I want to stop smoking so much weed.

[snowboarder88]

Ive been smoking pot at least once a day for the past year and a half. Ive recently come to a point in my life where in order to meet certain goals i have set for myself i feel that i need to stop smoking or limit it to only a couple nights a week.

My pot usage has increased greatly over the past few months leaving me pretty much stoned all the time. It has taken its toll on me as i see that I am not caring about things that I normally would care about such as girls, i am becoming much more unsocial ecspecially at social gatherings i pretty much keep to myself as opposed to being very out-going and gettin that tail, my future, an average life is becoming more and more acceptable to me, and just a general lack of caring for things that i used to put a lot of work into. I also find myself not caring about relationships with people that matter the most, i.e., friends, family, etc.

So what I am asking here is some advice on how to go about cutting back on my pot smoking.

By the way, I love pot and always will, but there's a time and a place for everything. word.

 

[beta1]

Man, some people might have some good advice and tips for you.

But at the end of the day brother, its weed. And if you wana cut back, you just gotta suck it up and do it

 

[snowboarder88]

word.

 

[beta1]

Using pot as a personal incentive to get things done can help though. Say for example, "no weed for me till my HW/work is done", or "no weed for me till I get laid ".

In theory if you can stick to it and not cave in before the tasks are done, that should help you smoke less weed and get more shit done. Outside of that, I'd say refer to my 1st post lol.

 

[ShroomBoom321]

Snowboarder88 I like that name, guessing you enjoy snowboarding as I do.

I had to quit weed for about 2 months and all I did to stop was snowboarding, not thinking about weed, biking, exercising, etc. It really isn't that hard to stop smoking (at least for me). Just do some other activities you enjoy or explore new ones.

Maybe tell your friends you want to cut back on your usage, I know my friends supported me without me blazing away. Plus if you do smoke weed again after not smoking for a while, you get super high !

 

[maloxx]

Using pot as a personal incentive to get things done can help though. Say for example, "no weed for me till my HW/work is done", or "no weed for me till I get laid ".

actually I'd go easy on this last one as weed and sex is like peanut butter and jelly, only the peanuts are phallic and the jelly is KY intense

 

[Zzyzx]

In my opinion, if you think you smoke too much now you'll probably have a hard time cutting back. I think your best bet is to quit cold turkey. In a few months, if you still feel like you want to smoke then smoke occasionaly.

Anyway tell us what happens!

 

[Newbierock]

I'm like you dude, everytime I toke up I think damn I need to cut down, but the only thing you can do really is just outright stop. It's what i've done (even if only for a week) and it gets a lot easier after day 2 trust.

 

[WTF_MAYTE]

i quit outright for a month only smoke now once every 1-2 weeks feel a lot more motivated to do things as i used to be one of the "wake n bakers" also doing little tasks and solving problems seems alot easier for me, even the day after i have a smoke now i can tell the difference in the effectiveness of my brain ;o

 

[Chainer]

Woke up 4 days ago and realized I had been smoking way to much weed since May.

Haven't smoked in 4 days.

Advice? Don't smoke? You won't miss it so much after the first day. Countless other bits of advice have been given out before, I suggest searching or simply clicking on page 2... Relationships, the Gym, Work, and any other physical activity or mental stimulation will make you forgot about weed.... Music, sitting around, TV, and video games will make you miss it. Avoid these things.

 

[purple_cloud]

I also have a bit of a struggle with pot, I always say I should cut down and being jobless/in a temporary shitty life place doesn't help it.

I went to Aruba for a week and didn't smoke --- it wasn't that hard because I was doing a billion other things, and on a week long alcohol binge.

OP, I'm also from NYC (originally, currently in western ny but im back and forth, it's beyond gloomy here today) and also struggle with something as simple as bud --- PM me if you'd like.

 

[yourlife_befree]

you just have to to get the will power

 

[nautilus]

I suggest searching or simply clicking on page 2... Relationships, the Gym, Work, and any other physical activity or mental stimulation will make you forgot about weed.... Music, sitting around, TV, and video games will make you miss it. Avoid these things.

True.

Being sedentary will make you miss pot. Throw yourself into a hobby that you enjoy so much, you can lose track of time doing it (not masturbation).

It's funny that some thingsthat some people can do stoned, I can't bring myself to do it at all. For example exercising, doing homework, or even learning a new piece of music. I can only watch TV, play video games, or cook.

Know what your goals are...and understand that it requires discipline.

 

[Deadhead420]

So just quit man... or don't. Pot may not be the underlying factor in your problems. You can live a very successful life while smoking daily even. Just don't toke until after you get your shit done maybe? God made pot for us to indulge in. There's nothing wrong with smoking weed every day. Man made alcohol, heroin, and cocaine with one goal in mind: money. Those vibes just exist through the drugs man. Harder drugs are "harder" for that reason. Weed comes from the earth. Only exception is LSD. Albert Hoffman was a genious.

Besides, psyhcedelics are made by hippies who want to spread enlightenment to everyone, not by skum, gun wielding heroin dealer out in the ghetto "just tryin to make it in this world mang" while he pops a cap in some fools ass who didn't pay up.

Seriously, I've quit pot plenty of times (for drug testing reasons, and once for personal reasons) It's as simple just putting the blunt down and finding something else to do. It's not like you're hooked on smack man. You ever seen a marinol maintance program? I didn't think so.

 

[sydsider66]

Ive just decided after over 20 years of smoking every day to get it under control.I love potent weed.It was completely out of control and was in self denial.Was starting to get the start of Psycotic behaviour and was starting to lose it.I have minor manic depressive issues and the pot made it heaps worse over a long time.Was doing and saying some wierd stuff by my own admission.
Pot can be good if you control it and dont let it control you,as was my case.Been smoking leaf for a month on purpose to ween off it.Will see how i go in a few days when i totally give it up.You have to come to a point where if youve really had enough you will kick it eventually.Stay strong and you will.

 

[phatass]

Man, some people might have some good advice and tips for you.

But at the end of the day brother, its weed. And if you wana cut back, you just gotta suck it up and do it

agreed... it's a certain psychological addiction, but if you set yourself a taper schedual (might sound a bit far fetched) but it could help....

good luck

 

[Deadhead420]

I couldn't even imagine setting up a taper schedule. I've smoked every day for at least a couple months I'd say now. I've been smoking for 5 years and I'm about to cold turkey so I can pass a drug test... and I have free access to weed. It's not hard man, this isn't opiates, this isn't even hardly a drug, it's pot. Either smoke it or don't.

 

[double ewe]

find something else to do when you're bored.

i've had success both quitting cold turkey, and quitting on a day-by-day basis (gradually stretching the time i go w/o weed from "until tonight" to "until the weekend"). but the biggest trigger for me and most of the folks i know is just boredom.

 

[Roger&Me]

Exercise, eat well, get plenty of vitamins and water.

Try to stay occupied. The first 3 days of quitting are the hardest, it gets easier every day after that.

 

[toastedpanda]

So just quit man... or don't. Pot may not be the underlying factor in your problems. You can live a very successful life while smoking daily even. Just don't toke until after you get your shit done maybe? God made pot for us to indulge in. There's nothing wrong with smoking weed every day. Man made alcohol, heroin, and cocaine with one goal in mind: money. Those vibes just exist through the drugs man. Harder drugs are "harder" for that reason. Weed comes from the earth. Only exception is LSD. Albert Hoffman was a genious.

Besides, psyhcedelics are made by hippies who want to spread enlightenment to everyone, not by skum, gun wielding heroin dealer out in the ghetto "just tryin to make it in this world mang" while he pops a cap in some fools ass who didn't pay up.

Seriously, I've quit pot plenty of times (for drug testing reasons, and once for personal reasons) It's as simple just putting the blunt down and finding something else to do. It's not like you're hooked on smack man. You ever seen a marinol maintance program? I didn't think so.

Come on dude are you really gonna give that if its from the earth its all good bs? A drug is a drug, gets you high. For the record Cocaine and Morphine occur naturally and are really just extracted and isolated. They were likely used un-isolated by people without any concept of money "back in the day". Same thing with alcohol, I doubt its discovery was funded by some prehistoric corporate entity wanting to rule the world.

To the OP, with pot you just gotta suck it up and lay off. I don't think there's any real secret. Maybe take it a day at a time, just tell yourself each morning that your gonna hold off smoking till tomorrow, sometimes thinking about all the sober time at once makes it just seem impossible.