You need to talk to someone and your problems are WAY DEEPER than a cannbis addiction .
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There is a natural way to avoid the withdrawal symptoms from stopping marijuana. What you need to do is increase your dopamine levels. For under $12.00 at amazon they sell a product.
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This is legal and effective, much easier to stop these herbal pills at a later time. This will allow you to get the marijuana out of your system and stop the flu like withdrawal symptoms.
I am a 20 year veteran 'toker'. I will be honest and say there is NO easy way to quit. Your best bet is to prepare your mental side.
Go cold turkey is my advice. Get on with it...you know your not a wimp!! Come on! It's weed!! Big deal. So you smoked alot? Cool.
Keep it positive. Remind yourself why your quitting. The bottom line and reality of it, is that you need to quit for responsible reasons.
It's a good reminder to yourself once in a while that you have the power to do that, believe it or not. Try to really grasp that statement.
Exercising & fluids!!! Staying busy all day...write a schedule. Remind your self to stay focused during times of anger and anxiety.
When you get past that first few days, it all starts to become much easier. Then you step back and realize you had control all along.
Don't let the down side of you, take over the good things you need to be responsible about. Its going to be hard, but what task isn't?
Who's to say you won't enjoy a toke or 2 when your retired with nothing to do??? HA HA!! F@#% it....gotta do it...so quit now.
Good luck, eat good, exercise, stay super busy, and keep the mood light. That's the real way right there...IT WILL PASS FAST.
Next thing you know....3 measly weeks go by...& your ready for any U.A., or for any job you want...and you feel good!!
You'll get an occasional urge...but it will be ten times easier to curb...and you WILL BE very skeptical to start smoking again.
GOOD LUCK!!
I've been smoking weed since i was 13 and im now 17. Smoking weed took a big part of my like because i spent lots of money on it, at least thousands of dollars, and has also gotten me in trouble. For me weed was a major gateway drug which lead to other like alcohol, ecstacy, LSD, xanax and whatever i can get my hands on(i also had a minor xanax addiction because it was normal for me to take it at least once a week and at least 2-4 days in a row). Eventually smoking weed became an everyday thing, at least once a day, and i needed a different high over the weekend which was usually alcohol(every weekend it became a normal thing. And eventually just weed wasnt enough to get me high so i would smoke conecntrates or lots of bud.Going down this path got me in lots of trouble because now i have my 3rd drug charge for possesion, and pending expulsion from my school. So now i've decided i have to stop because i wanted to go to a university and the chances of that are low now. When i stop smoking i have major mood swings, and im always ranting at myself with extra energy that was gone when i was high. its also really hard to concentrate because its hard to focus in class, and even read a book. I can feel that my head is all jumbled up and it needs to be clear. Now i feel that i havent known my real self since i started when i was so young, because i hardly talk to others and havent taken enough chances like other people would. Todays my first day of being sober, and im trying to occupy my self with my old hobbys such as skating, bmx biking, or playing guitar. I understand the first couple of days are really hard because when i didnt smoke for about 3 days it felt like a week. Im just hoping that i can eventually overcome it and really be the person that i wanted to be, and not a big stoner/ drug addict.
I have also been diagnosed with Bi-polar. Yes yes I would have been diagnosed by some point even if iwasn't like I am, but would my symptoms have been so severe? Would I have needed the amount of medications I am on, and would I have had an extra 10 years before these major episodes? It sounds a little bit to me like maybe your son has an underlying contion, that smoking was suppressing...NOT helping. I had my first episode when I first quit. It was scary as, I was trying to make my life better and the next thing you know I think i'd be better off dead. The first month is the hardest, the second month is like pealing yourself out of a crysalist, and the third month is amazing! The problem is, you forget how bad life was with it, and how hard you struggled to get off, and after a quick sneaky one, your fooled into thinking "i can control this...this time". My advice is to say nothing, as it will be wrong. Listen, be there and in 4-6 weeks time tell him then how amazing he is, and how proud he is. Attempts to do this before will put pressure on him to stay off, and he has to feel like this is his decision and that he is helping himself. You see all of us that are addicted to something are secret controll freaks...so give us the control and we will show you what we are made of. Push us even gently...and we will show you who's boss. its awful, but this is the one area that its the same for every addict out there. I hope this helps and that I haven't said anything wrong. God bless xxx
Hello people. Its nice to see a two year thread still up and running.
I am EXACTLY the same as the person who wrote this...who out there is with me now?
It angers me that the only people doing reseach in CB are straight heads! My god, walk in my shoes and then tell me its not addictive, and i'm not withdrawing. I bloody well am!!!
If you've managed to quit without syptoms then you must never ever touch it again. Cos once its got you, and I mean really got you, you, your life and your loved ones suffer badly. And coming off is a battle you can win... all be it slowly.
If I hadn't quit 5 days ago, id be at the dr's declaring my guts have collapsed!! And what would I give to just sleep...at night!!! Im so hungry, yet urge at the sight of food, i nealy ko'd over the sight of a candy bar in the shop yesterday!
Its easy for people to say get a grip its not as bad as coming off heroin...but how many of the people who say that have ever quit Heroin. My friend quit skag at the same time as i quit CB, a couple of years ago, and i've relapsed more than him. Like he says to me, it's easier cos everyone knows H is the big bad, but with smoke...its only smoke. Like he said, he gets help with his problem, we just get laughed at, for seeing it as a problem.
Yes his life was in a worse place than mine and I know his struggle has been a million times harder, but he's made it, and two wonderful children later he's a happy man. Me? I am still in the same position as I was 3 years ago. No sorry, I am in the same position as I was 11 years ago. And why, cos when i'm on it I can still function 40%, and thats good enough when your high...I mean its only right 60% of the time i'm useless cos thats what i'm paying for, and at the time it's the only way to feel "normal".
I ain't backing down this time though, no way. I have finally realised that I always quit for the same reasons, and it's always me thinking one wont hurt, especially when i'm drunk, that opens the canniboids again... and within a month or so...what do you know i'm making the wrong decisions, and living in hiding AGAIN!
So don't play it down, if your not going through this then your comments wont help us, you need to comment on a different thread, and you should consider yourself extreemly lucky, as you have got out in time. Good luck people what we feel is real... and unpleasant, but we can do this!!! even if we do become ogres for a month, everyone loves you by month 3...providing you make necessary apologies for any heads you have bitten off and swore at!!!
Remember Addiction is addiction whatever the substance, and weed is EVIL!
Shane.
Guest, unfortunately you have smoked from a very early age - but you have kicked it early! First of all, give yourself a big pat on the back ;-)
Your brain will continue to develop into your late teens, so nothing is lost. The important thing for you now is to fill your life with meaning, health, and happiness. It is unlikely that you will go back to your old self as such, as growing up is a process of change. Although this is the case, the 'weird' 'spaced out' 'not yourself' feelings you are experiencing are likely to subside as time goes on - you have to face the fact that a large proportion of your life has been spent getting high (if you break down at this point nobody will blame you - I did) and your body is waking up into teen life which is difficult enough! It is imperative that you DO NOT relapse. You will be faced with times when you are offered a pull or you may feel that getting high again is the only way to quench this feeling. I guarantee you that it's not. Our body's are incredibly resilient and over time with much effort on your behalf you WILL feel complete again.
Every day you wake up, remind yourself of the choices you have made and why you made them. Life is long, and its to be lived. Don't end up like me, I lost the love of my life, my career, my house, my friends and for what? a plant? well - its not that simple, we all have 'problems' and unfortunately some of us seek means of drowning our sorrows even if this doesn't seem like the case at first. This might seem like I'm taking pity on myself, but in fact I'm glad I've been through this so I can pass my experiences on to others. Weed is truly a weed, it attaches its self to all of your insecurities, passions, habits, etc. and has a very hard time giving them up.
Set your goals, work hard, show kindness, and focus on the little things in life. Every positive step you make is a step away from the weed. NEVER forget this feeling, this is what substance abuse does to us... there's an alternative, and there's a whole lot of people out there living it ;-)
Be strong bro.
Thanks to you folks who took the time to be honest with yourself and us. I'm in my early 40's and have been smoking every day since I was 20. This evening will be the close of my 4th day cold turkey. It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Irritability, cold sweats, depression, lethargy, lack of appetite (though I was able to eat last night and tonight), anger and mood swings. There is a feeling of emptiness and hollowness. That seems to be the worst. What I am able to do is look at my three children and realize how I was hurting them in small increments throughout their life. I would rather buy a bag than get new clothes for my kids. That's sick.
I don't know how I'm going to get through this but get through it I will. Reading a lot of the experiences here has helped me feel like I'm part of a community of same folk. I'm worried when the dreams start. I'm not sure how I'll be able to function at work either but I must. I have no choice.
I know you're all out there for me. Thank you and the best of luck to you. I'm pulling for all of us.
stay positive bro im on day 4 and feel just like you. My baby cousin whom is sick just walked in my room and I cussed her out and literally almost threw her out my room because of my condition, i was afraid that catching a little virus would be the end of me lol. she is only 2. Mood swings suck, But let the light shine in and keep it pushing and lets conquer this! oh yea and i lived high for 2 years straight.
For anyone who may stumble across this and wonder about supplementation to help with the symptoms of withdrawal, there is one that I have used and my brothers have used also with great relief. It comes in a very dark bottle with a purple label and yellow writing, it's called Relax-All with Phenibut. It helps tremendously with the shakiness, jaw clenching, anxiety, mood swings, etc. It isn't a miracle and your symptoms won't disappear, but it will make them tolerable. One of the times I used it, I had stayed high for 9 months without coming down more than a handful of times. I was trying to avoid dealing with the death of one of my brothers. Even with ridiculously heavy use like that this stuff helped A TON. I bought mine from Amazon.
Hopefully this will find someone else out there who needs help!
I've been smoking weed on and off for around 12 years now, today I´m giving it up (again).
Through the years of giving it up and taking it back, I´ve become very aware of how my body and mind react to the withdrawal, so here is my experience:
First 3 days, the worse part for me: body temperature changes, sweating, anger, depression, tachycardia and vomiting.
IMO, if you manage not to smoke during these first 3 days, things get a little easier.
My helping tips: eat fruits and vegetables, exercise a lot, keep your mind busy at all times (job, hobbies, read, go for a walk... anything).
Sometimes it can be helpful to give it up when you go on a journey, or when you get sick (like the flu or something), because your withdrawal symptoms will mix up with the sickness's ones, and you can pass it all together, I´ve done it and I gave up (for almost 2 years) pot and tobbaco.
Good luck to everyone!