Posted by Eddie Sylvano on July 1, 2003, at 10:02:50
In reply to Quiting weed... Help!, posted by JonW on June 30, 2003, at 23:33:45
> Anyone here quit smoking marijuana?
Yeah. Of course, for me, it was just because the guy I bought from stopped selling. That'll take care of things quickly.
The problem is that if you're used to having that as a daily relaxer, you start to notice that you're pretty edgy and bored without it, and you replace it with something else (alcohol, cigarettes). So it's not so much a problem of withdrawl as it is a realization that you were doing it to escape a bit. It makes you face your "unmedicated" self, and prompted me to finally make a pdoc appointment, because I'm just not a functional person sans drugs.
It also made me lose a few pounds, since it was keeping my appetite artificially high. Unfortunately, I was pretty skinny to begin with.
Anyway, as far as advice, I'd just recommend that you be aware of the fact that you'll likely need to find a replacement for the weed, and you should try to find a relatively healthy one, like exercise or anxiolytics (and not junk food, cigarettes, alcohol, or old pipe resin :). It's hard, though. There's a reason why certain people do drugs.
poster:Eddie Sylvano
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