Quitting Marijuana

[Jes]

Has anyone here stopped smoking marijuana after a year or more of daily use? What were your detox symptoms like? I've heard it can be a really uncomfortable experience, so I want to prepare myself ahead of time so as not to relapse.

Thanks!

[Amadeus]

duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!!!!!!!!!! ha ha haeeeeehaheheheheheheheh

[{aspiring_to_clarity}]

Hey, Jes, can't say that I have. I do a little recreational, but not anywhere near everyday. I know when my ex was trying to quit (a several times a day smoker of mostly really good stuff) he had headaches. He sees it as necessary to cope with daily life. He was more anxious without it, or maybe he just expected to be. I can't be sure. After a couple of weeks (during which he also started working out and drinking more water) he seemed to be clear of the headaches, but he ended up going back anyway. He also gave up some really hard stuff (coke, meth) previously and of course he said this was nothing compared to withdrawl from those. I think you would be okay.

Why do you want to quit?

[Jes]

Originally Posted by {aspiring_to_clarity}

Why do you want to quit?

Well, it IS more like two or three grams a week of mostly top-of-the-line herb. Part of the problem is that I get it for free.

I'm not sure that I do want to quit. I think I do. I mean, I don't think I could hold a normal job at this rate. But I don't work a normal job. I'm an artist, and I'm pretty concerned that quitting could take a toll on my creative work. Part of me wants to do without it altogether, and part of me wants to be able to do it in moderation. Part of me considers it a crutch that I lean on for my work, and part of me considers it just another one of my many influences and inspirations.

Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realize that the problems I have now existed before I ever started smoking. But at the same time, when I'm high, it's more difficult for me to do anything about those problems.

Oh, God. Why couldn't I be a bloody accountant?!

[Niki]

Hey,

I smoked pot from my 14-18 and ALOT from my 16-18.

Now i'm clean for almost 4 years!

It was hard for me to be "normal" again. Its like when you smoke some weed for the first time, it feels weird and strange to socialize and act normal. But when you are used to be stoned and high, its strange and weird to act normal when you are clean again.

My thinking became clear again after a month.

How did I quit? I linked "without me knowing it" massive pain to smoking weed.
I knew the limitations of smoking it, and experienced the benefits of quitting it.

Marijuana doesn't seems to harm us, it doesn't seems to be bad. But when you stop smoking it for a month, you will KNOW the opposite is true.

To give you an idea what it does to your lungs, grab a white tissue when smoking, unfold it, inhale some of your joint/blunt/whatever true the tissue, and watch what it's leaving on the tissue. Its amazing that one inhale leaves that, imagine what ten thousand of inhales are going to leave INSIDE your lungs. WARNING, Image can be inappropriate for weak viewers.

Greetings

[Shamou]

Originally Posted by Amadeus

duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!!!!!!!!!! ha ha haeeeeehaheheheheheheheh

Gawd that's funny... ...I must be tired of something...

.

[Niki]

Originally Posted by Jes

Well, it IS more like two or three grams a week of mostly top-of-the-line herb. Part of the problem is that I get it for free.

I'm not sure that I do want to quit. I think I do. I mean, I don't think I could hold a normal job at this rate. But I don't work a normal job. I'm an artist, and I'm pretty concerned that quitting could take a toll on my creative work. Part of me wants to do without it altogether, and part of me wants to be able to do it in moderation. Part of me considers it a crutch that I lean on for my work, and part of me considers it just another one of my many influences and inspirations.

Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realize that the problems I have now existed before I ever started smoking. But at the same time, when I'm high, it's more difficult for me to do anything about those problems.

Oh, God. Why couldn't I be a bloody accountant?!

You know that you want to quit, otherwise you wouldn't started this forum entry, think of it, now is your chance to quit, to think clear 'to BE free". And about the creative part, it is not the weed that's creative, it is YOU that is creative. To say it even stronger, you are MORE creative WITHOUT the pot. Seriously, EVERY product that makes you think you need it, want it, cant live or work without it, LIMITS you! Every such product needs questioning.

Imagine, you wake up, what do you think about? Is it your freedom? Is it your creativity? Or is it something more limiting...? Don't you want to be free? I know I do!

[{aspiring_to_clarity}]

Originally Posted by Jes

Oh, God. Why couldn't I be a bloody accountant?!

No, don't say that, Jes!

I am not sure. I found the only thing I really liked more when high was eating and sex . For me it's just something that feels good (and enhances the aforementioned things).

I don't see weed in the same light...it's not used as a creative stimulant for me or something to dull the pain of life or help me ignore it. When you become dependent on it for those things is when it becomes an issue, in my opinion.

Maybe just do a 30 day trial (30 Days to Success - Steve's plan). I think it would give you a better perspective on what your really getting from being high. I know with the ex, he couldn't really remember a time when he wasn't smoking. During those two clean weeks, he said he felt clearer and happier (things he thought the high was providing him). You never know. Maybe your art will be a thousand times better!

Decide to do the trial. You can always go back if you want to. Keep us posted on what you decide and discover.

(You can send me all that free top-of-the-line stuff in the meantime )

[1cal]

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by jes: Has anyone here stopped smoking marijuana after a year or more of daily use? What were your detox symptoms like? I've heard it can be a really uncomfortable experience, so I want to prepare myself ahead of time so as not to relapse.

Hi Jess....I have and it really sucks for me......I cant sleep....I'm very irritable and get anxiety.....I've quit 3 times in the past...I'm currently in the process of quiting right now......I've started a blog about quitting it is Cal-quitting marijuana

[1cal]

Jes.....If you decide to quit and can't sleep let me know and we can blog at night.....What type of artist are you? I'm a musician.......I own my own business and am working on my B.A.

[gwl9dta4]

I guess the question is, why do you want to quit?

Is it getting in the way of your life?
is it getting in the way of your responsibilities?
is it getting in the way of your relationships?
is it getting in the way of your jobs?
is it getting in the way of your family?
is it getting in the way of your friends?
is it getting in the way of your self esteem?


All of those are good reasons to control a habit. Plenty of alcohol drinkers have a drink every night to relax. So do cigarette smokers, cigar smokers, pipe smokers etc etc etc.

I'm saying quit for a good reason. Otherwise don't beat yourself up for enjoying some fine Herb. Everyone should be so fortunate.

[{aspiring_to_clarity}]

Hey, Jes. The questions gwl9dta4 asked are good ones.

Have you come to any conclusions about what you are going to do? Just checking in. We're here to support you!

[John Wesley]

Originally Posted by Jes

I'm an artist, and I'm pretty concerned that quitting could take a toll on my creative work. Part of me wants to do without it altogether, and part of me wants to be able to do it in moderation. Part of me considers it a crutch that I lean on for my work, and part of me considers it just another one of my many influences and inspirations.

Do you really think it makes you more creative? I doubt it. That stuff slows your mind down and makes you lazy and lethargic. If anything I'll bet it's holding you back in both creativity and productivity.

[reflections]

I stopped cold turkey years ago and found it the best way for me. My creativity hasn't suffered at all, it's just expanded in a different direction.

[Interpreneur]

This is interesting. I never knew there were so many pot smokers interested in personal development. I haven't been around many addicts in my life, but the ones I have known have never been interested in anything except the things that ATC mentioned.....pot, food, sex, and more pot.

Like John said, pot doesn't make you more creative. That is a pseudo-hallucinative-hippie-myth from the 1960s. If you want to grow in any area of your life, let go of that stuff as soon as possible before you burn more brain cells.

I know many will disagree with me, but the truth is out there. Google it.

[{aspiring_to_clarity}]

Originally Posted by Interpreneur

I haven't been around many addicts in my life, but the ones I have known have never been interested in anything except the things that ATC mentioned.....pot, food, sex, and more pot.

Just so we are all clear here, those aren't the only things I am interested in ...though they are all fun. I don't think they are the only things Jes is interested in either (though I don't presume to speak for him). Not everyone who smokes makes it their whole life, even those who do it regularly. I don't think PD and smoking are mutually exclusive. If you let it be your everything, it will be bad for you...just like anything.

[francessargentosgood]

I smoked literally everyday my junior and senior year in college. I think I pretty much just got sick of being high all the time and when I moved away from fellow smokers, I just decided not to hook back up with any pot smokers. I didn't have any withdrawals that I noticed. When I looked back on it, I can see that when I was high I was having numerous little mishaps and accidents even in the morning before I smoked any pot. They weren't anything major but just things that happened from not paying enough attention to what I was doing. Like staring at the rain outside the window while cutting a bagel.

Aynway, I went cold turkey, smoked 2-3 times in the several years since but haven't suffered any withdrawals.

[synchroma]

Jes You Said:

Has anyone here stopped smoking marijuana after a year or more of daily use? What were your detox symptoms like? I've heard it can be a really uncomfortable experience, so I want to prepare myself ahead of time so as not to relapse.

Quote:
Originally Posted by {aspiring_to_clarity}
Why do you want to quit?


Well, it IS more like two or three grams a week of mostly top-of-the-line herb. Part of the problem is that I get it for free.


If it is always there and a problem for your temptations, then you have a problem that requires an environment change or a certain "friendship" issue. If you can keep that influence there and not be tempted to keep smoking, then you have the requisite power to solve this part of the problem.

[B]
I'm not sure that I do want to quit. I think I do. I mean, I don't think I could hold a normal job at this rate.
[B]
If you think that you can't hold a normal job then it is preventing you from actually getting one in the first place.

[B]
But I don't work a normal job. I'm an artist, and I'm pretty concerned that quitting could take a toll on my creative work. [B]

But it may also be having a negative effect. Drugs do wonder for some people who are proned to such intuitive insights. Do you make better while your high and how do you know? Perhaps you do make better work. But it side effects are cutting out other elements in your life.


[B]
Part of me wants to do without it altogether, and part of me wants to be able to do it in moderation. Part of me considers it a crutch that I lean on for my work, and part of me considers it just another one of my many influences and inspirations.
[B]

It is a source of greatness for you. But it needed you and don't really need it. Give your mind and body what it really needs and you'll have a clear and clean mind. Your mind won't change but it will become more deeper and stronger in its innate senses. The marijuana high is a great buzz and creative force in the right person. But the pure high of nature and the intellectual understanding of how it works and how we fit into it, that is such a great high of the infinite power we hold over this world.

[B]
Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realize that the problems I have now existed before I ever started smoking. But at the same time, when I'm high, it's more difficult for me to do anything about those problems.
[B]

Yep. It sounds strange or too unrealistic, but getting a clear mind and feeling good is the key to improving the way it works and feels. You need to create a plan or arrange some goals to achieve no matter how simple and easy. You must build a strong foundation, so that you get better which means you will be able to increase your inner creativity.



Oh, God. Why couldn't I be a bloody accountant?!

This is from another post that I found in forum about 5 years ago that might help.

[I]
I just took a psychology of personality class and after having spents year practicing guitar for up to 8 hours some days, mostly during the summer I now release it takes a certain drive, a person who desires to self-actualize oneself. I have tried to train myself for perfect pitch and have actually gained an increased awareness of listening, but I'm not a master listener yet. I also have a very intuitive temperament and this leads to many ideas and I have many ideas about where to take the Internet so a clear mind is essential to higher success in anything and everything.
[I]

[synchroma]

Jes You Said:

Has anyone here stopped smoking marijuana after a year or more of daily use? What were your detox symptoms like? I've heard it can be a really uncomfortable experience, so I want to prepare myself ahead of time so as not to relapse.

Quote:
Originally Posted by {aspiring_to_clarity}
Why do you want to quit?


Well, it IS more like two or three grams a week of mostly top-of-the-line herb. Part of the problem is that I get it for free.


If it is always there and a problem for your temptations, then you have a problem that requires an environment change or a certain "friendship" issue. If you can keep that influence there and not be tempted to keep smoking, then you have the requisite power to solve this part of the problem.


I'm not sure that I do want to quit. I think I do. I mean, I don't think I could hold a normal job at this rate.

If you think that you can't hold a normal job then it is preventing you from actually getting one in the first place.


But I don't work a normal job. I'm an artist, and I'm pretty concerned that quitting could take a toll on my creative work.

But it may also be having a negative effect. Drugs do wonder for some people who are proned to such intuitive insights. Do you make better while your high and how do you know? Perhaps you do make better work. But it side effects are cutting out other elements in your life.



Part of me wants to do without it altogether, and part of me wants to be able to do it in moderation. Part of me considers it a crutch that I lean on for my work, and part of me considers it just another one of my many influences and inspirations.


It is a source of greatness for you. But it needed you and don't really need it. Give your mind and body what it really needs and you'll have a clear and clean mind. Your mind won't change but it will become more deeper and stronger in its innate senses. The marijuana high is a great buzz and creative force in the right person. But the pure high of nature and the intellectual understanding of how it works and how we fit into it, that is such a great high of the infinite power we hold over this world.


Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realize that the problems I have now existed before I ever started smoking. But at the same time, when I'm high, it's more difficult for me to do anything about those problems.


Yep. It sounds strange or too unrealistic, but getting a clear mind and feeling good is the key to improving the way it works and feels. You need to create a plan or arrange some goals to achieve no matter how simple and easy. You must build a strong foundation, so that you get better which means you will be able to increase your inner creativity.



Oh, God. Why couldn't I be a bloody accountant?!

This is from another post that I found in forum about 5 years ago that might help.


I just took a psychology of personality class and after having spents year practicing guitar for up to 8 hours some days, mostly during the summer I now release it takes a certain drive, a person who desires to self-actualize oneself. I have tried to train myself for perfect pitch and have actually gained an increased awareness of listening, but I'm not a master listener yet. I also have a very intuitive temperament and this leads to many ideas and I have many ideas about where to take the Internet so a clear mind is essential to higher success in anything and everything.

[DaveTyler]

Goodluck
I quitted marijuana after 2 years constant smoking 24/7, it was a little weird in the first few weeks t regain "normality" but wasnt really that bad.
My creativity was messed for a while but it all came back. Gooduck

[Nelson]

I quit pot after 2 years of daily use. Withdrawl is not really a problem since pot is not physically addicting. The only real problem is that you can get mega-insomnia for a few weeks if you smoke at night.

You won't quit unless you're absolutely dedicated.

[coleflowers]

I took a health psychology class in college and we talked about marijuana a lot......I think a lot of the class was smoking pot frequently
From what I learned it takes about two weeks for your body to go through withdrawals and get it out of your system. But, it takes a month to two months for your mind to stop wanting it, especially if you are a frequent smoker. Your body actually won't be craving the weed, but you will still think you want to smoke, and will be wanting to mentally feel the same as you do when you are high. Because of this you may actually create worse withdrawal effects in your mind to help you justify "relapse".

But only quit if you want, don't do it because you feel like you should.

[wakemenow]

I've quit a few times in the past. Once for 6 years and then on other occasions for months at a time. You don't experience withdrawal symptoms aside from the psychological, which are no big deal. But I'm not a heavy-smoker either.

Like others, I agree that it can be enjoyed in moderation.

~A