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Anyone in here who's quit weed

I've used weed for close to ten years and though we've been best friends for so long I'm thinking of breaking up with her.

[c=#7700B2][b]Why[/b][/c] you might ask.

I started using to escape from depression and that was before life put me in a wheelchair. I continued using after I became disabled because it eased muscle pain and made me forget about my harsh reality but as of late it's stopped doing anything for me. I'm still in pain and depressed even after using it and using it has become pointless.

Now God has been telling me to stop using and depend only on Him but I just couldn't find the strength to quit but I've decided to slow down and I made this choice all on my own. I'm now in the process of quitting and I want go a week without using. How do you think that'll go for me?
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SW-User
Hey karysma, how are you ? Just came to give you my take on weed. I'm 35, and I smoked weed constantly since I was 13, I had periods where I smoked all day every day, and then there have been times where it was a few times a week or when I felt like it. Lately it was everyday, I would smoke in the morning then go work, do my day, and smoke when I got home, maybe a few j's before bed. About 2 months ago I came to a conclusion, it wasn't adding to my life, I was spending £10-£30 a day depending what I was smoking, it was keeping me up at night, it was affecting my mood, it was making me lazy, it was a distraction. It wasn't easy for the first few days, I literally couldn't sleep for about 3 nights, I didn't know how to go sleep without a j, it was mad, it was scary to admit that kind of addiction to it. A lot of my friends smoke, so being around them was temptation, its as normal to us as making toast in the morning, so when all of a sudden I wasn't smoking, they thought that was alien. I tried not to make a big deal out of it, playing it down that I just didn't feel to smoke right now, I even bought a few pots just so it wasn't the talking point of my friends. 7-8 weeks later I still haven't smoked, I gave up weed and fag as well. After the first few days it got easier, then a week, two weeks, I started to accept the new routine, I stopped feeling like I was missing something. I started noticing that my airways were clearer, my sleep had improved, my mood was better, I had more energy, like a new mental clarity. It got easier and easier until now, in my head its just something I don't do anymore, and I'm 100 clear on the reasons why, no one made me do it, I didn't quit for anyone, I quit for myself. It wasn't life changing, or a significant milestone, I just don't do it and I'm at peace with it, and see the benefits of not smoking, or more the negatives of smoking. Its not easy, but if you have your reasons, you have your reasons, let's be honest it is a shit habit. Everyone glamourizes weed like its some miracle drug, but it is just that, its a drug, it affects your perception and changes your mind state, think like, you don't have to quit forever, but I'm sure you can quit for long enough to let it clear from your body, and experience your natural function. Its worth it, as someone who smoked for 22 years, I can say I'm better for not smoking weed anymore. Your post was from 2 days ago, how's it going, have you started or at least given yourself a date to stop ?
karysma · 31-35, F
@SW-User Thanks for sharing your experience. It's been two days since I've last smoked but I've gone a week, even a month in the past when I didn't have anyone to buy it or roll it for me (since I can't do it by myself). I got stressed out earlier today and I was dying to get high. If I had someone to prepare it for me I'd have smoked it, thank God I didn't
SW-User
@karysma my bad for focusing on the fact that you can't roll a j first lol ... From your post its a positive that you want to stop for yourself, you may have gone without before but it sounds like that wasn't through choice, if you want to stop to stop that's different, 2 days is already an achievement. Can I ask why you're in a wheelchair ? And where are you from ?
karysma · 31-35, F
@SW-User I really really want to stop cause it feels like a waste of precious time. I was involved in a car accident and I'm in South Africa