All i think about is smoking, especially with the good weather. I feel like i am too weak to push thru. Do you guys have any tips?

I have always been a joint a day type of guy until I stopped taking medication for depression and anxiety because it was causing dangerous physical symptoms.

This has kind of led to me self medicating with weed but I’m not sure if it’s a problem or not. So I just want to hear your comments and advice.

With my current smoking routine, I typically take +-4 hits of a joint every hour or two and then smoke like half a joint before bed. I would say it comes out to a little over a gram a day. I have been feeling great and it’s honestly working better than any medication I’ve tried. The only problem is that I feel guilty, like I’m doing something I shouldn’t. Especially with work(I work from home). I don’t really get high anymore especially during the day with those few puffs, so it doesn’t actually affect my work. Yet I still feel guilty for some reason.

Do you guys think I’m going overboard?

I’ve (20f) been a daily smoker for 2 years, gone through bouts of taking 30+ hits from a pen to 5-15 but it’s always been an addiction. Have been off cold turkey since April 19th, and while the worst of the withdrawal is over, I have severe MDD (I will say my anxiety + paranoia is significantly better) and I just don’t know how to find the joy in sobriety. Everyday I have cravings, it feels like the only thing that can lift me out of this state of constant pain. I’ve been trying to use other coping mechanisms, like walking, journaling, etc. but it just doesn’t feel like my life is worth being sober for, it’s too painful. I don’t want to back to daily use once this is over but at the same time I know myself and even after 20 days I’m still fiending for a hit. I don’t plan on ever going back to concentrates and only having one pre roll at a time on me, but I just want to know how to be ok sober.

Jackie Richards: 4 grams per day ($40) an ounce per week ($280) a 1/4 pound per month ($1,120) and 3 pounds per year ($14,600).

Jack Stine: 0.5g every other week ($5) or a gram per month ($10) and about 12 grams per year ($120).

Me: A gram per day ($5) a quarter per week ($35) an ounce per month ($140) and 3/4 pound per year ($1,825).

So I been trying to quit weed but I had found a way to quit it by reducing the levels of how much I smoke and only doing it once per day which is when I hit the gym (I smoke sativa ), is this good or should I just cold turkey (I know it’s a productive Cannabis group but I couldn’t find any other help 😭)

Nowadays life seems completely diferent, I feel like I'm a completely differente person and I just want to get my dopamine receptors right again and enjoy life normally without smoking everyday, make smoking weed actually an event, not a routine

But I'm lost, I simply don't know what to do, I feel like my consumption is fucked, I smoke a joint at lunch time, one more after work and one more before sleep, I feel uncapable of controlling myself, I'm afraid of the withdrawals, the apetite loss, the haziness and dizzyness, the stress, I'm afraid of quiting for a while.

Is there any technique or method to help?

Okay, so, posting a lot today because I’ve been very introspective lol.

What are everyone’s thoughts on daily usage? Could it ever be beneficial and useful?

I have severe anxiety and chronic pain, both of which I seek other help for as well. I was a daily smoker for about a year and other than my tolerance growing, I didn’t have any negative effects. It consistently helped me breathe, shut down, and relax. I smoked maybe a joint a night, after all my tasks were done for the day. I wasn’t less productive after smoking, did the same things I would do not high, but just didn’t have a constant state of panic and worry for no identifiable reason that I’ve suffered with my whole life.

I will admit I follow people who consider themselves “weed influencers,” and influencers who are sober and very happy about it. seems like everyone considers daily use problematic, and believe these weed influencers are delusional. Personally, I think it’s very useful and can be used regularly, if responsible, but I know that’s not the case for everyone.

What are everyone’s thoughts? Is it helpful, medical, useful? Or, are we all just lying to ourselves in the cycle of addiction.

Well I knew it would happen. Had a thing going where I could go weeks without smoking. Thought I could trust myself to limit my use responsibly. Last night I needed to smoke 1.5 g just to get a half decent high after smoking daily for a few weeks. My tolerance is just too much.

Time to break again. Day one here and my goal is one month maybe more. Hopefully I learn this time to not go back to daily use again after!

I’m on day 4 of my break. going to the end of the month. kinda terrible timing because I just started my last semester of grad school and have to finish off an internship this month, both of which stress me out to no end.

I’m on a break simply to try and reset my tolerance. it’s so hard to keep this going because i feel like i “deserve it” at the end of every day, and am tempted to stop the break. since the break isn’t really life or death, it’s hard to encourage myself to keep going. i’m not craving it or anything, but the reward of it is very tempting.

trying to replace the reward of weed with something else rewarding, but it was so nice to be able to shut my brain off without trying. i don’t believe i have an unhealthy relationship with weed, and I know experiencing that new high on the 31st will be worth it, but man! it’s hard to rebuild a reward system for yourself.

hey, i (20f) am wanting to taper down to take a t break and then switch from daily use to weekends only. i started smoking when i was 18 and last July is when i began using daily. right now im down to one bowl a night around 10pm, but when i tried to stop cold turkey i had AWFUL withdrawls. do you think i should cut down to half a bowl for a few days and then go to a quarter? i also plan on buying some cbd for when i do get off of thc completely.

I usually smoke a blunt per day, usually at night before dinner and sleeping. Sometimes I smoke more if im going out at night or som, but not typically.

I don't have that good relationship with food, so weed helps me with that since the food is really so tasty after smoking. (it's unreal Imao)

I also used to have a lot of insomnia, actually tried a lot of benzos and other things (medicated) so I could feel asleep faster, but I used to have these fucked up dreams and I stopped. Also tried melatonin, and it kinda helped me, but not much.

Weed usually helps me fall asleep, since I don't take those anymore. I also noted that if I miss smoking during one or two nights the "withdraw" is much more tolerable that the withdraw of benzos and antipsychotics. My anxiety couldn't stop if I missed a night.

And that’s another reason I smoke. It really really helps with my anxiety or occasional bpd crisis. I keep being medicated, I just don't take nothing before sleeping anymore and substituted that w weed, mostly bc of the nightmares as I said before. But lately I'm noticing that when I'm smoking I feel the urge to increase the quantity of blunts so I can get properly high as I did before, prob bc l'm creating tolerance.

I really didn't want to smoke that much. First because I'm not able to afford it lmao and really bc I don't think a lot of THC would benefit me, since I already experienced some paranoia and other things when I abused it. My family has the disposition to mental conditions like schizophrenia and etc, and my ex psychiatrist once told me to be careful with weed bc of that, and I couldn't take that of my mind.

Do u'all think I should just quit and find a better option? Or keep smoking 1 a day? Or maybe just cbd? What do you think? What options do I have?

Thank u for reading until here

I’ve been smoking weed for about 4 years now. It helps me to relax and socialize with my friends after i’m done working and getting through life. Over the past couple of years though the dab pens and carts have taken over. I can no longer get high when i smoke or vape thc. From the second i wake up to the moment i sleep i’m cheifing off a cart and it’s frustrating how quickly i kill them without getting high. Any advice on cutting back and would i be able to reset tolerance by just cutting carts out and smoking bud less or would i have to go sober?

I’m on day 6 of an open ended T-Break. I want 30 days at a minimum, but I’m considering making it longer.

This T-Break has been by far the easiest one I’ve ever done (and I’ve attempted several). I haven’t experienced a lot of the withdrawal symptoms I normally do. My mood has been decent, I feel a little foggy and having a hard time focusing, but beyond that I’m not craving it constantly like i was the last time I tried taking a break. Last time, I was angry and mean to everyone around me and made excuses to come back to it because it wasn’t worth it to be this asshole all the time.

Last night was the first time I grilled since I stopped and I was overwhelmed with intense cravings. So much of my routine has been rolling a blunt or joint while I’m outside grilling dinner and it took me grilling again to really bring out the triggers. Made me realize that, for me, it’s the habit of the routine that keeps me coming back to it far more than a physical “I need this.” I pushed through and by the time I was back inside eating dinner I was completely fine again. Has anyone else felt this way with it?

Stupid question probably but I use d9, rso regularly (eaten) and I use carts too. If I stop eating stuff and continue to use the cart for a few weeks will my edible tolerance go down still or will the cart keep it fried. I’m basically not getting much effect anymore but have too much on currently to add withdrawal to that. If I can stop the edibles for a while I can regulate much more and ease off a bit

Backstory is I’ve been a heavy smoker for 6 years, everyday all day.

I just went cold turkey, 3 days in. First night was brutal, second night was actually not too bad. Focus and drive was absolute garbage today. But I will say, withdrawals are kinda starting to subside, and I got my appetite back today. But I’m still having serious cravings. I know I need to quit, but I really just need to quit smoking all day every day. I need to get a good routine going so I can live up to my full potential in life and my career. I feel like smoking all the time is just holding me back from what I know Im capable of. But I still love smoking weed, I would rather smoke a joint or a bowl to relax after work then drink a beer or glass of wine.

My goal of quitting cold turkey isn’t to fully quit, it’s just to have a healthier relationship with cannabis.

I guess my question is, for those that have come before me, is it counter productive to quit cold turkey for a week just to smoke again for one night? Would going and buying one joint on Saturday, completely derail my end goal? Should I wait a little longer before smoking again? Any advice helps, thanks.

I just took my last hit for 4 days. Family is visiting who are NOT COOL with the positive effects of cannabis. This will be good for me, I’ve been too heavy of a user lately. Wish me luck and advice welcome for those comments when you really want a hit! Thanks so much

I had a weed problem. I cut way back. But I'm still quite susceptible to smoking more than I want to.

What I would love is to be able to buy just enough weed for one session, but this is proving to be very difficult.

I'm buying from the legal Canadian market.

A dry herb vape would be my preferred option, but a third gram of flower seems to be the smallest amount and it's enough for multiple sessions. This leaves me vulnerable to getting stoned several days in a row, which is a big no-no at this point.

It's hard to get a single pre-roll that's less than a gram, and even on the rare occasion I can get a single 0.5g joint it's impossible to get one weak enough (seems like the minimum strength is 14%). Consuming strong weed via a joint means getting more stoned than I want to, which leaves me much more vulnerable to cravings.

Edibles are basically a non-starter. Too many in any pack and even though they're dosed accurately they seem to have wildly different effects depending on the day.

Is my only option a K-safe or total abstinence? Anyone have a good trick for only keeping enough on them for a single responsible session?

I’ve been smoking for the past 4-5 years now and if I had the money, I could smoke a cart a day ( how I normally was) I’m down to scavenging around for money to find enough to pay for gas and the next cart. I haven’t gone a day without smoking in atleast a year now, anything will suffice my smoking. Flower, carts, concentrates, edibles. I’ve been have stomach issues since about 2 years ago, it only happens when I first wake up, or throughout the day if I haven’t ate. I think it’s because I’m going through withdrawals when I sleep. I normally drink something with calories to help my stomach in the morning and it’s really helped, it’s like I can feel my body eating itself from the inside until I get something in my stomach. I’ve been smoking everyday still, relying on it. Would a 1:1 Cbd, thc cart possibly help me lean off of relying on it?

I have been using weed on and off since I was 13-19, and then i have been consistently smoking everyday from 21-26 and with only a handful of days off in between. Daily weed use has destroyed my motivation, drive, and desires for achieving my goals. At this old age of 26 i catch myself being so lazy and lethargic especially when i try and take a break i truly do not want to do anything at first. I own a small house washing company and I am heavily investing and learning how to day trade stock options/futures. I have clear life goals and desires i aspire to achieve, and daily weed use has made me feel so content and lazy with doing the bare minimum. I love and am proud of my property service company however I do not have much of a drive to push my company to do better and better every year, I just float by getting the contracts that i can and doing the bare minimum at least in my mind. Same with my stock trading career I feel that I am doing the bare minimum and just doing enough to make it feel like I am putting in effort. It has gotten so bad to a point where when i want to stop daily weed smoking and i fail the next day i just feel so awful for failing and i end up smoking anyway. I just know that when i do stop smoking daily i find myself so much more motivated and ready to conquer the task of making my company better and bettering my stock trading career. I never thought weed would make me so lazy but on nights i fail to not smoke during the week for example, the next day i feel so depressed and unmotivated due to my lack of self control and inability to follow through on my word, that i literally do not want to go to work anymore even though i work for myself in my own company with one other employee. The GRIPS and HEAVY HANDS of daily weed smoking has really caught up to me to a point on days off when my employee calls in sick I just end up smoking and watching Tiktoks instead of replying to customers, closing more deals, and furthering my stock day trading career, I just waste the day. I become addictted to being lazy and doing nothing. This post marks the day I stop daily weed smoke for good as I am 26, I have a girlfriend I have been with for almsot 8 years. And I want to grow my company, establish myself as a profitable stock day trader and eventually start a family. Daily weed use has killed my drive to achieve this status of success in my mind and I know I simply cannot keep smoking daily as it just ruins all my motivation. Quitting daily use becomes easy only when i remind myself of all the benefits I will gain and Cons I will still have if I do not stop. I just wanted to rant it out to this group as i understand a lot of you find that the lack of motivation is so strong and heavy when smoking daily every night even. I look forward to having more clarity and motivation and to still enjoy the green plant but from a more distant time. I also have OCD which definitely gets me obsessive with any task I attempt to accomplish or any habit I start, a lot of the time i catch myself stopping daily weed use to only start obsessing about how badly i want to smoke again today and every day. If i never found this to be a problem I would just keep smoking everyday but enough is enough, I am done with the anxiety attacks in the middle of the night, I am tired of always having to roll up before and after every meal, I am tired of my stomach not being able to hold down any food with out the weed to numb it, I am tired of having to roll up weed for every hike or nature walk i take. I am tired of this weak person I have created within myself. I am tired of not having enough energy to even go out with my girlfriend on the weekends because i rather chill and smoke weed at home, I want to experience more life and more energy so enough is enough. Goodbye to daily weed smoking forever, only smoking on occasion once in 2 weeks or on special occasions here and there. I want to achieve my goal of becoming a millionaire, and I know I need all the extra energy and motivation to get there. I have been on the right path for a while but now it's time to take off the heavy weights of weed off my back to finally let me get through and down this millionaire path faster and more effectively. Also I want to achieve my stock trading career so i can finally escape the 9-5 slave trade that we all must work in, so i can finally get my freedom from slaving for a paycheck, and again i feel that only with cutting back on this downer drug can i achieve my life goals. I am currently wearing 3-4 layers of pants and jackets to detox and sweat out as much of the weed as possible from last night. I must achieve this lifestyle i so badly desire. and it weed is a tricky item that makes you feel more motivated when you smoke but the downside of feeling tired and lazy until you smoke again is really catching up. It is as if you must smoke all the time to keep up your energy or not smoke and deal with initial lack of energy in order to get back to natural energy from your brain.

Dabs guy, got up to a 1-2g of shatter a day. I've managed to taper down to 3 grams every 5 days. Now I'm trying to get down to a cart every 5 days and go from there.

I don't do much of anything, I don't leave the house much and doing anything physical is painful for days. I have a spinal chord injury and the nephropathy is torture, I take medication for the pain but it's not great and the side effects are no fun. One of them is that it acts like a sedative, this gives me ZERO motivation but makes me feel so bored at the same time. I've been using the dabs as pain management but also for anxiety.

Why am I here? This isn't working, nearly 2g daily isn't sustainable or healthy. Let alone cheap...

I don't think it's helping my mental health challenges, but it makes everything suck a little bit less.

I'm seeing a therapist weekly and he is aware of all of this but I've only had a few sessions so far.

Does anyone have any experience with SCI's and slowing down or quitting altogether?

It's hard to keep the drive to slow down when things are this physically painful, I can't do any of the things I used to enjoy..only get higher and hope that I'll feel like playing video games at some point.

I've switched to carts from shatter since it's easier to control the dose and not "accidentally" overdo it and melt into the couch for hours.
I debated posting this to leaves (still might), but this sub seemed like a better starting point.

Open to any suggestions

Hello everybody, I am a heavy, chronic user and former grower. My use is mainly for support of depression and for spiritual purposes. My intake recently has been about 1-2g of wax per day, previously it was multiple ounces a week of flower using a volcano vaporizer.

I was having rather extreme withdrawal symptoms, including the classic nausea and lack of appetite, but also extreme rage and some disassociation. The withdrawals were so troubling that I was worried maybe I had an underlying disease, so I tried tapering slowly this time and have had absolute success. I use the KSafe kitchen safe and put my torch in it.

For my brothers and sisters out there who spend their every waking minute stoned and cannot comprehend what life would be like not smoking , let me tell you tapering as the way.

When we smoke weed just to feel normal and don’t get high anymore that means it’s time to change something. Weed was one of my first Entheogenic experiences, but by the time I started to detox, I couldn’t feel it, now when I dab I get ripped.

I took my cues from anti-depressant cessation, that is by going painfully slow. My goal was to go so slow, I’d become frustrated and would be essentially biting at the bit wanting to reduce my consumption.

For the first few weeks, I did not smoke before 8 AM, and for several weeks after that , it was 9 AM, before eventually moving to 10 AM. This was the hardest part for me. During this time I began to process emotions that had been backlogged for years, and perhaps even more difficult was learning how to deal with new stress and new emotions, while not being stoned.

Instead of rushing forward and cutting weed out later and later throughout the day, I began to set a firmer deadline at night. Let me tell you, the later you smoke at night the harder it is not smoking in the morning. Eventually, I was able to stop smoking weed by 8 PM. This was crucial, and it made the feelings of agitation in the morning much less painful. What this did was it opened up a 12+ hour period to detox.

Eventually, when I felt comfortable, I started dabbing at noon. When I got to this point, I felt a strong urge to go further and start dabbing later and later in the evening. It’s really important to stick to the schedule when you get to this point, while your mind is adjusted to not using marijuana, your body is still catching up. There’s a three day period minimum of catchup but realistically, you’re gonna need 2-4 or more weeks for each phase.

After dabbing for a while at noon, moving to 2, eventually moving to 5:30PM, I am finally in the place where I smoke for 2 1/2 hours a night, and I treated it the same way as wine. Drinking a glass of wine in the morning is horrible and so is getting blazed.

I generally take two dabs at a time, a double volley, but once I got to the 5:30-8 PM schedule I was able to reduce it to one dab at a time, effectively two dabs a night. It’s insane how much more potent cannabis is when you get down to this level.

Relapsing: I have relapsed for a couple weeks at a time, going back to smoking all day, and it’s a major drag to get back from, but it’s a lot easier than the first time. This whole process can be used and sped up, spending only a couple days in each phase versus a couple weeks.

The whole goal of this system was to maintain balance and harmony, while allowing the body and mind to adjust.

Tips: there are a couple ways to make this a lot easier I have found. Burning frankincense is extremely helpful for relaxing and taking the edge off, and as well as reducing some feelings of anxiety and depression.

During the time that you are dabbing, in between dabs, put the torch in the safe for 1-2 hours at a time, eventually going to 3.5 hours. You’ll start feeling the effects wearing off and detoxing before your next dab.

Using a sauna and weightlifting are also extremely helpful. However, I found my drive to do both totally depleted.

Do not drink caffeine in the morning while you are detoxing. Caffeine sensitivity is increased.

Having a simple cold or a flu is not an excuse to use marijuana and is a surefire way to relapse.

Drinking a glass of red wine at night helped in various ways. While I honestly think it helped with some of the detoxing, it also offered an outlet for relaxation. Once my body felt that, my subconscious seems to have become less interested in using weed. However, the wine was also extremely dangerous at times because of the relaxation and provided. I would find myself guzzling it and drinking way too fast, and being hung over is not the way to go about detoxing.

The main withdrawals and detox are mostly emotional and related to emotional processing. It’s really important to try to stay positive and not falling into a cycle of complaining. You’ll see guys on here freaking out about smoking only 2g of flower per week, and their claims are actually probably valid because they are using this as an anti-depressant. When you start moaning about how hard it is, and at some point you likely will indeed start moaning, it becomes a lot harder. However, once you see how clean and clear and good it feels to be on the outside wow, you’ll never want go back.

Hiya. This has been rough lol. I've had all the typical withdrawal symptoms. Sweaty, insomnia, lack of appetite. Yesterday my mood really started evening out though. No more anxiety, anhedonia, etc. But today my body feels like it got hit by a bus.

I'm nauseous, fatigued, and feel like I could go right back to bed. This isn't the first time I've posted on this sub looking for reassurance lol but can someone please tell me if this is normal or not :/ Thank you guys. 

Preface- I quit last September. I've never done well with moderation. I used to smoke a quarter a month.

I've been seeing this therapist for years. Nor for addiction. She asked me today why I don't use and we discussed it. She said once a week could be healing for me since my stress levels have been immense. She thinks I can moderate. I think I can too, but the last time I did fail.

I'm proud of my current break, but part of me feels more proud of myself if I could moderate and have true self control rather than having to abstain permanently.

This is just a rant for me (18m as of 2 months ago) trying to understand my mental dynamics better. No need for anyone to respond, but would still be very appreciated so don’t hesitate as I believe connecting with others is a the main thing helping me through this.

I think I’ve found a plan to get my sticky substance problem under control. Obviously, I like weed. I loved the way it made me feel when I started, and still do when I’m in a healthy headspace. But that’s the exact problem with where my abuse began; I just enjoyed it way more than what should be normal. I even managed to see I liked it more than my friends (4) when all of us picked up weed habits at the same time. I really started recognize a problem when I would find my self sneaking off to smoke any chance I got and not telling a single soul that I was high. School, work, hell even highschool football games (still did my thing on the field regardless likely due to a fucked up tolerance.)

Addictive personalities they say, needless to say I think I have one.

I think I need to indefinitely quit, and the only reason I say indefinitely is because I’m having such a hard time saying goodbye forever. Those memories of the early days are some of the best times of my life.

Got a little off topic but my plan is to basically quit until I barely find interest in smoking again, and hopefully through some time my brain can heal. God willing the damage done to my brain will heal and one day allow me to ACTUALLY only smoke very sparingly without the urge to keep going.

But another aspect to this I feel worth mentioning is the common saying ‘once an addict you’ll forever be a recovering one.’

There really is so much nuance to addiction that I’m just now dissolving.

Guys I think I'm done trying to moderate. Sure I slept for 12 hours. But, was that sleep really that great? I have adhd. My job is boring as hell. I've worked here for 15 years I could do this blindfolded. Except it's also pissing me off constantly. So I go next door to get a cart or something so I don't scream fuck you at my boss. I should have quit years ago except job hunting pisses me off more and I never really developed the social skills for interviews. Anyway think the stuff is making me weird. Like people can tell my brain is melting. I'll be talking with customers and they can tell that I can't wait to get away from them etc. It's like I'm trying to pretend not to be high all day and it's making me socially awkward. Oh and of course my adhd meds kill my appetite all day and on the comedown i start binge eating. My shoulder problems and back problems i think are directly correlated to the fact I dropped multiple pants sizes but, am not confident in my ability to not gain it back. I keep hiking them up lol. I lost 2 hours of my life last night because i fell asleep at like 830pm. I'm constantly complaining that i don't have enough free time yet here i am just passing out in bed to the sound of a box fan at the same time i went to bed in middle school. Anyway this has to stop. Will cbd help with the irritability/?

I quit weed for good a while back but ran into a friend and ended up having a smoke with him. It was actually quite an enjoyable experience and I'd like to start smoking occasionally again for creative inspiration/ leisure. I was wondering if anyone has any tips.

This happened last week. I was anxious about something else and when I smoked it turned into an hour long panic attack. After the high wore off I still felt high the rest of the day but without the euphoria. Ever since then i’ve felt light headed and slightly dizzy and I can’t seem to think straight. Feels like there’s a rock in my brain. I smoked daily for years before this without a problem but I haven’t smoked once since this happened. I get more lightheaded if I exercise or move my head around too much. It feels like my brain is broken and now i’m even more depressed because I can’t smoke anymore to numb my emotions like I was doing all these years. I’ve researched this so much but really found nothing besides people mentioning dp/dr but it’s not that either because I’ve been through that before (not from weed) and this is different. If anyone has been through this or knows anything about it please I need any advice you can give. Thank you

I love cannabis, I think it's a great medicine and spirtual aid. However I started consuming 3-4 times a week which definitely would've escalated further. So I took a week break and am going to consume and pray again on Saturday. Anyone else have a experience like this? Have a great day/night :)