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Maybe not buying it would help…

I started drinking heavily, worked a charm. Wouldnt advise it tho.

Marijuana isn’t a chemically addictive drug. Go see a therapist or counselor of some sort who might work you out of your psychological need for marijuana.

It would be a good start to stop buying it tho.

i’ve smoked alot in my life, most times i was able to quit if i stayed broke long enough and couldn’t buy it,hehe other than that its like quiting ciggs, kinda annoying but not as bad as kicking heroin

now i smoke weed very infrequently, maybe once or twice a month if someone comes around with it but i don’t buy it anymore or go seeking it.

It is addictive !! I know people who are addicted to it. STOP! if not you’ll find yourself still smoking 10-20 years from now .If you can do it once in a while O.K. if not it will affect the rest of your life . I’m living a sober life now but it took me a long time to get here , I had to mess everything up first before I got to a point when I had to change , I’m one of the lucky ones .It will ruin your life.

People who go all out in trying to quit an addiction can be successful (or they drive themselves crazy). It seems an important part of these successes is really taking good care of themselves in other ways and spending more time in other fulfilling worlds.

That’s just what I’ve seen. I’ve heard that nothing is foolproof, that what works for one person to “quit an addiction” isn’t guaranteed to work for another, so you’d have to look at all the ways people have tried and see what makes most sense to you.

cold turkey
cutting down slowly
replacement … get addicted to eating fresh vegetables rather than smoked ones
set a quit-date and look up a group of “quitters” on the web to do it with
hang out with friends who don’t smoke
realize you never “needed” it, the sense of need is the other side of the chemical imbalance you cause by doing it in the first place
go camping for three weeks

(maybe people who’ve “quit smoking weed” have more ideas?)

You’re trying to quit? Congrats, my friend. Um… I really don’t know what to do. Sometimes, I punch myself (hard) if I’m about to do something I’ll regret.

Well you should think of the outcome of smoking weed. Your brain goes to waste, you can get throat cancer, lung cancer, and you could possibly die.
THINK THINK THINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Million

Try not to hangout with people who smoke weed, that might help. Although it would suck if all your friends smoked weed.

Yeah, one of the best things is staying out of situations and settings you’d normally smoke in. Don’t hang out with friends you’d typically just smoke with. If you smoke a lot at home, try to be away from the house as much as possible. Wherever else you smoke, steer clear of it if you can. In the meantime, it’s helpful to do something engaging - preferably physically, but at least mentally - to remove mind and body from smoking as you are concentrating on other things. Sports, as always, are great; if that’s not your thing, take some long walks, do some gaming, whatever diverts you. It’s got to take up a good deal of time and really hold your attention.

Taking a trip or vacation elsewhere would probably serve you better, but I’m guessing that’s not in the cards. Let those friends who’ll understand know you’re quitting, and ask them to help you stay away from the stuff.

Being broke does help, but a lot of changes in life require money. As dealers are usually cash-only, try keeping most of your money in the bank instead of on you, as it’s less of a temptation.

i don’t want to sound patronising ..but it is a god idea to try and stop smokin the herb for at least 1-2months..if you like, try smoking it after that length of time and you’ll probably hate it! if i try to smoke now, 1 or 2 drags sends me right under(paranoid as ****!).
I used to get realy depressed/angry etc when i first stopped..but it’s normal for the first 6weeks or so..it takes ages to get it out of your system. It is really worth it though. You may not be able to sleep-have hot/cold sweats during the night, but it passes.I smoked for 12 years, really more or less every couple of hours,every day and found that i was more or less permenently stoned. i would’ve hated someone telling me then just how much i should stop, yet here i am telling you.. i’ll shut up now..:)
good luck whatever you choose to do mucker

I used to smoke a lot too then I kinda realized that it was fu**ing me up pretty badly so I decided to smoke like once a month which is pretty easy if you find a dealer way out in the woods :p Anyway if you want to quite you really just have to stick with your ideas and find an alternative to ur drug use. Your comics are a really good way to get over that or maybe go to some rally’s and state your ideas about fascism to the world. Keeping yourself busy helps a lot. Good Luck! :) -Kelsey

i didn’t know weed can be addicted. i did smoke it when i was in amsterdam but i what i didn;t like about it was it made me heart race.
if ur dependent on it what u can do is cut down gradually and in a slow process rather than instantly. im glad u haven;t taken any harder drugs, im proud of you for that.

I mean addictive not addicted!
see, a grammar mistake :)

cannabis is very subtle drug it affects the part of the higher brain that is concerned with volition and motivation..this is very clever of it since its these parts that you need active to change your use.
view it as an active alien invading your brain and changing the way you think to ensure it is always welcome

also to give up something is to lose something so read about the grief process and expect the various stages to affect you.

also cannabis use is a private and internal activity, despite the social aspect of smoking. so you will need to replace it with something equally rewarding and available and of course not another drug.

you need to plan a reward for yourself something indulgent and valued by you
so when you do stop for a set period you will be patting yourself on the back…dont expect others to do this.

most of all you have to want to stop.. investigate your level of internal bullshit

and you will need a bit of help from others so search for a sensible and uninvolved advisor.. could be a professional but not esential.
love peace happiness.

because smoking involves lungs maybe you should try running/brisk walking. after a few days of not smoking and getting real air in there you might like the feeling. you might cough up a bunch of mucus. then, if you DO go to smoke your lungs might not like it so much.
also maybe stay away from any friends that you have that do smoke.
take down pictures that make you want to smoke, and avoid movies that make you want to smoke, like jay and bob’s or half baked.
do you have any friends that don’t smoke and are not into weed?

I have been smoking for over 30 years, and yes it has definitely had an effect on my life. The difficulty is not the stopping, that’s easy, it’s staying stopped. I don’t have any advice. If you want something hard enough, you’ll do it. Maybe reading some of my ‘drug related’ writing might help, sort of THC patch.(http://www.daisymansfield.com/published.html) Let me know if it helps.

Courage and determination, I tell myself.

Much

Daisy

Marijuana is not addicting. The things you need to change are the things you’re trying to run from. If you’re losing people you care about maybe sub-consciously you’re the problem. Try getting out and doing the things you used to like to do. You don’t always need drugs to make you truly happy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not perfect either…. but if you try and not buy it and not smoke it and not let it get in the way of everything, and face your fears and what you’ve been running from, deal with it and move on, maybe you could start trying to find your life.

spend almost alll of your money on posters on the effects of weed and place one everywhere you go and alot in your room and 1 above your bed

you should trying going someplace where you cant smoke, like parents house or something or a sibling that doesnt approve, its an easy way to remove yourself but have something entertaining and new to do.