Hello fellow former abusers,I am 48 years of age been smokin weed since I was 16 although I did give up to a certain degree when I was 19 for about 4 years only smokin when drunk at parties,at 23 I met my then girlfriend now wife and because she smoked I started again and never really thought about giving up again seriously until recently,although my wife gave up years ago she put up with me still smoking (must be love).I hadmore issues with tobacco to be honest and the last ten years I have given that up for up to 3 years at a time but continued to smoke weed in a pipe.But realisation set in that I had become dependant on weed and attempts to give it up would end in failiure after about 1 to 3 weeks,its deffinately as addictive as tobacco or booze even though my doctor said different.Anyway after 3 years of giving up tobacco ,thought Id beat it only to start again when I started a job working nights 2 years ago. As you all know the price of weed has gone through the roof if you only buy 10 pounds worth at a time it works out at 350 pound an ounce cause you only get .8 for ten pounds these days ,thats good enough reason on its own you would think to try to stop , I was laid off work 8 months ago which pretty much destroyed what confidence I had left and since then I have been pretty low but still in that trap of believing that weed makes it all better,I decided to give up both weed and tobacco cold turkey 3 weeks ago ,it hasnt been easy but  I am amazed how little withdrawal symptoms I have had this time no sleepless nights no nausea obvously for the first 3 days I felt like I was loosing my  mind but know from experience that soon passes .My dreams have been vivid and wild and amusing my thought is this ,maby the withdrawal of one substance counteracts the other ,with giving up smoking tobacco you feel hungrier,more relaxed,sleep better I know this from experience which is the oppisite case of withdrawing from cannabis ie sleepless nights feeling anxious and going off your food.Anyway my hope is that you all find sucess with your desires to stop wether it be just weed or tobacco.I know im only 3 weeks in but I feel good about myself for the first time in ages,been going out for long walks and bike rides anything that makes a difference for the better I urge you to try and above all stay positive .My love goes to you all,take care of yourselves.