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Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread
    #23258801 - 05/22/16 03:48 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

There are many people that want to stop smoking, so please respect another's decision to quit and don't make this thread about persuading them to find ways to smoke. Marijuana is a substance with many positive effects - however, it also has its share of negatives. I do not want this thread to be a debate between the two.

I'd like this thread to be for people who feel that the negatives of marijuana are outweighing the positives in their lives - about helping one another quit consumption.

Please, feel free to share your stories about quitting/wanting to quit.
Let's come up with plans to help each other stay on track toward our goals amidst the constant pressure to smoke.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: LittleDaddy]
    #23258827 - 05/22/16 03:57 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

For me, I plan on quitting with the pressure of it in my life. This may not be the best route for all of us, but I have a lot of friends who smoke and I want to keep ties with these guys.

I'm quitting for multiple reasons. Primarily, I think habitual smoking is my problem. I'm compulsive about it. If I have it, I smoke it - before work, before school, during assignments, before tests, etc. I'm not fluid at work when I've been smoking a lot. My short term memory is shit - I'll walk into a room and have to sit for like 10 seconds to figure out what I was doing, if I even figure it out. I don't dream when I'm smoking. I cough up a bunch of phlegm. It's prolonged my illness multiple times. I rely on it for a "fix" and it makes other natural highs less high. I find I crave it during every activity.

1) First thing's first - I've gotta stop buying marijuana.
2) - I've gotta get rid of what I have. I plan on giving it to my roommate's
3) - I've got to say no. This is hard to do because I get excited when people offer and body craves the substance to some extent. This takes discipline and a firm aspiration to quit. I will cultivate the firm desire to quit by reminding myself of the negatives I have experienced from marijuana.I will also help myself say no by rewarding myself every time I do. I'll do this by letting myself buy a Qdoba burrito everytime I say no.
4) - I've got to maintain quitting this time. I've quit numerous times and hopped back on, so I kind of need help here.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Kinshino]
    #23259595 - 05/22/16 08:32 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Ey thanks for the comment!

I definitely notice I'm more fluid with tasks when I take a while off of smoking. I'm also curious how you managed to stay sober. I don't have much trouble quitting for a few weeks, but I get pulled into smoking so easily.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: SushiKing]
    #23259688 - 05/22/16 09:01 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Nice post bruh. The three week mark is pretty solid :thumbup:

It definitely affects my social life in similar ways. One of my high school teachers told me that weed makes his life stationary. I feel that in a lot of respects it's the same for me and it sounds like it is for you too.

That'll be dope to be back in school if that's what you want man! I worked at a pizza shop with heavy overtime and would just hangout with my coworkers, blaze up, drink, pass out, and repeat. I'm way happier in school.

How do you plan on staying sober past this three week mark? Three weeks is typically as far as I've gotten in the past.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
    #23259977 - 05/22/16 10:47 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Hey man, thanks for the input and assistance getting this thread going.

Seems like it was a good decision to switch to pot from coke. and i definitely feel like it's quite the crutch for me sometimes - even if I don't use it to cope, I'll just be more irritable in general if I'm smoking.

How long have you stopped? If it's recent my hope is the sleep will eventually be better for you and the irritability will go away. I have read that pot does negatively affect deep sleep.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
    #23260030 - 05/22/16 11:05 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Oh! my bad! I thought you switched from coke to pot!

10 days is pretty good bruh! I bet you've started noticing some effects. It usually takes me like 4 days before I start really coming out of the cocoon it puts me in.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
    #23260085 - 05/22/16 11:25 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Word, I can manage alcohol pretty well and I hope to reintegrate pot appropriately in the future, but now I realize it is not possible at the current time. I would hope that the potential of pot isn't the same, but I've only quit for a couple months, so I'd like to know what quitting for a few years will do.

Relapse for me has typically been 2-3 weeks. That's about when all my symptoms of use disappear. I've also relapsed at twice between 4-8 weeks. I just get cocky and think I can handle it, but, like you said, the temptation slowly lures me back in.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
    #23260121 - 05/22/16 11:38 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

I don't know an exact date, I just don't want to relapse. I did after a couple months, which was upsetting. I'd say at least a year.

Exactly, I don't want to lose the positives it has, but right now, as long as I am vulnerable to falling into my habitual use, its negatives outweigh the positives.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
    #23260146 - 05/22/16 11:48 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Thanks brother!

I wish you well as well. Keep me updated on your progress! I'm curious about how your sleep will resolve.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
    #23266980 - 05/24/16 06:01 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Ey, I was thinking about your sleep and I thought that if it didn't fix itself that maybe figuring out a low dose of marijuana that works might be a good thing to try.

As for me, I haven't really been smoking that much relative to my usual self this last month, but it is day 3 of not smoking and I'm definitely feeling my motivation come back, as it typically does around this time. That also may be due to the meditation schedule I've been committing too, but I know when I'm smoking I don't meditate as much. I've also noticed I've been pretty bored when I get all my stuff around the house down. Seems like those were my favorite times to smoke. Homework's still hard for me to get motivated about, but I'm definitely getting more done than usual. Looking forward to the future. This thread has given me the firmest motivation to not relapse I think I've ever had. I really don't want to let myself/other members down this time. Smoking isn't even a remote option at the moment.

Hope your sleep gets better bruh!


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
    #23267594 - 05/24/16 08:35 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

I'm being more proactive about meeting girls, so I suppose so! I definitely notice I'm more unwilling to change my circumstances when I'm smoking.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Le_Canard]
    #23286051 - 05/29/16 08:54 PM (7 years, 7 months ago)

Thanks guys, I slipped and smoked a bowl a couple nights ago, woke up with my phlegm dis colored again, but I'm still motivated to stay on track. I've turned it down a couple times, but I drank a bit, so I went with an impulse.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: LittleDaddy]
    #23294601 - 06/01/16 01:13 AM (7 years, 7 months ago)

Been 9 days since this started. I smoked once within that timeframe two days ago. Feeling good, motivated about stopping still.
Motivation is way up, been playing more music, doing more school work, everything. Seems like overall I'm just gaining more control of my life - probably wouldn't relate most of that to stopping marijuana, but I'm feeling better without it, as always.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
    #23312729 - 06/06/16 01:46 AM (7 years, 7 months ago)

Hey homie, sounds like you don't want to take d-amp; do you know what the motive is?


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Rosen_Rot]
    #23325629 - 06/09/16 12:00 PM (7 years, 7 months ago)

Word, man, I would constantly tell myself I need to quit.. but all it took was the firm aspiration to actually do it - continuing to comment on this thread and not let the purpose of the thread down did it for me.

Maybe find something for you that will commit you to word.

The first days are going to be hard, but I bet you it looks up in about a week. And if you lose friends because you stop smoking it is my honest opinion that they aren't true friends. Maybe give yourself some time to become comfortable with saying no and quitting and then see if they're still cool with you while youre not smoking. Good friends aren't products of circumstances. If you live in a community maybe there are some group opportunities of interest you can get involved in? those will bring you around people with similar interests.

I think the big thing is just occupying your time and feeling good. Working out helps so much for setting the tone throughout the day. Little things like gardening, walks, reading, hiking, and music can help pacify those moments of boredom that spark interest in smoking.

It sounds like you've brought pot deep into your life but I'm confident you can gut it out. keep us updated. :smile:


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
    #23325637 - 06/09/16 12:03 PM (7 years, 7 months ago)

JSB,

I feel you and agree that smoking pot is better than other drug use. It's gotta be hard to stop 18 years of drug use.

Have you thought about transitioning all of the other drugs out of your life and then focusing on pot?


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: Rosen_Rot]
    #23328091 - 06/10/16 12:04 AM (7 years, 7 months ago)

Word homie, sounds deep...

I can definitely relate when you say you cannot even have one joint... that's why I made the choice to stop smoking completely. I am a compulsive smoker.

As far as "this is better with weed" - that goes away, I promise - your reward system is bent on it, but your brain's malleable and it will change - fortunately, it gets better every day.

Have you considered taking just a few days to get your bearings into quitting and then rejoining your friends?

Also, I have a job pretty liberal with how much I have to work and I would leave when I was smoking as soon as possible... now that I am not smoking, I am actually really motivated to excel in my work.

For the break up, I'm sorry for your loss, man. It's rough seeing someone that important walk out of your life. Time will pacify it... and will bring many revelations of what is truly right for you. And the more you abide by what you find to be truly right, the faster the healing will progress. It is a time for profound sorrow, but also great gain in personal growth, homie.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread [Re: touchofgrey92]
    #23338230 - 06/13/16 01:02 AM (7 years, 7 months ago)

Yeah homie... It can definitely be difficult for that first hump.
Have you another hobby that can divert your attention? Walking always helped me... It was just getting motivated to walk that stifled me a lot.


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Re: Marijuana Abstinence Support Thread *DELETED* *DELETED* [Re: Lizamasllama]
    #23454824 - 07/19/16 01:19 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

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Hey guys,

It's crazy I just came on here to make my fist thread on this forum and then I immediately saw this thread which is basically exactly what I was going to make.  Anyways, I'm 19 years old going on 20 and I have been smoking daily for around 3 years now and I am ready to slowly quit/heavily reduce my habit. 

For me what I have noticed is very similar to many of your stories.  Like many of you, I love weed.  I love it so much that I smoke it every day before I do any task usually, simply because I enjoy the headspace and feel no harm in doing it because I am able to be productive and get things done still.  At the same time in the back of my mind I often think about how without weed I would find so many other things to do, and how maybe it isn't the best thing for me to be smoking all the time. 

While I only smoke around an eighth a week, I still smoke multiple times a day and get fairly high each time.  Around a year ago I got a pretty bad concussion which somewhat catalyzed this idea around weed possibly not being the best thing, as it often made my head hurt after the injury and I still get very high from a small amount since the concussion.

Anyways, while I love weed, I feel like at going on 20 years old I am ultimately going to hold myself back from my full potential if I sit around in college and just smoke weed at a heavy rate.  For a while I have gone through a cycle of smoking until I feel I become semi-dependent on it, which at this point I admit I am, and while it isn't the worst dependency it is indeed one and I am beginning to feel that clouds my head and thoughts. Through the cycle I often take 2 week to month long breaks when I feel I have  been smoking too much, and while the first few days always suck, I begin to feel great after just a week of not smoking.  Sitting around and not thinking about the things that are wrong in my life (often pertaining to my health which I have been working on for a while, won't get into it), go away and I find myself being more active and especially meditating very often as well as doing yoga, which are two activities I often stray away from when I am smoking, an interesting thing to note.

Anyways, if anyone read this I hope it helped you in some way as I'm sure you're on this thread for a reason and probably have had some similar feelings.  I'm not sure completely where I'm at with weed yet because I do still love it and so many of my friendships are "tied" to it and while it sounds sad, it will be weird to hang with some of my friends when sober.  At the same time I plan to reduce my smoking habit greatly and start that with a hiatus of 1 month to 3 months.  I would love to be able to just smoke once or twice a week but I've tried that many times and it always goes back to daily.  I'm shooting for that this time but if I fail again it will soon be time to quit for good as I am done with the cycle that the sweet Mary is putting me through.

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Lisamasllama, glad you reached out homie. A hiatus seems like an idea worth trying. I, unfortunately, have tried hiatuses too, and, like you said, resort to going back to daily smoking typically. Maybe in the future that will change.

It seems like everything you're saying parallels what happens to me... I meditate more, stop worrying so much, am more stoked about other natural highs in life. Maybe when you keep gaining more control over your life you can extend that to marijuana, but it seems like its beneficial for you to give it up altogether for a while.

How do you plan on doing so?


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    #23454825 - 07/19/16 01:23 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

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Thank you

I try drinking beer every so often and i kinda like the stimulation from it but it doesnt last long and im not big on alcohol at all.

I want to be at a point where i only smoke every great once in awhile or just holidays or parties what have you.

But i know i need a good long break like really long break in order to rid myself of this desire.

Thank you i have an excercise plan i neglect to do anymore all the time

Just that first step is the hardest yknow

Wish me luck ill probably report back woth how its going in a month or so




I personally don't advocate replacing drugs with another as that doesn't address the issue of craving for the drug, it just addresses the superficial manifestation of the craving. Exercise is a great alternative. Many here find help in meditation, but if that isn't doing it for you there are plenty of other activities you can get involved in.

Pot made me really anxious before I ceased, so that motivated me quite a bit to stop as it interfered with flirting and other relationships. Now that I've quit, I've started seeing a girl somewhat seriously for the first time in years and I've made a bunch of new friends. Communicating deeply with other people is a feeling that beats out being high anyday and leaves a more extensive satisfaction.


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