| When you embark on your search to learn how to | | | | first thing you think of to get you out of a funk. It also |
| stop smoking pot one of the things that you must be | | | | becomes habitual just as other rewarding acts |
| keen to understand is how marijuana affects the brain | | | | become in people's lives. |
| and how this in turn affects your addiction and your | | | | So what happens when you try to quit smoking Pot? |
| choices surrounding smoking and quitting. | | | | Without this reward you will feel something is missing |
| Marijuana has a chemical component called THC | | | | and you get a mental if not a physical craving for |
| which most pot smokers know of. It is this chemical | | | | marijuana; you want it but you do not NEED it. This |
| that causes the feelings of a high that can mellow you | | | | does not mean you are weak willed but it can often |
| out and can also cause paranoia and panic in some | | | | be confusing when you consciously know pot is not |
| users also. It is the chemical that you are etste3d for in | | | | good for you anymore but you feel that without it you |
| a drug test also. THC in marijuana however is NOT | | | | might be even worse off. |
| addictive like nicotine from cigarettes are or others | | | | To this effect you must 'rewire' your brain to realize |
| chemicals from harder drugs. | | | | that you can be rewarded and fulfilled through other |
| So how do people become addicted to a | | | | things. Exercise, hobbies, social interaction and many |
| non-addictive substance then? | | | | other things can replace this nagging voice that keeps |
| When we do any activity that causes a high of some | | | | telling you to smoke pot. This is a major part in plotting |
| sorts we stimulate the reward center of our brain | | | | out your plan to stop smoking weed. |
| which controls what we believe is rewarding and | | | | For more information on How to Stop Smoking Pot |
| fulfilling. Over a long period of time smoking marijuana | | | | click below for a review of a guide by an ex-addict |
| often we become wired to treat marijuana as a | | | | who knows what you are going through and exactly |
| needed 'reward' so when you feel down it will be the | | | | how to beat it. |