quit smoking pot

So I smoke 1-2 times per week. It has waned and waxed like the moon for about a year, but tends to happen every weekend. I think it’s affecting my brain and corresponding with feelings of depression and being boring. I am realizing that it’s not something I really want to be doing, its more of a social thing. It just always happens with some groups that I hang out with, and it’s slowing me down.

I quit smoking weed 7 weeks ago today. Like many people I felt like it was really holding me back in all aspects of my life. Being that my roommate smokes every day, it gets pretty hard from time to time. Especially today, the bastard came home with the most delicious looking purple stuff. The fact that I’ve been clean for 7 weeks and still get pretty bad cravings every now and then really makes me wonder. I wonder if quitting pot is closer to quitting alcohol than people give it credit for, or if it is just fun and relaxing, and that is why I crave it. It’s probably a combination of the two. I’m definitely not the guy who’s planning on quitting forever, but after 8 extremely cloudy years, I feel like I need to take a year off and let my brain and lungs recover. I must say, it does feel pretty good, for the most part, but to be honest, as I look over at my ridiculously blazed roommate sitting on the other end of the couch, I am overcome by opposing feelings. The first of which being, “wow, that son of a bitch is high! God that looks relaxing.” This feeling quickly fades and morphs in to “wow, that son of a bitch is high! God he looks like a retard right now. His eyes are almost closed and he can barely talk.” I love the guy though, but when I think about it in those terms as I continue to write this, it makes me realize that I am not going to break, I’m gonna stay strong and keep it going. If I smoke at this point, I will be so disappointed in myself I won’t even enjoy it anyway. As a piece of advice to anyone who has recently quit or is thinking about quitting, WRITE. Whether it be expressing your feelings on here, some other site, or just in a notebook, writing and expressing what’s going on inside your brain is very helpful and therapeutic. I’m sure no one will read this, but who cares, it was very helpful for me and got me through another day without doing something I would surely regret.

Im 21 years old, starting smoking freshman year in college.
I was always a “good kid” in high school, I didnt even start drinking until the age of 17. Good grades, friendly…you know the standard try-to-stay-out-of-trouble-guy. Ive been in constant regret of my habit, each time I smoke I tell myself this will be the final time….

My problem stems from two areas (I think): my friends and family.

Im currently “friends” with a small group of people who also smoke weed daily. I frequently condemn myself for hanging out with these people because of their social standing and there clear neglect for being considerate. I cant understand why ive attached myself to these people.
My family (parents), whom I love dearly, both grew up in the hippy culture and still smoke daily. My mother, in the past, has even given me weed. I find myself resenting her for aiding to my habit. But really, I think she has a long-time weed smoking habit that cannot be fixed.

I attempted to quit more than once (both 1-3 months), but found myself going back to my old smoking self. The first time, I suffered from extreme sleep problems…and the second time I became depressed. Came out of the depression with a new look at life. I took that new found life for granted and somewhat recently started smoking again. I presently go through 60-80 dollars of weed weekly. It’s so damn frustrating, I cant understand why I cant kick this habit. I know I should. Im currently enrolled in a good post-secondary program, and am set to graduate in a month with the possibility of a great job. But I feel as if it’s all for nothing.

My family currently believes ive been off weed for months. So im cautious of talking to my parents about my problem (for the second time) because they really dont understand what weed is doing to me. So, any words of encouragement or advice would be awesome. I feel like im fighting this battle alone :(

[edit] I just deleted my weed people and weed friends off my phone, I can do this!

It’s inspiring reading what other people have written here. Makes me feel like I’m not alone.

I hate that I love to smoke. I feel terrible about the money I spend on it, and I always feel anxious/tired/depressed/paranoid/unmotivated/hungry/worthless/lazy/inferior.

It’s very very easy for me to get, and I work closely with friends who smoke all the time. I’m scared that I won’t be able to keep hold of the desire to stop feeling all those negative things after a short period of not smoking, especially when I’m still going to be around and see all the same people. I’m scared that I’ll convince myself it would be no big deal to just get some and do what I want.

I know NA is an option and the support of a new group of people might be helpful for me, but I don’t know if I’m ready or willing to go there. I wish I could just dispose of all my smoking gear (I’ve accumulated a lot over the years) and move on cleanly and quickly, but I know it’s going to be painful and the thought of it makes me want to go smoke.

I’m sick of feeling anxiety DAYS before running out of weed – calculating how long a bag is going to last and trying to remember if the guy I get it from will be available that day so I don’t have to go without. Making all these arrangements, fitting it in between trips to the grocery store, sneaking into the bedroom to smoke when I could be doing something fun with my family. Having to put up with people that drain me just so I can have easy access to it. Never being sure of myself, never having confidence in what I think or say.

It’s all gotten really old and I want to be done with it, but I don’t know how to live without it.

seriously… i dont know i love everything about it the way it smells, the way it tastes, the way it looks, but i know that its terrible for me, its almost like its keeping me in my own little prison, holding me from evolving as a person, i dont know i really need to quit but its almost as if Mary Jane comes to me at night and whispers in my ear while im sleeping… this is so hard but today is day 1

I have been smoking pot since i was 15. I smoke about three to six times daily. I haven’t gone a day without smoking weed for almost two years now. I am now 20 years old. I went off to college and partied to much so now im attending a community college and living back home with my parents. I don’t have a job and i’ve gained twenty pounds. All of my friends smoke weed and its become a social thing. I tried telling my friends im quiting and no one thinks i will be able to. I’m sick of getting high all day long eating and sitting in peoples basements, living rooms or whatever just stoned and watching tv. I want to save money and work out and make something of my self.

I smoked weed intermittently in high school and up until i was about 32. Mostly because one of my friends was so into it (it was always around). I never really had to buy it. Getting high seemed cool at first, but eventually made my skin look bad, i would smoke hardcore for a few weeks, and look in the mirror, and my face just looked worn out. I guess Ive always wanted to look my best, and i realized the weed wasnt worth the trade off. Also.. My eyes would get super blazed (red). I just got sick and tired of it. Everyone knew when i was high, or i guess i was paranoid about it. Either way, It was easy for me to quit… I was into sports, martial arts, and would just focus on those things instead. (SWEAT it out etc). Plus spiritually i believe that the Lord God didnt want me to be high either. So there was a spiritual dilemma also for me. I realized that natural perception, in a sound state of mind is really the greatest gift of all. Just give it a few days, for your mind to clear, and go for a walk on a nature trail, or go to the beach, and do some soul searching. Ultimately, I realized i was smoking/drinking in my 20’s so much… just to fit in and be accepted, but in the end… it really left me with nothing. My life never progressed. History just repeated itself over and over. I always thought I’d get the girl of my dreams, but didn’t. Just stop and ask yourself: surely you compare yourself to someone who’s really charismatic, or some local music celebrity, and you say “look what they have”, but in fact if you look on the surface only about 1% of chronic users achieve any real success at all, and often times its only temporary. A good start also, it to start hanging with friends that place other things first. Then ask yourself, Who’s number one in your life? Weed is just a plant, it doesn’t think, care about you, your life, your problems etc, It doesn’t answer your prayers either. Its just one of God creations… Its intended purpose? Oil, Clothing, Paper and other Good things.

Seek and Ye shall find, Knock and the door shall be opened unto you.

i started smoking pot in high school…12yrs ago now. It was social back then….and was for years until I lived in BC…not blaming BC, but damn. I have smoked almost everyday for roughly 4yrs. I just recently researched the effects of it. i still like smoking pot, but i now realize that it is more than likely causing the other problems in my life. thats just not really cool i guess…i need to make it just a weekend thing again. so hard to sleep without it…and i get grumpy.

i need to focus on knowing that pot is affecting my moods, making me paranoid, affecting hormones and can cause infertility..oh and not to mention the 10pm snacking.

I used to smoke everyday, then I stopped, then started smoking only in some situations and party, lately its being kind of too much even tho only at weekends and shit, wathever, I feel good when Im sober(beer doesnt count :P)

I’ve sucessfully quit smoking pot twice, once for a month and once for three months. I’ve been in a constant struggle to quit for about 4 years and have been using for about 9 years (5 years of very heavy usage – 8 – 12 joints a day) i am now in my last semmester of university and i have no idea how i am going to survive in life. It feels like i’m on top of a large stack of cards, it shakes but when i smoke weed it calms the storm, i’ve tried lots of methods and techniques. Some have worked better than others but nothing concrete