When quitting Marijuana, why is it that you feel better...

i've been 'clean' off the green for 5 weeks now....feel great and have no cravings or any desire to go back to it...now for me, luckily i was abit of a gym freak, but from when i quit i went at it harder (since i had soo much more free time since i wasn't high or comatosed), first ten days though were pretty tough, felt depressed, anxious and the whole lot...but my best tip (so far) would be to exercise regularly and try and eat well...i think without regular exercise, not only wouldn't i be feeling as good (and as a vein as ever!) but i don't think i would be seeing as much clarity as someone who doesn't exercise, after all sweating out the toxins is only going to help you in detox (well duhhh!)...but to all those who are finding themselves slipping off the band wagon, or feel they need a joint, just stay positive, think about how you are going to be and feel without the dreaded weed, after all its all in the mind, you take out those thoughts of smoking weed out, eventually you will forget about it. what is probably worth doing as well, if your finding it difficult, is to take yourself out of the weed smoking enviorment, despite leaving your friends or deleting dealers' numbers, at the end of the day, you will benefit in the long run whether it be by meeting people you wouldn't of met before, doing things you wouldn't normally do or becoming a healthy individual both satisfied and aware of yourself and things around you...there is light at the end of the tunnel..and 'friends' who attempt to coax you back in, looking back on experience, are those who want to drag you down with them..a kind of justification of them smoking as well..these people aren't you friends...a true friend will back you and support you...so maybe evaluating the people around you is something which you really should take heed of and hopefully...after eliminating these people from your life, you can move on...sounds cruel, but life's cruel...and hell really is, other people..

anyways, im rambling on..lol...

best of luck to everyone (and to myself) and greetings from across the atlantic (yes i am a brit...prim and proper and all that!)

peace out (that's what you yanks say right?!just kidding!)

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Congrats on the 5 weeks. I got 2 weeks myself. I have to remember to exercise and meditate. It's easy to skip it when the going is good, but then it suddenly catches up when the going gets tough...
good advice on it all! Thanks

I'm not really fond of exercising to the point that I am sweating profusely. I am really underweight and trying to deal with that (i.e. not raise my metabolism unnecessarily) so I mainly to things like tai chi, meditation etc for health/mind/lung health, and I do body weight exercises so I can get strength enough to master my body.(and I am getting results from an aesthetic point of view...not that I have anyone to impress but myself I suppose )

Thanks for the advise and support. I won't be relapsing. Perhaps meeting new people would be good, but I still feel social anxiety and awkward round others. And if it's with someone I want to impress/become friends with, I seem to lose the ability to converse!

However, If it's with someone I have no interest in maintaining/developing a friendship with, I can have intense conversations and my vocab expands drastically. It's weird.

Perhaps I should just stay to myself and focus on personal development? I'm sure some people ARE islands despite the saying.

Congrats to everyone who is maintaining their quitting regime. For me the cravings have been pretty much non existent for quite a while if that's any help to anyone having a hard time.

so crazy you mention that, i was just hanging out with 2 different groups of people tonight and the first i was cool with and carried convos but in the 2nd group i was more quiet and you know...

crazy''

This is a response to the first post that started the threat: Maybe it's because you're thinking about it too much. I believe most of this stuff to be in our head. Try adopting the thought that you have given up nothing that nature didn't think you needed in the first place. You haven't given up pot, you've quit it, which is a different thing altogether. Quitting something is good, "giving it up" implies a sacrifice. You haven't made a sacrifice. If you fool yourself into believing you have made a sacrifice, I can see why you would be down and out over it, it sucks to sacrifice things. If you quit something you don't need at all in the first place, then there's no reason to be unhappy.

So I think if you drum in the message to yourself that it's all in the head and that you're sacrificed nothing, that you are a fully complete human being naturally, you won't be depressed.



As for the socializing, this is a matter of self-confidence. There's no need to try and impress when talking to new people, just be yourself. If you click with that person, great, if not, no harm done. Be comfortable with yourself, that's the most important thing.