Many people wonder how they should stop smoking weed. I mean, they want to stop. They know they should. They really do want to make themselves and their families happy.
The problem is that they honestly don’t know how.
That’s why I decided to write this article. I will try to outline a few things that will not only teach how to stop smoking weed, but will also help in a very practical way.
1. Drink lots and lots of juice and water.
This sounds like an obvious thing that your mom would say, but if you are addicted to weed and want to quit smoking it, you have to make sure that you do everything you can to clean out your body. You’ll have to eat well and drink a lot so that all that nasty stuff can come out. Once it does, you’ll not have much of a desire to smoke again, which is a great thing.
2. Get Distracted.
Now, this is definitely NOT something your mom would say, is it?
Everyone says, be focused and I say, get distracted. Why? Because as you try to quit smoking, you’ll not be able to stop thinking about pot unless you force yourself to think about something else.
You wanted to know how to quit smoking weed? This is your tip number 2.
3. Work Out.
Now, as much as I want you to get fit and healthy, this is not the main reason for you to work out when you try to stop smoking pot. The reason for your workout is that exercising boosts your morale. I mean it gets you feel great. This is due to chemical reactions that take place in the brain during the solid workout session.
Don’t panic though. A simple cardio workout for 15 minutes will be just fine.
4. Tell Everyone.
Another thing about knowing how to quit smoking weed that I need to tell you about is telling everyone that you’ve decided to quit. Why? Because it will get you an additional boost to succeed. I mean, just imagine you tell your girlfriend (or boyfriend for that matter) that you’re going to get clean and then they see you on the street smoking.
What are they going to think about it? You guessed it. They will think you stink and you certainly don’t know that, do you?
As I say, learning how to stop smoking weed is not a very complicated process, although it can be hard to actually do it. Of course, all the information you can possibly get at this stage is very useful, so here’s a site you can check out to learn a bit more about quitting pot (link)
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i have been smoking pot for over 20 years. This is my first day of stopping. it is,nt going so well feel crazy inside. i need help please
I have been coming back for days reading everything that has been posted. I never realised that I have a pot addiction. I am now 28 have been smoking since I was 14. Where I’m from smoking is normal. It is normal to be high 24/7. Pot has been made so common for years I was that person who argued weed is from the earth. But that was all part of my addiction. I have been so lost in it I had no idea how far gone I have been. I have been saying for years that I can stop whenever I wanted but now that I have chosen to stop I am having some problems. It’s only been a couple of hours and I am feeling like a true junkie. I need major support living alone isn’t that good right now:(
Well this is my first full day of quitting. I have quit before for 6 months and thought I could start smoking on weekends, 3 years later and I am a total pothead again. This is probably my 5th attempt in 2 weeks but I know that this time I have quit. The first time I quit I found once I got past that first night that it got ALOT easier. Yesterday I tried something different and spur of the moment. I smoked my last joint in the afternoon around noon. Last night I didnt have that”need” so I went through the night without smoking. So today, like I said, is my first full day of quitting and I do have a little willpower since I went through the night without any, and for me, thats the biggest hurdle. I need something to build on so quitting in the afternoon gave me that evening. I hope to have no relapses, and I know that this time I wont. I am 32 years old and have been smoking everyday (3time or more) since. I am anti-social, which is due to the fact that I dont have many “experiences” from being a shutin pothead. Basically from 20-32 is a blur, I remember some, but not much. But what I do know, is it’s time to stop smoking pot and become somebody with my own views and opinions, not someone who tries to blend in and be unnoticed.
I am on day three of no pot – I have been reading this site exclusively as a guide to help me get over the cravings. I am so thankful for this site. I dont need 12 steps, and I dont need to accept Jesus Christ as my lord and saviour. What I do need, is a support network of people who are going through the same thing as me.
I have taken your tips and put them to practice but i do have a question. Is it ok to smoke sometimes once you’ve quit (I know this sounds silly because alcoholics aren’t allowed to drink) but is it on the same scale? If i go to a party and it’s there – will I fall into old habits if i take a puff?
Thanks again –
To all the people out there who smoke weed…Weed kills your inner self slowly…you forget your own traits and skills and whatever you do is just in the effect of the ultimate paradise you are in. Thats definitely not you, its just maybe 10-15% of your inner soul. We all have a great soul inside which has no boundaries to it. But by smoking weed we make our soul high and it goes round and round in the same place. Look at me how I’m talking, its just that I’m trying to quit and my soul is going around in the same place. Weed definitely effects your temper, memory and your relationships. Basically the only thing you like is just being high and all the things you like otherwise have to be done during this feeling or you dont enjoy it. Our potential never goes away, it’s just that our mind says yes you could do a little extra if you were doped. This time i need to stop cause i’m 32 now and I need to have a family and a life like all my other friends. I have spoiled many non smokers but now I think its my time to repent and given a chance I would want all of them to quit too…Our life is too short to be high all the time and not realize what we are missing otherwise. Best of luck to everyone out there who want to quit. Don’t worry, everything will be fine. It’s no one else but it’s you whom you have to fight and defeat.
i have been smoking weed for a very long time. The cops finally busted me for it yesterday. I think it was a wake up call from God. I want to quit so bad. Crazy thing is i do work out, i do drink A LOT of water and i drink a lot of juice to help my cotton mouth when im high. I’ve lied to people and told them i quit when i really havn’t.great tips they just dont work for me..any other tips?
hello ive been smokin weed since i was 16 its tooken over my life im now bein forced to quit which is hard but honestly i wanna quit jus wish i wasnt bein forced,anyhow im a really heavy smoker so its hard and im in the first seconds of quiting but ima take all the advise i read and apply it to my life as much as i can and report in from time to time to inform everyone on what im doin and how my body is reacting…
It’s not the easiest thing in the world, another tip is to not see it as quitting, but earning more money. Personally, I smoke a 20 bag a day, now, if i dont smoke for 1 day, I’ve technically saved £20 (however I call it earnt money as it’s a chore to quit).
I’ve quit for a few months before now and I feel that the best thing to do is limit yourself; I only buy on Monday, Wednesday and Friday now, hence I know my outgoings do not exceed £60 a week. Gradual decreases in the frequency of purchase should helppppp
I’ve been smoking since freshman year of high school. I’m now almost done with college and still smoked up until yesterday (yup first day not taking a puff). Felt great at first but once i got home from working 8 hours only to see a messy apartment and nothing to do you could only imagine how much I want to smoke. I think smoking pot became an escape for me, to forget my troubles and now that I’ve stopped smoking I feel an old anger resurfacing from past cruelties at the hands of others. Maybe its just me and I’m just being grouchy quitting cold turkey but the more i think about it ive been relatively anger free during my smoking life and have only memories of violence and rage without it. Worst part of it is that my family doesn’t know that i smoke/smoked. Feels like no one knows what I’m feeling. If I saw someone from highschool that used to torment me when I smoked I probably would have just flipped them the bird, now all I can think about is making them suffer if I see them again. I either need to find a new way to subdue my anger or I’m afraid I’m going to fall right back into my addiction.
It’s been 3 years since I started smoking….it first started out as fun now I’m addicted. It’s all I think about…I tried to check myself into rehab…however they can not help marijuana users….I get so.tired of rolling up and smoking….I’m too pretty. It’s disgusting…worst part.my bf is going to leave.me.if.I.don’t…..weed use to be my friend now its my enemy someone help me stop harming my.body with this DRUG..
I used to be such a bright young girl, I had a music scholarship at the age of 12, I had an album out and was a touring singer. Life was perfect, then I got into high school and got mixed up in the wrong crowd, started dating a bad influence and started getting into drugs. hard drugs, soft drugs, alcohol, anything he and i could get our hands on we’d try. Weed was the only one that stuck with me once i got out of that relationship. I was convinced that it was harmless and that it was impossible to get addicted to it and that I could drop it at any time I wanted, but I was dead wrong. I’ve been smoking dope for going on 6 years now, and my life has only gone downhill. I used to love music and singing, but now I rarely ever write or sing because I’m just too stoned to focus on it. All I do is get stoned and play video games, wasting my life away. I try to save up money for university, but every time I have 200+ saved up, I end up spending it all on weed, getting myself back to square one. I am functional when I smoke weed, considering I’m still a good student and a good employee, but I have no motivation left inside of me to do more with my life and my future because I’m always stoned and stuck in the here and now. Today I finally came to the realization that I am a full blown addict. As impossible as I thought it was, I am addicted to marijuana. I need to quit, and I know that with the proper support from my friends, family and boyfriend (who’s already supportive to my choice, and is extremely happy for me for realizing my problem) I know I can do it. It will be hard though. This is my first day not smoking, and I already have the shakes and sweats, I’m already irritable and all I can think about is finishing this quad so it’s not around anymore. It’s incredibly hard not to relapse, the opportunity to smoke is everywhere it seems. I wish I was only physically addicted to weed, but I’m physically and mentally addicted, it blows. My motivation right now is getting back to music, and putting all of the money i’d usually spend on weed (100$+ a week) into my savings account so I can save up for my future. I need to put a foot down and stop wasting my life and money away on something so pointless. Sober has become my high, and stoned has become my norm. the past 5 years have been a blur. High school was supposed to be the best years of my life, so they say, but I barely remember anything that happened. I want the rest of my life to be clear and bright, because YOLO. I’m so thankful for this site because it provides me with the support and advice I need to get through this. Thank you for making such a helpful tool.
Well, I have been smoking pot since 16 and now 47, i kicked a cocaine and amphetamine addiction yrs ago, (i did this on my own wasnt easy but i DID it) , admittingly i do enjoy a puff but know the time has come and i WILL need help, this is not easy to just simply stop, after 3-4 days the withdrawel, etc….I MUST GIVE UP or i dont see my son……I know what i must do…………..I hate to give up pot after so long but I LOVE AND MISS MY SON SO SO DEARLY…and now the decision is made for me !!!!!!
Well folks its been 42 days without pot now and going strong.Now it wasnt easy at all believe me, but you must be mentally strong to do this, have good friends/parents to support you who understand what you will be submitting yourself too, the withdrawals was tough, very tough.Put your mind to it and it can be done, like all things!!It was this site that started me on the road to stop pot so do whats advised..I still test positive(drug test kit) to THC but its only days away now and when negative I shall see my son.!!!!
Going to give it a go. Really need to. Unfortunately I’m a music producer and if I don’t smoke, I struggle to be creative. Anyhow, I believe the creativity lives inside me and not something the weed is bringing to the party so I just need to stop smoking first. Will keep u all posted. This is a great site by the way:-) peace