One of the main problems that people that decide to stop smoking marijuana face is the danger of relapse. Some smokers have been smoking for years before they decided to give it up, and not picking the habit back up can be really hard for them, especially if they are not prepared for life after marijuana.
If you’re in a similar situation to what I described above, these tips will be very helpful to you. Just follow them and there is no reason why you should not be successful in your determination to never smoke weed again.
Stay away from Cannabis!
This might be one of those “oh man! That’s so obvious!” things to you, but it’s very important and that’s why I wanted to talk to you about it anyway. Staying away from marijuana doesn’t just mean that you’re not going to go ahead and buy it. It also means that you’re not going to go to places where you used to smoke it, or where it’s easily accessible to you. You don’t want to be around marijuana. You can’t smoke if there is nothing to smoke!
Think about triggers to relapse.
Every smoker has triggers that cause them want to smoke. Did you usually smoke after a meal? Did you have a puff when you woke up each morning? Did you wear your favorite jacket as you did it? Did you smoke with specific people and in specific places?
The thing is that as soon as you go to those places, see those people, put on those clothes, you’re going to just start remembering that you want to smoke. You will actually feel the desire to do it because a trigger will have gone off in your head. I know this sounds crazy, but you’re going to trust me on this one. Just identify those triggers and by all means avoid them. Don’t hang out with the same people, don’t go to those same places, just avoid anything that might cause you want a smoke and weaken your determination to stop smoking marijuana.
Find new, non smoking friends.
This one goes without saying, right? You need friends, but your old, smoking, friends will have a bad influence on you, so you need to find some new ones to hang out with. It’s actually easier than you think. Just start meeting new people and you’ll find a friend in no time. When you do and you can trust him, tell him about your addiction and let him know that you’re working on quitting. They’ll be helping hands. It doesn’t mean you can’t see your old friends, but you will move on from some friendships that were based on a mutual addiction.
Staying away from the stuff, meeting new people and avoiding all the triggers that make you want to smoke is a great start on your way to stop smoking marijuana. I have no doubt that you’ll be successful if you follow the tips I outlined in this article.
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I have been a pot smoker on and off for about ten years. each binge gets longer and it gets harder to quite each time. This last binge lasted about 8 months. All I think about is smoking then I get mad that I am not a stronger person. I cannot fully imagine my entire life without weed. I love the smell, how it makes me feel, and how the world looks while I am stoned. A big problem for me is that I like to live life to the fullest while I am high, without weed I feel like doing nothing.
I’m 19 years old I smoked my first time when I was 16 at a party I was feeling good but I didn’t have connections or didn’t know where to get it so I wouldn’t smoke often at 18 I met someone and they had a really tough life so they moved in. that person became my best friend my everything but they smoked weed everyday
so I started smoking weed everyday too wth them. at first I would believe anything she would tell me I would catch him in lies all the time but I wouldn’t get so mad because we would smoke and she would be extra nice n I would forget I found a job and all my money would go to smoking cuz I’f not id be a bad time everything woulda maker her mad so it have to buy 20 sak after 20 sak I recently lost my job and now I don’t want to be high she left me one day without even a note or a call we had gotten into it the night before because I wanted to stop smoking and she said that I was selfish that I’m only thinking about me and blah blah i tried to quit yesterday I went without it all day and I couldn’t sleep I tossed and turned for. a while . today I felt weird I was more social though but I went running and found some old friends that smoked and I feel like shit I can’t believe she left me after 2 fucking years and I relapsed I smoked me a fat ass blunt I wanna quit but it’s so hard I need help I feel so alone
Ive been smoking for 4 and a half years straight, a month after i tried it, i was smoking weed everyday, all hours of the day, going everywhere high, thinking its ok to do anything i want high and i finally told myself i need to quit, I cant believe it. I cant even imagine my life without weed in it, its 10/4 at 2:33 am. I havent smoked since 8/31 in the evening. so its been 4 days basically and I cant stand it. Since then, I have cleaned my bathroom and wrote an essay for my university. I wouldnt of done either while smoking. its crazy how weed makes you think its okay to be high everyday. Its only been 4 days and I just absolutely wish i could get baked right now. I miss smoking. I miss being high. I hate life. every thing sucks. but i have to deal with that in this situation that I put on mysekf. good luck everyone. I just want to be a casual smoker too:( like all my friends, but i feel as if I NEED IT, not WANT it like all my other friends.. it upsets me. goodnight all, this half of a sleeping pill ( over the counter) is making me doze off. good luck, ONE LOVE EVERYBODY ONE LOVE.
I am tired of getting high. I have smoked for 16 years and I’m tired of always getting that urge to smoke again. I usually quit for a couple of months and then I just relapse again. Its boredom that mainly causes me to keep smoking. All of my friends through the years have been users and I always gravitate towards them. My fear of starting over in life is the main reason I always relapse. I have children and their mother is addicted to harder drugs and I really want to remain clean to set a good example for them. I live in a small town so options are limited for me to gain new friendships. Im just sick and tired of this cycle and im open for suggestions from anyone out there.
If you want to change your life you have to change your lifestyle! That’s been my motto forever but I said it whilst I smoked weed. i quit drinking due to a health scare,beat that and thought that weed was for me. I stopped paying for it as I learned to grow it out here on the farm, Six healthy plants did not attract the police and kept the guilt away of wasting good money as I raised my two sons by myself. I am looking for a different occupation and did not want to be dumped by a urine test so I quit three weeks ago. I really don’t feel any withdrawl symptoms at all. By the way I don’t smoke ciggys(thats a tough one to quit I hear) .I am having amazing dreams and can’t wait to sleep at nite. My sore throat is gone and I look forward to having healthy lungs again. I am 50 yrs old and it was time to grow up. Stop fooling yourselves and try my cold turkey method. I have a treadmill and when bored I walk fast for twenty minutes. I drink lots of water and every day I want to treat my body more and more like a temple. My kids are still young and I am very proud of myself not being a pothead. My boys deserve it. So do you. It’s not hard, just do it. We all know someone that thinks the weed is a godsend but mj will never be legal because of the losers that it creates. Get real get clean!! Good luck. I’ll say a prayer for you.
It has bee 9 days without and this morning, for whatever reason, I really want a toke. Just have to keep busy doing things to keep my mind off of it. I really want to be free of it.
35 years of smokin this shit WOW THIS IS HARD.
hi there
That post is for people who respect themselves and life
Hi my friends
Weed is not for people like us it is not belive me. We are not slaves from jamaica how feel free only when stoned. Weed belongs to its culture, leave it there.Dont get me wrong, I like reggae music I like rasta style of life. .It is very easy to stop smoking weed even if you have been doing it if all your life .First of all you need to understand that you are born witout nothing and you dont need nothing .Weed is powerful plant and it has its role in life .We dont know what it is actually and how it works with our body but we use it every day.I have lost a lot of things in my life because of it and I feel very very very stupid.Cant bring time back ,can we ?These are my advices for you :
-don’t meet friends who smoke , if you meet them tell them to quit smoking
-choose sports that fits you and start training hard with purpose
-make a trip and find out that now you have more money and time spend them for visiting places i know that you gona like it
-start searching for love wherever you can find it
-find your hobby or somthing that makes you happy
-dont think that you have problems with stopping it .Think that you doing great and after you quit that you are gonna be stronger and wiser
– apologise to yourself for the harm that you have done to you precios body and soul that God gave you . You should even thank God that he is giving you the power to stop smoking.
-dont be paranoid and don`t make big deal from the fact you quit weed (this is for people who enjoy being victims)
-find the real problem if you feel that you have one, and solve it
-be patient ,you`re gonna feel depressed only for 2-3 week ,after that you will be surprised how strong and happy you feel
-take the jouney back to yourself and find the beauty of your soul
-never do it again , it is easy to stop but it is also easy to begin again even after year
-don’t lie your self stop the genocid alver you body
Take care and good luck
I smoked daily for about 40 years. That’s right. Fooled everyone except those close to me. So I quite on Oct. 27 and I am surprised that I have not missed it as much as I thought I would. It helps that I don’t hang with people who smoke. That is just part of being older. They are either dead or have grown out of it.
All of a sudden I dream again. I look forward to going to sleep to see where the dreams will take me. I am more positve and outgoing. So for those of you who are younger, hang in there. Give yourself a chance to connect with the real you again. Do I want to try it again, absolutely! However, I promised myself not one hit until I hit 6 months. I know what will happen when that day comes. Most likely I will say ” well, I will give it another six months”. First one day at a time, then one week, one month, six months and one year. Your not alone. Give yourself a chance to shine.
I smoked weed for 5 years straight and i got to the point where there was just way too much guilt attached to using. I’m 20 years old, and I would look at photo albums of older friends who grew up not using and had children, and i knew that’s what i wanted for myself. This goal – a wife, children, a nice home – is unachievable if you are a dope smoker. Besides, even if you are a managing addict and do attain these things, do you really want to be in your current fucked up state to enjoy them? I mean it affects your mind. What else do you have on this planet that separates you from everyone else, other than your mind? Trust me, your gonna want to be there for life, to enjoy its sweet moments. You were born with the perfect state of conciousness, dont mess it up by smoking pot. Weed is by far the best disguised destroyer of raw talent and originality that i know of.
I am really glad I stumbled accross this site. I have been smoking weed for last 20 years chronically. However, I am sort of a funtioning type but thats not an excuse. I functioned sub par and could have done way more in my life. Weed fucked everything up. I was forced to smoke weed by older brother and friends as a kid. Not saying its their fault but the peer pressure was very great and you do look upto your brother. Now I hate my brother, we dont get along, hes a pure pot head low life and so am I, But I want to change. I am Angry all the time too.
I hope I can quit and get my life back together asap. Thanks for the support.
its nice to read your opinions ppl bc im going through the samething. These forums rly help, just want to say thanks to everyone out there who has written. Ive tried to quit several times but relapsed bout 3-4 wks later. Well, im back and its DAY ONE all of again. Honestly, im dyin to smoke, and would be s oking now but im writing this post..if only i had 3 arms buahaha lol neways, Im 29 yrs old, been puffing 4-5 times a day since i was 20. I never thought i had too much of a problem bc i never smoke in the morning, always after work but i feel like a complete loser, at 5pm i rush home to my comfort zone, i dont wanna leave my house. Even when im out, all i wanna do is go home, sit on my couch and smoke. I ignore so many people, they think i dont want anything to do with them, little do they know im just an addict. Day one.. i guess one at a time… peace
im 18 years old and i started smoking when i was the age of 14 so i have been smoking for 4 years and i say probably smoked mostly everyday since the thing about weed is that i wouldnt say its addicting thier is just something in your brain that triggers to want to smoke bcus anyone in this world could smoke for 10 years and quit the next day and its possible because nothing in this world is impossiable just rememeber that but i have been trying to quit but from growing up with my friends since i was little its hard to make new friends and u dont want to make new friends bcus you like the ones you got already and thats the toughest part about quitting but im gonna try to give up weed and cigrette smoking on jan 1 of this new year good luck to everyone else out thier trying to quit to
Hey guys i am 20 years old and have been smoking weed for three years now. I am in my second year in university, having trouble to organise between weed and my studies, please give me some advices, i smoke weed everyday, go to university and once i finish all my lectures, I run back home in order to smoke weed ASAP, I dont socialise with people just smoke pot everyday until I sleep. After missing a few lectures and getting lower grades, not to show off or anything but I am an A student even in university, I started saying ” from now I will only smoke a couple of hours before I sleep” did that but still my concentration is not as it used and I started not giving a shit about studies like I used to. I have stopped smoking for a week now since exams are coming soon, but I cant sleep tried counting the sheeps bla bla bla nothing is working. I am heavy smoker who smokes 5-6 joints a day while studying. I spend all my money on this shit and cheap foood, never buy new cloths, go out etc. Even started gambling in order to make money and now have gambling and marijuana addiction. Any advices, I have deleted my dealers numbers to avoid buying this but still last week I went to his house and knocked on the door, he was not there and kept waiting till he get bad. During the 7 days I didnt smoke i have noticed that my body is called from the inside no matter how warm my room is. Jackets, blankets doesnt even work. Any recommendations?
Hi there.
I’ve been smoking for 20 years and decided yesterday that I’d had enough of wasting time and money on Maryj.
Even though I’ve managed to raise 2 kids by myself as well as having a well paid responsible job, I’ve always felt as though weed has held me back from being the best that I can be – well not anymore.
I haven’t felt like smoking and instead find myself being very productive, completing tasks that previously I would have put off, to be completed at a later date, a much later date!!
Thanks to the inspirational stories on this and other sites – it’s good to know that there are other people feeling the same way, wanting to change their lives for the better.
For those reading this and thinking of quitting – do it!!!!!
No matter how enjoyable weed is, it is detrimental.
I’m 34 yr. old male. I been smoking weed since high school everyday and I cant tell u how many times aday. I also was a heavy weed dealer. So I always had good bud. As I hit my mid late 20′s I got heavily into pills, such as roxy’s and zannies. By doing those drugs it made me gradually stop smoking weed. But those harder drugs got to me . I went to rehab for 8mths and felt soooo fuckn good when i got out. Got my weight back up and looking good again. After being home for a couple months from rehab I started smoking weed again. Right away it started to fuck with my eating habits and my anxiety, and I noticed I was losing weight again. But I kept on smoking weed. Now I want 2 quit. It’s only been 2 days from not smoking weed and my anxiety level is through the fuckn roof and my appetite, shit I dont have one at this moment I wanna throw up when I see or smell food. I love to workout and keep in shape. I never thought weed would affect my body like it is doing now. I will never hate on weed smokers. I just think it’s time for me to quit cause I wanna look and feel the way I did when I got out rehab. Good luck 2 all and God Bless!!!!!
Hey,
I’m qualified lawyer who has been using daily for the past 6 years and thought I would share my experience.
I quit my job 5 months ago and I’ve smoked myself into a coma, pretty much high all day every day. I never smoked before work, but I would always rush home to get high. Plus I was fussy about the weed I smoke, so I would pay out my ass for high quality chronic,even though I have little to no income coming in.
It ruined my career and my relationship with my family, friends and girlfriend. It make me distant and anti-social. I could never concentrate on anything and I lost my zest for life. The more I smoked the more I avoided my real thoughts, feelings, concerns and fears.
So I stopped 6 days ago and I feel mentally like a king. I forgot how smart I am and what it is like to remember. However, I’ve lost my appetite and I’m emotionally unstable. I know it will pass but it sucks.
I’ve got 3 pieces of advice:
1) You need to understand WHY you smoke. I smoked to avoid thinking about problems at work and in my relationship. Once you uncover the reason, it makes stopping all the more easier.
2) I have decided to do the exact opposite of what most people recommend and will continue to hang out with my pothead mates and play PS3. Yesterday, I rolled my friends a fattie. Yes, it sucked that they got high, but I rode the urge. I chose not to smoke even though I was offered and because of that, I feel stronger.
3) Once you decide to quit, either have a chat or write a letter to all the people you care about and let them know that you are sorry for letting yourself go and for being a distant shadow of yourself.
I’m giving myself 3 months of absolutely no chronic. Perhaps after, I will dabble in the occasional spliff. But until I get a job and get my life back in order, I won’t touch it, even if that proves to be 6 months or a year. Well that’s the plan. I’m taking each day at a time.
I feel alive again. I can think clearly and I cannot tell you how good it feels to be “me again”.
Best of luck, there are loads of us out there.
Peace!
I started smoking pot as a sophomore in high school(age 16). I used to get so stoned I would be incapacitated for the rest of the day and even wake up in a “purple haze” the following morning. I was highly motivated young man involved in my high school sports; baseball, rugby, and swim team. Gradually I built up a tolerance and an army of pothead friends. By Junior year of high school I had become more concerned with the getting high than just about anything else. My grades began to slip and my ambitious future faded away. All the while I could have cared less because I was always stoned. Senior year consisted of smoking before school, during, and after. I got to spend my first night in jail that year
. After graduating high school me and my dope smoking habbit moved down to florida for some higher education. Now that I was out of the boonies and had access to medical grade strains my habbit took off. I was smoking a quarter of kush a week. All my money was going to fuel my habbit, and after 2 years of college I decieded to give the sober life a try. I lasted all of a day before relapsing. I had no concept of the undertaking ahead and was ill prepared for the sleepless nights, loss of appatite, stomach cramps, cold sweats, hot flashes, anxiety, and irritabiblty. I continued to smoke all day everyday for the next year until 3 days ago. I am trying to quit and desperately want to enjoy life without pot. I finally realized pot just holds you back and makes you completely okay with all of your short cummings in life. Its a big puff of “I dont give a fuck smoke.” Im only writing this now to keep my mind of the urge to call my “guy” and pick up sack of that “sticky-icky.” I hope I’ll find strength to continue my mission and enjoy life once again. I know I have a long unpleasant road ahead but I just hope at the end of my journey I’ll find my old self. I miss being motivated, ambitious, and most of all a happy person without pot. I dont remember the last time I was hungry and not stoned. I dont remember the last time I did anything not baked. Im learning to live again and hope all the anxiety, nights weats, ect will subside with time. People out there like me just know it’s hard. MUCH harder than anyone can understand. The depression and sense of doom tonight are almost unbearable. If anyone out there is in my boat hang in there. It might take months but eventually we will feel like a normal human again. Stay strong and never forget all you have lost. The future and past regrets are all im running on. Best of luck to those of you trying to quit. Its all in are heads. In time well feel right again.
dont let it burn you alive, dont let it scar you. Divide it all. Its pollution of the soul, to resist it to gain control. I HAVE WASTED TOO MUCH TIME MYSELF. if addiction were a person you know there would be serous anarchy on his/her ass!!!
Hello, I’m very glad to have come across your website and it has given me tremendous motivation. I have been a habitual marijuana smoke over the past 40 years and have many times tried to quit only to relapse and dig myself deeper into the addicition. I used to be a member of a 12 step program and the progrram worked very well. however, where I live is a very small town and I like to keep my personal life more private and the meetings I atteneded were about a 40 miles distance each way. I prefer not to travel that much and thought there might be other alternatives and therefore I am reaching out to you for guidance. Any insight you can provide to help guide me would be most appreciative and if you wish any additional information, please let me know. I thank you in advance for your time and effort. Michael
I’m so mad right now! I just had an argument with some fool on youtube who’s spreading lies about how weed is nonaddictive and that there aren’t withdrawal symptoms. I’m on day 7 and I’m just so depressed and anxious and can’t sleep and don’t know how to get through this. But I refuse to go back to it. I have to believe that I’ll start feeling better – I just have to believe it.
Hello all –
Reading these have helped me a lot. I am currently on day six after smoking every single day for the past ten years. I am a 39-year-old mother of two girls. I am sick of the monkey on my back and I want to remember what life was like without weed. I lived my first thirty years without it. Now it is all I can think about. I have tried several times to quit before and this is the longest I have ever gone. I wonder when the cravings will go away!!! To Cape Pothead – I am also reaching for staying sober for 90 days to see how I feel then. Ironically, my 90-day period is up on 4/20/12. I will decide then whether I feel I can endulge in the occasional trip. Getting high is fun as hell- I miss it a lot. It just got to where I was having more bad trips than good ones. Lots of panic attacks and anxiety. My house got to be a mess due to my lack of energy. It got to where I didn’t like the feeling of being sober, so I would get high and chase the high all day sometimes. It is a terrible cycle. Also my memory isn’t what it used to be and I feel like I am missing out on so many things. I know if I smoke just once, it will put me back into my old cycle and then I will just be mad at myself. Good luck to everyone – Love yourself enough to do it!!!! You only get one life – don’t let it pass you by.
J -
PAP
Don’t under estimate the power of a relapse, I went 25 years without smoking. Then BAM it happened, I was back to square one of addiction. I havn’t smoked since 1/8/12 not all that impressive, but it will always be one day at a time once a addict.
Day 19 – the first few days were really hard. I cleaned my room, my kitchen, and found little buds and scraps for a couple of days. I threw them away, proud of myself for that. Today was the first time in a long time I felt any urge. One thing is, I noticed that MJ seemed to help with some of the pain I have (neck, back) – and I’m sleeping during the day – napping. So now I am dealing with pain and stress without MJ. There have been a couple of stressful days, but mostly wonderful. I am 65 years old tomorrow. I kept wondering, from my 20′s on – will I still be smoking when I’m 30? When I’m 40? When I’m 50? after 50, I quit asking myself. Just assumed I’d keep it up until the day I died. I called it my “medicine, and even had a little pill keeper (monday-sunday) to divvy out my buds for the week. But my children and grandchildren are worth much more than my stupid buzz. I googled How to Quit Marijuana, found this website, realized it is POSSIBLE, NECESSARY, and and ULTIMATE GOOD for me to overcome this malignant inclination, limitation. It took me a couple of days after I found the site to actually quit. It’s a new life. Pain, joy, depression, happiness, insecurity, anger, stress, happiness – did I mention alertness, sometimes sad, but feeling it all. Good feelings, situations, or not so good, I’m facing it all with hope and without dope. THanks so much, JOHN, and everyone who has posted here to help me. I am praying for more of my friends to quit. So far, me and my buddy Steve. Steve did it before me, by a week. He’s doing great, too. Nam Myoho Renge Kyo is the way I pray, meditate, and sustain my recovery. I will pray for more people to quit. I did it, old lady that I am. YOU CAN DO IT TOO!
I’m on day TEN and so far so good….I still think about getting high a lot. Every day that I don’t smoke I feel a little more proud of myself. The cravings get intense at times, but they do pass. I hope I can keep going without slipping up. This weekend coming up will be hard because I will be spending time with a relative that I usually smoke with. I hope I can be strong. I want to know what it feels like to NOT give in. I already know what giving in feels like – it makes you feel weak and beaten. If I give in, I have to start all over again. Coming to this site helps a lot. Reading the posts of other people help me to realize I am not alone in this struggle. Be strong everyone – don’t give in.
J
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