| Many people who decided they want to quit marijuana | | | | he will go through a mental battle when you stop |
| have no idea where to begin. This article discusses | | | | smoking weed. You need to prepare for battle. |
| some simple steps you can take to begin the journey | | | | |
| of quitting marijuana. Take the first step and set a quit | | | | Get Rid of Your Gear |
| date, then write it down! | | | | Marijuana smokers have lots of great gadgets. You |
| Set a Date to Stop Smoking Weed. | | | | may want to give all of your supplies to friends, or you |
| The purpose of setting a quit date, is to allow yourself | | | | may wish to throw them away or break them as a |
| to get mentally and physically prepared to quit smoking | | | | symbol of your resolve to stop smoking weed. |
| marijuana. Your quit date should be an actual date. It | | | | Whatever you do, clean your environment so that |
| should not be when your stash runs out, or roughly a | | | | there is no trace of marijuana or of marijuana related |
| week before the next semester of school starts, or | | | | equipment. Cravings are easier to resist when there is |
| next month. It is important to nail down the date. In my | | | | nothing immediately in front of you. People will do some |
| personal experience, before I learned to set a date | | | | strange things to get stoned, including smoking pipe |
| that I would stop, I used to smoke my stash as quickly | | | | resin, checking the cushions for weed crumbs and |
| as possible. I did this because I convinced myself that | | | | roaches, or even digging through the trash to find the |
| each bag was my last bag. When my bag ran out, I | | | | last scraps they threw away. I will admit, I have done |
| would buy another one, and smoke it just as quickly, | | | | all of these things in the past. |
| convincing myself that it was also the last bag. Does | | | | |
| this sound familiar? I recommend setting your quit date, | | | | Be prepared for withdrawal. |
| within one month of the current date. If you wait any | | | | Not being prepared for marijuana withdrawal is the |
| longer, you are less likely to follow through with your | | | | number one reason that people fail to quit smoking. If |
| goal. It is a great idea to set your quit date just before | | | | you've got a quit date set, you're already ahead of the |
| a vacation begins, or other major event. Quitting | | | | game, because you know when you will be going |
| Marijuana is a lifestyle change. If you attach it to | | | | through withdrawal, and you'll be prepared. Anxiety is |
| another lifestyle change, you are more likely to be | | | | very common in the first stages of withdrawal. For |
| successful. | | | | example, you have probably been through a time |
| | | | when you just run out of pot and have made plans to |
| Understand your Addiction. | | | | get more but it didn't work out. You are on edge and |
| Marijuana addiction is a controversial topic because | | | | jittery until you can secure a new supply, or at least |
| people fail to differentiate between a physical addiction | | | | get stoned. Multiply this by 10 times, you will have an |
| and a psychological addiction. While marijuana has | | | | idea of what the anxiety can be like if you are |
| physical withdrawal symptoms similar to that of | | | | unprepared to quit for good. Insomnia and loss of |
| cigarettes, it is the psychological aspect of the | | | | appetite are also common in the first week of quitting. |
| addiction but most users struggle with. Long-term | | | | Do your research on what withdrawal will be like so |
| marijuana smokers are in the habit of smoking pot | | | | that you can be mentally prepared to face these |
| every day and are used to being in a stoned mindset. | | | | problems when they arise after you quit smoking |
| While you do not have a physical need for marijuana, | | | | weed. |
| you do have a mental need to get high. that's the | | | | Have A Plan |
| tricky thing about it. It's not that you're addicted to | | | | For more information on how to stop smoking pot, visit |
| marijuana, it's that your mentally addicted to being high. | | | | John A Mckee's website today at and kick the habit |
| the more we smoke, the more our brains get used to | | | | for good! |
| being high, and the more we crave that state of mind. | | | | |