| How to quit smoking marijuana is not an easy question | | | | - Depression |
| to answer with a list of pointers and handy hints | | | | - Violence |
| (though I have written enough of those as well) | | | | - Stress |
| because the reasons people become addicted to | | | | - Boredom |
| marijuana is a mixed bag of problems in their life that | | | | - Lack of direction in life |
| creates a need to escape, zone out or even be more | | | | - and more ... |
| social if they have a group of friends that smoke. In | | | | Some reasons may be worse than others but they all |
| the end smoking weed is about getting high to get | | | | do the same thing; send you looking for an escape. |
| away from something and when we become | | | | This escape inevitably becomes a habit and a coping |
| addicted to that high and you feel you NEED it then I | | | | mechanism for these reasons behind your need to |
| becomes easy to blame the drug itself not the | | | | smoke pot and often that need or urge you may get |
| REASON you started smoking pot in the first place. | | | | is TRIGGERED by a flare up of one of these |
| This article I named 'the reason behind the need' | | | | problems. |
| because I just wanted to focus on just one aspect of | | | | This may not be a surprise to many who know these |
| marijuana addiction which is the immediate reason you | | | | problems in intimate detail and know they smoke pot |
| feel the urge and need to smoke. Many people call | | | | to get away from some harsh part of their reality but |
| these cravings for pot much like a cigarette smoker | | | | the frequent problem that occurs in this instance is |
| craves lighting up but the difference is that nicotine | | | | they blame the weed for making matters even worse |
| creates a very strong physical craving that is also | | | | (which it often can) and think that they need to quit |
| fueled by a psychological need born of a reason that | | | | smoking weed and this will solve their problems too! |
| you may or may not know or understand. To find, | | | | In the end knowing these problems, reasons and |
| understand and explore this reason is a powerful first | | | | triggers for your need and urges to use pot will not tell |
| start in coming to terms with why you find it hard to | | | | you how to quit smoking marijuana but they can help |
| stop smoking weed and can lay the foundation of a | | | | you understand and plan ahead. If you know what will |
| strong motivational drive to quit marijuana for good. | | | | drive you back to smoking pot you can be prepared |
| The reasons to smoke as I mentioned can be many | | | | for it and if you can somehow overcome or alleviate |
| and varied: | | | | those reasons you will also overcome or alleviate your |
| - Abuse | | | | addiction to marijuana. |