I smoked weed since 1998 - 2021. Everyday all day from 2001. Mega weed abuse from 2009 until quitting in June 2021. Several reasons why I quit, one was extreme anxiety, I wasn't eating much so vitamins intake was low on my system. Muscle loss even after working out. Weed dictated my life for over 10 years or more, Couldn’t do anything without being stoned. Couldn’t eat without having at least a toke, there was no "heat" in sex if weed wasn't involved. Spent £35 every other day during first lockdown on weed just to be a couch potato. Weed took me to deep waters and left me there. Foggy head wasn't going away. Weed may be good for some people but not for me anymore, sorry. (42 years old) smoked basically all my adult life. I quit cold turkey style after I called up some help center therapy and was told they would have to zap my brain and without health insurance it will cost £20 grand for a one month therapy. I feel sleepy and tired all the time after I quit 1 month now but good thing is my muscle mass is building up and holding its shape and i'm eating more. Weed is fun at first, but when you become a wake and bake all day every day every hour smoker like I was, it may ruin your life experience. You want to be in control of you, not some drug determining who you life should go. If you have quit weed, never look back I beg of you because it will eventually drain vibrant energy some point. Stay in control on you and stay healthy. Peace
Thank you Mike for sharing your experience, and everyone else above this comment. I can relate to every comment here. I’ve been smoking everyday morning till night for the past 18 months. Prior to that every night for 27 years. I know my life would have been much different and richer if I never became addicted. But I did and reading your comments about how nothing made you quit made me cry. Because I said the same, when I graduate college, when I get the job I want, when Im 30, when I get married, when I have kids, when I vacation. When? When will I ever quit. I feel worthless and feel I wasted a huge part of my life even though I am pretty successful. My tears are steaming as I write this, it’s been 7 days since quitting (with no desire to ever smoke again) - thank you all for the encouragement. I will get through this as I lean on my Saviour Jesus Christ’s strength. Hopefully the tears release toxins too - LOL. Thank you all. Writing this has helped me too, somewhat cathartic. ❤️
Abdominal cramps and muscle twitches ended. Craving for a toke has been pretty much non existent since I am fed up with that lifestyle and have the mental capacity to turn from it forever.
Mental capacity aside, the physical manifestations of the drug continue as I wake up 2x per night drenched in sweat. My attitude is greatly improved and the irritability comes a lot less frequently. I am able to truly laugh again at something funny. My appetite has not yet returned and with that coupled with the sweats, I have lost 10 lbs.
I wanted to share this with you all because if there is anyone out there reading who is feeling depressed, discouraged, and lonely. DO NOT GIVE UP!!! You will get thorough. I am not yet through this, but I know I will.
I also want to share with everyone why. Why? Yeah, why did I smoke day and night, what was I running from? What was I scared of? Life? Responsibility? Challenges? After lots of reflecting I realize I wasn’t running from anything for the most past but was running to the high. Started to question why I’m so tired now, after quitting a depressant and I realized I was chasing not running from. I was chasing the high that made me feel awake. When I’d start to come down, smoke some more - bang! Tiredness gone. Was a cycle that I probably knew I what was going on, but meh. So what. Well now I know. And I’m not going back.
This is just me and my experience. If you question why too, maybe this is it. I encourage you to quit. life, sometimes boring, is better in the long run without weed. I have faith in this, life is showing signs of this belief. I’m definitely not in long run phase of this yet, as my symptoms continue (for example , skin tingling and hot as I write - which may will turn to chills a little later) but long run is coming.
Hello All-
I've smoked everyday since I was 17. Now 37. And I'm done. I've had brief stints of stopping before, the longest being 4 months totally sober. I was pregnant at the time and the smell of weed made me sick. super nauseous. Maybe that was God's way of getting me to finally take a break because he knew I wouldn't do it on my own...who knows. The 4 month break was easy since it made me sick. At first I kinda missed it and things did feel boring but that faded and everything was pretty much the same even with out weed. Well fast forward and someone at a 4th of July party was like...dude try it again maybe u won't get sick. Well I tried it and it was amazing....so amazing. I felt so in tune and slightly telepathic and euphoric so down the rabbit hole I went again. That was 2016. Fast forward to 2020. I was still smoking. Seemed to make me more understanding with my kids, relieved stress and made boring things more tolerable. But I hated that I had kids and smoked and it was beginning to seem like so much of a crutch. It was easy when my husband and I first got married to just puff here and there and not think anything of it but now I have little eyes on me not to mention neighbors and grandparents peering in.
Please don't judge me for smoking during the pregnancy....It was so hard in everyway possible and it was the only thing that kept me from sinking into an incredibly deep depression. It was a life long habit at this point and even though we all have intentions of being our best selves before kids it doesn't always work out that way.
Welp it starting getting embarrassing when the house reeked of weed like a college frat. Others could smell it on my clothes probably. We told our kids it was Rabbit Tobacco like old Mr. Benjamin Bunny smokes in the Peter Rabbit Books. Insert face palm. My husband and I would try to quit and the first days were always brutal....insane emotional meltdown, fighting, crying, depression....then it would subside and we would be Ok-ish only to return to smoking weeks later. Now I'm in Feb of 2021 and a friend introduced me to Delta 8. Tried it and I really liked it. I had been weening off regular weed anyways. It started giving me anxiety...it always kinda had but that was what I kinda liked...the anxiety made my day more fun?? I dunno man. Addiction is weird. But the Delta 8 was like smoking an old timey joint of shwag...not too intense just a little something to take the edge off. I smoked that and regular weed for a few months and by April had switched entirely to Delta 8. All of a sudden I felt in control of my life again....I could smoke a little and meet for a playdate with my kids and not be completely freaked out that I was stoned around other moms, I could concentrate at my summer job. I could wake up feeling decent instead of having this crazy weed hang over. It was great. Until this month.. September/October 2021. It stopped working. I'd smoke it and nothing would really happen. I ended up chasing the perpetual dragon just like with regular weed...start with a small hit here or there and then all of a sudden of its okay bongs on the weekend and then it like bong hits all day everyday to even function. My husband reuppped with some indica delta 8. It put me directly to sleep, i hated it and just decided to stop. Well our friends came over with some regular weed and I thought well you know I'll give it a go again..took 2 bong hits and OmGosh that paranoia I felt was like no other. It was AWFUL. After that I knew I was done. We had started going to church after years and years of being away, I was doubting all this smoking stuff anyways, didn't like need for it and was getting more inspiration and connection from church and new friends than from weed or delta 8. I saw all these other moms who didn't smoke everyday and were...happy. Maybe stressed maybe tired but Happy ya know...content with what they had with out the bong smoke surrounding them.
So I quit cold turkey. first weeks fine. No issue as the come off of Delta 8 is much milder than with regular weed. no emotional meltdowns or so i thought. Now I'm at about a month and the issues are beginning. Fatigue, depression, vertigo, and sleeping issues. I didn't realize THC stayed with you so long. I think the Delta 8 fooled me into thinking I was "off weed" but now I'm still showing the long term side effects. I'm not even quite sure how this delta 8 variant will effect all of it. All i know is everyday is different. I am napping and sleeping alot and NOT drinking enough water. After reading all these posts I'm going to sign up for my YMCA...they have a lovely program to watch the kids and a sauna for me! I need to sweat and drink water. Feeling a little discouraged because wow this could take years to get all this c**p out of my body, I had lung aches the other day, hoping its the lungs repairing, seems to have subsided mostly. I dunno just wanted to share my experience. I started smoking because I was bored and had no true outlets or meaningful relationships with adults. I've struggled so badly with depression and motivation but clung to weed like that was the answer.. I know this sounds dumb but prayer has helped me so much....if I feel sad or don't know what to do I just pray...please holy spirit bring me clarity. If i go slowly and let my heart and mind be open I almost always get an answer or a sign. finding the church again did more for me than weed ever did although I will always cherish the things it did show me and teach me. So for those of you who think nothing can replace weed it's not true! you can find something to fill that empty space you just have to be patient and willing to try new things. Quitting weed calls for you to become open to new ideas and uncomfortable feelings. being okay with that is key to staying sober. I wish I could partake within reason but I can't. The caffeine helps some days and hurts me more others. Same with sugar....after I'm maybe 6 months to a year off weed im gunna try to cut out that stuff too. as someone else said one thing at a time and go easy on your self.