Ive smoked for years every day. im female and a mum age 31 ive stopped smoking cigarettes and figured the weed had to go too. ive had the aches and pains so bad, anxiety and stress, tears and complete meltdowns (panic attacks?) . Im wide awake and have work tomorrow.
Ive stopped smoking all at once as im planning on getting the stopsmoking tablet soon in the mean time im using elights.
I googled the symptoms of stopping smoking weed and it brought your comments up. Really good to hear the feelings ive been experiencing are normal and cant wait to get through it.
Always loved weed but its really starting to affect lots of aspects in my life so it really has gotta go.
Good luck to you xx
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Dear poster,thank you very much for the detail in which you described your ordeal.I am 29 years old and have been smoking Hash/Weed everyday around 6/7 (Bong/Water Falls) hits per day for around 14 years.I feel that at this stage i am completely dependant on it and after a major panic attack last week and to be honest i thought i was going to die on the spot in my mothers arms i have realised this is no life to be leading and iv also realised how bad of a parent i have been to my now 12 yr old daughter.Reading your article has given me faith that il be able to beat this obsession and return to normality with a little help from friends and family.I know you think the cold turkey idea is the wrong way to go about it but to be honest i see it as the only way,anything else will just be a relapse in my eyes and i'm not going back to being that person again,failure is not an option and should i fail i will commit myself to beating it one way or another ie: using your method but hopefully it wont come to that.
Il stock up on the Vallium/zanax and take it one day at a time and any time that i feel the urge to smoke il do something creative/active instead.
Thank you for proving it can be done,i needed to hear it from someone who's been there,wish you all the best and hope you remain clean!
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So like many ppl on this site I have never replied to anything online. Ive been smoking pot since I was 15 yrs old. I started as a night and weekend smoker only but gradually became a heavy smoker, I am a 10-15 blunt a day person, and been doing this since I was 17 yrs old and I am now 23 yrs old. Pot had become the only way I could relax. Long day a work come home and roll. Got into a fight with my wife I would go smoke to relax and forget. Pot has basically become my entire life I really enjoyed getting high and watching tv all day on the weeknds and at night when I would come back from work, but I came to realize that it was just me and the pot. I set aside evryone from my life, my family especially, my friends would be like lets go to a club lets catch a movie but my answer would usually be ive had a long day at work and need to catch some sleep im too tired. So just recently ive came to the conclusion that it is time to stop, no more pot because ive become a different person than what I use to be in a bad way, I am short tempered and aggressive, I feel depressed and scared all the time, paranoid like someone or everyone is out to get me. So I decided to quit the pot yes quit the pot its hard but im sure its possible. I have actually tried to stop smoking on several occasions but its hard bc of the anxiety, the longs night awake, no appetite, headaches but when I do try to stop it seems impossible, theres always something that makes me pick that blunt up again and start smoking either the fights with my wife over stupid s***t or work, work not so much but damn my wife she knows that I am trying to stop and instead of keeping me calm and help me out, she acts like whatever and just keeps with her attitude and arguing like she doesnt care or like she doesnt want me to stop smoking. So this time I told myself that I would do it no matter what, I am going to conquer this goal that I have set for myself, I dont know how but im going to do it. Today is my first day and I have terrible anxiety attacks and panic attacks I just got into a huge argument with my wife and I have that urge again but im not going to do it this time I am going to step out and enjoy my life to the fullest potential. As I seat here I have tears in my eyes bc it seems that I am going to have to this by myself but the only thing keeping me going is that I know that at the end I will be better and when that drug is out of my system I will start to enjoy my life once again. I am really glad I found this site, it has helped me a lot during my slow down process and now on my first day off of it completely. I am going to continue reading this site and all the post on it in my quitting process.
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I usually never reply to anything on the internet but what the hell lol.. I'm eddie and i smoked everyday for almost 3 years, (may not be a long time compared to others) but i decided to quit when i noticed that my social life was kind of falling apart i couldn't handle things the way i used to and a lot of things made no sense at all, there were the non smoking friends and the smoking friends, and it was like being caught in two different worlds because when youre not high you feel alot more comprehensive but when youre on it, you feel like no one understands you but your mind. i found myself with negative thoughts and a lot of anxiety, and that made me thought i was odd and very weird i too felt that i interrupted people bunch of times during and after my high, sometimes i couldn't control that sense of talking really fast. i thank you for the time you put in the post and the share, and I'm glad i came by and stopped smoking. paz.
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I am 28 years old and I've been smoking grass since was 14, exactly half of my life, I've read all the posts on this page because I am thinking of slowing down on my weed habits as well and I think that all the suggestions especially on the main post are true. I've quit weed before for almost a year once but the rest of the time when I turned 19 years old I started selling grass and I made the mistake of getting high on my own supply, since I was 19 I never had to look for it, people came to me looking for it, I would smoke all day the best sh*t, just as much as I want just f*****g as much as I can take literally I would have bong contests in my place and would always come out the winner. I smuggled that sh*t through all kinds of borders and never got caught thankfully (warning: don't do that unless you're crazy like me, there is a chance you will go to jail) I just did it because selling this sh*t was a lot more risk than carrying it over the border, so it didn't feel like that much risk at the time. Anyway one time I was visiting my family and friends and I quit for 3 months and it did suck I would get some screwed up dreams really vividly and the main thing was that everything would be dull, dull is exactly the word, but I just want to say that if you wait that period out (of feeling dull) and try to forget about it you will find yourself laughing over some sh*t one day and you won't be high and it will still feel real, eventually all that stuff will come out of your system and you'll feel normal so don't worry about all that c**p, just give it some time and keep in the back of your mind that time won't be as fluffy cozy with pillows girly pleasant.... someone said about a life time recovery when they smoked for 4 years and they're only 24, thats purely paranoia speaking, just detox, get some cleansing vitamins/herbal supliments that clense your system, exercise (and if you're still paranoid after you're sober for a year then there is something more than weed that's causing it) and most important thing you have to want to quit, like in that stupid joke about the light bulb and psychologists trying to screw it on. If you think it's time for you to stop don't go cold turkey unless you have balls and think you can take it on (it's really not that bad.. comparing to coke.. I did coke for a while and quitting that sh*t cold turkey is a lot worse... so... you can do it with weed, it won't kill you, even if you're paranoid as sh*t, just have some water) Oh and a very important thing is to find something else that makes you happy and there is of course nothing better than sex with someone supportive so find yourself a supportive p***y or penis and f**k em... If you can't find one then find a sport or something to get the aggression out in a positive way. If you're religious and think I am a badmouth then go to church it will help you. Find something and if you want to quit you'll quit so you'll have vivid dreams about someone cutting your head off and you bleeding to death or something sh*t but in the end you can just wake up and laugh about it cause your head is still in tact, those electrical surges in your muscles, just ignore them they'll go away eventually. Just get busy doing something and it won't be that bad. Just take it like a man and if you're not a man then have a man give it to you so you can take it like a woman and everything will be just fine, you'll come out feeling normal before you know it. And then one day you'll be like " hmmm... I can feel good without weed wow", of course there will be days when you won't feel good because your boss is a penis or your wife is being lazy, but as long as you have other ways to fuel your anger in a positive productive way, you'll be just fine cause thats how all the poor non weed smokers do it everyday, they're also addicted, just to things that you can't smoke, like walks on the beach or puppies as long as it's positive and productive (remember these two words, 2 p's) then you're all good. And if life gets you down really bad like really really bad, I am talking like car accident, death, you know things like that and the puppies are just not helping, then just light up a doobie, then follow the same steps above to quit again.
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I see where hes coming from. you had this big post with how hes having all these withdrawl issues, and yet he hardly toked... i want to quit , but im sat here toking as i type , iv smoked solid for the last 18 years, even through droughts i made sure i had , my habit has grew to a stupidly high level.i was smoking nearly a half o a day, im down to a q a day at the moment ..iv tried twice in the last 6 month . 1 cold turkey , this didn't work i turned into a gibbering wreck that was unable to sleep and had no fuse at all,snapping at the slightest thing. after 3 days i couldn't take it any more and started again. i tried the cutting down gradually method, didn't work id smoke the whole lot.... im thinking of making cakes with it as soon as i get my next lot in so i cannot smoke it , that way i might be able to just have a couple of cakes a day and cut down from there..i just worry ill wake to find iv eaten the lot
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I'm in the exact same boat as you. How do you lose a crutch that you've leaned on for so long? Good luck!
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To the OP,
Good stuff. I find that my main hobby, powerlifting, is a big help with detox and getting clean. I too have the main problem that many others have.... all of my friends smoke. I am currently starting my career and just finished my degree about 6 months ago. Stopping smoking is difficult for me because it gives me great appetite which helps keep weight and muscle on my body. However, I would rather be happy with a career and save all that money that I used to spend on weed. I love pot, and I always will, but it doesn't need to be an everyday event. I find things like tea, hot baths, soothing music, fly fishing, and etc help a great deal. Black cohosh has been a help with night sweats, which I get due to the extra water retention I have when smoking weed. Mood swings are harsh, but you have to stay positive. Do something to make your endorphins flood your brain and stay away from your old friends until you are strong enough to say no or not care. Get outside and do something. I hate how much weed consumes my life, so it is time to say goodbye to the days of smoking everyday. I have quit before, and energy levels, mental capacity, and overall well being will increase.... you just have to tough it out through to initial process. It is a pain in the ass, but worth it in the end. I would not recommend taking benzodiazapines for anxiety while coming off unless you are having some serious issues. Don't trade one substance for another. Weed is addictive, and though I believe it has many great uses and values in our world, it can take over your mind and body to the point where you crave it. Stay strong everyone, and wait till retirement to smoke your brains out ;)
Best of luck to all!
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A non poster, I figure what the hell.. others breaking their habits I may as well too.
I used to live in a nice quiet place. we moved to the city and things got screwed up. I met a few friends over time and started to visit their house to chill on computers etc.
Anyway, point being.. one of my mates mothers used to smoke weed and was not shy about doing it in front of us. at this point I was 14. I was curious as to what she was up to and over time we realised she was sloppy with it. It would fall on the table/chair/ground and she would never pick it up. So being young we thought it would be cool to collect some and try it. I had never smoked anything ever before this and it was one of my friends that had some cigarettes. he rolled up and we all had a go.
Well.. i remember that night just being amazing. i was chilled out for the first time since coming to the city and.. this just sounds ridiculous.. I was siting in a kids park on a slide looking up to the sky and actually noticing the stars... not just seeing them but actually taking notice of them and thinking.. wow.
So as you do, you like that experience and you seek to repeat it. (Add to the weed a fairly quick formed nicotine habit that wants scratched, it was becoming and expensive habit. I was 14 and could get a 10 deck for less than £2.)
so yeah from picking it up behind my mates mum and having a cheeky wee smoke i just started to seek it out in larger amounts from people. it started off friends. but soon becomes friends of friends.. then friends of friends of friends etc. and soon you are in a car park in the back seat of a mates car waiting for some "dude" to turn up with a coupla bags in a car park 10 miles from home because there is none you can get hold of in your area.
thats more money with petrol, cigs, weed.. papers.. bongs.. pipes etc etc.. it's adding up.
so fast forward through a whole load of sh*t that just gets old real fast, Just so i could relax.. Well, What I was finding is the only thing i am stressing about was having no weed. so obviously when i get it I am going to be chilled.. i smoke it and i get the buzz that feels so familiar and life ticks by.
So there comes the tipping point in my life and i realise my identity has been created from that first day onwards by weed. I have never known it not to be in my system. If it was not around I would travel for it. i would have some, if not from a dealer it would be a friend or my bro's etc. always some way when your mind is focused on getting back to its corrupt default.
I have grown up an bit and got a girlfriend that does not smoke.. I have been with her 9 years now and she understands the situation as much as I have been able to articulate it to her. she can see what it does to me and she wants nothing more than for me to stop.
I want to stop.. that is the key, but I have no understanding of what I am going to be like when I achieve long term sobriety. The full 9 years I have been stoned.
"what if, when you're sober. you are not the same / i don't like what I see / we don't like the same things anymore" thoughts are a common fear.
I am 33 now and I sit here on my second smoke during the writing of this post, and think every second I wish I was not doing this. I spend on average £50 a week. My girlfriend and i are trying to save for a house and a bit of a decent future, but I have not contributed at all. If I am low on weed I can find myself grinding on her nerves so badly.. or just so involved with my own nervous breakdown over running low on cash and the weekend is coming up. She will give me the money to get it.. I head up to my dealer. get home hands almost shaking with anticipation.. "he said it was sh*t hot" always a good tag line to get you wanting to try it ASAP. so I get myself in to the house and burst out the bad the papers etc and smoke on.. It takes about 5 mins in and i feel ashamed of myself. back to thinking why the f**k did i just do that. the money is needed elsewhere but i just keep justifying it for x y z reasons and never live up to my promise i made her that I would quit.
so it leads me to some of the company I have kept during this time.. well for about 6 years my only company was my computer. I played games. I could tell you many a story of the hours I sent in virtual worlds.. all the time convinced that I was achieving something with my life because the game was giving me rewards as I progressed and got better.. and it was all reinforced with weed to top it off.. add to that my cuppa tea, the heating on and back ground tv just for the hell of it.. my curtains may as well be closed as the light is on my screen and annoying me. may as well turn the lights off too cos my stoner eyes prefer the dark.. and the dark makes the shiney stuff on screen seem soo much cooler.. ooo and the music on the 15 min cycle just gets me every time... Its all BS and I regret falling to that low.
The actual people i had human contact i ignored.. I never ment to but i was too stoned from many a bong hit and playing PVP to hear the outside word.. or RL! my girlfriends parents would visit for hte week and I would have to retire to the bedroom every hour to have my wee hit and come back every time a little bit more wasted. Blanked them with a wee.. hi.. and back on with the headphones and game. any contanct with friends outside of my house where mainly stoners.
I used to be mega fit. done all sports I could get into and went to the gym. I am no longer fit.. i do no sports.
Hmm I just realised its half 3 and I have been on spraff mode.. I have not slept in 48 or so hours, pretty high and I seem to have gone on a bit of a life story.
This is jsut the way life has played out for me.. a lot of stuff happened along the way some good some bad, it's all shaped me. but one common factor has been the weed. it time to try and end that... I have nothing to prove to anyone except myself.
1 more before i got to bed.. *sigh*
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im 26 male and from the UK. im about to start the journey of stopping smoking cannabis and i fear it will be a hard one.
i started about 16 so its a ten year relationship iv had with cannabis, although at 16 not as much as now. i do actually and genuinely believe cannabis is a brilliant medicinal drug and should be legalised for medical use all over the world... however... i do think recreationally it is subject to circumstance.
i am a seasonal worker (gardener and sheep shearer) and winters i hibernate, i would say this year (ending 2012) i have smoked more than usual, partly because i grew and partly friendship groups. i recently met a new lady and where she is very liberal, things got bad.
i was in my 'down time' and surrounded by a lot of cannabis, my habit was about 3/4 grams a day (past 5 years) on average but more sometimes. she noticed a massive change in me, mainly lazy and not really wanting to do much. in no way was i 'down' or depressed but just plain lazy, nothing would get me out of the house unless i needed papers and it all got a bit to mundane.
my partner is a diamond, not a smoker herself but having smoked it in her younger years and occasionally as an adult, its safe to say my smoking thoroughly started to piss her off! nearly broke us up and thus the reason for my journey to start. it shouldn't have taken that to make me stop, but sometimes there are more important things in life.
its upsetting that i do honestly love smoking and i don't touch booze so weed was my thing. i love the biology of the plant the smoking culture and growing, but now i have come to realise i have abused this great plant to the point i need to stop.
looking at these posts it wont be easy but its doable... let the journey begin!
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hi there!, this is some pretty good advice to help give up the smoke. I have been smoking for around twenty years and really need and want to give up. i personally have passed over some extra special oppurtunities with sport. I remember saying to myself when i was young i wouold never be the bloke to not achieve what i wanted, and i was going to be playing a good level of sport until i was old..
Guess What !, im thinking i may be just end up being that guy if i dont make some changes now. I am a fulltime single parent with a beautiful little girl. She also i can see has plenty of natural sporting talent!!.. I also run a company that i suppose gives me the means to purchase smoke..
I have a slim chance to train for a short, possibly decent boxing career.. Not saying im anything great but i have always had this feel i can be something.. boxing and fighting i have always sensed i have a natural talent and hate my self for wasting it up until now..
Cold turkey gives me the shivers a little but the ration idea im going to try as of now. I dont know where to start,, im exercising and love the feel of hard intensive training ( even whilst stoned!):(.. I like pushing my body , but feel i may have lost a little of that being a pot head... I am 40 years young and like the posts you people have written. The loneliness of a night gets me the worst and the stress at times of work.. I think i need to smoke all through the day to ease my mood. I do have an explosive temper which was out of control , so i know alot of my episodes have affected my social wellbeing.. because im now aware of my temper and the affects it has i have been better.. I really think dope is what stresses me though, i stress when i cant get time to smoke, when i dont smoke, when my child nearly catches me , and plenty more assosociated IS THIS NORMAL BEHAVIOUR???
My smoking is now affecteing my girl , not so much directly but more indirectly.. I do not socialise a lot , because im stoned and probably paronoid to an extent.. Conversations with straight people can be difficult..
any ways im gunna post these comments and maybe just jump on each day and let ya know how things are going..
It exciting to think of the possibilities of myself and new people i may meet by giving up..
Thanks everyone , here we go.. Fruit cakes the mornings are also difficult,, the afternoons are ok whilst im in training to fight ,,. Getting punched up when ya high isnt any fun at all..., just the breathing is enough!!!
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I have been smoking weed for the past 10 years now and i consumed one every day during the week and i consumed a lot during the weekend, i have made up my mind to quit smoking for the first time my reason for taking this decision was as a result of the symptom that i have been experiencing off late such as my thinking ability, my reading ability and my communicating ability and interaction with co worker and supervisor and my intention in to quit smoking immediately i am very determined and i hope i will succeed, it is very challenging but am ready to try my best to quit for good. the benefit i have have been receiving from smoking weed cannot compare to the damage it has course in my life. today is the second day since i stop smoking and i hope to continue for life . I will be communicating my experience from time to time.
I wish myself the best of luck.
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