Hello all :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:
My name is ashley im 24. About 2 Years ago i started smoking Marijuana. What started to maybe once in a while every other weekend, or just when someone was around me smoking it, led to EVERYDAY if not every other day smoking at least 1-5 joints a day, up untill yesterday. I did not SMOKE pot lastnight, and today i feel like a totally new person. I hope that i can do it, because this feeling i have today is like im back to my normal self again,(at least in certain ways i can concentrate today and i feel happy and like i want to do things now, and i am hoping i can get through this. When i smoked, i didnt wanna do anything else. I stay home all the time, i dont have a job , I stopped taling to the friends i did have and i was always depressed and had soemthing to complain about all the time, It was like i was in a fog, staring off at nothing all the time, cant concentrate or think right, and smoking it just made me want to smoke more and more because the "high" feeling wasnt there anymore. for the last few weeks, I felt as if i was just getting worse, and lastnight i went to roll a joint, and i just put it back and told myself no you can do it. Im hoping now that i can get through this without the urges.. Am i going to go through any withdrawl symptoms? Im afraid of that, im afriad im gonna get so bad that im just gonna go right back to smoking it again. Smoking pot for a while helped me associate with people, and not care about what people thought of me(Since i was about 13 i was always shy, and not social, i felt like people were judging me and i had and STILL have no self esteem,) So i smoked so i would be able to be social,and thought it would help. but after a while it just made everything worse, when i smoke now i get paranoid, depressed and just blah. I was on paxil for anxiety attacks, but i went off it because it made me feel like a zombie, and the pot helped me at the time. Now it does nothing for me but bring me down. I guess im wondering if anyone else out there has given up the drug and i want to hear about how their life has changed from it. I hope i dont get withdrawl symptoms, what would the symptoms be? Thanks everyone for reading this, god bless you all. :) Ashley :angel:

My story sounds very much like yours, though mine is probably a lot worse. I'm turning 24 this year, so I'm just about your age. I too smoked a little at first, then a lot, then everyday. I also stopped talking to all of my friends. It seems so incomprehensible what I did/am doing.

I think for most ppl, getting off pot is easy, but not for me. So yeah, all I can say is that many, many ppl have easily gotten off of pot and resumed their lives with absolutely no problem. It sounds like you've gotten off on the right foot and things are heading that way too.

It just depends on your personality and how focused and determined you are. I have an addictive personality, and I give up really easily (I don't even try in fact) so that's why it's so hard for me.

I'd really like to be able to tell you a happy "being sober was easy and my life is all better now" success story, but I'd be lying if I told you that. It's been over a year now, and it's still really really (really x infinity) hard for me. I'm still jonesing every single second, I'm still not talking to my friends, I'm still not looking for a job, I'm still not getting over this. What I can tell you is that being sober means nothing if you don't put in the effort to get yourself back to normal again. I've been sober for so long, but it makes zero difference because my lifestyle hasn't changed at all. Just that the smoking part is gone (but I still veg and zone out all day like I did when I smoked).

I sure didn't feel good the first day I was sober, so you're already a few steps ahead of me. Keep it up, and don't focus on the sobriety. I'm sure that if you (and me too I guess) fill your life with lots of other things, you won't miss pot at all and you won't need pot at all. Anyway, take care of yourself, stay healthy and good luck! :angel:

Paine-
How are ya?Haven't heard from you-how are you holding up?
Good i hope..
Just wanted to check in and say hello!!!
Im ok...weird stuff going on-death related..reminding me to "stay out of it"..
Take care..
Heather

Heather, I am so sorry to hear about your friend's son. How tragically awful. I really don't know what to say or if anything I say can be of any condolence. But I hope you can remain strong during this time.

I left you a note a while back in one of the older threads, dunno if you got it or not. Glad to hear you're doing okay. Take care.

Ash, you might have trouble sleeping for a while, and youll probably be pretty grouchy. But if weed is the only thing you are trying to quit then you will probably get thru it pretty easily once you get past the first week or two.

I have confidence in you that you'll be able to make it though this fairly easily within a very short while, like most ppl. But just in case, don't feel discouraged if you're still jonesing after a long while. I think this is normal. This is where pure discipline comes into play. Anyway, it's been over a year for me and I'm still waiting for things to get easier. So again, don't worry if you don't get totally better within a few weeks.

Thank you everyone for replying to me.

It's been 4 nights since i hve not samoked pot, and im quite surprised with my self. I havent had a withdrawl symptom, besides hard time sleeping, buti can definetly deal with that and work on it.I cant say for sure with all honestly that i will not touch it again, because I have been so tempted to have a joint especially tonight. If i do it wont be EVERYDAY like i was doing it. I know that at sometime or another i might give in and have one, but im going to be strong enough to know when to stop. I feel good. :D

It's nice to be able to come on a board, and read others storys, and hear form others that are going through or have gone through the same things. Thank you all.
Ashley :angel:

Hi there. I quit smoking pot about a month ago, mostly because I moved and i have no supply in my new area, which I am quite happy about. Pot was making me more depressed than usual. (I am bipolar and pot helped me none). I understand the feeling of losing contact with your friends... pot makes everything more entertainging, you can watch the most ridiculous tv shows and be entertained. I haven't had many withdrawl symptoms except difficulty sleeping as many other respondants(sp) have said. I feel so much smarter, I can literally feel my brain cells coming back and that is a good feeling. My memory is coming back and I am so proud that I could pass a drug test. There are so many benefits from not smoking pot that it makes it all worth it. Hang in there and be strong. feel happy that there aren't many withdrawl symptoms. Although you may experience some anxiety and grouchiness. Good luck my thought are with you. "No day but today"

Well, nobody's sure that pot kills brain cells, but I for one know for sure that somehow my ability to think has been hampered greatly due to pot.

I also heard that brain cells are the only cells which cannot regenerate. So if pot does kill brain cells, that means your brain cannot ever regenerate those lost cells?

I can just imagine my brain right now, full of holes like swiss cheese...