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[MEGA] Cannabis Quitting Thread aka I need a break

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sober for over a month and my plan is to never smoke anything again in my life. since i dont want to give up mj forever i thought about making once exception for myself which would be the occasional ingestion of mj. i would buy 1.5 g of excellent hash, put it in some hot chocolate and enjoy it with some friends. i plan on doing this in a little over a month, to reward myself for abstaining from weed. and yes, i see the irony in that. however i believe that through ingestion, i am at minmal risk of falling back into my 3 spliffs a day habit. its a one time thing with no leftover substance that might tempt me and the method of consumption is different from what i was addicted to.

i am still worried about the possibility of a relapse. what if i like it too much? what if it lowers my high inhibitions towards smoking, undercutting the strategy im using to quit. its all about keeping my inhibtions high. can anyone with experience on relapsing comment on my idea of ingestion?
 
i quit for exam season, getting blazed after my last exam though

i try to never smoke weed regularly enough to build up a proper tolerance or become 'slow' from it though
 
I would be worried about the possibility of a relapse if I were you - every time any amount of the shit enters my brain I relapse hardcore into fiending from morning til night. The dope is the dope eaten or smoked. But 3 spliffs a day really isn't that bad a habit. Consider yourself lucky - that would never be enough for me or even a possibility to smoke at that level. That's what I needed to get me through the morning... keep off it, the risk isn't worth the high.

The fact of the matter is that I'm more intelligent, more social, more confident, more emotionally stable, and more conscious when I've been off this shit a good while. A hell of a lot more vibrant of a guy. Seriously, things really do get better and it takes a little while for the shit to stop affecting you if you've been on it really hard. I myself can't even eat or sleep properly for a week or longer, the addiction has progressed so bad.
 
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thanks for your reply, your thoughts do ring true. perhaps its better to say goodbye to all forms of weed consumption forever. as i mentioned, ive been clean for a month now and dont feel all that different. when did you really start to notice the effects of not smoking? i guess it was different for you though, if you smoked a lot more.
 
It took 4 to 5 weeks. Weed had been a big part of my life though, like the most important thing for so long. The first week is intense - I get about 1/2 the food and nutrition I normally manage to get. But from the very first day I choose to break, I begin to see the positive characteristics I mentioned begin to emerge. After a few weeks I would definately still be second guessing myself and realllllly wanting to get stoned some of the time.

But I found that when I got back on it there were immediate negative changes that were quite noticeable haha. If I'm gonna be a hedonist and bliss out for a little while though, well then that's just the way she goes.

By the way, it doesn't take much weed at all for my consciousness to be affected 24/7. A joint a day really...

When I'm off weed is usually when I trip. My passive, timid stoned nature doesn't mix well with tripping haha.

Another thing is that the more energy I devote to getting high, the less energy I have to be angry. I'm an angry man, there's not much I can do... I'm not angry all the time by any means but it has to come out at some point somehow. It usually comes out when I'm getting off this stuff, cause it's hard to be upset when I'm baked. But when I'm not high I put my energy into more other stuff and it worked out great last time so I'm excited to stop again. Smoking my final 1 1/4 at the moment - I have been stoned for the past 2 months so it is def time to aim for a good long break and keep in mind the idea of quitting.

The issue is that we are all going to die so we have to make good use of our limited time in this existence. And the other issue I have realized is that we have bodies that need to be respected. I eat healthy, drink water and tea all day, do yoga, and I'm big into the gym but I feel that something has messed mine up a bit along the way. I feel that alcohol is the main culprit (rarely drink anymore), but burning weed all day isn't exactly healthy behaviour either. Everything contributes. Health is just another reason to quit, or get a vapouriser. Live long and prosper
 
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the only thing that can prevent addiction is self control. the other thing is to limit your supply over a period of time so that it is beyond reach for a certain amount of time. that alwyas works for me.
 
But once addiction sets in you're pretty much fucked and you have to quit cold turkey.

2 days off the shit, last night was the first time I have ever had a legit convo my roomates gf and she's been here every day for a month.

I am such a snob on this demon drug that when I'm on it, people who don't do it are just meaningless objects to me, robots.

She's actually a super chill girl and she's dropped acid and Mdma before but just hates this zombie drug. She could see the new light in my eyes and she was encouraging me like crazy to quit.

I know for sure that this is my time to leave.
 
it has been about 4 days sense i quit. Just as the last few times i quit, it is not really that hard.. sleep is not as easy, but i do get to bed. I feel much more clear headed.. I was smoking everyday and that was not working out for me. I think moderation is the key. I quit once before for about 4 months, when i started back up i felt that i didnot get as high and i was not crazy about the feeling, but i did not experience the negative side effects until i was smoking everyday for a few months.

I love the clear headiness i get from not smoking. I also feel more open to talk with people and i enjoy being sober.
 
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it has been about 4 days sense i quit. Just as the last few times i quit, it is not really that hard.. sleep is not as easy, but i do get to bed. I feel much more clear headed.. I was smoking everyday and that was not working out for me. I think moderation is the key. I quit once before for about 4 months, when i started back up i felt that i didnot get as high and i was not crazy about the feeling, but i did not experience the negative side effects until i was smoking everyday for a few months.

I love the clear headiness i get from not smoking. I also feel more open to talk with people and i enjoy being sober.
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100% agreed on loving the clear headiness and more open to talk to people.
Add exercise and eating well, and it's like you're a whole new, better person in general.
Although for me, I'm still barely sleeping after day four, but everyone is different for sure.
I'm at three weeks tomorrow, and have no plan to go back anytime soon.
Not gonna say I'm quitting forever, but definitely for a good half year or year.
All the best to you.
 
Wow, that's just awful..
Can't say I can relate, as I've never experienced that.
Just keep at it, I'm sure you know this bullshit gets better pretty quickly.
 
Thanks very much. Getting off this stuff is my greatest struggle. It's no wonder I've stayed high for so long even though I'm such a better character when I'm sober. I am attempting to go from maniacal chronic use to cold turkey, it's been rough.

Last time I took a long break, I got sleep paralysis every night for 2 to 3 weeks. I thought it was the melatonin I was taking to sleep, but I'm not taking that now and I've still been getting it. If you've experienced this too from cutting back, that's good enough confirmation for me that it's the pot. Nightmares too, waking up every few hours throughout the night, but those I can deal with. The paralysis is a legit brain fuckup - it's hard to describe how fucked up the feeling can be. Some of the strangest and most frightening consciousness I have ever experienced.

Eventually I started having wonderfully vivid and mainly positive/neutral dreams though.
 
its been a bit over a week now, and i am feeling great.. I want to share something with you.. It seems that i can read better.. I have more comprehension and i actually read more of the posts on this site now, its much easier to keep track of what i am reading without going into day dreams..
 
I notice this too - I absorb information way faster and my memory is infinitely better.

The gut rot is killing me and I keep feeling like I'm about to puke sporadically throughout the day, bad nausea. Sleep paralysis.... F$#%*#*$ FUCK!!! haha
 
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But once addiction sets in you're pretty much fucked and you have to quit cold turkey.

2 days off the shit, last night was the first time I have ever had a legit convo my roomates gf and she's been here every day for a month.

I am such a snob on this demon drug that when I'm on it, people who don't do it are just meaningless objects to me, robots.

She's actually a super chill girl and she's dropped acid and Mdma before but just hates this zombie drug. She could see the new light in my eyes and she was encouraging me like crazy to quit.

I know for sure that this is my time to leave.
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Sorry but 'addiction" & "demon" just dont belong in the same sentence with this (drug)? you refer as marijuana...
At least for the plants I have raised to maturity, The (experience) is more spiritual than 4 walls full of brainwashed sheep.
"gut rot" ? a cannabis thread ?? Uggghhh....???
The FDA would love to get their hands on this thread for the "War on Drugs" & judges to throw more "pot junkies" in prison...
 
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It used to do wonderful things for me. Now I am very clearly addicted and it burns me out. Same is the case for a lot of my friends. In fact many of them have quit already, because they say the high changed and it fucks them up (we've been at it for nearly a decade). But I know a minority of people who CAN'T quit, and have tried time and time again. They remain in denial, and sure it's never all that life ruining, but it fucks with them nevertheless.

I'll stick to my odd trips on real psychedelics, not this tranquilizer. They have been far more "spiritual" than this progressive addiction.
 
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im doing pretty good, past a week on my t break.

still getting calls to go out and smoke, and i deny. then my friend gets mad because i dont want to smoke?

im going to keep this going as long as i can
 
@ Fire&Water - Seems to me like you're a little caught up in the "fuck the system" and "weed is not a drug, it's a lifestyle" mentality.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Marijuana dependency is definitely real, and while it may not affect you in the same way as others, does not mean that rave_itsrealfun is talking shit.

And in fact, I don't agree that it's a demon drug, but still a relatively powerful drug, that if you abuse (aka stoned every minute of every day), it can have some pretty negative consequences...


@ rave_itsrealfun - Keep up the good work, and hopefully these negative side effects fade away sooner than later :)
 
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