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i know people say you can’t get addicted to weed but thats total bull. i have quit for 2 months now [not by choice] and i am actually trying to stay sober. the only problem is i have a great need. i am talking a NEED to smoke. most pot heads say this is crazy and im a lier that ive talk to. I need to know if anyone else felt like this quitting or if they stayed sober after this. I get cold and tingly skin feelings and night sweats. i also start to get really really paroniod when i get this feelings. my pupils look enlarge like im stoned even though i didnt smoke. i swere to god im not pulling peoples legs and i never did anything else besides weed. i may one time got something laced which i know is highly unlikely but it was the strongest high i have ever gotten. i saw a 3-D cube of my room rotating infront of me and my eyes basicly walking throught my room which was a maze at the time. again im not pulling your leg and im starting to get really scared my intense weed crave is not going to go away. please please please share stories if you have had a weed crave very bad while quiting and if sticking it out you eventually got over it or not. i really need to know also how everybody else quit and stayed sober because im fearing i will relapse soon and cant hold out much longer without help

I’ve tried to stop smoking weed before and did so for about 3 months, but I really didn’t have a reason to quit for it wasn’t negatively affecting my life. That’s why I started back.

If you’re serious abut wanting to stop, find activites to fill your time with and to distract you from your cravings.

I am admittedly one of those women who smoked while they were pregnant. I battled it for the entire 9 months (only had 4 a day) and I even managed to quit for 2 weeks. I’m still battling it and after I had a miscarriage, I swore I would quit before I got pregnant again. Due to the emotional stress of the miscarriage, I pretty much started chain smoking.

I just found out that I’m pregnant again. I’ve only had 5 cigarettes today, but the cravings are killing me and I feel like I’m going to break down.

Any tips on quiting? My SIL is one of those lucky people who simply threw away the cigarettes the day she found out and said she never has a craving for one.

Some people have told me that the doctor will prescribe you something, but does that have any effect on the baby?

I have tried nicotine gum in that past, but it didn’t do anything for me.
My husband also smokes, so if I don’t buy them he would.

Ideally, I’d like him to quit too but I already know that’s not going to happen.

Don’t buy them and think. I have a kid in there.

I quit smoking about 5 months ago… (I am so proud of myself) I feel so much healthier and a whole lot better about myself! It feels so weird to not get that ‘"break" to get away from something. To deal with things! Sometimes, I get so moody…. I know I have to stay positive! Lol… Quiting feels so good! So would you please tell me your story! How did you learn to calm yourself? If you put on some weight did you lose it after sometime? Do you feel more alive? How has your life changed since you quit?

I quit smoking when I was 27. I was smoking 3 packs a day and I drank coffee by the pot. I was eating Oreos and ice cream, and otherwise snacking quite a bit through the day because the cigs tasted better after I ate,, sooooo.. I was gaining a bit of weight before I quit. I gained no weight when I quit smoking, I lost… I also had a headache everyday of my life and had gone to eye drs, chiropractors, etc.. trying to cure them.. after a few months of no smoking I realized I had no more headaches…

So one night I was getting ready to go to sleep and I heard a wheezing sound coming from my mouth.. I said no way, and put my 1/2 empty pack of cigs in my pocket the next morning so that I wouldn’t go through the crazy looking for cig buts or bumming from somebody else etc… Then I never smoked again. I did like it for the first few months when a person came around and was smoking, I could breathe their smoke and feel so good… But soon the smoke was not pleasing anymore, 6 months, a year and a half.. I don’t remember exactly. Then the smoke irritated me..

I was very busy with my retail store so I was never bored and wandering what to do with my time so I think that helped. I also quit coffee as I said, they went together and I figured it would be easier to quit smoking without the coffee. I still don’t drink coffee to this day.. 20 years later… I dreamed off and on for about 7 years that I was smoking again, I would tell myself that I was so stupid and "why did you start again after so long" I would be really upset with my self when I woke up, sometimes I couldn’t tell if it was real or a dream after a awoke. I think that I was really ready to quit and it made it very easy for me. I think that you just have to keep your mind set to the fact that you are no longer a smoker and just never take that 1st one again…

I always thought I would kill everybody around me when I quit smoking, I had a lot of stress with my business, and a wife that was a hypochondriac and a liar, I thought that I need to smoke so that I would not blow up and yell and scream, beat on people or something… But the only real problem I had was wanting to sleep all the time, I think from quitting the coffee. I got over that in a few weeks though. I didn’t kill, beat or even yell too much…. The best thing is that now at almost 50 years old I feel better and stronger than I did when I was 27. I would drive my van in to Vegas a hundred miles and when I got out I would walk across the parking lot like an old man.. Now I jump out and do two double back flips and… oh well I do jump out and walk upright…

I’m 17 and feeling pretty low right about now. Actually I’ve been in a bout of depression for the past 7-8 months and I’m sort of lost. I’ve realized I’m pretty young and I’ve got quite a ways to go in life, and for that I’m extremely grateful. I know in the back of my mind that I still have a chance at a decent happy life, but I can’t bring myself to actually making things happen. I don’t want to live this way anymore, but I can’t seem to stop. If you’ve had experience with addiction and living a shitty life please drop some knowledge and lend me a hand. I need someone who really knows what they’re talking about, someone who has taken that first step out and has been where I am.

I’m a sleeping pill junkie, and that’s one of my biggest problems. I think my mom gave them to me when I was 12 to help me sleep and I’ve been addicted ever since. It’s gotten to the point where I could take 12 maximum strength pills a night and not even fall asleep. I’ll just stay up and listen to music while I enjoy the high. I’ve quit before, but I just end up relapsing. I know I’m capable of quiting again, it’s just so hard. Especially because I want this time to be my last.

I use to smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day from 15-17 (I’m about to be 18). I’ve quit and haven’t smoked in about 9 months.

Another addiction I have, which might not sound like one, is being a recluse. I was locked up when I was 14 for practically dropping out of school and I lost a lot of friends. I ended up switching to a charter school wich is 2 days a week for a short time and I ended up staying at home with no where to go. I eventually started skipping school because I got pale and I didn’t want people to look at me weird. Now it’s to the point where I haven’t really left my room for about 6th months.

I’m really living on the shit side of life right now and want out. I know I’m never going to be 100% like everyone else, but I want somewhat of a normal life or to be able to say I lived life to the fullest. There’s days where I’m ready to go out and do something about it, but end up getting discouraged because I don’t really know what to do and I slip back into this reclusive state with sleeping pills.

I want to say that it’s not that bad, but of course I’m going to say that because it’s an addiction…

I want to be able to put my life behind me once and for all. If there’s anyone who can help me or give advice, please do so.

I’m about to be out of school by the way.. Going for my GED because of my life style right now pretty much.. I just don’t know where I’m going after. I’ve put some thought into the military, but the more I think about it I don’t know if it’s such a good idea. I was kind of using it as an escape or a place I could turn too, but I know they would tear me up in there. I have major self-esteem issues.

I don’t know..

wow thats too much to read.im straight. just set your mind to it and u can quit anything. nothing and no one can help u , you gotta help your self in this world thats how it works. u gotta do what u gotta do.so go do it! why u on the computer for

ok…i used to smoke weed,cigarettes, Black and mild’s, and i used to drink any type of hard liquor……i quit it all 4 months ago because i noticed how much it effected me… and me and all my Friends who did smoke and party wit me and all that got into arguments with me over those 4 months…..my best friend and i just started to not be friends and i haven’t did anything besides go to school, and regular family stuff for a month now…i have no friends outside of school……i was pretty much proud of myself for quiting but now i keep having cravings for all of these….im pretty shure it has to do with me not doing anything…but none of my friends will take me back, i don’t want to mess myself up again but im depressed and there isn’t anything to do but go on the computer…..wat do i do????
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my friendz didn’t stop being my friendz just cause i stopped…they were proud of me after like a month……..i dont want to start again i just want the cravings to stop and a way to get out of my depresion and do different stuff
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i DONT want to be on drugs….period…. i just want to be a normal teen……no depression….no stupid drugs……no fuking people i have to rely on…..also how do i become independent……i noticed how important my frendz were and i dnt wanna need any1 ………iz it like this the whole time yur a teenager???? im 13 btw
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i love the feeling of weed but the after effects make me so lazy and yah

Well…you should do whatever you think is right and good for you. Since you are only 13, you’ve got A LOT more of those teen years coming up, and the pressure of drinking and smoking will probably worsen. Just stick to your commitment and fight the cravings, they are only psychological. Good luck