quit smoking pot

Well, it’s official. I gave away the rest of my stash and I am ready to officially begin the quitting process.

I’ll keep you posted!

Well, less than 12 hours and I will be done smoking. I decided to move it up so I would have the weekend to get through the first couple of days without smoking.

I’m still amazed at how negatively smoking affects me as I’ve really watched myself over the past few days. Lazy, unmotivated, easily distracted, anti-social, poor diet, constantly tired, messy, flaky, feeling bad both physically and mentally. I’ll stop there for now.

Have I really been like this all these years and not been able to see it through the smoky haze and bloodshot eyes??

I really think that quitting cannabis will lower my stress levels.

It will be nice:
1. to drive around knowing I’m straight and not carrying anything. 2. to know that I will be clean in a few weeks.
3. to not have to hide and cover up my addiction any longer.
4. to know I’m doing something that will make me a better person.
5. to know that I will begin to feel better both physically and mentally

It is going to be a long and difficult journey. Any insights that anyone has will be greatly appreciated!

Closing in Sunday. I’m honestly ready for it to get here. I have smoked pretty much constantly since last weekend and the negative effects of this habit are really so very apparent.

Absolutely no motivation, horrendous diet, complete inability to concentrate, no exercise, completely anti-social. I just want to sit at home, smoke, and not get out of my easy chair.

One of my co-workers commented that I looked terrible today and wondered if I was getting a cold. I said “yeah, that’s it”, even though it wasn’t. Another reason to quit – I won’t have to make excuses any more.

I’m almost out, with no money or desire to get more. Quit day may move up to Saturday, or maybe even tomorrow! I may just go over to my friend’s house tonight and finish off my stash so I can go ahead and get started. I’m thinking that the first couple of days would be easier to handle over the weekend, rather than starting out a workweek at the same time. I’ve got tons of stuff to keep me busy and away from temptation.

I’m praying for help, as I know that I’m gonna need it and a lot of it when this begins!! Perhaps as early as tomorrow, but not later than Sunday!!!

Damn, I really hate the hold this drug has on me. If I have it, I cannot stop smoking it until it is gone. If it is offered, I cannot say no. However, I’m actually looking forward to my quit day. I believe that I’m really going to feel better both physically and mentally. I have the feeling it will be like putting down something heavy.

The first few days are rough, though, as I’ve tried to quit before with no success beyond about three weeks in a row.

I’m gonna have to stay away from all situations where I might be tempted, especially early on.

I’m on the verge of quitting.

It’s been long enough journey but yet I have a long journey ahead. I’ve set a final date of Sunday, October 12, 2008. I have started and quit so many times, but now I need to stick to it. I intend to smoke “one last time” with my smoking friends, and tell them of my intention to quit starting Sunday. I’m tired of feeling like crap all the time, especially in the mornings. When I have quit for several days in the past, I felt a real difference quite early on. The first couple of days weren’t great but it got better. I believe that the best thing that I can do is stay away from the people and situations for a while. I won’t be able to resist it if it is offered to me early on.

I just don’t want anymore first days of quitting again.

I haven’t smoked in a very long time. I really hope I can continue to do this. Its the best thing for me.

You know I was kinda relieved to read some of these stories cause they make those advertisements about people who smoke seem like we can’t function in society…but that’s just the problem-is that many of us are functioning members of society and still realize the weed is limiting our potential. I quit-it’s going to be just that simple this time.

I am 29 years old and I have been smoking since I was 16. I can’t believe that I have been smoking EVERY DAY since I was 20. I can only fathom the damage I have put myself through the past 9 years. I never thought I would have side effects, but reading through this site, I can relate that I also feel lazy, worthless, i get depressed, extremely anxious, HUNGRY, nonproductive, and my self esteem is just SHOT. I am tired of feeling like this and I know it’s time for a change. I have gained 20 pounds in 3 months from just sitting at home and smoking weed all the time. I have made the decision to STOP today and get my life back. My goal is limit myself to ONE weekend day ONLY for the next month, while I focus on work, school, and losing the 20 pounds by the end of this year. I am hoping for more, but we will see. I plan to post my progression as a means of motivitation, since I have pushed too many of my close friends too far away to even share this with them. For now, I got just a little under half a quarter I need to smoke before tomorrow :)

hi my names john its worth it to stop smokeing even if you fell abuse like i have a jewish hertiage and i fell the hate
but this is th story of how i lost THE girl of my dreams
weed was never my thing until middle school
in the begining i could cope with it
but drugs bring you away from reality
so we had a party and i relie like this girls
and she wanted me to take off my clothes but i was high so i was parnoid but i might look a little weirdbecause my stomach sucks in
but if i wasnt high i whoulda of took it off and been confident
but instead of just going for it
marjuana and drugs makes you question things and eventually leaves you dead inside
siting home
questiong your sexuality
i sat home and look at my nose
and tryed to fix it i thought thts what whould make me fell better
but i landed up makeing it look worse
but now
i fell light as aire redi for anything
just stick your head in the air
and forget
what pepole say
im ugly im dirty im nasty
pepole judge you
akways dont let them deteriate your soul
by doing drugs evrytime someone touches there nose
i almost laugh i no what there think tht kid is gross
but i no something they will never no
tht they can judge me all they want
but you no the pepole in this world who or kind
or the people tht are mean dont act like your parents
be yourself
addiction is not real what it is knowing you can have something
knowing it fells good
and knowing tht someone else is doing it
but if you wanna have no emotions do drugs
i probaly will smoke agian not because i want to
but because discrimanation will make you want to rip someone apart and i could if i wanted i used to train for boxing and i no how to fight but i never relie faught
the key is not to dicrimnate agianst pepole and not to ignore someone because there differnt meet someone differnt not someone you whould usualy talk to
or tlk to someone who looks empty
if you help other pepole you will fell better about yourself
which gives you more will power so heres a differnt way to look at addiction i guess

This is only my first day sober. I’ve tried to quit in the past and mostly failed. I was actually clean for one year when I became a Christian but once that illusion fell apart I fell right back into the green. I’m afraid of falling into the despair I was in after I left Christianity again. I’m taking a “Pursuit of Happiness” course and reading this book called “Happier” by Tal Ben-Shahar who invented the course at Harvard. (I’m taking the course at a community college). Anyway, Tal describes four basic archetypes: the rat-racer (believes that fulfilling a goal will bring happiness), the hedonist (seeks pleasure/ avoids pain, lives for the moment), the nihilist (who has lost all hope in finding happiness), and the happy person.

Well after I left Christianity the despair I felt was nihilistic and to cover that up I became a hedonist. That’s not to see I wasn’t a rat racer either. But no matter what, the life of a hedonist doesn’t lead to happiness (maybe temporary bursts of dopamine), it leads to emptiness. I’m just at this point where I’m fed up with my selfish ways but I’m also afraid I might become nihilist again. I don’t know man. We’ll see how it goes. Currently I’m veeery irritated.

Of course the best archetype to be is the “happy person” but that’s gonna take a lot of work. Something that’s hard for us stoners to come around to. Every other time I tried to quit I would just go into a nihilist attitude but now that there is hope, I might be able to stick with my decision to quit.