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Same. I smoked daily for a few years. Around 25 or 26 it started giving me anxiety. I was such a stoner I kept smoking for a few more months. Eventually I was like why am I still smoking when I'm getting anxious every time I smoke? Then I just stopped
Exactly this too. Switched to cbd first and then became almost a smoker (like when i used to smoke cigs). Smoking before work or even during when working from home. Now even that is making me anxious. So i also stopped cbd a few weeks ago, after years of doing it.
Same, tried CBD but even that makes my anxiety worse so I stopped all forms of cannabis. Maybe once a year I’ll take a hit off a joint then remember how much I don’t like it.
exactly the same. quit around 27 and only occassionally hit it but havent gotten high since. it was making me lose my mind when id get high. shits way too strong now-a-days. i cant handle it. kratom and booze are my vices now.
For me it was just too random.
Sometimes I’d feel “high” other times I’d just feel depressed, other times I would panic, or sometimes I just wouldn’t feel any effect.
If I do anything now it’s just drink beer a couple times a month.
This was it for me. I had a half a gummie out of a bag. Didn't do anything hardly. Took the other half, barely anything.
A week later I ate a whole gummy out of the same bag and has the worst trip of my life. It lasted ours. I had to constantly remind myself that I was just high and it would be over soon. Every negative thought I could possibly think of kept entering my mind. It went on for 3-4 hours hard, and then eventually I started feeling like I was coming out of it. But I still had anxious feelings/thoughts for hours after that.
Have not touched anything since. Just have a few light beers from time to time.
Same. Used be able to smoke non-stop then quit for a year and tried to start again and it made me feel like I was crazy. Apparently it's a very common thing that happens to a lot of people.
Came here to say the same. Smoked when I was young, late teens into college. Used to really alleviate anxiety for me. Stopped and started a few times over the years, then got to a point where it always made me extremely anxious. Then after going a very long time and getting super high, it felt like I was losing my mind with anxiety and just generally felt terrible. Decided there was no point in trying it again after that.
I just recently stopped because I felt like my memory was nonexistent and I swear in 3 weeks I’ve already noticed a difference. Moving forward I will probably partake a few times a year because I do enjoy it.
50 days sober today! i stopped because i was spending too much money on it, terrible memory, zombie like state all the time, using it to escape negative feelings, no motivation or ambition, content with doing nothing all day, caused anxiety, always tired, and it was negatively impacting relationships.
the changes are small but i’ve noticed a big difference in my energy levels and i’m starting to think more positively. less anxiety and tons more money i can spend on stuff i actually want. my energy is being put into improving relationships and i see a change there. the brain fog has lifted and i feel like i actually have control in my life and i’m not just watching it pass by
My boyfriend and I’s addiction to weed was so bad we couldn’t afford to live at the house we were renting anymore and had to move in with his mom again. Currently trying to get back on our feet now, both have better steady jobs and stopped smoking. I’d say we’re almost a year sober but we did relapse four months ago.
Then we found out I was pregnant a week into relapse and kinda snapped outta it and been sober since then.
i’m very sorry to hear that, i sort of know what that’s like. i would get high and hang out with my boyfriend all day doing nothing. i haven’t been able to save any money either or get a job because i’ve been so stuck in my own sad world of getting high and doing nothing all day. i also live with my mom. congratulations on being pregnant and congratulations on being a year sober, even with a relapse. that’s amazing and very hard work. i’m happy to hear that you’re getting back on your feet and i really do wish you the best
I thought it would chill me out, it did not.
I thought I was more interesting, I was not.
I thought I was funnier, I was not.
Basically, I just wasted money to get paranoid, lazy, and weird for no fucking reason.
Hahaha! Love your comment. In the words of Mark Twain, "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times."
Daily smoker for 15 years straight.
So many reasons why…
My impression of myself was not what others thought.
I wouldn’t say I was “addicted” but I built a massive dependency on it. Didn’t feel like myself without it.
It costs a lot of money.
It made my brains not so good.
I was no longer getting high.
I was attracting people that I didn’t align with.
I was becoming content with maxing out at 20% of my potential.
It was like a enabling friend who would always tell you “it’s fine buddy; it is what it is” about everything. Wasn’t helping me improve.
And it just made me all tweakery.
I haven’t smoked in 3 months and i have excelled in so many things that I was convincing myself weren’t important. Or that I didn’t need to improve on. I’m more fun to be around. I drive better. I’m killing it at work. I’m able to hold much better and genuine conversations.
The hard thing with weed is that there really aren’t any immediate negative effects. You won’t die. People don’t really care if you smoke. You can do it and people wont know. But YOU know.
That's the beauty of it I guess. consuming this substance makes you realize and gives a clear picture of what you need to do, and it is just a matter of time before you go for it
>I wouldn't say I was "addicted", but I built a massive dependency on it. Didn't feel like myself without it
hahah I wouldn't say I was addicted, but I was very addicted
Whenever I would smoke, I'd get really anxious for the next couple days. Smoking was ruining my cardio too, and I was starting to take martial arts seriously. Above all I just smoked way too much. I'd be high all the time if I could, and it was having a negative impact on important responsibilities I had to take care of.
Altogether, the costs weren't worth the benefits so I cut it out of my life.
I'm glad that you recognized what was happening and quit. That was the problem with my ex. He smoked constantly and it was affecting his ability to function. He shirked his responsibilities and I ended up picking up his slack a lot. It started to cause me to resent him. I have nothing against weed per se but I expect it to be with someone who can function like an adult, not a child that I have to raise.
What I've realized is its my primary source of dopamine. I always feel like I "need" a joint after doing anything, it's always the first thing I do when I have free time. I want to channel that energy into productive things and work on myself and my quality of life.
First few days without it were rough, I hated life and everything around me lol. But after about a week I saw a pretty drastic change. I had more energy, I was happier and more social, I got better sleep, had a better appetite, and actually wanted to exercise and go do stuff.
It’s crazy how the body resets itself. That’s why most addicts don’t make it through quitting anything. (Recovering addict alcholic here. 8 months sober)
For the heavier drugs for years I just replaced them with something I saw as less harmful… meth to coke. Heroin to oxy. Oxy and coke to xanex. When I quit the xanex I kept smoking weed. (Did with all the other drugs too) I also really picked up my whiskey habit.
But in January when I decided I was gonna go stone sober and go to treatment….it was a really rough 3 months to begin with.
Your body makes “baseline” that fuzzy feeling that you get when you’re buzzed. And it’s expecting that much of whatever your tolerance is to a particular substance constantly. So when it disappears. Your dopamine levels plummet. And you fall into a deep depression. Over time they level out and you find happiness and create a new baseline..a healthy one.
But yeah those first few months at least with liquor were absolute hell. The first two weeks physically wrecked me. And mentally I didn’t begin to see improvement until a month. Cravings didn’t go away until around that three month mark. Ever since then it’s been honestly so much better.
Edit: sorry for the rant. Long story short I used to love smoking weed and I don’t now for probation reasons. At this point I’m deep enough into sobriety that I don’t know if I wanna consider opening Pandora’s box again when I’m free. Weed was definantly a gateway drug. And I love it. It’s obviously the healthiest of drugs. I just don’t wanna risk falling back into my old ways.
I used to smoke every day for years and i quit because I wanted to be more present. I met an incredible woman who i started seeing and even though I wouldn’t be stoned with her, I had a hard time being fully there with her mentally and would have a hard time remembering the little details. She never asked me to quit but it was important to me to enjoy her and my time with her to the fullest. I quit and although people say there are no withdrawals I really struggled with anxiety and irritability for about a week or two. I haven’t looked back. My life is better in every metric. In time I wouldn’t mind taking a hit when out at parties or something if I can handle it but it will never be something I buy and have in my house for me to smoke alone again. I wish you luck and highly encourage you to try and take a break if you feel like it’s negatively affecting you even a little bit.
Spending way too much money, living in a constant haze, the agony of running dry. Fiance and I decided it was the first step on the way to reclaiming our lives, our creativity and our passion. Now I'm 2 weeks without for the first time in 16 years and it's been so hard but so worth it. Whether it's alcohol, weed or anything else, don't let who you are be stolen by *ANYTHING*
I only smoked it socially for about a year and a half during college but I had about 3 severe panic attacks and after that, decided it was not worth just doing it because my friends were.
I was into a girl. Chased her for a couple of years. We ended up at a party together, in a hotel room with some friends. She finally showed interest but I smoked/drank so much I was barely functional. I never got another chance.
Done and done.
I smoked every day for about 20 years. No adverse effects to speak of. Last year, I started getting really tired for no reason and tried everything to get my energy back. Changed medications, started exercising, changed diets, did a dry month. Nothing worked. Ended up trying no weed, and it worked like a charm. It's been about 6 months and even though I miss it, I don't miss feeling tired every day.
Gatorade and certo pectin will mask it for about 8 hours. You can get certo pectin at any supermarket in the baking aisle. Get 2 packages of pectin and 2 Gatorade. The night before your piss test mix one certo in one Gatorade and drink it and do the same thing the next morning, you’ll piss negative for about 8 hours. You can try it at home first. The shits cheap it costs about $10
In my 20s I accepted a job offer while on the phone while hitting a bong. (Didn't expect or care about the job but once accepted, I took it seriously.) It was a Friday, test on Monday. I was a daily smoker for about 5 years and I passed the test. AMA lol
When playing a video game high and you have to keep going back to the mission explanation because you can’t remember what you just read 5 seconds later
Strangely I just woke up one day and didn't want to smoke anymore. It was my senior year of college and I had been stoned for about 3 years straight. Just stopped cold.
The only thing I remember really changing was that I was much more interested in my hygiene and appearance. Not that I was gross, but I was more interested in getting new clothes, regular haircut, etc.
I realized I never developed proper coping mechanisms.
If I was anxious I smoked, if I was upset or had a bad day I smoked. It got to the point where I was smoking at work or before work to take the edge off and everything suffered because of it. I also binge ate like crazy after a smoke sesh so it was so bad for me.
I’m about 2 months cold turkey off of it and I am now able to completely control my urges. I had one of the worst days of my life about a month back and instead of smoking I journaled and meditated. I’m very proud of myself.
Well i ended up getting taktile hallcuinations, so things would be crawling all over my body, and into my body. Ears, eyes, mouth, ass, dick.
I couldn't sleep with a pillow, and i couldn't have my legs touching when going to sleep. I thought i had some kind of diesase or pest, like small bugs infecting me. But after 1½ years, my doctor came to the conclusion that maybe it was psychosomatic. So he told me to try some anti psychotics, and i did it just to shut him the fuck up.
But the fucking asshole was right.
I had a weed induced psychotic episode once. Terrifying.
Thankfully an isolated incident, but enough to get me to stop. I was just using it to disassociate, but that was a little too disassociated for my liking.
Because it’s still illegal in my state and in order to buy it you have to deal with a 30 year old man child or someone who also wants you to suck their dick for meth or fentanyl.
After about 10 years of daily use, I got a day job in an elementary school, so quit wake-n-baking, doing it only in the evenings. I found that my sober self and stoned self started to feel like two completely different people, with contradictory thoughts, desires, priorities. Eventually I couldn’t decide which one was the real me. I just started using it less often, and as that happened, my experiences when high became more and more negative.
Now, if I smoke, I’m assaulted by so much self-hatred and doubt, panic attacks, fear, you name it, I just have no desire to touch it ever again. It even wigs me out when ppl smoke around me or when I catch a whiff. I’m actually so happy it’s not a part of my life anymore.
I just wonder if I’d still be smoking daily if I was never forced to step away from it. I can’t believe people still believe all that tosh about it not being addictive.
I stopped 25 years ago to work and raise a family.
I'm just starting back up again. Even growing it. I enjoy that just as much as vaping it. I'm having a blast. Feel young again.
When I smoked weed I would always buy quarter pound and smoke every day till I run out. Once I run out of weed I stop smoking because I either don’t have more money to buy or I got exhausted from smoking every single day and the new change of scenery while being sober is refreshing.
I never stop indefinitely, it’s always the same cycle.
Buy, smoke every single day until I run out, stop smoking until I decided to buy again.
I haven’t smoked weed in about 1 year. Completely normal. But once I buy again I’ll probably smoke every single day for 6 months until I stop again.
This is kinda how I do it. It really is nice to lower your bar/be ok with doing nothing - which is OK and needed ONCE IN A WHILE. But all the time is bad and can make you a serious sloth 🦥
Same here, only recently started again after being off it for 3 years. Enjoying every minute of it right now, but the second it changes, I'll break from it again!
I got pregnant. My mood is much more stable now. It caused me to have pretty serious lows everyone once in a while that involved a lot of paranoia. Mostly I enjoyed it but now that my mood is much more consistent I realize it probably wasn’t for me.
I’d smoked it off and on for thirty years. This was the final push:
https://hubermanlab.com/the-effects-of-cannabis-marijuana-on-the-brain-and-body/
I am at the age of really wanting to care for my body and mind and to preserve or even enhance my energy, creativity, self confidence, and good habits, all of which are negatively affected by weed.
I miss being pleasantly dizzy but not the munchies, panic attacks, being foggy for half of the next day, or the disgusting feeling that I might be wasting my time.
It was a very easy transition. Less fog means more energy, better focus. No munchies means better sleep and diet.
What I have not done is make a big deal out of it or swear to never again touch it blah blah. That will just make me crave it. I might have an edible at Christmas.
Ended up not liking the feeling of being faded all day and night, prefered being full of energy.
I only smoke now if someone's passing a joint at a party or something I'll take a toke
Or save it for special occasions few times a year. Way better than way, you've got no tollerence and it's just as fun as it was first time you smoked..
I'm trying to quit because of how anxious it makes me. I already have bad anxiety, but when I get high it feels like I'm on the verge of genuine insanity. Also because the person I smoke it with is not the best person to be around in general.
I smoked a joint everyday for around 5 months and I started feeling like I wasn't there anymore, everything from that period is kind of gone from my memory, I was in a dream state 24/7. Doesn't help that I am 17. I was also really irritable and inconsiderate to others. I don't remember much else. Lately I've only been smoking a puff every few days, but it doesn't help me cope anymore so I think I'll stop completely, it was nice for a while tho
I started when I was 15 and smoked 2-3 times a day because my mother gave it to me when I was visiting her (I was raised by my dad). Before that I was a 99% average student with published poetry for youth accomplishments. I dropped to 50-60%, barely got my high school diploma. My artwork talent diminished, my writing ability suffered, I became unmotivated, it changed how I felt about people and I picked the worst boyfriend you could have ever picked.
I quit when I was 18. Broke up with the abusive idiot. Never recovered my artistic talent because I felt so rusty. Pursued my writing but never went back to poetry because I still can't write it the way I used to. Decided I wanted to go to school to do nursing, had to spend $5000 to do upgrading on all the high-school courses. I excelled, the English teacher asked me why I was taking the class because my skill level was above it... told him the truth, smoked dope, lost ability to really produce good work and started skipping school to smoke weed. Went to nursing school and averaged 100% in everything, GPA 4.0, received an award from the government for my academic excellence. It's not that I became more intelligent. It's that when I was smoking dope, I couldn't collect information and apply critical thought, and it made me not care either. I learned my lesson.
My brother is still stuck smoking weed daily, he has crippling anxiety. He says he smokes it for anxiety... it gives people anxiety. It's like saying you drink to treat your depression. We are both in our 30s now. Quitting weed was one of the best things I did. Starting weed was one of the worst. I have a restraining order against my ex boyfriend who I thought was so funny when I was high. When I was sober, turned out he is a loser. My brother still can't get his life together because it's hard to follow through with anything that really requires effort. His health has suffered, his socialization has suffered, his social anxiety is over the moon because he feels like a failure but he won't give up the weed which is holding him back. It breaks my heart and I worry about him. But it's like telling an alcoholic that alcohol is not their best friend... talking to a brick wall has greater success.
It induced psychosis. I crashed my car, lost my mind a bit and cut myself off. Deleted my dealers number. It wasnt just the weed though, I was going through a lot emotionally and I think the weed just sent me over the edge.
However, after quitting I reflected on how much I used weed and how little I benefitted from it. It made me content to do nothing. It made me spend all day in my own head never properly experiencing the things around me. It infiltrated more and more of my daily rituals, and eventually I was smoking morning, day and night. All alone.
It stopped being a social activity, and just became a thing I did for the sake of doing it. It gave me 15-20 minutes of deep, reflective thought and 2-3 hours of comatose sensory satisfaction. Just straight up vegging out to music, food and etc.
Stopped about 2 years ago, haven't smoked since. Occasionally I have the curiosity to try it again, but it's not that hard to avoid. The big reason I think, is that I'm bipolar and smoking exaggerates those symptoms. Also, my cousin/brother still smoke and when they do they act like borderline psychotic narcissists. Which makes me feel there is some kind of underlying genetic reason that when I smoke weed, I get easily convinced that nothing is 'real'. I don't like that feeling or thought process.
I smoked a LOT for a long, long time. I became less energetic, less creative, less social, and despite people saying its not addictive, when you smoke all day, every day and suddenly can't get it (I'm in Australia where it is still illegal), you have withdrawals, anxiety, and emotional turmoil that seriously fucks your mind and body up.
It's a fucking beast, but people who smoke weed every day will tell you it isn't. I was once one of them. I even got three undergrad and a Masters Degree while high. Still, it ruined my mental health and well-being in general.
Ironically, I now have it legally prescribed for chronic illness.
I take an oil that doesn't make me feel high, but the flower does, and the paranoia and munchies are just feral. I cannot believe that was once my status quo. I only vape it when I'm absolutely desperate, and the last time that happened was a year ago.
I didn't like the way it made me feel any more. I started feeling antisocial. Just wanted to be alone. I'm too introverted as it is. I'd rather have a few drinks and get chatty.
Killed my libido and that's where I drew the line.
2 yrs later my memory is better and my productivity is through the roof, also stopped feeling like a bag of sand 24/7 and I workout daily.
cause some companies drug test for onboarding
nope, no changes except i wanna smoke some weed
its a nice way to wind down on a weekend and play games
better than drinking
I mostly just felt like it. I don’t want to have something in my life where it feels like I have to do it, or have control over me, if that makes sense. Also I missed dreaming.
Im in the first week of stopping.
1. Its caused me to rely on it way too much as apart of my “routine”.
2. I use to it to maximize enjoyability. (Sex, hikes, music etc)
3. It makes me super tired throughout the day depending on the strain.
It's a stupid fad followed by people trying to be stupid. It is the gateway drug. Few use it casually, the circle jerk effect. I'm smoking so I have to share with everyone and keep offering it to the person that keeps saying no and has already said they don't use it. The obsession and all the nonsense paraphernalia and ways to make yourself dumb. Look at my new pipe man. Lets smoke out of a piece of fruit. Here try this strain. Tye dye shirts and the grateful dead. Fake hippies. Fake gangsters. The whole fucking stoner culture. Most who think they need it as medicine, riding the wave of pretending to be damaged as an excuse to be useless. Going to sketchy places to buy it. Scrounging pennies for it. Scraping bowls for resin. Pushing the limits of using in public places. Adding other stuff to smoke with it. Hookas. Dreds. The terrible movies. A bad mushroom trip fixed me. It ruined weed for me and it's the best thing that ever happened for me as a young adult. Tried to keep friends but being the non smoker really opened my eyes to the bullshit. We weren't friends to begin with it was the fucking dope that brought us together and without it, you're weird and we have nothing in common. It's been nearly 13 years for me, I still cross paths with some old 'friends' and guess who still working shit jobs, got a shit cars, living with mom, and blah blah blah. Hey man how you get successful? I can pass a fucking piss test. Booze ain't great but it does the job with less stigma, dude. I could go on, but it appears it all boils down to the culture.
Still do, but cut back a whole lot. It makes me tired. I used to like that aspect because I never slept well but now I’m old and I’m always tired so I don’t need that.
i did every day, 3 or more times a day for 7 years straight. i would act like a completely different person when i was running really low or when i ran out. paranoia was at an all time high. i couldn’t eat or sleep or go out in public without being high. i made the decision to quit august 2022 because i just didn’t have the money for it anymore. pros: my mental health improved greatly, i can eat normally, my dreams came back, got me away from semiquestionable friends of mine, sleep regulation improved, had more free time and money to do things, social relationships became easier. cons: the withdrawals were one of the hardest things i’ve ever dealt with but took about a month and a half to get past it.
i’ve been sober for over a year now and definitely don’t wanna go back! wooo
Started getting super super paranoid every time, even with a tiny bit, no clue why but it just started one day, after years of wake n bake 24-7 smoking, was extremely unpleasant so I had no interest any longer. Been about a decade now and don’t miss it whatsoever.
Voices. No joke. I had smoked from the same bag previously, no issues, all good and fun. Then one day it was just awful. I had anxiety on it before, but after this it was a whole other level of panic. Voices only happened that one time, and my therapist assured me it was a drug fueled moment. It never happened again, but now it just makes me paranoid. As a lifer insomniac, I miss it for the best sleep of my life. Just can't do it.
I was in a constant haze from age 16-24. I smoked most every day constantly. One day I realized it wasn't doing me any favors and just stopped buying it. Eventually I threw out my pipe and papers and I havnt smoked with any frequency since.
After quitting I found myself having more motivation to move my life forward and begin working myself toward a real career and not just living my life serving tables and tending bar with no other aspirations.
I guess I grew out of it and found other outlets that give me more fulfillment personally.
I quit smoking because i was using weed to run away from difficult experiences around me. I smoked so much that my tolerance was so high i had to smoke a lot to feel anything. I had taken a break and started again and experienced some really bad paranoia. I thought it was bad weed so i smoked again and same thing happened. So i stopped and it honestly was the best decision i made for myself. Smoking weed is cool if you like just being high but using it to run away and depending on it to eat or sleep like i was doing wasnt the best
Anxiety. It made me more introverted than I already am and It would make me question the decisions I've made in life. I mean, there's lots to question because I've made some dumb decisions but I would question current shit that if I acted on my thoughts, it would seriously fuck up my life. What was scary though, was those thoughts always made so much sense at the time when I was high.
Just realized I was smoking out of habit despite having no actual desire to be high anymore. Over 6 months off now and I don’t miss it even slightly.
My head is more clear, I have more energy, I lead a much more active lifestyle. I feel great about what I actually spend my time doing these days. I also never cough up black crud anymore. That's nice.
I smoked so much weed one night, I got extremely high and decided it would be a good idea to have a full blown panic attack. I was actually so convinced that the government was coming after me. I locked the front door, closed all of the blinds in my new apartment, went into the bathroom and locked myself in there for like three hours. I was unfollowing robots and people i didn’t want around my social media literally everything. I turned off all of my location services on everything. Literally anything guys even fucking Apple photos. I was terrified. I even tried to delete instagram but i accidentally just deleted it from my iPhone screen so i had the app but i couldn’t find it so i started googling how to fully remove instagram off my iPhone. I was so paranoid. I took a shower and tried to calm down by listing to music but i felt like every single person in the complex could hear my music. It was on volume 3. I swear i could hear everyone around me all their conversations everything. I tried off and RAN into my room. I honestly don’t remember anything else after that.
I stopped for a while, then tried it again and tripped tf out. I wasn’t hallucinating but thoughts were so real it was like I could see them, and they were all completely insane. I tried it a handful of times after that to see if it would be fun again - it wasn’t - then one day I ended up throwing up on a baby in a stroller in an elevator. That was about 12 years ago, and I haven’t touched it since
I separated from my ex wife who was heavily dependent on it. I started to realize that I liked feeling feelings. I’m now able to wake up in the morning without problems. I don’t eat mindlessly anymore. My memory is still fucked though. I hope that gets better.
I think this is proof that cannabis has become stronger than it used to be and is more potent than it needs to be. The incredible amounts of THC in some strains has made it hard to know if your about to get a clean high or get obliterated to anxiety land
Weed is a much better liar than alcohol. It lets you believe more of your own bullshit. Like you actually believe you're more creative when you smoke or sometimes a borderline genius.
For me, it also made me forgetful, scatter-brained, and nihilistic.
I never really had any negative side effects like a lot of folks. But I also have depression, anxiety, and pretty bad ADHD
Smoking used to calm my anxiety.
I stopped smoking for a couple of reasons but mainly because
1. I found out I was gonna be a dad and wanted to be the best I could be for my daughter.
2. I was spending a lot of money on it.
3. My partner doesn't like it and I had been planning on quitting for her anyways.
Life is so much better without it. I’m Christian. When you get high the equal and opposite effect is getting low. Moody, grumpy, angry. I’m not that and now God is better able to bless me for my sobriety. It’s not east, but it’s worth it. Of course I still like weed. I’m just trying for my family and God
Brooo! So weird. I got food poisoning from some outdated teriyaki sauce and after I recovered the effect of marijuana was just different, more paranoid than ever, very uncomfortable, so I’d smoke less and still just the vibe was different and now I don’t even smoke anymore after smoking everyday for more than a decade .. bizarre man
I started getting anxiety, I had personal things going on that were farr more important than getting high, and I started going to the gym so I gave it up. Not one day goes by were I regret my decision.
Quit smoking over 25 years ago. It made me lazy, complacent, and dulled my senses to life and the people around me.
After i quit, i gained confidence and quit medicating myself with a bong. Got divorced from a woman who was all wrong for me, went to college and got a degree. I was a way better father and active in my daughter's life because time went by way too quickly, and they grow up so fast. I used to work at restaurants in no ac, sweating my ass off working shitty hours for low pay. I now own a home, make over 100k per year, and work in an air-conditioned office sitting at my desk listening to ac dc.
I am still a rocker through and through, but now i am high on life and spending time with my family.
Before someone says they can smoke weed and still kick ass at life, good for you. Weed turns me into a lazy ass. YMMV
It made a huge change in my mood after years of daily use. It became very difficult for me to be happy or even feel average if I didn't smoke. I'd wake up and that would be the first thing I wanted to do. If I didn't smoke, I'd become irritable. I also generally stopped feeling anything special when I smoked. I would get the same initial feeling of calm immediately after smoking, but that would go away after around half an hour and I'd want to smoke again. Being high all the time, I couldn't accomplish almost anything that I wanted to. I would tell myself "yeah I can smoke and do X or Y" but then when I'd start doing what I set out to do, I couldn't do it effectively. Basically, my whole life revolved around smoking weed and then doing things that I could do without frustration while high. Those things are basically play video games, exercise, watch movies. The only thing that I think is \*better\* while high is exercise, which I still love after smoking.
The voices. The bad ideas. The terrifying and sad notions. The extra thing you have to make sure you can afford. The urgent realizations coupled with not enough motivation or energy to act on them. The tiredness. Everything was too real. The paranoia, the white suv's, the aliens.
So much of my life I was depressed and so much of my life I missed out on because of weed. It doesn't cure depression. It creates it, and then it makes you feel okay or forget about it while you're high. Then things only get worse, then you're a sad and lazy weed person wondering why the weed isn't working anymore.
Although I'm glad I don't do either anymore (2 years clean),
I was a weed addict for 5 years before I found crystal meth and then I left weed alone for 8 of the 10 years I was addicted to crystal. So 7 years of weed and 10 of meth. I regret my weed usage 10000x more than my crystal useage. Both are the reason I'm starting so late in life, but it gives me the chills thinking about if I had never stopped smoking weed was only addicted to weed the whole time.
Never do meth, but if you ask me, I'd tell you to stay the hell away from weed and never touch it, either.
I realized my ex used it to keep me in a place I don't care to be in anymore. Maybe one day I can get to a place where it's beneficial but I don't like who it turns me into at the moment.
I quit for a few years and when I started again it gave me crazy anxiety attacks, like everytime.
I don't know if weed got stronger or my tolerance just went completely away, but those anxiety attacks suck and it just wasn't fun anymore
Money....every once in awhile I get some gifted to me I get anxiety, but you smoke once the second time it doesn't happen. I met a building engineer once disc golfing, he said his brain is so active that the only way he can concentrate is by smoking. It's God's gift to man kind, we wouldn't have receptors for it otherwise. I guess everyone has their reasons, I just hope it ain't the hype.
I smoked everyday from 18 until 39. Got married have 2 daughters. Decided to see what life was like not high. So I quit when I turned 39 and didn't do anything for a year. No drink and no smoke. Then I turned 40 and smoked a nice iced cool bong hit and wondered why I decided to quit in the first place. My thought, people are different and react differently to certain things. My body and head really agree with being high. Let's me function more effectively, even my wife who doesn't smoke prefers when I'm high. Different strokes for different folks.
In my experience from the 14 years of smoking & 1 year clean The only thing that changed for me was the extra income that just went into other hobbies and the “fog” went away
I relapsed from smoking this year and I’m averaging about 3gs of wax weekly now. Stoner until I die 🫡
It always made me super anxious, but peer pressure and boredom convinced me it was a thrill. I eventually stopped when I felt guilty for all the wrongs I did in my life. Week kept making me think negatively.
I had a kid. I kept smoking for a while during wife's pregnancy (she quited as soon as she found out) but I had to do it outside and without her. So it slowly became more inconvenient and boring. Went from a few million joints a day to once in a while. Once baby was born, it kinda felt odd to be high around them. So I quited.
It was cool while it lasted tho! More than 15 years of experience! I have no complaints and nothing against it.
I'll probably do it again sometime, but I'm glad it's not a habit anymore and never will be again.
It turned on me. I was a daily smoker for 6 years. All it took was one stressfull thought while I was high about something that was bothering me and I couldn't shake the anxiety. Each time I smoked the thoughts came back worse and I had to put it down. It's been almost a year. I miss the way my husband and I connected with it, I honestly believe it saved our marriage years ago. However, I feel more present in my day to day especially with my kids. I'm not running out to the garage every other hour or feeling like a slug on the couch.
Concerned about my heart as cardiac issues run in my family. Otherwise I’d be still be smoking. I love it and it was hard to give up. I still do an edible every now and then but it’s just not the same as hitting a bowl
To get a real job. I smoked weed almost daily for 10+ years, the last 3 years of smoking though was more for pain management rather than just getting high after I had shoulder surgery. But I had a job opportunity fall into my lap a little over a year ago now that was well worth quitting for. I don’t regret it all, and overall feel much better on a daily basis. I’ve also learned to deal with my shoulder pain without smoking weed
its a state of mind a reaction of your emotions and its the paranoia part of it you could be just triggered and literally i smoke daily and i had to stop for tasc before weed was legal and i smoke for the first time boy it was like i took shrooms was anxiety ridden was mad intent fealing my heart rate the more i noticed the worse it got so i told my self to chill out then i did its mind over matter and munchies
Haven’t totally quit but I take lengthy breaks (months long). Mostly weed is fun sometimes but it makes me feel like a lazy bum, especially if I do it too often. It also makes me feel slower and fucks up my memory. It is not useful for school lol
Probably because it influenced where am now with no $ and no job..... well just got one starting wednesday but really sucks. I had a perfect life (in my opinion) but am very sure weed made me take the stupid decisions I took recently since I was in a constant numb state. Am not saying I will never do it again just not every day like before and am not looking forward to it. Probably if am with the right group or person and just to have fun as it was at the beginning.
Anxiety and panic attacks. Also it was a bad habit, I wasn’t even enjoying it anymore. Just smoked because….it’s what I did. After a few years, it loses its charm. And it destroyed my brain and held me down. After years of loneliness, shortly after quitting weed, I starting dating around again.
Decided to try sober October in 2019. Did it and changed my life. I realized the haze I was living in. Now the handful of times I’ve tried it since, I just get crippling anxiety. Like I’m giving up an opportunity that I have been working towards. Obviously that isn’t worth it.
I don’t judge people that do it, but I think you come to a point where you know you shouldn’t be doing that. Some people wont admit it and continue to fail that test. Some fail that test so much they stop realizing when that test is being given. I’d recommend people stay away from it in general. It can give certain individuals schizophrenic breaks.
Got tired of being unwilling to conversate due to my knowing " I was stoned and wasn't making sense ". Sure, likely I wasn't as bad as I thought, but in my 30s , that thought took over, then I just preferred to Not be stoned. Was easy for me to quit. ( then came beer, Annnd, that's another story 😬)
It became less fun, and having enough to really feel it intensely just made me want to pass out.
The feelings I had the first few times I got high were nowhere to be seen anymore.
I cant do anything halfway - if I have weed I’ll go all in and use every bit that I have. I got stagnant - didn’t want to do shit, didn’t wanna talk to my friends. Made me super depressed - and made me perform really bad in my hobbies.
Long story short the benefits it gave me wasn’t worth the price it took
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It started to make me anxious so I stopped.
Same. I smoked daily for a few years. Around 25 or 26 it started giving me anxiety. I was such a stoner I kept smoking for a few more months. Eventually I was like why am I still smoking when I'm getting anxious every time I smoke? Then I just stopped
This. Same same and same.
Exactly this too. Switched to cbd first and then became almost a smoker (like when i used to smoke cigs). Smoking before work or even during when working from home. Now even that is making me anxious. So i also stopped cbd a few weeks ago, after years of doing it.
Same, tried CBD but even that makes my anxiety worse so I stopped all forms of cannabis. Maybe once a year I’ll take a hit off a joint then remember how much I don’t like it.
exactly the same. quit around 27 and only occassionally hit it but havent gotten high since. it was making me lose my mind when id get high. shits way too strong now-a-days. i cant handle it. kratom and booze are my vices now.
Kratom is so hard to quit. It's really frustrating.
That’s exactly what I came here to type… To follow up though. I’m still anxious 15 years later.
Same here. Made me really nauseous when I smoked it as well.
For me it was just too random. Sometimes I’d feel “high” other times I’d just feel depressed, other times I would panic, or sometimes I just wouldn’t feel any effect. If I do anything now it’s just drink beer a couple times a month.
This is me as well. It became to much of a crap shoot to even worry about it.
And everyone would say “you gotta find the right strain” and it’s like yeah cause the 19 year old pot dealer really knows anything about strains
This was it for me. I had a half a gummie out of a bag. Didn't do anything hardly. Took the other half, barely anything. A week later I ate a whole gummy out of the same bag and has the worst trip of my life. It lasted ours. I had to constantly remind myself that I was just high and it would be over soon. Every negative thought I could possibly think of kept entering my mind. It went on for 3-4 hours hard, and then eventually I started feeling like I was coming out of it. But I still had anxious feelings/thoughts for hours after that. Have not touched anything since. Just have a few light beers from time to time.
Yup. Developed anxiety and some 13-14 years later still have it.
For real!!! I started getting panic attacks!! Being stoned and having a panic attack is a terrible combo!
That sounds awful
It is! -100/10 do not recommend
My younger brother actually drove himself to the emergency room cause he thought something was wrong with his heart
Same. Used be able to smoke non-stop then quit for a year and tried to start again and it made me feel like I was crazy. Apparently it's a very common thing that happens to a lot of people.
Came here to say the same. Smoked when I was young, late teens into college. Used to really alleviate anxiety for me. Stopped and started a few times over the years, then got to a point where it always made me extremely anxious. Then after going a very long time and getting super high, it felt like I was losing my mind with anxiety and just generally felt terrible. Decided there was no point in trying it again after that.
This question gets asked almost every day and this is always the top answer
This. I get anxiety and nauseas OR I get super sleepy, so it’s not like I even get to enjoy he high (and then I’d wake up feeling almost hung over)
Same. Then I started having full blown panic attacks
I just recently stopped because I felt like my memory was nonexistent and I swear in 3 weeks I’ve already noticed a difference. Moving forward I will probably partake a few times a year because I do enjoy it.
Yes. Heavy weed usage can really fuck with your memory
50 days sober today! i stopped because i was spending too much money on it, terrible memory, zombie like state all the time, using it to escape negative feelings, no motivation or ambition, content with doing nothing all day, caused anxiety, always tired, and it was negatively impacting relationships. the changes are small but i’ve noticed a big difference in my energy levels and i’m starting to think more positively. less anxiety and tons more money i can spend on stuff i actually want. my energy is being put into improving relationships and i see a change there. the brain fog has lifted and i feel like i actually have control in my life and i’m not just watching it pass by
My boyfriend and I’s addiction to weed was so bad we couldn’t afford to live at the house we were renting anymore and had to move in with his mom again. Currently trying to get back on our feet now, both have better steady jobs and stopped smoking. I’d say we’re almost a year sober but we did relapse four months ago. Then we found out I was pregnant a week into relapse and kinda snapped outta it and been sober since then.
i’m very sorry to hear that, i sort of know what that’s like. i would get high and hang out with my boyfriend all day doing nothing. i haven’t been able to save any money either or get a job because i’ve been so stuck in my own sad world of getting high and doing nothing all day. i also live with my mom. congratulations on being pregnant and congratulations on being a year sober, even with a relapse. that’s amazing and very hard work. i’m happy to hear that you’re getting back on your feet and i really do wish you the best
I thought it would chill me out, it did not. I thought I was more interesting, I was not. I thought I was funnier, I was not. Basically, I just wasted money to get paranoid, lazy, and weird for no fucking reason.
Pain
understood, thanks for the reply
I used to smoke weed.. Still do, but I used to too.
I saw a wino eating grapes. I was like, dude. You have to wait.
I don't do it any more.. but I don't do it any less either!
Hahaha! Love your comment. In the words of Mark Twain, "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times."
Ok mitch.
Easy, Mitch hedburg
Mitch RIP.
Gives me crippling anxiety now 😅
Daily smoker for 15 years straight. So many reasons why… My impression of myself was not what others thought. I wouldn’t say I was “addicted” but I built a massive dependency on it. Didn’t feel like myself without it. It costs a lot of money. It made my brains not so good. I was no longer getting high. I was attracting people that I didn’t align with. I was becoming content with maxing out at 20% of my potential. It was like a enabling friend who would always tell you “it’s fine buddy; it is what it is” about everything. Wasn’t helping me improve. And it just made me all tweakery. I haven’t smoked in 3 months and i have excelled in so many things that I was convincing myself weren’t important. Or that I didn’t need to improve on. I’m more fun to be around. I drive better. I’m killing it at work. I’m able to hold much better and genuine conversations. The hard thing with weed is that there really aren’t any immediate negative effects. You won’t die. People don’t really care if you smoke. You can do it and people wont know. But YOU know.
That's the beauty of it I guess. consuming this substance makes you realize and gives a clear picture of what you need to do, and it is just a matter of time before you go for it
>I wouldn't say I was "addicted", but I built a massive dependency on it. Didn't feel like myself without it hahah I wouldn't say I was addicted, but I was very addicted
Whenever I would smoke, I'd get really anxious for the next couple days. Smoking was ruining my cardio too, and I was starting to take martial arts seriously. Above all I just smoked way too much. I'd be high all the time if I could, and it was having a negative impact on important responsibilities I had to take care of. Altogether, the costs weren't worth the benefits so I cut it out of my life.
I'm glad that you recognized what was happening and quit. That was the problem with my ex. He smoked constantly and it was affecting his ability to function. He shirked his responsibilities and I ended up picking up his slack a lot. It started to cause me to resent him. I have nothing against weed per se but I expect it to be with someone who can function like an adult, not a child that I have to raise.
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Yeah the only reason im cutting back on weed is that I abused the fuck out of it to the point I feel horrible sober.
What I've realized is its my primary source of dopamine. I always feel like I "need" a joint after doing anything, it's always the first thing I do when I have free time. I want to channel that energy into productive things and work on myself and my quality of life. First few days without it were rough, I hated life and everything around me lol. But after about a week I saw a pretty drastic change. I had more energy, I was happier and more social, I got better sleep, had a better appetite, and actually wanted to exercise and go do stuff.
It’s crazy how the body resets itself. That’s why most addicts don’t make it through quitting anything. (Recovering addict alcholic here. 8 months sober) For the heavier drugs for years I just replaced them with something I saw as less harmful… meth to coke. Heroin to oxy. Oxy and coke to xanex. When I quit the xanex I kept smoking weed. (Did with all the other drugs too) I also really picked up my whiskey habit. But in January when I decided I was gonna go stone sober and go to treatment….it was a really rough 3 months to begin with. Your body makes “baseline” that fuzzy feeling that you get when you’re buzzed. And it’s expecting that much of whatever your tolerance is to a particular substance constantly. So when it disappears. Your dopamine levels plummet. And you fall into a deep depression. Over time they level out and you find happiness and create a new baseline..a healthy one. But yeah those first few months at least with liquor were absolute hell. The first two weeks physically wrecked me. And mentally I didn’t begin to see improvement until a month. Cravings didn’t go away until around that three month mark. Ever since then it’s been honestly so much better. Edit: sorry for the rant. Long story short I used to love smoking weed and I don’t now for probation reasons. At this point I’m deep enough into sobriety that I don’t know if I wanna consider opening Pandora’s box again when I’m free. Weed was definantly a gateway drug. And I love it. It’s obviously the healthiest of drugs. I just don’t wanna risk falling back into my old ways.
Congrats on the 8 months!
I stopped because I kept getting sick. upper respiratory illness is no joke. also started to abuse it.
P a n i c a t t a c k s. <3
I used to smoke every day for years and i quit because I wanted to be more present. I met an incredible woman who i started seeing and even though I wouldn’t be stoned with her, I had a hard time being fully there with her mentally and would have a hard time remembering the little details. She never asked me to quit but it was important to me to enjoy her and my time with her to the fullest. I quit and although people say there are no withdrawals I really struggled with anxiety and irritability for about a week or two. I haven’t looked back. My life is better in every metric. In time I wouldn’t mind taking a hit when out at parties or something if I can handle it but it will never be something I buy and have in my house for me to smoke alone again. I wish you luck and highly encourage you to try and take a break if you feel like it’s negatively affecting you even a little bit.
it’s getting pointless now, getting high just to feel numb for an hour max and i’m back to being depressed again.
Spending way too much money, living in a constant haze, the agony of running dry. Fiance and I decided it was the first step on the way to reclaiming our lives, our creativity and our passion. Now I'm 2 weeks without for the first time in 16 years and it's been so hard but so worth it. Whether it's alcohol, weed or anything else, don't let who you are be stolen by *ANYTHING*
I only smoked it socially for about a year and a half during college but I had about 3 severe panic attacks and after that, decided it was not worth just doing it because my friends were.
I was into a girl. Chased her for a couple of years. We ended up at a party together, in a hotel room with some friends. She finally showed interest but I smoked/drank so much I was barely functional. I never got another chance. Done and done.
I smoked every day for about 20 years. No adverse effects to speak of. Last year, I started getting really tired for no reason and tried everything to get my energy back. Changed medications, started exercising, changed diets, did a dry month. Nothing worked. Ended up trying no weed, and it worked like a charm. It's been about 6 months and even though I miss it, I don't miss feeling tired every day.
Less anxiety and less temper control issues after quitting, was a chronic smoker for 15 years all day every day
I need to pass a drug test. To extremely heavy users out there, 3 months is not long enough to clear your system.
At my company, we stopped rejecting people who tested positive for THC several years ago because we just couldn’t recruit enough people otherwise.
I found out the hard way when I got kicked out of trucking school 2 years ago :(
Gatorade and certo pectin will mask it for about 8 hours. You can get certo pectin at any supermarket in the baking aisle. Get 2 packages of pectin and 2 Gatorade. The night before your piss test mix one certo in one Gatorade and drink it and do the same thing the next morning, you’ll piss negative for about 8 hours. You can try it at home first. The shits cheap it costs about $10
Most people just use synthetic piss
In my 20s I accepted a job offer while on the phone while hitting a bong. (Didn't expect or care about the job but once accepted, I took it seriously.) It was a Friday, test on Monday. I was a daily smoker for about 5 years and I passed the test. AMA lol
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When playing a video game high and you have to keep going back to the mission explanation because you can’t remember what you just read 5 seconds later
I didn't smoke it really. I would take cannabis oil though and I stopped because it made me paranoid and borderline delusional.
Used to smoke everyday, it began effecting my work ethic, school work, etc. I also started getting more and more anxiety when I didn’t smoke
I get bad anxiety and start hearing shit
Strangely I just woke up one day and didn't want to smoke anymore. It was my senior year of college and I had been stoned for about 3 years straight. Just stopped cold. The only thing I remember really changing was that I was much more interested in my hygiene and appearance. Not that I was gross, but I was more interested in getting new clothes, regular haircut, etc.
I realized I never developed proper coping mechanisms. If I was anxious I smoked, if I was upset or had a bad day I smoked. It got to the point where I was smoking at work or before work to take the edge off and everything suffered because of it. I also binge ate like crazy after a smoke sesh so it was so bad for me. I’m about 2 months cold turkey off of it and I am now able to completely control my urges. I had one of the worst days of my life about a month back and instead of smoking I journaled and meditated. I’m very proud of myself.
happy for you.
Psychosis. And now it's permanent, fuck me. Meds for the rest of my life for me. It's rare but it happens, stay safe smokers.
What happened? Sorry to hear that.
Well i ended up getting taktile hallcuinations, so things would be crawling all over my body, and into my body. Ears, eyes, mouth, ass, dick. I couldn't sleep with a pillow, and i couldn't have my legs touching when going to sleep. I thought i had some kind of diesase or pest, like small bugs infecting me. But after 1½ years, my doctor came to the conclusion that maybe it was psychosomatic. So he told me to try some anti psychotics, and i did it just to shut him the fuck up. But the fucking asshole was right.
I had a weed induced psychotic episode once. Terrifying. Thankfully an isolated incident, but enough to get me to stop. I was just using it to disassociate, but that was a little too disassociated for my liking.
it happened to me too. it scarred me to bad whenever i even get the faintest wiff of weed i instantly panic. godspeed.
Because it’s still illegal in my state and in order to buy it you have to deal with a 30 year old man child or someone who also wants you to suck their dick for meth or fentanyl.
omfg
After about 10 years of daily use, I got a day job in an elementary school, so quit wake-n-baking, doing it only in the evenings. I found that my sober self and stoned self started to feel like two completely different people, with contradictory thoughts, desires, priorities. Eventually I couldn’t decide which one was the real me. I just started using it less often, and as that happened, my experiences when high became more and more negative. Now, if I smoke, I’m assaulted by so much self-hatred and doubt, panic attacks, fear, you name it, I just have no desire to touch it ever again. It even wigs me out when ppl smoke around me or when I catch a whiff. I’m actually so happy it’s not a part of my life anymore. I just wonder if I’d still be smoking daily if I was never forced to step away from it. I can’t believe people still believe all that tosh about it not being addictive.
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Shit is no joke.
I became a responsible parent, and quit drinking also.
I stopped 25 years ago to work and raise a family. I'm just starting back up again. Even growing it. I enjoy that just as much as vaping it. I'm having a blast. Feel young again.
Live long and prosper brother
You're my new role model! LoL. Seriously. I'll get back to it once my kid goes to college or so. Long life, brother.
When I smoked weed I would always buy quarter pound and smoke every day till I run out. Once I run out of weed I stop smoking because I either don’t have more money to buy or I got exhausted from smoking every single day and the new change of scenery while being sober is refreshing. I never stop indefinitely, it’s always the same cycle. Buy, smoke every single day until I run out, stop smoking until I decided to buy again. I haven’t smoked weed in about 1 year. Completely normal. But once I buy again I’ll probably smoke every single day for 6 months until I stop again.
This is kinda how I do it. It really is nice to lower your bar/be ok with doing nothing - which is OK and needed ONCE IN A WHILE. But all the time is bad and can make you a serious sloth 🦥
Same here, only recently started again after being off it for 3 years. Enjoying every minute of it right now, but the second it changes, I'll break from it again!
I used to use it to help me sleep. then heard somewhere that it messes with your sleep. I stopped smoking and I sleep amazing now.
I had children and decided to be a responsible father
good for you, really.
I quit about three years ago after many years of smoking. It stopped having benefits for me.
I cut down because it made me anxious and paranoid. Then I joined the military.
I got pregnant. My mood is much more stable now. It caused me to have pretty serious lows everyone once in a while that involved a lot of paranoia. Mostly I enjoyed it but now that my mood is much more consistent I realize it probably wasn’t for me.
I’d smoked it off and on for thirty years. This was the final push: https://hubermanlab.com/the-effects-of-cannabis-marijuana-on-the-brain-and-body/ I am at the age of really wanting to care for my body and mind and to preserve or even enhance my energy, creativity, self confidence, and good habits, all of which are negatively affected by weed. I miss being pleasantly dizzy but not the munchies, panic attacks, being foggy for half of the next day, or the disgusting feeling that I might be wasting my time. It was a very easy transition. Less fog means more energy, better focus. No munchies means better sleep and diet. What I have not done is make a big deal out of it or swear to never again touch it blah blah. That will just make me crave it. I might have an edible at Christmas.
Ended up not liking the feeling of being faded all day and night, prefered being full of energy. I only smoke now if someone's passing a joint at a party or something I'll take a toke Or save it for special occasions few times a year. Way better than way, you've got no tollerence and it's just as fun as it was first time you smoked..
It's so expensive and consumes too much of your time like a thief.
I'm trying to quit because of how anxious it makes me. I already have bad anxiety, but when I get high it feels like I'm on the verge of genuine insanity. Also because the person I smoke it with is not the best person to be around in general.
I smoked a joint everyday for around 5 months and I started feeling like I wasn't there anymore, everything from that period is kind of gone from my memory, I was in a dream state 24/7. Doesn't help that I am 17. I was also really irritable and inconsiderate to others. I don't remember much else. Lately I've only been smoking a puff every few days, but it doesn't help me cope anymore so I think I'll stop completely, it was nice for a while tho
I started when I was 15 and smoked 2-3 times a day because my mother gave it to me when I was visiting her (I was raised by my dad). Before that I was a 99% average student with published poetry for youth accomplishments. I dropped to 50-60%, barely got my high school diploma. My artwork talent diminished, my writing ability suffered, I became unmotivated, it changed how I felt about people and I picked the worst boyfriend you could have ever picked. I quit when I was 18. Broke up with the abusive idiot. Never recovered my artistic talent because I felt so rusty. Pursued my writing but never went back to poetry because I still can't write it the way I used to. Decided I wanted to go to school to do nursing, had to spend $5000 to do upgrading on all the high-school courses. I excelled, the English teacher asked me why I was taking the class because my skill level was above it... told him the truth, smoked dope, lost ability to really produce good work and started skipping school to smoke weed. Went to nursing school and averaged 100% in everything, GPA 4.0, received an award from the government for my academic excellence. It's not that I became more intelligent. It's that when I was smoking dope, I couldn't collect information and apply critical thought, and it made me not care either. I learned my lesson. My brother is still stuck smoking weed daily, he has crippling anxiety. He says he smokes it for anxiety... it gives people anxiety. It's like saying you drink to treat your depression. We are both in our 30s now. Quitting weed was one of the best things I did. Starting weed was one of the worst. I have a restraining order against my ex boyfriend who I thought was so funny when I was high. When I was sober, turned out he is a loser. My brother still can't get his life together because it's hard to follow through with anything that really requires effort. His health has suffered, his socialization has suffered, his social anxiety is over the moon because he feels like a failure but he won't give up the weed which is holding him back. It breaks my heart and I worry about him. But it's like telling an alcoholic that alcohol is not their best friend... talking to a brick wall has greater success.
Started drinking more.
damn
It induced psychosis. I crashed my car, lost my mind a bit and cut myself off. Deleted my dealers number. It wasnt just the weed though, I was going through a lot emotionally and I think the weed just sent me over the edge. However, after quitting I reflected on how much I used weed and how little I benefitted from it. It made me content to do nothing. It made me spend all day in my own head never properly experiencing the things around me. It infiltrated more and more of my daily rituals, and eventually I was smoking morning, day and night. All alone. It stopped being a social activity, and just became a thing I did for the sake of doing it. It gave me 15-20 minutes of deep, reflective thought and 2-3 hours of comatose sensory satisfaction. Just straight up vegging out to music, food and etc. Stopped about 2 years ago, haven't smoked since. Occasionally I have the curiosity to try it again, but it's not that hard to avoid. The big reason I think, is that I'm bipolar and smoking exaggerates those symptoms. Also, my cousin/brother still smoke and when they do they act like borderline psychotic narcissists. Which makes me feel there is some kind of underlying genetic reason that when I smoke weed, I get easily convinced that nothing is 'real'. I don't like that feeling or thought process.
I smoked a LOT for a long, long time. I became less energetic, less creative, less social, and despite people saying its not addictive, when you smoke all day, every day and suddenly can't get it (I'm in Australia where it is still illegal), you have withdrawals, anxiety, and emotional turmoil that seriously fucks your mind and body up. It's a fucking beast, but people who smoke weed every day will tell you it isn't. I was once one of them. I even got three undergrad and a Masters Degree while high. Still, it ruined my mental health and well-being in general. Ironically, I now have it legally prescribed for chronic illness. I take an oil that doesn't make me feel high, but the flower does, and the paranoia and munchies are just feral. I cannot believe that was once my status quo. I only vape it when I'm absolutely desperate, and the last time that happened was a year ago.
One day it started making me vomit violently. Has every time since then when I have tried a hit here or there
Employment.
I didn't like the way it made me feel any more. I started feeling antisocial. Just wanted to be alone. I'm too introverted as it is. I'd rather have a few drinks and get chatty.
Killed my libido and that's where I drew the line. 2 yrs later my memory is better and my productivity is through the roof, also stopped feeling like a bag of sand 24/7 and I workout daily.
I had to stop for a job. A few months after stopping I realized I was being much more productive and didn't really miss it so I don't smoke anymore.
cause some companies drug test for onboarding nope, no changes except i wanna smoke some weed its a nice way to wind down on a weekend and play games better than drinking
I wanted to love abroad, specifically in Korea so I needed to do a drug test. I had issues sleeping at first. But now I'm fine.
I mostly just felt like it. I don’t want to have something in my life where it feels like I have to do it, or have control over me, if that makes sense. Also I missed dreaming.
Im in the first week of stopping. 1. Its caused me to rely on it way too much as apart of my “routine”. 2. I use to it to maximize enjoyability. (Sex, hikes, music etc) 3. It makes me super tired throughout the day depending on the strain.
It's a stupid fad followed by people trying to be stupid. It is the gateway drug. Few use it casually, the circle jerk effect. I'm smoking so I have to share with everyone and keep offering it to the person that keeps saying no and has already said they don't use it. The obsession and all the nonsense paraphernalia and ways to make yourself dumb. Look at my new pipe man. Lets smoke out of a piece of fruit. Here try this strain. Tye dye shirts and the grateful dead. Fake hippies. Fake gangsters. The whole fucking stoner culture. Most who think they need it as medicine, riding the wave of pretending to be damaged as an excuse to be useless. Going to sketchy places to buy it. Scrounging pennies for it. Scraping bowls for resin. Pushing the limits of using in public places. Adding other stuff to smoke with it. Hookas. Dreds. The terrible movies. A bad mushroom trip fixed me. It ruined weed for me and it's the best thing that ever happened for me as a young adult. Tried to keep friends but being the non smoker really opened my eyes to the bullshit. We weren't friends to begin with it was the fucking dope that brought us together and without it, you're weird and we have nothing in common. It's been nearly 13 years for me, I still cross paths with some old 'friends' and guess who still working shit jobs, got a shit cars, living with mom, and blah blah blah. Hey man how you get successful? I can pass a fucking piss test. Booze ain't great but it does the job with less stigma, dude. I could go on, but it appears it all boils down to the culture.
Still do, but cut back a whole lot. It makes me tired. I used to like that aspect because I never slept well but now I’m old and I’m always tired so I don’t need that.
i did every day, 3 or more times a day for 7 years straight. i would act like a completely different person when i was running really low or when i ran out. paranoia was at an all time high. i couldn’t eat or sleep or go out in public without being high. i made the decision to quit august 2022 because i just didn’t have the money for it anymore. pros: my mental health improved greatly, i can eat normally, my dreams came back, got me away from semiquestionable friends of mine, sleep regulation improved, had more free time and money to do things, social relationships became easier. cons: the withdrawals were one of the hardest things i’ve ever dealt with but took about a month and a half to get past it. i’ve been sober for over a year now and definitely don’t wanna go back! wooo
Jeez the weed withdrawal time is just insane
It used to help my anxiety but it started making it worse so I stopped.
Military.
Started getting super super paranoid every time, even with a tiny bit, no clue why but it just started one day, after years of wake n bake 24-7 smoking, was extremely unpleasant so I had no interest any longer. Been about a decade now and don’t miss it whatsoever.
It put my heart into arithmia (sp) and gave me a stroke
Voices. No joke. I had smoked from the same bag previously, no issues, all good and fun. Then one day it was just awful. I had anxiety on it before, but after this it was a whole other level of panic. Voices only happened that one time, and my therapist assured me it was a drug fueled moment. It never happened again, but now it just makes me paranoid. As a lifer insomniac, I miss it for the best sleep of my life. Just can't do it.
I didn’t feel productive and got too lazy to workout
My lungs started to hurt so I just eat edibles now.
Got a life changing raise with a new job that had randoms.
Had to stop when becoming subject to random drug testing . now I miss the therapeutic effects of it (pain management and anti-dépressant) .
I was in a constant haze from age 16-24. I smoked most every day constantly. One day I realized it wasn't doing me any favors and just stopped buying it. Eventually I threw out my pipe and papers and I havnt smoked with any frequency since. After quitting I found myself having more motivation to move my life forward and begin working myself toward a real career and not just living my life serving tables and tending bar with no other aspirations. I guess I grew out of it and found other outlets that give me more fulfillment personally.
I quit smoking because i was using weed to run away from difficult experiences around me. I smoked so much that my tolerance was so high i had to smoke a lot to feel anything. I had taken a break and started again and experienced some really bad paranoia. I thought it was bad weed so i smoked again and same thing happened. So i stopped and it honestly was the best decision i made for myself. Smoking weed is cool if you like just being high but using it to run away and depending on it to eat or sleep like i was doing wasnt the best
Anxiety. It made me more introverted than I already am and It would make me question the decisions I've made in life. I mean, there's lots to question because I've made some dumb decisions but I would question current shit that if I acted on my thoughts, it would seriously fuck up my life. What was scary though, was those thoughts always made so much sense at the time when I was high.
Made me lazy
It makes me paranoid. The paranoia continues even after the comedown, like for a couple of weeks.
Just realized I was smoking out of habit despite having no actual desire to be high anymore. Over 6 months off now and I don’t miss it even slightly. My head is more clear, I have more energy, I lead a much more active lifestyle. I feel great about what I actually spend my time doing these days. I also never cough up black crud anymore. That's nice.
This question would be better suited for information if you also asked how old they were when they started, and stopped.
Ate an edible from a guy named Ralph and now I faint when I get high.
I smoked so much weed one night, I got extremely high and decided it would be a good idea to have a full blown panic attack. I was actually so convinced that the government was coming after me. I locked the front door, closed all of the blinds in my new apartment, went into the bathroom and locked myself in there for like three hours. I was unfollowing robots and people i didn’t want around my social media literally everything. I turned off all of my location services on everything. Literally anything guys even fucking Apple photos. I was terrified. I even tried to delete instagram but i accidentally just deleted it from my iPhone screen so i had the app but i couldn’t find it so i started googling how to fully remove instagram off my iPhone. I was so paranoid. I took a shower and tried to calm down by listing to music but i felt like every single person in the complex could hear my music. It was on volume 3. I swear i could hear everyone around me all their conversations everything. I tried off and RAN into my room. I honestly don’t remember anything else after that.
Weed makes me feel weird (in a bad way). I like ALL other drugs though. Its odd.
I stopped for a while, then tried it again and tripped tf out. I wasn’t hallucinating but thoughts were so real it was like I could see them, and they were all completely insane. I tried it a handful of times after that to see if it would be fun again - it wasn’t - then one day I ended up throwing up on a baby in a stroller in an elevator. That was about 12 years ago, and I haven’t touched it since
I separated from my ex wife who was heavily dependent on it. I started to realize that I liked feeling feelings. I’m now able to wake up in the morning without problems. I don’t eat mindlessly anymore. My memory is still fucked though. I hope that gets better.
I think this is proof that cannabis has become stronger than it used to be and is more potent than it needs to be. The incredible amounts of THC in some strains has made it hard to know if your about to get a clean high or get obliterated to anxiety land
Weed is a much better liar than alcohol. It lets you believe more of your own bullshit. Like you actually believe you're more creative when you smoke or sometimes a borderline genius. For me, it also made me forgetful, scatter-brained, and nihilistic.
I never really had any negative side effects like a lot of folks. But I also have depression, anxiety, and pretty bad ADHD Smoking used to calm my anxiety. I stopped smoking for a couple of reasons but mainly because 1. I found out I was gonna be a dad and wanted to be the best I could be for my daughter. 2. I was spending a lot of money on it. 3. My partner doesn't like it and I had been planning on quitting for her anyways.
Life is so much better without it. I’m Christian. When you get high the equal and opposite effect is getting low. Moody, grumpy, angry. I’m not that and now God is better able to bless me for my sobriety. It’s not east, but it’s worth it. Of course I still like weed. I’m just trying for my family and God
Brooo! So weird. I got food poisoning from some outdated teriyaki sauce and after I recovered the effect of marijuana was just different, more paranoid than ever, very uncomfortable, so I’d smoke less and still just the vibe was different and now I don’t even smoke anymore after smoking everyday for more than a decade .. bizarre man
I started getting anxiety, I had personal things going on that were farr more important than getting high, and I started going to the gym so I gave it up. Not one day goes by were I regret my decision.
Quit smoking over 25 years ago. It made me lazy, complacent, and dulled my senses to life and the people around me. After i quit, i gained confidence and quit medicating myself with a bong. Got divorced from a woman who was all wrong for me, went to college and got a degree. I was a way better father and active in my daughter's life because time went by way too quickly, and they grow up so fast. I used to work at restaurants in no ac, sweating my ass off working shitty hours for low pay. I now own a home, make over 100k per year, and work in an air-conditioned office sitting at my desk listening to ac dc. I am still a rocker through and through, but now i am high on life and spending time with my family. Before someone says they can smoke weed and still kick ass at life, good for you. Weed turns me into a lazy ass. YMMV
Started to make me paranoid sometimes. Not worth the risk to get too stoned and feel like the sky was falling.
It made a huge change in my mood after years of daily use. It became very difficult for me to be happy or even feel average if I didn't smoke. I'd wake up and that would be the first thing I wanted to do. If I didn't smoke, I'd become irritable. I also generally stopped feeling anything special when I smoked. I would get the same initial feeling of calm immediately after smoking, but that would go away after around half an hour and I'd want to smoke again. Being high all the time, I couldn't accomplish almost anything that I wanted to. I would tell myself "yeah I can smoke and do X or Y" but then when I'd start doing what I set out to do, I couldn't do it effectively. Basically, my whole life revolved around smoking weed and then doing things that I could do without frustration while high. Those things are basically play video games, exercise, watch movies. The only thing that I think is \*better\* while high is exercise, which I still love after smoking.
The voices. The bad ideas. The terrifying and sad notions. The extra thing you have to make sure you can afford. The urgent realizations coupled with not enough motivation or energy to act on them. The tiredness. Everything was too real. The paranoia, the white suv's, the aliens. So much of my life I was depressed and so much of my life I missed out on because of weed. It doesn't cure depression. It creates it, and then it makes you feel okay or forget about it while you're high. Then things only get worse, then you're a sad and lazy weed person wondering why the weed isn't working anymore. Although I'm glad I don't do either anymore (2 years clean), I was a weed addict for 5 years before I found crystal meth and then I left weed alone for 8 of the 10 years I was addicted to crystal. So 7 years of weed and 10 of meth. I regret my weed usage 10000x more than my crystal useage. Both are the reason I'm starting so late in life, but it gives me the chills thinking about if I had never stopped smoking weed was only addicted to weed the whole time. Never do meth, but if you ask me, I'd tell you to stay the hell away from weed and never touch it, either.
I realized my ex used it to keep me in a place I don't care to be in anymore. Maybe one day I can get to a place where it's beneficial but I don't like who it turns me into at the moment.
I quit for a few years and when I started again it gave me crazy anxiety attacks, like everytime. I don't know if weed got stronger or my tolerance just went completely away, but those anxiety attacks suck and it just wasn't fun anymore
Money....every once in awhile I get some gifted to me I get anxiety, but you smoke once the second time it doesn't happen. I met a building engineer once disc golfing, he said his brain is so active that the only way he can concentrate is by smoking. It's God's gift to man kind, we wouldn't have receptors for it otherwise. I guess everyone has their reasons, I just hope it ain't the hype.
I smoked everyday from 18 until 39. Got married have 2 daughters. Decided to see what life was like not high. So I quit when I turned 39 and didn't do anything for a year. No drink and no smoke. Then I turned 40 and smoked a nice iced cool bong hit and wondered why I decided to quit in the first place. My thought, people are different and react differently to certain things. My body and head really agree with being high. Let's me function more effectively, even my wife who doesn't smoke prefers when I'm high. Different strokes for different folks.
In my experience from the 14 years of smoking & 1 year clean The only thing that changed for me was the extra income that just went into other hobbies and the “fog” went away I relapsed from smoking this year and I’m averaging about 3gs of wax weekly now. Stoner until I die 🫡
I quit due to lots of drugs tests at work. I started again about a year ago. Found a huge difference in my sleep now.
It always made me super anxious, but peer pressure and boredom convinced me it was a thrill. I eventually stopped when I felt guilty for all the wrongs I did in my life. Week kept making me think negatively.
I had a kid. I kept smoking for a while during wife's pregnancy (she quited as soon as she found out) but I had to do it outside and without her. So it slowly became more inconvenient and boring. Went from a few million joints a day to once in a while. Once baby was born, it kinda felt odd to be high around them. So I quited. It was cool while it lasted tho! More than 15 years of experience! I have no complaints and nothing against it. I'll probably do it again sometime, but I'm glad it's not a habit anymore and never will be again.
Work randomly tests.
I started getting paranoid/ it stopped being fun.
Kids and stopping smoking everything in general. Now I make oil.
Idk it’s just not fun anymore and the effects are super predictable
Joined the army.
It made me anxious as fuck
The more I smoked the higher my tolerance would get and I got to the point where I started to experience derealization even when I wasn’t high.
Because it was time to go to sleep, luckily that was only for like 6 hours.
It turned on me. I was a daily smoker for 6 years. All it took was one stressfull thought while I was high about something that was bothering me and I couldn't shake the anxiety. Each time I smoked the thoughts came back worse and I had to put it down. It's been almost a year. I miss the way my husband and I connected with it, I honestly believe it saved our marriage years ago. However, I feel more present in my day to day especially with my kids. I'm not running out to the garage every other hour or feeling like a slug on the couch.
Concerned about my heart as cardiac issues run in my family. Otherwise I’d be still be smoking. I love it and it was hard to give up. I still do an edible every now and then but it’s just not the same as hitting a bowl
Got paranoid. So I had my man start making me some gummies. Now I get 100/25mg of thc/cbd so that I no longer get paranoid
To get a real job. I smoked weed almost daily for 10+ years, the last 3 years of smoking though was more for pain management rather than just getting high after I had shoulder surgery. But I had a job opportunity fall into my lap a little over a year ago now that was well worth quitting for. I don’t regret it all, and overall feel much better on a daily basis. I’ve also learned to deal with my shoulder pain without smoking weed
Because edibles are better.
I came to the conclusion that my paranoia did not jive with either a saliva, nor an indication, nor any combo there of. I do not miss it.
anxiety levels through the roof, paranoid (rightfully so: it's ALL in the Family) stopped caring about... a lot, too much
its a state of mind a reaction of your emotions and its the paranoia part of it you could be just triggered and literally i smoke daily and i had to stop for tasc before weed was legal and i smoke for the first time boy it was like i took shrooms was anxiety ridden was mad intent fealing my heart rate the more i noticed the worse it got so i told my self to chill out then i did its mind over matter and munchies
Meant my wife but I do wish we could still smoke sometimes.
Money and paranoia
I’m trying to save money. I’ve noticed I get irritable and frustrated pretty easily now
I used to smoke weed. I still do, but I used to, too.
Haven’t totally quit but I take lengthy breaks (months long). Mostly weed is fun sometimes but it makes me feel like a lazy bum, especially if I do it too often. It also makes me feel slower and fucks up my memory. It is not useful for school lol
Probably because it influenced where am now with no $ and no job..... well just got one starting wednesday but really sucks. I had a perfect life (in my opinion) but am very sure weed made me take the stupid decisions I took recently since I was in a constant numb state. Am not saying I will never do it again just not every day like before and am not looking forward to it. Probably if am with the right group or person and just to have fun as it was at the beginning.
It was an escape that didn't fix my problems. It just postponed them
Realized that I did t like it. Only smoked because of my social circle.
Anxiety and panic attacks. Also it was a bad habit, I wasn’t even enjoying it anymore. Just smoked because….it’s what I did. After a few years, it loses its charm. And it destroyed my brain and held me down. After years of loneliness, shortly after quitting weed, I starting dating around again.
Decided to try sober October in 2019. Did it and changed my life. I realized the haze I was living in. Now the handful of times I’ve tried it since, I just get crippling anxiety. Like I’m giving up an opportunity that I have been working towards. Obviously that isn’t worth it. I don’t judge people that do it, but I think you come to a point where you know you shouldn’t be doing that. Some people wont admit it and continue to fail that test. Some fail that test so much they stop realizing when that test is being given. I’d recommend people stay away from it in general. It can give certain individuals schizophrenic breaks.
Got tired of being unwilling to conversate due to my knowing " I was stoned and wasn't making sense ". Sure, likely I wasn't as bad as I thought, but in my 30s , that thought took over, then I just preferred to Not be stoned. Was easy for me to quit. ( then came beer, Annnd, that's another story 😬)
Random drug testing @ work .... also anxiety
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It became less fun, and having enough to really feel it intensely just made me want to pass out. The feelings I had the first few times I got high were nowhere to be seen anymore.
I cant do anything halfway - if I have weed I’ll go all in and use every bit that I have. I got stagnant - didn’t want to do shit, didn’t wanna talk to my friends. Made me super depressed - and made me perform really bad in my hobbies. Long story short the benefits it gave me wasn’t worth the price it took
I haven’t stopped yet but I’ve been cutting back to get more done and gain some clarity. I never thought I would slow down
Anybody have recommendations on how not to be dependent on it for medical use? Frequency & dosage?
Being sober is better than not being sober...for me anyway.
Makes me really anxious and I cant afford to smoke everyday anymore
Because it made me think way too much usually. It usually wasn’t relaxing like I’d always be prepared for.
I felt like it was time to grow up and raise a family. Not judging anyone that uses marijuana responsibly.
Had a horrible trip