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[MEGA] Cannabis Quitting Thread aka I need a break

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Are you sure you NEED that much to get high? There for awhile i thought i needed to smoke 3+ bowls to get high. But then when i was running out i would only smoke one bowl and still feel it and it'd be pretty much just as good. I can have a pretty high tolerance too. But if i even go 1 week without... after that week, 1 bowl and i'm completely lit. You should try smoking less. Try having like one or two bowls then just wait awhile.. Maybe its all in your head.. 3grams is quite a bit..
 
The dreams are normal, when you go to bed high it stops your eyes from going into deep REM sleep which is when you dream. Same thing happens to me, I usually love the dreams cause they are so vivid. Also 3 grams to get high? You smoking some low-grade bud?
 
You can always try switching up the strains and toking method, but I know when you get to smoking 3gs+ a day, it wont make much difference.

I just recently stopped smoking for the same reason, Maybe those dreams are telling you to lay off the bud and space out some sober time with a dash of psychedelics!
 
Ninjetic said:
So I've been trying to take a break from weed for what seems like forever
(The longest I've gone is maybe 3 weeks before blazing) the only problem is, as soon as I toke up again, my tolerance goes right back to where I was. I get high a fews times, then the fun stops. I weigh around a lean 124lbs, and somehow I need like 3 grams to get high.
Whenever I get the urge to blaze, I take 500mg of niacin and the sensation it puts thru my system seems to be keeping me from blazing.
The problem though is the dreams I keep having,
They're mostly dreams about drugs I haven't done in years, and ones I've never tried. These dreams really piss me off, I've been trying so hard to just take a break from blazing and now I'm having dreams about smoking opium and dmt? Never have I experienced either of these drugs, so how am I experiencing such awesomely mindfucking dreams? And to top it all off, the dream I had last night was the one to piss me off the most, I won weed and pure mdma on the price is right :p
Ain't that some shit, waking up like that....shit sucks. My brain has drug envy
Any tips to make the dreams go away?
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There's no way... I mean I was a bit "more" chronic back when I was a teenager, but even now in my early twenties, if I have smoked weed continuously for a couple weeks or more, it's always only 1-2 held hits per "session". Then 4-6 sessions a day.

A half eighth of high-quality "headies" lasts me a little over a week.

That tolerance just sounds mammoth.
 
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I'm not trying to boast or anything, I'm used to smoking a small ammount to get high. I really miss those days when 1/3 of a bowl could effect me, now its more like 4 bowls barely phase me. And even when I do actually get high, the buzz lasts around an hour then I'm back to baseline.
This shit confuses me to all hell, I know thc is stored in fat cells, but its not like I went on a burger binge (I'm in the process of becoming a vegatarian) I guess I've never had enough fat on my body to store thc (sure made probation a breeze a few years back) now even getting high is tricky for me.
Maybe I should go from daily smoking to weekly (like every Friday afternoon, that was my original regimen back when I started smoking)
Seriously, help me cut back how many bowls I smoke
Maybe a change in the route of administration would help? I only smoke handpipes these days.
Maybe its time to buy a bong? Or a vape?
 
I need a break cause i have no money and i'm not getting the effects i've used to get. And i really want it to feel like how it did before. I'm going to need to take a really long break but it's really hard cause i'm around smokers all the time.
 
So I've decided to take another break from weed. I'm 22, been smoking pretty heavily for about 18 months, used to smoke after pilling when I was younger but moved into a house where I had a constant free supply then just ended up smoking all the time. In that time I stopped taking pills and started taking psychedelics (Acid and Shrooms). I stopped enjoying smoking a very long time ago, but its something that still occupies so much of my time and my life. The longest break I've managed to take is 5 weeks but my moods just get out of control (I'm bipolar) and I always end up smoking, or taking another drug and then smoking, and fall back into the same habit. I'm smoking much less than I used to but its still really interfering with my life. I'm not being 1/10 as productive as if I were not smoking and there's a lot of things I really want to be doing with my life at the moment. When I smoke I become really introverted and only ever talk to a few close friends

Smoking pot also really interferes with my sleep cycle. Often I'll get high then not be able to get to sleep afterwards, just staring off into space. Just got some sleeping pills so thats not been an issue for the last few weeks but can't stay on them for long. When I take a break after smoking heavily I won't sleep for many days after I last smoked. Really uncomfortable insomnia.

So why do I smoke? It offers me no real benefits, I hate what it does to me and my life, it screws with my voice (I'm earn 50% of my income busking), it makes me really tired and irritable, and generally just makes me enjoy my life less.

My experience was psychedelics on the other hand, has been extremely valuable. I've had a lot of really spiritual musical experiences on acid that have really added a lot of value to my life. I can't take acid without smoking pot however. Have tried but become really manic and agitated when I don't smoke while tripping.

So if I'm seriously going to take a break from weed I'm going to need to take a break from psychedelics as well. I think its gonna need at least a 6 month break before I can trust myself to smoke again.

Now enters the dilemma of completely detoxing... I don't really drink, smoke a few cigarettes a day, which I'll try to quit as well. I've done this before successfully for 5 weeks but I cycle in and out of pretty acute depression and have developed a pretty serious dependency on drugs to deal with my own moods and cycles. So taking drugs out of the picture all together just makes me panic, and I end up breaking at some stage.

So I can see two options at this stage: go on prescription meds and try quitting then, get myself some good pills (finally some great stuff around again!) and revert back into the trashbag lifestyle. Replacing one bad habit with another but I was much more in control of my life when I was taking pills and not smoking weed. Which is the more sensible option I wonder? I'm unfortunately going to try the latter option as I just have this insane fear of taking mood-altering medication, like its going to kill my personality or something.

Maybe I'm just fucked up :-)

Anyway, wish me luck, gonna get out of the house and start enjoying life again.
 
Good luck day day_trippa. I am your age too and have been smoking consistently for many months as well. I >NEED< to stop because like everyone else, weed kills my productivity and makes me far too complacent. I wake up depressed each morning because I AM depressed, but when I have weed I make the mistake of thinking that a wake and bake will do me good, when it doesn't. It just starts my rumination that much earlier. In addition, I have to start paying back my student loans within the next month and throwing, on average, about 100 dollars a month out the window is not kosher.

I have not smoked yesterday or today (ran out on Thurs & a friend blazed me down on Fri) and already I am feeling more aware of things and clearheaded. I can't wait to see how I will feel in a month, given that my resolve holds. Since starting puffing over five years ago I have taken a couple breaks for primarily money reasons that actually lasted 2-3 months. Now that I recognize how much more I can self-actualize without chronic weed smoking I think it will be easier to stay strong. If I happen to be in a situation where I am already out of the house and in a social setting, being offered weed, I will probably take 1 hit to be polite but not more than that. 1 hit gets me high nowadays, any more gets me stoned. Which is nice, however it is a bad way to rationalize my use.

Before I resume I intend on investing in a vaporizer so I will be more prepared for responsible use in the future.
 
im addicted to marijuana

i always heard it was impossible to become addicted to cannabis
well fuck, i shouldnt of trusted wherever i heard such things
ive been smoking daily for about 5 years now
wheres my first step to sobriety??
ive been trying to quit sine my second year of smoking, the weeds just usch a good quality and price
dirt cheap, almost everyone i know smokes

wheres my first step, i always end up finding a roach or bowl to resin toke
i cant go one day without running into it
so do i have to find somehwere else for awhile?
 
i find that whenever weed is available, it's impossible for me to quit. though when i haven't gotten any it's not too big of a deal, i'm actually 2 weeks sober of all substances (save for alcohol on the weekends). my friends always respect a tolerance break though, and don't try to get me to smoke when i'm on one. if you have to go away for a week or two to stop smoking weed, and if you want to stop smoking weed, i do recommend going somewhere that you have no weed around you.
 
I have been psychologically addicted to weed for about 25 years.
I have stopped smoking for months at a time, and had almost a decade when I only smoked on weekends. But you can bet that I smoked every single weekend night!

Self-control is the only answer. You will have weed appear in your life, and you will have to turn it down. It's as simple (and difficult) as making a decision and sticking with it.

That said, there are ways to make it easier on yourself.
This is coming from my experience, stopping smoking weed for at least 1 month each year, and usually 2+ months. This year, it was 6 months. It is never easy to stop, especially the first 2-3 weeks! But it gets easier, especially with the help of these things:

Exercise is a key. The natural high you get can make you want/need weed less. Taking control of your life by exercising gives you psychological power to take control of your weed smoking.
Diet is a key. Eating healthy, regular meals with lots of veggies makes your body and mind satisfied. Stay away from junk foods. Eat fruit as a snack instead.
Meditation has helped me as well.
You might find that 5-HTP is useful as well.

Once you decide to stop, you simply must listen to your decision.
Otherwise, you will be a weak-willed worm.
Instead, chose to be a strong-willed lion.
You make yourself what you are.
 
Same dude, i didn't think it was possible but now i am in a sticky ass position. Everyone i know smokes daily, and its always high grade medical weed which is pretty cheap. When i don't smoke on a certain day (basically never) i will not have a desire to eat a full meal, and in order to sleep i will have to lay in my bed for hours. My mind will keep racing even though my body is tired, also as the typical stoner would say everything is boring for me now. I have no interest in anything , and anything i do is obviously better when i am high. But i don't even really get that high now, i only get a nice high in the beginning of the smoke session. After a little bit i just feel like how i normally should, just an increased mood. I wish i could go back to smoking on week ends, but i find it so difficult : /
Also since visiting bluelight i have become obsessed with reading about drugs and such and there effects on the brain. With that being said i know weed doesn't do permanent damage, which is awful for me to hear because i always justify my usage. I tell my self well i can smoke as much as i want now, when i decide to quit my brain will reverse the ill effects of the weed. This is the main problem with me.
 
if you really want to quit. go outside and smash your bowl right now and delete all the drug dealers numbers from your phone. but if your trying quit on will power, you clearly are failing. i'd have to agree with slim get healthy, and try to take control of your life. since i started working out i have found it easier to smoke weed in moderation. best of luck bro
 
I used to be addicted to weed. Now I am not. I still smoke weed everyday. Doesnt make sense you say? It was for one simple reason...I was smoking weed to mask many different emotional issues and problems I had (depression, adhd, anger, addictions to harder drugs, spiritual issues ect.)

I finaly went to see a docter and was completely honest about everything (including that I wasnt going to stop smoking weed because of religous beliefs) and he really helped by recomending a therapy, addiction consuling and zoloft. I also started going back to church.

Im not saying go out and do this cause I did it. You must find out the reasons you are medicating yourself with weed and fix them without weed before you will be okay again. I hope this helps.
 
Slim covered most of what is needed. Self control, exercise and a healthy diet helps a lot. You have to make the decision that you want to be a non-smoker.

This is how I quit cigarettes. Unfortunately I am still an addict of marijuana as well and I currently am not making the choice to quit. You have to make the choice yourself, no one else is going to do it for you.
 
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