Benefits of quitting cannabis

Hello to all forum members- love and respect to you all

I quit alcohol 4 1/2 years ago- I am on prescribed meds- anti depressants, beta blockers and valium- been diagnosed with a depressive disorder, anxiety disorder and bouts of agarophobia. I have been receiving psycho-dynamic therapy since Jan 2011

I have decided to stop smoking both grass and solid- I am sick and tired of being sick and tired

I have a small amount of both solid and green at home and I am not going to buy any more when its finished

I have been hosting "smoking parties" for my buddies- waaay too easy to do and get wrecked in the process!

Anyway, I will let you know how I am getting on 

Together we are strong- Please be good to yourself

Big Love 

John x

Hello John and welcome!  Love your dog is he into yoga?  that's just the cutest thing i've seen in awhile!

Hi there,

that sounds pretty heavy m8, tbh best thing you can do is stay away from your mates during this process, over time if you feel up to it try and come off the V as well as it is far from a long term solution and has in the past been linked to detremental effects, if you ever do have the occasional smok in the future stay away from shitbar it is just wrong, you are in a good place now and keeping track of your progress here WILL help you on your journey,

good luck

hi there !   good luck and please let me know how it goes...A cannabis detox is a great thing to do and see how it affects you -   when i smoked it every day it made me anxious, depressed, agraphobic -  or it enhanced these tendencies!    

Good luck with not buying any more,  for a lot of people having it around can be a temptation  but for others its a comfort to have access to it so you feel like you have a choice!   For me though i dont want to have easy access!  After  a 3 months lay off  I succumbed to it a couple of days ago and afterwards gave it to my brother to look after -  I thought about having it one evening a week but now thinking once a month when i see my brother might be better - or i might completely abstain.  It feels good to allow myself options.  I definatley dont want to go back to it along with tobacco on a 5 or 6 times a day basis,  i have quit tobacco now so its not an automatic thing to make a roll up and garnish it with a bit of weed like i used to ; 

I still feel a bit spaced today 24 hours after last partaking and i can feel it in my system -  its led me to revise my thought of once a week as that might be too much - its  still affecting me now !   

It was great for me to give it up and see how i felt -  better in a lot of ways,  i expected that stopping it might miraculously solve all my problems but found that this not the case -  i was still having feelings that i thought might be being caused by the smoke -  obviously they couldnt be blamed on smoking pot  -  but i got more objective about things.  I want to be straight say, 98 per cent of the time -  I think there is still a place for me for a little recreational alcohol and drug use.   I never had much of the thing for drinking and always preferred the effects of pot - but its not to be taken lightly.     I have a good book called Cannabis Spirituality  which talks about the need to respect the herb and take it ceremoniusly, only when appropriate,  i think the problems come when you take it for granted and smoke it like cigarettes several times a day, without ceremony or context - then it detracts from real life and stops you functioning normally.   Sounds like im being pro - weed ?   Well not really but i think it can be beneficial if used right and not abused.

Thank you all for your words of wisdom and encouragement- I was growing, and I was smoking up to 20 pipes a day- I don't like tobacco! I have managed to reduce to 3 pipes a day- only after 6pm (local time haha) The solid that I had been buying was as clean as a clean thing- I concur about the nasty nasty soapbar- poison! I did something really positive yesterday- I phoned my pal/dealer and said, no matter how much I beg, don't sell/give me any more gear

I will keep you posted

John

terri prescott at July 8, 2011 at 9:20 AM

Hello John and welcome!  Love your dog is he into yoga?  that's just the cutest thing i've seen in awhile!

Hiya Terri My dog is using meditation to cope with the side effects of me stopping cannabis heehee

John

Thanks for the comments/input guys John 

Hey John, it gets way better, believe me!  Cutting ties is a biggie!  Congrats and keep up the good work, well done!!

Well folks- I had a solo acoustic gig last night- (I have been a musician for a while)- I hadn't played a gig in like 2 1/2 years basically due to the fact that I was cultivating and smoking really.

Anyway last night was the third consecutive Sunday gig- and I actually played the gig without any smoke- I am a humble man. but I feel good about myself for being able to resist-

I did have a pipe when I got home, so I am not claiming an absolute victory- I have enough resin for like 4 pipes- when its done its done- then I am going to get off the prescribed valium- I have started to take responsibility for my home- getting bills etc sorted out, and I have cleaned my flat from top to bottom- what a difference a clean environment makes

Also, I picked up an Canon SLR at a charity shop for £10- It retailed for £850 in 1995- so its a good un!

I have found a new interest! We'll see what develops (sorry)

Big love to you all- please be good to yourself

John x