| Quitting smoking pot without some sort of external | | | | ebooks and communities like forums. |
| help and support often leads to a cycle of quitting and | | | | Get Help at Home as Well |
| starting again. Fortunately there are now many | | | | Social service agencies and support groups may |
| specialists that can help to quit smoking marijuana. | | | | provide follow up care. It is s a good idea to have |
| The Hazards of Carrying On | | | | support in between appointments to your centre or |
| Recreational or "soft" drugs, marijuana, comes under | | | | hospital because problems often recur if people return |
| the category of relaxants. The short term hazards of | | | | to the circumstances that originally gave rise to them |
| smoking cannabis are: Decreased coordination and | | | | smoking marijuana. It sounds harsh but if you are |
| concentration, Impairment of skills ( such as driving a | | | | serious about quitting marijuana, or helping someone to |
| vehicle ), anxiety and paranoia. The long term hazards | | | | quit, you must change what you or they do, from the |
| are: apathy, increased risk of lung cancer and other | | | | moment you or they get up, until you or they go to |
| respiratory disorders, memory problems and mental | | | | bed, reconstructing the whole day, to break habits and |
| illness. | | | | keeping well away from those around you who |
| Want To Help Yourself Or Somebody Close To You? | | | | continue to smoke marijuana, I cannot stress how |
| Do you or do you know someone who need help to | | | | important this is. |
| quit smoking marijuana then you should take pride in | | | | Keeping busy is a must, nobody said this was going to |
| that and forget shame and get along to your Doctor. | | | | be easy. But if you really want to quit smoking |
| Ask your doctor for information and advice on | | | | marijuana, the help and advice is available. If you are |
| counselling as well as treatment. Controlled withdrawal | | | | worried about your children getting involved with |
| programmes are available in special centres and | | | | marijuana, you should tell them about the hazards of |
| hospitals and your doctor will put you in contact with | | | | smoking marijuana or any drug abuse and reinforce it |
| one. These usually offer gradual, supervised methods | | | | by supporting the child's school drug awareness |
| of helping you to quit smoking weed and counselling to | | | | programme, which all schools should have. If you have |
| help to find the right route for you. Additional support | | | | found that you have tried to quit many times, but keep |
| can be found online in the form of audio courses, | | | | starting again you should seek professional advice. |