Do you think you should quit weed while...

[Cannabis Rehab Guest]

This might seem like a silly question but there are no easy answers when it comes to drugs. Do you think you should quit the drug while you dont really have a problem with it or is it best to wait until if/when you start getting negative effects from it? I say this because I imagine it would be easier to stop going back to the drug if, one or two years after quitting, you looked back on the negative memories of it rather than the enjoyable/no problems ones. Any comments would be appreciated

[Cannabis Rehab Admin]

Most people don’t have the motivation to stop doing something, unless they experience negative effects, ideally we would stop well before that happens, especially if we know there’s a good chance of it happening in the future, like breathing in smoke causing lung problems, but in the real world most people don’t react until they get a dam hard kick up the backside, I know I didn’t, the only problem with that is by that time, it can be too late and the damage can already have been done, which was certainly the case for me, smoking the drug has left lasting scars on my memory, mental health, etc, I am certainly not the person I once was. So yes I sure wish I had quit long before I did, but that’s something that now I can never change.

The other thing with using any drug is that a lot of users are in denial, of the negative effects their drug use is having, but those negative effects can still exist, regardless of whether we are aware of them.

So it’s your call, you can either quit now or wait to see if you do start to experience negative effects, just remember that if you do wait until you experience problems with your lungs, brain/mind, that the effects are not always reversible.

[Drug Rehab Chick]

The thing I'v most realised about the drug is that I had no idea how much of a problem I had until it was too late...it was controlling my life. The counseller I'v been seeing said that there are stages to an addict reaching the point where they will realise that the positive things associated with pot no longer outweigh the negative impact. This can take a long time. The tragedy is that the denial the Cannabis Rehab Admin mentions is so subtle sometimes, the lies you tell yourself seem true...there's nothing like pot for sinking into either denial or just hiding so you don't think bout anything. I now see pot the same as heroin....just stay away. It's deceptive. It can be toxic. It messes up your life quicker than anything else I'v experienced, simply because being stoned is a good feeling and nobody likes to think that something that feels that good can be so destructive.. Its a shame that its true, but it is. Hope you make good choices. Life is full of infinite possibilities. If pot rules your world, and if you are a smoker there's always that risk, nothing will be as good as it could or should be. Good luck.

[s42k5b]

hippychick, i could not agree more with you. You took the words right out of my mouth

[Drug Rehab Chick]

Thank you...I have found so much insight from this site. The one thing that has really blown me away is the number of young people on here...to think that so much potential and talent is being suppressed by dope simply cos its not considered "hard core" by most people. It scares me to death to think that there are so many balancing precariously on the edge of something so destructive so early in their lives. Its just frightening and very very sad. Pot is such a thief and a liar.

[nicklockley]

Quit weed

Hi,

My names Nick, from birmingham UK, im 22 years old and ive smoked the drug since the age of 9. Chronically from the age of around 13-14 (as no dealers would deal with me when i was 9 and I had to rely on older mates to get it)

I had a beutiful girlfriend & a baby on the way and was asked by my gf to do one thing, stop smoking the drug and sort myself out ready for our new born daughter. For some reason the drug has a way of manipulating you so bad its unbelievable. I couldn't understand why I needed to detox it completely over a child being born, didnt see how it was much of a "bad thing" and ended up leaving my girlfriend. Its 3 years later now, I have a beutiful daughter called Libby and I think about both libby and her mom Jess every day of my life, every night, every morning etc and it hurts like ****. Yesterday, I woke up in despair as I had a dream that she was lying next to me and she wasnt, i was so desperate to get that back and i ended up emailing her with how I felt. I Later she replied & ive told her i quit ages ago so i then took my ten of the drug (i always have/had weed) and i chucked it all down the toilet, including the bag and pissed on it before going to bed.

Today I have gone to the gym and bookd an inducition for tomorrow morning so can go there all day to relieve the cravings. I can only hope that by quitting this dead end drug I will somehow get my family back, somehow get back with Jess but I realise it may be too late.

All I can say is, your gonna want to detox at some point in life for whatever reason and it'l be easier if u do it now, while ur at home and cant do it 24/7 like u WILL be able to do when u move out ur parents. What will u be like then?? ull be just like me, ul wake up worrying about how ul get bud ready for the next nightime, sleeping without the drug will scare the sh** out of u, ul need one every night before bed for the rest of your life, eventually u wont even be able to go for drinks with your mates cuz ull feel so uncomfortable being in a social pub and not at home smoking that it wont be possible. At some point u will quit as I knew I would one day.

Unfortunately, I cant give much more advice than that because today is DAY 1 of my "quitting weed" pledge so I guess I could use some advice and support myself. However, I will keep this post updated as daily as I can and hope we can even maybe quit this sh** together.

Best of luck mate! do it while its easy!! goto the pub!! shag women!!! do all the sh** people who dont smoke the drug do!!! and dont be ashamed of quitting! it all makes sense when ur young to smoke the drug but it gets boring in the end and its hard as **** to cut out ur life cuz u genuinely enjoy doing it and kinda rely on it.

Keep me posted and ill keep u posted about how im doing too.

Cheers buddy

(nick - UK)