Day 2 of cold turkey for me and hubby. We have smoked on and off for 17 years.. much more on than off, we have given up several times but always gone back. We aren't the type of people who can just have a cone here or there... That one turns in three then five.. then mornings and during the day as well as at night. It quickly turns into an oz a week.We had our first toke on september 1st 2014 after being off it for over 2 years. I knew we couldnt just leave it at one night... four and half months on its always "just one more"Sick of putting our money in dead sh*t dealers pockets we bit the bullet, bought our last gram and smoked it all then threw everything out..pipes cones.. everything.I feel good mentally as I want to stop but my body is going haywire already. The sweaty hands and feet are torture ( especially when walking on tiles lol)Im hoping its short lived as we've only been back on it for 4 months, compared to the other times we quit, we were coming off years of smoking, not months.Good luck to you all, I know I will need it!
Does anyone have experience with easing off it, are the sweats as bad?
For instance if I smoked 3-5 bowls a day. Ease off by doing 1 bowl a day for a week, half a bowl a day for a week, 1/4 bowl a day for a week then done?
yea ive been easing off it. I was smoking more than 3 grams a day of hydro but now just been having a few bowls of natural weed at night for a few nights and ciggerettes in the day to calm my nerves and I seem to coping alright but still feel like a mess. gonna try and go without any weed and then stop ciggerettes after a few weeks. Quitting everything at once is hard and dangerous. You dont want to go through a really bad painful experience quitting because you can become almost traumatised by a bad event and makes the whole recovery process harder to deal with.
Thanks for reply, I quit cigarettes first cold turkey. I was smoking for 10 years about half a pack to a pack a day. That seemed like it had less withdrawal symptoms than trying to quit weed cold turkey. Maybe because I just smoked weed through it. Quitting weed, I feel more nervous, anxious, always have sweaty palms and feet during the day. I'm going to do some long cardio workouts with a long bath/shower afterwords for the next few days/weeks. Trying Drinking tons of water and eat healthy. I remember the last time I tried quitting weed the nightmares were nuts for the first few days. Best Wishes to everyone, this site is great because before this I thought I was the only crazy having these supposedly non existent physical withdrawals from weed addiction.
Have recently quit weed, day 9 and my only symptoms are the friggen non stop night sweats cant get any more then 4 hours sleep. wish it would stop!!! still better then being a slave to a plant though right?
I've smoked 4-5 bowls a day for the last 8 years and quit cold turkey 8 days ago...my hands and feet are constantly clammy..thank god for baby powder and old spice lol
Been a smoker for 20 years, the last 10 especially heavy. Been off it about 8 days now. Appetite was sh*t, but it's coming back. Sleep is still fitful, and the dreams have been disconcerting. Some night sweats, but more during the days my armpits are like faucets. I've been working out a ton, so I think that's helped with the mood, bringing back the appetite, and making sleep a little easier to come by. For the most part I feel happier and more with it. My energy is much better.
Once the pits clear up, I'll be glad I've done this. Marijuana is great for some, but I abuse it when I have it. I'm not the type that can ration bud. When I possess it, I'm smoking it constantly. It's too bad, because it's the only substance I have an abuse issue with (no issues with booze or harder drugs). But it is what it is.
Yo yea man sweating stops after around 2-3 weeks man i went 3 weeks without smoking the sweating stopped and i relapsed hanging with friends now back to smoking everyday again. Im just trying to remind myself im not the only one trying to quit and done it before it can be done again just gotta take each day as it comes