quitting smoking cigarettes and pot at same time

that was my post i am replying to....its been almost 2 months now since ive touched the ganja and im going strong aside from one or 2 cigs when im drunk once every week or two ive been completely smoke free! crazy weed dreams have ended and im actually sleeping in a regular pattern

Hi i've been smoking weed and cigarettes for about 9 years heavy smoking most of the time. pack of stogies a day and about a gram of weed per day... new years eve was my last cigarette i promised myself i would smoke til than and try to quit. what i did the night i was supposed to quit was i bought two packs and started chain smoking cigarette after cigarette. i had about 25cigarettes in matter of 5 hours. i got so sick of it that i threw the rest of them out. finally weeks passed and all i can think of was how crappy i felt the new years eve that i smoked those 25cigs in matter of 5hours. i mean i really felt like sh|T. so i was still smoking weed till about january 14 i promised myself that i would smoke weed still for an extra two weeks, what i did was i was smoking joins and it helped. after two weeks i bought an ounce and started smoking in the morning and smoked about 25grams by the end of the night, i was so high and so depressed at the same time that i just flushed the rest of the grams down my toilet, and went to sleep. it's been a month a half that i quit weed and two full months for cigarettes, and things are getting normal again, i'm not visualizing my life as dumb, plus i'm thinking bigger than ever in terms of career. I do need more time but sleeping was a little tough the first couple of weeks especially my dreaming, it was intense, but not impossible to go through. matter fact it wasn't as hard as people seem to make it. Think about it your probably doing this for urself, family ur loved one and friends. but just remember that in time it will help you professionality, ur socializing skills improve, you don't seem to sound or just stare at peopple that are having a normal conversation and you dont seem to be on the same boat as them. it's only been about two months but my body feels better, i've been exercising a little, dont get too into it cause than you might get relapsed into the damn thing. take it easy but most importantly if I can do it, you can do it also because i've done both for 9years and you and I have the same body and brain. it has nothing to do with how intelligent you are, it has to do with believing in yourself, and yes you do have to be sick and tired of both habits. Plus do what i told you abuse it the day before you set that date to quit. you'll really feel the need to quit. did i forget anything, yes don't give up!! people will try to tell you u cant do it, tell them your an ass and you don't know much about me cause i got a way higher iq than you ass-whipe lol. but seriously you probably do have a higher iq than them if you're trying to quit and they're just talking non-sense which is not intellectual. thanks for reading and i really do wish you the best of luck. Don't ever forget who you really are before you started these two stupid drugs. yeah the government is responsible for both weed and cigarettes being out there and easy accessible. if jobs were as accessible as weed and cigarettes we'd be living a way better life. just be smarter than the government and do realize that the government wants your tax money, or the money they get from drug dealers after busting them with pounds of it and taking them to court and fines up their u know what. so regardless this whole sh9t is a gimmick, plus hospital gets taxed each year for all those people going into the er from heart disease and depression drugs that are sold under the counter. listen to your heart kid and do the right thing, you are your own authority and no one will ever help you more than yourself . yes your family and a couple of friends are great but they will never be on the boat your mind could really get stuck in. take care and i hear after 3 full months of quitting your mind just blossoms, and your no one can stop you after that. believe in yourself and stop believing in the relapse thoughts you might have here and there. get laid also, it'll get your mind off the damn drugs! promise. good luck luv ya all!

Hi i've been smoking weed and cigarettes for about 9 years heavy smoking most of the time. pack of stogies a day and about a gram of weed per day... new years eve was my last cigarette i promised myself i would smoke til than and try to quit. what i did the night i was supposed to quit was i bought two packs and started chain smoking cigarette after cigarette. i had about 25cigarettes in matter of 5 hours. i got so sick of it that i threw the rest of them out. finally weeks passed and all i can think of was how crappy i felt the new years eve that i smoked those 25cigs in matter of 5hours. i mean i really felt like sh|T. so i was still smoking weed till about january 14 i promised myself that i would smoke weed still for an extra two weeks, what i did was i was smoking joins and it helped. after two weeks i bought an ounce and started smoking in the morning and smoked about 25grams by the end of the night, i was so high and so depressed at the same time that i just flushed the rest of the grams down my toilet, and went to sleep. it's been a month a half that i quit weed and two full months for cigarettes, and things are getting normal again, i'm not visualizing my life as dumb, plus i'm thinking bigger than ever in terms of career. I do need more time but sleeping was a little tough the first couple of weeks especially my dreaming, it was intense, but not impossible to go through. matter fact it wasn't as hard as people seem to make it. Think about it your probably doing this for urself, family ur loved one and friends. but just remember that in time it will help you professionality, ur socializing skills improve, you don't seem to sound or just stare at peopple that are having a normal conversation and you dont seem to be on the same boat as them. it's only been about two months but my body feels better, i've been exercising a little, dont get too into it cause than you might get relapsed into the damn thing. take it easy but most importantly if I can do it, you can do it also because i've done both for 9years and you and I have the same body and brain. it has nothing to do with how intelligent you are, it has to do with believing in yourself, and yes you do have to be sick and tired of both habits. Plus do what i told you abuse it the day before you set that date to quit. you'll really feel the need to quit. did i forget anything, yes don't give up!! people will try to tell you u cant do it, tell them your an ass and you don't know much about me cause i got a way higher iq than you ass-whipe lol. but seriously you probably do have a higher iq than them if you're trying to quit and they're just talking non-sense which is not intellectual. thanks for reading and i really do wish you the best of luck. Don't ever forget who you really are before you started these two stupid drugs. yeah the government is responsible for both weed and cigarettes being out there and easy accessible. if jobs were as accessible as weed and cigarettes we'd be living a way better life. just be smarter than the government and do realize that the government wants your tax money, or the money they get from drug dealers after busting them with pounds of it and taking them to court and fines up their u know what. so regardless this whole sh9t is a gimmick, plus hospital gets taxed each year for all those people going into the er from heart disease and depression drugs that are sold under the counter. listen to your heart kid and do the right thing, you are your own authority and no one will ever help you more than yourself . yes your family and a couple of friends are great but they will never be on the boat your mind could really get stuck in. take care and i hear after 3 full months of quitting your mind just blossoms, and your no one can stop you after that. believe in yourself and stop believing in the relapse thoughts you might have here and there. get laid also, it'll get your mind off the damn drugs! promise. good luck luv ya all!

Hi

Ive smoked cigarettes,weed,hash and legal herbal highs fo the past 12 or 13 years.I smoked 200 cigs a week and about 15 spliffs a day.My lung collapsed 3 weeks ago due to a condition in tall thin men called pneumothorax.It was the most painful thing i`ve ever felt and i have had some serious injures in the past from shooting myself with nail guns through the hand to breaking bones in my arms legs you name it.(im a carpenter so injuries ar a given).Anyway because my lung collapsed i was told by doctors to lay off the cigs so i quit everything cold turkey(cigarettes,weed,hash,everything)I have to say im not finding it too hard at all.Im not craving but i do want a cig because i liked them.not because i need them.I miss having a cig after a meal or driving to work.Anyway my girlfriend quit with me.(she only smoked cigs and only smokes about 30 at most a week).Before that our sex life went stale.Once a month if i was lucky :-( Ands she is hot.Very hot.Now were both off the cigs the sex is back on and its EPIC again.She came off the pill too which helped her libido i think.But i do snap at her and i am very opinionated about everything.I know its because the void in my life now from quitting.But my health matters more to me now and i suppose i`ll just have to learn to stop being so snappy and forget about smoking.It will be hard but it will be worth it in the end and my girlfriend and i are getting on better and we dont stink of stale smoke either.another turn on i suppose.

Bottom line is you have to want to give up or get a health scare to quit.The labido will pick up and your body will feel better which means you are in a better mood for closeness.

Thats what i think anyway

im replyin to my posts from 1/10 and 2/27 Still going strong havent smoked anything but the cig or two when i rarely drink (once every week or two) last time i drank didnt even have one cig tho. Aside from basically not hangin out with any of my smoking buddies...which aside from my gf is basically everyone i used to hang out with lol I can not think of one negative of quitting, i have been exercising more and generally feeling much better mentally and physically. Also I havent been sick at all since quitting, while I was still smoking i would get colds and respiratory infections that would last for weeks it seemed..Now, aside from my usual seasonal allergies(which also havent been quite as severe) it seems my immune system is much stronger, as a matter of fact the rest of my household was sick with the flu a few weeks back and I was the only one who never got sick. All in all I am very happy and proud of myself for what i have accomplished by breaking the nearly 10 year habit i had fallen into. Trust me, if i can break the daily routine of smoking all day every day anyone can so good luck to all who are trying to accomplish the same!

Just started the quitting process today. Oh and as for your lucid nightmares weed effects your rem which controls your dreams when you quit your rem works overtime ( giving you crazy over the top dreams and even sometimes nightmares.) I've experienced this many time and the trouble sleeping. Thankfully it does go away last time I quit within 2 weeks I was eating/sleeping fine. Well worth doing! I just gotta keep it up this time

anonymous wrote:

After 11 years of smoking weed and cigs everyday I just quit cold turkey 3 weeks ago. I was smoking half an ounce every week (at the worst stage it was an ounce a week but I got it down to half an ounce a week for the last few years). In week 1 of stopping I wanted to cry or freak out and even had suicidal thoughts and couldn't figure out why, I now know it was the withdrawal symptoms. It got easier after the first few days but I live with 2 people that smoke weed and I realized it's time for me to move out and have a fresh start so I can truly be happy. All my friends are stoners so not sure what life will be like on my own but all I know is it drives me crazy seeing my housemates go out for a joint. Smoking joints was the way we used to connect and socialize. I loved smoking joints so much and although I noticed I was prob addicted 4 years ago it's just recently I realized I had to stop as I started to slow down socially and forget things as well as feel constantly lethargic. Without weed we could be blossoming in so many more areas. It became evident to me if I stopped now I could still achieve my dreams as apposed to ending up homeless. The reality is 3 weeks after stopping and I still feel lethargic but my mind is starting to operate better and absorb more information again. It's def an improvement but I believe weed stops us developing emotionally on some level and possibly the depression I'm feeling now is some kind of repressed feelings of the c**p that's gone on over the past 11 years when I've been numb/high so didn't process it properly. I hope it's not going to take too long to get my energy and laughter back, as I said I know I'm on the right path now but I still don't feel that social, if anyone has any advice from experience I'd be grateful.

Hi,

I can sympathise with losing the friends things. When I quit about 8 months ago, I had to move on to a totally different crowd of friends, as all my best friends were regular joint smokers. That plus the gym (definetly a good idea to sweat it all out and start to reap the benefits of ur lungs clearing up) are great ideas.

I also cleaned the house head to toe (hey, u/I got anxiety drivers and an inability to sleep, may aswell use the time somehow ;-) ).

Couple of bit's of advice for anyone who would like my experience:

>Gym or excerise. Get started immediately, build it up and enjoy the feeling of ur lungs getting bigger better stronger clearer.

> Tidy the house, get rid of the typical smoking room u used (if u had one), to try and change the total smell of the place.

>Share the fact u are quiting with someone, if u can, so that they understatnd why u are a bit ranty and uptight all the time.

>It get's better... the question i asked myself was 'If I was to be stranded on a desert island now, would I die because I couldn't get a smoke?' rational reply 'no, it will get better'. and it did...

>Stick with it.... just to confirm, IT DOES get better... The post Ibiza come down I had this year - drink everynight for 7 nights (for a basically non drinker), solid resin and cigarettes in a joint, every night, E (MDMA) twice... and the time of my life with my mates... the two weeks after that, i was ready to slit my wrists... I am hoping going cold turkey today (only been smoking every evening for three months..) will not be quite as bad as it was last time... but here I am still wide awake with less than 4 hours till it's time to get up... lol.

>Keep urself as busy as u can.. the way I see it, is it is about making a personal decision, sticking to it, feeling good u did and just ride out the first period of time as best as u can, it will improve!!!

Good luck to all.



We can survive these situations. The human body will unlearn a habbit, I am sure of it. I proved it once and was fine for 6 months, but broke this stint once when a friend had not tried it before and i got it for them... and shared it. DOH

My experience is somewhat similar to the quote above. Began smoking weed when I was 13, started smoking everyday when I was 21 and have tried quitting many times (lasted about 4 months once when wasn't under any stress but then after smoking once got right back into the every day habit). I also was smoking 1/2 pack of cigarettes a day for 3 years but if there's stress, i'm prob closer to a pack. After smoking weed and cigarettes chronically for the past few years, i am trying to quit again. The experience has been really depressing. My mood has been sh*t, but I found that weed especially was just getting me depressed, killing my desire to do anything, etc. Also killed my sexual desire and overall sociability.



I've been chewing nicotine gum since Thursday and haven't smoked weed in 36 hours, been sweating buckets and overall just dont know what to do.. so bored..depressed.. much like other comments on the board



Anyways, as someone who has tried and failed a few times before, I am wondering whether someone who has successfully quit but has failed before can tell me about what the trick is so I'm not back to smoking weed all day again. I'm currently a grad student, still doing really well in school but the pot smoking has been noticed by my classmates (I'm high in class) and im just feeling like this dependency is a sh*t thing.. probably not the natural way to be..



I really hope there is a silver lining with all of this sh*t because it will be really tough to last like this if the sweating, irritability and headaches continue..

I am so happy I have found this page. I am quitting both tomorrow...

10+ yrs smoking cigs, have barely gone a day without one. And pot everyday for a year. Whilst studying at uni! Can't believe Ive gotten through the past 2 years. Want to stop. Need to stop. And I need to do it NOW. Well, tomorrow... let's see if Im back and strong enough to actually fight these piece of sh*t addictions...

Good Luck!



I have smoked both Pot and Cigarettes for 5 years. This will be my 6th attempt to quit smoking cigarettes, and the longest I have gone without pot is one week (only because I had to - travelling, etc). I entered the 'Driven to Quit' challenge, simply to keep me from "Cheating" on the cigarettes (I remind myself they test you, and If I don't win a car b/c I cheated - I would be awfully angry ;). For some reason, I decided to quit smoking pot at the same time... it's been 2 weeks - and I'm still feeling the effects, but I do feel as if the worst is over. The first week is the worst as they say - if you're lucky enough to take a week off, or be able to just get through the first week, sleeping as much as possible helps. I also took a Smokers Cleanse that has a stress releif component that makes you tired at night, which helps (but I'm not very good at taking things on a regular basis) so I've still had a couple sleepless nights... one until 8am. I am VERY thirsty - that you cannot ignore - apparently a cigarette craving is the same feeling as your body telling you to drink water - water is saving my life here. I have always been incredibly ambitious - and found I was starting to speak not as clearly, think clearly, and my self confidence was starting to disappear. In 2 weeks I feel everything coming back. I've also quit during one of the most stressful (financial) times in my life - which some say not to do - I say if you can do it - nothing will every stand in your way, every again.

Its been 3-4 days since i last smoked a j. And its been 6 hrs since my last cigarette. First I want to explain what type of smoker I was. I've been smoking weed since I was 20, turning 23 in 2 months. It wasn't serious in the beginning, slowly but surely I was addicted. The reason I use the word addiction because pot smokers refuse to acknowledge that they are addicts. The last 2 and a half months I smoked almost 7 ounces with my roommate, if not more.
Secondly pot smokers usually pick up new habits. Along with the weed I smoked a whole pack of cigarettes and sometimes I had to buy a second pack be4 the store closed at 9. Along with that comes the chugging of 2 red bulls a day to fight off tiredness, eating fast unhealthy food, 2-3 snickers bar a day. Along with that comes the lack of motivation to go out, laziness, distorted sleeping. I used to wake up and instantly smoke a cig and I was too lazy to walk to timmies to buy some coffee, funny how weed reduced my caffeine intake. I also used to spend hrs playing cod black ops.
What am feeling right now at the moment is burning sensation in my lips, headache, enormous mental effort to fight off smoking thoughts,sweating, sleep distortion, and I have an irritative feeling right behind my eyes, dizziness. I also noticed I've become extremely short tempered which I've been dealing with to some extent but one must understand the radical instant change I am commanding. I tried to quit cigarettes and stay on weed but a cigarette after weed is tempting and I failed on numerous times.
Since I had my fair share of weed I think sharing my experience can help alot of ppl.
The FIRST thing you need to do if you've gone down so far is to walk out on every single habit and person (even if they're close friends) that connects your brain to weed. So I sold my xbox and I left everything behind. It's time to grow up and move on if you want to make something useful out of your life. FREE yourself. I hope I can carry on, this is way difficult than I first thought it was but I pray to keep on going. Any voice of support will help

im smoking my last spliff right now made my own iceolator with all the scraps ive collected over the years thought i might aswell go out with a bang :D

Yeah i have to agree with the people here it's not going to be an easy task, but I know now the grass is definitely greener on the other side(no pun intended) and that's is what you need to keep telling yourself through this process.  I myself have been smoking weed for 7 years and squares for about 5, and it's not just the addiction to the drug you have deal with it's also having to pretty much change who you are.  I have quit numerous times in the past only to succomb to my addiction again because I don't know how to handle dealing with what seems to be boredom, but really is my addiction speaking on my behalf.  I unfortunately let these drugs take over my life(i.e. lost my gf of 3years, wasted my time working at a fast food joint for the last 9 years, ETC!), but I now have decided to take control of the situation and I hope the rest of the people here decide to do the same.  I'll be honest and say I'm a bit scared of the change that is going to occur, but I'm absolutely terrified of waking up in 10 years doing the same sh*t I'm doing now.  I hope this post helps anyone in the same situation as I.