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Quitting weed (or at least abstaining for a while)
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Virtua_Trancer
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from what i know most stoners aren't fat people.
i've noticed that i get hungry when im stoned, but it also leaves my body a lot faster.
i've noticed that i get hungry when im stoned, but it also leaves my body a lot faster.
I remember hearing that long term heavy use (ie. smoking daily for a couple of years) causes your metabolism to speed. Most consistent stoners are really skinny, and you'll always hear heavy smokers complain about how their never hungry. It used to happen to me- I'm 6'2, and two years ago I weighed 66kg.... 
dayslipper
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aaronpickel, beta blockers block the receptors in the body that signal nervousness/anxiousness. i am generally a pretty anxious person so i take them now and then for important social meetings, public speaking, etc. when i have to take time off from pot, i take a beta blockers if i feel tense/nervous from not having pot. after a week you probably won't need them anymore. not saying that they are completely safe but i know that people take them three/four times a day for other purposes.
ticktock
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^I'm not very knowledgable about Beta Blockers, but here is a list I found from here http://www.healthyhearts.com/beta.htm
I think Inderal is the most common in America. and there are others:
Sectral, Tenormin, Kerlone, Zebeta, Cartrol, Coreg, Brevibloc, Normodyne, Lopressor, Corgard, Levatol, Visken and Blocadren.
Basically, these Beta Blockers work by slowing down the production of Adrenalin. But, of course it's much more complex than that.
I think Inderal is the most common in America. and there are others:
Sectral, Tenormin, Kerlone, Zebeta, Cartrol, Coreg, Brevibloc, Normodyne, Lopressor, Corgard, Levatol, Visken and Blocadren.
Basically, these Beta Blockers work by slowing down the production of Adrenalin. But, of course it's much more complex than that.
snowshovel
Bluelighter
Well, I'm quitting weed today for 3-4 weeks, until exams (finals) are over. It's always kind of hard for the first 3 days or so, but whenever I'm pissed off about it I just think about the benefits, i.e. saving some money, clearing my head a little, and how much better weed will be when I start again!
I think it's always easier when you are quitting because of something you HAVE to do, like exams or going abroad or whatever. It helps to have something important to focus your mind on, so you don't just think "hmm, I fancy some tokage" every 5 minutes. If you're quitting just because you need a break from weed (that's also true in my case) then maybe it would help to take up a new hobby or something, just to keep your mind off it. Joining a gym is a good idea, if you're not a member of one already. You might find there's a whole lot of interesting things you can do in life without smoking.
Right, that's my 2 cents. All very well in theory, but don't be too surprised if you see me lighting up a fatty this afternoon...we are all only human...
I think it's always easier when you are quitting because of something you HAVE to do, like exams or going abroad or whatever. It helps to have something important to focus your mind on, so you don't just think "hmm, I fancy some tokage" every 5 minutes. If you're quitting just because you need a break from weed (that's also true in my case) then maybe it would help to take up a new hobby or something, just to keep your mind off it. Joining a gym is a good idea, if you're not a member of one already. You might find there's a whole lot of interesting things you can do in life without smoking.
Right, that's my 2 cents. All very well in theory, but don't be too surprised if you see me lighting up a fatty this afternoon...we are all only human...
amphibilorous
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I quit for a while, but turned back to it when i realised it wasn't doing much harm. To quit you must want to quit, work out your reasons for why you want to quit and make sure they are tangible. Write down all your reasons why you want to quit. eg money, possibility of getting caught etc. Work out if you want to quit completely or for a while or cut down your usage.
The most important thing to do is to occupy your time with other hobbies that you enjoy. Do not allow yourself to get bored!! If you and your friends regularly sit around a table smokin' and chatting, convince them to do the same without the cannabis, it helps keep your mind entertained. Perhaps use the money you have saved from not buying it to reward yourself with gifts or use it for constructive purposes.
My 2c
The most important thing to do is to occupy your time with other hobbies that you enjoy. Do not allow yourself to get bored!! If you and your friends regularly sit around a table smokin' and chatting, convince them to do the same without the cannabis, it helps keep your mind entertained. Perhaps use the money you have saved from not buying it to reward yourself with gifts or use it for constructive purposes.
My 2c
snowshovel
Bluelighter
Well it's been over 3 days now and I am proud to say I stayed strong...feel much better now too, anxiety is down, head is clearer, I can concentrate more. Kind of enjoying being sober. I think this was definitely the right thing to do. Still looking forward to restarting after exams though!
well its been one week and a day since i last smoked....
i didnt choose to stop smoking, i was basically forced to. i found a good job where my grandparents live, about 2.5 hours away from home. i havent smoked since ive been up here, and i have noticed im enjoying things a little more without weed. Ive been working alot though (8-13 hrs/day), and its a fairly physical job, so im completely exhausted when i get home from work. I can actually fall asleep with the TV on, something i have NEVER been able to do. The first couple nights i could not sleep AT ALL; i ended up laying in bed for 6+ hours rolling around.
im eating alot more now, but because of my physical job i havent put on any weight. I did notice i wasnt eating as much when i was smoking alot (1/8th every 3 days or so, good dank), and i lost about 20 pounds my first semester of college, but that could also be partially from cigarettes too). I wasnt fat by any means, 6', 170 lbs, i dropped to about 150, now im about 155.
My parents recently found out about my smoking habits, when i told them i had to take a drug test for a job close to where i live....they asked if it was a problem, i said "maybe", and it took off from there. they werent really pissed, just dissapointed. we had alot of long talks, she basically just expressed concern because i come from a family with addictive personalities. my whole family drinks heavily, my sister dropped out of vandy b/c of it, and my grandmother is straight up addicted to oxycodone (which btw, i have total access too, which worries me, b/c the weed + oxy combo is very nice
)
I really want to smoke again sooooo bad, especially because i havent smoked in over a week, and it would be sooooooo good after the break. also, now that i have a steady job i could easily afford it, but since its actually MY money now i dont really want to blow it on drugs. i know i could get away with smoking at work too, since its at a golf course :D
i just cant decide if i want to start again. im much more energetic now, which i like, and im overall not quite as "bored" as i was when i was smoking. i basically drove myself crazy sitting in my fucking dorm all day my 2nd semester of college. unfortunately, i could get away with smoking all i wanted in my dorm room, and my friends took advantage of that, coming to my room to smoke all the time. so, when they smoked, i couldnt just watch them :/ and when they bring over a 2 foot ROOR and fat sacks of headies, i just couldnt turn it down.
im not really sure how much it affected my motivation. i got decent grades my first semester at college, made deans list. my grades were worse 2nd semester, mainly due to a D in health (ironic, eh) but not anything too bad. i could easily sleep till 3-4 pm if i smoked alot the day before, i really felt no reason to get out of bed.
ive never really noticed the anxiety much since i havent been smoking.i never really got paranoid or anything when i was high, possibly because i did it so much, i remember i used to get it more when i first started. the only time it happened recently was when i drove home after smoking ALOT after not smoking for a week, and i didnt really know where i was going. i got really worried, start sweating profusely, and basically panicked. i had to pull over, call my friend, and gather my thoughts. im not really sure where im going with this, but this is the first day i havent worked since i got up here, so the boredom is already setting in. which reminds me, one of the main reasons i smoke is to calm my mind more than my body, my mind tends to race, especially when im in bed trying to sleep. im fairly intelligent, i took an IQ test a while back (legit) and got ~145, so i guess you could say theres alot goin on up there. it actually bothers me, beings so "scatterbrained." weed really helped slow things down in my mind. heh, im actually listening to scatterbrain by radiohead right now.
i recently stopped smoking cigarettes too, but this has been easier to say no to than pot. i mean, the cravings are much worse, but its not enjoyable like weed is, so im hoping i dont start again when i return to school. i do enjoy smoking after weed tho, especially a nice hookah, which several of my friends have.
all i can really think about when i get home from work is how a bowl would be incredible right now, to help sooth my leg muscles. but now that its been so long (i know its only a week but it feels like FOREVER) since i havent smoked, im considering quitting or at least making it a once in a while kinda thing. i just dont see the "once in a while" thing happening, because if i buy the weed, and i have it, im going to smoke it.
god damnit, all i need is a fkn girl.
i didnt choose to stop smoking, i was basically forced to. i found a good job where my grandparents live, about 2.5 hours away from home. i havent smoked since ive been up here, and i have noticed im enjoying things a little more without weed. Ive been working alot though (8-13 hrs/day), and its a fairly physical job, so im completely exhausted when i get home from work. I can actually fall asleep with the TV on, something i have NEVER been able to do. The first couple nights i could not sleep AT ALL; i ended up laying in bed for 6+ hours rolling around.
im eating alot more now, but because of my physical job i havent put on any weight. I did notice i wasnt eating as much when i was smoking alot (1/8th every 3 days or so, good dank), and i lost about 20 pounds my first semester of college, but that could also be partially from cigarettes too). I wasnt fat by any means, 6', 170 lbs, i dropped to about 150, now im about 155.
My parents recently found out about my smoking habits, when i told them i had to take a drug test for a job close to where i live....they asked if it was a problem, i said "maybe", and it took off from there. they werent really pissed, just dissapointed. we had alot of long talks, she basically just expressed concern because i come from a family with addictive personalities. my whole family drinks heavily, my sister dropped out of vandy b/c of it, and my grandmother is straight up addicted to oxycodone (which btw, i have total access too, which worries me, b/c the weed + oxy combo is very nice
)I really want to smoke again sooooo bad, especially because i havent smoked in over a week, and it would be sooooooo good after the break. also, now that i have a steady job i could easily afford it, but since its actually MY money now i dont really want to blow it on drugs. i know i could get away with smoking at work too, since its at a golf course :D
i just cant decide if i want to start again. im much more energetic now, which i like, and im overall not quite as "bored" as i was when i was smoking. i basically drove myself crazy sitting in my fucking dorm all day my 2nd semester of college. unfortunately, i could get away with smoking all i wanted in my dorm room, and my friends took advantage of that, coming to my room to smoke all the time. so, when they smoked, i couldnt just watch them :/ and when they bring over a 2 foot ROOR and fat sacks of headies, i just couldnt turn it down.
im not really sure how much it affected my motivation. i got decent grades my first semester at college, made deans list. my grades were worse 2nd semester, mainly due to a D in health (ironic, eh) but not anything too bad. i could easily sleep till 3-4 pm if i smoked alot the day before, i really felt no reason to get out of bed.
ive never really noticed the anxiety much since i havent been smoking.i never really got paranoid or anything when i was high, possibly because i did it so much, i remember i used to get it more when i first started. the only time it happened recently was when i drove home after smoking ALOT after not smoking for a week, and i didnt really know where i was going. i got really worried, start sweating profusely, and basically panicked. i had to pull over, call my friend, and gather my thoughts. im not really sure where im going with this, but this is the first day i havent worked since i got up here, so the boredom is already setting in. which reminds me, one of the main reasons i smoke is to calm my mind more than my body, my mind tends to race, especially when im in bed trying to sleep. im fairly intelligent, i took an IQ test a while back (legit) and got ~145, so i guess you could say theres alot goin on up there. it actually bothers me, beings so "scatterbrained." weed really helped slow things down in my mind. heh, im actually listening to scatterbrain by radiohead right now.
i recently stopped smoking cigarettes too, but this has been easier to say no to than pot. i mean, the cravings are much worse, but its not enjoyable like weed is, so im hoping i dont start again when i return to school. i do enjoy smoking after weed tho, especially a nice hookah, which several of my friends have.
all i can really think about when i get home from work is how a bowl would be incredible right now, to help sooth my leg muscles. but now that its been so long (i know its only a week but it feels like FOREVER) since i havent smoked, im considering quitting or at least making it a once in a while kinda thing. i just dont see the "once in a while" thing happening, because if i buy the weed, and i have it, im going to smoke it.
god damnit, all i need is a fkn girl.
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yepyepwoah
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ahahahah oh man to the dude above me i feel you on that shit. if i have some weed it's not a once in a while thing it's an all the time thing. no not smokin for a few days if i know it's only a quick bowlpack away.
needing a girl is right on too. i started smokin when i got tired of giving a fuck about a lot of shit and wanted a way to just escape and be able to be happy and content without giving a fuck and gettin crazy thinkin about life problems. it kinda went downhill from there and i ended up smokin all day everyday for wayyy to long.
quit for about a week up til last thurs. i started talkin to this girl and I actually liked her for a minute and it was a lot easier to not care about smokin cuz i had someone to talk too and actually give a shit about. got wayyyy stressed thurs. and my brother just happened to have picked up a sack so i smoked like half a bowl just to chill a little.
man it's easy to stop for a while but as soon as I take that first hit it's right back to where it was. no middle ground all or nothing and it sucks. this past weekend was binge drink/smoke style fri/sat/sun. sunday night i smoked sooo much with these dudes and got higher than I have in a longggggg time. it was fun for a minute but I definatly didn't miss that weird paranoid "what are people thinking? i bet they think this and they don't like me and this or that and " that goes on.
i def. feel the "my brain works too fast and weed helps to calm it down and allow you to think things through" thing too.
i dunno. when you smoke too much you think sobriety is better but when you are sober you get stressed and pissed and think bein high would be better. i'm tryin to quit for a little while longer now cuz i need to get some shit straightened out. who knows how long that will last though, probably until someone says "hey man wanna get high?"
needing a girl is right on too. i started smokin when i got tired of giving a fuck about a lot of shit and wanted a way to just escape and be able to be happy and content without giving a fuck and gettin crazy thinkin about life problems. it kinda went downhill from there and i ended up smokin all day everyday for wayyy to long.
quit for about a week up til last thurs. i started talkin to this girl and I actually liked her for a minute and it was a lot easier to not care about smokin cuz i had someone to talk too and actually give a shit about. got wayyyy stressed thurs. and my brother just happened to have picked up a sack so i smoked like half a bowl just to chill a little.
man it's easy to stop for a while but as soon as I take that first hit it's right back to where it was. no middle ground all or nothing and it sucks. this past weekend was binge drink/smoke style fri/sat/sun. sunday night i smoked sooo much with these dudes and got higher than I have in a longggggg time. it was fun for a minute but I definatly didn't miss that weird paranoid "what are people thinking? i bet they think this and they don't like me and this or that and " that goes on.
i def. feel the "my brain works too fast and weed helps to calm it down and allow you to think things through" thing too.
i dunno. when you smoke too much you think sobriety is better but when you are sober you get stressed and pissed and think bein high would be better. i'm tryin to quit for a little while longer now cuz i need to get some shit straightened out. who knows how long that will last though, probably until someone says "hey man wanna get high?"
i find that the first few days right after quitting are the hardest part, but once i get the THC out of my system the craving to smoke lessens. I mean if u find that you REALY cant stop, u can go to rehab. But remember, REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS.
fastandbulbous
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For anybody who smokes cannabis mixed with any amount of tobacco, but doesn't smoke cigarettes, it not THC that you're addicted to/craving for, it's nicotine, and that's a lot harder to quit.
I discovered that the hard way a long time ago - now if I stop for a few weeks, the first day after stopping, I just tell myself the craving is for nicotine and that it'll be gone in a couple of days; consequently, I've never had a problem stopping for a while...
I discovered that the hard way a long time ago - now if I stop for a few weeks, the first day after stopping, I just tell myself the craving is for nicotine and that it'll be gone in a couple of days; consequently, I've never had a problem stopping for a while...
center
Ex-Bluelighter
Some people apparently get really dependant on the stuff, what may be ridiculous to you is someone else's hell. Don't assume you feel the same way about everyone else, as everyone has their distinct structure and personality.
Ashley
Bluelight Crew
I'm a bit of a fence-sitter on this means of treatment. It really depends on the severity of anxiety and withdrawal symptoms that each individual experiences. My GP recommends using Diazepam when quitting cannabis, and to be honest it's the only thing that has worked for me. Medically I feel it is useful in the first 3-5 days, those being the toughest and most anxiety ridden, and despite their addiction potential, who develops an addiction to benzos in 3-5 days at 10mg/day?Norules said:
I certainly don't think every Tom Dick and Harry should be given diazepam when giving up the pipes. Only those who suffer genuine anxiety and definitely not for prolonged periods of time.