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Any tips when quitting cannabis???

― sarah fehgra, Tuesday, 5 August 2003 10:50 (twenty-three years ago)

How serious a user are you? I've never had dependency problems with weed, but that's because I only smoke it a couple of times a month.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 10:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Also take up smoking, maybe

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 10:58 (twenty-three years ago)

And don't hang as much with your weed-smoking friends, at least for a while. This might be a problem if all your friends puff a lot.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 11:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Buy or d/l a copy of Homotopy to Marie and listen to it while stoned. Worked for me.

― Sommermute (Wintermute), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 11:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah. A long bad trip did scare me off weed once, for quite some time. Of course this might be hard to do intentionally.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 11:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Quitting shouldn't be a problem unless you smoke a lot. Cannabis per se is not addictive although it is habitual. Break the associations and the rest should fall into place (although, uh, if you smoke cigarettes or whatever then that might be a wee bit of a problem).

A good place to start could be junking all your smoking props, like rizla packets, papers, mats, pipes, bongs or whatever, box up the ashtrays or throw them away if you're dead set.

You could also give the house a good going over to remove all traces of the weed (esp the lingering smell), give the place a good airing.

It sounds obvious but avoid situations where you know other people will be sparking up, at least until you feel sure you won't miss it.

Learn to relax in other ways. Try throwing the money you're saving on grass at scented bath salts, josticks, incense, candles and other shit like that - indulge yourself, buy stuff you wouldn't normally splash on, so it seems much less like you giving something up. Treat yourself to a massage or something, buy some fine bourbon, oh, and try to go out more - more time out and about = less time sat at home flicking a lighter.

Like smoking proper, I guess the biggest battle is in your head - like if you feel you're 'missing out' on something by giving it up, you won't get very far. If you wanna drop it, then you have to believe that it's completely the way forwards, and that means convincing yourself that weed just doesn't work for you no more.

― Alex K (Alex K), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 11:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Wait! I thought weed wasn't addictive!

― Scaredy cat (Natola), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Well no it's not physically addictive, but it certainly is habit forming. I've not been addicted to weed daily for the last fifteen years. Much as I think I should cut down/give, up if I have weed I'll smoke it, if I don't I'll pick up some more within a day or two.
My best chance of giving up was when I gave up tobacco 18 months ago - for a while I just didn' t smoke anything but then started back with the pure joints and the bong.
It's timely that this thread should come along now, I was searching for similar advice just a few days ago without much sucess. I thought there would be more and would welcome any words from reformed longtime stoners.
Alex is totally right above - you've got to convince yourself stopping is really what you want to do. For my part I'm increasingly aware that after so long with little or no short to memory, I have little or no long term memories either.

Some of the best help I've seen was on some ILE threads of way back - I'll see if I can find them in a mo'.

― Simeon (Simeon), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Simple, gimme all your fuckin' weed

― dave q, Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Dope.
"Buck"s post in this makes me laugh but it's not what I was thinking of - I'll have another look when I'm not at work...

― Simeon (Simeon), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:30 (twenty-three years ago)

The prejudices shown towards smokers in that thread are disgusting.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I have some beer. If anyone wants to bring over the rest of Sarah's stash and make out, I'm game.

― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:33 (twenty-three years ago)

fuck yeah.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:35 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd come, but I don't wanna be the third leg, I mean wheel.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:36 (twenty-three years ago)

dave q got to the correct answ before i did, shit

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 23:58 (twenty-three years ago)

eat bats, this will preoccupy you

― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 04:36 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

One of the best way to stop smoking is first to convence yourself that (you) are the owner of your mind and body not (weed) Dont try to stop...dont make any plans or the way to Quiet....The human from now we are very weak mindly... we use just a 15% of our mind, so imagen what we can do with the rest of our brain...right buddy's?? So be strong and control the weed not the weed you....

― Omari, Sunday, 23 April 2006 02:15 (twenty years ago)

I think he may have nodded off mid-sentence there.

― dr lulu (dr lulu), Sunday, 23 April 2006 02:21 (twenty years ago)

right buddy's??

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 23 April 2006 02:25 (twenty years ago)

the way to Quiet?

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 23 April 2006 02:33 (twenty years ago)

Go to graduate school, get married, graduate, find job. Worked for me.

― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Sunday, 23 April 2006 03:06 (twenty years ago)

best random google evah.

― the unbearable lightness of peeing (orion), Sunday, 23 April 2006 03:09 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000DJ7UJ.01-APVHH2YDL0QW1.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

― muffins, Sunday, 23 April 2006 07:02 (twenty years ago)

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