Hi guys my name is Cody. A few a little over two months ago now I quit smoking marijuana. I had one of the hardest times of my life and I had no idea what to do about it. I was someone who had been religious but I don't think I could have actually called myself a Christian, I would have hoped to but looking back now I know I wasn't.
Thats not the point of this thread. I had some very intense withdrawal symptoms and I believed that my mental health would never return to normal. I had issues with reality, I felt like I had left my old self and jumped into a new world, one that I recognized but was one hundred precent foreign to me. For the first week and a half I couldn't eat anything because of appetite loss and forget sleeping. I could take something to help with sleep and it wouldn't even effect me. After the first two weeks things seemed to be going back to normal. My appetite came back and I began to sleep easier (during this time my mental health was some what stable I felt lost and confused but I was making it). At the beginning of week three I felt really good I thought life was going to be good from then on out as long as I didn't smoke, but mid-way through week three I began to become very depressed, I lost connection with reality, when I slept I began to have very vivid dreams and nightmares. I became so paranoid like the entire world was waiting on me. I felt that my consciousness was the only one and that everyone else was a computer program or some weird thing I could interact with but was stuck in myself. I would watch t.v. and the stories would have new meaning and it was like what the t.v. was saying was some distant memory or something that I did and couldn't remember. As I began to feel helpless I really fell on God to get me through like I never had before. I would go to forums and help sites and no one could seem to give me a very good answer. There were always people who would say very destructive things and the ones who wanted to help didn't seem to quite get it. My faith now is stronger then ever because I had no choice but to allow God to do whatever it was he wanted and two months later I am still recovering but I feel great!
THE POINT: I smoked ever day for about a year and had a bad experience that gave me the courage to quit. Im here to say that for those who are struggling I understand how real it is! It can an will be frustrating, the dreams, the thoughts, the lack of connection but it is only temporary. The things you are going through are only a stage, when you come out on the other side you'll barely remember how bad it was. For Christians, falling to God is the real factor of what got me through it. I had great family help and help from God. For Non-belivers you will get through it as well it just takes time. I saw on another forum a doctor said it can take anywhere from one month to three months to finally feel better and after six months to a year you'll be back to one hundred precent. If a person is truly worried see a doctor but I can promise you it will get better.
For me God allowed me to quit so I would truly know him. Though at the time it felt painful and uneasy it was what needed to happen.
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
Romans 8:28
Thats not the point of this thread. I had some very intense withdrawal symptoms and I believed that my mental health would never return to normal. I had issues with reality, I felt like I had left my old self and jumped into a new world, one that I recognized but was one hundred precent foreign to me. For the first week and a half I couldn't eat anything because of appetite loss and forget sleeping. I could take something to help with sleep and it wouldn't even effect me. After the first two weeks things seemed to be going back to normal. My appetite came back and I began to sleep easier (during this time my mental health was some what stable I felt lost and confused but I was making it). At the beginning of week three I felt really good I thought life was going to be good from then on out as long as I didn't smoke, but mid-way through week three I began to become very depressed, I lost connection with reality, when I slept I began to have very vivid dreams and nightmares. I became so paranoid like the entire world was waiting on me. I felt that my consciousness was the only one and that everyone else was a computer program or some weird thing I could interact with but was stuck in myself. I would watch t.v. and the stories would have new meaning and it was like what the t.v. was saying was some distant memory or something that I did and couldn't remember. As I began to feel helpless I really fell on God to get me through like I never had before. I would go to forums and help sites and no one could seem to give me a very good answer. There were always people who would say very destructive things and the ones who wanted to help didn't seem to quite get it. My faith now is stronger then ever because I had no choice but to allow God to do whatever it was he wanted and two months later I am still recovering but I feel great!
THE POINT: I smoked ever day for about a year and had a bad experience that gave me the courage to quit. Im here to say that for those who are struggling I understand how real it is! It can an will be frustrating, the dreams, the thoughts, the lack of connection but it is only temporary. The things you are going through are only a stage, when you come out on the other side you'll barely remember how bad it was. For Christians, falling to God is the real factor of what got me through it. I had great family help and help from God. For Non-belivers you will get through it as well it just takes time. I saw on another forum a doctor said it can take anywhere from one month to three months to finally feel better and after six months to a year you'll be back to one hundred precent. If a person is truly worried see a doctor but I can promise you it will get better.
For me God allowed me to quit so I would truly know him. Though at the time it felt painful and uneasy it was what needed to happen.
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
Romans 8:28