First let me congratulate you, because if you are reading this article you must be contemplating quitting smoking pot. For a lot of people quitting is no problem at all for them, so I won't congratulate them as they won't be reading this article, but for the rest of this article will discuss some steps you can take when taking your journey of a life without weed. Here are some tips to stop smoking weed.
First and foremost set a date for quitting. This is no different from when quitting any other addiction. Setting a date allows you to prepare yourself physically and mentally for what lies ahead. This should be a real date, not just some hypothetical time frame down the road, be specific with it. It also shouldn't be when you run out. Write your day down somewhere that you will see daily to remind yourself. My advice for you on a timeframe would be to do it within the next month from the current date. If you go much longer than that, you will probably just brush it off and push that date further along in time and you won't quit.
Have a good understanding of why you are still smoking pot. Being addicted to weed is something that a lot of people don't understand. While marijuana isn't a physically addictive drug like heroin, cocaine or even cigarettes, it is a psychologically addictive drug. It is this psychological addiction that gives most people difficulties in quitting. If you've smoking weed for a long period of time, I'm sure that you've developed a daily routine that includes when and where you are gonna smoke. When you stop smoking weed, your whole daily routine is thrown out the window, and your mind will constantly fight to get back what it knows. You must be prepared mentally for this fight, as it can really knock you on your butt if you aren't.
Throw away your toys. Most pot smokers have some pretty cool toys for smoking. Getting rid of your paraphernalia is another of great tips to stop smoking weed, give them to a friend or throw them away. Whatever you do with them, just get rid of them and clean up, so you don't have any lingering remnants staring you in the face of smoking. It is easier to resist cravings if there isn't anything in front of you staring back saying "smoke me". People will do some crazy things when they have cravings to get high like raiding between the cushions of the couch to see if any trace bits of weed are in there, scraping a pipe for some left over residue and of course we can't forget a roach joint, which we've all done before.
Not everybody suffers withdrawals, but prepared for them. The number one reason why people cave and smoke another joint, is they weren't prepared for withdrawals. If you have your date set, you are already on the right path, as from the moment you set you date you can start getting prepared for what may happen and how you may feel. Do some research and check out what others have gone through. Anxiety, I will let you know is the biggest symptom of withdrawals. Have you ever felt on edge, when you were out of pot and you were supposed to get some more and something happened and you didn't get it on time? Remember that jittery on edge feeling you felt, well this was anxiety. Not take that memory and multiply it exponentially, and you will have a feeling of what your withdrawal anxiety will be like. Not being able to eat or sleep are two other common symptoms.
Doing your research leading up to your quit date is the best of my tips to stop smoking weed that I can give to find out what others have felt. I know that this article has gone on a bit long, and I apologize for that, but if you are serious about quitting for what ever reason, I send you my best wishes.
First and foremost set a date for quitting. This is no different from when quitting any other addiction. Setting a date allows you to prepare yourself physically and mentally for what lies ahead. This should be a real date, not just some hypothetical time frame down the road, be specific with it. It also shouldn't be when you run out. Write your day down somewhere that you will see daily to remind yourself. My advice for you on a timeframe would be to do it within the next month from the current date. If you go much longer than that, you will probably just brush it off and push that date further along in time and you won't quit.
Have a good understanding of why you are still smoking pot. Being addicted to weed is something that a lot of people don't understand. While marijuana isn't a physically addictive drug like heroin, cocaine or even cigarettes, it is a psychologically addictive drug. It is this psychological addiction that gives most people difficulties in quitting. If you've smoking weed for a long period of time, I'm sure that you've developed a daily routine that includes when and where you are gonna smoke. When you stop smoking weed, your whole daily routine is thrown out the window, and your mind will constantly fight to get back what it knows. You must be prepared mentally for this fight, as it can really knock you on your butt if you aren't.
Throw away your toys. Most pot smokers have some pretty cool toys for smoking. Getting rid of your paraphernalia is another of great tips to stop smoking weed, give them to a friend or throw them away. Whatever you do with them, just get rid of them and clean up, so you don't have any lingering remnants staring you in the face of smoking. It is easier to resist cravings if there isn't anything in front of you staring back saying "smoke me". People will do some crazy things when they have cravings to get high like raiding between the cushions of the couch to see if any trace bits of weed are in there, scraping a pipe for some left over residue and of course we can't forget a roach joint, which we've all done before.
Not everybody suffers withdrawals, but prepared for them. The number one reason why people cave and smoke another joint, is they weren't prepared for withdrawals. If you have your date set, you are already on the right path, as from the moment you set you date you can start getting prepared for what may happen and how you may feel. Do some research and check out what others have gone through. Anxiety, I will let you know is the biggest symptom of withdrawals. Have you ever felt on edge, when you were out of pot and you were supposed to get some more and something happened and you didn't get it on time? Remember that jittery on edge feeling you felt, well this was anxiety. Not take that memory and multiply it exponentially, and you will have a feeling of what your withdrawal anxiety will be like. Not being able to eat or sleep are two other common symptoms.
Doing your research leading up to your quit date is the best of my tips to stop smoking weed that I can give to find out what others have felt. I know that this article has gone on a bit long, and I apologize for that, but if you are serious about quitting for what ever reason, I send you my best wishes.
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