Quitting Mary Jane

ALawJust quit? Jeeze it's not that hard of thing to do, especially if you have that motivation of a better job. If you really need a substance that badly in your life then you should reevaluate your outlook on life.

While I agree that it isn't that hard to quit, especially if it means a better job, there is an interesting part to your post.

Should you reevaluate your outlook on life if you need a substance that badly? Should someone with depression reevaluate their life because they take a pill daily that keeps them from offing themself?

Treating marijuana as something that has no merit to mental or physical health is kind of ridiculous. Most people who recreate with drugs and alcohol are often trying to fill an empty void in themselves that they don't like. While this may not be a solution to their problems at all, it is done in the pursuit of a better self and that is what is important.

Marijuana is tricky because it has been shrouded as a drug side by side with alcohol, cigarettes, coke, molly, etc. This is purely based on my experience and just an opinion at its truest, but I believe that marijuana is very different from those things. While any drug can be abused, I categorize it in a much more medical sense. It helps people feel alright, creates no real health issues, yada yada yada.

What I'm getting at is that people often feel the need to "fill that void" if you will. Marijuana effectively allows the user to do that in a safe way that doesn't hurt the body or mind.

Not every stoner is self medicating, but don't ever knock those who are.

@OP just stop cold turkey, it's not hard.

roach1324just stop. you're probably a shittier person on weed anyways you just don't realize. the stoner thing is only cute for about .5 seconds

Umm your name is roach, may want to reconsider the username if you've got so much against ganj.

I don't know where you are going to work, but all of my friends who are mechanics blaze. I always do when I am wrenching. Working on cars/trucks is frustrating as hell sometimes.

A way that helped me quit was being conscious of the fact that I don't need to be high for everything and that life is enjoyable sober. Always looking forward to the next time I smoked cause anxiety that I wasn't truly aware of until I realized it in hindsight. Going to the movies, skiing, hiking, shopping, car rides, etc, I had to get over the fact that I didn't need to be high to enjoy these things. Even after 2 or 3 days, you'll notice how its hard to picture even being stoned. After a few weeks, you're personality changes slightly for sure. Then a few months later when I tried bud again, I got high as fuck and it wasn't almost enjoyable because I was so anxious and paranoid but I learned to cope with it. That was 2 years ago. I smoke a lot again but I've had to quit other times in the last year and I used the same mindset.


I'm just fortunate that my job doesn't randomly screen and only tested upon hire.

-benedettoA way that helped me quit was being conscious of the fact that I don't need to be high for everything and that life is enjoyable sober. Always looking forward to the next time I smoked cause anxiety that I wasn't truly aware of until I realized it in hindsight. Going to the movies, skiing, hiking, shopping, car rides, etc, I had to get over the fact that I didn't need to be high to enjoy these things. Even after 2 or 3 days, you'll notice how its hard to picture even being stoned. After a few weeks, you're personality changes slightly for sure. Then a few months later when I tried bud again, I got high as fuck and it wasn't almost enjoyable because I was so anxious and paranoid but I learned to cope with it. That was 2 years ago. I smoke a lot again but I've had to quit other times in the last year and I used the same mindset.


I'm just fortunate that my job doesn't randomly screen and only tested upon hire.

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I couldn't live with that grammar error.

ElvesPotageUmm your name is roach, may want to reconsider the username if you've got so much against ganj.

its a nickname from when i was a kid and also i just mean in the sense that being baked 24/7 is pretty lame... a toke once in a while can be a good time

DJtearegasbro why are you pretending pot has withdrawal symptoms like real drugs?

its just weed, just stop fuckin smoking it, its not like quitting heroin

switch to alcohol if youre really so weak you need to stay lit

All pends how much and for how long you've been smoking, if your blazing and oz of top shelf headdies a week for several years, and just try quitting cold turkey you're in for a Hurtin, you won't sleep for shit for a few weeks, you're eating will be a mess, you will have a serious hard time coping with emotion not having pot to drown everything out and most people get bed sweats and hard core vivid dreams or nightmares, have fun with that .

It's also now listed in the dsm as a diagnosable disorder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_dependence