how to cut down on smoking pot?

hallo all
i know I know, I've asked this before and so have you...but I'm asking again for some advice...try to to be too obvious...I'm not stupid...just uninspired... I am currently trying not to buy anymore pot...and I am working on my last bowl for a while at least... maybe a week.. a friend and I are going to try to support eachother in not smoking and he says that we should knit and work out instead of smoking... I agree but I think we should do lots of things assuming we have the time and the inclination.. maybe we ought to get some culture. What do you think? Any Advice?
Tracy

 

yeah... find something else that you LIKE or WANT to do (key)....

remind yourself of the benefits of not smoking all the time....

 

get a bank account and save your money, that is a huge one. than put a minimum balance to maintain on the account.

 

i dont think it's that had to quit smoking weed for me.I just stop buying it...I've had to get used to not buying due to financial reasons so for me it's not that hard.

 

buy a vaporizer. I just bought my first one and not only is it way better for your health but you can save money because you dont need as much pot. My boyfriend and I pack a very small amount and still get very blazed. Unless you just dont want pot in your life anymore, but if you do, vaping is the way to go!!!!

 

Observe the energy and life it takes from you. When you smoke pot everyday, you lose a lot of energy. Sure you can balance it out and smoke as much as you can before you lose energy, but why play that game? Think of the things pot is stopping you from doing, and pull whatever it is out of you that you need to pull out, it's there, it's all there
Pot is a sacrament left for humans as a tool on this planet to facilitate evolution and cultivate peace and harmony. It's not something to be abused but respected and used wisely, and that is when you really harvest the most out of your buzz if you pay attention to it.

 

Why do you want to stop smoking pot??

I think it's great that you want to try something else...I went through a period this summer where I just wanted to be have a clear head and be myself, without addictions, because smoking pot is so enjoyable and for me, it did take a lot of motivation on my part to keep myself healthy..it's great that you have a supportive friend who is with you on this one..it's beyond important to surround yourself with people who are for your growth..and for me, what seemed to help the most was being focused on what was the best for me and keeping myself busy doing things like working on a farm, growing sprouts, making healthy meals, hiking, playing music, making life and not just sitting and watching it on t.v.
It does take work sometimes to be healthy and to be in tune with that power in you, but so worth it. congrats to your being aware of what you need in life. and I hope everything works out for you, whatever you do!

 

I quit because I am tired of depending on a chemical substance to make me happy, it is a very expensive habit as well.

I didnt use anything to help me quit, I just decided to stop. I didnt step down, I just said.. I dont want to smoke anymore. and I dont, and as most of you know, I was a top poster in the Marijuana Forums, but now I'm clean.

 

Despite what others say...Marijuana is NOT an addictive substance.

Want to quit? QUIT! Don't hang out with people that do it and you won't do it...

Quitting pot is psychological. If you really WANT to do it...you can.

 

all my friends are smokers... It'd be rather hard to stay away from all of them... I want to stop/cut down for a while cos I can feel the smoking in my lungs, its an expensive habit to have all the time, and its time consuming... I feel like I could be more productive with my time. I don't dislike pot but as someone said I should get a vaporizer... I think I will as soon as I move out of my mom's apartment and have a job and such... we shall see... thanks for the advice yall...continue posting..it does me good...

 

It shouldn't be difficult to make health-oriented lifestyle changes and keep your friends- whatever their practices.. if they truly are your friends. People who won't respect your decision are just looking for co-dependents and aren't real friends.

I stopped smoking pot over two years ago. Some of my friends still do smoke but they don't make it an issue with me. If they smoke around me and offer some I politely decline. Most times they take it elsewhere because despite the fact that they still partake they respect my decision. When I made my decision I took pains to make it clear that it was a personal decision out of concerns for my own health and not a blanket indictment of the practice or its practitioners.

It boils down to willpower... how badly do you really want to cut down. Do you really have to partake every time one of your friends smokes around you? Can they respect your reasons for change and support you like real friends should? Take your one friend up on his offer of support.

If it is truly difficult for you to cut down then perhaps you do have a problem.

 

Marijuana is addictive. But not how you think. I once came to the reaslization that a lot of drug use is centered around rituals. The cleaning and rolling of the pot is a ritual. Getting your favorite bowl or a mag or newspaper. Breaking the buds apart, rolling the husk off the seed, scraping through at an angle and watching the seeds roll out. So is chopping and laying out lines on a mirror. Or putting it in the spoon with the cotton (or cigarette filter if you're really hard core), drawing it up, tapping out the bubbles, tying yourself off, all of it.

Ritual. It's our church. Our holy communion, our sacrament. Ritual is part of human nature. We need it in our lives. It is a constant, regardless of the vehicle. Get a little incense burner and some incense. A mandella on the wall to use to center out. replace the ritual with a new one. Mine is my computer. Getting my coffee, firing up my system. Reading my Environmental News Network newsletter and my GSN-NTI.

I quit smoking pot 7 years ago. Three weeks after I quit I was riding my bike down this street and looked down, and there was a bag of buds just laying there. I picked them up and took them home and put them in my desk drawer. They are still there. Not as a temptation or in case I need to go back, but as a silent testament to my resolution. I can open the drawer, look inside and say to myself " If you were able to do that bro, then you can do anything.

 

Exactly! If you want to quit smoking pot, all you have to do is quit smoking.

Its a mental thing. Find the reasons why you smoke, and then change the behaviour. Do you smoke to relax? Learn to meditate. Do you smoke socially? Make some new friends.

 

Don't let yourself sit around with idle time. Find a gym to go to or go bike riding, hiking, something. Youll feel way better and after a few weeks you'll forget all about it.