Benefits of Quitting Marijuana Versus Damage It Causes
72What Is The Emotional Cost Of Smoking Marijuana?
Benefits of Quitting Marijuana
Introduction
The preponderance of marijuana abuse and addiction disorders has been raising among adults and teenagers in many countries, especially in the developed and developing countries. This should be stopped immediately; otherwise, the damages it causes will be drastic! If all those countries take serious actions to stop this, the affected individuals will enjoy the benefits of quitting marijuana.
Benefits of Quitting Marijuana
By quitting marijuana completely, you can lead a normal life as other people do. Quitting marijuana ameliorates your health both mentally and physically. It makes you renovate your relationship with your family and friends; you can be normal and happy as you were before. It improves your social behavior; you can behave normally in the crowds. Besides saving you from illnesses, quitting marijuana saves your money too; you could have spent lots of your money in buying marijuana!
To get complete physical benefits of quitting marijuana, you can start doing some simple exercise programs at your home on daily basis. You can do the simple exercise programs such as lifting simple weights, brisk walking around your home, bike riding, and car driving. Do not forget to seek the help of a person while you are riding a bike or driving a car.
Regular counseling, talking more with your friends and members of your family, attending some audio programs, and listening to pleasant music will help you restore your normal mental state. Most importantly, you should never lose your self-confidence.
Damages Caused by Quitting Marijuana
Quitting marijuana makes you suffer both mentally and physically; however, they are only temporary effects, appear mostly during the initial stage of quitting marijuana. Some of the mental sufferings you face by quitting marijuana are anxiety, depression, difficulty in concentrating, insomnia, irritability, lack of motivation, loss of memory, problems in building relationship, reduced appetite, and restlessness. You may get some temporary respiratory problems by quitting marijuana. Some of the physical sufferings you get by quitting marijuana are aggressive behavior and weakness.
Some times, you may quit marijuana for a week or two and then start it again, which will aggravate the situation. To get complete benefits quitting marijuana, after facing some unavoidable temporary side effects, you must quit it completely. You should never think about using it again.
Conclusion
If anyone comparing the benefits of quitting marijuana versus the damage it causes, he/she can realize how important quitting marijuana is. Even though, there are some side effects in quitting marijuana, it is the least when you compare it with the problems you face if you continue using marijuana. If you are a marijuana user, please stop it immediately and enjoy the rest of your life with your friends and members of your family!
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There are benefits to quiting if you abuse it, that is very true. However In perspective marijuana is not as damaging to the human body as tobacco, alcohol or many aspects of western culture. Im sure there are just as many benefits to quiting T.V. for your psysical and mental health. This pant isn't as harmful as the government would like us to think. In my opinion it should never have been made illegal by the ill informed (brainwashed) community.
Samuel wrote: "This pant isn't as harmful as the government would like us to think." Well, never mind the government. Think of yourself and your mental clarity. In your post you dropped an "l" from "plant". One spliff too many perhaps?
Quitting the weed is one of the best things I did. I was a heavy smoker for about 10 to 15 years. I feel much better now with a lot more energy and my lungs are clearing out all the black tar. If you like to be lazy and tired this is what will happen after the you smoke. If you think that weed is not harming your body, you are wrong...I don't care what studies have shown I am living proof of how much better my body feels and each month I feel better and better. It has been 60 days without smoking, it will probally take some more time to get all the thc out of my body. If you do smoke don't get into a habbit of smoking a lot or you will sufffer in the long run
why is it that you have to quit forever? why cant you just start using it in moderation.
Eric is right, dont start abusing it or else ur gonna get screwed over. it happens to the best of us
I have smoked for over 15 years regularly. I have recently quit and previously I attempted to quit and failed. One Joint has 10 times the tar in it as a cigarette and at least 2 times the benzene. Since a pack of cigarettes contains 20 - 25 smokes, you would have to smoke slightly more than 2 joints a day for it to be worse than a tobacco habit of 1 pack a day. When I smoked weed regularly I was often anxious and depressed, but my grades in school were higher by at least 5%. Now that I have quit I am way less anxious, and depressed, but I find it harder to study subjects I have no interest in. I also am way less lazy and actually more aggressive. I went from being an A student to a B student.
cannabis is harmfull in the long run i have been smoking fior about 4 yrs now and quit gone straight cold turkey maybe nt the best idea but i did it and its been 10 days now:) but i have been suffering from panic attacks which i hopeisonly a sideaffect of quitting and i cnt waitto get bk to normal what a waste of 4 yrs doing F uk all tke care people and believe me panic attacks are the worst feeling ever you could imagine
you forget to mention the shocking tedium of returning to a life without marijuana...
caring about pointless bullshit again, the tiresome meaningless conversations with the dullest of people like yourself...
the loss of interest in video games, cartoons, food and music etc...
not to mention never being able to get deeply involved in movies again
watching the sunrise with a cone is divine, looking up at the stars with a cone is divine...
marijuana creates a deeper connection
people who find pot and then leave it were never meant to find it in the first place, glad you found your way back to where you belong earther.
Alright I find that shocking tedium post a little bs...
You definitely are a pot head. Saying things like loss of interest in video games, cartoons, never being able to get deeply involved in movies again. Obviously you are so highly into pot that you've lost interest in things without it.
I am someone who was smoking 3 grams a day and now I smoke once a month. I've found that I have a deeper connection with everything now that I've stopped abusing weed.
What you said dousk, is just ignorance at its finest.
Alright I find that shocking tedium post a little bs...
You definitely are a pot head. Saying things like loss of interest in video games, cartoons, never being able to get deeply involved in movies again. Obviously you are so highly into pot that you've lost interest in things without it.
I am someone who was smoking 3 grams a day and now I smoke once a month. I've found that I have a deeper connection with everything now that I've stopped abusing weed.
What you said dousk, is just ignorance at its finest.
weed is crap ive quit for 14 months after smoking it for 7 years. i enjoyed it while i was using it but when u stop thats when the problems start - u change your chemistry so you need to have it. thats why life seems so crappy after it. keep it illegal dont inflict it on everyone
Watching the sunrise is divine, looking up at the stars is divine... One shouldn't need anything other than the 5 senses they were born with in order to experience divinity in life.
I have been weed-free for over a year now. Hard to describe to a pothead what it is like to truly be comfortable with yourself just as you are, without any mind-altering substances coursing through your veins, but it is a wonderfully liberating thing.
If you really think about it, whatever tedium life presents you with is really just self-induced. Life is what you make of it, and if you are constantly relying on a substance such as marijuana to provide a sense of interest and stimulation, then you are always going to be unsatisfied; always seeking out that new bag; always spending that money that could be better spent getting you out of debt; always needing that thing that is outside of yourself; never being satisfied (a 4 to 6 hour pseudo satisfaction is not real satisfaction). I'm talking about CONTENTMENT.
You are absolutely fooling yourself if you think a substance outside of you, of any kind other than what is biologically inside of you, is going to provide you with a lasting happiness that never goes away.
Divinity costs nothing, it is not illegal, it doesn't make you cough your lungs out, or raise your blood pressure, it doesn't need any bongs or rolling papers or clandestine drug cartels. Trust me, a marijuana high is not divine.
The divine is in YOU.
this is bullshit, its the shittest quitting site iv seen.
it portrays weed like its some kind of doomsday drug. iv been smoking weed since i was 12, im now 18 and i stopped smoking weed a week ago and im actually more concentrated, more motivated, have more memory, and lastly, why the fuck would you need someone to help you ride a bike, its fucking riding a bike not rocket science.
This was one of the worst pages I've ever read. It encourages half-truths and lies about marijuana. The essay at the top didn't even truly cover any health risks of pot and was obviously written by a brainwashed fool who walks by a pot smoker and feels better than that smoker. Fuckin' a.
this is all very true, but i think after youve adapted to your normal sober mentality, you can still use marijuana, just not in public places, and in moderation. for personal use. it doesn't make you go that looney..if you remember back to the first times (those who liked to get 'high' but eventually that was 'normal'[if you were a true stoner]). the reason i wanted to quit was because i was too stressed and depressed and i had a life changing epiphany and i realized that i needed to quit so i could live more in the moment, not dwelling in stressful situations that i would imagine or regret the past.
Wow , you all are kind of dim. This page is poorly written and full of half truths, yes. However , drugs are bad. All of them including pot. I have smoked it almost daily for 15 years, I had great times and I had bad effects from it too. What will get you is over consumption. If you smoke it once a month , you will likely go all your life and have no real problems. If you smoke it daily you have some issues and need to grow up. it causes cancer , and can cause helath problems , but so does alchol or too much sugar even. the key is MODERATION and BEING HONEST WITH YOURSELF
I have smoked weed for 20 years. Starting at age 10. I feel weed can limit ones ability to socialize normally. I've noticed that most of my friends that smoke weed are "SINGLE". I believe it interferes with are true emotions and feelings about ourselves and others. I once argued that the very notion of having to hide behind a tree to smoke a J in order to avoid the 5-0(cops) and nosy people who have no life, causes feelings of wrongness. It's really a strain to hide something all the time and to have to be so guarded just to enjoy a buzz and not end up in the clink. Not to mention, once that ol record has been established it's pretty hard to travel especially to the states. I feel quitting should be done gradually, if you are a 3 joint a day smoker, cut it back to one and then half a joint, and once you've cut back significantly you may use tobacco or coffee as a substitute until you are free of your addiction. I've experienced cold turkey addiction and in short I certainly behaved like a Royal Turkey trying to do this. It seems my focus takes a shift and things become a substancially more intense. However, these feelings of intensity and irribility do subside and surefootedness returns and is always welcome. Tasks may be carried out much more efficiently, thoughts become linear and different. Although, it's very hard to shake the notion that if you don't smoke weed you aren't cool. In fact, to my suprise my own friends-weed smoking buddies lost it when I told them I was going to quit. Maybe because they feel alone, and don't want to be the only monkey running around half baked. My father has related to this with alcohol.His own friends get very angry when he refuses to have a drink. Instead you would think they would be happy but addiction-loves company. So I think it's fair to say that if you aren't going to cut you ties to your pot smoking friends it might be worth while to seek people that will respect your choices to not smoke and be happy for you. That is what a true friend would do. A good friend even a weed smoking friend should be delighted that you have made a good decision for your own health. Someone who can't accept your choices to be clean, or prefers you to stay the way you are doesn't really understand the principle of respecting and approving of one's own individual wish. Someone who would be angry if you quit weed is not really thinking about you,and people you want to keep away from. But there are weed smokers that would be tickled if you quit weed, these are people who are comfortable with there own situations and don't rely upon approval from friends or family.
Iv enjoyed weed for over 10 years, now i enjoy not being stoned these days. I feel it is good and bad, like most things moderation is key. I failed at school and ended up doing really mundane jobs for the lowest wages. Getting stoned really helped me cope with how crap my job and life was. It gave me a temporay exit which was great!
After 10 years of Labouring, warehouse work, factory work and general dogs-body jobs I needed a permanent exit that didnt involve death. I needed action and still do that requires 100% effort. I can only manage 99% when im high if im lucky so i quit. Iv had chances to make something of my life and always blown them somehow. Im not blaming weed but it definitly did not help. Well now im 28 and running out of chances, Iv got a chance to go self-employed as a gardener so im grabbing it. Without weed i no longer see it as a "chance", I see it simply as something i am doing without any distractions. Its not glamorous but its better than where im at.
im guessing you the fellow stoner have thought this before when high:
1: "man i know id of been able to pull that chick if i wasnt high 'shrug' oh well" - how long you been single?
2: "my boss doesnt even know he pays me to get stoned all day lol" - he does, good wage?
3: "I should have took a day off the stuff, no way am i going to that party now"
4: "oh well il do it tomorrow" 5: "that advert was awesome!"
6: "ffs to the shop again for papers, mission"
some say non-stoners make trivial matters mountains out of molehills - this can be true. some might say that stoners turn mountains into molehills meaning big problems like failing at college etc isnt so bad as iv always next year to try again.
There are of course very good side effects from smoking it too like:
calmness, friendliness, positive outlook, really good frienships, true understanding or enlightenment, recalling buried memorys, just to name a few. lol you can have all these things without the smoke though, you know that.
Most of my best friends smoke weed, no surprise there obv. I like them alot and always will i hope. If you want to smoke weed then great! go for it :P The stoners that you know in life that are successfull mostly have stayed straight headed untill they were a comfortable success and are now loving it. Well done to you btw. If you are happy going nowhere then you wouldnt be reading this would you.
I would like to thank everyone for sharing their opinions about quitting marijuana. I think this hub has been massively improved with everyones comments and input. Best of luck in your adventure learning how to quit cannabis with tactics like those in the cannabis coach.
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I really enjoyed reading your story and the comments on the subject mentioned above about quittng weed. Thanks for posting it as it really helped me in a moment of doubt.
Ben Atkins
you are totally bullshit man. crappss....i'm smoking it for almost 10 years..and i have a great family now..a beautiful wife..adorable kids..and wonderful relationships.plus my PhD degree..there's no correlations of smoking pots with the bullshit you've just said.
It is apparent to me that none of you have ever read nor studied the plant. I say this both to the perpetrator of this post as well as the comments. Does anyone know the difference between USE of a substance and ABUSE? Apparently not. Too much of ANYTHING will cause physical problems. How many hugely overweight people are there who stand on their ivory tower and point their fingers down at pot smokers? There are problems with any substance overused, but that does not call for the unwarranted vilification I have seen on this site.
Some people can smoke daily and get PHDs, others will become disfuncional. It has a lot to do with the sort of person we are. I know both daily smokers who are very together and others who are the stereotype unmotivated, lazy one mentioned lots here. You simply can't say pot is one way or another for everyone. However, for those that it does make stupid it is very dangerous. Those people Are of a lesser inteligence to begin with and to brain wash them selves with the positive effects of pot is not helping.
I agree with Peter. People who are stupid, dopey, slow, to begin with will just get stupider. They all sound, act the same cos there is a lack of personality and the ability to evolve there also. Pot for those is tragic. And it's not suprising they can't even percive the demage being done.
Today is day 1 on quitting dope. i have read all coments. I am really exited to not want dope anymore. I would like to go from smoking 4 joints a day to once a week
The misinformation on this site is amazing. Marijuana is not that bad, neither is it that great. If your going to say weed causes catastrophic detrimental effects, please prove it.
Here is the truth on why marijuana is illegal:
The pharmaceutical companies would lose billions of dollars if marijuana was legalized. Have a headache? Take a hit from a joint. Have any pain? Why use dangerous pills that have a long list of side effects when weed can do the fix?
These same pharmaceutical companies are in the pockets of Senators, who will shut down any attempt of legalizing marijuana. Money will dominate all. So naturally, they spread false information, like this site is doing, to help prevent such a blow to these companies.
I started smoking weed 20years ago and in the last 10years I've started smoking even more usually 1 joint a day and if I going to do something with friends 4-6joints.
I have grown a successful business, have a degree, started a family and have great friends. I find weed gives you HD for anything your doing be it mountain biking or snowboarding. I find its great for playing music or listening. It tends to make you think in anouther way for about 1hr then your burnt out smoking more and more to get that same high.
I'm quiting for the following reasons:
- I feel I dont want to be around my Family stoned I say the wrong things and act like a teenager
- Health concerns I start to cough, I get headaches, I get angry if I dont smoke one
- Clarity of my mind. I can remember taking a trip and not smoking any weed for 3weeks when I got back I felt better than ever.
- Moderation I would like to smoke once a month or nothing now. I just dont like the way it makes me feel.
- Stepping stone. Im not going to lie after I smoke one I want a beer and I attack those beers after a few beers I want anouther joint before I know it Im fucked
I just want to enjoy life with a clear mind and live a long time. I have nothing against weed I think it can inspire and is ok if used moderatly. It just has started to get between me and my family so I made a choice.
I'm quitting weed for the millionth time. Its the hardest fucking thing for me to do. I'm a business owner$, college grad, private pilot, musician, etc. I love weed because it helps to make me laugh, and I can also make others laugh when I'm on it
The thing is though, I've always had all of this potential in me. Speaking honestly, I just enjoyed weed so much that the little bit that it hindered my abilities didn't phase me. Now I'm more into money than anything else.
What I'm trying to say is that I love marijuana. It is just time for our paths to part. I feel i'll still be able to accomplish whatever I set my mind to, perhaps even more. It has been 24 hours now. Wish me luck. If you want my old pipe, its on the 5 freeway junction off the 118 in pacoima. I chucked it after I smoked my last bowl. Its got a lot of resin in it, so if any of you who feel that the quitters on this page are stupid want to get high, feel free to find it! :)
Wow Ive smoked weed daily for over 20 years, at least half an ounce a week. I used to sell easily a pound or two a month and thought it was so cool to be "that guy". I swore it was a miracle drug, I would never quit and anyone who didnt smoke was a boring fool. Now im 35 and my thoughts have kind of changed. I realized almost every relationship I have with friends and most of my family revolve around pot and it woukd be nice to have something other than that but its been so long that i wonder if im even sure what a normal relationship is... Plus most people i know who use are single and work to merley to support their habits, make ends meet and thats it. I want more than to work a mundane job just to come home and burn one to escape the monotony of my day only to kill my motivation for doing anything pther than work smoke sleep, its like a retarted circle that seemed to consume me. so I decided to pack it in and try to make something of myself and maybe have something to show for my life. Anyways it was hard to quit considering im usually surrounded by the shit. lmfao. So I asked my doctor and he recomended seroquel and it acctualy works fairly well for me. To my suprise I sleep better than I ever did with mj, my heads a lot clearer now and it seems to take the edge off at least. I know thats just substituting one drug for another but it saves my lungs, its legal and covered through a drug plan so thats pretty cool on my wallet not to mention saving all the time and efforts finding weed and dealing with shady ppl. I also quit cigarettes with ease. Anyways to each their own and I have nothing against pot but for now i will take suzy q over mary jane any day! lol, good luck to you all :)
you made a typo.
ONE SPLIFF TOO MANY?
people like you should not be allowed to affect other peoples lives.
ive been gettin high for at least 4 years now. i could quit but i dont think id want to completely. i used to smoke a shit ton now im more moderate about it. It defineteley does affect certain things like memory and concentration but it doesnt stop me from doing what i want to do. when i get high id rather be doin something than just sit around thats no fun
ive been stoned everyday since 2002 now is almost newyear 2011, real heavy smokin last 5 years...i dropped out of collage back in 2002 im 28 now i live with my parents unemployed since 2005(5 years hmm?) have not had a girlfriend since i started smokin(single hmm?)...i mean sure weed is cool if u want life 2 fly by & not get no where & feel great doin it, & as u get older u will have a weaker a immune system(get sick more & more), why do u think they give this shit 2 cancer patients, so they have a relaxed & faster time diein, I have had friends growin up that smoked weed that moved onto heroin/meth cause weed was just not giving em what they needed, funny how they all started from weed ha?...all marijuana does is devolve mankind & there is a reason why the government makes it illegal....i wish i never started weed in the first place..
Oh yeah smoking weed also makes me want 2 drink alot more!...& yeah when tryin 2 get off weed after doin it 4 so long ur body will have a real hard time reajusting, all i did was cry 4 the 5 days i was off it, gonna try 2 keep fightin it threw & hope a buddy does not show up with some 2 try out when im at my weakest point Or my asshole drug dealer/heroin addict brother that 4 some weired reason always wants 2 give me some 2 try 4 free when i want 2 quit...i actually gave my brother a nickname "Satan"....
I have been smoking cronically (every day) since I was 15, I'm now 21 so I've been smoking for 6 years. I've tried to stop in the past but have failed miserably. Nearly everyone of my friends smokes weed so It's been difficult quitting, I have had to stay at home for quite a while now just because the temptation to smoke It Is too great. Ive stopped for a month now and I'm feeling fantastic. The main differences i have noticed from quitting are:- (in no particular order)
1) Improved relationship with my family - My family like most don't aprove of my habit and I can finally understand why. The amount of times i have stolen money off my parents just for a bag is countless, I only now feel ashamed for my actions.
2) Improved sex drive - I have never wanted a relationship more than i do now, I have been single for 4 years now and was fine with that, not anymore! All i want is a woman!
3) Improved confidence - When smoking weed everyday I tend to do the things I like, which is ok but because of this I often lack confidence in areas that don't involve watching T.V, listening to music, playing xbox or rolling a bosshead. I feel confident to try new things.
4) Dreaming - Oh how i missed dreaming, dreams are like an alternate reality where i often live out my fantasies with emotions and feelings mixed in. I would quit weed again just to be able to remember my dreams, if you preach about weed being natural ok fair enough but what could be more natural than dreaming, good luck remembering that dream after a day of smoking.
5) Dealing with public situations - I often found talking to members of the public a chore, an arduos task that i would rather not have to deal with, I no longer have this problem and seem to relish a conversation with a complete stranger.
6) Improved school life - I am at university in my second year, i barely passed my 1st year which i put full blame on smoking weed 24/7. As smoking weed makes you only do the things you want to do that essay in the corner is the last thing on your "to do list". I don't like to generalise when it comes to drug habits/addictions because i know everyone is different but this is something i think everyone can agree with. The old "f*ck it" phrase comes to mind with weed, the ability to view long term goals is very difficult with this frame of mind.
7) Improved general health and skin tone/complexion - I always thought it was strange how i was 21 and still got the spots that i get (large and ugly) After only 2 weeks they had disapeared and have not yet returned, which i am very pleased about as like everyone else i hate spots. I had to run for the train the other day and I was in shock of how much faster i ran and how when i got there my lungs didn't feel like they were going to collapse. I am in good health (better now after not smoking) and the only thing holding me back was the amount of crap in my lungs.
These are just the ones that come to mind but I think after a month, this is a very positive list. I believe that everyone is different and for me the drug is a bad mix, I have a very addictive personality. Moderation is important but for me at this stage it is not an option, as it might lead to smoking it everyday again and frankly i would rather not. I have read some threads on this article that have been very preachy, which I have tried to avoid coming across this way, as I am not being. I am just writing this to share my view on quitting the drug. I now view weed as follows "Do i really want to spend all my time, effort and motivation on being tired and hungry" because at the end of the day that's all i feel. If your thinking of quitting i would definately recommend it, i have so much to look forward to in the future with a smoke free life. One of the biggest reasons i quit is because of my peers around me quitting which made me feel a new kind of low, thats when you know you have a problem - when you feel guilty when other people around your drug co-dependand friendship stop smoking the stuff.
the 2nd post by walter is douchey. just because she didn't press the key hard enough, or re read her post doesn't mean she was baked. wake up buddy. you understood she meant plant, people make mistakes sober.
also...I've smoked everday for 2 years straight, and when I say everyday it's literal. Recently I got sick so I've stopped. It's been a month and I've felt no effects this thread claims to be present when you are quitting. I think if you weak mentally you can become addicted to anything, even milk.
It's a routine, not a physical addiction. People get depressed because they aren't capable of filling that void with something new.
i smoked for 5 years and finally i stopped on new years days 1.1.2011... well ive been smoke free for 19 days now....and i jus want to say....for the first few days....i suffered from insomnia...because my mind and body were so used to having the joint before sleep...that it depended on me having a joint.....well anyways after a few days i started to go to sleep at reasonable times and my body was feeling very alert in the mornings...im really happy ive stopped...my skins in really gud shape...i used to have spots but they have faded away after jus 19 days!! im not saying u will be another person after u stop...but once u convince ur mind that ur a changed person...the body starts to adapt to that....but anyways....whoever is thinking of stopping do it....because one day we are all going to die....and for the past 5 years all i have experienced is nothing....i have ruined my teenage years smoking weed and doing nothing....im starting a change...yer im 21 but im allready regreting my life...which i should be doing when im 60
Again. It seems that everyone here forgot moderation... (mind any spelling mistakes. This is not my native toung). I have been smoking 40 years and have yet to run into any of the problems above. I smoke once every other day using a bong. And i live with my wife and 3 kids and hold down my government job just fine. Cheers
To make something illegal is as ignorant as using the thing itself. Liberty, the basis of freedom, says you may do anything you wish, so long as it does not affect the freedoms of another individual. Punishing people for drugs is not justice, but crime against that person. Fines, jail time, and death penalties are made to mirror the three crimes against humanity. Fines are theft, jail is enslavement (or removal of freedom, in such cases as rape), and death penalty is murder. The answer is not to stop it with legality, but to educate the people and let them make their own choice. Doing the right thing for the wrong reason never ceases to hurt people, and society itself. If you're not doing it because of its legal status, you aren't making your own choice... the DEA is making your choice for you. Power to the people!
And marijuana does not cause damage enough for some to change their lifestyle. Many smoke marijuana and have no problem. It's on you. I have a phd, suck my dick.
I'm 25 years old and I have been smoking weed like a choo-choo train since I was 18. I'm on day 5 of quitting weed and I frequently visit sites and read these comments to re-motivate myself to quit. I feel some people on here though almost scare people into thinking that weed is horrible and will kill you if you don't quit. Just like tobacco or alcohol there are addicts and moderation is very important. Although I know I can control alcohol consumption I cannot say the same for weed right now. I feel once I have a grasp on being sober and not high then and only then can I begin to smoke weed in moderation (once a month). Day 5 or even Day 30 is not the time to begin smoking in moderation if you have been a pothead for several years. Someday I will be smoking in moderation but that time is not now as I'm afraid it will lead me back down the path of smoking every single day. Believe in yourself and push for what you want because only you can make it a reality.
I am quitting weed tonight. I am tired of being zoned out all of the time. I want to feel an internal peace that isnt as fleeting as the smoke from a joint . I have gotten many accolades and 4 college degrees smoking it but now I want to try something new. I miss a lot play from girls because I am soned out most times and i think they can sense something wrong. I am tired of being by myself. I want to steal a young girls mind and make her fall in love with me. I cant do that if my thoughts are cloudy! No No Gotta get clarity, cleanness, so I can flow like the river...make some good moves for me and my family. --Stop riding anywhere accept the front seat of life. I feel good and am prepared to battle the jitters to get thru to the other side where peace, clarity, and hapiness await!!!
i have been smokin 4 around 10 years....i wanna quit but i got a medical card so here in cali theres canibiss dispensories everywhere & i could get a fat gram of medical weed for $5 so it makes it hard 2 quit,,,shit i was smokin hash straight everyday for 6 months, i mean i woke up before i ate i smoked & just stayed high all day...so when i ran out of hash i went fuckin nuts didnt sleep 4 like a week & i seen shit, like shadows & faces on walls i really thought i was goin crazy....weed is some bad shit, its a gate way drug cause alot of kids that i grew up wit that were heavy smokers now moved unto heavy stuff like heroin & meth...i just wanna get sober before i loose my health & become a crackhead...there is nothing pretty about weed, its just a slow death.....
This is the worst advice I have read encouraging people to quit marijuana - I am a non smoker for 3 1/2 months not and am glad I did not read this tripe! "You may get some temporary respiratory problems by quitting marijuana." - obviously written by a non english speaking stoner!
everyone can justfuckoff i read like 10 posts. im done.
weed isnt bad its just a drug you can use to have time pass by, its actually what monkey creature like humans ate when they were starving and cold because we evolved in the sun. when the ice age was over all that was left was green and brown and purple, the purple was weed. since humans r so visually coordinated it was obvious to eat it. after eating it problem solving became a skill.
its not bad, the LAW IS BAD. FEDS CAN FUCKOFF
cops arent bad, this society is.
we are the youthits time to change this world from this outdated version. i want everyone to protest
There really is some shit here, from the unfounded claims of the original article through to some of the fantasy comments following it. Cannabis has been used for years and just for all you clean living christians, Jesus was a dope head and his anointing oil was hemp oil.
LOL so many pussies cant get through quitting a drug that has no withdrawals at all, half yall need to man the fuck up and just let it go. I've had more withdrawals quitting sleeping in for fuck sakes. If some of you just changed your mindset going into quitting, you wouldnt be depressed at all. Grow some balls and just kick it like I did, and I smoked for 6 years daily. Half of you are giving the drug a worse rap than it deserves, and YOU'RE the reason the shit's still illegal, cause people read your comments who havent touched the shit and think its as addictive as crack, bunch of cowards who cant get through a couple days of sober living is what you've become so then you wrongfully complain about it here. This isn't the drugs fault, this is YOUR fault for abusing it then when you try to adapt to sobriety, you don't like the change and you blame it on the drug's "withdrawals" as an excuse for not quitting, so you can go back to what you KNOW BEST, getting high.
Ive been smoking every day for about 3 1/2 years. The most important changes and drastic improvements in my entire life have happened during this period. Mainly because marijuana enabled me to slow the fuck down, take a step back, and do some real analytical thinking regarding who I am and what I want to accomplish in my life. It helped me find ME.
Maybe it's the paranoia factor of the weed that hits me - but because of looking at things from this linear perspective, its given me extra insight to 'weed out' the bad influences in my life. Some of which include getting rid of unmotivated deadbeat friends, breaking up a stale 7 year relationship--otherwise would have just stayed and stayed and lived with the abuse for years. More importantly, a switch and re-focusing of career from cooking in restaurants to enrolling in school, getting licensed and having success in renting and selling real estate in New York City. I've also felt more comfortable with myself and my thoughts in general. Decision making is ALWAYS super thought out - to the point I'm actually quite stubborn in changing my mind after a decision has been made. I've also been able to realize and hone my talent as a musician. As well as an enhanced ability to focus and concentrate on whatever I choose to study. And generally I have more inspired thoughts than I ever did without marijuana.
The only things I see as a negative are - A) the amount of money I spend on my habit ($350 per 1.5 weeks). B) Lack of ambition to excercise (have to excercise directly after I wake up BEFORE usage C) Feeling dependant on it for daily use. D) Irritability when the wrong people are around. And the closed-offness or "wall" I put up to society sometimes. However, I also feel that because I'm such a talker/people person that it's necessary that I close my self off to people some times or it would have serious draining effects trying to satisfy every person in my life's perception and expectations of me while also being expected to do them favors.
These changes for me did NOT happen overnight for me though. From the time I first tried it at 14 until I was 22, marijuana actually gave me bad vibes, slowed me down too much, and generally seemed not for me. I strongly preferred alcohol or uppers. So to get to where I am now was a slow, gradual process that was formed out of my own habits and unique circumstances and my will to make marijuana an ENABLER and NOT the opposite that is often the case with heavy users.
I reckon ganja was not meant for every one,by that I mean it all depends on the individual.
ganja can be both positive and negative depending on how much you smoke and the way you the user decides to think.
if ever you feel negative after smoking or you have negative thoughts about ganja e.g failing to get babes,lack of interest in socialising with other people,any negative you may feel is caused by getting high of ganja etc,I would advise you to give it up its not meant for you,sooner or later you end using heavier stuff.
For those that find it hard to quit remember this,you control your thoughts,not the ganja controlling your thouhts because if you let it..you are heading for touble.
I'm 25 and have been a pothead for about 4 years now. I was smoking all day, every day. When I didn't have weed, all I would notice where lots of tears streaming from my eyes no matter how I felt. Today is my 1 week mark for quitting. I've read each and every one of these comments.
I must say that for me, weed has been the worst choice of my life. Much of the last 4 years, in terms of relationships with people, have been completely 'lost'. I haven't made a single new friendship that I've maintained in the last 4 years since starting weed - I mean, I still have friends that I've made since becoming a stonner, but those friendships are virtually non-existant. I was so lonely and isolated when I was smoking weed. I'm just barely finding myself able to do 'normal' things like the bold earth-shattering act of going to a cafe to do my work and actually having a conversation with a stranger - something I would have never done when I was a pothead because of my walls.
Weed made me paranoid, and like others here have said my life was all about doing my 'mundane' job and getting home as soon as i could to get high. Yet ironically I had the BEST job ever when I was using weed, and now I realize how much of the opportunities that I could have taken advantage of at that job were wasted because all I *really* cared about was getting high alone at my place watching TV, porn, listening to music... being alone and stoned. Eating. Everything in life was better with weed, or so i thought. Sadly I think I knew weed was bad for me for this entire time, even before I started using it regularly.
It wasn't until I started smoking weed that my life started to loose it's natural wonder and beauty, and the only way I could feel that way was by getting high.
Like someone else here said I'm sick of sounding like a teenager because I'm stoned (and I was Always stoned to some degree). I wasn't growing up.
One of the things that really motivated me was seeing my Ex-Boyfriend, do so well as a non-smoker. In the same 2-3 years that we've been apart, all i've done is smoke weed, haven't made any friends, have basically gotten out of shape and weirder and odder socially every day. On the other hand my Ex (who I'll admit I follow online like a creep) has made new friends, seems happy, works with diligence and has peace in his life. I've lived crisis to crisis since i have no motivation to do my work when I should do it, always end up doing it as late as possible and sometimes not at all.
So much in my life has suffered from falling into weed. Now I just want to really quite this time so I can save the rest of my twenties and truly do the growing up that I should have never stopped doing since I started turning into a pothead at 21. Fellow stoners, ex-stoners, and wanna-be-ex stonners - please send your prayers to Stephan in San Francisco that he can finally quite the weed for good all the way through - I truly want this for myself, for my health, for my sanity, for being a better (at least halfway decent) friend and family member. I have screwed all my friends and family since becoming a pothead, basically falling off the face of the earth for them.
For those of you who will read this and think I'm blaming all of my problems on weed - I can see how you can say that, but trust me, I know myself, I've seen every day progress, and I know what the effects of escaping through weed have been. Weed isn't the 'devil' here, it didn't kidnap me and force me to smoke it, but that doesn't mean it's been good at all for me.
I must say, I love every single one of you who have commented here. I feel like i know all of you somehow... You guys have taken the words out of my mouth, described my life to such a degree it's been almost startling. I could have written each of these posts I think in some way or another at one point or another. I just know that I'm ready to start believing in life again. I'm ready to start living life as though every day is a new day where I can meet PEOPLE who can be a drug - just in our connection. I miss that the most now that I think about it. What I miss the most of when I wasn't a pothead was making real friends that I loved hanging out with. I actually looked forward to hanging out with my best buddy - I used to HAVE best buddies. All of that has gone away with the isolation from my best buddy named Mary Jane. I'm ready to let her go.. It's been real, but, not the kind of real I need to be on this planet earth.
Peace,
Steve (real name's stephan, i already gave it in this post so might as well put it here).
PS: Am I high now? No. But like I said it's been a week since I quite and the whole reason I found this thread was because I was searching 'quitting weed depressed' in google. That should tell you all you need to know. I've been anxious, really forgetful, easily aggravated, since I quite. But on the plus side, I've had conversations with more people outside of work that I didn't 'have' to talk to in the last week that I enjoyed than probably any one year out of the last 3 years. I'm really hoping to push through to the end. Wish me luck.
All drugs are bad. Everyone of them, even the ones doctors give us
Just give it up I have smoked it for 28years and have simply stopped and feel much better for it certainly its not a Hard drug but it is a drug and the smoke from it is not good just look at the Tar that builds up in your pipe and how quickly so.You will have a happier life without an addition.
All of you who say Marijuana is bad are the people with opinions that don't mean shit. So keep your brainwashed, sheep opinions to yourselves and stop ruining everything for the rest of us, you conservative fucktards.
By omission of facts it's easy to paint a negative picture of any social behavior. If cannabis use were really so bad people like Carl Sagan, Rick Steves, many judges, ranking professionals and others people would never think of have used marijuana recreationally and creatively in moderation that belies the stigma reflected by the OP and others negative sounding comments. Far more of which are indirectly created by it being illegal where crime, lies and generally sneaking around is perpetuated by the behavior being illegal. It's not that everyone can handle it the same. But it's also quite easy to focus on just a portion of those who abuse alcohol and make it appear that all alcohol use is the scourge of our social ills.
People who are the most Bias in their perspectives are the most uneducated people of them all. They cling to one idea and one idea only, they shut out any logical or enlightening idea someone proposes in front of their eyes. what they say is right and no one else can tell them otherwise. Its bull, this website is Bias, most comments say how terrible weed is, they say how f*$#ed up our country will be if weed continues to be smoked. These facts you say are facts against weed are outdated, everyone knows someone who has smoked weed and im pretty sure that is not an exaggeration. Prohibition has not worked for our ancestors, they created mafias and moonshine. People are human, not animals forced to do what the owner thinks is correct. America is the land of the free, people who want to drink, will drink, will not be stopped, a way will be found to get what they want its just as simple as that. Alcohols statistics are truthful i believe them if you drink and drive you are impaired blah blah blah its the straight up truth, when your drunk your drunk your incapable and possibly a threat to who is around you ( if your driving ). It caused livers to fail and deaths, and people still want to drink, that's fine let them drink, just keep them from harming anyone with laws, laws are good, until their convey with peoples rights. In the preamble i have the right as a citizen to be kept safe from domestic or foreign problems, so keeping a drunk from killing me, or running my future kids off the road in fine with me, but when people start to say weed is evil, weed makes you retarded, weed can ruin your life, and etc.. thats bull. So if everyone knows someone who smokes weed or is friends with someone who smokes and you dont umm your the one whose friends with that person they must be good enough to be your friend and you dont let that they smoke weed take away from your friendship, its not like their addicted to child pornography, they smoke weed, but no people dont think about that you all act like you hate weed soooooo much and you want other people to stop because you think your right! You think you have the right to stop someone else of doing something thats doing no harm to yourself or others! Jesus it pisses me off, you people get more disgusted from a teenager smoking weed with his buddies then watching pervs on dateline try too have sex with 13 year old GIRLS! Cigs kill people, people in my own family have died from cigs, lets see here if you smoke cigs that means your ingesting over 100 harmful chemicals like rat poison, FUCKING RAT POISON! 12 year olds can get ahold of cigs way easier then weed, and their ingesting RAT POISON made to ummm lets see here... KILLLLLLLL, BATTERY ACID!!! WTF BATTERY ACID. Kids are getting ahold of cigs and what you care about is weed because of one thing, its illegal. I have yet to find a single damn article, or piece of news saying 15 teenagers have died from overdosing on weed. But binge drinking in Colleges cause over im guessing thousands of deaths each year? and alcoholism ruins families and lives and its legal? seriously all of you need a bigger outlook on things on both sides, dont say cigs and beer is worse then weed! explain it, these morons who say your wrong say your wrong because you just gave as much as a description as they did on why its bad, or wrong. I have been smoking weed since I tried it when i was 12. Im now 18, I do not smoke weed everyday, im not a POTHEAD or anything, when ever i get the chance or when i have money ill buy myself some weed, smoke with my girlfriend, with my friends, and mostly by myself. I enjoy being stoned, i dont do it because my daddy beat me or because mommies an alcoholic and i want out of this life so bad i get high. no thats not the picture and thats what schools propose weed to be. No its not, if your that fucked up to begin with, your going to have problems, seriously you will your life, your job future is already heartsaken from your life. Now back to me. I smoke weed like is said because its enjoyable, its a great experience i love jamming music, taking walks and talking about the craziest shit with my buddies. its a whole new experience, and no one should be able to tell me im unable to smoke weed, i have the choice to this if i want, im not hurting anybody? im not killing people? im not killing myself by smoking weed? why cant i do it? why is the government telling me i cant smoke weed! WHY! why cant i smoke weed but i can buy cigs at the market and see a huge differnce in my ability to jog, run, work because of my lungs being destroyed, heart beating fast and probably end up on oxygen or dead because of cancer? but i cant smoke weed! but i can buy a case of beer and get so fucking drunk i could shot someone and not remember or hit a soccer van with a family of 5 and not even remember it in the morning because i drove home from prom so fucked up out of my mind? but when i smoke weed i feel spacey, think everything around me is hilarious, enjoy the most dumbest things ever around me in my surroundings, eat alot of food, enjoy alot of food, and have a killer time with some friends goofing off? thats just bull shit, not an America i want to live in were i have the freedom to be a Jew, christian, etc, and be able to pray in school, and be anti government and not be decapitated but i cant smoke weed? Because of websites like this were you say it makes me mentaly unstable, so unstable i need a partner to ride a bike while trying to recover to a sober state of mind? thats what i call BS!!!! These facts you say are so untrue you have me so pissed off im siting here non stop typing a book!! seriously you want to fight for what you think its right im fighting for what i think is right! weed has not effected me socially, when im high people think im one hell of a guy, im hilarious, cute, creative and add spark to everyone around me and every boring conversation their having. No way in hell weed has effected my schooling, schools hard, and school sucks to alot of teenagers smoking weed isnt going to change that, they thought school sucked beforehand what makes you think they are going to be more active after they are forced by their parents to quit? just like im trying to say if you dont have goals in life, your not going to go far, now i know people have addicting personalities and if their already going no where weeds prally going to make them go no where. Because thats one more thing they got to pay for with their other debts they prally have, or failing grades they may have. The only way i can see weed affecting a person soooooo bad other then money wise is them getting caught! now weeds illegal and your a shit head with no life and you are caught, BAM there goes your chances for getting a great job you got caught with weed, even tho you wernt killing anyone or hurting anyone else but your wallet with your habbit now your record of life shows you have been in jail, just great you have been put in jail for smoking weed, or carrying some weed, they cuffed your ass up and put you in a holding place were the scum of the eath is, child molestors, rapers!, killers, kidknappers, sex trafficers...now your all around these sick-os because of people like on this website who think they know whats best for your life! hope you all see your filling our jails and prisions with harmless people, harmless potheads, or weedsmokers, with SCUM, then when their released they have now just lived with the bottom of the barrel pieces of shits ever you think their going to come out of jail feeling emotionally FIT!!! seriously open up your fucking eyes and see what your actually doing!!! and after your done reading this and your computer screen has given you a headache be sure to take an advil, or tylenal for it!!! when they have caused deaths in children, and adults, and are filled with harmful dangerous ingredients. when weed hasnt harmed a fly. Thank you all, go ahead and bitch back with comments saying im a pot head blah blah blah im just like everyone else when im the only one commenting on here for weed, that has explained my full reasoning and not just saying your all fucking ass holes!
Everyone has an opinion and it is just as good as everyone else's. It is sad to see so much hatred on a site I thought would help me. Overall I'm deeply hurt by the users on this site. I am now going to smoke myself to sleep and hopefully forget this sites existence.
Ok. Weed affects the chemistry in your brain. If your depressed, lazy, unmotivated etc. You will not become better from weed and you will most likely suffer from it. If you a well adjusted, average, social person with ambition and motivation weed will not change it unless you want it too. To the people saying "IT MUST BE TRUE I FELT BETTER AFTER" did you ever think you quitting weed was a symbolic representation of changing you life, that the weed didn't do it but you taking hold on your life and changing it yourself did? Don't blame the substance for your problems, if its a problem change it, it's not hard.
It doesn't matter what anyone says if you want to quit you will do it despite what anyone tells you or what is written on this site. For the people who think that there is no negative side affects to pot are completely wrong I had smoked for roughly about 5-6 years and it has had horrible side affects on my social life and phyiscal side of life as well.
Quit for you and nobody else!
Nothing is too hard!
YOU CAN QUIT WEED! keep your chin up guys positivity is the key! Life was fine before you started smoking weed it definitely will be fine after the withdrawal symptoms
: )Good Luck!
Weed is bad for you whether you think it isnt bad or not, I suggest to quit smoking ASAP unless you want to suffer down the road in the long run . think its not addictive? the ones who say that are the ones that are smoking habitually.I was once an ignorant teenager thinking i would never quit until i woke up one morning and realized this wasnt what i wanted.Anyone out there thats trying to quit DO it and for those who already quit you should be proud of yourself.Your not TRULY a man or woman until you have gone through hardships and struggles in life.
That's correct some of the contents of this article doesn't make any sense. I have been smoking weed (Joint) when I was 14 and now I am 32, so it's been almost 18 years. I have quit in between few a times. Now I have been smoking it from last 8 years and quit like 5 days ago and i ride motor bike to my office that to in a crowdy place like India. I don't think I need anyone while riding a bike or driving a car coz that's really not a rocket science. No doubt weed has it's side effects i.e. lazyness, lack of concerntration etc. etc. but only if one abuses it even food in access harms the human body, So if one quits it, it is really good other in moderation it isn't that harmful. It all depends how you take the things in life, after all it's your life.. so enjoy it in moderatoin if you like or just quit it is that simple, isn't it?
I have been a habitual smoker for about four or five years and have definitely noticed a decrease in motivation and self confidence. I believe that smoking excessive amounts of weed can definitely cause one to have a lack of motivation as well as social problems, but to say it's harmful and worse than ciggarettes is an ignorant and misinformed assumption. I urge the uneducated to do their own research on marijuana and its prohibition as well as the many toxic chemicals they injest unknowingly on a daily basis. I'd start with Fluoride and Aspartame, you will be amazed at how deadly these two common food and drink additives are.
What everyone of you are forgetting is that "pot" effects everyone different. I've used it for about 14 years now and im 23. thats right i've smoked since i was 9 years old. Ive never had any negative side effects from it beside minor lung problems but i also smoke cigs. But i have recently been trying to quit because it seems to be inducing horrible anxiety attacks to me lately. Its very difficult to say whether or not its strictly the pot causing this or not, as there are many other factors involved. i didnt smoke for the first time yesterday in i dont know how long but all i can say is it was the worst night of sleep ive ever had without pot. i grow my own medical marijuana btw and have it tested by a local cancer clinic
Hello there! I am DELIGHTED I didn't have to read Tanners stupidly long, hate filled post, because I wanted to finish reading all the comments before bedtime. I didn't think I'd make it, but 10 seconds after reading a line or two of Tanners post proved otherwise! I read every one of the comments (-1) with about 2 minutes to spare!
I'm at the 7 days and ~12 hour mark, I'd say I've smoked about 3 or 4 gram years over 6 - 7 years (I'm 21 now) and the weed has certainly affected me mentally. I already had huge problems concentrating before smoking weed, and the weed did absolutely nothing to help that. I can't hold a job down with my current mentality and cognitive ability, simply because no employer can afford to have my inconsistency in their workplace. I'd say I'm a gifted individual in many areas, but consistency is something I'm devoid of in every area save the piano (lol).
My largest issue with smoking weed is conversation breaks. Lets say you're talking to somebody about something or other. The subject runs it's course, and it's up to one of the participants to quickly change topics, to keep the conversation moving naturally. Weed obliterates my ability to think on my feet and bring up a new topic... invariably leading to bone numbing awkward silence. The other side of the coin..? Panic, followed by me saying something stupid, unrelated or something unnatural sounding.
I find natural eye contact to be an issue. It takes alot of concentration for me to come across as a normal person. As concentration is indeed an issue, I can come across as unnatural because my thoughts are focused on body language, eye contact, blinking, posture, smile, moving my hands while I talk etc instead on what is actually going on in the conversation. Sometimes I get excited and forget all that stuff and revert to the 'real me.' When I realise I'm slouching, staring/looking over the persons shoulder, standing incredibly still and generally exhibiting the characteristics of somebody who just smoked a gram... anyway the point I'm trying to make is weed has made me over-think, and certain observations I've made are harming my self confidence.
Alpha males are the people who get what they want in this world. Alpha males get the girls, they get the good jobs, they have the fun and they actively take what they want. To be truly confident and comfortable in your own skin is not to be addicted and dependent on a mind altering drug. At least not when you are my age and have nothing to show yet.
Daily weed usage combined with a certain type of mentality is cancer to your life's success and happiness. My motivation? I never had this beta male mentality before I started smoking weed, and I sure as shit won't have it after I start succeeding in work, hobbies and romance.
Please be alpha, please believe in yourself. Do the right thing and quit - you wouldn't have read my entire post if you didn't feel in some small way, weed is removing quality from your life.
No points to those who scanned, and caught this last paragraph out of the corner of their eye ;)
Please be motivated.
Been smoking 13 years daily and I am perfectly normal, I have the same cognitive capacity as always and with regular exercise smoking does not affect my physical abilities. I have quit before several times for months at a time to pass drug screenings and had no withdrawals or temptations, I would even roll joints for my girl. Like many educated people commented MODERATION is key. Too much of anything can be a bad thing. If you are a loser before weed then pretty much you will be a loser after weed. As far as health dangers, there has yet to be a reported death related to marijuana use. There are a lot more sinister substances legally available to the public, yet we have no problem with their consumption because we are told it is the right thing to do. The last thing I am concerened with is someone getting high, what does bother me are these killers, rapists and wall street fat cats that are allowed to freely wander our land and carry out their malevolent acts towards society.
I've been smoking weed for 6 years now, and i can finally say that the negative effects of smoking have got to me. When i first started smoking, there
raguett 3 years ago
hmmm????