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[MEGA] Cannabis Quitting Thread aka I need a break

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..aaaaaannnnnndddd, done. No more weed, no more money. Should I flat out quit till I find work, or should I still blaze when my buddies call me up? Hardest part about a t break for me is standing their while joints/pipes/bongs are being passed around.
 
Bakka said:
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.
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Don't make weed sound like it's that easy to get over. And the struggles opiate addicts go through have no bearing here I don't know wtf your even talking about bro.

Weed is a very hard drug to quit man. very fucking hard.
 
^ Oath, got home work tonight. No weed left and no way to get some until tomorrow. 3:12 am and counting, no sleep for me.
It troubles me how reliant I am on weed these days. It is a very hard drug to quit.
 
i still felt foggy after almost a month without pot.. come to find out, i think it had to do with me not getting enough sleep. you need a good 8 hours of sleep.. i was going to bet at 12:30 and waking up at 7 and that caused me to be "foggy"
 
if u smoked more thatn 5 years daily u willl have withdrawl anxiety is one u will find urself bored u will need to find new hobbies that dont involve weed alll ur friends smoke weed yadayadayada its like that in my life impossible to quit i feel weird i already take klonopin so no benzos it dosent help and benzo addiction is a whole whore lol
 
Melatonin is an excellent supplement during withdrawal. I've been falling asleep very easily and having very vivid dreams. One of the effects of smoking weed is a melatonin surge, so since I quit I've been taking this before bed to ease the switchover to sobriety.

My brain works so much faster and better since I got off this shit and I am far happier - the way dope affects me is life ruining at this point.
 
not easy at all, but it is entirely possible. i smoked weed for almost 10 years (15-25) and thought that i could never live my life without it. i am now over two months clean.

in my opinion, there is a key mistake that many weed addicts make in the process of quitting. they make exceptions.

- 'oh, this party is so great and there really isnt any harm in smoking now.'
- 'i can smoke this one joint on my birthday'
- 'one toke is ok, im not even gonna get high'

but is there really no harm in making these tiny exceptions? i believe there is. the moment you have allowed yourself a little slip up, you are inclined to let it happen again. you have just punched a huge hole in the wall that is the inhibition to smoke weed. the wall between you and the weed.

however, you dont allow these exceptions, this wall will grow a little higher each day. eventually, you will reach a point where smoking a joint is something utterly unthinkable. there will still be times you will want to smoke, this longing will seem tiny in comparison to the huge effort you put into your wall.

i think it is important to realize that going smoking in moderation or occasionally is just not something a former weed addict has the priviledge of doing.
 
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Melatonin is an excellent supplement during withdrawal. I've been falling asleep very easily and having very vivid dreams. One of the effects of smoking weed is a melatonin surge, so since I quit I've been taking this before bed to ease the switchover to sobriety.

My brain works so much faster and better since I got off this shit and I am far happier - the way dope affects me is life ruining at this point.
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Definitely not life ruining for me yet, but certainly getting in the way of some simple things I need to do to transition forwards in my life. I have heaps of trouble sleeping, been on ADHD meds for a long time (Concerta, Almost half my life in fact), always had fucked sleeping and eating patterns because of it and weed helps so much.

I might try Melatonin, I remember my doctor saying something about it when I suffered insomnia years ago. I love weed, it's done infinite good in my life and I am forever grateful, but unfortunately weed tends to make me a little too carefree when I smoke it all the time which I just love to do as it makes practically everything more interesting and enjoyable. But when I get a little too carefree I hit the psychs hard, and it only exacerbates that carefree attitude, which is good but it makes school particularly harder because week to week I'm smoking bowls and trying to analyse my conciousness instead of focusing on my school work.

I smoke a lot everyday, usually slightly more than I budget. I need a break.
I would never want to quit for good, I just need to get control over my smoking again because right now my smoking is starting to control me and I don't like that shit. In order to get control I will need to quit for a bit though.

I can't believe I have just typed this all out, and am about to hit enter, I haven't wanted to admit this even to myself just because it means I have to follow through with it. Wow.
 
Hmm I've been needing a break. I just quit a daily (usually low single dose) amphetamine and mdpv habit, a 3 month daily opiate habit and I'm feeling insanely tired.

The pot needs to go I think, it steels my energy, but sleeping will be a problem. I can get through the first days no problem, even feeling fantastic mentally. After a while though I start reaching for olanzapine. That shit used to knock my out cold, but when I had no pot or less than usual, a whole pill won't even allow me to sleep through lol. Doesn't even make me tired on the following day. Melatonin sounds like a non recreational alternative, I've tried that a few years back and remember it worked relatively well. Keeping my hands far off benzos and the like.
 
I'm at 2 weeks now and have been getting mad cravings to smoke. That carefree attitude is making me fail in this world in terms of getting a sick career, and also getting girls. There is nothing inherently wrong with it apart from how it certainly makes me dumber, the drug doesn't fit well with modern day society where you have to put up a fight in order to succeed. Psychs don't have this burnout effect on me though, and I find that weed keeps me away from using psychedelics because all I want to do is be stoned all day, and I also don't want to be tripping out when I am experiencing horrible weed-induced side effects. So now that I'm off weed I'm going to trip out a little more often.

And whenever I want to get high (like right now) I remind myself that I threw my pipe away 2 weeks ago and 3 grams in the snow. And I remember I did that because I had completely lost control of my use of the substance and it was destroying my mind. Once I have a career going and no more unlimited free time, I would be able to get away with smoking a bit but I honestly don't see the point when there are psychedelics to be done that I have no addictive tendencies with, and this stuff has totally fucked me in the past. Why bother.
 
I haven't smoked in 4 days now, the days aren't a problem but I'm sleeping 90 minutes every night tops. I've probably gotten 4 hours of sleep in the past 3 nights combined. Even though I'm barely sleeping at all I'm not really exhausted during the day and I've managed to maintain at school so far. Lying in bed at night tossing and turning with no hope of getting sleep is extremely frustrating though...

EDIT: I got about 6 hours last night (night #4), I feel much much better!
 
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Folley said:
Do you guys think that if I cut back my smoking to only at night, my tolerance would still go down? Probably just at a way, way slower rate, huh?


from like a gram+ of dank a day, to like .3 at night
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I highly doubt it. I'd imagine the drop in tolerance would be minimal and happen maybe during the first couple of days then you would adjust again. The best way to lower your tolerance really is to just man up and totally stop - even if only for a few days, you'll notice a big difference when you smoke again.
 
Folley at the level of pot your smoking id say cutting back will lower your tolerance but only to a certain degree. When we talk about tolerance level we need to understand the tolerance scale for THC is bigger than you might think. Someone smoking over a gram of nug a day who suddenly cuts back to only .3 gram will drop their tolerance down a level that you personally will be able to notice, but your still gonna be gosh darn tolerant of the green.

If your wanting to do this just as a break for awhile be sure that even after the break your watchful of your intake cause that tolerance will shoot right back up again!
 
Yeah it would definitely be better than continuing this rate of consumption lol, but I guess the best plan would be to cut back on all smoking for a good long time and when I start smoking again, to smoke just once a day.


The real problem I have with stopping weed is that I have to stop all other drugs too, I cant take anything and have it work for shit without smoking :\
 
Well some maintenance breaks can help keep your tolerance at what ever level you see fit. I recently needed a break after sythetics drove mine through the roof, but I like you easily smoke i gram + a day of quility, and after much more. I can kill crazy amounts of weed if i don't watch myself. But with out it I struggle to eat and become plagued with nervous energy. So I go for periods of time smoking only a few tokes in the morning and two bowls in the evening. It helps alot!
 
Yeah if I dont stop myself Ill smoke through the whole bag :!

but lately Ive just been buying small amounts and smoking most of it one night, then a little bit the next day, I gather up a bowl or two the next day, and after that I usually buy more, but I try and go without smoking at that point.

Well today I went like 13 hours or so without smoking, so I guess well see tomorrow. You think its good to take a few hits in the morning though? Ive found it usually makes me want to get high later, but a hit or two just to wake your brain up isnt a bad idea instead of just going cold turkey until night
 
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