| "Idle hands are the devils plaything". Sounds cliché | | | | think about something like this the more you will focus |
| but applicable to many situations including quitting | | | | and obsess over it. When you have a plan of action |
| marijuana addiction because how time management is | | | | for those times you can get carried away with |
| an integral part of being able to give up pot for good. | | | | something completely different but enjoyable and |
| Many steps of quit smoking weed you need to take | | | | almost equally pleasurable, the cravings may not even |
| revolve around willpower, understanding yourself and | | | | surface. |
| your addiction, cleansing your body of THC and others | | | | It should be mentally occupying, stimulating or at least |
| primarily dealing with the physical aspect of ending | | | | something that could keep you very busy. It should |
| your addiction to Mary Jane and the all important | | | | also have positive effects on your life, do not just |
| psychological aspect too. This is fair enough but a little | | | | replace it with another addiction that is also hazardous |
| discussed part of quitting any addiction including | | | | to your health and being like cigarettes, alcohol and |
| marijuana addiction is how to manage your time so | | | | even pornography. Like marijuana, they have their own |
| that you can overcome and avoid the obstacles that | | | | drawbacks. Whatever the reason you find healthy and |
| life throws your way. | | | | positive (e.g. sports) can be of very good use of time. |
| Quitting use of marijuana revolves around the will | | | | |
| power, understanding your addiction and cleansing your | | | | Step 3 – Find a Passion |
| body and not forgetting about dealing with the physical | | | | Finding substitutes of alternative activities are good |
| and psychological aspect of the whole process. There | | | | starting points to replace your "marijuana time" |
| are 3 steps to quit smoking weed on how to kill the | | | | because as mentioned, it is in idleness that people |
| bad habit before it kills you. | | | | entertain thoughts of smoking pot to get by with time. |
| Step 1. Determine your Marijuana Time | | | | Finding a passion is an important step to start ending |
| Some people light up just after they wake up, after | | | | your addiction both for short and long terms. There is a |
| work, before bed and even on unholy hours. Some | | | | sort of journey of self discovery when we free |
| people just light up every chance they get. Quitting | | | | ourselves of the slavery of an addiction and it can be |
| marijuana starts with identifying the time when your | | | | scary and confusing sometimes but if you approach it |
| habit occurs. | | | | in the right way you can often come out of it with a |
| Grab a pen and paper and make a list of the times | | | | passion, something that will fill up the corners of your |
| that you usually smoke pot, those times that are | | | | life that pot once occupied. This passion should not be |
| habitual and have probably become a ritual that is | | | | short term filler, should not be just a fad or a hobby |
| almost liked tattooed into your mind and translates into | | | | even; it should be something more than that. |
| actions. Use a calendar, an excel spreadsheet or | | | | Some people find refuge in art and music. Others in |
| whatever you need just note down all those times. | | | | spirituality of meditation, others in physical activities like |
| This is because those times are going to be either the | | | | exercise, yoga, boxing etc. There millions of things to |
| hardest times or the times of your battle against your | | | | get hooked up with and there's no one to help you find |
| addiction. | | | | it but yourself. Eventually, your chosen "passion" will |
| Step 2. Find substitutes/alternatives | | | | take up your time and will hopefully pull down smoking |
| Each habitual time you have for smoking marijuana will | | | | pot on the bottom list of your priorities. |
| need to be replaced by something else if you mean to | | | | These steps on how to stop using marijuana may only |
| quit pot for good. This might be like stating another | | | | be a part of a life-long struggle to be free of a |
| worn out line but many people of great willpower and | | | | life-threatening addiction but are essential to the whole |
| focused purpose have been undone by their addiction | | | | process of not just quitting pot but being free of weed |
| by poor planning and time management. | | | | which may sound the same but are two different |
| For starters, the times when there is less physical | | | | things. Stopping something does not imply it will always |
| cravings, the psychological need could increase. Having | | | | be stopped but being free means choosing to be free |
| something to do to take your mind off thoughts of | | | | by choice and understanding that its is a manifestation |
| getting high is very beneficial because the more you | | | | of maturity and intellect. |