How to Quit Smoking Marijuana

How to quit smoking marijuana - What I’ve learned.

It has been a long journey since last November when I hit the point where I knew I had to do something about my marijuana addiction.   The “Why I Quit” goes into all of the detail there!   I scoured the internet, forums, books, and magazines try to make sense of what I was going through and what to expect next.   Along the way I gained some very valuable information about how to making quitting marijuana a lot easier.

1)  You must have and maintain the desire to quit:  We are all going to face roadblocks and setbacks when we try something new, learning to how to quit smoking marijuana is now different.   The key word here is desire.  You need to know you want to quit so badly that you won’t let anything step in your way.   This was the biggest difference for me between why I thought about quitting and took steps to quit.    Last November I promised myself that I would quit smoking marijuana, as you can see from my previous blog posts,  I made some mistakes along the way, but I always kept trying and kept learning.

2)  Evaluate your relationships:  If you have been a pot smoker for a long period of time, you are probably going to know a lot of people who smoke, and who don’t want you to quit.   Many people have discussed how hard it is to quit because that is all their friends do is smoke and drink.   I had to step away from some friendships that were based on marijuana and nothing else.   For a while, I forced myself to avoid situations where marijuana was around so that I couldn’t be tempted.   Some people were very supportive of my decision, and some tried to sabotage my success and put my down for quitting weed.    I lost some people who I thought were my friends, but a relationship built solely around marijuana smoking is not a true friendship at all.

3) You need a Plan:  Planning is 1/2 the battle.  The other 1/2 is executing the plan!  Once you have the desire to quit, you need to take that desire and harness it into action!   When I first started quitting, I knew I had the desire, but I was missing the plan.   It took me a couple of months, but I finally found a system that worked for me.   Through my research online, I found Gary Evans, the Cannabis Coach.  Needless to say, I was skeptical   I visited his page multiple times before I decided to purchase his “Easy Quit Marijuana Audio Program“.    The program lays out the techniques that Gary and I have both used to quit smoking weed and deal with withdrawal, cravings, anxiety and the general stress of detox.

Before I got the audio set, my mind was still stuck in “marijuana addict” mode even though I was on the bandwagon and sober. Through some of the techniques on the tape, I could identify the thoughts and feelings that were a part of my “marijuana addict” mode and interrupt and replace them with new ideas! I know that this sounds strange and its hard to explain, but it really did do the trick for me. It’s almost like when you are about to catch a puppy doing something bad, but instead you distract and redirect him to a better activity.

The great thing about the program is that I was able to put in on my ipod and make it a part of my daily routine.   Nothing has been able to keep me focused and on track as much as the audio set.   If you truly have the desire, The Cannabis Coach will teach you to How to quit smoking marijuana.

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- You won’t be disappointed.   If you have any questions about my experience with the program, don’t hesitate to contact me by email at admin@marijuana-addict.com.