marijuana recovery length

whoever says Pot is harmless is a ******** thats most likely already addicted to Pot..
been smoking since i was 17 , im 24 this year.. tried quit twice the longest i went was 3months
the 3 months was good life, i was exercising goin out hookin up wit the ladies
i usually quit weed wenever im single
n ive conducted problems with relationship n weed , it doesnt work out..
quiting is hard as hell
weed makes u feel lik ur feel better wen ur high but the reality is ur Dwellin urself into emptiness

they shud never legalize weed...


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Depends on the person, I feel as if the worst is over after like 3 or 4 days. After this then it just becomes about saying no. To it, sure you will want to smoke but it gets easier to tell yourself not too.

The Key is to really try hard to notice the small improvements you make. Get yourself outside and exercising.

Its fine to sit around and feel mopey the first day or two. Have a few cigarettes if you smoke and drink some beers if you drink. Maybe try to go for a quick walk. By day 4 or 5 start really trying to get into a good healthy routine.

Take multivitamins, drinks lots of water, if you work go to work and try to focus hard.

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I posted this above.


I haven't smoked in over two weeks at this point. Its much easier now. Appetite is back.

The worst effects are gone in three days, after about a week its all about just not smoking the stuff.

When you first quit you get kinda a natural buzz as you start to put yourself back together. That goes away. However my anxiety is so diminished now. I haven't been nearly as depressed. I'm also even more active then I was before.

I honestly find the weather effects my mood more then anything at this point...

I'd like to share that link with you all. I just found out I have this and am going on the anti-candida diet. The candida fungus is something that marijuana prevents the body's ability to fight, in both men and women, and I personally find that it is very hard to fight when you smoke and get the "munchies," too. Check out that website and you'll see what I mean. I have been on this diet for a few weeks, I still smoke marijuana, but in a few more weeks, I will be slowly stopping the MJ to the point where I don't do it anymore, and hopefully can recover quicker after that.


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Im 17 and been smoking real heavy for about a year and i quit 6 days ago and have just been getting madd headaches and feeling like i got a little flu no depression or real mood swings but any idea when the headaches might stop

This thread is on the money!  I quit Marijuana 4 days ago and I've been having every withdraw symptom each and everyone of you post.  Kudos to you all!  This thread is actually an inspiration to me because I have become aware that I'm not alone.  I hope everyone of you succeed at your goal of quitting mj for good!

i quit mj after smoking it recreationally for 4 years from the age of 15, i am now 8 weeks clean but I feel fried in the head and my short term/working memory is still poor, will this feeling ever go and will my memory improve if i carry on with a healthy diet and a no drugs life? This is really annoying because I want to maximise my chances of doing well at university. Thanks.

I quit smoking for about 1.5 yrs after about 15yrs of daily smoking, I can tell you that for me personally I never felt 'normal' again even after all that time, but I used to abuse other substances heavily in my younger years so it may well have been related to that not just the pot.
Unfortunately I slipped back into daily smoking very quickly after I found an old coffee grinder thick with hash when cleaning out an box of stuff.

Now, 3yrs later, Im back to being a total pot junkie and desperately wanting to quit again but am stuck in a loop of anxiety, the more anxious I get the more I want to smoke, the more I smoke the more anxious I get and so the merrigoround continues.

That said, Im sure, after long enough things would work them-selfs into a more manageable state and you would learn to adapt, just like you adapted to being stoned all day.

Time is a healer

Age 24
Male
Chonic Mariujana user for 2 years.

Here is my story:

Smoked pot for the first time in Usa. 7 months "good stuff".
Went back to my homecountry "Norway", smoked 5 more months "Mostly hash".

While i was in united states i had no issues at all with smoking, i dint feel any change in my personality. I came home, smoked with my friends and still everything was totally fine. I supported Mariujana, because it dint harm you that much, other then make you lazy. It is a natural herb.

Suddenly after 1+ year of smoking mariujana i notice changes. Depression, mood swings, brainfog, anxity and more. I dint enjoy movies, games, friends, nature.  NOTHING. All i wanted to do is smoke, and when i did smoke i got a feeling of who i used to be. I was focused and happy.  
These where not very strong symptoms, but i notice them and got really scared i damaged my brain for life.

I decided to take a break. I had all symptoms mentioned above, only they got stronger. Then after around 2 months i was feeling like myself again. I started to feel. When i talked to a friend/family i was interested in what they had to say. When i played games i enjoyed it. Music was magic. I notice all the good things about life. Just to talk with people, share experiences, trips, beers, storys. I was happy and felt i could do anything. I Became soscial again. Making jokes, having fun, talking more sense, not talking like a "stoner". My personality came back.

I moved to the City where i got a job in desk office. I spend alot of time with my aunt and uncle, he wasnt my real uncle,  but a really great guy. He was always protecting me when my aunt said something to me. He said once i was like a son to him.

First christmast day 2010. after we had a family dinner, i went out with my sister, cousin and friends to party and drink some few beers. We where going from a party to a club in downtown. I turn around and see my cousin in the phone, i notice her face. Something had happened. They called from the hospital saying that her mom ( my aunt ) was laying there. The house had burn down. We went to the hospital to see how the situation was. I saw my aunt laying in the hospital bed crying out for her boyfriend ( my uncle ) and the dog. I asked where is uncle.. They moved us to the hallway and said he had died in the fire. My aunt survived by jumping out of the window, but he dint make it. and the dog died aswell.
I started to smoke again, and before i knew it i was numbed. I think and worry and feel  less when i smoke.

Today after 2 years i still smoke and have the symptoms mentioned above, but much stronger. I dont even enjoy getting high anymore. I dont get turned on when looking at girls. Dont get happy when seeing a old friend. Movies and games are not the same. This is perhaps not the mariujanas fault, but also my own. Combination of both i think.

During my visit to usa i worked as a server, when i got back home i was a security guard walking around in stores, looking for shop lifters. As mentioned earlyer after my break and recovery i got a desk job witch means alot less exercice.

Bottom line here is: Reason for all the negative symptoms from mariujana may very well be lack of exercice, unhealthy eating, no real communication with people and depression. If you have any issues mariujana greatly increases these problems or make new ones.

I am up to day 7 of quiting weed, simultaneously with quiting cigarettes and alcohol. The first 3 - 4 days were pretty hard. Same symptoms as described by others here. It does not feel so hard now but there is the risk of relapse which would be the case for a long time I guess. I think what is making it easier for me is going for a run every day. The endorphins I think are what help and I notice if I miss a day then the next day anxiety and depression symptoms are more of an issue. Whereas if I get my excercise in, I wake up feeling good. So my system is daily excercise, as well as early nights, and always having a novel to read. Having intense dreams and the occasional nightmare. The plus is looking in the mirror and seeing a face looking back that I have not seen for years, and already I feel healthier. I don't think I could quit weed without quiting my other 'fix' habbits at the same time - for me it is not so much about giving up a particular drug as about the bigger picture of giving up needing a fix. Giving up artificial mood control altogether. I also prayed, actually begged for God to help me have the strength to give up and avoid temptations. 7 days doesn't sound like much but it going this long without weed, alcohol and cigaretes is something I have not been able to do previously for the last 20 years of my life. My mental acuity already is comming back but it will be a while yet before I can say for sure that I am free of these dependencies. Good luck to anyone else going through the same

I've smoked for about 6 years now, with the last 2-3 years smoking almost daily. I can truly say I am addicted to the mj, and am noticing things in my life that I don't like. I'm attempting to quit for good (first 3 days in the past for me seriously suck!) because I haven't felt like the old "me" for sometime now. I've tried quitting a few times in the past (usually lasting anywhere from 2-6 weeks), but I seem to forget the reasons why I quit in the first place, and because I'm feeling fine at the time, I give in. I know people on this thread say to stay the course, and what not, but what trigger seemed to get you to quit for good, and not listen to those cravings?

Any help is appreciated. I've already written up some notes for myself on what to do this time around, ranging from exercising more, eating right, staying busy, etc. I guess my worry is that I will feel good 4 weeks from now, and totally forget that getting back into the cycle will do more harm than anything. Reading these comments have been an excellent aid. Perhaps to read this as often as possible will help.

I would just like to ask if anyone has had the experience of getting their full mental function back to what you consider your normal self after stopping for six month? Personally, my brain is working very slowly, I'm finding it hard to choose words and to act upon situations in a normal manner, questioning my own thoughts constantly in every day life even when I'm having a conversation with someone else, which is degrading to say the least. My confidence, self-esteem and ability to communicate has disappeared, I don't even check for the correct spelling the way I used to, making stupid mistakes. Even typing up a sentence is tough. I would like to be able to get back to a frame of mind where I can react to everything normally. My mind feel's completely shot and slowed down, like I've become retarded by the whole experience. I've been slowly easing myself off, having the odd spliff of skunk every 1-2 week's for the past month but still I'm seeing no changes, only a greater urge to smoke...

Hi Guys, As someone in this thread stated you very rarely see anyone posting on here after 4-6 months after giving up chronic cannabis use.. A logical conclusion to this is things really do get better. This is about my 6th week clean of cannabis I was hitting up to 60 cones a day for a period of 2 months. I never really  had a problem quitting I would just get the first 3 days which were hell and after that got back to normal very quickly. However this last binge really hit me in the 3rd/4th week after quitting. I am to believe this is caused when all the excess THC has finally left you're body and there no fake happy chemicals (dopamine etc) being produced as the cannabis has been doing that for so long. Yes guys and girls yo feel down right depressed because you're brain takes along time to restore its natural chemical balance (producing dopamine) its been about 2 and a bit weeks since the onset and i can honestly tell you I feel 90%. TIME IS A HEALER! I thought that I would be down/depressed for ever I really thought I had screwed my head and thought I had some mental illness each day does get better and better have hope people.

Hello people.
I have registered in this site just to describe my marijuana expirience to you out there, reading this thread right now.

I smoked for hardly a year and in a small acount.