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[MEGA] Cannabis Quitting Thread aka I need a break

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I use to be a daily, 1-3g smoker. Got a new job ( they told me in the interview they dont drug test lol ), so if I wanted I could smoke an ounce a day and they wouldn't care, but I've found that I do not smoke/have the need to smoke at all during the week. On the weekend I usually smoke, and its usually about 3-7g's, but thats more of I rather socially smoke, then socially drink. Over time, probably next couple 4-5 months I'm hoping to cut it out, except for my rare mdma or shroom/2c-i experiences.
 
Tripping by yourself and growing shrooms is an excellent idea, but doing so as much as possible is not. After I go through this acid that is what I will be doing for the rest of my life, so I will be able to avoid drug dealers, whom I quite dislike interacting with. People who make money off other people getting high are annoying and are involved in way too much karmic activity. Just be sober man it's the way to attain inner peace. Regularly messing with your neurochemistry is only going to hurt, be clear headed and face your issues yourself. I look back upon the times I was overusing drugs, and see with much clarity that I was essentially running away from myself. Tripping always leaves me scattered for a little bit... I would never trip more than once a month. I wouldn't even be tripping that much if I did not have important remaining personal issues to overcome. It's likely to cause problems, it's too stressful, it's not worth the risks, and frequently what happens is you end up obsessing about it and thinking you're above everyone else like a jackass. Tripping should always be secondary to living. Besides, I really dislike being known as drug user - being labelled a "stoner" or a "tripper" or a "roller" is never fun, and judgemental people eagerly do so. It really gets on my nerves when I'm stereotyped. While burning all day and not giving a fuck I came to realize that sooo many people have absolutely no respect for stoners.

And after 6 weeks since I stopped blazing I'm basically over it. I rarely think about smoking pot, and when I do, I do not crave it. I've also stopped keeping track of how many days it has been since I smoked, which I had been doing for like a month. This has probably been the best decision I have ever made.
 
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I find it gets harder with time as well. I'm much less anxious and much less depressed when I'm not smoking, because I feel that weed amplifies whatever emotions are running through my head. I don't think that weed is the source of these issues at all though. Before I started blazing, as a young teen I can definately look back and see the problems I now have beginning to brew. Until I overcome these problems however the dope will continue to amplify them and I will have to keep off it cause it just makes me downright crazy. I am definately not free from it yet - a lot of the time I feel like I am, but other days like today I fiend for it harder than ever. I'm planning to canoe out to an island with my headphones and the book "be here now" by ram dass for a solo acid trip in a week or so, maybe 2 weeks if I am able to hold off that long, but I haven't used it in a few months so I'm really excited for it.

There is hope for me - I'm not always negative. About half the time I am quite happy. I am at war with my ego. It's a constant battle, the ego comes in and out of focus, with different degrees of sharpness and so different degrees of pain. My end goal is to separate myself from this unnecessary aspect of the human psyche and regain wholeness in the absolute. There is fuck all I can do about my life situation til I find work so my ego will continue to suffer for some time. However, suffering and pleasure are on equal footing and must both be overcome to attain inner peace. I may have a connection to a 90k job which would snap me out of this sorry state of mind, however, now is the perfect time to progress spiritually, while I am suffering the most.
 
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Quit smoking -- Now What!!

This is a harm reduction forum.. And I'm not a greenlighter.. but it is my first post in a long while and forgot my PW to old acct (So maybe its good I quit pot huh!...)

But anyway.. my situation is that I quit smoking to figure out my life. Had a lot of shit happen to me over the past few years, which I won't go into..

Just saying that it was heavy, some of the hardest shit anyone should have to deal with..

So I did it!! I'm a month and 10 days off and I have begun to sort things out. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND BREAKS PEOPLE. Living in that anxious, paranoid bubble is so limited.. even if ppl say they don't get that effect, I call bullshit..they don't call it being stoned for nothing.. its a hazy, dazy existence. YES the world is fucked. Western society is built to make every step a hurdle, thats why people turn to drugs in my opinion. If everything was less regulated and less mass marketed we could be a community, we wouldn't have to find inner peace through smoking up or dropping pills or boofing up or whatever takes your fancy.

So I'm about 75% of where I wanted to be with the decision of quitting the smoke.. Everything is so much easier when you give up that daily toke.. and for me, I don't feel like such a wash out all the time. The only thing I do right now is drink a bit.. which, with its shorter half life and more depressent effect, its quite managable... I've always had a few beers when smoking or not though.. I'd say my consumption spiked at the start, but its pretty managable right now.

But everyone is different. So What I'm saying now is this.. OK I've leapt through this hurdle, no more smoking.. It's been great, but should I leave it all in the dark, quit forever.. Mary Jane is echoing to me that I should come back for a quiet session in her domain. This is usually increased after a few drinks (such as now, fuck a joint, just the taste sounds GREAT). BUT I have this goal in the back of my mind that I should get a job, or sort out this financial situation before leaping back..

So I'm not stupid, this is Can Discussion and your all gunna say - don't drink, toke up.. or just spark up and be happy.. but I guess what I'm looking for is some input into the situation.. of quitting to bring yourself back up to speed with life and then relapsing.. Where does one begin? Or begin to re-begin? Is it difficult to stay on track with say just a J every now and again, or does it end up back to where we start, with multiple hits a day?

MJ is a treasure in moderation, I realise that now..that daily use situation is just no good for the piece or peace of mind..I don't wanna fall back into a hazy trap.. So any insight would be great!
 
There's a lot of great (and not so great) advice in the quitting weed thread. There's a ton of people who've gone through what you're going through, can relate, and help. The big thing you'll learn from reading it, is everyone is different. Some people go from being chronics to occasional smokers, Others have to quit entirely. I've recentley quit as well, smoked a little bit over the last three months, maybe 5 times. The first few days after getting high again, suck for me personally. But it's not like starting the quitting process all over again, it get's easier every time.... I hope to one day use pot responsibly in moderation, hope you can figure out what's best for you...
 
Quitting herb is 99% mental. Its hard because when youre a pothead (i am) all youre boys/girls smoke. and when you guys hang out, you smoke! its a major social thing as well as a drug. It's hard. Facing getting DTed right now. Hope i dont have to quit for awhile :( Good luck all trying to take a break/quit mary j....shes a hot bitch....lol
 
Quit heroin (all opiates) and cigs 2 and a half weeks ago .

My success is only attributed to smoking MJ though (and lots of it...) ^ and yes, shes a hot bitch.

Tomorrow is my attempt in quitting marijuana. The only time I was able to abstain from ALL drugs (nicotine/alcohol/weed included), was when I went to a "wilderness" experience (sure as hell no weed 300 miles away from civilization in Utah...besides ephedrine growing everywhere..)

But now that I have successfully substituted/transferred two greater addictions for a lesser one, I have decided to (attempt to) be independent from ALL chemicals.

Waking up at 8AM to bike ride. X_x Wish me luck !

Positive vibes to all abstaining =)
 
Sigh, alas my final week of smoking. It's sad, but it has to happen. I can't risk getting caught again, even though I know how to fuck with my parent's DTs, it isn't worth doing it all the time. They promised to screw my friends over if I get caught again, so there really just isn't anything I can do. I used to smoke everywhere and for everything, like seriously I probably did everything high. It was fun but it's time to come to an end, and I have to cut down to occasional, OCCASIONAL, use. It's going to be hard, especially because my wd's usually include symptoms of depression, and everything is going wrong right now, and the one thing I want is cannabis :( But what has to be done has to be done. Wish me luck!

^Good luck b4d, I'm glad you decided to quit opiates. Best of luck, it's not going to be easy but I wish you only the best of luck, I'll be rooting for you.
 
One week exactly off of cannabis. Went through a depression phase, hopefully it's over. Seems like it at least. It just seems like everything went wrong once I quit, and I had no idea how to handle it :/I notice I've been getting bored easier, somewhat less motivated to do school work, but I am enjoying feeling clear headed. I suppose things are going fine, but I'm really gonna miss smoking.
 
Feeling weird/stoned when coming off weed?

Hey!

Basically, I've been smoking weed for the past year, using moderately, maybe a few bowls a day, and I have decided to stop for a couple of weeks, as my tolerance is getting quite high, and I just can't really be bothered with it.

It's halfway through my 2nd day, and I have a feeling similar to when you catch a slight buzz, and I was wondering if this is normal? I've been getting the usual things when you stop, weird dreams and stuff.

Anyway, I was curious as to whether or not this is normal, as I tried looking it up, to no avail.

Thanks in advance!

Zak.
 
Hm.. I've smoked for a long while and had to take breaks numerous times. Nothing like this has ever happened to me. I think something else is causing this feeling.
 
It's sobriety my friend, whenever I take a bit of time off from "teh 'erb" the first week or so is spent feeling a bit weird. I Always boiled it down to being stoned all the time making an extended stretch of soberness an exotic feeling...

I'm just some crazy stoned guy tho
 
Yeah, i ended up speaking to my dad, he said the same as you, that being stoned for ages means that when you quit, being sober is a new level of conciousness, so you feel weird, so yeah, cheers man!
 
That makes sense because with your nervous system and cannbinoid receptors always tingling its now a different outlook when taking a break or stopping. Almost felt the same when i stopped. been about 8 months since i smoked and when i did it took very very little to get me to that almost panicing high haha
 
Hey, so I'm trying to quit weed. I've quit drinking alcohol + other drugs since August, and that has gone great and I continue to have no desire to use these drugs. Weed is a different problem, I have real trouble trying to stop. I hit poppers (I posted a thread on here a long time ago about them, it's essentially a downstem with a tobacco chip stuff in it with weed packed on top) and I'm having no luck being able to quit them. I hate the smell, taste and even the high (sometimes, lawl) but I still can't quit. Anyone have experience in quitting POPPERS? Google them if you don't know what they are, pretty much cannabis crack.
 
After almost 5 years of pretty heavy use (no break longer than 2 weeks and that was a couple years ago) I'm going to try to stop for 6 weeks so that all the THC is gone from my body. It's going to be tough so I thought I'd post this and let yall know you're not alone. Good luck to all!
 
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