[MEGA] Cannabis Quitting Thread aka I need a break

[ldawg616]

The longer you go, the clearer things become

 

[GeekTweak.0]

Dammmmmnn :/

 

[weekend addiction]

Spending a couple weeks sober is enough time to make you feel ALOT more clear headed if you exercise a little and try to eat healthy (sounds lame but it actually makes since). But you may just be stupid and pot may have nothing to do with it...

 

[Chainer]

----> quitting

 

[rave_itsrealfun!!!]

One thing you may realize upon quitting is that you may not actually want to be clearheaded. I have become a lot smarter and more capable since I stopped, but with that has come the depression and anger that I smoke weed all day to suppress. So would you choose to be a happy retard, or a miserable smart person? It's a tossup. I say fuck em both, I'm not getting anywhere in life in either case.

I guess I've realized that I am a flat-out drug addict since I stopped too. I have got drunk as fuck, eaten mushrooms, dropped acid, and taken oxycodone 5 or so times. I'm still doing a hell of a lot better than when I was a stupid stoner. My logic tells me the best thing for me to do is find an oxy connect and stay on them for a little while to assist with finding a job and a girlfriend, which are right at my fingertips as i have an engineering degree - but with no self esteem you can't really do shit in this world. Just to keep me happy for a little while until I sort shit out.

I know this is obviously jaded logic - it is only in consideration of the short-term. Even still, fuck it I say. I can't smoke weed anymore because it makes me insane, but I can't be happy without drugs in my life. I have gone the psychedelic route and they only cure me temporarily before possibly making things worse, I don't agree with stimulants or other drugs, so opiates are my only shot at short term happiness. and i can't take one more minute of this shit. Just the ramblings of a miserable fuck I guess, this is what happens if you are the type of man who needs female company in his life but is too shy to get it, and turns to drugs looking for some sort of answer to a question that doesn't have one.

i will continue using psychedelics and oxycodone in moderation but who knows what I'll end up doing. i'm certainly not in control anymore. hell, bring on the needles, for i no longer give a flying fuck, because things cannot possibly ever become worse than they are. every moment of my existence i am a tortured soul. i wake up in the morning, get up and start wishing i was dead until i lie awake restless at night hating myself. bitch after bitch, year after year, failed attempt after failed attempt it's same shit different day. nothing ever changes. i can blame it on the pot because i don't know what the fuck else to blame it on. i am very muscular and fit, nice, smart, outgoing... i try really fucking hard to meet them, i can carry on fun conversation about random shit, i go out all the time, i'm doing something with my life, i just have a little too much passive female energy - i shouldn't have to live without them it has driven me insane, beyond fucking insane. it has made me boil with anger and despair for as long as i can remember. why only me? why am i the only man i know who must live forever alone?

i just wish i could figure out how to be happy, can't seem to get over the animal instinct part of myself that tells me i'm inferior to all other males. even with psychedelics, i can't get over this for long! all i can say is i wish the opposite sex did not exist, only thing i despise more than slutty bitches and their stupid fuckin games is myself for not being able to go along with them, for failing totally. but i just popped an oxycodone so i will soon be able to at least think straight enough to start doing a little yoga here, another thing that has gotten me nowhere but more flexible.

 

[Shamanic Sight]

(sounds lame but it actually makes since).

It doesn't sound lame. It sounds like someone caring about taking care of their body. But seriously, taking care of yourself, along with taking breaks will not only drop your tolerance, but when you start smoking again, your body will be in better shape, thus "boosting" your high, if only a bit/by placebo. Plus, you feel good when you take care of yourself!

but I can't be happy without drugs in my life

Definitely agree. Drugs complete me. But MODERATION IS EVERYTHING.

 

[Ochkhuu]

One thing you may realize upon quitting is that you may not actually want to be clearheaded. I have become a lot smarter and more capable since I stopped, but with that has come the depression and anger that I smoke weed all day to suppress.

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this is pretty much spot on what's happened with me since I quit smoking weed in November.. I smoked weed pretty much everyday for 4 or 5 years.. and also regularly took e and coke... I've been clean off everything since November and I have really mixed feelings about it... I wanna think life is better drug free but I really don't know..

 

[thetoastyone]

Being forced to quit smoking bud, stuck in a shitty situation. Need advice.

Hey everyone,

So recently my good friend and only hookup has come under a lot of legal troubles and it looks like I'm going to have go at the very least half a year without smoking. I'm 23 years old and I've been a heavy smoker since I was 17, rarely going more than a day or two without it, and frankly I'm just at a lost of what to do. It's been 4 days so far and basically these days have consisted of me being a depressed, starved, irritable little person who I'm ashamed to call myself. The loss of appetite I can and am already getting over, the irritability will go away, all that shit will pass.

My big fear is my sanity.

What should I do when quitting smoking is being forced upon me and I'd love NOTHING more than to toke a huge joint right now? I'm already an active guy and a Martial Arts enthusiast, I can still do all the hobbies I want, etc. I just don't enjoy any of it anymore. I guess I'm sinking into somewhat of a depression and I just need some help I suppose.

Like I said I just don't know what to do. I'm a HUGE marijuana advocate and I truly feel it enhances all aspects of my life and makes me a better person. Some good bud is generally all I desire as far as drugs go and now I'm finding myself using opiates to replace my deep love for the green stuff, only it's not making me any happpier and every day is seeming like a hard fought battle.

I want to make it clear that it's not because of physical dependancy issues. I'm sure people will understand where I'm coming from when I say the world just seems black and white now. It's kind of sad to me that I feel like weed enhances my life that much but I truly believe it does. I'm afraid I have half a year of extreme boredom ahead of me and I just don't know what to do.

 

[Venrak]

Go and find another source.

I know, easier said than done, but it is possible. Just get out there and talk to people like at clubs etc. and you will soon enough find someone who smokes. Buy off them if you can at first and once you've gained their trust ask them to talk to their connect about you and if he would mind taking you on as a client.

I hope this doesn't count as sourcing; if so, mods, you know what to do.

 

[Tommyboy]

I would advise against using opiates to fill the void that you were previously filling with marijuana. It's a slippery slope, and a road that is better left untraveled.

 

[qwe]

if i knew the answer, i wouldn't be smoking pot right now. i also think it's going to be the biggest antidepressant within our lifetime...

prohibition is a war on sick people...

about opiates, they can worsen depression, particularly since they are a CNS depressant. so i wouldn't recommend benzo's or opiates or alcohol...

if you try a stimulant, you may get over stimulated (since you're in rebound from the cannabis) and once you stop using stims, you'll get gigantic rebound depression, and it'll last longer than cannabis's withdrawal-depression.

definitely a very tough spot.

the only option, besides synthetic cannabinoids (and who knows what all they put in spice, i get some bad vibes from spice products), is non-chemical options like taking a bath, exercise. i know how that sounds -.-

my best advice: be careful not to loose your healthy habits completely. it will be easy to withdraw from everything during this period. try to keep your brain exercised and within a week or two pleasure should be creeping back into your head.

 

[PeacePipeChief]

Most aspects of ur problems generally conclude to the addiction to marijuana , a lot of problems begin thanks to weed eg depression , loss of inhibitions . Using opioids to replace it is probably one of the worst things you could do , they get people , almost every one who starts them into the denial stage of addiction within weeks . Why can't u smoke weed though ? I have legal problems so do a lot of my mates , I still smoke just about every day .

 

[Bakka]

Try to meditate, stay occupied, watch movies, explore, etc. The withdrawal effects should probably be gone within a few days. Maybe read some of the sad stories opiate addicts post on here, that'll show you how easy it is to get over weed.

 

[Darksidesam]

I highly recommend against Benzo's,

If you feel a bit anxiety ridden and stuff, you could try Valerian Root.
Me personally? Im riddled with joint pains at the age of 20 and i just couldnt go without cannabis in my life.

I take days off here and there though, so that i realise i can go without at times,
Keep occupied and find stuff to do,

Did you mainly use cannabis for antidepressant effects? for fun? or do you use it for pain?

 

[thetoastyone]

I highly recommend against Benzo's,

If you feel a bit anxiety ridden and stuff, you could try Valerian Root.
Me personally? Im riddled with joint pains at the age of 20 and i just couldnt go without cannabis in my life.

I take days off here and there though, so that i realise i can go without at times,
Keep occupied and find stuff to do,

Did you mainly use cannabis for antidepressant effects? for fun? or do you use it for pain?

First of all I thank everyone for the responses. I feel like some of you have some good advice and are realistic about the situation. I like that. As far as why I use cannabis is pretty simple: I feel it enhances pretty much anything I do. If I go jogging sober it sucks. If I go jogging after smoking a bowl just the wind in my hair can bring a smile to my face.

Like you I also have joint pains, and I'm 23. I have a problem with my left knee which I think is from my Psoriasis. For those who don't know, Psoriasis is a skin condition which causes nasty looking, scaly plaques that can pop up anywhere at anytime. It's also one of those diseases that will randomly go away and come back, kinda like herpes lol. It's not contagious though and the biggest problem with it is just self confidence. It makes you much less comfortable around people when you think all they're looking at is this strange red mark on your cheek. And that's another reason I smoke, because it gives me this ability to say, "Fuck what anyone else thinks."

However another issue with the disease is it can cause something called Psoriatic Arthritis, which is pretty self-explanatory and I think it's causing the problem with my knee. And yes, smoking helps that.

Anyway, sorry for rambling but answer your question more clearly, I kind of use it for everything you listed and more. I just honestly think that ganja is truly a life enhancer. It does so many positive things for so many people. I honestly don't even feel like me without it, which I know is sad but it's true.

 

[thetoastyone]

if i knew the answer, i wouldn't be smoking pot right now. i also think it's going to be the biggest antidepressant within our lifetime...

prohibition is a war on sick people...

about opiates, they can worsen depression, particularly since they are a CNS depressant. so i wouldn't recommend benzo's or opiates or alcohol...

if you try a stimulant, you may get over stimulated (since you're in rebound from the cannabis) and once you stop using stims, you'll get gigantic rebound depression, and it'll last longer than cannabis's withdrawal-depression.

definitely a very tough spot.

the only option, besides synthetic cannabinoids (and who knows what all they put in spice, i get some bad vibes from spice products), is non-chemical options like taking a bath, exercise. i know how that sounds -.-

my best advice: be careful not to loose your healthy habits completely. it will be easy to withdraw from everything during this period. try to keep your brain exercised and within a week or two pleasure should be creeping back into your head.

Sound advice all around, and I appreciate it. Also I agree with you all about opiates and benzos, I'm not going to be abusing them. I've seen too many people go down that road if you know what I mean. The main problem is that everyone usually gives me stupid advice like, "Try exercising or finding a new hobby." Thing is I'm already an active person, and I already have some great hobbies. I love Stephen King novels and I play video games. Guess what? All these things are 10x better after a fat J.

I don't know, maybe I'm just being to negative and need to look at this situation in a different light. Like maybe it's just some test I have to go through and maybe in the end this experience will work out for the better. Problem is that with this sacred plant, it's like it tells you an amazing secret that changes your life. And without it it seems that secret has vanished and life is now bland. Fuck it I guess. No one said this shit is easy.

 

[thetoastyone]

Most aspects of ur problems generally conclude to the addiction to marijuana , a lot of problems begin thanks to weed eg depression , loss of inhibitions . Using opioids to replace it is probably one of the worst things you could do , they get people , almost every one who starts them into the denial stage of addiction within weeks . Why can't u smoke weed though ? I have legal problems so do a lot of my mates , I still smoke just about every day .

I hope triple posting is not a problem here. Just trying to respond to some of the questions. As for why I can't smoke, my bro is forced to go to rehab (it's either that or jail) and he'll be gone for 3 months, and then he'll be on probation. This is a good friend of mine who introduced me to bud and is my one and only hookup for it. Basically if he enters rehab, so do I, you see?

 

[Darksidesam]

You can press Edit on a previous post, and put it all into one post, spaced out of course.

I see, i know what its like to have an embarrassing illness, i wont even say what mine is , too ashamed

 

[Chainer]

merged into quitting thread

 

[Captain.Heroin]

The Cpt. doesn't take breaks. %)