thanks everyone for their own personalized insights on this subject, i am what is considered a habitual user and i have been without weed for 4 days visiting my brother. I have been experiencing much of these symptoms (food is disgusting and whatever i do eat i throw, hot flashes and unfamiliar thinking patterns) i felt like i was menopausal here! however i am sleeping like a baby (everyone's different). Thanks for helping me understand whats happening to me and give me some ambition to continue not smoking! and to anyone else trying to quit i can recommend physical exercise to help raise neurotransmitter (dopamine) levels to what your body is used to from smoking pot, and to help with your appetite and insomnia!
I was blazing up ganja since the 5th grade but it did not get addictive until 3 years ago. Then it got a point where I would only blaze to stimulate my appetite. I finally mustered up the balls to quit in mid November of 2009. I hit the gym every morning, not the bong. After the gym I popped a half a zanex bar in the morning and a half at night for seven days. This stimulated my appetite, got rid of anxiety, and diverted my mind to something other than the weed dependency. I would recommend eating great tasting food if you do not use the zanex method. Now all you people out there that think you will get addicted to zanex you will not. Make sure you only get seven zanex bars for every day of the week. You must force yourself to eat a lot of brown rice and broccoli to get your digestive track going. All you insomnia losers out there get no physical activity. Wear yourself out. Go running twice a day if you have to. Surround yourself with people that don't smoke. You will soon realize how much easier it is to converse without being on weed. You will feel so much better about yourself. If your looking at this and you have not yet stopped smoking just do it. Be strong, don't be a weak loser that continues to think about quitting but resorts back to smoking. You must put food in your stomach atlease three times a day. Tasty pizza is the best thing to eat because you won't have a problem taking that down for some reason. If you absolutely cannot put food down try putting the food in your mouth and chew it as fast as possible and was it dow with water. You might get sore throat and spit green flem from withdraw but this is normal. Your body is going through withdraw from the thc and your immune system does not work as well. In about a week your immune system will be stronger than it ever was on weed. If you have absolutely no self discipline I would not recommend the zanex. It worked for me though. I relapsed on New Years but have been sober since. Also, do not just sit around and watch tv and movies. Get the hell out of yourself and challenge your body and mind. Just kick the habbit already...it will not get your anywhere in life. Lastly, you will love the extra cash laying around to spend on things that last longer than a high. Do work son.
I've been smoking weed every single day sometimes multiple times a day for 5 years. I'm talking 3-5 blunts a day at times. I've tried quitting so many times before and I'm about to try again. It's good to read about others going through the same things I have gone through. Not everyone's side effects are the same. Some of my friends get insomnia without weed but I can sleep fine without it. My biggest withdrawal symptom is nausea and lack of appetite. Without weed I can't eat almost anything. I get sick to my stomach and full extremely easy. I get huge mood swings and in deep depressions. The last time I quit I was clean for 2 months and felt great. I slowly fell back into it and totally regret it. Weed is physically addicting to some people. Me not being able to eat a single thing all day is NOT a mental thing. I WANT to eat but CAN'T. Physically CAN NOT. The same can be said for people who can't sleep without it.
Anyone who is trying to quit should have all the positive support they need. I have been smoking pot heavily for over 10 years and I am on day 3 of not smoking. I have been feeling all the symptoms: Anxiety, insomnia, loss of appetitie, hot flashes. There are some healthy foods you can eat that will help you sleep. I know it is difficult when you don't have an appetite, but hopefully that feeling should pass. Here is a like with a list of all the foods:
Don't be fooled into thinking alcohol will help you sleep. It may feel relaxing at first but will actually keep you up. Here is another link to foods that will keep you up:
It is important to be good to yourself while you are detoxing. Pamper yourself even, whatever that means for you. Working out can help with anxiety and sweating, and I say sweat, sweat,sweat. It may not be the most comfortable feeling but it will help to flush out some of the toxins. Also, make sure to drink pleanty of water!
Each person has to find what works for them. I used to tell myself I'll quit when I am ready, or I'll just cut back, but the fact is I never wanted to. I love weed, I love to smoke it, smell it, chop it up and roll it, but it is doing me more harm than good. I think we all can come up with a million reasons to justify not quitting but I think the best way to quit is just to quit.
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Don't be fooled into thinking alcohol will help you sleep. It may feel relaxing at first but will actually keep you up. Here is another link to foods that will keep you up:
It is important to be good to yourself while you are detoxing. Pamper yourself even, whatever that means for you. Working out can help with anxiety and sweating, and I say sweat, sweat,sweat. It may not be the most comfortable feeling but it will help to flush out some of the toxins. Also, make sure to drink pleanty of water!
Each person has to find what works for them. I used to tell myself I'll quit when I am ready, or I'll just cut back, but the fact is I never wanted to. I love weed, I love to smoke it, smell it, chop it up and roll it, but it is doing me more harm than good. I think we all can come up with a million reasons to justify not quitting but I think the best way to quit is just to quit.
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WOW. JUST WOW. I'm simply fvckin amazed at the amount of misinformation on this topic. I'll go through some vastly incorrect hypothesis that have been repeated in here. This may be lengthy, but also informative.
Is THC physically addictive, psychologically, or both?
Psychologically only to the weak minded..not an insult that was definitely my case at one time. A lot of people begin to smoke weed before their body is fully developed (younger then 25), and in turn, their maturity. They give far to much respect to weed because they've done most of their maturing (or lack of maturing) while blazing was a big part of their life so life without it is confusing initially. Also consider that your brain never stops maturing, it simply focuses on strengthening common processes. You used to be good at math in high school but your son/daughter brings you their homework asks for help and you don't know how to do it..maybe it's because you haven't tried it in 20 years and certain neural pathways connected to spatial reasoning have deteriorated. Likewise if you've been smoking weed for 1, 2, 5, or 10+ years then you've been doing things that you like doing baked for that same amount of time and you need to find things that your sober mind likes doing. So if you're having psychological problems it's because your sitting there thinking about weed because you don't know what else to do. Try new things that you find interesting and acquire new hobbies. Can't get yourself to leave the house? Learn from video tutorials or read a book (one of the few good suggestions on here). You're life as a stoner and being sober are two different people and you need to learn what the sober one needs. Focus on improving every aspect of your life, get in better shape, mentally strengthen yourself by becoming educated, build a better social life. Smoking weed is focusing on happiness all the time. It's instant gratification. You need to learn to delay that gratification while working on yourself. I challenge you to think of a person you know who excels in all aspects and isn't happy with their life. People have mentioned lack of dopamine production after quitting due to the brain having adapted to getting excess dopamine from weed. <LEGIT But I'm willing to bet that most people smoking weed everyday aren't eating or exercising properly. If you implement both those things that are proven to increase dopamine levels into your recovery plan then they'll more than compensate for the lack of weed.
Physically THC isn't addictive at all and you all really need to stop claiming that it is. Weed as a whole is not physically addictive at all either. Intense nausea to the point where you can barely eat or not at all, I've had that before, insomnia, been there done that, hot flashes, for sure (read on to find out why their a good sign), ineffective immune system (chest infections every few months being common), I've experienced that also. So let's talk about why none of this is related to THC. Because it's related to the smoke. You've all either smoked a cigarette or observed people smoking them. Have you ever seen them inhaling as hard as they can and holding it in as long as they can (letting the lungs absorb an obscenely high amount of carcinogens) on every puff? I doubt it. Ring a bell in weed smoking culture? More likely. The WAY your smoking greatly affects your body. It's theorized (proven really I just no longer have the link to the online medical journal it was posted on) that ON AVERAGE (yes there will be factors i.e. type of cigarettes and size of joint) the negative effects of smoking a joint are 4X greater than a cigarette. Now obviously one could argue that cigarettes are worse because they cause cancer and weed helps some cancer patients but this is about general physical problems and infections, not cancer, so save that argument for a forum related to weed and cancer. The best advice for physical problems has been posted here already however. Get exercise. Someone mentioned something about fat cells housing carcinogens (they may have said THC which would be way off) for months and this is true. The hot flashes your getting are good because your body is sweating out everything bad (like a fever, but not dangerous). So once again get exercise. It's gonna be hell at first and theres good odds you'll puke the first few times (even if it's only mucus because you haven't been eating), I did, but this will speed up the physical recovery immensely (the longest it took me to get over internal issues with daily exercise is 4 days). That being said, don't kill yourself to try and get better. Someone told you to go for 2 runs a day in another post. Dumb idea. If your a common stoner you haven't got any REAL exercise for a long time and 2 runs a day when you have a higher risk of chest infections because of a damaged immune system is absolute stupidity. Not to mention that cardio in general is stupid. Dont believe me? <<number one health blog on the internet and one of the few that dispels all of todays "Conventional Wisdom" that we get from the mainstream media. I post it not to advertise it but because it can help you with almost any physical issues and also has excellent workouts that are scalable for beginners (like ex stoners) in the about section under Primal Blueprint 101 (just keep scrolling down till you find workouts. Also when you get there don't worry about the "Primal" thing you don't need to buy into it for that site to get to healthy and ripped (which greatly helps with the improving your life and overcoming the psychological aspect). As far as eating goes that will be difficult at first and although i don't advise eating unhealthy as living healthy simply makes you feel better, if all you can get in 3 times a day is a cheeseburger or pizza then do it at first. Just be advised that when it comes to working out a diet like that will definitely make you feel even worse after exercise. If you want to try and force something healthy down then i advise dark green vegetables or vegetables in general, the more the better. Unlike the carbs from grains which burn quickly, the carbs from vegetable (most dark green ones in particular) are more sustaining (less is more so you won't need to eat as much) and carbs increase dopamine production (depressed people eat to feel better). But most simply, go the hell outside! Sunlight is the best form of vitamin D your body can get so get it often!
Lastly, because I'm sick of typing and I doubt a lot of people will read to this point anyway, if your someone who has advocated that marijuana is not harmful or that you've always smoked and "done just fine"(your definition only), stop being a fvcking child, put out the joint, smash the bong, throw out the papers and in a day or two you'll realize you screwed up and if you take my advice and get new hobbies you'll realize that your capable of a lot more then sitting around baked watching movies or playin vids. You'll realize that you could've accomplished an incredible amount in the time you wasted and hopefully, you'll want to work on accomplishing a lot more in the future.
Now I'm going to get mad fvckin baked
Just Kiddin:P I'm gonna go work out, cuz I have the energy to.
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Is THC physically addictive, psychologically, or both?
Psychologically only to the weak minded..not an insult that was definitely my case at one time. A lot of people begin to smoke weed before their body is fully developed (younger then 25), and in turn, their maturity. They give far to much respect to weed because they've done most of their maturing (or lack of maturing) while blazing was a big part of their life so life without it is confusing initially. Also consider that your brain never stops maturing, it simply focuses on strengthening common processes. You used to be good at math in high school but your son/daughter brings you their homework asks for help and you don't know how to do it..maybe it's because you haven't tried it in 20 years and certain neural pathways connected to spatial reasoning have deteriorated. Likewise if you've been smoking weed for 1, 2, 5, or 10+ years then you've been doing things that you like doing baked for that same amount of time and you need to find things that your sober mind likes doing. So if you're having psychological problems it's because your sitting there thinking about weed because you don't know what else to do. Try new things that you find interesting and acquire new hobbies. Can't get yourself to leave the house? Learn from video tutorials or read a book (one of the few good suggestions on here). You're life as a stoner and being sober are two different people and you need to learn what the sober one needs. Focus on improving every aspect of your life, get in better shape, mentally strengthen yourself by becoming educated, build a better social life. Smoking weed is focusing on happiness all the time. It's instant gratification. You need to learn to delay that gratification while working on yourself. I challenge you to think of a person you know who excels in all aspects and isn't happy with their life. People have mentioned lack of dopamine production after quitting due to the brain having adapted to getting excess dopamine from weed. <LEGIT But I'm willing to bet that most people smoking weed everyday aren't eating or exercising properly. If you implement both those things that are proven to increase dopamine levels into your recovery plan then they'll more than compensate for the lack of weed.
Physically THC isn't addictive at all and you all really need to stop claiming that it is. Weed as a whole is not physically addictive at all either. Intense nausea to the point where you can barely eat or not at all, I've had that before, insomnia, been there done that, hot flashes, for sure (read on to find out why their a good sign), ineffective immune system (chest infections every few months being common), I've experienced that also. So let's talk about why none of this is related to THC. Because it's related to the smoke. You've all either smoked a cigarette or observed people smoking them. Have you ever seen them inhaling as hard as they can and holding it in as long as they can (letting the lungs absorb an obscenely high amount of carcinogens) on every puff? I doubt it. Ring a bell in weed smoking culture? More likely. The WAY your smoking greatly affects your body. It's theorized (proven really I just no longer have the link to the online medical journal it was posted on) that ON AVERAGE (yes there will be factors i.e. type of cigarettes and size of joint) the negative effects of smoking a joint are 4X greater than a cigarette. Now obviously one could argue that cigarettes are worse because they cause cancer and weed helps some cancer patients but this is about general physical problems and infections, not cancer, so save that argument for a forum related to weed and cancer. The best advice for physical problems has been posted here already however. Get exercise. Someone mentioned something about fat cells housing carcinogens (they may have said THC which would be way off) for months and this is true. The hot flashes your getting are good because your body is sweating out everything bad (like a fever, but not dangerous). So once again get exercise. It's gonna be hell at first and theres good odds you'll puke the first few times (even if it's only mucus because you haven't been eating), I did, but this will speed up the physical recovery immensely (the longest it took me to get over internal issues with daily exercise is 4 days). That being said, don't kill yourself to try and get better. Someone told you to go for 2 runs a day in another post. Dumb idea. If your a common stoner you haven't got any REAL exercise for a long time and 2 runs a day when you have a higher risk of chest infections because of a damaged immune system is absolute stupidity. Not to mention that cardio in general is stupid. Dont believe me? <<number one health blog on the internet and one of the few that dispels all of todays "Conventional Wisdom" that we get from the mainstream media. I post it not to advertise it but because it can help you with almost any physical issues and also has excellent workouts that are scalable for beginners (like ex stoners) in the about section under Primal Blueprint 101 (just keep scrolling down till you find workouts. Also when you get there don't worry about the "Primal" thing you don't need to buy into it for that site to get to healthy and ripped (which greatly helps with the improving your life and overcoming the psychological aspect). As far as eating goes that will be difficult at first and although i don't advise eating unhealthy as living healthy simply makes you feel better, if all you can get in 3 times a day is a cheeseburger or pizza then do it at first. Just be advised that when it comes to working out a diet like that will definitely make you feel even worse after exercise. If you want to try and force something healthy down then i advise dark green vegetables or vegetables in general, the more the better. Unlike the carbs from grains which burn quickly, the carbs from vegetable (most dark green ones in particular) are more sustaining (less is more so you won't need to eat as much) and carbs increase dopamine production (depressed people eat to feel better). But most simply, go the hell outside! Sunlight is the best form of vitamin D your body can get so get it often!
Lastly, because I'm sick of typing and I doubt a lot of people will read to this point anyway, if your someone who has advocated that marijuana is not harmful or that you've always smoked and "done just fine"(your definition only), stop being a fvcking child, put out the joint, smash the bong, throw out the papers and in a day or two you'll realize you screwed up and if you take my advice and get new hobbies you'll realize that your capable of a lot more then sitting around baked watching movies or playin vids. You'll realize that you could've accomplished an incredible amount in the time you wasted and hopefully, you'll want to work on accomplishing a lot more in the future.
Now I'm going to get mad fvckin baked
Just Kiddin:P I'm gonna go work out, cuz I have the energy to.
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the previous post is very informative. i am currently going thru quiting and its bin 10 days so far, i have all the symptoms except for hot flashes which i have gotton on previous occasions that i have quit. Its all about mind set, i have a very strong mindset and i go out everyday to do sports. most of my friends are stoners and smoke in front of me and it is very easy to say no. However, wen i start smoking again i want to keep getting high.
I believe marijuana as everything else, such as alcohol, is bad when consumed in excess. I know many people, mostly girls that smoke but take atleast 2week breaks (even more because they DONT LIVE FOR WEED) and live their life normally as a sober person would. They have no problems with eatting, sleeping, college ect. I think that is the way weed should be consumed, many of us, as for me abuse this wonderful substance. too much of a good thing is not good for you. I am currently planning on doing the same as well but want to be completely clean first. I have also told all of my stoner friends about my decision. Many people have trouble with their friends but if they are truly your friends, they should be able to respect your decision. I'm also trying to enlighten one of my bestfriends with the best of my knowledge of the abuse of mj. However, many friends are blinded and hopeless and believe weed is not bad for you.
Smoking weed once in a while has its benifets: You will get SUPER BLAZED easily and with much less bud then wen you are a daily smoker. This is also great because you save money as well. And to note your high will last much much longer! Learn to enjoy the herb and not abuse it. I DO NOT SUGGEST TO DO THIS IF YOU HAVE A WEAK MIND STATE BECAUSE YOU MIGHT FALL BACK INTO YOUR OLD HABIT. (i mean no offense but lets be honest now, the best way to make yourself a better person is by analyzing yourself and admiting you have flaws, no one is perfect)
After smoking for 2 years i basically analyzed myself and saw that a daily smoker does not bring much happiness into your life. Whats the point of getting happiness from a substance and in the end you will need more and more of it. Life is short and their are many more things in life other than marijuana. I hope this helps anyone out there thinking of quiting or who is currently quiting. Best of luck to all!
P.S i felt i had trouble putting this together and messed several times by putting words in that made no sense in the sentence, i blame this on the weed lol
I believe marijuana as everything else, such as alcohol, is bad when consumed in excess. I know many people, mostly girls that smoke but take atleast 2week breaks (even more because they DONT LIVE FOR WEED) and live their life normally as a sober person would. They have no problems with eatting, sleeping, college ect. I think that is the way weed should be consumed, many of us, as for me abuse this wonderful substance. too much of a good thing is not good for you. I am currently planning on doing the same as well but want to be completely clean first. I have also told all of my stoner friends about my decision. Many people have trouble with their friends but if they are truly your friends, they should be able to respect your decision. I'm also trying to enlighten one of my bestfriends with the best of my knowledge of the abuse of mj. However, many friends are blinded and hopeless and believe weed is not bad for you.
Smoking weed once in a while has its benifets: You will get SUPER BLAZED easily and with much less bud then wen you are a daily smoker. This is also great because you save money as well. And to note your high will last much much longer! Learn to enjoy the herb and not abuse it. I DO NOT SUGGEST TO DO THIS IF YOU HAVE A WEAK MIND STATE BECAUSE YOU MIGHT FALL BACK INTO YOUR OLD HABIT. (i mean no offense but lets be honest now, the best way to make yourself a better person is by analyzing yourself and admiting you have flaws, no one is perfect)
After smoking for 2 years i basically analyzed myself and saw that a daily smoker does not bring much happiness into your life. Whats the point of getting happiness from a substance and in the end you will need more and more of it. Life is short and their are many more things in life other than marijuana. I hope this helps anyone out there thinking of quiting or who is currently quiting. Best of luck to all!
P.S i felt i had trouble putting this together and messed several times by putting words in that made no sense in the sentence, i blame this on the weed lol
Wow I been a weed smoker for 8 years now and im trying to quit and i also smoked cigs for about half of that time and im only 21. i stoped smoking cigs bout a week ago and i can say itz much easier then quiting weed. just not being able to eat kills me, lol, i love to eat. im already too skinny. i dont need to loose weight.
continued from the 21 year old 8 year smoker. Just to let you all know I'm smoking about anywhere between 5-10 blunts a day. Itz hard to quit. I have to be high all day or I wont function right and I just wont be too pleasent to be around caz I wont be happy.
Just want to say, if you only smoke for a one year or so, and feel the need to comment how easy it is to quit , maybe u shouldn't be here. Your negativity is not needed here; maybe you can use it in your life.
this is so true i been tryin to stop for bout a week now and it is hard.
Ya, some pretty bad responses here. The reality is that whether the symptoms are psychological in ORIGIN or not, you will most likely have some real physical effects.
Quite frankly though, the physical effects are only a small part of it. I find the psychological effects to be long lasting and quite painful.
Quitting smoking 2 months ago, was like saying goodbye to a really great personal friend. Imagine a friend who was with you day in and day out, never let you down, and was just absolutely the best thing that ever happened to you.
When I think of it like that, I'm not surprised I've been battling anxiety and depression since quitting.
I wish my friends would listen to me when I tell them that smoking every day is bad bad bad. They don't listen though. I wish someone like myself had told me early on how bad it can be. The only people I heard talk bad about it were people who never smoked. So, I said to myself, "well they don't know sh*t they've never even gotten high, all the stuff I read on the internet says there are no lasting effects".
In a big way though the people who claim no problems with weed are correct. I imagine if I had only smoked once a week or less I would have been just fine. Instead I made marijuana a big part of my mind, and my life. I'm glad it's gone though, because I can see I'm heading in a good direction now.
Anyways, just quit cold turkey and deal with it. Keep a good attitude, play video games, ride a bicycle... do whatever just don't smoke again for a LONG time. I pretty much plan on smoking irregularly again one day. But, right now I'm 22 years old, so I figure once I'm say 45 or so if I feel totally recovered then I'll think about it again.
Quite frankly though, the physical effects are only a small part of it. I find the psychological effects to be long lasting and quite painful.
Quitting smoking 2 months ago, was like saying goodbye to a really great personal friend. Imagine a friend who was with you day in and day out, never let you down, and was just absolutely the best thing that ever happened to you.
When I think of it like that, I'm not surprised I've been battling anxiety and depression since quitting.
I wish my friends would listen to me when I tell them that smoking every day is bad bad bad. They don't listen though. I wish someone like myself had told me early on how bad it can be. The only people I heard talk bad about it were people who never smoked. So, I said to myself, "well they don't know sh*t they've never even gotten high, all the stuff I read on the internet says there are no lasting effects".
In a big way though the people who claim no problems with weed are correct. I imagine if I had only smoked once a week or less I would have been just fine. Instead I made marijuana a big part of my mind, and my life. I'm glad it's gone though, because I can see I'm heading in a good direction now.
Anyways, just quit cold turkey and deal with it. Keep a good attitude, play video games, ride a bicycle... do whatever just don't smoke again for a LONG time. I pretty much plan on smoking irregularly again one day. But, right now I'm 22 years old, so I figure once I'm say 45 or so if I feel totally recovered then I'll think about it again.
Dude, the way i see it is that yeah, weed is nice. Its lovely. I love it like a pet. But theres no point in getting totally hung up in it, I can imagine it would be easy to do after some time however. I recently decided to take a break for a number of key valid reasons; it has become more expensive, it is no longer just a occasional treat, it has slowed my progress in education and general motivation also it is probably starting to affect my health combined with the tobacco. Weed is such a mild drug it may aswell be coffee, dedicating your life to it seems a somewhat wasteful, sorry if I offend other hardcore smokers. Also it takes me alot to get high and maintain it atm. I love weed but theres just no need to let it get in the way. Ive took a break for 13 days so far and I wont smoke till the end of the month. My sleep seems slightly spoilt, and i miss it asif someone took away my pet hamster :P...also I keep having dreams that are crazy and many that involve weed being over-glorified. All I have to do is remind myself that yeah weed is nice but its not THAT good, though I do love it. Its just weed, chillax. Im hoping that when I reach August my stamina will have been slashed, and i want to just smoke maybe weekends. BE A USER NOT AN ABUSER. To much of anything spoils it. I have a hunch that it is behind why I dont get any major feelings for girls anymore. So far my head is feeling clearer also I feel more intouch with my emotions. Sounds gay but it starts to suuuuck when nothing phases u and u become indifferent. I feel a bit more passionate about life and feel like im sorting stuff out. So, good luck. Rember that its in the mind, weed isnt really that big a deal in my opinion, side affects pass. If you think its going to be hard to quit and your over thinking weed that may make u feel like its hard to quit when its just your own thoughts torturing you. If your like, "yeah its just weed" then you can feel like it doesnt really matter and you can really do it. Dont forget self disciplinne though. And dont give into those mates offering you that one joint, its so easy so just say ahh ***edited by moderator*** ** inappropriate posting** it, ill do this later.
I have been smoking cannabis since I was 16 and am 32 now. I was a ritualised smoker and it is something that can only be described as a massive part of my life. I am stopping as I am aware that I cannot accomplish much when I am permanently stoned. I have dreams of doing loads of good with my life but that is all they will stay unless I stop.
I love smoking weed even though it is killing me and even as I write this I am fighting an internal battle about whether I should get high tomorrow or just stay off until the very physical psychological effects subside. I sat down at my laptop tonight after a fight with my lovely wife who I have been with since I was 19 and have two children with...-we have smoked together the whole time and have stopped at the same time although she has stopped more often over the years than I and we are brilliant parents by the way- (at the moment we are both irrational, depressed and dangerously angry). I cannot tell my colleagues about my issue as most of them have no idea that I have been using weed at all and would be horrified. I did not want to quit at the same time as my wife because she goes mad when she stops and when I stop we both go mad and it is not great for anyone. Unfortunately I think unless I stop with her she can't stop and if we keep on like this we'll just get a divorce because we both have ambitions (not an easy one this...). I know that I'll feel instant relief if I smoke a zol now but luckily I have no stash.
I also smoke cigarettes and hate them. I know that it is just a matter of not smoking them but again there is a big psychological issue here that is much more difficult for me to overcome than the physical one. They are really killing me as I have asthma and it is getting progressively worse to the point that I am sure I'll have emphysema if I don't kick this soon. A combination of fags and weed is not great for my lungs.
I have read every page of postings carefully and have to say that they have on the whole encouraged me to stop. I'd like to thank people who posted sincere experiences of quitting as these were really helpful in finding out that it is normal to feel like this. I have a cold sweat right now, massive shoulder and neck pain and feel slightly dangerous like I could smash something. Every time I have gone for over a week without I get the dreams too, although I don't lose my appetite or other drives... I do start feeling crazy and I can remember everything which makes my head feel like it is exploding.
I have no cigarettes left now but may brave the weather... I want to get over the worst of the symptoms before I kick that (so as to avoid kicking everything else). I agree that exercise is probably the best way to get over the toughest of the symptoms and I need to get into a routine as I am sure that will help replace it. Also I hope that my creativity starts to come back, I remember a time when I could write really well and draw straight from my imagination and I fear that the years of being high have taken that away. I am also worried about who I am going to become without the herb in my life, I may have to rebuild my identity. I am however fortunate in having moved around so much and being a young parent with no support has resulted in a massive lack of friends who can influence me to smoke (or just actual strong friendships in general).
For the people who have trivialised the pain of stopping ganja and those who have stated that people who can't use this substance in a way that cannot be construed as addiction have weak minds- this is insulting and prejudice and discounts the diversity of this amazing world, especially the diversity of human experience and exposes you as being insensitive and shallow- you comments were not helpful at all.
Thanks to the admins/maintainers of this site, I really needed to get this off my chest anonymously, I plan on checking in and updating with my happy story of how I have improved my life in a few months time.
I love smoking weed even though it is killing me and even as I write this I am fighting an internal battle about whether I should get high tomorrow or just stay off until the very physical psychological effects subside. I sat down at my laptop tonight after a fight with my lovely wife who I have been with since I was 19 and have two children with...-we have smoked together the whole time and have stopped at the same time although she has stopped more often over the years than I and we are brilliant parents by the way- (at the moment we are both irrational, depressed and dangerously angry). I cannot tell my colleagues about my issue as most of them have no idea that I have been using weed at all and would be horrified. I did not want to quit at the same time as my wife because she goes mad when she stops and when I stop we both go mad and it is not great for anyone. Unfortunately I think unless I stop with her she can't stop and if we keep on like this we'll just get a divorce because we both have ambitions (not an easy one this...). I know that I'll feel instant relief if I smoke a zol now but luckily I have no stash.
I also smoke cigarettes and hate them. I know that it is just a matter of not smoking them but again there is a big psychological issue here that is much more difficult for me to overcome than the physical one. They are really killing me as I have asthma and it is getting progressively worse to the point that I am sure I'll have emphysema if I don't kick this soon. A combination of fags and weed is not great for my lungs.
I have read every page of postings carefully and have to say that they have on the whole encouraged me to stop. I'd like to thank people who posted sincere experiences of quitting as these were really helpful in finding out that it is normal to feel like this. I have a cold sweat right now, massive shoulder and neck pain and feel slightly dangerous like I could smash something. Every time I have gone for over a week without I get the dreams too, although I don't lose my appetite or other drives... I do start feeling crazy and I can remember everything which makes my head feel like it is exploding.
I have no cigarettes left now but may brave the weather... I want to get over the worst of the symptoms before I kick that (so as to avoid kicking everything else). I agree that exercise is probably the best way to get over the toughest of the symptoms and I need to get into a routine as I am sure that will help replace it. Also I hope that my creativity starts to come back, I remember a time when I could write really well and draw straight from my imagination and I fear that the years of being high have taken that away. I am also worried about who I am going to become without the herb in my life, I may have to rebuild my identity. I am however fortunate in having moved around so much and being a young parent with no support has resulted in a massive lack of friends who can influence me to smoke (or just actual strong friendships in general).
For the people who have trivialised the pain of stopping ganja and those who have stated that people who can't use this substance in a way that cannot be construed as addiction have weak minds- this is insulting and prejudice and discounts the diversity of this amazing world, especially the diversity of human experience and exposes you as being insensitive and shallow- you comments were not helpful at all.
Thanks to the admins/maintainers of this site, I really needed to get this off my chest anonymously, I plan on checking in and updating with my happy story of how I have improved my life in a few months time.
what i find rediculous is that people always require "medical proof" well. aren't there things you believe in that you have no proof of? aliens....god....etc? I do.
I'm on day 2 of quitting, and i want to shoot anyone who comes in contact with me, i feel extreme irritability and i can't stay calm. and hey maybe this is a mental side effect, but it's effecting my body physically, heart racing, breathing changing...etc. and i'll be damned if someone is going to tell me that my heart pounding or my breathing being harder with absence of smoke (not sure why that occurs) isn't a physical side effect.
"Proof" means nothing to me. Proof is a ....well i don't know how to word it correctly but maybe you'll get my drift if i say...proof is a man made....way of explaining things. a way that man can justify something.
anyways, i know damn well i'm experiencing mental and physical side effects. (completel loss of apetite and lots of nausea) also affecting me. thats as physical as it gets.
anyways, quitters, do your best. i know its the sweet leaf we know and love, but hey, you can always go back to it in 10-15 years if you want to. just quit for a while and get something done!! and save some money... <333
I'm on day 2 of quitting, and i want to shoot anyone who comes in contact with me, i feel extreme irritability and i can't stay calm. and hey maybe this is a mental side effect, but it's effecting my body physically, heart racing, breathing changing...etc. and i'll be damned if someone is going to tell me that my heart pounding or my breathing being harder with absence of smoke (not sure why that occurs) isn't a physical side effect.
"Proof" means nothing to me. Proof is a ....well i don't know how to word it correctly but maybe you'll get my drift if i say...proof is a man made....way of explaining things. a way that man can justify something.
anyways, i know damn well i'm experiencing mental and physical side effects. (completel loss of apetite and lots of nausea) also affecting me. thats as physical as it gets.
anyways, quitters, do your best. i know its the sweet leaf we know and love, but hey, you can always go back to it in 10-15 years if you want to. just quit for a while and get something done!! and save some money... <333
I have chosen to quit because unfiltered smoking promotes very large formations of tonsil stones if your already prone to them (like i am)
it doesnt have to be weed to cause this but, the increased tar coating my throat and tongue along with my tonsils swelling up from the constant trauma of heavy coughing allowed about 8 stones to build up in my left tonsil crypt. I went to the doctor and he said those last few that were a rancid green yellow were probably lodged back in there for nearly 4 months. I was suffering horrid ear pain since the tonsils share a common nerve with the inner ear.
Asides from that I am trying to get a business off the ground and I have found abusing marijuana to be a serious obstacle to doing this.
Good luck to all those out there. I can honestly say i have lost most of my appetite. However, to combat this i am working out again to try and work up a hunger by the end of the day. It's rather hit or miss it seems but, it is just a matter of your level of commitment to stop smoking and take life by the neck and start anew.
In summary, having the most foul of breaths is not worth getting blazed! Very tough to get with chicks sporting funk like that in your mouth!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith#Causes
it doesnt have to be weed to cause this but, the increased tar coating my throat and tongue along with my tonsils swelling up from the constant trauma of heavy coughing allowed about 8 stones to build up in my left tonsil crypt. I went to the doctor and he said those last few that were a rancid green yellow were probably lodged back in there for nearly 4 months. I was suffering horrid ear pain since the tonsils share a common nerve with the inner ear.
Asides from that I am trying to get a business off the ground and I have found abusing marijuana to be a serious obstacle to doing this.
Good luck to all those out there. I can honestly say i have lost most of my appetite. However, to combat this i am working out again to try and work up a hunger by the end of the day. It's rather hit or miss it seems but, it is just a matter of your level of commitment to stop smoking and take life by the neck and start anew.
In summary, having the most foul of breaths is not worth getting blazed! Very tough to get with chicks sporting funk like that in your mouth!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith#Causes