MARIJUANA WITHDRAWL

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Hi, 31 y/o and been smoking for 20 years. Yes first dub I was 11. First I want to thank everyone for sharing their stories. I thank you for I am also going through what you all are going through. Marijuana withdrawals!! This is my second time truly quitting weed. The posts here are right about what to expect. No sleep is the toughest one for me. I just spent 12 weeks in a"wellness clinic" for addictions. Apparently marijuana has the longest withdraw period of any drug, cuz of the oil in weed in your system. And I saw this first hand. Alcoholics, meth heads (almost impossible to recover from but saw it happen to 3 different ppl), coke/crack heads, etc all got over their worst withdraw symptoms rather quickly when compared to us weed smokers. Mind you, their withdrawals were more traumatic and intense but short in duration. Quitting weed is like marathon running, it never seems to end. And even once you think your out, never take your sobriety for granted. One party, one dub, one pull, and you can be back to and worse off then your previous low point. And when u relapse, u don't start at the top and fall again. You start at the bottom where u left off and somehow fall deeper. Today my cravings were so bad, I planted some marijuana seeds (indoor). Hoping growing it will help me stay sane. And stay sober (growing it is a mind trick I play on myself. It tells me that I am NOT giving up weed forever, the thought breaks my heart. But I have to wait until its grown to smoke and hopefully by then, I will not want too) Weed is one of the worst drugs, simply because you never see it coming. Until one day, life has passed you by in a cloud of smoke

You're in az... I used to live there... Live in Cali now... Trying to quit and I can't get through one day without smoking. I was like you smoked all day weened myself down to less than a g but I can't seem to get much farther than that...

Hello:

Thank you so much for posting your experiences from quitting. I am 49 years old and have been smoking on off most my life. I was in beautiful relationship that went south due to my pot smoking and some various reasons some directly and indirectly causes from pot. Well, I have quit in the past and the breakup and some other life experiences had me smoking 24/7 litterly. No real job, endless amount of pot to smoke,

Well, I don't want to get to deep in this reply but I am happy to state that I quit yesterday. I now have over 24 hours of not consuming. Last night I didn't get any sleep, this morning I woke up with a headache starting coughing and then threw up. Yes, headaches nausea, lack of appetite seems like part of the process. I am just utter shock that it had gained such control of my entire body. Well, I just wanted to say thanks for you posting. One helpful thing is excercise and hot sauna, the quicker you can shift your mind set the better off you'll be.

Take Care and good luck you recovery...

Sincerely,
Pete

Hey all. I have recently come into somemajor issues in my life, and I think it's based all upon me smoking weed. I have smoked weed for around 3 years now and have been relatively heavy for around a year, some weeks I can spend 100 pound on weed. I am 18 years old and got a job 6 months ago when I finished my A-levels. Of late I am starting to feel like there isn't any point to life.... Unless I'm high. All my problems just evaporate and the relaxing feeling is just too hard to give up. 

In the last year I have found myself socially pushed out as I don't drink, I don't like to drink I prefer to smoke. I have stopped playing sport as I have injuries from the constant sport I played when I was younger. All I do nowa days is work and get stoned, but I feel as if I am starting to become depressed. I see no point in living life when your pretty much forced to live a certain way, go to school then work then die. It just seems pointless and the only outlet at the moment is getting high. 

As much as I have enjoyed myself this habit is becoming too much. I can no longer afford to keep smoking the way I am but I have nothing else to do! And I ain't living by being a stupid drone thats all work and no play, but at the moment the only escape is smoking weed. I don't have the motivation to start searching for a sport or something I can play, simply because I can't be arsed and I am working 40-45 hours a week so time is limited especially when I work weekends too! 

I have read many forums with people who are going through the same issues and I am pretty much looking for an answer but not one that's going to tell me I have to give up the only thing making me happy and enjoying myself or reading the bible... Thats not for me. If anybody give me any information or guidance it will be greatly appreciated.

To everyone whether trying to quit or not:  weed is a natural substance found in the earth - God said (in Genesis) I have made all weed and seed bearing plants for you to use.  God has given us permission to use weed - if God can then why can't we?  I believe in a higher power, not in God specifically but if you believe in the bible then you have to believe that weed is for humans to use.  There are so many ways to use pot - smoking, vaping, hash, oil, use to make butter and then baking products.  I have been using weed for probably 20 years and whenever I quit smoking I never get any withdrawal effects and I quit smoking often, I think that withdrawal effects are all in your heads, really, weed is not addictive and I think that all prisons should give weed to inmates.  The prison system would know no more fighting or other drugs - everyone would be mellow.  I now smoke medicinally, I can get buds, hash, oil or whatever I want, it helps me with my Celiac disease and keeping my stomach problems at bay and less pain throughout the day. 

I have been addicted to meth and cocaine: those are hard drugs to come off = weed is nothing!  You just need to find a healthier way of 'smoking' your weed, I use a volcano system (wonderful).

Hi, my name is jenny. I think I may be going tho withdrawl. I think its from lorazepam. Weed has helped. But I havent stopped taking the lorazepam, have you every heard of mixing drugs into bud? 

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Hey Jenny, admin is going to delete your email address or this post. But no, I have never heard of anyone mixing lorazepam with weed - I've heard speed and angel dust.

Uranium is also a natural substance found in the earth, so is poison ivy and lead; I think you know where I am going with this... :)

Mind and body are strongly connected. Addiction to MJ is very real and yes, it is the mind that craves for it. Withdrawal is also very real, especially in people who smoke a lot of potent weed. It may be the troubled mind creating problems in the body or (the lack of) THC that creates problems in the body directly.

You say it helps with you celiac disease and stomach, so then there is no denying that it does have physical effects. Stopping it would therefore give you physical symptoms........ Unless you are still convinced it is all in the head, which means it helps you with something that is a mindbody problem.... Or it helps your mind cope better with any physical discomforts. It doesn't matter for the fact that it does have a physical influence and therefore there will be physical withdrawal effects.

Where MJ helps your stomach, it can cause problems in other people, read the thread on stomach problems. Using it in other ways as you say can help for some, but for others the problems don't go away. What is good for one can be bad for someone else.

Because you used hard drugs, weed is relatively mild for you. I think this has to do with the fact that your mind is used to much intenser feelings and that your physique benefits from it. But for others MJ can be very intense and can cause physical discomfort.

Anyways, much respect to you for coming off meth and cocaine, it takes a strong mind.

Everyone is different, I've been talking to a lot more people about this lately and have come to realize that a lot of people do experience withdrawals BUT myself I don't, except for a couple of days that are hard to sleep - that is literally it for me AND my husband. Is it because of the hard drugs that makes the withdrawal of the marijuana easier to take for us? My hubby hasn't played with meth just cocaine.

And, thanks for your answer. If I didn't learn daily then I would be dead - my brain loves information.

:)

I am not all knowing either, we are all students in this world until the day we die...

Do you experience effects on your stomach when you quit for a while??

happy learning to you

Yeah I do. I get more intestinal pain/cramping all the time which then increases my bowel movements a day to about 7 or 8 times. I also don't get an appetite while vaping weed - which then I don't eat. Wouldn't be so bad as I do have a couple more pounds to lose (who doesn't I know) after having my daughter - I was really slim before her until I got the medicinal marijuana and it has made me more healthy. Should be the other way but it honestly was meant for me.

You know come to think of it when I finally made the move to quit cigarette's I also didn't get any withdrawals this last time but I had previously. HMMM, wondering why? Maybe I am not a withdrawal person?

It is proven that THC slows down the intestines movement. So it fits the picture. When you quit, it all speeds up, but the "inside" has to adjust which can take some time. I don't know why one person gets an appetite and the other one doesn't.
I think you are a strong minded person and somehow know how to deal with emotions like anger and fear, which are often the causes for mental and physical symptoms. Happy vaping!

To be honest with you Meg I believe what has made me the strongest was having the power to know I had enough Meth and the willpower to kick it. I actually moved to a small aboriginal town where I knew absolutely no one so that I would not be tempted to do it again, it took awhile but the feeling left.

That and a bad relationship has made me realize that you have to be strong for yourself because no one else can be as strong as you can be.

I think three important points are that those users who have reported "addiction" here (a) started on weed very young and (b) smoked excessivelly for an incredible long period - and (c) report personal problems, like anxiety, etc. before their consumation of the substance. My point is: The problems are not due to the plant. That only brings them to the forefront. And if you discover that you're paying a higher price for anything than you're getting in return, then just quit. If you really want to stop, you can. But you need to put something positive in place that also gives you pleasure or satisfaction or meaning. Just find out what it is: travelling, being creative, meditating, fishing, reading good literature, another "addiction" like falling in love. etc. Find out what it is! There are a lot of worse problems in life than being "addicted" to canabis. Namaste from Germany.