Recommendations on how to stop smoking marijuana and what symptoms to watch for

Great thread, very helpful, ive read it all...

Im 32, I recently stopped smoking weed after a 16 year every day all day habit( i never thought id be able to do it, but i have). There was no way id have been able to do it cold turkey, the withdrawal symptoms were too bad. I did it by gradually cutting down over a 2-3 month period.

I was smoking about 12 joints a day. I set myself a target to only smoke 8 a day for the 1st week, 6 for the 2nd week, 4 for the 3rd week then 3,2,1 ect. At the end i was doing it by the number of drags/puffs a day untill i didn't need it any more. It still needed a bit of will power especially in the first few weeks but i wasn't too bad and you get used to it, easier than cold turkey.

Alcrys wrote:

trying to quit wrote:

high as usual as i write this.. right now im depressed noting is fun for me anymore, by the way i have a girl.. and ya noting makes me happy unless im smoking.. i just can not stop .. whenever i argue i run to go roll a blunt and smoke,. even when im leaving my house to do anything i smoke one .. its like a daily part of my life for me..  i cant be without it.. but i notice i am soo angry at everything and everone i know i even get mad at god..its made me in  a way idont want to be but i am ... i dont like being like this anymore but i cant change.. so here i go to go smoke another one..

hi there did you happen to quit smoking im having issues right now when i try to quite i tell myself next day next day i smoke morning till night at work whereever its ruining my life.

hell no i havent lol.. i still smoke matter of fact im super high right now.. it sucks.. everythng i do has to involve weed.. i want to stop but i cant maybe i enjoy it cuz kinda takes my stress away .. i don tknow

I smoked weed for the first time when I was a freshman in high school. Then I didn't do it at all in my sophomore year. Me and my brother (he is a year younger) are pretty close and he smoked alot of weed as a freshman. I used to get mad at him and try to get him to quit. Then I realized how much of a fag I was being. So during the summer before my junior year I started smoking with him. I just finished my junior year and I smoked a ton of weed during it. Although im starting to think weed is having a bad impact on both me and my brother. Both of us have been arrested for possession and have been caught multiple times by our parents. Although I have begun distancing myself from my brother because I feel that sometimes my own friends would rather hang out with him than me. Once when I was a freshman a friend told me that. Also my brother talks sh*t about me to friends behind my back. I want to change my group of friends but it's hard to so i keep going back to my chiefin friends. When my brother gets back from his trip to Nicaragua, I think im just going to distance myself from him and stop smoking with him all together. I have a little anxiety because my best friend is moving away and im entirely sure who im gonna hang out with after he leaves. I think I'll quit smoking completely when he leaves.

I've been smoking since 15 and now I am 27. This obviously isn't my first time trying to stop over the last 12 years. I've always tried to stop cold turkey and I realized now stopping that way is what probably has made me start up again and again. What I'm trying to figure out now is the best way to ween myself off. There's been some good suggestions on here that I will try. But what if your partner smokes just as much as you? And what if every time he wants to stop you don't and then vice versa? I feel like we both want to stop but never at the same time and we just can't beat this. We've been married for two years, together for eight, and it's time to have children and move on with our adult lives, but we both have been smoking for so many years of our lives that it's become a habit we can't break. Anyone successfully stopped smoking WITH your spouse? or is this something you have to do on your own? 

Hello all,

I've been smoking weed for 10 yrs now. Smoking about 3.5 grams a day, that's about 7 joints for the noobs :). The hardest thing about quitting is to quit forever. Last year I stopped for 5 months and then I started back real slowly. Today was my first day without smoking in 2 years and I feel good.
Whatever you guys do make sure if you stop, to never and I SAY NEVER smoke a joint thinking it's only one. Not even one puff.
I smoke one join before work at 6am, one joint at noon and one joint right after work. That's 3 joint a day just at work. Weed is good but it's bad for your life. If you are reading this please stop smoking weed because you will loose alot of years in your life and alot of money.
Here is a couple of advice for people like me who are heavy smoker and need to stop one shot.

1- Make sure you go buy alot of DVD's that you really like, since I was a fan of UFC me I bought all the Seasons from 1 to 6. Make sure everytime your home alone watch something that you really like it will help your mind.

2- Train go to the gym as much as you can. If your a worker and you finish work at 5pm and then you go train 1 hour. The time you get home, eat, shower and prepare yourself ... it will already be 9pm.

3- I know this might sound stupid but it did help me alot. You can buy small cigar and smoke one when you need to ( just the first week ).

4- Always think about how much money you will have in your pocket. People like me who buy 140$ of weed every week, this should be your biggest motivation and that's having lots lots of money left .

5- Always think about what you can do if you are not lazy and high. When I was smoking weed I use to be so lazy and wanted to watch movies all night high. When you quit smoking weed you will want to go out ouside and you will feel so good .

Ne ways Wanted to give my two cents since this forum seems cool.

FOR ALL THE SMOKER HERE, QUIT WEED RIGHT NOW AND YOU WILL SAVE ALOT OF TIME IN YOUR LIFE. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE WEED NOT IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A GIRLFRIEND BUT THERE'S SO MUCH GOOD THAT COMES OUT AFTER THIS....

TONIGHT EMPTY YOUR BAG SMOKE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE.
TOMOROW TRY TO NOT STOP.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK WELL START AGAIN BUT ONCE YOU THINK ABOUT SMOKING WEED YOU WILL EVENTUALLY REACH YOUR GOAL JUST DON'T LOSE HOPE.


Sorry for the spelling, since im french !

I am in a similar situation and would love some more advice from someone who has been through a similar situation. If you have any helpful hints or suggestions please email me at _[removed]_ . It would really be nice to have someone to talk to

hello,

      Been smoking for 11 years, the only successful "quitting" i did was when i moved provences (canada :P), 5 months cold turkey, that was about 8 years ago, I fell into the same trap that other have, just burned' 1 joint after 5 months and the rest is history.

      Now i'm 29 and realize the last 11 years i have dropped out of university and college because of pot, left a career in the army because i wanted to get high everyday, not just on the weekends, I could have been in a military jail for possesing an ounce on base in uniform. BUT that was 6 years ago

      so after the army I just blazed like a madman, spending every nickle on weed, then smoking the resin from my pipe when the bag is dry. stealing from loved ones, is the thing that I will have to live with forever, my grandmother is gone now and altho she forgave me, I have never forgiven myself. weed make you rationalize silly things, like stealing from mothers purse, thinking "i gave her rent money, and shes my mom, f**k that i'm taking 20$ to get high."    .............  I still live @ home because I have never ever saved a dime, All the money i have made (low end full time minimum wage) all went to getting high.

      Everyone I know is a drug friend. I dont even like the people, but maintain the relationship so i have access to weed. 

      today is saturday. I finished my bag of weed on sunday, then proceeded to (as usual) clean my pipes for the resin inside, that lasted till monday night, Tuesday morning i re~cleaned my pipes for whatever resin was re-introduced.   SO tuesday was the last time i got high,

      so far, the only thing that I can say actually completely takes my mind off the craving, is mountian biking, you have to pay so much attention to not crashing, that you completely froget about weed,. And you sweat like a dirty monkey, I hope this is pushing toxins out of my body. before tuesday, I had not left my house without 2 joints in a long time (one on the way, one on the way back) even to get a friggin bag of cookies from the store....... which is 5 min down the road....

      Anyhoo, CRAZY dreams, this morning i was screaming out loud as i woke up, yelling @ someone in my dream...lol

 

Will keep you all posted,. Stay strong, god has nothing to do with your recovery, its called will power.

crazyeyes wrote:

HI

I use to think, how can a person quit smoking when it's such an important part of your life? In fact it's more than a habit. It's a friend who comforts you when you are lonely or upset. It's a comfort to you in the middle of a cold dark night.

 

But when it comes to your health and screws you and that time I realized that I should quit smoking.

I really appreciate your post, I will just share you my story of quit smoking,


I gave up smoking last year and that was with the help of Nicorette Gum and its 12 Week Nicotine Replacement Therapy.


My willpower and their Motivational Tips have helped me today to quit smoking and I am very Thankful to them for their support....

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Thanks and Cheers...


Pinky.

Im 24 and i have to stop now due to probation...been smokin since 15 or so consistently... but im really struggling with it cause the reality of things arent great either and i cant find any personal problem with smoking besides my lack of control... like appetite and the fact i have to smoke in order to feel complete for the day... the sad part is like even if u dont get to smoke alot in a day, u really just need a taste... i used to sell and grow it and i love the herb....i wanna cut down in my life, but i HAVE to quit for prob. and when you quit, life is still difficult...Society wants to make you feel wrong for having a fix in life but the fact is Everybody has a fix, whether its a beer everyday after work... cigarettes, coffee you name it, the big problem is it's illegal. I wish i could add that i was quitting for a personal preference in life but im not....i think if i wasnt so stressed over the illegality of it i wouldnt stress the fix....This topic is different for everybody.. but thanks for sharing all your experiences with stopping...I noticed everybody has a guilt trip with the marijuana...i wanna point out that guilt is a peer pressure... if it was legal, people would mind there f**king business and you wouldnt even have considered that you have a "problem"... The fact is you're grown and more mature now and you still have to hide it from fear of authority, that can de-mean alot of habits to a "childish" behavior or a "trap" situation.

 update, a week later , and im still weed free,,, BUT my friends keep messaging me and calling me to come out and smoke.. they have weed and dont care if i dont have money/whatever,.

 I guess this is the hard part after you have gotten over the physical withdrawl, the friends that you smoke with all the time wont understand/ dont want to hear about quitting,. but they keep messaging/calling ><!

 So far, I cant stop thinking about how much I dont want to hang out in a dirty basement with people who barley aknowledge you are at their place to hang out,. I went over to just hang out and they were very grumpy untill they smoked weed. then they were all smiles. this is one of the things i will not miss.

 anyhoo., i'm not counting days, but its been over a week and i am starting to feel better,. still dreaming about large bags of weed tho :(

Hi

I stopped about 5 years ago, after smoking every day since i was 19 plus i would smoke upto 10 Spliffs a day. Im now 41.

Sadly i stared again last year after an accedent left me house bound for 1 year. It just crept back in my life,"ill just have one, it wont do my any harm"befor i new it i was smoking everyday again!

When i stopped the first time i did it cold turkey. It was hard but the main thing is that you WANT to stop. If you think about all the negative sides of smoking pot,Cost,being antisocial, smelly house and body, lossing your teeth and looks ect, then im sure you can do it. After all you don't need it and life is soooo much better without it.

It is somthing that you will miss but you soon forget and as your brain wakes back up. You will find its the best thing you ever did.

Good luck to you all!!

thanks i like it and its so True !!!

A great way to quit is to go On vacation. I have been an avid smoker for 8 years and have been noticing just how much money I spend, and I lost my jobs and went back
To school so unfortunately I dot have money to smoke... It is harder to quit when it is part of a routine. That is why taking a trip, or even going on day trips can help because your out of the house and havin fun.
My biggest struggle is the vivid dreams I get when I don't smoke, and actually falling to sleep is quite hard.

I have been a heavy smoker for about 10 years now, I have quit before for a few month but seem to return to the weed. I also decided that pot was distroying my relationships, and holding me back from other things. I have had a bag in the drawer for about a week now, I want to trow it away but it make me feel better that it is there if I need it. I had ecperience panic attack in the past, since I quit I have had two, but I know what they are and have lerned to control them. I feel a little weird at time during the day like dizziness and anger. Quiting cold turkey can cause alot of problem but I feel if i dont do it cold turkey i will never stop. I am glad to see that I am not alnoe and it give me confidence to see other people like yourself overcoming this habit. Thank you for your comment, it has helped in many ways for me....

I´m a 16 year user of cannabis , at the ready beggining I smoked weekly, then daily, and for years daily, about 28-14 grams weekly medium to good stuff