I have smoked shwaz all day everyday for over 8 years. I am 27 and about to become an RN, so obviously, I have to give it up FOREVER in order to not lose my license that I have worked so hard for. Not only have I maintained a 4.0 GPA in nursing school, I also had a 3.6 as a psychology major at the U of MN. So, i feel like pot never affected my intelligence, but in reality I was rationalizing to myself so I could keep smoking. After 2 years of marriage I learned that my husband had recently been lying to me about his gambling addiction, which caused him to lose a great deal of money. We are now seperated and may face a divorce.
So amidst all of my personal issues, I have decided to quit smoking pot cold turkey. Probably at the worst time possible. But nevertheless, if I expect him to beat his addiction, I cannot be a hypocrite and have my own.
I thought all of the feelings of irritability, anger, restlessness, diarrhea, cold sweats, lack of appetite, insomnia, nightmares, ETC., ETC., ETC., were all due to my personal life situation. Now after reading these posts, I realize that much of it has also been from my withdrawl from marijuana. I thought it wasn't addicting (and it isn't compared to cigarettes), but in reality, I know that after using somehting to cope for so long, there is no way the body would NOT feel some effects of taking away the one thing that always made me feel better in the short-term.
This is my 4th day of being clean, and let me say it right out...IT F^#@*^# SUCKS so far! How long will I have to feel like this? I still have 1 semester left of school and feel like I can't concentrate or focus at all. I change my shirt multiple times a day because of the cold sweats and barely want to leave my house because of my anxiety and depression. Luckily I have a script for Xanax, but it does nothing compared to how I know smoking would make me feel.
Someone please HELP! Should I go to treatment or something or can quitting pot really be done with successfull outcomes on your own? I need to hear a success story soon before I literally go crazy and check myself into a psych ward!!
Sometimes I just wish it was legal so I wouldn't have to quit at all. Reality sucks-especially with all of the sh*t I am going through right now.
Keep writing everyone so I know I am not alone!
So amidst all of my personal issues, I have decided to quit smoking pot cold turkey. Probably at the worst time possible. But nevertheless, if I expect him to beat his addiction, I cannot be a hypocrite and have my own.
I thought all of the feelings of irritability, anger, restlessness, diarrhea, cold sweats, lack of appetite, insomnia, nightmares, ETC., ETC., ETC., were all due to my personal life situation. Now after reading these posts, I realize that much of it has also been from my withdrawl from marijuana. I thought it wasn't addicting (and it isn't compared to cigarettes), but in reality, I know that after using somehting to cope for so long, there is no way the body would NOT feel some effects of taking away the one thing that always made me feel better in the short-term.
This is my 4th day of being clean, and let me say it right out...IT F^#@*^# SUCKS so far! How long will I have to feel like this? I still have 1 semester left of school and feel like I can't concentrate or focus at all. I change my shirt multiple times a day because of the cold sweats and barely want to leave my house because of my anxiety and depression. Luckily I have a script for Xanax, but it does nothing compared to how I know smoking would make me feel.
Someone please HELP! Should I go to treatment or something or can quitting pot really be done with successfull outcomes on your own? I need to hear a success story soon before I literally go crazy and check myself into a psych ward!!
Sometimes I just wish it was legal so I wouldn't have to quit at all. Reality sucks-especially with all of the sh*t I am going through right now.
Keep writing everyone so I know I am not alone!
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hey there....i am a nurse as well who just finished school. i am 27 and have been smoking since i was like 12. it was kinda hard at first. but then i just think about when i get high how icky i feel. i was totally burnt out from smoking so much, that i didn't like the feeling. i bet you can get thru this with out any classes. i don't know how u are with god but i prayed alot for help too. the last day i smoked i ended up dropping my pipe and it shattered.....weird huh? i still get the craving to smoke, but then i think of how i get on it...hope this helps.
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