Weed and God

[Jna335]

I wnna quit smoking weed... I have been doing it every single day from the time i wake up to the time I sleep. It had taken over my thoughts. I was thinkig about weed more than God. I can't say that weed, in the natural, destroyed me in anyway. I honestly love to smoke weed... The one and only reason why I want to stop, is for God. If it begins to take God's place, it can't be good. I have no faith my ability to quit on my own. I used to try and try and would fall back. Stupid me, once I believe God delivered me from it, for 6 months or so I hadn't smoked... But I tempted myself with thoughts of smoking n trying to remember the relaxing "high" you get from it.

What really woke me up, was when one of my coworkers had said to me that i am a hypocrite of a Christian and hold a Bible in one hand and a blunt in another. That conviction hurt. I believe God loves me and forgives me, but to think that my thoughtless actions might've turned someone away from God really hits home.

From that point on I decided to stop. It's been like 2 or 3 days so far.... I just want someone to talk to who had smoked like I did and share a similar testimony and overcame. I don't have a lot of people around me who know the Lord... So i am turning to u guys.

 

[jclovesall]

I smoked for about 7 years from 2005-2012, I would do the same smoke from morning till night. As I went to church I could feel the battle within telling me I am worshipping Weed and Putting God to the side even though the High made me feel more spiritual.

I struggled for months trying to quit and hated it would cost me friends, and some family because once you don't smoke they want nothing to do with you. I kept praying and asking God to help me to fight this addiction. Jan 25th 2012, I told God I was done and would conquer this with his strength. I have since been clean and never want to look back.

There has been temptation especially now that its legal in WA, but I realize for me I never want to put anything before God and weed I did when I used.

Stay Strong and Pray! God will not let you Down. He wants to empty you of the pain that you carry that causes you to smoke and fill you with his love and spirit. I am going through the Transformation now and times can be tough but so worth it.

God Bless.

 

[cooksta]

I had exactly the same problem as you. I smoked an absolute ton of bud. I would smoke every morning with a coffee, pop outside of my lectures to smoke a phattie, I mean I stank so badly people stared at me and I had absolutely no idea why.

I would sit around and try and achieve the "zen" of rolling the most absolutely perfect joint, that one perfect trumpet that beats the rest. I actually worshipped and idolized weed in the place of Christ.

My first revelation I suppose was that I achieving a Zen state is part of the occult, disconnecting me from God. Secondly, I was so unbelievably stoned that I litterally could not focus on God.

I found quitting to be incredibly hard, but this partially because I mixed my marijuana with cigarettes. The way in which I quit was to remove the tobacco first, then after 2-3 days of no tobacco I actually quit smoking weed itself.

Everytime I've tried to quit smoking, usually it's tobacco withdrawals that I go through first.

May not apply, but it's often the reason I see people trip up when they're trying to quit weed.

 

[Stravinsk]

I had exactly the same problem as you. I smoked an absolute ton of bud. I would smoke every morning with a coffee, pop outside of my lectures to smoke a phattie, I mean I stank so badly people stared at me and I had absolutely no idea why.

I would sit around and try and achieve the "zen" of rolling the most absolutely perfect joint, that one perfect trumpet that beats the rest. I actually worshipped and idolized weed in the place of Christ.

My first revelation I suppose was that I achieving a Zen state is part of the occult, disconnecting me from God. Secondly, I was so unbelievably stoned that I litterally could not focus on God.

I found quitting to be incredibly hard, but this partially because I mixed my marijuana with cigarettes. The way in which I quit was to remove the tobacco first, then after 2-3 days of no tobacco I actually quit smoking weed itself.

Everytime I've tried to quit smoking, usually it's tobacco withdrawals that I go through first.

May not apply, but it's often the reason I see people trip up when they're trying to quit weed.

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This is important basic info. Cannabis does *not* cause withdrawals symptoms. I smoked it almost every day for 2 years as a teen, then quit - no withdrawals whatsoever. I use it now, on occasion.

But nicotine is HUGELY addictive and dangerous! I'm a tobacco smoker now and have been for many years and it is EXTREMELY hard to quit!

Cannabis users - Please, please please - DO NOT mix your weed with tobacco! If you must mix - mix it with a trusted herb that you are knowledgeable about and that isn't addictive!

 

[Logan Musil]

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

 

[rturner76]

My experience has been that with cannabis, like the many other addictions I have become familiar with, a solid 12 step program or full immersion into a church program, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), meetings, and volunteering are all effective programs. The other part of that is talking about your feelings and resentments with other addicts or confidant/mentor.

Pray, pray, pray, and if you follow along with a good tried and true program faithfully with all your heart, and sincerely give it 100% God will remove the obsession for you and you may not even notice until months go by and you realize "woah, I haven't thought about a joint in like a week or two. It is an awesome experience!

Could be the hardest thing you ever do but above all programs, and gurus, just keep quitting. If you slip one day, try not to use it as an excuse to keep using and just quit all over again the next day, forgiving yourself and giving your shame and frustration to God, ask for help and keep trying no matter what program or method you use.

 

[Totodile386]

Yes, pray, but you can also take action.

Hand out all your weed and weed accessories, or bury it in the dumpster, whatever works better. Don't feel bad for it, it's going to a better place.

Realize you don't need it like all those nasty, indulgent stoner circle people do, who engage in decadent pagan revelries -- sever yourself from them, they aren't who you think, and some of them are quite possibly an apostate of the daevil (this I know from experience).

Don't blow anymore cash on this blow. Let it turn dross to you.
You can try some hemp C.B.D. oil if you want it to help you out. Hemp C.B.D. is hardly like weed at all, but still offers many benefits that weed does.

 

[Arc F1]

I wnna quit smoking weed... I have been doing it every single day from the time i wake up to the time I sleep. It had taken over my thoughts. I was thinkig about weed more than God. I can't say that weed, in the natural, destroyed me in anyway. I honestly love to smoke weed... The one and only reason why I want to stop, is for God. If it begins to take God's place, it can't be good. I have no faith my ability to quit on my own. I used to try and try and would fall back. Stupid me, once I believe God delivered me from it, for 6 months or so I hadn't smoked... But I tempted myself with thoughts of smoking n trying to remember the relaxing "high" you get from it.

What really woke me up, was when one of my coworkers had said to me that i am a hypocrite of a Christian and hold a Bible in one hand and a blunt in another. That conviction hurt. I believe God loves me and forgives me, but to think that my thoughtless actions might've turned someone away from God really hits home.

From that point on I decided to stop. It's been like 2 or 3 days so far.... I just want someone to talk to who had smoked like I did and share a similar testimony and overcame. I don't have a lot of people around me who know the Lord... So i am turning to u guys.

If I'm reading this correctly you are saying Marijuana is the problem. If you believe that then nothing is going to change. The issue is you, sorry to be harsh but you asked. At some point you will have to stop making exuces and take responsibility.

It's always easier to blame somebody or something for our failures. Myself included. It's when you realize that things will start to change. When we say "can't" what we really mean is "won't".