How to Quit Smoking Weed. You Can Quit Smoking Pot Forever!

<h1>How to Quit Smoking Weed. You Can Quit Smoking Pot Forever!</h1>Author: <a title="Michael Porteous" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/michael-porteous/32711.htm">Michael Porteous</a> Marijuana while only a "soft drug" compared to the likes of cocaine, heroin and others can still be a very addictive and destructive drug. Many people who long to quit smoking pot find their lives revolve around marijuana and it becomes a habit that fills any gap in their lives. It can become such an integral part of their lives that they feel like they are living in a haze most of the time and are missing out on some very important parts of life. The first thing to know when learning how to quit smoking weed is that the drug is not chemically addictive! Pot is not an addictive drug like heroin or cigarettes as there is no physical craving that occurs when you do not take the drugs. Pot does not affect the receptors in your brain like these drugs and the effects are also not as vivid as the hard drugs making it less of an issue to many people to start smoking. The primary addiction to weed is a psychological addiction, the memory of the highs you once felt smoking pot always come back and make you want to try to reach that feeling again even if it takes you more and more pot to do this as you become more resistant to its effects. The smoking goes from a pleasurable action to a habit with little real benefit just a perceived one. To compound this many pot smokers have friends who also smoke and it becomes a social thing making it more ingrained. So this being said it is possible to quit smoking weed without suffering cravings or relapses and you are not fighting with a chemical need but a psychological need which can be overcome with willpower. While this may sound easy it can of course be a lot harder in practice as the habit can run very deep especially for those who have smoked for years. Quitting can be accompanied by anxiety and depression as you learn to live life without the constant smoking which can seem soothing and comforting but only because it was a part of your routine. The trick for some people is to find something to replace this addiction, obviously not another addiction but something creative and fulfilling. Something that makes you happy without an extreme high you may try to latch onto as an alternative. So how to quit smoking weed in a nutshell? You must realize you do not crave weed but just want it! Once you learn to adapt to a life without marijuana you will find you can quit smoking pot forever! For more help on kicking your addiction click below. <a href="http://www.kick-addiction.com"><a href="http://www.kick-addiction.com" target="_blank">www.kick-addiction.com</a></a>About the Author: For more support in quitting pot visit this site 
 
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Marijuana while only a "soft drug" compared to the likes of cocaine, heroin and others can still be a very addictive and destructive drug. Many people who long to quit smoking pot find their lives revolve around marijuana and it becomes a habit that fills any gap in their lives. It can become such an integral part of their lives that they feel like they are living in a haze most of the time and are missing out on some very important parts of life. The first thing to know when learning how to quit smoking weed is that the drug is not chemically addictive!

Pot is not an addictive drug like heroin or cigarettes as there is no physical craving that occurs when you do not take the drugs. Pot does not affect the receptors in your brain like these drugs and the effects are also not as vivid as the hard drugs making it less of an issue to many people to start smoking. The primary addiction to weed is a psychological addiction, the memory of the highs you once felt smoking pot always come back and make you want to try to reach that feeling again even if it takes you more and more pot to do this as you become more resistant to its effects. The smoking goes from a pleasurable action to a habit with little real benefit just a perceived one. To compound this many pot smokers have friends who also smoke and it becomes a social thing making it more ingrained.

So this being said it is possible to quit smoking weed without suffering cravings or relapses and you are not fighting with a chemical need but a psychological need which can be overcome with willpower. While this may sound easy it can of course be a lot harder in practice as the habit can run very deep especially for those who have smoked for years. Quitting can be accompanied by anxiety and depression as you learn to live life without the constant smoking which can seem soothing and comforting but only because it was a part of your routine. The trick for some people is to find something to replace this addiction, obviously not another addiction but something creative and fulfilling. Something that makes you happy without an extreme high you may try to latch onto as an alternative.

So how to quit smoking weed in a nutshell? You must realize you do not crave weed but just want it! Once you learn to adapt to a life without marijuana you will find you can quit smoking pot forever!

For more help on kicking your addiction click below.

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1. michael (18:36, 06.12.2008)

thanks for your help i have been smoking for 6 years and now im 18 and have to quit

2. Freud (17:03, 20.07.2009)

I've been a heavy MJ smoker for about 22 years. It has had a very negative impact on my life. I'm very depressed about the whole situation. Will go to a meeting today.

3. k (16:23, 16.06.2009)

my husband and I are still smokers but we are trying to quit. I am looking for some support without having to go to meetings. we have both been smoking for over 25 years and it sure is a habit and when we have tried to quit in the past we get very anxious and moody and don't know what to do with ourselves and we end up going back we are very serious in trying to get this out of our lives any suggestions to help would be appreciated!

4. Sam (14:53, 24.05.2009)

I think it is slightly physically addictive... I had to quit after years of smoking, and for the first couple weeks, I couldn't control my body temperature. I was waking up in cold sweats constantly. I also had little to no appetite for several days. Your body gets used to a certain chemical composition... when you suddenly change that composition, it's going to react.

5. Chris (14:44, 28.07.2009)

Hi Everyone!!! I am reading this article and others because I have been smoking since I was 15...smoking pot that is....I'm 28 now and I now smoke every day as I have for years smoking multiple times per day and the truth is that I haven't gotten the "real" benefit from smoking in I don't remember how long.....It hit me when I went to my first Muay Thai class and couldn't jump rope for 5 minutes straight without stopping multiple times...so, I decided I have to do something. So here I am reading this article, and am going to give it my all to quit. I may have to take steps in order to do so but I am willing to put the effort in. Anyone ever quit pot after years of smoking? How was it? Did you use any tricks or anything. I'm hopefully replacing my pot with Muay Thai which will be a bit cheaper than Pot too!!! LOL

6. weezer (09:32, 02.12.2008)

You are full of crap. Long time habitual smokers do go through physical withdrawals. There are real physical changes when you quit.
The only reason why pot is considered non-addictive is because it leaves your body slowely over the course of three or four days. This does NOT mean that addiction isn't possible.

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7. Michael (06:44, 09.07.2009)

Marijuana? A very addictive and destructive drug? You're off your rocker. Weed enhances everything, if you're lazy then maybe you should stop buying the crappy Indica and buy the good Sativa strain. Stop posting this propaganda and read a book...a non-fiction book, those books on teenage vampires are just no good. Infact, you can smoke weed and read, I do it all the time it's far more involving.

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8. KYKYLLE (03:55, 20.07.2009)

This is a useless site and anyone who smokes weed already knows it's not an addictive substance and is only habit forming. That's not the reason why most pot-head can't stop burning. The reason simple and plain is because they don't want to. If something makes you feel good than why would you want to stop. If you want to stop than just stop. Being a pot-head myself and having stopped for periods in the past to beat drug tests and probation periods I know what I'm talking about. When you really want to stop, you just stop. Don't buy another bag, it's that god damn simple.

9. waco254 (01:18, 04.08.2008)

I smoked week for 11 years straight hard and heavy, i finally quit almost 2 years ago, i dont crave it or anything, i do have dreams that i still smoke it and honeslty would still do it if i could but my job is way more important than a high. I made my decision. i have always been somewhat chunky, from 160-200. I was 162 when i stopped smoking, have always been active even while smoking and every since i stopped even more so active. But everysince i stopped smoking i have gained 70 pounds in a year and a half and the dr/s say my thyroid is underactive but i have never had this much of a problem with my weight unitl i stopped smoking. i honestly think that if i was still smoking i wouldn;t be this large and i am on medicine for my thyroid i work out and walk 4-5 days a week , work 40+ hours a week on my feet in nursing and just can't seem to budge the weight. I never did any other street drugs but that so thats the only conclusion that i can come to. Any thoughts?

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