ok next a week on thursday marks my first exam, and they dont finish til mid june... and yesterday i scraped the last bit of resin from my bong and just now I've packed that old friend away. ive been a daily smoker since the autumn began to set in, having tried it for the first time last summer... and now with the exams coming up ive decided i need to quit. everytime i've gone without marijuana for a couple days ive started feeling bad, and ive never since i started gotten over that "hump" so to speak, and never started on the road to recovery. well ive given myself just under 2 weeks to do that before my exams. im revising well and all that. but its just the boredom, the feeling of depression. it feels real the depression, and yet i just think its chronic boredom. when i go to university to do physics in a few months my life will take on new shape and meaning, and i will be able to enjoy it anew... but for the moment marijuana has been a fountain of personal mental healing. and yet i know that my addiction to it has simply stripped me of my former resolve, giving me tastes of it again every time i smoke. i know its not as simple as that, and its not that I think marijuana is bad (it isnt), but the fact of the matter is that ive come to a point where i simply have to get off it. there is no other choice. i can no longer smoke marijuana. at least not for a good few weeks. otherwise i will fail my examinations, and i will not get into university. so what im asking for is some tips to deal with depression. im scared that in a moment of weakness i will rush out and buy some. in fact im constantly rationalising in my head how i could get another sack and still be alright. but its now or never. i have to quit. so how do i get my mind off the herb? how long until this purple haze quits me? and how do i cope with the mind-numbing boredom, depression, and sense of loss? i had a routine of relaxing my tired soul in the late evening with a smoke looking out my window into the inky night, but thats now taken from me. meditation? recreation? masturbation? ... wtf do i do?
Make sure you have no weed to temp you with. The first few days are the worst, but once you pass them you will feel better. Keep occupied so you are not thinking about weed.
Its all in your head. You seem like a decent writer. Just start writing a lot or go outside and go hiking or ride a bike, play video games. Just chill out till your exams are done then burn down.
just stytop obessesing over it do anything else it dont matter what read a book watch a movie go out for a run or hang out with freinds enjoy life quitting weeds the easiest thing in the world....unlesss u make it difficult by dwelling on it.. i mean seriusly wtr5f u smoked less then a year and u act like u cant live withouit it.. ppl have smoked 30+ years and quit completely accidently just by forgetting to smoke or by running out a few weeks drum...dance..whatever it dont matter wtf u do as long as u do something more interesting then staring at the walls
Exercise and healthy eating/sleeping patterns help a good bit with depression and can give you something to do for boredom. As for quitting weed for a bit, maybe you need to transfer your habit into another one; I've had to quit smoking recently, and I've just replaced it with drinking a shitload of tea everyday haha. But honestly, replacing one habit with another works pretty well. If you miss the smoking sensation, maybe smoke cigs since they're at least legal, but be careful not to get addicted to them.
replacing 1 habbit for another is the worse possible advice ya can giove hes addicted to sa non adicting subsytance and u say replace it with 1 thats highly addictive? brilliant just stiop thinking abouit it..occupy yopur body and mind with anythiong else not a drug..an activity.. study for your exams..there ya go..problem solved
Just realize that the weed will always be there for you to smoke when you get the time. A few weeks of not smoking won't make a difference, in the big picture. Just occupy your time by studying for your upcoming exams. That would be beneficial, in more ways than one, because you would be studying and you would also have a decent distraction.
i've been in your situation many times. i've been smoking weed since 14/15, and hardcore since 17/18. i've taken many breaks and i've even quit many times. (obviously never stuck) that feeling of 'withdrawl' and 'despair' you've described can only get as bad as you let it. anything that i've learned over the past few years is not easily taught or described. instead, i have to leave these ambiguous, sage like words. don't try to change what you do, you've got to change the way you think. or, any sort of hobbie should suffice. keeping in mind, it can't be some mindless busy work. you need something that will engage your mind, and will have the possibility of bringing you some sort of joy. any sort of mindless busy work will double as meditation, and probably make you think about it even more. (if you are not good with confrontation, this is probably not a good idea) if none of this helps.....try to live in the 'now'. dont' think about the great times you've had before, dont' think about how awful not smoking will be in the future. just think objectively, as to what you have to get done now. on the bright side, i've found that 2 weeks is the magic number for me. after then, my sleeping habits, eating habits, and tolerance goes back to normal. i become sober in the fullest sense. anyway, hope this helps. lates.
if i dont want to smoke i jus will try not to hang around people that are gunna tempt me by smoking themselves just keep telling yourself you dont needit after a couple times of having the chance to go smoke but choosing not to it gets easier
honestly, every time i've done a psychedelic, afterwards I never felt the urge or need to smoke weed for days. i never actually tested to see how long it would last because after like the first three days i was like "i dont give a shit i'm smokin" haha
Was suggesting something more along the lines of healthy habits (like I said, drinking tea). If he's going for the smoking sensation, yet has to study for exams, he'd do better with smokes 'cuz tripping up with weed would ruin his studying sessions, ya know? I don't think anyone should smoke cigs, it's just a better choice in this situation for a short window of time, if he really wants to smoke something. johndoe has good advice too man, watch what freinds you hang around when you're quitting
preoccupy yourself. stay away from things that make u want weed and dont be around when ur friends their smoking. i dont see why u wanna quit though, seeing as how if u study high, take the the test high, ull get high scores
do yoga, meditate and eat right. if you are using it to deal with depression be prepared to make a doc appointment in case you need to be on pharmaceuticals. but in any case keep track of how you are feeling. keep a journal (people who keep food journals lose more weight and keep it off, why not for pot too?) good luck
^^ really? hmmm. i know that since i've bought more from a m.o.m., seeing my order history...lol....does actually kinda help. gives me an accurate idea as to what i've spent in the past few months. :S that's a good idea ifyou wanna cut back.
my best advice is not to quit cold turkey but to try slowly stop over the course of a few weeks or so it will take longer but if you really cut down and smoke less and less it will be easy to stop eventually i cant tell you how many times a friend has said "yeah im going to quit after this certain day" and within a week after that day smoke just as much as before and say "oh well whatever", and make no progress good look to you and keep yourself occupied
