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WHAT HAPPENDS TO YOUR MIND AND BODY WEN YOU QUIT SMOKING...

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Answer by smiler
Submitted on 11/26/2004
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I have been <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=smoking&v=55">smoking</a> pot for around 4 years now, and practicaly every day for the last 2 years. At first I didn't ant to give up but because i only do bongs it is really starting to affect my lungs, i get <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=sharp&v=55">sharp</a> pains. I have been trying to stop completly but that wasn't happening - i had real trouble sleeping. Now im cutting the amount down, and only do it in the evenings. Before I was doing it when I got up in the morning and it really was controlling me. I do use other substances but only on weekends etc and they really are not the problem. I dont think some <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=people&v=55">people</a> understand just how addictive pot can be, and how it can mess you up.

Answer by me
Submitted on 12/3/2004
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I've been smoking on a daily basis for 8 years (several, sometimes 20 or 30 times a day). I strongly believe that my cognitive abilities have not been affected whatsoever. I am the same person i was when i started smoking, just a bit more expansive. The answer to this question how ever is that my bank account appears to be mysteriously growing since i'vestopped smoking. This is one reason for my quitting cannabis. The main reason is to maintain a long healthy relationship with my partner. Anyone who tries to say what cannabis does to your thinking process is full of it. It is a completely subjective phenomena. I've done more drugs than anyone i know and I am just as capable in every aspect of my life as the next person. Know what you're doing, think for yourself and question authority. Sobriety feels like a new dream. But i'mstill the same person, i'mjust not stoned.

Answer by VenusOfOz
Submitted on 5/20/2005
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I have been smoking for about 9 years now. As I'm sure you know, or will learn, marijuana is very addictive, it does change you as a person and can have some really damaging effects on your life. We all have a story, the short version of mine is that I got into smoking pot when I was 17 and lived in an environment where where it was ok to be smoking all day everyday. It caused the end to a 5 year relationship, we both smoked and it was just too much. I didnt stop smoking after that..oh I gave up once, for about 6 months, and I felt great, but the places I went and the people I seen wore on me and I gave in and started smoking again. I have now developed a number of mental illnesses, including agoraphobia, depression and social phobia. This was largely brought about by my drug use, it wasn't entertainment, it was a life style. Now I live in a hell which is my mind and my home, I can't go anywhere, I can't do anything, and I am terrified of people and their thoughts of me. I am currently in therapy over this and I know I will get better one day. But I have to want to. My point is that living the way I do is no way to live..its an existance, not a life, I have seen so many of my friends fall into the trap of pot smoking and the life that goes with it. If you are trying to give up or you have given up, then I congratulate you and wish you the very best of luck on the road from here. I know that people need to make their own mistakes to properly learn from them, but next time you pick up your bong, think about some of the ways it could potentially make your life miserable. "What hashish gives with one hand it takes away with the other: that is to say, it gives the power of imagination and takes away the ability to profit by it." Baudelaire (1860) If anyone would like to talk about their thoughts or experiences or just want some advice, I can be emailed at venus69n@hotmail.com ..I don't claim to have all the answers, but I have lived the life, maybe I know something you don't, maybe you know something I don't.

Answer by jason
Submitted on 6/11/2005
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I have been smoking heavily for about 4 years now. I've been wanting to quit for 6 months now and tried at least three times. I've told myself I will quit and i'vetold my friends i'mgoing to quit. The longest I made it was 1 week right after the first of the year. Other than that 1 day is the longest and i'vedone that a few times. I really want to do it now. I've only got a little left now. I'm going to get rid of it then try quitting. I've read that most of the problems are in the first 3 weeks. So I feel if I can make it 3 weeks I can make it quitting. Everytime I tried quitting sleeping is extremly hard but I know realize that is part of quitting. I also lost my hunger almost completly when I don't smoke. It almost seems like I need to smoke just to eat now so I know that will be a problem. I joined a gym so I hope that I can go there to keep my mind off smoking and I can work harder during the day to keep my mind off it. I know after the first month I will be a better person and maybe I can work on getting a girlfriend. I haven't gone out with many girls in the last few years do to smoking. Before I smoked I went out all the time so I know that it has dampered it.

Answer by sgt bilko
Submitted on 9/6/2005
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I've been on the green 4 14 years. stop 4 1 year and started when me mum died. that was 3 years now, god its gone quick Ive been stoned alot and 4 got most what Ive done in that time. any way am stopping very soon cigs as well Ive started taking a course of drugs called zyban. its to help u stop smoking cigs so am hoping it will stop me smoking weed, because i smoke weed not social smoking but on me own to do simple tasks cleaning have a joint,b 4 work have a joint after work it gos on and on i can not function with out a joint and i know am not on me own. so am try this zyban and am going to keep u posted to see if i can do it. to me weed as been natural prozac its help me out i got to admit i can not slag of weed it helps us. u can think and u can sort your head out (if u do what your mind tells u) any way love to chat all day but me a joint that's the good thing about zyban u smoke norm 4 11 to 12 days and u should not want 2 smoke will see i let u all know (if u care) sgt bilko

Answer by Blazin-Dave
Submitted on 2/21/2006
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I have grown and smoked my own strong dope in the UK for 30 years! That's every day! It cost me next to nothing and for a long time there seemed no other cost. Lately though I felt it had contributed to feelings of anxiety and depression. Its only day 6 now and its been no fun. The nights are the worst. Really horrible nightmares lasting seemingly the whole night. This results in complete exhaustion the next day. Also really bad night sweats. I quit once before for 5 months a few years back but resumed so I've been here before. What I had forgotten though was how awful the first few days/weeks of abstinance are. Its bad enough to not want to ever go through it again. I know I can do it. I know it will be worth it. Blazin Dave no more.

Answer by Steve
Submitted on 3/14/2006
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I grew up surrounded by Marijuana and never gave smoking a second thought. It was more a matter of 'when' than 'if'(I started smoking Marijuana on a regular basis by the age of 15). I was never told by anyone whose opinion mattered to me that I shouldn't smoke, and I probably wouldn't have listened anyway. I am now 24, and only by looking back can I see how I have been adversely affected by my addiction to THC. It's too easy at the time to excuse something like Marijuana addiction by saying that "My father was an alcoholic and would beat my mother in drunken rages, but Marijuana has that effect on no-one" or "I never went into a 7-11 with a blood-filled pipe and threatened the attendant with physical assault unless I was given all the money in the till"(which is the level some people addicted to some drugs are reduced to). I used the latter excuse regularly and proudly. I personally do not think of Marijuana as a gateway drug but undeniably, for many it is. What I see more clearly now than ever is that my peers who never took up the habit are now much more successful in all areas of their lives than I have been in any one of mine. I was stoned, and fell behind. It's the hardest thing I've ever had to admit to myself, but pot held me back. I wouldn't trade anything, I love the person I am, but I have a lot catching up to do. The first step is admitting there is a problem. Good luck everyone.

Answer by Sux
Submitted on 3/17/2006
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My boyfriend has been smoking for 4 years and I have never smoked, so I don't know what he's going through. This makes it very hard on me to help him through this. I've seen him get very sick every morning. He's very edgy and gets mad at the smallest things. He also talks about it and jokes about it constantly. Sometimes he makes me wonder why I'm sticking with this and why I want him to stop so badly. It's been 2 weeks now since hes stopped and he's gradually getting better. He hasn't got sick for 3 days which I think is great. He's still edgy, but nothing like he was. He still jokes about it which I hate, but hopefully this to will pass. I love him so much and I'm so glad that I'm sticking through this with him.

Answer by cam
Submitted on 4/14/2006
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I have been smoking dope since 1987. chronically .at least 1 ounce a month. my social circle is all dope smokers. i notice every one i know who smokes is an underachiever. . good people .. just lost in it.. its hard when you start at 14. and know nothing different and lose all interest in everything you ever thought was important.my husband and i have just stopped together.(he started in '84).its hard not to sabotage each other.I am literally on day 4. sleepless, depressed, itchy, moody, shaky. racing mind. Irritable at work. I just want to lay in bed knowing there is no dope in the house.But I hope that will eventually pass.I don't dream any more. maybe i will again...my husband is on day two and having a hard time ,, sweats, not sleeping...IT IS TOUGH. GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL....

Answer by rainbow
Submitted on 4/17/2006
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hi 1m 24 and have been smoking weed for nearly 10 years, i have slowly become more addicted and reliant, even the thought of giving up makes me feel nervous. But im a mother and have son and really need him to see that weed is bad, my dads a rasta so he has always smoked in front of me, but i will say that u have to know what yr doing when smoking weed u must eat for starters which many people do not do. i used to be 2 sizes bigger thatn i am now but cannot put weight on due the fact that the nicotine in my spliffs are wasting my food energy, so i have 2 probs nicotine addiction and skunk addiction. iv heard st johns wort is good and the nicotine gum patches and tabs are good if u smoke with cigarette in yr spliff. I dread trying to sleep bit ive decided tmr is definatly the day! good luck anyone trying to give up the evil reefer!

Answer by CyntaxEra
Submitted on 5/13/2006
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My partner is giving up weed now after over 12 years of smoking. There's a history of mental illness in the family and coming from a low socio-economic background, it was easily available. He's "fine" when he's smoking, but after a number of minutes, starts getting paranoid to the point where he's hallucinating (all senses - including smell) to validate his paranoid/bizarre thoughts. As his girlfriend, this becomes terribly tiring having to remind him of things which any normal individual would have understood - considering I have to remind him of things like confirming my love for him dozens of times each day (even without any cause for him to doubt me - ever). When he's trying to quit, he gets cravings for it and becomes more aggressive - similar to someone trying to quit smoking, I guess.