How to stop smoking weed

CherryPickTheGirls · 2015-05-29T17:30:21+00:00

If you can't stop immediately you have an issue. Find something fun to occupy your time instead of smoking. Cut off your supply.

If you can't stop then you don't really want to.

tepper2 · 2015-05-29T17:30:39+00:00

And I ask this knowing I'm going to smoke it tonight

Why? You have the ability to not do it, so don't. Any reliance you have on the herb is mental. If you can't be in that situation and not partake, don't put yourself in that situation.

TerribleOllie · 2015-05-29T18:13:04+00:00

Don't try to quit during a potentially stressful period in your life! (ie, right before exams). If you're really serious about it, wait until life is quiet.

Based on your user name, I'm gonna make a couple of assumptions. You probably are currently or have suffered depression. You may have an ASD. You may have PTSD to some degree as the result of a traumatic childhood. If I'm pretty close on these, we probably have a lot in common.

I'm probably about twice as old as you, and I smoke every day. I've struggled a lot with whether or not I should quit. But I've made a very successful life despite the fact that I'm constantly leaking value to smoking weed (money, energy, time, opportunity cost). It may be worth those costs if it benefits you medically and socially, as it does me.

As for "the great curse of contentment", you can actually use this to your advantage. Because of my extreme desire to be content, I was forced to build a life where my income is mostly passive and I have to do little work. This gives me platform from which to improve myself constantly. I've transformed my body and learn new skills every day, despite smoking all day every day.

Hope my rambling was helpful, good luck whatever you decide to do!

StoneTiger40 · 2015-05-29T17:35:55+00:00

You don't slowly give up something. You stop. Period. I had a problem with drinking. How did I handle it? I quit. I said losing weight, hitting the gym and being sociable is more important to me than a 12 pack.

balalasaurus · 2015-05-29T18:25:28+00:00

When I decided to stop, I threw out everything I owned that was weed related. Papers, pipes, bongs, grinders, posters - everything. I knew that the only way I would ever stop was by quitting cold turkey.

Here's the thing though; I actually wanted to stop.

In your case, I don't think you feel the same or are ready to. It needs to be a conscious choice. Not because of school or because of money (not that those aren't good enough reasons anyway) but because you want to.

Zebleblic · 2015-05-30T05:53:03+00:00

Just go sacrifice all your shit to the red God. Burn all your paraphernalia and weed. Once it's all sacrificed it makes it a lot easier.

Whisper · 2015-05-30T06:32:30+00:00

Don't buy any. Then you won't have any to smoke.

hambonew · 2015-05-29T18:33:41+00:00

First and easiest step is to delete your dealer's number. I don't know why but drinking milk always helped for my "cravings" where I felt like I needed to smoke.

nigmuh · 2015-05-29T19:02:32+00:00

You have to find the sole reason why you use it in the first place. The answer is actually very simple, but it's a matter of coming to terms with the truth. I used psychedelics to reach that level of understanding but you certainly don't need to. Mind versus mind.

hypnoconomy · 2015-05-29T19:46:44+00:00

http://www.amazon.com/Willpowers-Not-Enough-Recovering-Addictions/dp/0060919698

From The Rawness recommended reading list.

Works, do it, good luck.

Carbone · 2015-05-29T21:44:44+00:00

How to stop smoking weed : you stop.

You fail

You stop again

You fail again

You stop again and again.

Until then you never truly wanted to stop because you think smoking weed is a part of who you are. You afraid of your new identity and it's easier for your DNA to stay that way.

You have every conditions to not stop smoking weed the only thing you have is freedom of choice.

Step by step. Rewards yourself with something else when you hit some benchmarks. Rinse and repeat.

Just stop.

See it a challenge to show you how for once in your life you're making a decision to be better than yesterday.

shock-combo · 2015-05-29T22:34:55+00:00

the thing is you are still getting something out of it or you would not be doing it. It has health benefits, its not all bad so having a more realistic view of weed is the first thing that will help you.

addiction is not really a disease, its not a short coming of character, its the result of a divided self.

you have your good self and bad self impressions. neither is inherently good or bad, but you think they are. Your good self wants to to improve your life and stop smoking and views weed as bad. the bad self is valuing the relaxation benefits of weed and using it is one of the ways you can rebel against the authoritarian good self in a safe way.

the way to solve this is to realize that the good and bad self are just a fragmented whole self, and to look at things more realistically. If you are not self attacking, dividing your self, you will have a better chance of being rational about your weed use.

so you can re frame it, you like weed, but realize that while it has some benefits, you may over indulge to a point that does not serve you at this time.

the book the guru papers, talks about this in depth, and I recommend picking it up used from amazon for a few bucks... it will really help you.

RemyPrice · 2015-05-29T22:52:00+00:00

As a former chronic smoker (pun intended), I could never stop cold turkey. I tried over and over.

Here's what finally worked for my addiction: http://www.thekitchensafe.com/

This is a "commitment device" - a time locked box with no overrides. Once the timer is set, you can't get in until the timer runs out. At 10PM, the box would open and I would take out enough for two joints, and IMMEDIATELY lock the rest of it up for 24 hours so I couldn't smoke again until 10PM the next night. Having the weed sitting around and easily accessible was the thing that was keeping me addicted.

jtrigueros123 · 2015-05-30T03:07:44+00:00

From my personal experience with pot, i can tell you that, if you let a substance control your life, instead of you controlling its consuption, you have a serious issue.

I like pot, (a lot) but i completely understand that if i, for example, smoke it every day, i won't be able to achieve anything or do anything towards my goal, so my solution was, instead of quitting, i regulated my consuption to once every two weeks or so.

And i think that, pot consumption is similar to eating disorders or alcoholism. Obesity, for instance, is a consequence of not controlling your food intake, and alcoholism is a consequence of not controlling your alcohol intake.

So, just not give pot any chance to control your life, because, as you can see, almost any substance (legal or ilegal) can make you drift apart from the way towards your goal.

Psychedelic_Leg · 2015-05-30T04:29:28+00:00

What works with me is having something at hand but procrastinating on actually consuming it. It really depends on the type of person you are. Sometimes what you can do is cut down slowly, some people can cold turkey some can't. Just don't buy more, I mean think of the effort you gotta go through to get some, like call someone up, meet them, they show up late, etc.I quit weed a year and a half ago because I think its just retarded and now I realize what kind of an idiot I was back when I talk to people who still smoke (not all but more so than not). I mean to be honest I only liked it when I had a good tolerance going else it would cause panic, weird delusions and paranoia way more than "harder" drugs. One more thing just don't force it, you will quit when you're ready, also if your grades are low see a doc, maybe you can get a script for add meds, your grades will sky rocket

Chaohinon · 2015-05-30T17:30:13+00:00

Quitting weed is even easier than quitting sugar and grains. Min. 3 days, max. one week of being cranky, bored, and poor sleep, and you're home free.

a_nus · 2015-05-30T05:29:07+00:00

Been there, done that. Weed, when abused, does hold you back from your potential. /r/leaves is your friend.

InformalCriticism · 2015-05-30T01:34:46+00:00

Depending on how long you've been doing it, be careful of the withdrawals. You may experience dangerous drops in blood pressure, profuse sweating, and vomiting. This is only in extreme cases, so if you're young and haven't been doing it for decades, you should be fine.

Title	How to stop smoking weed
Author	SadGenius
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Date	May 29, 2015 5:28 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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