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

im only 15 and i have been manipulating my self into thinking i can keep smoking pot for the rest of my life, i have tried quiting a couple times but i usually break down and smoke , i am a heavy smoker about 3-4 blunts a day at minimum and i cant afford the addiction anymore . i really want a car and to get a job , pot wont get me that especially with the price of gass . i feel like i dont know what to do with my self unless im smoking or looking for a way to get weed . plus i have had alot of problems with the past girlfreinds ive had refering to me smoking . but looking at all these different methods have givin me confidence

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   relapsed a tad, bought a single gram yesterday., I got so high I didnt feel right, I did not sweat while sleeping last night, for 2 weeks with not smoking EVERY night i was soaking my sheets with sweat. SO sweating while sleeping is definatly from "drying out" mabey thats why its called drying out, lol.

anyhoo. just a small hiccup, hopefully I have broken the habit with 2 weeks of not smoking,. I feel like I have more motivation to go out and do things without pot. I have been on quite a few long mountian bike rides with no ciggarettes or joints, AND they actually feel better without,. I find I get a natural high about 45 min into the ride,. i like this. I read an article about the human brain using a trick to keep you alive, from way back in our evoulition, basically our brains figured out how to stimulate natural opioids when under physical duress (prolonged cardiovascular workout) it helped keep up running after prey / running from bad things lol. so the high from working out when your brain cells are NOT filled with THC~CBD~pot related molecules is actually stronger, opium high trumps thc high any day of the week lol. falling in love with natural highs,.,. i guess humans make their oun drugs internally ^^ super cool

I can't remember how many years its been since I quit. I do not keep track as I believe it unwise to continue focusing on it. I used marijuana for several decades, and was involved in the marijuana trade for much of that time. I always had unlimited access to cannabis and used it copiously. I also quit several times (once for good). The easiest way is to go to jail. The next easiest (still pretty easy if you genuinely desire it) is to completely cut ties from the counter-culture. If you need to, burn bridges. I was once robbed by a young man who simply didn't want access to the substance. I went through dozens of rehabilitation programs including: long-term in-patient, wilderness, out-patient, AA, etc. None of it worked because I was not ready, but when I was it was fairly painless.

The biggest mistake one could make is the very one many of you are. You have maximized the obstacle in your mind, so of course it will be hard. No matter what anyone says cannabis will not give you true physical withdrawals unless you placebo them into effect. For example, I have never had a grand mal seizure or vomited violently for days on end simply from ceasing the use of marijuana. I did experience these and many more symptoms every time when kicking heroin or alcohol. Quitting marijuana probably will cause some moderate cravings, insomnia, loss of appetite, restlessness, and nausea. These withdrawal symptoms are of a psychological nature and can be handled with minimal discomfort if you have the right frame of mind.

Of course, this is just me and everyone is different. In every program I went to there were at least a couple people who found long-term sobriety using the strategy presented to them.  For marijuana it is important to pick up a new hobby to occupy your time as you will have some. I like to hike and always have. This is a great way to work out that anxiety and work up an appetite or sleep, but anything that brings you enjoyment and exercise will work. The most crucial piece is desire. You must not associate with users or go around areas where use is common. The every now and then thing isn't going to work for anyone who has an addictive personality either, so I wouldn't recommend attempting it. I believe marijuana has great medicinal value and is relatively harmless, but as with anything that causes pleasure it can be abused and detrimental to those susceptible to addiction, like myself. Marijuana is illegal and sooner or later you will have legal consequences, like myself. In the end, if you really want to stop using marijuana all you need is willpower. 

The first thing to know is that you have regiment your life like a drill sargeant. This does not mean being mean to yourself, but it means designing an airtight system for spending your time, both physically and mentally. And following the system like a soldier. Come up with a weekly schedule, write it on a big sheet of paper and pin it to your wall.  Acting out addictions is a result of free time, boredom, so you chop up your free time into various activities, say reading a novel from 2-4pm everyday. Whatever it is, just stick to the schedule. Take up various activities if you don’t have one.  Once you have the schedule, you can mark improvement by playing number games. Say if you jog from 5-6pm in the evenings, get a step counter or stop watch or try to extend your distance, endurance. Write all the numbers down. Make a flow chart. Believe I was never this kind of person. I was very chill. In the summer I would forget what day of the week it was. I was against regimenting like that, thinking it was for jocks who didn’t have an intellectual outlet so they brought numbers into their workouts. In fact, numbers, ratings will save you. Addictions feed on those who lack meaning. Self improvement, through scheduled activity and close monitoring of those activities, will boost confidence and bring meaning into your life. Some people do not need this advice. They live very scheduled lives. But they have other problems, like failing to relax. The trick is a balance act of relaxing and pushing oneself. So I suggest regimenting relaxing time too, schedule it in. Say from 8-9 pm on Tuesday and Thursday I will meditate. I will count how many breaths I can go without having a thought drift through my head. Then write it all down.  This is the trick.

Ive been smoking since i was 18 now im 34 with 2 girls so its time for me now to fight the fight im now 3 days in to my quitting and im feeling ok now last 2 days was really hard ive tried to stop before but i was not ready in my mind cos thats what ive found you spend more time worrying about it than you should it is definatley more mental than physical not to say it doesnt hurt your body when you stop cos it bloody does but like some of the other posts have said keep telling yourself you dont need it you dont want it because yoiu will be alot happyer without mary jane in your ear hole everyday.

I used pain killers to take the edge of and they have def helped me now im not taking anything.G

Crazy Eyes 2 weeks ago

update:

relapsed a tad, bought a single gram yesterday., I got so high I didnt feel right, I did not sweat while sleeping last night, for 2 weeks with not smoking EVERY night i was soaking my sheets with sweat. SO sweating while sleeping is definatly from "drying out" mabey thats why its called drying out, lol.

anyhoo. just a small hiccup, hopefully I have broken the habit with 2 weeks of not smoking,. I feel like I have more motivation to go out and do things without pot. I have been on quite a few long mountian bike rides with no ciggarettes or joints, AND they actually feel better without,. I find I get a natural high about 45 min into the ride,. i like this. I read an article about the human brain using a trick to keep you alive, from way back in our evoulition, basically our brains figured out how to stimulate natural opioids when under physical duress (prolonged cardiovascular workout) it helped keep up running after prey / running from bad things lol. so the high from working out when your brain cells are NOT filled with THC~CBD~pot related molecules is actually stronger, opium high trumps thc high any day of the week lol. falling in love with natural highs,.,. i guess humans make their oun drugs internally ^^ super cool