| To Stop Smoking Weed You must stop the cravings | | | | are bored and your mind wanders. Everyone has |
| that always come along with stopping a habit such as | | | | psychological triggers that makes you desperately |
| smoking marijuana. Dealing with these cravings means | | | | want what you are trying to quit. If you know these |
| being able to concentrate fully on what you want to | | | | triggers [/spin]you understand yourself a little better and |
| achieve and not worrying about making bad decisions | | | | you also can have a plan to get through it when they |
| when things get tough. However, before you put and | | | | happen|you will understand your own mind and also |
| end to cravings you must first know what cravings for | | | | how to avoid triggers or find ways to overcome |
| Marijuana really are. | | | | them|you can be prepared when they come and you |
| When you are quitting Pot and you feel like lighting up | | | | will also understand your own addiction a little more[ |
| again this is not like quitting cigarettes. Cigarettes are | | | | spin]. |
| laden with the drug nicotine in them which causes the | | | | Map Out Smoking Times - A very obvious trigger is |
| body react quite physically when the nicotine is not | | | | the times you used to put aside for smoking weed. |
| given to it. Smokers often use nicotine replacement | | | | Many marijuana users have a few times that they like |
| therapy to stop the physical cravings for cigarettes. | | | | to smoke marijuana and these are the times you will |
| Marijuana does not have nicotine however. The | | | | find are the most hellish in regards to cravings. Your |
| chemicals in Weed do have some effects on your | | | | body is physically getting prepared for an intake of |
| mind and body and can cause small withdrawal | | | | marijuana smoke. This preparation effects your body |
| symptoms but nowhere near as bad as cigarettes or | | | | chemistry and your brain starts to expect the action of |
| other more hard drugs. | | | | smoking. If you map out all the times you used to |
| What this means is that your cravings are actually | | | | smoke and plan alternative activates and avoid just |
| mental in nature and require a different way of dealing | | | | being idle during this period you can avoid some of the |
| with them. Try these methods of overcoming the | | | | cravings that way. |
| psychological cravings of Pot smoking. | | | | Planning - Too many smokers try to quit smoking |
| Triggers - When you suddenly go from [spin]happily | | | | marijuana without a proper plan. This is rather a bad |
| quitting Marijuana to wanting a smoke so bad you | | | | idea because a quitting attempt without knowing how |
| would kill for it you know you have discovered a | | | | you attempt it usually ends in failure. It is better instead |
| cravings trigger. analyse what just happened, what | | | | to sit down before you quit and plan out exactly why |
| might have caused you to suddenly desire weed | | | | you want to be off the drug, what good things will |
| again. It might be it is in times of extreme stress, or it | | | | come from quitting and what consequences there |
| might be a trigger from a routine or daily ritual you | | | | might be and how to deal with them. Being prepared |
| used to do or it may be when you have nothing to do, | | | | means being empowered against the cravings. |