What day are you on? (weed withdrawal)

My experience is that the depression, negativity, and low mood have been disappearing in waves. It has kept coming back, but fewer and farther between.

Day 84.

hey guys,
day 1 here. been smoking nearly everyday since 14 and im now 19. Its been a strange few months for me, after doing a two month road trip to vancouver BC ( probably second greatest city in the world for stoners) this summer smoking many times a day, i felt a real connection to weed when returning home. then, after ripping the bong, i watched a tv special on the linkages of schizophrenia to heavy marijuana use. since then ive been extremely paraniod about the possibility of being part of the 1% due to my circumstances of useage. this caused me to look into it on the web, and as many people do, i was able to convince myself it was true. i tried to quit a couple weeks back, but got freaked out by my moods and depression. i felt like i was going crazy. this added to my fear of being schitzo and pushed me back into heavy usage to alleviate my mind from thinking about the possiblity.

today i agreed to take part in a university study on the long term effects of heavy cannabis use and part of this study means i need to go 10 days without a joint. i was feeling really low and frantic about my fears of being schizophrenic/psychotic today and found myself looking on the web again. then i found this forum. ive been reading all of your posts and im beginning to realize that what i'm experiencing is not some mental condition that afflicts 1.5% of the global population, but rather the common effects of quitting after years of smoking weed that afflict all those in the position. You guys have not only helped me calm my nerves about what im experiencing, but you've also given me hope that after this ten day period i will be able to continue this non-use. i hope you are all sticking by your decisions and i want to thank you all again for speaking your mind and helping people like me and you!
cheers
eddy

Juggernaut wrote:My experience is that the depression, negativity, and low mood have been disappearing in waves. It has kept coming back, but fewer and farther between.

Day 84.

You must be pretty close to me. Not counting the days, just the months now and pretty near to the 3 month mark. What day did you stop?

Hey FTA, how's it going! It was Sunday August 22 - closing in on the 3 month mark indeed! I remember there were you, me, and about 3-4 other people who all quit within a few days of each other and hung in there. I'm up to counting just weeks - 84 days was 12 x 7. I'm going to keep counting weeks and months for a while to stay mindful of the quit while I'm still a fragile fledgling sober guy. Here's to that day not too far off when we won't even be counting anymore.

Juggernaut wrote:Hey FTA, how's it going! It was Sunday August 22 - closing in on the 3 month mark indeed! I remember there were you, me, and about 3-4 other people who all quit within a few days of each other and hung in there. I'm up to counting just weeks - 84 days was 12 x 7. I'm going to keep counting weeks and months for a while to stay mindful of the quit while I'm still a fragile fledgling sober guy. Here's to that day not too far off when we won't even be counting anymore.

Hey, Sunday was my first day too - for some reason I was thinking that it was the 21st which would have meant celebrating on the next full moon (this coming Sunday 21st) but it's actually a day later, on Monday 22nd. Sunday is 'only' the 13 week marker!

Hi!,
Im in day 2 after stopping for 4 months and relapsing for two days, its ok now, it was hell before. The reason I relapsed was that I thought it was not addictive xD Now my will has taken control and nothing can stop me from quitting permantly. I wanted to comment a funny dream I had last night, the night of day 1 I was dreaming the whole night about weed, but it was different, this time I was not scoring it, this time I was saying no to it in every possible dream, unlike the 4 weed-free months before, the reason is that I didnt know then that it was addictive and now my whole being knows perfectly, the black cogs of lies are exploting or cleaning up xD Anyways, my dream; I was in a plane going to The Netherlands, I lived there for a couple of years, I was going on that plane to get some weed of course, several months ago the dreams were about scoring some and crossing a border with it, anyways, the plane didnt quite function well so It had to land, I remember not caring about my passanger safety but I decided I didnt want to go, that it was too risky and stupid, a guy told me about some swedish tranquilizers xDD and I told him I didnt want to go because I was leaving out weed of my life, so the plane left with out me and that was cool, I woke up, I had dreams like this the whole night but the last one is the one that I remember the best xD

I just wanted to say congratulations to every1 qutting, keep it up, stay strong! and as a guy said your worst enemy is your mind, dont let it **** you around! ,D

Cheers!,

Dave

Hi everyone

It's been quite awhile since I posted on here, but a recent run-in with some old stoner buddies (who tried their best to get me smoking with them, then got aggressive when I refused) left me thinking back to the start of my quitting journey and how important this forum was for it.

I quit smoking smoking weed on March 8th this year and haven't touched it since. 291 days, blows my mind as prior to quitting I thought I'd be smoking it for the rest of my life. There have been plenty of times since then where I've wanted to score (I find that high level stress from external sources really triggers that urge in me) but I've resisted. Feels like I've come too far to go back now, and I know if I did give into those urges I'd be depressed as hell about it.

My depression levels have balanced out a lot since quitting. It's still there, but it's not as drastic in its shifting and highs/lows. I'm able to balance it a lot better than I could previously (ironic considering for so many years I convinced myself that weed was helping with my depression).

I hope you're all doing well with your own lives and positive changes being made to them. Wishing you all a wonderful Xmas and a new year full of hope and good times.

M.