and when he doesn’t. Sorry folks but that is addiction! I used to smoke for a couple of years, but had to quit because it was causing me to be paranoid and have anxiety attacks. I know how great it is, but everything is about moderation. Some people have addictive qualities and shouldn’t smoke.
hi i have read your story and am very touched by it.My son is 18 and has turned into avery heavy smoker he has lost his job he’s loosing his friends and family i am at my wits end how ca i get my son to see how much he is changing, it semms to be me he’s angry at and we use to be so close.
If smoking pot is “no big deal”…if smoking pot “isn’t addicting” …if smoking pot “isn’t as bad as other drugs”..then…quit. If this wonderful stuff isn’t a “big deal” then…quit. I’m guessing that you can’t quit. You can’t quit because you are not strong. You are a weak person.You let this small thing control your life. If you are such a “bad ass” then..how is it that you are allowing it to control you?
Life is life. Get over yourself! Listen to what your grandparents went through when they were your age. So tired of hearing how terrible people’s lives are that they need to smoke! Grow up! Life is hard, work is hard, growing up is hard! Get over it! If it’s “no big deal” then…QUIT!
….and why do you want to give over your body and your money to some asshole drug dealer..who by the way isn’t your friend..he is there to keep you addicted..to keep him employed dumb ass. The next time you smoke something…think about it..you just made him richer and made yourself dummmmmmer… dumb ass!
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