Benefits of quitting cannabis

I quit like 2 weeks ago and i still have this anxiety feeling bubbling in my head, i have had the dream of using weed. I dont really feel the sleep is that much  of a problem for me but i do feel a bit sickly and have been sick twice during this time and my stomach has been bubling alot.

I remember i quit like 5 years ago and i felt like i was going crazy, but i was smoking 4 pure skunk joints a day to my self not shared.  I think this will last for as long as it takes for my body to get rid of this stuff which is like maybe a month or just under.

this time round i would say that i stayed off it for 9 months after the hard work and i said i wud never go back to it but i did and i have smoked it everyday for the last six months about 2 to 3 joints a day of green to me self.  to be quite honest this is the third time i have quit and also i had really bad feelings of dred and hopelessnes each time i dont like these feelings at all and im  sure i will not put my self through this again. 

It is making me want to never go back to it because it really has meesed my head up quitting it ,  when i heard of people going a bit crazy on the drug while smoking it i could not understand as it made me feel good.  However all the good times have turned bad and mary jane wants some payback for all she gave to me, with the highs come the lows.

I know i will get better in the next week or so but it is such a pain going through it all again i would advise anyone who has quit to stay off as smoking a joint here and there only leads back to smoking everyday, i know as i have made the same mistake twice allready and quitting does not get easyier at all.

I have smoked Skunk for 9 years in total been to amsterdam 2 times and my friend got mugged at knife point for 5 euro, i think i should not go back to smoking this stuff again.  the longer you smoke it for the harder it is when you quit and it is more intense also.

i think posting this has helped me self talk my self into feeling better allready glad i found this site, i do think that you feel slightly deppresed during the first month and it is important to realize this will pass, i just wish i never started to smoke this again it really does wreck ya head.

Glad you are here!!!!!  There are MANY of us struggling with this right now!

The lack of posts says a lot about that.  It's so easy to quit and feel good

about it for weeks, even months.  It seems few are able to keep that going.

I'm struggling right now myself.  I know there are people out there who have

been able to quit for years - perhaps forever (though I've made a deal with myself

that if I live till I'm 80 I'll start again!

As for the anxiety,  I'm not sure what to tell you.  Stay with it  - by 4 months it

seems to be getting easier - but still ONE DAY AT A TIME.

Best to you!!

Grandma

Thanks grandma i will certainly take it one day ata a time.

Hi there

I don't know how qualified I am to give advice right now because I have recently fallen off the wagon again. I will shortly be starting my 4th attempt in a year. I do know from previous attempts that the anxiety does fade, although it is different for different people. In my first attempt it took several weeks. At about 6 weeks in I felt I had 'cracked it' but did not feel strong enough to be around it at all. But after 2.5 months I got complacent and when offered it whilst I was slightly drunk it seemed like a good idea. I have to say I did not enjoy it. But something made me want more -  maybe the fact I didn't really enjoy it made me think I could dabble and not get hooked again. I don't know. Anyway I carried on for about 1.5 month before I realised I was being foolish and knew if I'd quit before then I could do it again. I got to about 6 wks that time before I fell off the wagon, smoked for a few weeks then quit for new year. I did 3 weeks last time and started again !!

I think my problem now is that it has got easier each time I've quit, and we all know the easier it is to quit the less reason you have to stay quit. Kind of. You know you can do it again so you bargain with yourself, "just this weekend" or whatever.

So I digress a bit there sorry!! But i guess what I want to say and probably not getting across is just keep going and dont quit quitting like me! YOu will only end up full of regret and self loathing and nobody wants that. The anxiety will go, stop thinking about it and try and do anything to take your mind off smoking, do sports, write in a journal or do someting naturally relaxing like meditation.

Let  me know how you are getting on..

Weedless Wench x