motivation quitting marijuana

blaqslip · Newbie Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 5

I do think the weed could be infleuncing your son's desire to stay in school. I call weed "the mediocre drug," because it enables you to do just enough to pass, but not really try your best. Especially if your child is gifted, he may think "I know I can do better than this. I know I'm brilliant! Who cares what my professors think?" I say this because I've been a regular smoker (about 1/4 of an oz a week) for the last 5 or 6 years. When I think about the time that has passed, it's absolutely frightening. But that's exactly what the drug does—it passes time, lets you live in a numbed fog, feeling nothing. You begin to use it as a tool to filter the outside world—if someone or something upsets you, smoking will take the pain away. And because it ruins your memory, you won't even recall what pissed you off in the first place. It becomes a companion that comforts you, never says no, always makes you feel good. So why stop, right? I've been asking myself that questions for about a year. My primary reason: my health and happiness.

Today is my second day quitting cold turkey. I recently lost about 30 pounds and started exercising 5 days a week. But yet I still hadn't quit the weed. Yes—it was affecting my job...I'd show up late with an excuse about a doctor's appointment, or problems with my car. Yes—I did have chest pains and shortness of breath every now and then. But still I didn't stop. Then 2 days ago when I couldn't score I just said, "What the hell am I doing? Why am I doing this to my body? I don't need it!!!"

I've quit weed before—for 3 years almost. I smoked from 15 to about 18, and then I quit from 18 to about 21. But I'm 27 now, and I want my life back. Weed keeps you holed up in the house—you don't experience all life has to offer. You make shoddy friends based on your addiction—people who you'd never associated with if you weren't a smoker. You blow your paycheck on the crap. And at the end of the day, it's stealing away years from your life. The lungs of weed addicts ain't the lest bit unhealthy. It's scray on this side, I admit. I'm scare to go straight. Part of me just relished in the illegality of it all—the bad-ass factor. But I have to chose me. I have to chose my life, instead of the weed. And I feel like by quitting that's exactly what I'm doing. I can't do this by myself—I'm leaning on God.

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Hey, I have been a true daily smoker for going on 7 years, currently i smoke around 1/4oz or more a week. I feel my health deteriorating a little each day. I am moving to china to teach English and I have to stop now. I have always done fine through the years with both school and friends, tho relationships have suffered. Now it seems like im more and more shut off from my surroundings. My whole life is about to change by moving from small town Canada to Huge city China, and i would like to get the weed addiction sorted out before Leaving. I figure culture shock is enough on its own. I hope i got the strenth to pull this all off :S

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I experimented with marijuana in highschool, but was never a regular smoker until I entered college. I drank heavily for a point in time and used marijuana to help control that an anxiety issues I was having about my reputation. I thought that smoking marijuana would help me relax and be more personable and laid back, but frankly smoking marijuana had the opposite effect. After three years of smoking about an eigth a week (I know I know, I am a girl of tiny stature and could manage to make it last even though I was hitting it everyday) I finally decided to quit. It's been about a week and a half and I am having problems getting to sleep and then waking up in the morning, and when I wake up I feel incredibly sore and lethargic, and this feeling of physical heaviness remains with me through the day. Honestly, feeling as crappy and lazy and fat as I do right now makes me never want to touch that garbage again. Furthermore, it has caused many of my professional and personal relationships to suffer greatly as I became a total computer/coach potato. This decision has inspired me to quit smoking and limit drinking to one night a week and only in social situations. Getting clean is hard, but I really feel that it's the first step to a healthier, happier, fuller life. I wish you the best of luck and encourage you strongly to stick with it, everyday gets a little bit brighter, a little bit clearer, and a little bit better.

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Thanx for all the insight....Today is my first day of detox i have become lazy as hell due to weed being I smoke all day and all night. I went for a run today and it felt great. I really want to get in shape and healthy before I graduate college next year. This is motivation for me to quit smoking. I have used many reasons why not to quit smoking such as my friends all do it, im young and do it now. But to tell you the truth I have been high for 6 years and it has been enjoyable and i know my life is going to change today with my first day of Detox. THANX ALL WISH ME LUCK!

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Ahh... two days ago I decided to quit. I finally made up my mind. I have been smoking for about seven years now. SEVEN YEARS. I really don't remember what life was like before pot. Time passes so slowly it seems while you are high, but so quickly when you look back on it. Ahhh - Yesterday, unable to control my willpower, I smoked the hell out of some resin left in my bowl. Today, I called my dealer, then called him back to cancel. This is indeed tough.

I am 26 now. I have probably wasted the best years of my life to pot, I recognize that. I look forward to the new... old me. Hopefully, I can find myself again and learn from this entire experience. I hope some of YOU can learn from my experience.

I wish everyone luck who is trying to quit. Willpower has never been my strong suit, but I know this time that I will make it.

Charles28 · Newbie Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Canada

Hey there.I decided last week I was fed up with weed,and found this place very helpfull.I'v been smoking pot for the last 7 years now mostly after comming home from work,and alot of joints on weekends.I diminished my dose every night for the past week.I knew it would go smoother this way.I had night sweats the first day I diminished,but not as bad as the time I quit cold turkey.Now I have no weed,got rid of the pipe,paper,and bong,and i'm feeling like I have controle again,but I mentally feel like this warm blanket has been taken from my mind,and feel very much vulnerable.I never was scared of a bad day before,if I had a shitty day at work,well that didn't get to me cause I knew i'd be high by supper time.Basicaly nothing bothered me but the people inviting me to do stuff.I just loved to smoke alone and I basicaly became my own best friend,whitch is sort of whack.Thing is,I am devoide of emotion.I used to be so sensitive to everything,it was normale for me to cry and all,I think I havn't cryed once scince on pot.A familly member died about a year ago,and I didn't feel anything about it,cause I smoked it off.I think I'v been numb,for a long time.It's increadible to see so many people gonig through the same thing,and how much our storys resemble each other.I hope they never legalize this piece of sh_t,it would be sad to see.Pot is worst than society makes it out to be.People saying it isn't addictive probably never smoked before,or just smoked a joint and are in hazzy land.I can't stand being in this haze no more.We all have it in us to quit this,we must.Life is out there waiting for me,and i'v got to learn to live a normal life again.I see it like a sort of rebirth to life.I send love and hope to everyone.

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weed used to be fun until now where i only get less then a quarter enjyment i used to get and i am thinking that the whole myth that weed is good for you is a big lie and all those that say weed is a waste of time are being proven right.i used to think weed would further my mind and open me to new things
na it never did and know i can't even hope to find enlightenment cause weed doesn't even work right anymore
weed is a drug and it has me so fucked up i wanna SCREAM AT61 whoever says it isn't a drug
f*** marijuana it is a lie the whole entire culture
(little do all these smokers that smoke whenever they can don't know is they should enjoy it while they can cause eventually they won't be able to without quiiting for a while the more they get into it)
so why not quit you say
cause i can't stop myself and i can't explain it in sensible terms cause it makes no sense why i am so addicted to something i have so much hate for
DON'T TELL ME I'M WRONG CAUSE THESE ARE FROM REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES

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It's nice to find this anonymous place to post about this. I am 30 and have been smoking since I turned 18. In that time I have never quit for more than 6 months or so at a time. I couldn't even quit when I was pregnant and breastfeeding my two girls, although I cut back a lot while pregnant and tried to get high only between nursings; I just found some studies online that said there was no proof of damage to justify my actions. I never liked driving stoned, but did it anyways sometimes.

I have struggled with a lot of self-hatred and anger issues and pot helps numb the pain. I don't feel like my life has gone nowhere because of weed. I'm married, college degree, nice house, had a well-paid job before kids and now am a stay at home mom, nice nest egg, etc. But I have a lot of guilt about it. Especially now connecting with other moms and going to church, I feel like it is my secret and no one would accept me if they knew. I do have a basis for this feeling -- my parents threatened to disown me for smoking pot and my best friend from high school severed contact with me a couple of years ago after an argument about smoking.

I have had some negative physical effects from getting high, vertigo and headaches being the most common. At some level, I don't even enjoy the physical sensation of being high anymore. There is an inner voice telling me that I will never be truly happy until I quit. I quit for a month or so at the beginning of the year and again over the summer and felt happier and more productive than usual.

My husband is also a stoner, he's the one who introduced me to the drug in the first place, and I feel like the weed is a bond between us. He likes me to smoke because I don't get as angry. He is always the one who scores the weed, so it is no effort on my part. My cousin who is one of my best friends is also a big stoner and is always egging me on to smoke.

Weed is like an old friend and I have some memories of great experiences of getting high, especially on vacations or at parties. I sometimes feel that weed helps me get through illness and PMS. I wish I could be at a place to use weed only occasionally, but from my experiments so far this year of quitting and then trying to go back to limited use I am not sure if this will be possible for me. I have decided to make October a clean month, and have made it 8 days without smoking. The cravings are always so intense, and I almost caved last night because I had a headache, but I know I can make it one lousy month. At some point maybe I will decide that it's not worth it to smoke again because quitting feels so lousy, but I'm not quite ready to say "never again."

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I am so glad I found this site... I am at Day 5 of being clean of pot, it has been a secret that only my boyfriend (& his dealers) know about. That alone has played a huge toll on me; When I was younger and living at home my parents overheard a phone conversation where I mentioned the word "pot" & I was kicked out of the house, temporarily. (I was a D.A.R.E. Role Model!) I tried it a few times at "parties" which was always safe & fun. Now that I have been smoking almost everyday after work & on weekends (For more than 4 years). I wonder is the high really worth it? It's not, I have lost my friend, energy, & excitement for life. My boyfriend supports me in my wanting to quit (he too mentions that maybe he will too) I am at a dead end job & if I want to make something of myself this is the only way out - to quit. A year ago, I applied for the company that I wanted to work for, when it came to the drug test, we totally thought I had it (with kits to help me pass).. I was so ashamed & embarressed when I failed it. The drug was good to me when I needed it. I completely identify with the last post where she talks about the "inner voice".. I never felt like I "fit in" at church or with my sober friends.. I will be leaning on God to help me through this with prayer for strength, courage, & love - to know that I am better than this. Everytime, I see the pipe & get the urge I tell myself "It's day 5 - You can do this!" over and over, until I think of something else to keep busy with.. I wish you all the very best in this struggle for a better life! God Bless!

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I love people that say weed keeps you holed up in your house and you won't go anywhere in life. I have a house a degree and a family. I smoke precisecly so I won't be bored in my house when there's no more work to be done. I would have been "holed" up in my house either way because I hate people in general.

I love how therapists always say if you want to be happy go out there and connect with people...let me tell you something...there are very few people out there who genuinely wish you well. Everyone i know who is "connected" leads a life of drama. They substitue drug use for drama and co-dependency. If you really want to be happy...Pray, Work, take care of your children...but involving alot of strangers into your life? I would advise spending that time with your family and parents. ...Just look at how judgemental everyone is on this website...they chastise everyone with their knowledge of the effects of marijuana (that they cut and pasted from a website) and will probably be smoking again tommorow.

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