My question is, once my withdrawals stop and I get all the THC out of my system, if I were to smoke again but only once a week would my withdrawal symptoms come back?
The short answer to this is YES.I've tried it and while the symtoms are less severe they are still present.Like any drug addict who quits,when they go back the body recognises the drug it once depended on so you end up feeling like sh*t for a couple of days after you stop.The real danger then is creeping slowly back into your old habit,and to make it worse ive found that if you do go back often your drug habit becomes worse and harder to give up.Don't do it to yourself....it's not worth it.
I can second this...it is SCARY how your body can react to it after living clean.
I never smoked pot as a kid. I was 29 the first time I ever smoked, and at the time, in a very deep dark horrible depression due to a divorce. The relief I got from that joint was SO AMAZING that I just never stopped smoking. I mean, it just would be on-again off-again mostly, and this went on for about 7 years.
Then in 2010 one of my brothers got a divorce and came to live with me. He was a daily user, and I got into the habit of smoking daily with him. Not all day long; just a hit every now and then, and a bowl or two on the weekends. In October of that same year, he took his own life, and I started smoking very heavily, trying to escape the grief. I continued this until August of 2011, when I could not get my hands on any, and I found myself having suicidal thoughts along with the horrible withdrawal symptoms that we have all seen on these forums. I ended up quitting cold turkey, left my home, heck I left the state and moved to another to get help from family living there. I got clean, I got right with God, and life got GOOD for the first time in so long...
So very stupidly, this past December, I decided I wanted to smoke again just for the pure enjoyment of it, since life was good and I was feeling so great. Long story short, that occasional smoke I wanted, it instantly turned into a two month binge of being high all day every day. And it was great, or so I thought, until things ran dry just recently. Only two months, and I've been going through this horrendous withdrawal all over again. I can't believe I was so stupid, and at the same time, I want it so badly. I was on cloud 9 when I started smoking again, and now I'm back in the pits of depression. I know it is only temporary, and reading experiences here does help lift my mood and give me extra hope, but it still sucks to have to endure.
It isn't worth it. If you've struggled with addiction, it's best to just stay away. Just like an alcoholic can't have an occasional drink, a pot addict can't have an occasional toke. That's my experience and point of view anyway.