motivation quitting marijuana

hi Billy, i just wanted to do without the anti depressends, and i still have some bad days, however i noticed that working out really lifts my mood up, it gets me more energized and i do not have anxiety, hopefully the good days will get longer,i still find myself thinking negative or concetraiting on my health too much, which became like a habbit, i have to get myself unused to that, when i am busy i do not dwel on this as much. The anti deppressands really do help, i just feel like i want to get my self to $100 on my own, also at 2 month i was way worse, so time will help you also, it is just we are living a new life now, the stress that i had before i would just smoke some weed and it would vanish, and now we have to learn how to release stress in a different way(thats where exercise comes in) being positive and productive helps. I feel like i was so much more outgoing before and now it's like i am so into my health, my thoughts that i am more of a homebuddy, which i am going to change and enjoy again. Good luck to all!

yeah simma... mainly i still feel some depression and anxiety still, it is not as bad, but i still get the feeling"GOD I WISH THIS WOULD ALL GO AWAY" so again it has been over 2and a half month i think now since i last smoked a joint and been about 7or eight weeks since the syptoms first showed up.... basically i still get a negative though cycle where i find i think about what has happened and will i ever get over it? i was always into my health too. even while smoking weed, i would also work out too...i have recently moved house too into a new property and maybe the stresses of that also contributed but i dont think so. I had no stress while smoking weed, which is strange i didnt really care or look into things too much just more looked into what makes me happy and relaxing etc. I still have weird dreams, or atleast i get some feeling of sleep disturbance and wake generally sweaty or thinking about bad things... Maybe the tablets i am taking also have some side effects too, buut i didnt really notice any.. i have only been taking the anti depressants for 2weeks 2 days now.. i was hoping to feel 100% but maybe i am 80-90% normal most of the time. some time i dont notice and when i am occupied i feel good. I did also try the herbal route first with sj johns wort and good multi vitamin and lots of green tea and herbal tea's. But i didnt really find any benefit from st johns wort.. it might have helped just a little, but my sleep was very disturbed then and was waking wide awake and not getting back to sleep etc etc. Now i am sleeping pretty good. mainly just once or twice i wake but i usually fall back asleep. As i mentioned in the last post i had a really good friend who went through the ordeal or quitting and he had cronic sickness and diahrea with all his depression etc... he has been very strong in helping me and told me he was 90% after 2 weeks of taking the anti depressants and has told me just be patient and give it more time.

I see you have been months quit now, do u still experince any anxiety? Any dreams or do u still feel depressed in some way? lots of people experience these syptoms now and i think really there should be more warnings about the dangers of cannabis. lots of people dont really understand it. What is baffling me is that i have been quit for 2 months now soo any traces of cannbis would be out of my body so why do i still get anxiety? also i think the anxiety is only weaker this time(maybe it isnt weaker but i just feel better in my mood) becasue of the anti depresants i am taking.

I still feel like i should be more positive really, but even the simplest things now i still enjoy. like doing the dishes or tidying the house. It sounds bad again... only becasue i feel the last 3 days have been slightly worse, just with spells of anxiety and negative thoughts but i am convincing myself again will i ever reach 100% happy/normal living? Or if i lit up another joint and started smoking again would i enjoy everything and not give a sh*t and stay in my own little world of peace? Well one thing is for sure i wish i would have quit a long time ago!!

But simma if you still feel slightly moody as in bored and depressed still i did find some beneift from st johns wort, so maybe give that a try? also there are lots fo herbal suppliment out there, i started on the calms tablets and st johns wort, but now i am best just sticking to the anti-depressants.. bt the calms where really good they made me a little more relaxed these might also help you.

I am going to keep posted more on forums about my update for a full recovery. keep posted in guys!

I read the stories here and I can relate to all of them just because I've been a smoker for a very long time. It started with a hit or two... now its blunts after joints are blunts and so forth. The bottom line is and its up to you if you believe me or not your life is gonna get screwed even more if you dont do anything about your smoking situation now. The more you smoke, the years go buy the addiction gets worse. If you gotta sacrafice a week and not being able to sleep just cause u stoped smoking pot then let it be.... today its a week of no sleep, tomorrow it can be your loved ones and ur family leaving you becuase of the m***n and the sh*t head you have been when you didnt listen to my advice. QUIT before its too late. Recently I got cought with pot by cops in beverly hills. I went to court and bla bla they gave me these 10 MA classes (marijuana annonymous). i sat there for days and it was like nothing. Year i heard sad stories but I was like naw I can't get that bad, till one day a random guy just got up and said his story. Sadly but true his story was exacly mine. Thats when it hit me. The more you smoke or use , the worse its gona be later. It's your health, its your life. God forbid if one day you have health issues that was caused by marijuana, imagine how much you are going to regret that you actually touched that first joint! No weed does not take ur pain away, nor ur problems. It keeps them there just where they were, and instead of making them better, im so sorry to tell you this but they are getting worse. Problems dont fix on their own, They get worse and worse if you dont fix them. Now do your math and figure out where the problems are in your life and what you should do about it. f**k it struggle that day or week without weed. You wont die trust me, you will make ur life better in the future.

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Its called will power. What if i tell you this is the hardest test you will face especially if you are a heavy smoker. You trying to quit? Awsome! but you cant? hmm... this is where i come in. If you think you can't quit pot because its TOO HARD! you will never ever become succesfull in life. Will power is the key to life. Sit at home shake and crave you want that mary jane sh*t. well i know how it feels you probably cant even sleep at nights. that is only temporary. after you get over that you will look at yourself int he mirror every morning and be proud of you that you overcame that problem. Life is full of suprises, the key is how you handle it. Don't destroy yourself by yourself when someone/something is already doing that. Get your sh*t together and face the ups and downs of life.

I could not have stumbled upon a better page tonight! Thanks to everyone who has shared their stories... I'm in a similar situation to most of you... a daily smoker who has tried to quit smoking before. I too feel that it is embedded in my personality... who am I without weed? What do I talk to people about, what do I do when I'm bored?? I have realized that I am just hearing the weed talking when I hear these questions in my mind. I am quitting this moment..... for my health, my future, my wallet, my friends, my family, and my appearance... the hazy fog that habitual use has put my mind in feels like a merry-go-round and I'm starting to get sick and tired of going around in a circle.... marijuana gives you great imagination but takes away the ability to put it to a good use.

Just like a weed in a garden robs plants of vital nutrients, this weed is robbing my life of all excitement and emotion... just to replace it with scattered thoughts and a numbed existence.

Today is the day I say no more for good!

20 years now and counting. I've quit, or should I say "stopped", a few times in the past. My record is 6 months (about 5 years ago) but I went back with the idea that "it wasn't for me" and I think something at my job stressed me out and I slipped. Well, I'm trying to go cold-turkey again and I'm not looking forward to the sleepless nights, sweaty hands, headaches, irrational irritability, etc. I've found that Advil (for the headaches) and some Tylanol PM (for the sleeping) helped me in the past. My stomach is always screwed up so I'm not too concerned about that. The weird thing is that when I go on vacation and go without it for a few weeks (I refuse to fly with it after 9/11) I do just fine - although I do down quite a few martinis to make up for it. The thing is my life has changed quite a bit in the last couple of years and most of all I'm just totally sick of the vicious cycle of the dreaded empty bag, making the call, scrounging for nasty roaches, etc. I'm also feeling increased paranoia, which I rarely felt before. I've also been swimming and hitting the treadmill lately and I'm really starting to feel the effects of smoking and I want to take my workouts to the next level. It's just time (after 20 years! How embarrassing!) :$

What I do know is that marjuana does not help you sleep (but it does make you sleepy). In fact, it prevents you from having a full sleep cycle (which is why you rarely remember your dreams). Marijuana basically puts you in perpetual alpha cycle, without going into true REM mode. It's the number one reason stoners wake-and-bake because it (temporarily) cures the morning irritability (because you didn't sleep properly). So remember, when you quit and you're having those vivid weird dreams and stuff, it's actually your body going back to normal. Once you get past that, you will be getting a full night's sleep and your energy level will start returning. I also notice it happens with memories as well. Old memories start to take on more feelings when you're quitting. It's almost as if getting high suppressed any associated feelings with your memories. It's basically like growing up and dealing with your emotions all over again.
Anyway, good luck to everyone! Just know that many people are going through the same c**p and the majority of people in the world are doing just fine without it. *bookmarks page*

So I'm a senior in High School and its time to celebrate. I just started burning the beginning of 2008 and i've gained a lot of great, clipped, memories from it. I try to limit myself to once a week but my friends usually invite me to more sessions and I find it really hard to say NO. I love the high and the music, the sights, the a lot of things when stoned but the low is always soooo shitty. I'm always tired, can't think straight, falling behind in school and athletics. When I read all these forums on quitting, everyone seemed to smoke everyday and want to stop, but I only smoke once or twice a week. I don't want to f**k my body up but pot seems to make life better. I've also noticed that i'm less social and its harder to connect with people anymore. I don't know if its the weed doing it or if its just me. I want to quit but its hard cause everyone around me still burns and invites me to burn with them. Any suggestions? I seriously need some wise guidance.

I hear ya' about being "addicted" to weed, even though they say it is not addictive. I am trying to quit right now, and cannot stop thinking about, pot. I smell it in my memory, I taste it n my mouth. I just drove around for hours trying to NOT buy pot, but looking for pot at the same time. Every second is temptation and I keep thinking about if I can afford it, if I should get some and just smoke for a little while longer and THEN quit!? It is worse than when I gave up cigarettes...

I don't care what they say about marijuana. I am seriously and powerlessly addicted to it right now and having a hell of a time quitting. I am out of money, out of lung power and out of motivation for some years now. All part of my pot/slacker/distraction mentality, and now trying my damnedest to climb my way back up. The only way I can is if I can start focusing on my life, my health, my career, my finances. All of these have literally "gone to pot" since I started smoking 16 years ago. I am now 42, overweight, jobless and aimless and living in a crappy apartment. Hmm, I wonder if smoking marijuana all day every day since I was 26 has anything to do with my current state? ....and yet, still, all I can think of is how I want to suck the sweet scent of that Green Monster right now and damn the consequences. If that is not addiction, I don't know what is!

In response to guest: I was a heavy smoker my senior high school year and carried the habit into college. I too had an academic scholarship to a private school and my gpa after my freshman year was a 0.08. My doctor had me on paxil for all of three weeks until i said forget it and continued to self medicate with weed. Your gifted artist son thinks weed is the norm, and has no idea that it is making him completely melancholy? Why was he on Zoloft? This is what he is trying to cure with the weed. Dropping out of school may not be the answer, but a break never hurt anyone. I took 2 years off after my first year to get my act together. Initially, I got worse. I didnt hit bottom until I was arrested twice for DWI and had to go on probation. I think that some people, such as perhaps yourself, are able to function normally as a pothead in their college years. I do not think your son is one of them. Zoloft does not cure problems, it does not get to the root. It only cures the SYMPTOMS
Best Wishes

i've been smoking for about 5 years, 3 years daily, and the last year ive been smoking about 1-2grams a day, being stoned all day smoking about 10 joints per day, on top of studying chemical physics at university and playing lacrosse at a high level. juggling all these things at once is just getting ridiculous and i started to notice it taking a toll on my work at school aswell as lacrosse, not to mention it ruins just about every relationship ive had with a girl over the last two years. i havent smoked for two days now but i constantly get cravings for it. all my friends smoke weed too which makes it harder. i guess i have tones of rebuilding to do since i'll have to make all new friends. this is really hard since weed has basically been my life for the last year, all i would do is look forward to the next session. any tips????

hey, i've been smoking for 5 years now, 3 daily, and the last year ive been smoking a ridiculous amount, roughly 10 joints per day. i still managed to get through university this year though i noticed a decrease in the quality of work. i noticed my endurance is really low in sports now too. my general health is going downhill pretty fast and i hate the lifestyle i have right now. all i do is look forward to the next session. i havent smoked in two days (this is the longest ive gone in 3 years) and i definitely feel the withdrawal symptoms. the thing i need help with is that all my friends smoke weed and almost every time i hang out with them we get blazed. it has also screwed up alot of relationships because i hate being blazed with a girl. i really need to quit are there any tips for quitting?

the biggest problem is sleeping, i havent slept either night and i cant fall asleep, literally i just lay there awake.

the biggest problem is sleeping, i havent slept in two nights, at all. i actually just lay there wide awake. my mind keeps racing. i feel really tired but i just cant sleep.

i found a pretty good way to solve the sleeping problem. take gravol, it takes away the nauseau and puts you right out. I took 4 pills (the recommended is two) and it helped settle my stomach and put me to bed. i don't recommend taking any more than 4. my friend took 7 pills once and tripped out and thought spiders were crawling over his skin.

hi! I'm 34, I've been smoking for 16 years, tabaco and weed, and I never tried quitting before. Until 2 days ago, when the Doc said that I had the lungs of a healthy 79 years old o.O

It's kind of funny cuz I have no motivation to do anything, and that for many years, but! every single day for the past 7 years, all I did was. Wake-up just before the sun and go out for a "round" to pick my daily weed roaches and cigarettes buts off the ground around bars, theater and other place trippers might hang-out. Then go home on the PC or game console, until I crashed to sleep and the cycle starts again.

So now I'm taking anti-biotic and puffers and I didn't smoke weed since yesterday and I only smoked 1 cig this morning(9/10 am) and it's now 5pm and it's really hard. On top of the anti-biotic side-effect, I have major anxiety problems. I have not been diagnosed for anything yet, waiting for x-ray results to come back, and I'm scared beebless, adding major stress on myself witch makes the pain feel worse.

how can I deal with all this happening to me @ the same time? I really do wanna turn my life around go out meet people, make friends, have a job and what ever " a life " is supposed to be. Just saying this as made me feel a little better, but what about in 5min, this will be in the past and I'll only see the dark future ahead again.

any tricks, whatever, I need help :'(

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well! thats what you would call an anxiety attack, I was making all sorts of scenario in my head from bad to worst without thinking it trough and trough. But now that I have thought it trough, I figured that I was making me feel worst cuz of all the side-effect that were hitting me from all sides. Anti-biotic side-effect, cigarette withdrawal, weed withdrawal and had the physical pain I was already in, to the mix, and you have the best receipe to freak me out.

Now the anti-biotic are starting to take effect and the physical pain is almost gone, it's just burning lungs every now and then that's left. No more sharp knives and needles type of pain and no more loss of breath. NOW whats bothering me the most is the " not " eating disorder, sleeplessness and cold sweat. I just need to pass trough this and I too can achieve what I thought I'd never do, Butt-out for good!

Even though I had no response, I'd still like to thank everyone for sharing your own story and I wish you all the best. I hope my own story will inspired some to quit as well.

p.s. I just wanna had, I went for a special " round " this morning, but instead of putting my findings into a container, I stepped on them so no other roach hunters would pick em up :-D