quittin the bud.

[BabySteps]

I was always one think it's not addictive and the worst thing that happens is thinking about it, but i realized it does mess you up.

i realized that paranoia off weed and increased anxiety( i always had shy problems and kinda worried at times before i started it) are increased when high, and if you do it all the time it will kinda take a temporary permanent effect( until you quit for a while).

i keep getting sweaty and hot and headaches real bad, my muscles actually hurt. irritated bad, a little sound will peeve me oFF, or someone talking or making a yell instead of like oh that's annoying will make just want to raise cain on them.

i get nightmares, but actually slowly my dreams are coming back to vividness and positive themes are returning.

i sleep like 14 hours at a time, so maybe i hope i will sleep less and feel rested.

theres always that thought in the back of my head like "oh if i smoked a bowl or whatever i bet this would be BETTER experience" when enjoying something.

the "anhedonia" i read about is true, i don't feel joy anymore. it sucks, but slowly coming back.


i also quit smoking cigarettes three days ago, so that probably enforces some irritability. caffeine i don't drink it all the time but i bet that is not good, screw it all. i'm not doing it anymore!

anyone else experience this stuff when stopping? i don't really want to hear oh weed is not bad at all it is from God and let's smoke everyday and blah blah blah, i used to think that. i don't think so now ( i'm in love you know delusional type love with it) i'm not trying to enforce that feeling. so don't reply with that junk.

ok peace yall, im reading others post and praying too. so good luck to everyone with their struggles as well.

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

Congratulations my friend! You are doing what God desires of you, do it to His glory. You don't need this stuff, it will try to speak to you and tell you need it but that is a lie from the devil and there will be times when friends will come and tempt you but just tell them you have Someone else who is more important in your life, Jesus Christ (I did that and eventually my drug friends quit coming around).

You mentioned quiting smoking, I struggled with that too, I can tell you one thing that helped me was sunflower seeds, when I got the urge I would eat and spit those, they helped a lot.

Just don't get discouraged bro, God is wanting to do a work in your life, but you must get rid of the junk, stay clean and sober and seek the Lord while He may be found. He is near to you now, learn to trust in His keeping power and not your own, your strength will fail but not the Lords and when you are weak He will renew your strength and resolve, He can keep your feet on solid ground. Jesus bless you!

 

[dabro]

Yes bro congrats! It's the best way to go to get off that stuff. It makes me psychotic so I don't want that happening to you. stay strong in the Lord and I'm happy to hear that from you!

 

[BabySteps]

yup, i already feel better and this is day 8 not smoking cannabis, and day 4 or 5 not smoking cigarettes. i bet quitting the cigarettes really helped a lot.

i am not so paranoid anymore or concerned about what others are thinking or having thoughts of "vibes i can feel" or being able to tell what is going on in peoples heads, or people watching me or caring what i do. lol. i realized that is just paranoia. no more endlessly contemplating and being stuck in my head.

maybe some people can smoke it and be fine, good for you, but for me it messes my head up, so it's not for me personally.

thanks for the support soldier and dabro!

 

[LekryceMack]

I was always one think it's not addictive and the worst thing that happens is thinking about it, but i realized it does mess you up.

i realized that paranoia off weed and increased anxiety( i always had shy problems and kinda worried at times before i started it) are increased when high, and if you do it all the time it will kinda take a temporary permanent effect( until you quit for a while).

i keep getting sweaty and hot and headaches real bad, my muscles actually hurt. irritated bad, a little sound will peeve me oFF, or someone talking or making a yell instead of like oh that's annoying will make just want to raise cain on them.

i get nightmares, but actually slowly my dreams are coming back to vividness and positive themes are returning.

i sleep like 14 hours at a time, so maybe i hope i will sleep less and feel rested.

theres always that thought in the back of my head like "oh if i smoked a bowl or whatever i bet this would be BETTER experience" when enjoying something.

the "anhedonia" i read about is true, i don't feel joy anymore. it sucks, but slowly coming back.


i also quit smoking cigarettes three days ago, so that probably enforces some irritability. caffeine i don't drink it all the time but i bet that is not good, screw it all. i'm not doing it anymore!

anyone else experience this stuff when stopping? i don't really want to hear oh weed is not bad at all it is from God and let's smoke everyday and blah blah blah, i used to think that. i don't think so now ( i'm in love you know delusional type love with it) i'm not trying to enforce that feeling. so don't reply with that junk.

ok peace yall, im reading others post and praying too. so good luck to everyone with their struggles as well.

Same boat my friend. Idk about the harsh withdrawals though...sorry. But I smoked out of a gravity everyday and thats when i started noticing how it went from a time to time experience to a bad habit. Psychologicoly it became addicting. and i grew numb from it as well, to the point where getting high was boring. When that hit me. (and also still being a saved Chrisitian from then till now) I just said forget it! Im tired of it. then of course couple months or weeks id burn again and go on with my life. But every time i did I felt i wasn't living proper as a responsible christian. Never felt shame or anything but just like, why do i really need it.? So i asked my Lord is it a sin. And i was lead to many sources wether it be flashbacks as of how i got in trouble because of it, and of course ppl like you who where just like me. ( Oh weed is a gift from God, its not addictive) and I'm not gonna lie, i was still the follower of christ i am now (even while i was high) and still getting good grades and still functioning and stuff. and thats what made it even harder to be conviced it was "bad". As a CHRISTIAN, it is. For everyone else...thats them. Its bad because we're harming our body, (coughing), altered state of mind (thats what pagans did) and while high, wether we admit it or not, It is EASIER for satan to confuse and lie to us. So i made a decision to say....F it! I trust my spirit. As i was growing spiritually and maturing spiritually weed became a no no. I didn't have any withdrawals or anything. The only i expreciend was having no appetite for like 3 days (cause of all the food i was eating because of the munchies). Just trust Christ my friend. seek him and you'll realize why you would never care for it again. Thats why it was easy for me to stop. The first time at least....but it was still easy. I know you'll be tempted and may have that "If i was high right now feeling" but trust me Gods grace is stronger than our urges or cravings. So ride in his grace and watch the weak cravings pass you by and ALWAYS remember why you DONT want it. Another one that really convinced me was that bible itself says to keep a sound and sober mind, and to stay alert, for the enemy will taunt us when he gets the chance. (sorry don't know the chapter and numbers by head). My high is the high of life and being sober and being dependent on no substance but the Lord who created all things including my bright mind.

 

[RuthD]

Congratulations. Praying for your healing. God bless you always.

 

[Ara16w]

It's your paranoia and anxiety. As you said, it's increased when you're high with your heightened awareness. Maybe you ought to ask questions and deal with it?

 

[EagleHawk]

Well done mate. All I can say is the first week is the hardest, it was for me anyway. I also found that if you are gonna quit it, there's no half measures, you must cut it out of your life completely, because if you don't you'll keep going back to it. I've been cannabis free for about 2 months now, and I feel so much better for it. Since then I've discovered God, and I'm sure that it's because of his strength and guidance that I haven't fallen into temptation. Just tell your friends the truth, that you don't want to smoke it anymore, but if they do, then that's up to them. If they really are your friends then they will respect your decision. I wish you the best of luck man.

 

[BabySteps]

It's your paranoia and anxiety. As you said, it's increased when you're high with your heightened awareness. Maybe you ought to ask questions and deal with it?

yeah ia gree with that, it just makes you more alert, heighens your awareness or senses, it makes sense as THC by itself (taking out the fact that marijuana has over 60 other psychoactive cannabinoids that can have depressant effects) thc by itself is a stimulant and psychedelic, it effects the CB1 receptors in the brain and lots of cannabinoid receptors are located in the sensory centers in the brain, THC stimulates these centers, i mean stimulants like cocaine and meth stimulate them i guess, cept with dopamine and psycehdelics do too... but thc is less harmful than those, but i think this is why it enhances our senses.... i always feel more alert from the thc yet my body feels relazed, like my joints don't hurt(anti imflammotory from the cbd and cbn) and muscles relaxed(same) lol... im a weed nerd.

thats why it is addictive to me i like that heightened awareness.

 

[jpcedotal]

Congratz man, I was a weed man myself. It is a different world with out that roar in your head all the time.

 

[cleanelvis]

Good Job man! I bet the worst of it’s already behind you. It’s crazy these “withdrawl” symptoms you’re talking about. I’ve never experienced those with weed. I mostly just miss smoking pot like I'd miss hanging out with an old friend. What I mean is it’s mostly mental, habitual, and emotional addiction as opposed to a physical one.

The symptoms you’re experiencing might be more a result of cigarettes. Have you tried a patch? In my experience, a couple weeks of the lowest dose helped me avoid all the physical withdraw symptoms -breaking the habit was difficult enough. Stay away from the gum though. It’s delicious and even more addictive than cigs

Congratulations!

 

[BabySteps]

I don't know if it is withdrawal cause I 'ahve been takign a lot of different medications over the last 2 years, that cause stuff like that, mental health meds and i never stay with one i get one in my system then quit and start another, the mixses and the periods of coming off of those is probably why... i just took a break from dxm i was so tempted to go get some this mornign, i do socialize but i have social anxiety and it helps me it gives me energy and makes me not feel pain, like anasthescia i guess lol.... i walk a lot so that helps and i need it to socialize with random people better.

but yeah i love marijuana but im always trying to find ways to get money to get it and thinking about it, right now im trying to improve my social life so i can keep my mind of such things, afterall loneliness will make you want to get high, so does boredom, so i got to stay active wake up every morning go walking, look for jobs(if my sa isnt acting up), go to the library read, music, go to mental health center go to church hang otu with friends exc...

 

[LekryceMack]

I don't know if it is withdrawal cause I 'ahve been takign a lot of different medications over the last 2 years, that cause stuff like that, mental health meds and i never stay with one i get one in my system then quit and start another, the mixses and the periods of coming off of those is probably why... i just took a break from dxm i was so tempted to go get some this mornign, i do socialize but i have social anxiety and it helps me it gives me energy and makes me not feel pain, like anasthescia i guess lol.... i walk a lot so that helps and i need it to socialize with random people better.

but yeah i love marijuana but im always trying to find ways to get money to get it and thinking about it, right now im trying to improve my social life so i can keep my mind of such things, afterall loneliness will make you want to get high, so does boredom, so i got to stay active wake up every morning go walking, look for jobs(if my sa isnt acting up), go to the library read, music, go to mental health center go to church hang otu with friends exc...

Just remember.."Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4. It helped me sober up and not even want to go back. Its a little tough at first, but u gotta be rida! U gotta be a soldier! God grace is helping you through it. The bible also says to "keep a sound sober mind" The devil was always fool you and make you think that without drugs you will never be social. dont fall for those lies. Keep God on your mind and realize that the other side is much much much better. You'll do just fine friend.

 

[BabySteps]

Just remember.."Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4. It helped me sober up and not even want to go back. Its a little tough at first, but u gotta be rida! U gotta be a soldier! God grace is helping you through it. The bible also says to "keep a sound sober mind" The devil was always fool you and make you think that without drugs you will never be social. dont fall for those lies. Keep God on your mind and realize that the other side is much much much better. You'll do just fine friend.

Yeah man that verse speaks to me as well, not to depend on the thing on this world for sustainance but the Lord... I think when i read the scripture and meditate on it it changes my mind(repents me) and I grow... I have been thinking about the verse "why spend your lot on things that are not bread" or something along those lines. I spend all my money on pot mostly, i live with my rents or im homeless, i can't support myself and i sleep homeless and stilll just dont care longa s i got some bud and music and friends.

 

[LekryceMack]

Yeah man that verse speaks to me as well, not to depend on the thing on this world for sustainance but the Lord... I think when i read the scripture and meditate on it it changes my mind(repents me) and I grow... I have been thinking about the verse "why spend your lot on things that are not bread" or something along those lines. I spend all my money on pot mostly, i live with my rents or im homeless, i can't support myself and i sleep homeless and stilll just dont care longa s i got some bud and music and friends.

Its a process man. I want to send you something though. I believe with all faith it will CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Dont deny friend. what is your email?? (You can pm me)

 

[Logan Musil]

Heard great things about the settingcaptivesfree website ministry.
Blessings,
Logan