ive been smoking weed pretty much all day every day for like 10+ years now. recently its started making me nervous when i smoke it, and ive just been feeling really dull and apathetic all the time. im thinking its time to take a break or quit and would like to hear some peoples experiences with quitting after long term regular use
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if you're ready to quit there won't be much of an experience or cravings. you'll just gradually forget about weed.
nothing will change after quitting a drug ive been taking constantly for over 10 years? i find that hard to believe lol
no
Nta, but that's what happened to me after smoking every damn day for 8 years. I used it to numb the pain of untreated mental illness (PTSD). When I got help I just started using it less and less until one day I just sort of forgot about it. When I stopped completely I probably spent a week or two where I missed smoking before bed so I just made a new bedtime habit and that fixed it (relaxing shower+sleepy music). Eventually I did relapse because my neighbor started begging us to smoke with him and started just showing up with joints. My guess is he was trying to stay off the crack and wanted company to get through it. I was happy to hang out with him if it kept him off that stuff, and he was doing well for a while. Unfortunately he is back on crack so he hasn't been around, though it's been good for me. Easy to quit when there's no temptation, so if you can remove those influences from your life that's better. I haven't missed it this time quitting either, and I hope that I'll eventually be strong enough to say no thanks when I inevitably end up around weed again.
Very accurate stuff here and I like your tips. I relapsed after about 6 months last time, but the mental clarity came after just a month. I actually found myself busy and not thinking about it because I wasn't content to sit around being a bum anymore. I quit again this time because I saw how much shittier I became as a person when I started up again.
After 6 months you will feel like a new person. I seriously regret starting again. It feels so good to just BE. I want to feel like that again more than I want to smoke again.
Yeah this was my problem. The nightmares came back in full force when I quit last time. Even so I think I'm better off living with that shit than being stoned all the time.
Ok Chuck Norris
quitting weed when you feel ready to quit isn't a big deal.
Do you think they..... no, young men like that wouldn't.... but maybe?
What? Gay sex?
I want to frick a dolphin so bad bro's
You do not have the minimum psi requirement.
Anyone else remember the VERY old video of a guy giving a dolphin a blowjob?
Disgusting
Are you also experiencing appetite loss and increased sweating?
What a fricking homosexual. Put the baby dolphin back in the water you piece of shit
Is this partial diff eq? Ive only taken ordinary diff eq and this looks nothing like what ive seen
Math is fun btw and it teaches you how to think imaginatively. Make it a hobby if you can bros.
Yep, partial.
I h8 maths, it hurts my brain and I grifted my way through my engineering degree mathematics. Turns out I don't need to use it for work 99% of the time lol
Mmmm partial differential equations, love me some particle physics
The dolphin died. It was found dead on the sand. He didn’t put it back in the water. He left it on the sand. His response to all the hate he got was no bullshit
>Wtf I didn’t know they needed to be in the water so I didn’t even do anything wrong
He’s a Florida native. Even 5 year olds in Nebraska understand a dolphin needs to be in the water to survive. This rat was just careless. Literally didn’t give a frick. It represents everything wrong with people imho. Just hyper obsessed about getting valueless social media (you)s. It’s not that he was clueless like he claimed, his rat shit brain didn’t even consider anything past taking the picture. As soon as the picture was taken he was done and put it down and walked off. This is the most NPC thing I have ever seen posted online. I really hope someone finds him, ties him up, takes an underwater pic of them holding him and then just lets him go and swims off.
true but it is a hilarious pic that will last forever. worth 1 dolphin? debatable
Source?
Not saying he did nothing wrong but
>See healthy dolphin in the ocean
>Catch it with your bare hands and bring it to shore
Something tells me that dolphin was about to die anyway.
https://2seewhales.com/blog/how-long-can-dolphins-stay-out-of-water/#:~:text=A%20dolphin%20can%20live%20out,of%20the%20water%20too%20long.
he hooked it fishing on the beach. held it for a picture and then left it sitting on the sand.
no he didn't
Salt life florida white guys are literal 75 IQ NPCs. You meet tons of them if you go to college down here, they are all so completely moronic and carbon copies of one another that it is almost hard to hold them accountable for their own actions.
I got an A in diffyqs and don't remember any of it
It will be tough for a week, then you'll be ok. I quit weed because it makes me gain weight like clockwork
>smoking weed pretty much all day every day for like 10+ years now
Quitting weed is harder than most people are willing to admit. When you quit after heavy use, a few things happen: you feel miserable, like you've just decided to never be happy again, and you get extremely bored as all the time you would've spent high is now occupied by nothing. Very quickly you find yourself bargaining for it.
To kick the habit to the curb for the long haul, you need to employ as many strategies as you can to make sure you don't pick it back up. First is getting rid of all of your weed. Give it to friends or whoever might want it, as long as theyre not going to give it back to you, and toss the rest. Don't leave any in your house, and try to avoid places and situations where you might get offered some. Next, find things to fill your time immediately. It's important for avoiding boredom and avoiding the negative thoughts that creep into your head about never being happy again. It's a great opportunity to pick up a new hobby. Try to get a friend involved too, say "hey I'm trying to kick this habit and I want someone in my corner to check in on me every week or so and help me find things to do so I don't think about it". A friend will be happy and honored to help. Whenever temptations come along to go out and buy more, think about that friend, you don't wanna let them down.
The hardest part is the first couple of weeks, after that it's a lot easier. Good luck OP
thanks bro. ive quit before for small amounts of time and honestly its not all that hard for me, i just get complacent and end up smoking again. i just wonder what my life would look like after 6 months without weed, or even years
i never used to think so but now i admit it probably has a pretty big effect on my mood thoughts etc
ya this seems to be pretty common now. i never had any problems for years but lately i just get an uncomfortable nervous sensation when i smoke sometimes
how do you feel after quitting? did it change your life/health?
thats not me in the picture bro...
probably closer to 20 lol. i really liked weed in high school and got into the 'scene' once i moved out on my own. once i started growing and having unlimited weed i started smoking alot more (duh), and its maybe got a bit oit of control haha
Ive been smoking/vaping carts/dry herb vaping for about 7-8 years now. I find I still really really enjoy doing it, I love the ritual/routine aspect, but doing it while trying to maneuver adult life is pretty difficult. I find nowadays if I have something else on my mind, even if its something small like "check in on family" or "you need laundry for tomorrow," I will get nervous instead of high when ingesting.
Perhaps you have something else on your mind lately?
>Perhaps you have something else on your mind lately?
well i was ill for like 2 years and im still trying to put mt life together, so its probably that lol. i dont think quitting weed will magically solve my problems but it will probably help
there you go. Im 33 in a few months, i barely got shit together aside from a decent salary + retirementmaxxing early. I just proposed the other day but no real plan of action for that I just really wanted to do it. anyway, even if you get started on getting ur shit together/working on your health you'll probably feel a lot better after smoking again.
>been smoking erry day since 13
>turning 39 in a few months
>great job
>nice family
>every few years get these anxiety flashes from weed
>get through them by drinking and sniffing cocaine
You can just do whatever the frick you want in life.
all you need to quit is a good reason to, which is generally that something bad will happen if you don't. something like a piss test for a new job. much harder doing it "just because" since well, its just weed dude lmao
When you take a drug, your brain produces the exact opposite effect of the drug to try to bring you back to normalcy. So withdrawal symptoms give you the exact opposite feeling of the drug you crave. Quitting weed is hardest the first few days. In my case I got cold sweats, anxiety, and reduced appetite, but only for 2 or 3 days. Get rid of every single piece of weed paraphernalia because just the sight of such things will make you want to use. As the withdrawal symptoms subside, focus on how your sleep magically becomes more restorative and your REM cycles return (aka dreams). You will feel more rested after sleep. In my experience, I sleep for less time than when I was smoking, and feel much more rested despite sleeping less. Quit and keep it up! Remember that you're not quitting a serious drug with withdrawal symptoms that can literally kill you, like alcohol. It's only weed, put the joint down and keep it down.
nice bro. how long have you quit for? did you life improve besides the sleep etc?
ive been doing 'its just weed' for like 15 years. i dont think its anything like heroin or whatever but i do believe it is detrimental if you smoke it all day every day
its the fact that weed can seem so benign that makes it dangerous. if i had consumed any other drug like this id be dead or permafried
>nice bro. how long have you quit for? did you life improve besides the sleep etc?
I stopped January this year after being a daily smoker for 10+ years. I very deliberately did not stop with any particular goal in mind- for example, I didn't say to myself, "if I quit weed, my depression will go away." This is because there's the possibility my depression would remain after sobering up. So what then? Would it mean quitting weed was a failure since I didn't meet my goal? For the record my mood did in fact improve, but all the same, setting some grand expectation might make you feel disheartened if it doesn't come to pass.
In terms of improving my life, quitting weed was only 5% or so of the overall plan. Quitting has generally improved my mood and energy levels but not to a miraculous extent. The biggest change is making socializing quite a lot easier- I always got marble mouthed when I was stoned and I was slow to reply. So in this way quitting has improved my ability to relate to people. I'm not saying you CAN'T socialize stoned- in fact you can do just about anything stoned if you want to- but for me, everything is just a little bit easier when you're sober. I feel the same way about all drugs, you don't have to worry about harm reduction at all if you just don't do drugs in the first place.
I'll give you some timelines
>3 days, craving like a b***h
>2 weeks, bad sleep, poor appetite, irritable
>90 days, more post acute withdrawal symptoms
>2 years, neural pathways re-channeling, dopamine systems resetting
Exercise is the best thing you can do for yourself. Hang in there.
Just quit lol don't be a pussy I smoked like everyday from the age of 14 to 30, it's nothing to quit.
>experiences with quitting after long term regular use
Its easy, i started smoking at 14 stopped at 23. I tried to quit several times but i couldnt do it. one time came back from a party high on amphetamine. It was early in the morning and I was on the balcony smoking. I thought this is fricking stupid and thats it. Its nothing compared to alcohol or nicotin
did a little damage to my lungs, heart, brain with weedles but whatever i have pussy lungs and should have dry vaped more. even after a year or two off smoking still doesn't give me the insane dmt like trip that it gave me the first few years...which obviously means perma changes in grey matter ...still i spent every day this week enjoying it for the first time in a while, always gives me crazy energy to workout,bike,lift...
i smoked daily from 19-35. I really thought i would never quit, and I certainly didn't want to. I functioned fine, it actually helped with my work which was quite monotonous, had GFs etc.
When i was 35 I moved into a new apartment where I couldn't smoke, and didn't really have anywhere comfortable nearby to blaze either, so I just stopped. It was actually pretty eye opening for me how much more motivated I got over the months that followed; joined a gym and started getting /fit, visiting my parents more, going out more. South park had it right when they say smoking weed makes you ok with being bored. Now when i stopped smoking I actually had to find stuff to do to fill my day, and given that I work shorts hours from home, that meant doing a lot of stuff. I've never looked back.
Actually stopping smoking wasn't hard. I just started vaping, because i used to have tobacco in my joints so was primarily addicted to nicotine. That was 5 years ago and i still have the occasional smoke, but i'd never go back
tl;dr stop smoking weed
>because i used to have tobacco in my joints
ouch sounds painful glad you're doing better bro
>smoking weed makes you ok with being bored
truth
bull shite...weed has never made me ok with boredom, weed makes me want a god damn adventure...
God why would musk have kids with this idiot?
fricking a crazy b***h is fun das y
why would anyone have kids with that idiot Musk? aside from money the guy is abjectly worthless
Tried it once. It just made me sperg out like the hobos walking around downtown. Don't see the big fuss about weed
my first experiences with weedles were as psychedelic as mega dmt doses....weedle naysayers have neural deficiencies that prevent them experiencing the magic...
>quit weed for 1 week around New Year's
>toke again
>get high like it is my first time smoking
>Teleport to April from smoking weed every day again.
Oh no I fricked up
Idk only tried it a few times but this old guy I met at the gym said that’s exactly what happened to him and he stopped permanently. Said he smoked all the time for years and then for some reason it started making him paranoid and giving him anxiety. Didn’t seem like he regretted either smoking or quitting to me. For all their faults it seems like the vast majority of boomer men got their shit together when they had to
It's fine, bro. I've been assured that weed is not addictive and has no withdrawal symptoms.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/terrified-baby-dolphin-lifted-out-30784540
Fricking homosexual. I hope he and his homosexualy friend die.
It's just a dolphin mate.
They're fricking buttholes anyway.
When people do shit like this it exposes the true contents of their character.
These are people who've been spoiled rotten and have zero consideration for others or how their behavior affects other people. They essentially think the world is their playground and that they're too cool/above it all. This is until someone gives them a harsh reality check.
What happened with those idiots who were stabbed by the boomer is a perfect example of this.
A good term would probably be "Egogay"
And wanting to rope someone for killing a dolphin exposes the true contents of your character too.
I'm not
Obviously they should be made to do community service time.
But the fact that they had the gull to do something so stupid and cruel without remorse speaks volume to how they behave in society.
This isn't something that should be the norm.
>I hope he dies
Same shit moron.
Go frick your dog already
>"Waaaah waaah let me do whatever I want without repercussions waaaah."
>"You're LE HYPOCRITE if you want to stop me!1"
Yeah you're one of them. Forget what I said, the world would be better off if there was a bullet in your head.
I hope the dolphins see this bro
I bet she'll dump that orca for sure
You leave Lorraine out of this you sick frick.
There is nothing wrong with her enjoying the BOC.
Cruel people deserve cruelty in return.
Plus he's your basic zoomer npc they deserve rope anyways
Dude deserves to be roped.
Nightly user for 6 months now. Taking a break I feel a little groggy for a couple days but it's nothing major
just monitor yourself for the next few months. if you notice any changes in health, tell your doctor.
my hair started to fall out and clog the drain, and I let it go on for six months before I got checked out, and turns out I'm gay.
I quit 3 months ago, "relapsed" one night a couple weeks ago. Long-term, it is a mental battle with cravings in my opinion. The acronym they use in rehab centers for craving triggers is HALT (hungry, angry, lonely, tired). Cravings are stronger at night but living a healthy lifestyle with a good sleep schedule makes it easy to forget about weed most of the time. It is very easy to romanticize drugs after you quit and have this idea of "this evening would be so great if I could go outside and smoke a joint right now" but relapsing made me realize that it really doesn't make you feel much better at all.
Bupropion has helped me quit I think but that is unnecessary unless you self-medicate depression with weed. I honestly think weed caused my depression.
I stopped it entirely last August after doing it for about 8 years mainly because I was bored and it wasn't doing anything for me. Primarily vaping and occasionally a portion of an edible, even a little bit would frick me up.
I picked up a disposable pen a few nights ago since I'm taking a drinking break and haven't really felt interested in using it outside of the first puff I took when I got home. These things last me forever though and even though I was using it nightly I was never getting truly zooted.
That dolphin's high as balls.
Now you must be asking yourself
Why weed gave me brain damage if weed can cure epilepsy, parkinson's and Alzheimer's (bro)
Also quit after 10 years of constant use and 1 year of heavy daily edibles usage, it's been a couple weeks and the best thing to stave off the withdrawals are to keep busy, do a LOT of cardio and sweat your ass off in a sauna and stay hydrated. Feeling a lot better these days tbh
if i use weed smart i get insane boosts of strength and endurance out of it, the fastest i've ever been on the bike and the best i've ever lifted all coincide with being high, it unleashes something primal in me...i really don't get the couch potato meme
t. babbies who smoke weed maybe once a week
NTA but I've lost 40lbs, gained muscle, improved my career, and have more focus and motivation since I started smoking weed ~4 years ago. It's not for most people, an idiot getting stoned is just a stoned idiot, but if you take the time to understand how weed affects you (and you put the work in) it can become a very powerful tool.
No (you)s, I just don't care
>still doesnt mention how often he smokes
Multiple times daily. You're being purposely moronic.
its not hard, just be ready for boring and dull days
I smoked weed every day for over a decade and stopped abruptly because I moved to a new city and didn't have any contacts. I was a little disappointed that nothing much changed, I didn't suddenly get more motivated and sort everything in my life out. The biggest observable difference was that I started remembering my dreams again, and they were super vivid for the first couple of months.
That said, I did have a pretty healthy relationship with weed in that I would only use it at the end of a day once everything that needed done was already completed. I do miss it, I really enjoyed doing my mobility work after getting back from kickboxing and having a joint.
the cravings go away after 2 weeks so in that timeframe just don't have any around at all. it's been proven that 90 days of consistent change is enough to really start to re-wire your brain. good luck anon