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Asante
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Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote.
#7761284 - 12/15/07 09:49 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Here's an email I just wrote in response to somebody's PM.
I've kept it anonymous so he or she can decide to come bout of the woodwork or remain unnamed.
Perhaps one or two might like to read this, cannabis crusaders can bite me 
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Hey XXXXXXXXXX!
I occasionally (like, once every few weeks) take a tiny bit of hashish, using about a gram in a whole year. Used in this moderation its without ill effects and it's entirely voluntary.
I used to be addicted to pot. People will fight me to no end in the forums if I say that but you and I know that pot addiction is a very real thing. Somehow, while it makes no sense at all to do it, you do end up smoking all those grams and your life and financial situation suffers because of it.
No one would be scraping the tar from their pipes and resmoke it, not unless they were DESPERATE to get high. It's more than just fun if you catch my drift.
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Are you glad you quit?
I'm VERY glad I quit. One of the best decisions in my life. In the five years that I smoke no pot to speak of, I feel better than I did when I smoked. More energy. More joy. Less tiredness. Less dullness. Better memory. Being more punctual with appointments. More motivation.
And, also important, the big sum of cash that I DIDN'T smoke in those five years didn't go up in smoke but turned into 24 carat gold and 999 silver, invested in my future instead of my past 
Take a pocket calculator and pen and paper. How much weed do you smoke on average per week? How much does that weed cost you on average? Multiply that by 260 weeks to see what not smoking saves you in the 5 years from now. Do that, it's VERY motivating to quit once you see your personal and very real number of dollars spent on pipe dreams.
And your lungs will give you a big hug for it too. Don't let the Harmless lobby fool you, smoking pot is HELL for your lungs and one day that may catch up on you.
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Cannabis has been causing me more problems than it's worth and I think it might be time to let it go.
Then quit! The first weeks may be hard, but for me personally I was astonished after a month or two that I didn't really miss it.
WTF, all that time under the influence, smoke inhaled, money spent and legal risks endured and yet two months later I didn't even miss it, life just took another direction and that was that.
I'm all for it, just say your goodbyes to the weed and move on. Its not a hard addiction to break for most, you just got to find use for the time you used to spend artificially satisfied, and find meaning for it. If you were a substantial potsmoker like I was, your brain will need six months or so before it will function as efficiently as it can without the herb holding it down.
I hope you'll give it a go, and break free of it.
Be Well,
WS
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CaptainKirk


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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: Asante]
#7761295 - 12/15/07 09:58 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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while i do smoke buds i think that anything that runs your life is beyond recreation...and i don't buy buds though, grow my own 
and as far as addiction goes ,i would hardly say the pot is anything more than psychologicaly addictive though,i have stopped on and off for jobs and after a week or 2 its over like you said.. but to each his own i suppose
i know of all the substances around these days if my kid was going to use 1 i would hope it was pot ,not alcohol ,coke and anything else..the least harmful of all substances IMO
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lbtchnlgs
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: CaptainKirk]
#7761306 - 12/15/07 10:06 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Would you agree that every addiction is psychological?
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jmg5
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: Asante]
#7761310 - 12/15/07 10:08 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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smoking pot is a way of life for a lot of people just because you label it abuse doesn't make it abuse the fact is I don't care about my future and I don't care about money pot is worth more than gold or silver
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Atheist
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: jmg5]
#7761314 - 12/15/07 10:11 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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uh id rather have a bunch of gold to sell so i can buy a shitload of buds
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jmg5
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: Atheist]
#7761316 - 12/15/07 10:12 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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yeah but I wouldn't stop smoking for five years to do it
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budsmoke420
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: jmg5]
#7761318 - 12/15/07 10:14 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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IMO its just psychologically addicitive I smoked pot for 5 years up until the day i got put under house arrest and then quit cold turkey for 6 months sure it may have felt a little weird for a couple days but its nothing that a ciggarette cant take care of (which i may add is alot worse for your health/lungs than marijuana) I guess some people are just more sensitive to the drugs withdrawl effects than me. I really dont believe that pot is as bad of a drug as people make it out to be, its just as bad as the lortabs your get perscribed for your pain, or the ciggarettes you smoke, or even the rare steak that you eat. But if one decides to quit smoking pot and believes that its doing something better for them than more power to ya
-------------------- They lie about marijuana. Tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do, just as well. You just realize that it's not worth the fucking effort. There is a difference. -Bill Hicks
Edited by budsmoke420 (12/15/07 10:15 AM)
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CaptainKirk


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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: lbtchnlgs]
#7761320 - 12/15/07 10:14 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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yes but some have physical addictions as well..ie getting sick from withdrawls.. you dont get sick when you quick smoking pot
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PsilocybinMind
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: CaptainKirk]
#7761328 - 12/15/07 10:18 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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It's all in the mind fellas.
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Asante
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: budsmoke420]
#7761339 - 12/15/07 10:25 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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smoking pot is a way of life for a lot of people just because you label it abuse doesn't make it abuse
When you want to cut down or quit and have trouble doing that, it's been abuse, not recreation. Not all pot use is entirely voluntary.Everybody can quit when they want to they say, but they just like smoking it so much that theres hardly a day without it.
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IMO its just psychologically addicitive
But psychological addiction can be VERY hard to break. Getting dopesick off heroin is a nightmare beyond comprehension, but it's the psychological addiction that gets them back to heroin almost every time.
Pot has no terrible withdrawals like that, but if a large enough part of your life is based on pot (or playing Warcraft) then it can be a near impossible task to break free from it.
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It's all in the mind fellas.
So is schizophrenia. That something is "all in the mind" doesn't make it any less of a problem, instead it can be far more elusive.
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Edited by Asante (12/15/07 10:27 AM)
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moon_glue
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: CaptainKirk]
#7761340 - 12/15/07 10:26 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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i recently started smoking again after a year and a half of probation
30$ (5 grams)of mids has kept me high 24/7 for a little over two weeks now and a i still have 2 1/2 joints sittin in the stash box.
when my bag runs out, i wont be in any hurry to get more. im in between semesters right now so i have the extra time to lounge around and toke. IM LOVING IT
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Chemy
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. *DELETED* [Re: CaptainKirk]
#7761345 - 12/15/07 10:28 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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PsilocybinMind
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: Chemy]
#7761481 - 12/15/07 11:25 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well, I guess I'm different then other pot users because I have been using pot daily for 4 1/2 years and not that long ago I quit cold turkey for 3 weeks and was perfectly fine... All I said in my mind was I don't need to be high 24/7 all day everyday. If you do stuff and keep yourself occupied you wont think about it as much but if you just sit around the house all day dwelling on how good smoking right now would be then your not gonna get far.
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: PsilocybinMind]
#7761533 - 12/15/07 11:46 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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excellent post!
-------------------- "Life sucks but in this really beautiful way" - Axl Rose "Life's a bitch and then you die that's why we get high cuz you never know when you're gonna go." - NAS "When people don't know what you're about they put you down and shut you out" - Black Sabbath "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" - Gandhi "Look up at me I am God, look down on me and I am evil, look at me I am you." - Charles Manson. "Don't question my reality." - Me (as far as I know)
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Coaster
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: PsilocybinMind]
#7761535 - 12/15/07 11:46 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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ive been smoking all day everyday for 8 years and its really hard 2 cut down i barely get high anymore and when i tell myself to stop for a few days to lower my tolerance i find it very difficult but im turning 21 soon so ima try to substitute alcohol for weed and since im a stoner at heart i doubt ill become an alcoholic god i hope this worx >_<
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: Asante]
#7761549 - 12/15/07 11:50 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Right on. Although for me, quitting is only as hard as I believe it to be.
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leery11
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: Coaster]
#7761560 - 12/15/07 11:56 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Coaster said: but im turning 21 soon so ima try to substitute alcohol for weed
don't do that bro you will give yourself brain damage
alcohol is no good at all
its poison in every way
anyway there was a time when i smoked every day for a while and when i quit i got lots of paranoia about nothing at all and my muscles shook for a month or so.
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: lbtchnlgs]
#7761633 - 12/15/07 12:26 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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lbtchnlgs said: Would you agree that every addiction is psychological?
no, no i wouldn't
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: lbtchnlgs]
#7761634 - 12/15/07 12:26 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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lbtchnlgs said: Would you agree that every addiction is psychological?
So DT is in your head?
Wiccan: I wouldn't call it an addiction only because it's hard to quit. You can develop a habit that is hard to break, not because you get rewarded from the behavior but because you're afraid of change.
I'm not saying that you cant develop dependence to THC, that seems contra-intuitive, anything used in excess makes your brain function in an alternate way. Once you're used to that state you will definitely get some symptoms when you stop administration. I am saying that the dependence is really minor.
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Re: Quitting weed abuse - an email I just wrote. [Re: Nalim]
#7761675 - 12/15/07 12:37 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Weed addiction is real.
A lot of people aren't willing to admit it though.
Also just because saying "anything used in excess makes your brain function in a different way" doesnt make it an excuse for addiction. You ARE addicted.
That is such a lame thing to say "oh you can get addicted to anything, its not REALLY addictive". fuck yeh it is, i agree with the tc, you aren't gonna go suck a guys dick for a baggie (well maybe..), and you aren't gonna sell your house and all your shit, but you ARE gonna give up a lot of time, money and relationships in order to get high.
Now i'm not saying that herb is a bad thing, infact i think its GREAT, i love herb....but it comes at a price, a huge price, an ILLEGAL price.
I admit that I'm hella-addicted to it, even though i only smoked one time last week (and i haven't bought any in a couple weeks)...I usually think about getting high a couple times every hour. I'm always contemplating ways that im gonna go get some smoke, or how im gonna do it. Or some pipes or bongs or shit that i want, etc.
The only difference between weed and other (much) addictive drugs is that those drugs won't let you go, and weed will. Even (LEGAL) alcohol holds onto your soul with an insatiable grip, while weed will actually allow you to stop smoking with only mild ill effects.
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