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dubbyah
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i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it
#5312341 - 02/17/06 11:11 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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well I smoke twice a day, once when I get up (at like 2) and once at around 9-12 pm (and I go to bed at 3-4). I smoke probably two bowls from my bong each seshion of dank, and get really blazed. Getting high makes me extrmeely euphoric, able to concentrate on music and stuff more, and extremely creative.. I love smoking, but I notice cloudyness and brainfog, worse the more high I get during the day.. I think I am going to start smoking LESS in a session so I don't get so ridiculously blazed, hopefully this will cutt back brain fog.. Also, I smoke alone, and hardly ever smoke with other people. I dont get much human contact and mostly just make music all day. I'm normally a very happy guy, even with this lifestyle (going to college next year so tha twill be a change), but over the past few days ive just been alarmed that i feel disassociated from my thoughts, and not as connected to who I used to be... sometimes I smoke 3 times a day too, but those times the third time I smoke is pretty shitty and it takes more to get high.
I should try to smoke only once a day, or not at all, but its so hard.. Getting not as high is a good solution though, cause when I smoke two bowls from the bong I just get SOOO fucking euphoric and slanty-eyed..
does anybody have any tips?? I love weed and I love getting high but i used to be a very quick very sharp always could think of the right words type of person, and now im a very mellow chill guy... with slower thoughts..
Its also hard to get shit done. I've always been like that to an extent, but I dont think being blazed and going thru each and every day with THC in my blood is helping it any...
Edited by dubbyah (02/17/06 11:13 PM)
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: dubbyah]
#5312349 - 02/17/06 11:14 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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try eating it?
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: dubbyah]
#5312352 - 02/17/06 11:15 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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just smoke a lot but in little doses. i know what you mean on the foggy brain shit, it wont happen if you dont smoke as much.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: dubbyah]
#5312366 - 02/17/06 11:23 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Mj shouldnt do that to you unless you use it that often. Sounds like you have a problem.
Not a difficult problem to overcome though. Just try being sober for a few days. It will be the equivalent of a trip for someone who smokes as much as you do. Alcoholics call it a moment of clarity. I hate to say it but it is hard to really grow up when high on weed all the time. Once you come back to it, a high like that will send you into space and will likely give you a new appreciation of MJ. When you smoke as often as you do, being sober for a few days is one hell of a trip. You seem to want to avoid a break in the cycle.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: new_to_shrooms]
#5312371 - 02/17/06 11:24 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm in college and I smoke everyday but remembering can be an issue. Definitely foggy brain
Get active after smoking or eat
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Edited by Bobnasty (02/17/06 11:28 PM)
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: new_to_shrooms]
#5312396 - 02/17/06 11:39 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I just took a 1 week break about 3 weeks ago.. AND IT SUCKED
Edited by dubbyah (02/17/06 11:46 PM)
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: dubbyah]
#5312412 - 02/17/06 11:50 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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i know where youre coming from dude. I havent goe a day without smoking in years. Ive had to cut back alot since ive been un-emplyed, but when i had the cash id smoke at least 1-2g on myself at least a day.
I shudder to think about the money i wasted. Pot just isnt the same anymore
I can remember smoking BAMMER and being blitzted for HOURS. Now i can toke an eighth of some super dank, medical, 100% sativa goodness, and be stoned for a couple hours and not even have it compare to the high i got when i was in middle school.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: sui]
#5312432 - 02/18/06 12:10 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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im in the same boat dude, if you find a cure, let me know!
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: danlennon3]
#5312440 - 02/18/06 12:14 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
danlennon3 said: im in the same boat dude, if you find a cure, let me know!
the cure is dont smoke so much pot.
i just have a great deal of trouble doing it
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: sui]
#5312449 - 02/18/06 12:21 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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no matter what time it is, its always the right time to smoke
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: dubbyah]
#5312476 - 02/18/06 12:48 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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yea i feel almost the same way dubbyah. Ive been smoking a lot the past 6 months and it has sort of isolated me as well. But now that i dont have money for it im feeling like depressed and lonley. And when im high thouse feelings go away so i dont know what to do.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: Opioid]
#5312542 - 02/18/06 01:32 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hey I used to smoke weed like you. I smoked all day; when I woke up, during the day and a good amount at night to sleep. Eventually I saw that all my friends that smoked like I did weren't getting as far in life. But the main reason for smoking less was internal; the lifestyle was getting old. Going cold turkey is hard when you smoke weed all day. Try cutting back the amount you smoke or just smoking less times during the day. But your the one who wants to quit; you already tried the cold turkey method. One thing that you will be rewarded with when you stop smoking is a clearer mind. For music composition, not smoking weed actually allows you the reward of being able to analyze others music and your own in a different mind state. When you get high you enhance you music which is cool and all. When you are sober and write a song sometimes it is actually better, more clear. The fun thing todo is be sober for a week or so, then write music high vs. sober. Check out your songs you wrote high sober and vice versa. You might find you can write the music from your soul easier sober.
It all depends on you buddy. But as I already said, you had the desire to quit smoking for a reason. Don't forget why you wanted to quit, to have a clearer mind. Man after you quit heavy weed smoking for years and are sober for almost a year I swore my vision was clearer, my thoughts more organized, an ability to memorize little things and so much more. Heavy smoking like you do really changes your life. Smoking less often is a different lifestyle. Well good luck and I hope you found what you were looking for.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: Demonichildren]
#5312731 - 02/18/06 04:59 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I used to smoke 2-3 sometimes 4 bowls a day until last week when I decided it'd got out of hand.
Haven't touched it for 6 days so far and I'm feeling a lot better. Not that I was feeling really bad from smoking so much weed (in fact I was always in a good mood ) but I realised how boring my life had become. I was so stoned most of the time that leaving the house was a real effort. I was never up for going out at night because I just felt burnt out from all the smoking during the day. I still did stuff with my friends but they did start to comment on how stoned I was all the time and that I should really cut down.
I had about a quarter of some decent buds left at the start of the week so I went out in a blaze of glory and smoked it all as fast as I could. After I ran out, I didn't bother buying more and started the few days of cold turkey :P
Here's my plan:
- No weed for 4 weeks. I understand it takes about a month for all the THC to get flushed out of your body, and I want to get as clean as possible. For the first 3-4 days after stopping smoking I had trouble sleeping, was waking up at night sweating loads and felt generally irritable.
- After 4 weeks, I'm gonna consider starting again but with more restrictions on how much I smoke. I dunno - maybe I won't even want to start again. I haven't had any real cravings, my mind feels so much clearer and I have so much more energy now that I've stopped.
The first couple of days were the hardest, but it's a lot easier now.
Good luck man
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: Chikitta]
#5312747 - 02/18/06 05:33 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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i'm a daily smoker too, and i know that feeling coz i get it ever now and then. when i do i just tell myself i need to give it a break, set a goal for 7 days or something. then when you start up again, don't smoke as much each night (and i bet you get just as high). it's not as hard to do as you think, you just have to make the decision and WANT to do it - you have the power!
a friend of mine had trouble cutting it straight out like i do, said that he got a fair amount of anxiety n that. what he did was grew a little plant, and just pulled a few leaves off to have a smoke each night. he wasn't getting high but he felt fine and could get to sleep. after a few weeks of that he just stopped all together, and hasn't smoked since.
good luck to you pal, hope it works out.:)
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: ajna]
#5312804 - 02/18/06 06:38 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hahaha fuck man i smoke liek 10 times a day. Im trying to quit but its just so freakin hard, i always hang out with my freinds who smoke just as much as I do. But seeing this post makes me wanna really try. and yeah man i totally know what you mean on that clouded mind shit, I hates it Peace
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: ajna]
#5312814 - 02/18/06 06:44 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I don't know about you, but I kind of get stuck in a cycle of smoking. Smoke every day for a while, can't smoke for some reason, can't imagine not smoking, and then four days later I don't really care that much unless someone's smoking it around me.
Try taking just one hit, twice a day or something. I think you'll be surprised, it has managed to lower my tolerance quite a bit and it's all I need anymore.
Also, I had smoked every day for a while before the first time I tried ecstasy, and after I came down from it the brain cloud was completely gone. Might be a lame suggestion but if it's around and you want to quit smoking for a while, it worked for me really well.
Edited by supersapien (02/18/06 06:45 AM)
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: supersapien]
#5313494 - 02/18/06 02:07 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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get a tough job where you cant smoke pot. Thats what I did, and I still smoke lots, I just dont smoke every day.. And with the money I save, when I do smoke its only blunts. So thats nice too.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: Legoulash]
#5313559 - 02/18/06 02:38 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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When you smoke alot your brain makes connections between the act of smoking and the other habits you do in a day.
The best way to quit (i find) is to change your habits, take a look at what you do In a day and just do something else; go for a run, work out, make some new friends, Read a good book, just find something to do that you would not normally do.
Also i find that eating right and taking good care of your body helps, instead of buying another 90 dollar sack of chron, go buy some nice green vegetables, some healthy food, and some vitamins. Also THC is fat soluble i hear, and when you exercise it releases some THC back into your blood system, so next time you feel like taking a hit just go for a jog or somethings.
Take all your bong, pipes, Rollie's and what ever wild thing you inhale smoke through and lend it to a stoner friends for a while, this helps Because there is no more res for you to smoke if your one of those types who will scrap a pipe clean when feinding.
the first week could very well suck ass, but stick to it and you will start to feel much much better. I find it is much easier to quit cold Turkey then not, what most people lack is self confidence to actually quit.
Also Doing mushrooms helps me keep my mind off weed.
good luck man, and remember even if you quit for a while you can always go back when your ready.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: Kingkole]
#5313600 - 02/18/06 02:58 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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if u ever get the sensation to get high... eat instead of smoke! trust the thrust
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: jaycecp]
#5314732 - 02/18/06 09:42 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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and I thought it was just me feelin like this. First thing I do when i get home from work is smoke a bowl. Then a doob or two after dinner.
I try to limit though. And take a day break, by intentionally running out. But that don't happen too often heh
But, i'm an ornary little bitch when I don't have my smoke!
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: magikgrl]
#5314887 - 02/18/06 10:40 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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i have smoked everyday for the past 3-4 weeks, the funny thing is i went to see some court guy for some vadlisim charges and he said this shit would be continued and its not smart to do any drugs until its all over.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: Serenity]
#5315130 - 02/18/06 11:42 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: Serenity]
#5315133 - 02/18/06 11:42 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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i wish i had problems like these!
for real. i have a hard time finding 1 day to smoke. 1 day where i dont have work or tons of school shit. finding a day to trip (whole day off basically with no responsibilities) as you can imagine is nearly impossible.
lately ive been lucky enough to have about 5 days where i can smoke every day. it's great. reminds me of being back in high school where it was months and months of being blazed all the time.
my guess is that you dont have much responsibilities besides your music. if that is getting you along fine in life, then great. keep doing that. but if you're like the vast majority of us you might need somethin else as a back up plan. start focusing on that a little more.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: keefboy]
#5315672 - 02/19/06 05:35 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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do drugs, dont let the drugs do you.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: Mushroom_Mike]
#5346332 - 02/27/06 05:36 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I should smoke less but I don't really want to smoke less... you know what I mean? There is nothing like coming home after a hard day and having that one bowl of green, nothing can beat that, when I don't smoke I drink a beer. It's the perfect way to wind down and enjoy your evening.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: chodamunky]
#5346691 - 02/27/06 07:06 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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If and when you cut back. Take lecithin. I take a couple of grams a day when I cut back and your tolerance will be gondy.
I don't know why, but I don't take it anymore. I take enough suppliments. But yeah, good choline sorce. Soy lecithin. Buy some. If you eat enough, you'll bust loads like a porn star too. Kinda sick that I discovered that one out... researched it and found out that dudes totally abuse it so they can bust crazy.
I need to take a smoke-break as well. My throat's sore... gad... I wanna smoke!
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: browndustin]
#5346883 - 02/27/06 07:49 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yeah, i think the only way to go is make sure you take at least 1 (preferably 2) days off a week, just so your tolerance doesnt go up, and so its not an expected thing.
once you expect it, its not as special, and i think you build up a mental tolerance to it.
we smoke weed to release stress and get an altered perspective, but when it becomes our status quo, it loses its luster. and most people cope with this losing of luster by smoking more, or more often. that only seems to worsen the problem.
so....take a break, come back to it if you want, and don't do as much. and try to make it "special"...do something you normally don't do, have a adventure.
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: chuck_lanuck]
#6448894 - 01/11/07 01:54 PM (17 years, 21 days ago) |
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I smoked for 20 years (2 grams/day) whitout much interruption, at the end i was willing to stop but the habbit was too strong so i got help from our little friend (mushroom). I took 5G with the intention to stop and it work like a charm (are they not magic hehe), never smoked after that !!! The mush help me understand why i wasn't able to stop and gave me the energy to stop easily, verry easy. so for me 5Gram of dry shroom alone in the dark and in silence gave me the solutions i was searching for. They are great friends, if you ask they should help !!! Good Luck
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Re: i need to cut back smoking weed but im so dependant on it [Re: omeada]
#6449363 - 01/11/07 03:49 PM (17 years, 21 days ago) |
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I don't smoke everyday because smoking everyday would be more routine then fun, just looses the novelty to me.
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