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

Lasted 25 days so far without any weed at all and thats easily the longest I have went without any weed for 16 years. What has definitely helped is that I haven't had the money to buy any and I have resisted getting anymore on credit as I already owed too much out. I worked out roughly how much I had been spending and kept telling myself what I could have bought. I am lucky that theres only a couple of my friends who still smoke weed so I have just avoided them but they understand. I have only noticed withdrawal symptoms after a few beers when I missed having a smoke. I simply have a bit of an electronic cigarette instead which definitely feeds my nicotine cravings (I don't and never will smoke normal cigarettes on their own).I think I might actually do it this time. My lungs feel clearer, I don't smell and my own sense of smell is starting to return. I didn't think weed really affected me as I still got stuff done and had a job etc but I was wrong. It has been holding me back, I haven't went for certain jobs because of drugs tests, I skipped the gym because I was stoned and I hardly used my motorbike because I had a joint straight after work. So far so good, it should be completely out of my system now and when the electronic cigarettes run out I won't be buying anymore. I have bought a cycle with the money I would of spent on weed and my theory is that if I can clearly see what I can now afford then this will help keep off the green. So ay first I would recommend an electronic cigarette for the cravings especially if you don't actually smoke

its rough its a battle of the mind, ive tried to quit myself for years .just remember theirs others in the same shoes.my wife says its time to quit, shes giving me six months and who knows if were going to remain together after 12 yrs. I think im selfish and boring after all theses years for not giving the attention my wife and step kids deserve.But im stuck in a web because my wife doesnt get along with my mother and creates problems so i usually smoke alot of herb.If anyones gets this message throw down a line for me for i am desperate for advice

Just released from hospital for chronic nausea vomiting. Doctors say its caused by weed. Recent doctor study in Vegas says. Hot showers or baths temporarily relieve symptoms. Wondering if this is a recent phenomenon cartels poisoning the cannabis to inflate our health care system or if this truly comes with chronic marijuana use. Do smokers of homegrown U.S.of A experience this same nausea dehydration every so many months, twice a year phenomenon.. I've smoked for more than 20 years and have just recently in the past 2 years experienced this sickness.

I can't stop smoking either. At least thats how i think. Are you ok.

i don't know about all that but i just stopped after 16 years no withdrawls. as a matter of fact i don't even like thinking about smoking. i think smoking has stopped me from being myself. life since i started has gotten worse. smoking to me now is a waste of time.

Thank you so much. I'm all for the legalization of weed, but there's just as much proposals a coming from the left about how completely safe it is as there is coming from the right in opposition. I've been wanting to quit for a while, but it's hard to find help due to all the misinformation that is out in the world about weed right now, positive or negative. A lot of this is new information to me and actually explains a lot of the problems I've been having. I knew insomnia would be an issue and that's why I'm trying to ease off instead of going cold turkey (which I'm glad this article testifies to.) The part you wrote about the gassy stomach was funny to me but that also has happened to me along with being generally lethargic, bowel problems, and random aches. I really hope there's a light at the end of the tunnel. I don't necessarily want to stop smoking forever as much as I want to get a hold of it and be in complete control when I want to do it. That being said, even just to know that there are real people out there struggling with this too is more inspiring than I initially thought it would be upon clicking this link. Without sounding overly gushy and melodramatic, thank you very much. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors.

Exellent. glad to know you have recovered.

thanks a lot man , i smoke weed every day for about 8 years non-stop. I was thinking of quiting cold turkey but i could even last longer then a day. Now i read your story and maybe its better not to stop cold turkey. I really thought cold turkey was best way because ur quit almost instantly.

I'm relieved to find this forum. I've been feeling very alone in this quitting thing. I'm 29 days clean after smoking for 22yrs. My partner still smokes~ I would never ask him to change his ways for my struggle. So, I still smell it when he comes back in, I still hear the tap tap tap of cashing out the bowl, I still hear the opening of the jar. While this is difficult, I figure it's just part of the cruelity of quitting and I'll have to face at some point, so why not face it head on.

My largest struggle is sleep. I've slept one good night out of 29. I'm tired.  The dreams are insane. I'm not getting the REM. I'm awake for hours on end. My dreams come through even if I take a sleep aid. I was hoping that by not smoking I'd feel some brain clarity, but I'm still in a constant fog and stupor. All the things recommended~ like doing a puzzle, or listening to music, are all things I enjoyed doing high, so I'm avoiding doing these.  It's been suggested that I use pot as a sleep aid, not to use recreationally, but I fear that one hit will lead to another and to another and to another and so on and so forth. I'm edgy, emotional, exhausted, feeling blah. I still get plenty of exercise and get lots of fresh air everyday.

When will I make the turn? When will sleep come back? Will it ever come back? I'm so tired.

Thank you for sharing this informatio to us. It is really hard to deal with marijuana especially if you are going to consider the possible symptoms that you can get from quitting.  I know a lot of Weed Quitter and they all had problems with this.

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i smoked weed for 10 years . This 21 march i had an opiphany and just stopped. But reading this ur first statements said Dont stop cold turkey. for me its only way that works because if i keep weed i just cant stop at all. TBH i dont cAre about symptomes, i just need to stop asap. I know its only day 2 but i didnt thought it would be so easy. especcially mentally

i smoked weed for 10 years. now i only stop 2 days but i find quitting weed is easier then nicotine just because weed is only mentally u dont need any of it. I know its only 2 daYS AT THIS TIME BUT the addiction is only mentally u dont need weed at all nor the nicotine. I didnt even try quit earlier because its only mentally so addictive. U just think u need it

Mate im 40 years old and have smoked for 25 years . 25 years omg. At 33 I stopped for 2 years and the sickness none sleeping aches and pains shivers no appititeand many more will pass some quicker than others. the one thing that dose not leave though dose get easyer is that emptyness .for that reason I fell back in with the M J. Im now on day 2 ov giving up again I was a heavy smoker a 8th plus a day morning till nght .im writing this as I type im in the bathroom being sick cold sweats and a real bad feeling ov lost emptyness iwill beat this and this time for good reading many ov these post about missing out onthings is what has been happening to me for 25 years NO MORE, imstronger than it I hope I am. If you can learn to get past the emptyness the lost feeling you will have done the hardest part ov giving up the M J All the best to every one on there strait head .You can win the battle make no mistake a battle is what it is if youve smoked for along time but it is 1 that can be won good luck and god bless ., Paul

Hey all.love this site , been here several times , cant sleep lol
Im about 5 weeks straight , Im 45 yr old woman and been smoking weed since 13 , and regularly since 22.

I started growing (just personal) about 5 yrs ago and my habit went thru the roof .
I quit growing (so much hassle getting the cuttings and then all the faffing about with trying to hide The Cupboard etc) and spent the last year spending all our money on the stuff .

Have quit lots of times for varying lenghs of times , once for two years tho that was hell lol, usually for like 4 months , but this the first time Ive really thought in terms of not going back to it and seeing it as a bit sad and pathetic.

I have an 8 yr old child and like lots of folk on here I need weed to function . or thought that i did .

Recently developed a cough i cannot shake and its a worry , though Ive had the cough cpl of yrs . What has changed is me being sick of the habit and thinking either Im going to die young coz of it or im gonna wake up in 20 yrs still doing the same sh*t Ive been doing 25 yrs .

Im sick of it . the anxiety about running out , the constantly telling my son " Hang on , I'll do (whatever )in a minute , i just need a smoke ...." , And the knowledge that I cldve been so much more , that Ive wasted so much of my life.

Anyway . i have about a quarter left in my jar , feel like I need this to be a choice and not just coz Ive run out . Ofcourse its a temptation but Im managing so far to ride it out .

Atfirst felt like nothing to look forward to in life lol but that is getting easier . im so much better at the eco events I put on (with others) and I dont have to worry about "oh f**k , an evening meeting , that means staying straight til 9pm" lol

Like others though , im left with myself : ) My hang ups . dont really want to go out unless i have to and no weed to give me that protective bubble. very anxious at times and take things really baddly that I cldve shaken off when stoned .

But whats the alternative ? be some sad wheezing , wasted grey 6o yr old in 15 yrs time ? I already look so much brighter and even getting a nice figure now Im eating all the time coz theres f**k all else lol

will let you know how it is going , the lack of follow up stories here is whats missing .

good Luck All !! x x x

mate you're being to harsh on your self. And your coming across as a bit off a preacher. But that's just my own arpineion. I promised my self that I would quit wen I turned 31 witch was a couple of days ago. I started smoking weed wen I was 14 and have smoked most prob every day since. When I think back I can't remember not going more than about 3 days with out a puff. Wen you stop smoking it coms with side effects like not being able to sleep. But it's only the same feeling you get wen you can't pick up. I had some off the best times off my life wen I was stoned. Wen I was reading some off the sh*t on line about stopping smoking some off the things make weed out to be the worst thing in the world.You just need will power and in two weeks to a month every thing will be cool.So people all you need to do is tell your self I'm stopping now and just keep with it. It's going be hard for the first couple of days and i might Evan f**k up and start smoking again I hope I don't but I can't see the future. I think the thing is not to over think everything and take every day as it coms. You know the score people it's down to ya self at the end of the day. Keep it REEL people.D