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Are there any ex smokers out there who have given up, say, for over a year , 18 months or even two years and still have cravings ??? How long till the cravings go completely ??? Do they ever go completely ???
I have stopped now for just over 4 months and i'm starting to get cravings all the time again. I have stopped the drug and tobacco simultaneously after a totally messing up my life for 17 years. I started smoking at 14.
I was an everyday smoker of on average 3-4 grams worth a day, although when i was feeling really shit (which by the end was quite regular) i could smoke the full quarter (7 grams) easy. The thing is though, for the last seven years i was mainly a solitary smoker. I would smoke one or two with my dealer then i would retreat back to my cript and smoke from night till morning, myself. I lost everything (wife, kid, intelligence, reputation, a couple of teeth, health and thousands of ££££'s etc,etc) and even then it wasn't enough for me to drag myself away from it. I have became a total loser although i'm starting to feel a bit better about myself these days which is cool !!! The only problem is - you can't ever really repair the damage. You just have to learn to live with it and try and move on. I'll tell you this though - it's a lot easier trying to forget what a f**k you have been when you're not stoned than it is when you are.
I was a terrible smoker. I just couldn't function properly as soon as i had that morning toke. To be fair, most mornings i was still stoned from the night before and thus wasn't at my sharpest anyway, even before my first doob. When i think of the ridiculous things i have said and done, it makes me shudder. Some people must think that i'm a total mentalist. The thing is - they would probably be right !!!
Not (so much) now though. It's a shame that (in my case anyway), you only stop when there isn't much more to lose. All i got to lose is my life. And sometimes i think because of the destructive behaviour i have endured for the last 17 years, i am already on my way there. That is the main reason i stopped. Health, and my kid. Sometimes i think i'll be lucky to see thirty five. Now how embarrassing, to die at such a young age and to have taken over seventeen years or so to have done what is effectively, committed a slow and lingering suicide. All the money i have wasted. F**k it, it's only money. For the last 17 years the drug has been my currency. It's crazy to think of it that way but it's the truth. I am hopeful that it won't have reached that extent but you never know. I've heard of a couple of cases, where guys in their mid-thirties have died of smoking and drinking too much. ( i used to be a heavy drinker too until the gange took over entirely in my mid twenties and i stopped going to the pub as much )
Anyway, i need to get some (real) sleep. (i love dreaming again) To anyone reading this who smokes everyday , especially teenagers and guys in their early twenties, in fact everyone - please extinguish the joint right now. Go to the bathroom and flush the rest of the shit down the toilet. Do this immediately and don't look back. Do this now and you can save yourself a lot of pain and misery. Do it not and you may be on a path to destruction. If you've smoked it for more than a year, you are not going to get much more from it other than negative side affects. ( that doesnt mean that if you've only smoked it for 6 months that you should smoke it for a further 6 months !!! If you are reading this, it must be for a reason. Stop smoking and start living, please believe me )
dope/ shit- the answer is in the name.
PS - Sorry to those tokers who have had a pleasant experience with weed. I did too for the first year or two. I don't mean to be so bias. It's just that i (and a lot of my friends) took it too far. I couldn't see shit go past me. I had the chronic and couldn't say no. Even when my body and mind were telling me to please give it a rest, i couldn't/wouldn't. But to be fair, it is sad to think that we need things other than ourselves and family, or our non dope smoking friends to be happy.
Are there any ex smokers out there who have given up, say, for over a year , 18 months or even two years and still have cravings ??? How long till the cravings go completely ??? Do they ever go completely ???
I have stopped now for just over 4 months and i'm starting to get cravings all the time again. I have stopped the drug and tobacco simultaneously after a totally messing up my life for 17 years. I started smoking at 14.
I was an everyday smoker of on average 3-4 grams worth a day, although when i was feeling really shit (which by the end was quite regular) i could smoke the full quarter (7 grams) easy. The thing is though, for the last seven years i was mainly a solitary smoker. I would smoke one or two with my dealer then i would retreat back to my cript and smoke from night till morning, myself. I lost everything (wife, kid, intelligence, reputation, a couple of teeth, health and thousands of ££££'s etc,etc) and even then it wasn't enough for me to drag myself away from it. I have became a total loser although i'm starting to feel a bit better about myself these days which is cool !!! The only problem is - you can't ever really repair the damage. You just have to learn to live with it and try and move on. I'll tell you this though - it's a lot easier trying to forget what a f**k you have been when you're not stoned than it is when you are.
I was a terrible smoker. I just couldn't function properly as soon as i had that morning toke. To be fair, most mornings i was still stoned from the night before and thus wasn't at my sharpest anyway, even before my first doob. When i think of the ridiculous things i have said and done, it makes me shudder. Some people must think that i'm a total mentalist. The thing is - they would probably be right !!!
Not (so much) now though. It's a shame that (in my case anyway), you only stop when there isn't much more to lose. All i got to lose is my life. And sometimes i think because of the destructive behaviour i have endured for the last 17 years, i am already on my way there. That is the main reason i stopped. Health, and my kid. Sometimes i think i'll be lucky to see thirty five. Now how embarrassing, to die at such a young age and to have taken over seventeen years or so to have done what is effectively, committed a slow and lingering suicide. All the money i have wasted. F**k it, it's only money. For the last 17 years the drug has been my currency. It's crazy to think of it that way but it's the truth. I am hopeful that it won't have reached that extent but you never know. I've heard of a couple of cases, where guys in their mid-thirties have died of smoking and drinking too much. ( i used to be a heavy drinker too until the gange took over entirely in my mid twenties and i stopped going to the pub as much )
Anyway, i need to get some (real) sleep. (i love dreaming again) To anyone reading this who smokes everyday , especially teenagers and guys in their early twenties, in fact everyone - please extinguish the joint right now. Go to the bathroom and flush the rest of the shit down the toilet. Do this immediately and don't look back. Do this now and you can save yourself a lot of pain and misery. Do it not and you may be on a path to destruction. If you've smoked it for more than a year, you are not going to get much more from it other than negative side affects. ( that doesnt mean that if you've only smoked it for 6 months that you should smoke it for a further 6 months !!! If you are reading this, it must be for a reason. Stop smoking and start living, please believe me )
dope/ shit- the answer is in the name.
PS - Sorry to those tokers who have had a pleasant experience with weed. I did too for the first year or two. I don't mean to be so bias. It's just that i (and a lot of my friends) took it too far. I couldn't see shit go past me. I had the chronic and couldn't say no. Even when my body and mind were telling me to please give it a rest, i couldn't/wouldn't. But to be fair, it is sad to think that we need things other than ourselves and family, or our non dope smoking friends to be happy.
. Your love in the end will be enough though. When kids get into it they think about the times when they had fun high and think they can apply that fun high to every aspect of life. Enter the weed crutch. This is far from the truth though. The more you smoke the more your brain adapts. The more your brain adapts the harder it is to quit. This is because of your brains up keep with the dopamine levels. When the need for dopamine has been filled but there's still some left over your brain will produce new transmitters to place it. When there's no weed left all those transmitters are just sitting there begging for more. How ever if the person is willed enough to quick and stops the process reverses. Your brain is the master at tracking what you put in it and reacting to it. Shaping everything about your waking life. Do research on the effects of weed and sports and show it to him. How ever... just so you know over half the NBA is estimated to smoke pot. Most believe it helps with the stress and grind of being a physical athlete. Most do it in the off season. The problem is though it takes your brain off the reactive track of the game and puts it on weeds roller coaster which will pull down his stats. And 15 is wayyyy to young mama. Its best to wait tell after 23 because the brain completes its physical developmental process and if weed is introduced after that mark it has no problems shrugging off the with draw. Do it before 23 and your breaking unstable passages in the brain early and will scope a very dependant reality. When he sees your love and sees what it means and how it brings you down I hope it breaks his heart and he quits. Weed allows us to be superheroes and stars in our mind. But that is such a false reality. Being sober and able will make you a star in the real world. Don't be scared to dog him about it "scared you can't do it not high?" Intimidating but in a kind hearted way as if presenting a challenge resonates with younglings. Just make sure he knows. Him on pot will pull his stats dooowwwn. Make every game and practice harder and will eventually cause chronic fatigue. Especially in a school athlete.I wish you the best. Don't let his failures be the reason he quits. Make it the wanting for success. Your brain is gifted beyond measure anything is possible never give up. Peace mama
I hate hearing people refer to rehab as a solution because I know if I have to escape it to stop it then once I return I will relapse. I want to use nothing but willpower.
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