Quitting Weed

>>18256627
It's tough, but don't replace you're addiction with another one man, that defeats the whole point.

As much as everyone is all "mmuh weed is good for you" wouldn't surprise me if your body is somewhat physically dependent on it. You're probably detoxing from it right now. Just stay strong. I think a marijuana detox only takes about 2 weeks.

>>18256627

Try your best not to replace it with another addiction, but if you're having trouble sleeping, try something like melatonin (not really addictive), or trouble with anxiety, maybe a beer or two, something like that.

It's important to try to let your body adjust to life without being constantly fucked up on something.

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>>18256627
>To be blunt

>My roommate is also quitting cold turkey with me.

Joint agreement lol

replace that hobby with a positive hobby. working out, learning how to cook new recipes, read books, etc. When something "triggers" you, replace it with that new hobby.

I used to be a huge stoner back during hs and college. Realized that my friends were graduating before me so I simply just didn't to buy any weed and deleted all the plugs i knew from my phone. Reevaluated my friends and disconnected from the ones who I felt didn't have aspiring goals as me.

>>18256627
I quit for around 45 days to pass a drug test for a job. I was a heavy smoker for years. I've cut down to one bowl pack a day. I do want to quit for good at some point, because I just get so tired after I get stoned and it isn't fun. I also miss remembering my dreams which happened when I quit for the 45 days. I dunno, I think in the summer I will make it happen for real.

>>18256656
What if withdraws make you irritable, and anxious?

>>18256696
Yeah, this is me. I don't want to quit for good, but maybe a bowl at the end of the day. I go through about a quarter a week, which isn't a TON, but it's enough to hurt my wallet and my work ethic.

But jfc, I can't remember if I was always this anxious without it. I was always quick to anger (which is /why/ I smoke weed), but now I'm irritable AND anxious when I'm sober.

>>18256627
Wait it out. Be patient and the cravings will stop. I was in your position 2 years ago and never would've gotten my life back on track if I hadn't stopped. No desire for weed anymore.

>>18257264
I definitely drank more. I spent more time outside. I watched more movies. I wrote reviews for them.

>>18256627
I just quit a 2 year daily weed dependence about 1 month ago

The first week was hell, minimal sleep, overheating, sweating like mad, irritability, no appetite

the second week was better, I could eat, still could not sleep well, less irritable

third week I got to sleep a bit, appetite was back in full force, depression hit hard, but everything else was back to OK

4th week and i'm basically back to normal but my depression is back in full force. Its better than being in a haze all the time though.

Wait it out. You can do it, opiate users go through hell every night, alcohol withdrawal can kill you, but weed will just make life miserable for a bit.

Good luck.

Every time I quit, I go back to it because life is so much better with weed. I don't want to quit. And see no reason to.

>>18257264
7g a week is insane, I used to smoke 7g a week for a summer and I hated it by the end. Cut down to less than half that

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>>18256627
>I'm addicted to weed
Just stop it, Hayley.

>>18256798
>>18256656
Cannabis does not form a physical dependence.

You do not go through withdrawal, you just stop being high.

>>18257781
>the first week after 2 years of daily smoking was hell
Motherfucker I've been smoking daily for 8 years now. Every few months I take a 2 week t-break. Nothing happens except not getting high.

God damn, you're all such colossal faggots.

>>18257888
You're talking out of your ass, shut the fuck up

Google is your friend and will prove you wrong

People are affected differently because people's brains are different

>>18257927
>you're talking out your ass
What, nigger, do you need me to show you my volcano receipt? Eat me.

>cannabis is physically addictive!
It's not. Irritability? A harder time going to sleep? Changes in appetite? That's not withdrawal, that's not being high 24/7.

I've never ever in my life heard of someone getting the opiate sweats from kicking weed, that's the real bullshit ITT.

>>18257888
>Cannabis does not form a physical dependence.
Behavioral dependence can have the same effect. Of course you won't be going through seizures, but it won't be fun trying to ignore a circuitry in your brain that's been developed over long period of time to 'smoke before x activity.'
>Motherfucker I've been smoking daily for 8 years now. Every few months I take a 2 week t-break.
So you've never quit your addiction. Alcoholics and cigarette smokers can take breaks too, the physical dependence doesn't persist after certain period of time.
The reason why they always go back to it is the behavioral addiction.

Admit it, you're an addict.

>>18257264
>>18256627
>self-medicate with weed
>decide to lay off the weed
>the things I'm self-medicating are coming back
gee what a shocker

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>>18257943
>Behavioral dependence can have the same effect.
Fuck off. I've seen people who had to go through real withdrawal. Being angry because you're not high isn't fucking withdrawal.

>so you've never quit your addiction
Like I said: I take a two week break every few months. Anon said he experienced severe withdrawal the very first week he stopped smoking. How are you so fucking dumb that you can't connect those two statements?

>admit it, you're an addict
I'm a daily smoker and drinker. An addict is defined as someone whose compulsive substance use interferes with daily life and executive functioning. I have no such problems.

I came here to laugh at you

>>18257942
No one said similarities to opiates, like some Trainspotting film. There are obviously dependence difficulties linked to poor sleeping, and mood changes. Leave, you are no use to this thread.

>>18257888

Do your research anon, about ten percent of regular heavy users do get majorly psychologically addicted. While you're correct when you say weed has no physical withdrawal symptoms(such as opiots or booze or benzos etc etc) people who are majorly psychologically addicted do suffer effects. Irritability and not being able to sleep are among the top ones, as well as anxiety. Just wait it out OP, it'll be tough for a while but you'll be glad you did.

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>>18257958
>you are no use to this thread
I didn't want to be of use.

I'm laughing at people crying about trying to quit weed as if it were some kind of actual undertaking

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>>18257963
>psychologically addicted
cry me a river

>irritability and sleep disturbance
are symptoms of not having weed in your system to calm you down and get you to sleep

>>18257967

Fair enough, but if they persist for a week or more then they obviously aren't natural are they? I don't think anybody on here is trying to say weeds addictive, don't do it you'll be strung out!!!! but some people will go through a sort of rocky emotional period for a week weeks if they were major heavy users for a long time. Some other people won't.

>>18257977
Weed feels great, and not being high after being high for a very long period does suck

Comparing it to withdrawal, even incredibly mild withdrawal like caffeine withdrawal, is total bullshit.

People forget that they're self-medicating a host of issues with weed and then go nuts when the issues come back after they stop smoking.

It shouldn't be a shock, a surprise, or a problem that your anxiety levels rise and your appetite drops when you stop habitually taking an anti-anxiety medication that increases appetite.

>>18257888
bro you are 100% right....however like bob Marley said on a poster i once owned "marijuana reveals you to yourself"...for many people their own self-deception when exposed to themselves clearly causes immense cognitive dissonance. For a person who is apt to accept the truth, however unexpected or awkward that truth may be, weed has no complex effects. However those with the regret of having taking the "red pill" do what they must to justify and fortify their own disregard of reality. They have simply invested more of themselves into their facade than they can personally hope to reverse without outside influence .... The rude person who responded to you is correct that there are differences in peoples brains. What they are subconsciously deliberately failing to acknowledge is that those differences are based on the exercise the brain either does or does not receive. In order to avoid this handicap, a person would need to be aware at an age between 0 and 3 that they are capable thinkers. Unfortunately most toddlers are trained that mimicry and obedience is the key to acceptance they crave. The concepts of self acceptance and responsibility deteriorate in those common circumstances to the point an individual cannot even conceive the fact they are a sentient being, and not just a meet robot... when the mind and consciousness deteriorate, then yeah...the brain is all that is left to determine your actions and responses...but that isn't a fundamental difference in the people, it's a difference in how the people were raised and how they coped with it.

>>18257982

That's a fair point, and in some cases it's true. Obviously if a guy is an insomniac and has anxiety or anger issues etc before they start smoking weed and then weed makes these things go away, it's not a surprise they return when the person stops smoking.

But I have a friend who's a ridiculously heavy smoker. He goes through about 10 grams a week, sometimes more.


He always loved getting high but over the years his amount went up and up. For the past year he won't leave his house unless his girlfriend drives him to the store. He never socialises unless you call down to see him, he won't come out for any occasion whatsoever. And if he can't get weed he complains of not being able to sleep at all,and you do NOT want to be around him haha. Now these may not be conveniental addiction or withdrawal behaviors, but Ive known the guy years and I've saw him change.i can't think of any other reason for this change. I smoke regularly too, fuck all bad ever happened to me lol I love it. The way I see it, weeds addictive in the same sense sex or video games are. Rather than in the traditional drug sense. But for some people that's bad enough. The brain can get addicted to almost anything

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_use_disorder

This ticks every box for my friend, I'm sure he isn't the only guy on the planet to have experienced this

>>18257964
It has nothing to do with what you want. You are an annoying shit poster that is too ignorant to understand others.

>>18257964
Forgot to add, posting unfunny memes doesn't help anything

>>18256627
...also weed is like all other plants classified as "hallucinogens" ....however you are before you take it will be amplafied while you take it....so if you're a lazy cunt, who's taking it to get away from reality....it's your personality making that happen.... A person who is reflective and objective will have the opposite experience on weed. So nah...weed doesn't fix you, but it does make you quite malleable, transparent, and thereby more capable of fixing yourself....but if you don't take advantage of that, that's on you...of course your issues will multiply if you avoid them. but yeah...i think you gotta hit bottom pretty hard before you will see it's on you. and you can't hit bottom while you are smoking weed...so i say stay off it til you can appreciate yourself and it properly. suffering is natural and to be expected in everyone's life til you face that shit. weed will only help you face it when you are willing to face it

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>>18258006
>>18258001
smoke weed every day

>>18258021
As he continues to hide behind memes.

It will be difficult for two weeks, tops.
After that, it's a couple weeks of stuff feeling strange. You'll get the itch to smoke for several months.

Isn't weed good for you? I mean at least all the people who do it says so.

>>18258091
They're retarded.

>>18258091
I don't say that but I use weed a lot. I laugh at friends who say 'durr weed cures cancer' and other shit and especially when they think weed smoke is not harmful to lungs.

It's 'good' for you if you have multiple sclerosis or terminal cancer/pain. It is not a refined medicine, but it actually has real benefit with mental problems I would say. The change in mental state with little negative side effects is a useful tool for someone who is depressed or anxious.