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

Deluded, I can really relate to your post, especially the part about playing the whole "i'll just do it occasionally". I'm 29 and only picked up this habit 3 years ago, stayed away from drugs in school because my sister lost alot during her explorations. However, one miserable relationship landed me into the dependance of pot, to 'calm' me down, although I think over these last 3 years Ive become more shelled up, desperate, anxious and angry than ever before. I cant get past 1 week. I have to know, did you make it?

Thanks. I am not alone

Hey peoples…thank you all so much for sharing. I am 29 year old that smoked for 8 years at about 10g a week. 
I agree with all on this forum that believe cold turkey is the only way to go but, you cannot do it alone. 
My wife and I shared the habit so we've been supporting each other extremely well and the trick is to share you thoughts with each other. The battlefield  is the mind and the more you keep it to yourself the harder it gets. 
I am not a preacher but the best advice I can give any person that is thinking or wanting to quit is, get down on you knees and ask God for strength. I could not believe how easy it was just to stop , he gives you the mental strength to fight the battle as I said before the battle is more mental than physical. 
We had very little withdrawal symptoms but I can surely say this is due to us drawing strength from Christ. 
I must thank waverly2009 for her post as she was the one that opened my mind to the fact that with the help of Christ it is allot easier, especially Phil 4 6-7 
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God, and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your heart and your mind, in Christ Jesus. 

This is one of the most powerfully versus you can resigned to yourself in those trailing times and believe me with in seconds you have forgotten about the craving. 
God bless all of you and keep strong. 


 

im from surrey bc canada a city famous for smuggling the famous buds of bc to the USA

I have been a heavy smoker 4-6 sessions a day

I smoke blunts, long joints and from the bong

I have been smoking since I was 15 but became a heavy user after highschool in 2010 i use to be a superstar athlete but after highschool i quit takin athletics serious and became a pot head i even sell weed everyday i pray to stop and leave the weed life but i cant its all i know i dont remember how it was to be sober when i say i smoke 4-6 times a day i really do its been 3 years and i cant remember a day I didnt toke up and bc bud is extra kills and has turned me from a ladies man to a lonley loner stoner who only has weed buddies

i need help sometimes i wish i just pulled the trigger

Thanks for the detailed answer. 

I would also like to include Showers.

Taking a shower when you feel anxious, stressed always helps, and will also help when you feel the urge to smoke again.

I Can relate very well to your feelings.
I bet you were high when you wrote this right? That is also when I try to reach out! But the next day it all starts over again...
I will pray for you.

Im 44, been smoking since I was 17 or so.  Last 20 years or so its been a daily thing, I smoke about a quarter a week by myself, mostly after work and on weekends.  I've been getting sick of spending so much money on the stuff and figured out what it cost me a year, and that is just disgusting!  Our agency is probably going to merge with a larger one, and they drug test, so I just want to be done with weed finally!  I smoke, munch, smoke more, munch more, smoke another one and go to bed for the night.  needless to say I've gained so much weight, I'm up 2 pant sizes, high blood pressure, just sick and tired of all of it, but as I write this I'd love to smoke a fat bowl right about now!  I'm on my 3rd day with no smoking, I even have some within reach lol... but I'm not touching it, I keep telling myself I can use that money for other things, like going on a nice vacation.  I quit smoking cigarettes about 3 yrs ago, my cigarette money pays for my new car.  There are so many good reasons to stop smoking weed for me, but it's hard, its been such a crutch for me for so long, bad days at work I used to think jeeze I cant wait to get home and get ripped.  I'm finding falling asleep is difficult, I've been depressed most of the weekend and havent left the couch, I know this will get better as time goes on, but I'm determined to stop using weed, I think that maybe they wont drug test me at the new place so I dont have to quit, but drug testing is just one of many things on my list!  I want to stop, Im sick of spending so much money that I could use elsewhere, I need to get my health back on track, I need to lose weight, I want to get off blood pressure meds, I understand from reading others posts that they start feeling so much better without it, I just wish I knew that feeling, I do know that if I keep up the fight I will get there, but today it just really sucks!

Hello i am also looking woman enjoy smoke with pot, i live india is possible we will meet ?

Ramu

Hi

what happened to your posts?

I am a male age 27 and have been smoking pot daily for the past 8 years. I never thought I'd say this but here I am.  I guess its time to quit weed.  I have been reading all of your responses and it really is very encouraging.  I know this is going to be hard, I just moved to a new town as I have recently been accepted to a University.  I don't know anyone here so I think I will try to attend some local NA meetings starting tomorrow.   This all started when I came here for school, you are probably wondering what I am doing in college at age 27. Well, after reading all this I am beginning to think it might be in large part because I wasted a lot of my time smoking way too much weed.   Anyways, I smoked cigarettes since I was 16 as well, when I first moved into my new apartment my neighbor upstairs began to complain about the cigarette smell.  So after the neighbor bitched at me so much I didn't want to hear it anymore, (and I don't have time/can't move) I just quit smoking cigarettes.  I quit almost two months ago, I have been smoking weed in part to reduce my cigarette cravings.  Even as I have been smoking less at a time, now the neighbor bit***s that they can smell my weed smoke.  I simply don't want to move, my apartment is close to campus and convenient in many ways. So I guess I have to give it up.  At first I was really irritated that I have to basically change my whole lifestyle because my neighbor upstairs is making a huge deal out of everything.  But now I'm starting to see that this might very well be for the better. I really miss my ex girlfriend, I think part of the reason I lost her is weed.  I was too lazy to spend as much time with her, and give her as much attention as she deserved.  Now its too late, she is into drinking and partying now, even though she was never that type of girl when we were together.  From now on I don't want it to be too late before I realize there is a problem.  Thank you all for the inspiring stories, and good luck. I hope mine helps.

Hey there, I'm on day 3 myself. I've quit for three months, twice before (2010 and 2011). My circumstances are a little complicated because I have crohns disease, which is a form of IBD (irritable bowel disease). I just had two major surgeries for it last summer. Smoking weed helps keep my appetite strong (along with the other surface-level benefits). But the cons far outweigh the pros. I am a 37-year old male and single and I am in the middle of writing a memoir (about living with my disease...I am currently in remission, btw). Smoking pot daily kills my motivation to work on the book (I still do it, but at only about half-volume). It also keeps me in my comfort zone, at home every night being anti-social. I want to meet a woman for a long-term relationship, but the odds are way stacked against me if I continue to smoke pot regularly. I cannot control it in moderation. I can deal with the pain and irritability and everything, but like I said what worries me is the effect it will have on my digestion. It's hard enough for me to eat regularly and keep a healthy weight on. Last time I quit I was going to bathroom so much my doc put me on xanax...well, that wasn't such a great idea, as I basically got hooked on that and the withdrawal from xanax was WAY WORSE than this. But I can't go back to smoking pot, at least not for a while. I hate the idea that I've turned out to be a pothead. I have a good job and good career -- thank god -- but if that goes away I'll have nothing. Thanks for starting this post...it's been helpful. If anyone has any experience with quitting weed and IBD, please let me know.

thanks you so much,this has defiantly has helped me .
im around my 3rd week on quitting smoking and all the symptoms you have listed i have been dealing with and honestly i had no idea it was linked to me quitting smoking.
thank you so much for sharing this information sir,i hope i can be clean and never have to resort to smoking pot when i bored ever again.

Thank you everyone for these posts as we all are sharing the same problem, unfortunately i'm left to my own human destructive nature & feel blighted & at the mercy of the green 20 bag per day.

Defiantly your choice only, if there's any part of you that wants to smoke the weed then it'll bite harder when you try to quit, you know?, the bit of you that wants everything to stay as it is?

Trip to the doctors, bring my partner as well i think this time (2nd) 

He can't stand weed and the dealers, i need to start thinking the same ...

I feel like I posted this. Its so similar to how I feel. It seems like I run across that feeling everytime I read another one of these post ! yikes guys what have we become! I remember smokin this stuff in 8th grade( when i started) and how artistic it made me feel, like I could draw anything. and when I would ride my dirtbike how much more I would get into the turns, and the jumps,etc I really felt like when I smoked, i would be in " the zone". Oh yeah, we all know where that place is. but the truth is. Ive been smoking since maybe 2002-2003? Ive never been addicted to cigarettes, alcohol, cocaine. nothing. but folks. i am addicted. to marijuana. I've spent weeks doing just what this guest says. saying this is the last time im smoking (usually when im high), last for about 8 hours, and then I cave in. I'm not proud. Ive tried quitting so many times, but i always figure out a way to convice myself its okay. I got a kid on the way and this is not who I want to be when its time to be daddy. I noticed, like someone sayd earlier, that as long as i can keep my mind occupied, the body doesnt want to smoke. Its when i sit at home bored that I talk myself into smoking. But when i dont smoke. what normally would take me 3 days to do, I get done in like 2 hours, and then have the rest of the day to sit around and wonder what else can i do. I take my dog on walks, video games, movies.. but these things are all associated with me smoking. I mean theres parts of certain movies that I WILL NOT continue watching unless I pause it and smoke cuz its my favorite part ( like when neo meets morpheus in the matrix.. and he sticks his hand in the mirror..EPIC stoner movie) oh man theres so many I even break my bongs to try and convince myself Im serious and want to quit. By the end of the day, I either have a homemade bong that works even better. or a pipe half filled with bud. Ive come to realize I need to cut myself totally out of the picture and go away for a week or something to just get control over my thought process again. I need to go 24 hours with my mind being totally in control to know, that weed is not what i want. I really hope that this post hasn't made stopping harder for anyone. I am trying to so hard its probably the only thing ive wished on my birthday for the last 5 or so years. i know just typing on a website doesn't do much to curb my habit, but being able to associate with other has helped me a little bit confronting this problem, and not feeling like im the first person to ever get addicted to smokin weed. Thank you for your tips though, blog author. I apologize if this pos is irrelevant or rambling but I wanted to include myself on this page . I want to be part of the quitters!! My goal is to stay active. more outdoor time. more eathing. more water, healthier lifestyle. and if I can get away from myself for a few days, i might be able to get over this hump. Good luck to everyone and thank you for your posts. Its really been a help to me

I am 24 years old and finishing up my first year of law school.  I started smoking sophmore year of college and for the last year I have been smoking non-stop.  I am an unusual case because I am also prescribed adderol which I take most days.  I am not adhd or add but decided I would need aderol for law school since it is basically an academic steroid.  But since I started taking it my smoking is increased big time.  I am thin and have a serious metabolism which combined with the adderol makes it difficult to get the proper amount of calories.  The weed helps with this.  But the problem is that I haven't failed out, I have kept my gf, and its not like people dont want to hang out with me.  I smoke probably 5 gravity bong hits a day on average and have for the whole school year.  but im quitting cold turkey.  no need to ease off it, weed isnt tobacco.  It's really just a matter of will power.  Unfortunately I decided to quit right before finals which means it could be tough for me during long study days of being on edge from the adderol and not being able to come back and take a hit.  I need to quit but I got a 3.4 first semester and think I should improve on that this semester so you can still be successful if ur addicted to weed.  In fact, I smoked before I took the LSAT and still got 90% percentile.  God I love weed, really I need to cut back instead of quit but I think if i quit for a while the cutting back will be 10 times easier.  Another motivation tho is the $$ i spend.  And the fact that I honestly dont get that high anymore.  and I want that feeling again at some point.  so hoping to quit for a little, smoke again, get real high, realize how nice it is to just smoke once in a while, and then hopefully roll on that schedule the rest of the way.   smoke so much they call me no lungs.  Any potheads ever made law review?  this one is about to. pimpin aint easy.  good luck to all u quitters, we can all do it.  just remember 2 things, how many times smoking has made u lazy or forced a bad decision and remember that weed is still awesome, and doing it every once in a long while will still be enjoyable and rewarding.