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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Thank you for creating this site. I started smoking marijuana when I was 17. It’s now 30 years later and I am very addicted. The reason I found your site is because I am currently out of pot, and am very depressed about it, to the point of not being able to function, so I Googled “marijuana addiction” to try to find help. Like you mentioned, I have been scouring every surface that might have some crumbs of weed left on them. Everything you said hit home with me. I am bookmarking your site and plan to look at the Cannabis Coach link you provided. Again, thank you. You are doing a great service here.
I can so relate to everything that you have said here. I am on day 1 tonight and hanging like crazy as I write this. I am 35 years old and I have been stoned for 15 years.
You have no idea the amount of psyching it has taken for me to get to this point. I just couldn’t bear the thought of even facing day 1 and have put quitting “of till tomorrow” for months, years, lost count already. I also have Bipolar II which gets aggravated by the weed. Like you said the side effects for me are huge, not simply red eyes. I have incredible mood swings and anger issues, terrible outburst when I’m hanging and problems that are much worse than that. I suffer from depression and lately even split personality disorder. I got to a point recently that when I smoked I felt incredible, overwhelming anxiety and wishing that I hadn’t smoked; then repeating the pattern the next day, thinking that I would feel better after smoking and then feeling like shit. Like I said the smoking aggravates my Bipolar condition and I have been to the brink of suicide from smoking weed. Talking about losing friends, I have lived the life of a total recluse and lost many friends to the point where I simply had no one but my mom left to talk to. There have been days that I wished so much that my life could have been different. I often feel like the last 15 years have been a blur and now I face a mid life crisis feeling that my youth is gone. All my friends smoke, even the ones I just made yesterday and so the triggers are all around. Other people that are still smoking obviously haven’t reached the danger zone as I did from years of overdoing it. Truth be told, no matter where I am in my recovery, I will still defend the right of others to smoke and enjoy it, if that is the experience that they are having. I know it sounds crazy but I have to deal with my own addictive personality and I realise that not everyone is the same. Anyway, you give me hope and I hear you when you say that you needed to quit to experience the next stage of your life, growth, evolution as a human being etc. I honestly do feel like I am missing out on something. The times that I have quit before I felt things that I hadn’t for so long; new feelings and subtle nuances that were definitely not there before. The scary part of all this is that the longest I have been off weed was 6 months in 15 years. I honestly don’t know how far I can make it, but I’m gonna give it my best shot. So… next few nights are gonna be hectic for me… I know all too well what I am facing. Wish me luck peeps, Bye for now…
After about 3 years of daily smoking, blunts & joints, today is my 25th day w/o and its not joke about the withdrawl symptoms!!!
For the first week, I felt really jittery and had a nervous “knot” in my stomach. I didn’t have a normal appetite. I’m already natually skinny (size 3), so I was so scared I was actully going to be worse off for not smoking and look like some type of crack head. Because I stopped smoking, I also had a hard time falling asleep 
I just was not used to all this “nervous” like sensations. But now, I’m doing great and have a ravenous appetite 
For the first time yesterday, we went to the movies, without having to get all smoked out to enjoy the movie (Final Destination 3-D)and it sooooooooooo good. I still have a little trouble sleeping, but I’ll do something constructive, like youtube till I get sleepy, I know, I know- constructive 
But at least I’m on my way to being clean. My “previous” dealer 
has finally given up on calling me everyday now that he sees I’m serious. and in only about a month- I’ve saved about $150.
I’ll admit, that sometimes I get a little cranky, bored or anxious and want something “dulling”- but at the end of the day…
I even have a calendar, and put a big X on each day that I go w/o
And I do it in the morning, just to claim that day of sobriety ahead of time. I’m proud of myself and actually feel “normal” that I can go without being scared of running out of weed, feeling let down for putting up cash to buy it, or needing it to “have a good time”.
I used to wonder how “straight” people could go without it
But now I’m wondering how I ever put up with
it
I must be growing up
I love weed. The only reason I quit is because i’m 20 and I still live with my parents. Anyway, when I use to smoke, I only did it on the weekends. Why can’t you guys just do that? It saves a lot of money and eventually only a tiny joint of ok to good weed will be enough to relax. Is there anybody out there that is successul and smokes weed? Please tell me. Any doctors? Lawyers? etc.
I’d like to reply to Manny’s question about successful people smoking dope. I moved city two years ago to do a Masters degree in Human Rights Law. This would suggest someone who is geared towards being successful in life, in one way or another, right? I had been off the smoke for two years at this point, after smoking heavily for five years. Gradually, being back in college I fell back into the habit. Now instead of working in the Hague or the UN I am lying on my bed in the near dark right now, as I haven’t had a smoke since yesterday so I haven’t really slept and can’t sleep still. So many other things have gone wrong in my life but it was only yesterday I realised weed is at the root of most of them. There are other things, sure, but getting wasted everyday just means that I can’t deal with anything that life throws at me, and I’ve pretty much ended up in a big mess. I cannot imagine how I could be any further from where I wanted to be two years ago. If I wasn’t lucky enough to have too many people in my life that love me dearly, I’d kill myself and that’s the truth. But I couldn’t do it to them.
Finally I’d like to point out to Manny that I obviously didn’t start out being a full-time smoker. Like the site author I started in college, and got stoned everyday although I still got a good degree and functioned relatively well. It’s been ten years now since I learnt to roll a joint and it’s been a slow road downwards in all that time.
What you’re doing is great! This helps! Thanks
My boyfriend smokes pot everyday, more than once each day. I know I can’t get him to quit because that is all up to him when he’s ready, but it really kills me to see him get high everyday for everything.. it really makes me sad to know that he needs it to be happy.. to forget about his problems.. The worst part is that he has no motivation to do anything, he’s become flaky with his friends, he stopped working, dropped out of school, gets depressed and lonely, is losing a lot of good friends, and unfortunately his favorite people to hang out with are pot heads/dealers, and now he’s drinking and smoking cigarettes too..
He’s such an amazing guy. I don’t want to see him stay in this path. Any advice on how I can help? I know I can’t get him to quit, but I want to support him and let him know I’m there and will continue to be when he decides to quit.
I’d appreciate any advice. Thank you.
I have been a 1-2 gram a day smoker (only the very, very best herb) for a little over three years. I have had to quit twice in the past for job searches and periodically would quit for a 5-7 weeks at a time, just to prove to myself that my will power was stronger than my habit.
The truth is that weed is addictive, but only marginally so when compared to pretty much anything else (alcohol, coffee, even sugar!). I can tell you from experience that after four weeks or so you will (believe it or not) have very little interest in even getting high anymore. Whenever I have started back up after a four week break, the first week smoking seemed like a strange waste of time! I had to WILL myself to start again!
Withdrawal symptoms SUCK, but only for a short period of time. My entire life I have been able to fall asleep anywhere at any time (frequently even when getting work done at the dentist!). However, any time I quit smoking I suffer from bouts of insomnia which last anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks. You might go a day without sleep, but sooner or later you WILL crash and get some rest (it’s not a neurological disorder after all, it’s just weed). I find that the insomnia persists longer if I am going through a period of high anxiety, am eating too much sugar, or not getting enough exercise. Drinking alcohol to put yourself to sleep will only prolong this phase.
I tend to have a hard time dealing with anxiety and am very irritable after about 2 days of abstinence. These symptoms usually peak at about 4-5 days and have normally subsided 100% after about two weeks. Just keep reminding yourself that the anxiety is chemical and try to tough it out. In no time you’ll be feeling silly about what a big deal you made out of it.
Trust me, I have quit multiple times. I have friends that have quit multiple times. The severity and duration of any withdrawal symptoms, anxiety, etc vary from person to person and with usage. However, I can guarantee you that no matter how you feel, they WILL go away and you will feel AS NORMAL SOBER AS YOU DID STONED (sometimes even better).
Manny, I used to smoke on the weekends. You can just smoke on the weekends. I know many people that have done exactly that for years without problems. For your consideration, I am a very successful professional (software engineer) and I smoked (AFTER work) every single day, with little to no impact on the quality of my work. I know many professionals (mental health, chefs, electrical and chemical engineers, etc) that smoke DAILY and are very successful. You just need to be honest and judge for yourself the impact that smoking is having on your life. Most people find the impact to be near zero. My personal recommendations: 1.) try to to get stoned right before bed every night, this makes quitting more difficult (but not impossible!). 2.) try to resist giving into the munchies whenever possible and keep fruits and nuts around for when you fail (you WILL fail sometimes). 3.) With exercise, proper diet, and a good sleep schedule, the physical effects will be negligible.
Over time, smoking herb can reduce the total percentage of time that your body spends in REM when you are sleeping. Taking short breaks (3-4 weeks, once or twice a year) will reset this for you. If you don’t ever break, you may start to require a LOT more sleep in order not to feel sluggish and in a fog. This is because, despite sleeping 8 or so hours, you are only getting the equivalent of 4-5 hours restorative rest.
One final note: I’ve found that the people that have the hardest time fall into the following categories:
1. They have been smoking for so long that they have literally forgotten what it’s like to feel comfortable, sleep, be around people, watch movies, or have fun without being high. I have been there. Just chill out for three weeks and you’ll be fine.
2. They overreact about or stress themselves in anticipation of quitting. They glorify weed and treat their abstinence like they are quitting heroin. They think and talk about weed constantly. It’s just weed people, get over it. If you can wait a few weeks, you’ll feel pretty silly about acting like this.
Good luck!
I love weed as well. But I also understand that it can take over peoples lives. I feel weed is like any other addiction, it becomes a social activity but soon you are doing alone as well as with friends. I dont feel that I am addcited but I know I am not just a casual smoker. I smoke everyday and on the weekends I love to wake and bake. But I can also go days without smoking, weed or cigarettes. I think that it is very comendable that those of you who feel you are addicted are choosing to quit. I know how hard it can be. I quit smoking for 5 months so I could go to school for a job. It was difficult but I knew that I had to quit to attain this goal. I hope that you are all able to suceed in quitting for good. Its a rough road but true friends will understand and support your decision!
Good luck and when Im ready to quit for awhile I hope my friends will support me as well!
IF MY MUM FIND OUT THATS IT BUT HE SEEMS TO BE WILLING TO RISK IT ALL JUST FOR WEED!!!!!.. AND HE LIES ABOUT WHEN HE DOES IT
AND I DONT KNOW WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT IT ??? HELP
I’ve read some of what you guys have to say and it differs.. i actually came across this site as i just wanted to know if quitting smoking causes fatigue. I’m not quitting i love smoking weed i just have to pass a drug test but i have been feeling really tired in the evening. thats my only side effect. marijuana effects each individual diffierently. ITS NOT FOR EVERYONE.and too the 20 year old asking if there are successful people smoking weed. yes i’m successeful and smoke weed daily couple of times a day. I use it to focus when i study as IT books are boring as hell and hard to stay focus after an hour. and i have friends that are doctors and lawyers which also smoke weed. TO those trying to quit my advice to you is start working out. I work out 5 days a week and probably why i have no symptoms and i’ve been smoking weed for 13 years now.
Manny said, “Is there anybody out there that is successul and smokes weed? Please tell me. Any doctors? Lawyers? etc.”
Carl Sagan was a life-long pot-head (quite long, anyway). Jack Nicholson experimented with drugs (including pot, I think), but he wasn’t a “pot-head” Other than that, I haven’t heard of anyone successful (and famous) who smokes pot.
I am currently in the process of quitting, and post in the forums at http://www.givingupcannabis.com feel free to join me there and we can support each other
Yes, Manny, there is. I am graduating this semester with two bachelors. I work, and intern at my health department. And I’ve already been accepted into nursing school, starting in January. After nursing school, my job is paying for me to get my Master’s in Nursing. And the health department, my Master’s in Public Health. I don’t smoke every day though. Like you, I smoke on the weekend. The key is MODERATION. Even too much water can kill you (ecstacy users definitely know about this one). You will rarely find someone who can be super productive smoking fire weed every day. The week is for work and school. Weed (which will be here whether we succeed in life or fail, so why not succeed and be able to afford the best kind?) is for weekends and holidays. If my schoolwork floods into my weekend, I WILL NOT smoke that weekend and just wait for the following.
thank you for this site. i need support to quit pot. i dentify with everybody. 30 plus years 1 joint per day. had an echocardiogram that showed diastolic dysfuction –going for pulmonary tests. freaked out!!! cut down to half a joint for 3 weeks and yesterday was my first day without. the anxiety (combined with heart anxiety that i cannot differentiate) is almost intolerable–wake up and have it all day–wonder if my pot addiction all these years is the reason i have not been able to accomplish anything. hope i live long enough to find out. no matter what i am not starting again. thanks
my husband is up every night an i have found weed on the floor under the kitchen table an i asked where it came from he said not me i told him how did this sh.. get in here i was going to bring him for a drug test an he said no it is a waste i think he is doing weed gut feeling i been looking thru the house every day trying to find the stuff an i find piece here an there an he is up at night. please help
Hi. I love my boyfriend very much. We have been together for five years. The thing is, he is addicted to marijuana. He always denies this and says that marijuana is not addictive but I guess, it is of course.
He asked me to accept him for who he is. He says he likes weed and does not want to be controlled by me. He says if I love him, I should accept him or things wont work between us both.
Help? I am very confused and sa about this.
i use to be vibrant and full of light energy. Smokin Weed is like a lightbulb covered in a thick coat of dust.
It blankets you in an introverted state of confusion, thats why i only hang with other loser stoners and waste our lives away. I use to have tonness of friends i was able to pick up lots of girls and was generally happier.
It turned me into a recluse. And the insane part is that its not even fun yet i repeat it day after f@#$%ing day.
Groundhog day. I think its fuct my sexdrive up forsure.
If someone said take this sleeping pill itll mellow you out -id laff at them. But in reality smoking weed isnt far off. Makes me laugh at the fact that when some atheletes get tested for weed they take away there medal! Like it enhanced their abilty- if anything it hinders it! They should get extra points! I have to quit this peice of shit habit before my life passes by me in a blurry haze and im forty still playing GTA on my xbox!
one more thing- the cannibus coach?? is it good and does it help you for real? i dont want to waste my $$ on a bs cd of some guy just telling me to stop. Who knows anything about it?
I’m 27 years old now the first time i smoked pot i was 12 or 13.I stopped for a while but then when i got to jhs it was over i stopped again in 2004.And every day after that me and pot have been married. And it’s messing up my life. Me and my girl i have been with since i was 19 we both smoke we work everyday to but it still messing my life up i just had a son my first and its hard and stressfull on tha both of us. I sometime well all tha time i lose it. I dont understand why i cant stop its like tha only thing i have tha only thing i can depend on in my life. My girl answer to tha whole thing is i should be single what every i say i never tell her that i want to be with her but how many times can i hear that but i cant quit on my family nd i never had a father in my life so thanks for giving me tha time to say something
Your article is very true. I have just recently decided to quit smoking pot. I know it is a hard thing to do, and I have seen several of my friends be sucessfull at it and many fail. It turned more into a lifestyle than just a habit for me. Thank you for all the good advice and I just want to encourage everyone out there quitting pot, cigs, or whatever else it might be, keep with it. If you give in once you will do it again. I was up to a 1/4oz every 2 or 3 days, go to school, and have a 30+hr a week job. Now that I look back at the last 3 years and wonder what I did with my life? Hopefully things will be different in the future.
I’m almost 40 and I’ve been smoking for…I don’t even remember. The problem I have is that all the greatest things I’ve done in my life I seem to do when I’m high. I wrote my BA and MA papers high and got As. Whenever I need to do something creative – I smoke and do a fine job. But, lately I cannpt deal with the stress and anxiety. I light up and I feel sick, feel pain in certain places which I don’t feel just before smoking. I feel great and than I think that the only thing I need is to get high and than it all goes to shit – until the next time and over and over and over again. I decided to make today D-day. I ran out yesterday, my guy is not answering the phone and I’ve just had enough of the side effects. I lost some weight this year and because of weed I just cannot stop eating and I’ve recently gained it all back. I’m not really sure it;s possible to quit but deep down inside I really want to.
where did that picture of some freckled lady smoking a joint come from?
Im 22 now, I started smoking pot when I was in the 8th Grade. At first it was just with friends usually on weekends or bigger events in our lifes. In highschool I was able to still keep up grades and a good social life. Played V sports freshmen through senior year baseball soccer and basketball. Had a Beautiful, Smart an pretty much everything else a guy wants out of a girl, Girlfriend, and then one day I decided to try something new that alot of friends an kids where already doing at school. Started Snorting pills the summer before my Senior year. I also had went from just smoking with friends on weekends, to being the somewhat dealer for my group of I call them smoking Partners now because they where never really a friend to me. We just got high together. We would smoke before school, at lunch, afterschool before practices, after practice, then Id go home for supper an go out an smoke again. Through out senior year both my habits increased and also began smoking ciggerates. I went from being in the top 10 of my class my first three years of Highschool to just barely graduating on the last day by turning in a paper that was due weeks before. I was lucky the teacher liked my family. I lost the girlfriend, went to college dropped out after about 2 weeks, I lived at home for the next 5 years with parents. In that time I know for sure I stole well over 35,000 dollars from them and their restaurant. Add that to the money I made from a 12.50 an hr/40 hr week job plus any other money from returning bottles at the redemption center to bouncing checks an scamming neighbors an other people in my town to give me their hard earned money. my Habits easily have reached 50,000 to 60,000 in the last 6 to 7 years. The need for that fix turned me into a genius conman who was hateful mean selfish and arrogant at the same time. When I needed to get high I didnt care who I hurt to get it. It took my life an turned it inside out. Not to mention the toll its taken on my relationships with family friends and my health. My teeth are rotting at age 22. I finally had enough of getting in trouble, and couldnt stand to hurt my family especially mother the way i was anymore. I could tell it was affecting her health as well so I decided to quit. I went to a local mental health center and was prescribed saboxine, which helps control the withdrawls from prescription pain killers, and after doing 4 to 5 oxy 80s a day and then turning around and doing like 25 to 30 percacet 10s the next… I really needed it, because when your body comes off pills its nothing like quitting pot. Im not saying quitting cheeba isnt hard it just doesnt even compare to pill withdrawls. I have now been off pills for 1 year and 8 months and have been off saboxine for 8 months. I also havent smoked pot for 1 year and almost a month. It was by far the hardest thing I have ever done but what you get out of it is sooo worth it. I know you probably feel like you won’t be happy anymore if you quit, that you wont enjoy doing anything unless your high… Trust me you will, you will have more fun when its all over then you ever did stoned. Nothing I say is going to make you quit or make it easier for you … all I can say is its worth it in so many ways. Ive been as far down as you can go and I came back from it you can to…
i have been a very heavy smoker for about 20 years. i have quit (6 days) because of my “dream” job is anyone else having strange dreams>??
Good site – I had no idea that so many people struggle with this – I’m a 60 year old mother and grandmother and have smoked medicinally for almost 10 years. However, in the last year or two I’ve found that the drug has “turned against me”. I’m only on day 2 of what I hope will be my final attempt to quit, but this time it feels different – My resolve is firm, I’ve cleaned the house and deleted my dealers # from my phone – and it SO helps to read these posts and know what to prepare for.
Bruno – where are you? I’m also at givingupcannabis.com
I have never posted to blogs before in my life – but this seems very helpful.
DAMN….I can undertsand what everyone is going Through… We all go through the same shit dont we? Started 0ut at 15, 25 now… when i say, have a joint/bong/bucket to help me sleep, thats bullshit, i lay there and think for fuckin ages… about… bullshit and everything. My girlfriend called me fuckin useless loser when i am on weed.. when we first got together i was already smoking weed, she said wasnt a problem, but 2 years togehter now and shes made it clear that if i dont slow down or leave it soon, shes gonna leave…… Dont let it get to u man, i been off 5 weeks and its still playin in my head going “go and get a $25″… but man i feel ur pain.. and i’m sure i’ll have a smoke soon, ju7st dont make it a daily thing… i was going through 5 bongs a night…. if day off probably up to 14-18 bongs a day
This is pretty sad, you all are out of control smokers, thats your problem. I quit for a year then came back to the habit and I can now control my usage without a problem. As Bob Sagat said people who are “addicted” to Weed are pathetic, try being addicted to something serious.
BTW Some of you are so bloody addicted to the Cron you really should see a Doctor about quitting (Riduculous consumtion #’s). Otherwise you are Liable to go Postal one day @ work. But then you will be in Jail and Quitting will be mad easy.
I kind of see what cheech is saying here, even when i was smoking a half oz a week i couldnt smoke in the morning.
See, i dont like the term stoner, I now smoke around about an 8th to a Q a week, all at night, between myself and my girlfriend, after work. I dont think a label like “stoner” helps the reputation of smoking weed, I mean, if i were to drink a beer each night after work (or sometimes not at all) would i be an alcoholic?
I work in the TV industry, im 25 and kind of mid to high level, doing pretty well. I have a degree from one of the best universities in the UK. I have my own place, long term girlfriend, wide circle of friend (only around 30% of which smoke) and even get on well with my (aware of the weed) parents. I dont really see myself ever quitting smoking weed, I enjoy it. Its hardly even about the high anymore, its the ritual, the conversation and the company. Obviously, the high is still nice, and a requirement.
Look, Stopping is fine, carrying on is fine, but the hypocracy of those who turn campaigner upon quitting is just vile. And the addiction is purely psychological, not physical like crack or heroin. Controlling your consumption is a case of pure will power. And if you are aware enough of yourself to know this then feel free to make an informed descision about your habit. But dont hurt our attempts to get governments to decriminalise and legalise.
Seriously? Addicted to a plant? Come on and get a grip! There is nothing wrong with Cannabis, the problem is inside yourselves. If you fill your life with something to make up for a deficiency, thats wrong. But there is nothing wrong with Marijuana, God made it, didnt he (or she)? If you are worried about lung cancer, buy a vaporizer, if you get depressed, get a new hobby. But for the love of everything good and true, dont demonize something because you cant handle it. Be responsible, be professional, but above all, be good to yourself. And stop blaming a plant, the problem is YOU.
When I don’t have weed, I visit these sites. I agree with what everyone says…. and I mean everyone.
There is some very logical justification for NOT quitting:
1.) If the cost isnt prohibitive
2.) If you can consume with without smoking smoke (ie EAT or VAPORIZER)
3.) You are pretty satisfied with your life.
It sounds like one only needs to quit when it’s out of control… and if the Cost and Smoking part are taken out by legalizing it (making it possible to grow a lot and make edible products at cheap cost), then there is no argument.
You can’t take your $$ with you when you Die. We All Die, Sober or Not.
So how do you feel about your life? If you want to try quitting, do it.
Also, if weed was legal, it would not lead to a breakdown of society. Other countries with it legalized have LESS users then those who don’t. You will also stop supporting drug cartels by growing locally. People who don’t want to do it, wouldn’t. Those that do, will still do it.
Maybe those on the fence and curious, could see what the hubbub is about and gain a valuable perspective… the perspective is that your brain can be fooled, so maybe you need to really think about why you are here, and your effects on others.
We all die, so lets be happy while we’re here and leave the planet better for the next generation to enjoy.
Thats ALL we can do.
We wish the planet was better? for us? now? Well, we can grant that wish for others not even born yet.
That is the meaning of life: We can improve and live forever by passing down our legacy to the next generation. We will never really die if we improve the lives that are to come. There’s your religion for you. I’m not even high but I’m about to scrape my pipe and try again since im out.
I’m not a bad person. Pot doesn’t make you who you are; nothing does except yourself.
it’s amazing what a quick search on google can bring into your life.
i have been smoking almost every day since i was 17. i’m now 30 and going nowhere fast. my most recent and unsuccessful attempt to quit was this morning. by noon i was on the way to see my guy. you know the deal.
my situation is getting desperate. i’ve made pretty much every wrong choice you can – dropped out of school, chased wonderful people out of my life – all because of me and my special relationship with weed. my friend, my captor, my demon.
i haven’t touched a ciggy in almost 3 years and the freedom from that addiction was one of the greatest things i have ever accomplished. but i hated ciggys, weed is different. least it makes me feel good while everything else goes to the dogs.
i can’t stand being a loser anymore. it’s not what other people think but it’s what i think. sometimes can’t look at myself and when i think if the opportunities i pissed away, well, sad is not really the right word.
i am now paying the price for poor choices i made 10 years ago. i want the cycle to end. enrolled in uni and i have exams in a month but all i do is smoke all day so even if i study, i hardly remember anything.
i am downloading the cannabis coach right now. what the heck have i got to lose?
will keep you posted on any progress…
I’m not a smoker but a really close friend of mine is. Till now he hasn’t been able to be determined and quit, he has lost his girlfriend and has been smoking everyday. He’s always too afraid of quitting, afraid he’d lose the feelings of being high, and afraid to lose his friends. His girlfriend has encouraged him several time to atleast cut down to a significent amount of smoking a week but he said he couldn’t do it. What should she do, is there a way to encourage him that he can quit? And what could he do to help him quit?
Hi All..
I’m in a real dilemma here…My partner has recently been through an extremely traumatic event – please forgive me for being blunt here, but she was gang raped, beaten which caused the miscarriage of our twin girls, and basically tortured and humiliated in other ways. She has turned to pot to try to dull the feelings, pain and trauma. Personally, I am dead against pot. But on this occasion, she says that it genuinely does help her get through the day and she promises me that she is only using when it gets too much for her to cope. I am really worried that the use is going to get out of hand and she is going to become dependant on it, to the exclusion of other ways of coping. She also promises that as soon as she is able she will quit. If it wasn’t for recent events, I would think that she was just using the old ‘I’m not an addict I can quit anytime’ excuse. At the moment we have come to an arrangement, she has agreed to smoke only at home, and is going to tell me when she does so we can monitor it.
To add to it, she already had depression and is on a fair dose of antidepressants. I really dont know what to do..am I approaching it the right way by letting her use but monitoring it?
Ladies and Gentlemen,
From my personal experience I believe that weed is making you lie to yourself, all the time I have this crazy ideas to make millions but at the end of the day I don’t interested anymore because my other side which NOT HIGH telling me that its Bull, im smoking for over 13 yrs now only best quality of weedo, I have friends who will smoke me every day….. now im 30 and I don’t feel that im productive enough im my life…… but if I will not smoke for days and someone will say something bad, honestly I will knock him out cold, that’s why im smoking because its keep me on the pause…… weed is evil…. But coca is worst
hmmmmm, also weedo make my brain work better, i can filter more information and im (System Engineer) weedo keep me from over loading ………
Thats so stupid i smoke it everyday and i am not gonna stop weed 4 life
Hey wats up guys. Well where do I start… im addictid to vicodins and smoking weed..Ive smoked weed since i was 17 everyday and now im 21. Ive been popping pills for like 2yrs now. Im on my 5th day with out doing any of that… I feel better but yet still at times I get really anxious, my back hurts, I get chills and at night I wake up like every 3 hours. Imma start to do some excersice today to see if that helps anything witch i really hope it does… right now I’m in Mexico with my dad who i hadnt seen in like 2yrs. The good thing about me being out here is that I have no accesses to those things.. I really hope i can get though this bcuz just like all of u i spend way to much money on that.. and im tired of my family viewing me as a druggie! can anyone let me know how much more longer of this suffering imma have to go though? any type of advise would help… thank guys!
Hello. My situation isn’t exactly as serious as most people or even yours, but i feel as though i’m already steering right into that path. I started smoking when I was about 18 and i’m now 20 turning 21. I already know the side effects of smoking and feel as though i’m developing them. Especially the anxiety of being around people, plus i feel as though my motivation and confidence is spiraling downward. I know I want to quit and all the negative of smoking, but the only thing holding me back is my boyfriend. He has also caught the addiction, and i’ve tried to help him stop with me. The only problem is he keeps going back for more and I end up doing the same. He is a horrible influence, and I don’t know what to do. Any advice?
ive been smoking herb for about 1 year,and im not thinking about quitting it,i mean seriously,its not like it makes you lose your friends?,first part when your stoned is that your stoned,not f&$?ed up,second part your conscious of what you do your just a bit lazier!lighten up people it’s a plant not meth!
hello i am new to site so hi everyone i was smoking cannabis every day for 28 years but about 6 months ago i stopped now i am having problems sleeping i am not sure if this is a side affect or it could just be me could you please let me know if this could be the reason many thanx
Hi all, I used to be an evening smoker then met my hubby who is a chronic (for his family had mental probs and he swears he is frightened to get bipolar like his dad and thc helps him) he was a.. come on take a hit.. type when i met him and 8 years ago i became a chronic like him. I would take small puff in am to get hungry (and I do believe it helps keep the shingles away) and then again a few hours later etc until the end of the day. After 8 years of chronic use, I’d get chest pains by 4pm and one day… about 3 weeks ago, I said ENOUGH.
My gawd, my life has sucked the last 3 weeks. The first week I couldn’t sleep at all and I was a mess, still having one evening toke (like I used to before I became a chronic smoker). I’m getting dreams like i never had before and that is main reason for finding this site… i can’t handle the dreams anymore. I need someone to tell me the dreams are a part of the withdrawals and I’ll be able to sleep dreamlessly (or at least not remember them so god damned vividly like I am right now). I keep dreaming of my dead dad or famous athletes.. its driving me NUTS. Oh ya, I’m not hungry and lost 5 pounds in the last 3 weeks. I was 105 and now just 100 lbs. Scary as I’m getting way too thin. The easiest part is actually NOT smokin the stuff… although I still have big addiction to tobacco; something else I feel i will just say ENOUGH too soon enough…
How the heck am I supposed to cope though with these dreams? I feel like I’m not getting any sleep at all.
I hate exercizing but figure I need to get into doing that.. damn I hate exercizing.
Anyway, I guess I’m just looking for some support as my husband isn’t quitting and doesn’t plan on it… not much support there (but at least he’s not doing it in front of me anymore).
Thanks for this site, makes me feel like I’m not alone in my endeavor (as I had NO IDEA there would be side effects to my day time use quitting) and after about 4 days I figured the reason i wasn’t sleeping well is because I was cutting back say 90% of my daily use. Cold turkey. I guess there is no other way but to cold turkey as I don’t want to see a doctor about it.. once its in your medical records, it stays forever.
Take care all you fellow ‘quitters’; I’ll be back
this is bull shit.
everyone in here decided in the brain that your gonna let marijuana win. mary jane doesnt make u lazy, you make you lazy its not as powerful as u may think.u can have control over it, and become successful with it. i no hundreds if not thousands of people who run highly effective businesses.. people selldrugs all the time. if u want to continue ur highh for free. your gonna wanna go ahead n get a lott of danks and pretty much break even by selling half and smoke a good amount everyday as much as u want….. but i suggest if u really wanna trip…salvia is a trip.if ur really lookin for that crazy trippy hallucigenic trip.
Hey. I just read your blog and I can really relate to this. I’m totally not close in age with you I’m actually 17 years old and have been smoking weed for about 3 years now. But this is my first week really trying to quit. It’s really hard and I trying to keep my head up but it’s getting to me badly! Not so much the whole lack of sleep and headaches anymore but my attitude. I’ve realized that I’ve been a very angry and depressed person this past week. I even have taken it out on my boyfriend who smokes weed everyday and he doesn’t realize it’s part of my withdrawls. I was just wondering what withdrawls you felt when you quit weed? Is my weight lose and moodiness normal? Or am I just tripping out?
I’m amused at the way that erb effects different people in different ways. People also have different views on the acceptance factor. Some people think it’s just bad.Either way, most people have vices.Cigarettes,multiple cups of coffee, over the counter pills for this, that and the third (that “may have side effects so consult a physician”), even writing graffitti on walls is a vice for some fools. My point being, don’t judge.Life is perception,and in the eyes of the beholder.How your parents raise you MATTERS and most stuff isn’t good for you at all anyway,even when taken or done in moderation(Smoke of any sort).What’s your vice? Success depends soley on the individual. Most of my buddys are successful,and have vices of some sort. Without success, your vices become magnified to others around you. Smoke your brains out, just make sure your bills are paid…that said,the biggest advantage to not smoking, that “I want” is more physical.I want to live a long life, play basketball with my son when he’s 16 (he’s 6) without coughing up a lung,and even cooler, not be the grandpa down the road who reeks of smoke…But again,remember everyone is an individual,don’t judge the next person.
I thank God for internet and google
You guys have no idea. You all want to stop. I have been forced. It has been 90 days since I last smoked. I am on probation, my shit is falling apart without tree.
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